Extreme Air Pollution Events Spiking Ionic Levels at Urban and Rural Sites of Indo-Gangetic Plain by Manisha Mishra, U. C. Kulshrestha

“…The WSII concentration spiked during November at both locations (∑WSII = 159.6 and 141.9 µg m−3) due to two extreme air pollution events, viz., i) the burning of crop residue and ii) the Diwali festival. …”
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Platycodon grandiflorum-derived extracellular vesicles suppress triple-negative breast cancer growth by reversing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and modulating the gu... by Min Yang, Jia Guo, Jinxian Li, Shuyue Wang, Yuan Sun, Ying Liu, Yinghua Peng

“…Additionally, PGEVs facilitated the polarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) toward M1 phenotype and increased the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. …”
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Recent advances of nanovaccines on cancer theranostics by Xiaobing Yuan, Xiaobing Yuan, Xiaobing Yuan, Tianyou Xu, Mubashir Hussain, Bin Liu, Jianwei Zhu, Jianwei Zhu

“…We believe that polymer nanoparticle-based nanovaccines have the most widespread applications currently, while liposome nanovaccines using mRNA are expected to see greater development in the future. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Rosa roxburghii Tratt Polyphenol-Sodium Alginate-Soy Protein Isolate Nanocomposites and Their Antioxidant Activity by Han LIU, Xiaoyan LIU, Yinping GUO, Xingyan MU, Zihui SHI

“…The SPI-SA-RRTP ternary complex had the smallest particle size (140.93±0.32 nm) and PDI (0.155±0.004), the largest Zeta potential (−31.06±2.20 mV) absolute value and the best stability. Compared with SPI and binary complexes, ternary complexes had significantly improved binding tightness, hydrophilicity, thermal stability and oxidation resistance. …”
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Advances in the Research on Brown Carbon Aerosols: Its Concentrations, Radiative Forcing, and Effects on Climate by Shuai Li, Hua Zhang, Zhili Wang, Yonghang Chen

“…Recent research suggests that: (1) Climate effects of aerosols can be represented more accurately when including BrC absorption in climate models; the regions with the highest global mean surface BrC concentrations estimated by models are mostly Southeast Asia and South America (biomass burning), East Asia and northeast India (biofuel burning), and Europe and North America (secondary sources); estimates of BrC radiative forcing are quite erratic, with a range of around 0.03–0.57 W m−2. (2) BrC heating lead to tropical expansion and a reduction in deep convective mass fluxes in the upper troposphere; cloud fraction and cloud type have a substantial impact on the heating rate estimates of BrC. …”
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Factors affecting the risk of gender-based violence among 2SLGBTQIA+ adolescents and youth: a scoping review of climate change-related vulnerabilities by Szymon Parzniewski, Xing Luo, Siyu Ru, Nevcihan Ozbilge, Kyle Breen, Haorui Wu

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A randomized controlled trial to compare the effect of oxycodone and sufentanil on postoperative analgesia and immune function for laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer by Chunmei Lin, Zhiqiao Xu, XinLiang, Hong Wei, Xiaoping Wang

“…The primary outcomes were VAS scores and immune indicators (including IL-2, C3, C4, IgG, IgA, IgE, IgM, CD3+, CD4+, CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+) at 24 h and 72 h post-surgery at 24 h and 72 h after surgery. …”
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Long-term results of surgical treatment of a locally advanced rectal cancer using extrafascial principle of dissection by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, D. N. Fedorov, A. Yu. Kravchenko, O. Yu. Samofalova

“…From a prospective database of the patients treated in department of coloproctology and surgery of pelvic floor of B.V.Petrovsky Russian scientific center of surgery of Russian Academy of Medical Science from June, 2006 to December, 2009, serially admitted patients, who underwent surgical resection for cancer of rectum T1-4N0-2M0 were chosen for investigation. The first group included patients, with standard volume of operation (nervepreserving mesorectumectomy), the second group included patients with extended resections for locally advanced tumors adherent to neighbouring structures and organs, that was revealed in preoperative and/or intraoperative periods.Results. …”
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Solitary metastasis in the internal auditory canal from non-small cell lung carcinoma: A case report by Julie De Boos, Marie Bruyneel, Ionela Bold

“…Case presentation: A 59-year-old active smoker was initially diagnosed with a locally advanced, unresectable stage IIIA Pancoast tumor (NSCLC, cT4N1M0) and treated with concurrent chemoradiation (cisplatin-pemetrexed) followed by immunotherapy (durvalumab). …”
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Vegetation types shape the soil micro-food web compositions and soil multifunctionality in Loess Plateau by Zhiming Chen, Wenjuan Kang, Renyuan He, Guang Li, Zhuzhu Luo, Zhuzhu Luo

“…However, the stability of the soil micro-food web structure and soil multifunctionality were suboptimal in P. tabuliformis and M. sativa. Soil pH, along with carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling nutrients and enzymes, profoundly influences the structure of the soil micro-food web and soil multifunctionality; among these factors, those related to the carbon and phosphorus cycles are identified as key influencing factors.DiscussionTherefore, a vegetation restoration strategy prioritizing C. korshinskii as the dominant vegetation type, supplemented by P. armeniaca, significantly impacts restoring soil multifunctionality and stabilizing the soil micro-food web in Loess hill regions and comparable ecological areas.…”
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Impact of Lonicera hypoglauca leaf inclusion on immune and antioxidant responses in geese by Zonghao Lv, Zhen Li, Zhizhong Zhang, Gao Li, Qinghua Chen, Qian Lin

“…Furthermore, LHL substitution significantly elevated the serum levels of immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgA and IgM and reduced those of tumour necrosis factor α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2 and IL-6 (p < 0.05). …”
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Is It Scaly Anteater or Bat A Real Origin of The 2019-Novel CoV: A Probable Hypothesis? by Salar Ali, Taib Hama-Soor, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Salvatore Dimonte, Francesco Greco

“…The phylogenetic trees for animal coronaviruses with the novel coronavirus-2019 have been created using a number of available complete protein sequences of envelope (E), membrane (M), nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) proteins. The phylogenetic trees analysis illustrated that 2019nCoV in all four proteins are very closely related with coronaviruses isolated from Pangolin (scaly anteater) and Bat-SARS-like-coronavirses because all of them are clustered in the same clade. …”
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ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS ASSESSMENTS FOR 400/220/110/20 kV URECHESTI POWER SUBSTATION by Nicolae Daniel FÎȚĂ, Mila Ilieva OBRETENOVA, Florin MURESAN – GRECU, Gheorghe Eugen SAFTA, Adrian Mihai SCHIOPU, Dan Cristian LAZAR

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Can a physical activity program improve functional capacity and fatigue in people with cancer? A retrospective analysis by Aline Reinmann, Edouard Laré, Anne-Violette Bruyneel, Joseph Gligorov, Alexandre Bodmer, Thibaud Koessler

“…Walking capacity (+ 41.63 ± 91.00 m) and fatigue (-2.01 ± 3.77) were improved after the program (p < 0.001). …”
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Effect of physical activity and interstimulus interval on an RSVP task: A replication of Raymond et al. (1992) by Bradley-Garcia, Meenakshie, Zhang, Anqi, Erbayav, Arda, Arranz, Artemis, Leclair, Danica, Kotch, Gabe, Mallet, Matthieu, Boivin, Thomas, Bensmaia, Sophia, Brisebois, Rosalie, Carraro, Francesca, Coulombe Grinham, Maya, Ekoly-Wambi, Rhema, Estephan, Rebecca, Josiah, Kathy, Lacroix, Émilie, Mayotte, Edwige, Meyerovich, Erika, Montminy-Bergeron, Charlotte, Muco, Annick, Pala, Deniz, Piquette, Amélie, Poirier, Isabelle, St-Aubin, Camille, T-Beauchamp, Cassandra

“…A sample of participants (n = 132) aged 18-70 years old (M = 31.91, SD = 17.25) were recruited to complete the study. …”
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Resveratrol, a food-derived polyphenol, promotes Melanosomal degradation in skin fibroblasts through coordinated activation of autophagy, lysosomal, and antioxidant pathways by Saki Okamoto, Saya Kakimaru, Mayuko Koreishi, Mika Sakamoto, Yoshimasa Nakamura, Hideya Ando, Yoshio Tsujino, Ayano Satoh

“…At concentrations of 25–50 μM, resveratrol increased autophagy as measured by microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 (LC3)-II/LC3-I ratio and enhanced lysosomal activity as assessed by a lysosomal activity reporter system. …”
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Proximate, Mineral Contents and Physicochemical Properties of <i>Chrysophyllum Albidum</i> (African Star Apple) Kernel Flour and Oil by S.S. Audu, C.I. Beetseh, D.U. Edward-Ekpu, A.A. Ewuga

“…The Physicochemical analysis showed the oil has an Acid Value of 33.12±0.25 mgKOH/g, a Saponification Value of 184.90±0.29 mgKOH/g, an Iodine Value of 60.05±0.02 mgKOH/g, a Free Fatty Acid Value of 16.05±0.14 mgKOH/g, Peroxide Value of 2.10±0.10 m Eq/kg, Moisture of 3.36±0.08 %, Unsaponifiable Matter of 5.26±0.05 g/kg and an Ester Value of 151.78±0.15 mgKOH/g. …”
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Effects of different protein levels on growth performance and body composition of spotted scat, Scatophagus argus by Dieu Vo, Thanh Duc Nguyen, Hang Thi Thuy Tran, Hung Duc Pham, Huy Van Nguyen

“…A 60-day experiment was undertaken in circle plastic tanks with a volume of 0.2 m3 using a separate circulating filtration system at 400 L/h to determine the optimal dietary protein level for the growth performance, protein efficiency rate (PER), and body composition of Scatophagus argus. …”
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Any Long-term Effect of the Beirut Port Explosion on the Airborne Particulate Matter? by Yi-Bo Zhao, Nathalie Hayeck, Najat A. Saliba, Claudia Schreiner, Markus Zennegg, Fuze Jiang, Renato Figi, Davide Bleiner, Jing Wang

“…The continuous demolition and reconstruction after the explosion are possibly the main long-term effect of the Beirut port explosion, causing an elevated concentration of PM2.5 at ground level 400% higher than the recommended concentrations (15 µg m−3 for 24-hour mean). Protective measures must be taken to reduce the exposure risks by controlling the PM release from demolition and construction, traffic, and diesel generators. …”
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Structural characteristics, sugar metabolizing enzyme activity and biological activity of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides at different growth stages by Shengjian Ma, Yuliang Chen, Huaguo Huang, Xiaorui Pu, Huangbin Liang, Yu Kuang, Yijun Liu

“…Of the four growth stages, the spore stage had the highest GLPs content of 4.11%, the highest hexokinase (HK) and phosphoglucose isomerase (PGM) activities of 4051.4 and 322.1 nmol/(min/g), respectively, the highest total antioxidant activity (18.79 mmol/mL) and DPPH radical scavenging capacity (36.15%). …”
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