FreshWater Watch: Investigating the Health of Freshwater Ecosystems, from the Bottom Up by Isabel Bishop, Amedeo Boldrini, Wim Clymans, Charlotte Hall, Heather Moorhouse, Stephen Parkinson, Kesella Scott-Somme, Ian Thornhill, Steven Loiselle

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Ex vivo delivery of recombinant IL-10 to human donor lungs by Jonathan C. Yeung, Terumoto Koike, Dirk Wagnetz, Tiago N. Machuca, Riccardo Bonato, Mingyao Liu, Stephen Juvet, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee

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Aprendizaje a través de estrategias lúdicas: una herramienta para la Educación Ambiental by Reichel Rodríguez-Miranda, Luis Palomo-Cordero, Michael Padilla-Mora, Andrea Corrales-Vargas, Berna van Wendel de Joode

“…[Resultados]: Un 38 % (n=14) de escuelas estaban ubicadas a <100 m de fincas bananeras. En los talleres, la comunicación basada en el uso de diversas estrategias pedagógicas lúdicas generó un ambiente participativo, que identificó necesidades locales, construcción de saberes colectivos y conocimiento sobre efectos de la exposición a plaguicidas en salud humana y ambiental. …”
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Elevated POSTN expression predicts poor prognosis and is associated with radioresistance in cervical cancer patients treated with radical radiotherapy by Cui-qin Huang, Wen-tao Xiao, Xiang-rong Yao, Zhi-min Li, Jun-yan He

“…We analyzed data from 92 CC patients in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and 153 patients from our institution, assessing POSTN expression levels through mRNA analysis and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Our findings revealed that high POSTN expression was significantly associated with advanced tumor stages, poorer radiotherapy outcomes, and worse overall survival (OS). …”
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Health Risk Assessment of PM2.5-bound Components in Beijing, China during 2013–2015 by Tianchu Zhang, Yangfan Chen, Xiaohong Xu

“…The three-year average PM2.5 mass concentration was 82 µg m–3. Both lifetime cancer risk (1.9E-4) from exposure to ambient PM2.5-bound elements and PAHs and non-cancer HQ (18) from exposure to ambient PM2.5-bound elements in Beijing were much higher than the corresponding U.S. …”
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Advancements in the Treatment of Mucopolysaccharidoses: From Established Therapies to Gene Therapy by Joanna Wanat, Wojciech Homa, Aleksandra Warunek, Gabriela Gronowicz, Izabela Dzikowska, Agata Siejka, Daria Stefaniak, Weronika Zielińska, Michał Chról

“…Among the promising new treatments are: blood-brain barrier (BBB)-penetrable enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), substrate reduction therapy, nonsense suppression therapy, and mRNA engineering. However, the most advanced treatments, that are currently under investigation are in-vivo and ex-vivo gene therapy. …”
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Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania) by Madeline Richter, Kilian Pollok, Kujtim Onuzi, Kamil Ustaszewski

“…In northeast Albania near Bajram Curri, a 200–700 m thick metamorphic sole is preserved at its base. …”
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Optimization of the Fermentation Process for Pine-needle Sweet-potato Glutinous Rice Wine and Analysis of Its Antioxidant Activity by Jie YOU, Rusheng XIE, Weibin WU

“…Results: The optimized fermentation conditions were as follows: pine needle mass addition of 3.3%, initial sugar content of 22.5°Bx, fermentation time of 7 d, yeast mass addition of 0.20%, solid (raw material mass):liquid (distilled water volume) ratio of 1:3 (g/mL), and fermentation temperature of 30 ℃. Under these conditions, the resulting pine-needle sweet-potato glutinous rice wine had a total sugar content of 12.5 g/L, alcohol content of 17.6%, and amino acid nitrogen content of 0.58 g/L. …”
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Optimizing Operating Room Efficiency for Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using Performance Benchmarks by Koorosh Kashanian, BMSc, Matey Juric, BSc, Tim Ramsay, PhD, Pascal Fallavollita, PhD, Paul E. Beaulé, MD, FAAOS, FRCSC

“…All surgeries were performed as outpatients and included 160 females and 135 males; 161 TKA and 134 THA; mean age, 66.1; mean body mass index, 28.6 kg/m2; American Society of Anesthesia, 2. Time points, demographics, and adverse events were recorded. …”
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Cell-free osteoarthritis treatment with dual-engineered chondrocyte-targeted extracellular vesicles derived from mechanical loading primed mesenchymal stem cells by Peng Wang, Haiyue Zhao, Wei Chen, Yuhui Guo, Shuo Zhang, Xin Xing, Shuai Yang, Fengkun Wang, Juan Wang, Zengwu Shao, Yingze Zhang

“…Subsequent miRNA sequencing reveals that ML-EVs exert their effects by delivering miR-27b-3p, which targets ROR1 mRNA in chondrocytes and suppresses downstream NF-κB pathways. …”
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Structural Characterization and Antioxidant Activity in Vivo of Polysaccharides from the Leaves of Hippophae rhamnoides L. by Niannian SONG, Yuxin YI, Xiaoping ZHANG, Bo YANG, Mangsier SAINAWAER, Abuduwaili AYITUXUN

“…HRLP were extracted by water extraction and alcohol precipitation method, and homogeneous polysaccharide (HRLP-2) was obtained through DEAE-650M anion exchange column chromatography. The structure of HRLP-2 was identified based on the analysis of liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, UV, infrared spectroscopy, circular dichroism, Congo red experiment, as well as partial acid hydrolysis, periodate oxidation, and Smith degradation methods. …”
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Identification of natural and anthropogenic factors in the spatial pattern of Pb in the surface soil of the Nanliu River Basin by Xu Liu, Zhongfang Yang, Huading Shi, Tiansheng Wu, Tao Yu, Bo Li, Lei Wang, Yuxiang Shao, Zexin He, Minghui Xie, Chenning Deng

“…When the distance band of the Local Moran's I is set at 8000 m, the most reasonable spatial partitioning characteristics are exhibited. …”
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Effect of the adhesive added of copper applied with electric current on the ceramic/resin cement bond by Gabriel Augusto Silveira Sousa, Marcos Henrique Ramos da Silva, Lourenço Correr-Sobrinho, Rafael Pino Vitti, Evandro Piva, Rafael Leonardo Xediek Consani

“…Adhesive photoactivation was made with 1,200 mW/cm² irradiance for 20 s. A tube-shaped silicone matrix was placed on the ceramic and filled with photoactivated resin cement. …”
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Chemical Pressure-Induced enhancement of electrochemical performance in Ni1-X CuxTe2 (X = 0 and 0.10) layered compounds by Rajkumar Sokkalingam, Manikandan Krishnan, Jesman Sthevan Kovil Pitchai, Sivakumar Periyasamy, Arjun Kumar Bojarajan, Arumugam Sonachalam, Sambasivam Sangaraju

“…The X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) patterns revealed that both compounds have a CdI2-type trigonal structure with a P3m1 space group. The field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) images depicted the layered structure of these compounds. …”
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Effect of cardanol on the physical and chemical properties of sodium caseinate-coated papers for packaging applications by Jihyeon Hwang, Yeon-Ji Jo, Dowan Kim

“…Consequently, with increasing CL content, the hydrophobicity of the CasNa/CL-coated papers is enhanced with a reduction in the water-vapor transmittance rate from 461.3 ± 2.0 to 389.8 ± 3.9 g/m2·day and an increase in the water contact angle from 56.6 ± 2.4° to 72.9 ± 1.1°. …”
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A Synoptic- and Remote Sensing-based Analysis of a Severe Dust Storm Event over Central Asia by Parya Broomandi, Kaveh Mohammadpour, Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Aram Fathian, Sabur F. Abdullaev, Vladimir A. Maslov, Amirhossein Nikfal, Ali Jahanbakhshi, Bakhyt Aubakirova, Jong Ryeol Kim, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Alireza Rashki, Nick Middleton

“…The extremely high PM concentrations (PM10 > 10,000 µg m−3 in Tashkent) could endanger both human health and the environment, especially in a region suffering from high susceptibility to wind erosion and significant land degradation and desertification. …”
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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) nanomechanical characterization of micro- and nanoplastics to support environmental investigations in groundwater by Massimiliano Galluzzi, Michele Lancia, Chunmiao Zheng, Viviana Re, Valter Castelvetro, Shifeng Guo, Stefano Viaroli

“…Advanced spectroscopic techniques can detect the polymer type and quantify the number of MNP particles but are affected by large uncertainties in case of particles smaller than 10 μm in size and MNP heteroaggregates. To advance in the morphological and mechanical characterization of MNPs, a new protocol based on multifrequency Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is proposed with the support of the custom open software “MultiFreq AFMSuite”. …”
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Collection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus from the Air of a Clinic within a University Student Health Care Center and Analyses of the Viral Genomic Sequence by John A. Lednicky, Sripriya N. Shankar, Maha A. Elbadry, Julia C. Gibson, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Caroline J. Stephenson, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez, J. Glenn Morris, Carla N. Mavian, Marco Salemi, James R. Clugston, Chang-Yu Wu

“…Collection of a positive sample from a distance more than 2 m away from the nearest patient traffic implies the virus was in an aerosol.…”
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Association of urban green and blue space with accelerated ageing: A cohort Study in the UK Biobank by YiNi Wang, XinYu Shi, Fei Yang, ShengYuan Wang, TianShu Han, Kun Ma

“…Results: After controlling for random effects and various types of covariates, we found that 1) populations with higher levels of UGBS exposure are associated with accelerated ageing and slowing down; 2) UGBS has the greatest impact on accelerated ageing within a 1000-m street network buffer distance; 3) Participants living in heavily polluted areas should pay more attention to UGBS; 4) Intermediary analysis found that UGBS mainly accelerates aging by reducing harm, rather than affecting the population's ability to recover and build. …”
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Índice para evaluar la calidad de la vegetación inundable en humedales continentales: una primera aproximación para Colombia utilizando el caso de estudio del complejo cenagoso de... by Yennifer García-Murcia, Lina María Parada-Alzate, Jhenny Liliana Salgado-Vásquez, Claudia Patricia Andramunio Acero

“…[Metodología]: Se definieron parcelas rectangulares de 500 m2 en 12 sitios de muestreo y se realizó el análisis de riqueza, composición y estructura. …”
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