Cold plasma and inhibition of STAT3 selectively target tumorigenicity in osteosarcoma by Juan Tornín, Miguel Mateu-Sanz, Verónica Rey, Dzohara Murillo, Carmen Huergo, Borja Gallego, Aida Rodríguez, René Rodríguez, Cristina Canal

“…In the quest for therapeutic alternatives for OS, Cold Atmospheric Plasmas and Plasma-Treated Liquids (PTL) have come to the limelight as a source of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species displaying selectivity towards a variety of cancer cell lines. …”
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CMOS Integrated Circuits for the Quantum Information Sciences by Jens Anders, Masoud Babaie, Joseph C. Bardin, Imran Bashir, Gerard Billiot, Elena Blokhina, Shai Bonen, Edoardo Charbon, John Chiaverini, Isaac L. Chuang, Carsten Degenhardt, Dirk Englund, Lotte Geck, Loick Le Guevel, Donhee Ham, Ruonan Han, Mohamed I. Ibrahim, Daniel Kruger, Ka Meng Lei, Adrien Morel, Dennis Nielinger, Gael Pillonnet, Jeremy M. Sage, Fabio Sebastiano, Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Jules Stuart, Andrei Vladimirescu, Patrick Vliex, Sorin P. Voinigescu

“…Complementary metal--oxide semiconductor (CMOS) and bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) integrated circuits for nuclear magnetic resonance, nitrogen-vacancy-based magnetometry, trapped-ion-based quantum computing, superconductor-based quantum computing, and quantum-dot-based quantum computing are described. …”
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Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment on Two Aquaculture Models in the Yangtze River Basin by Yin DONG, Bing LI, Rui JIA, Yiran HOU, Weixu DIAO, Jian ZHU

“…The collected data mainly included feed consumption, electricity consumption, water consumption, total phosphorus and total nitrogen emissions, and greenhouse gas (CH4 and N2O) emissions. …”
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Fullerenol protects cornea from ultraviolet B exposure by Xia Chen, Junling Yang, Minghui Li, Shuang Zhu, Maoru Zhao, Cao Yang, Bo Liu, Hui Gao, Ao Lu, Lingling Ge, Lingyue Mo, Zhanjun Gu, Haiwei Xu

“…The synthesized fullerenols exhibited broad-spectrum free radical scavenging properties (applicable to both reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS)) and photo-stability. When compared with another widely used antioxidant glutathione (GSH), the administration of fullerenols markedly decreased the injured area, corneal edema, cell death, and increased the cell proliferation in UVB-induced rat cornea. …”
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Senescent renal tubular epithelial cells activate fibroblasts by secreting Shh to promote the progression of diabetic kidney disease by Dan Wang, Dan Wang, Dan Wang, Ling Yin, Rongyu Chen, Rongyu Chen, Wanlin Tan, Wanlin Tan, Luqun Liang, Luqun Liang, Jiayi Xiang, Jiayi Xiang, Huifang Zhang, Huifang Zhang, Xingcheng Zhou, Xingcheng Zhou, Huaqing Deng, Huaqing Deng, Bing Guo, Bing Guo, Bing Guo, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuanyuan Wang

“…In the present study, we explored whether senescent renal tubular cells promote renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis by secreting Sonic hedgehog (Shh) which mediates fibroblast activation and proliferation in DKD.MethodsA 36-week-old db/db mice model and the renal tubular epithelial cells were cultured in high glucose (HG, 60 mmol/L) medium for in vivo and in vitro experiments.ResultsCompared to db/m mice, blood glucose, microalbuminuria, serum creatinine, urea nitrogen, and UACR (microalbuminuria/urine creatinine) were markedly increased in db/db mice. …”
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Analysis of Nutrition and Major Flavor of Different Muscle Parts of Thunnus thynnus by Ling ZHAO, Mengyue HU, Rong CAO, Qi LIU, Fanyong MENG

“…A total of 39 volatile substances were detected in the dorsal and abdominal muscles of T. thynnus, including aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, esters, acids, alkenes, and compounds containing nitrogen and sulfur. PCA analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the odors of the dorsal and abdominal muscles of T. thynnus. …”
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JWST Identification of Extremely Low C/N Galaxies with [N/O] ≳ 0.5 at z ∼ 6–10 Evidencing the Early CNO-cycle Enrichment and a Connection with Globular Cluster Formation by Yuki Isobe, Masami Ouchi, Nozomu Tominaga, Kuria Watanabe, Kimihiko Nakajima, Hiroya Umeda, Hidenobu Yajima, Yuichi Harikane, Hajime Fukushima, Yi Xu, Yoshiaki Ono, Yechi Zhang

“…On the C/N versus O/H plane, these three galaxies do not coincide with Galactic H ii regions, normal star-forming galaxies, and nitrogen-loud quasars with asymptotic giant branch stars, but with globular-cluster (GC) stars, indicating a connection with GC formation. …”
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Neuroprotective and antioxidant activities of different polarity parts of the extracts of the Ginkgo biloba leaf and Zingiber officinale rhizome from Yongzhou by Zuoying Huang, Zuoying Huang, Zuoying Huang, Tingting Yuan, Tingting Yuan, Tingting Yuan, Jiayi Chen, Jiayi Chen, Jiayi Chen, Mihan Jiang, Mihan Jiang, Mihan Jiang, Rongling Yan, Rongling Yan, Rongling Yan, Wencai Yang, Wencai Yang, Wencai Yang, Liqian Wang, Liqian Wang, Liqian Wang, Yang Liao, Yang Liao, Yang Liao, Guowen Huang, Guowen Huang, Guowen Huang

“…There were no significant changes in the number of leukocytes, lymphocytes, red blood cells, hemoglobin content, blood urine nitrogen, uric acid, creatinine, and the enzyme activity of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) (p > 0.05). …”
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Organic Crosslinked Polymer-Derived N/O-Doped Porous Carbons for High-Performance Supercapacitor by Jianhao Lao, Yao Lu, Songwen Fang, Fen Xu, Lixian Sun, Yu Wang, Tianhao Zhou, Lumin Liao, Yanxun Guan, Xueying Wei, Chenchen Zhang, Yukai Yang, Yongpeng Xia, Yumei Luo, Yongjin Zou, Hailiang Chu, Huanzhi Zhang, Yong Luo, Yanling Zhu

“…Supercapacitors, as a new type of green electrical energy storage device, are a potential solution to environmental problems created by economic development and the excessive use of fossil energy resources. In this work, nitrogen/oxygen (N/O)-doped porous carbon materials for high-performance supercapacitors are fabricated by calcining and activating an organic crosslinked polymer prepared using polyethylene glycol, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and 4,4-diphenylmethane diisocyanate. …”
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Sr(II) and Ba(II) Alkaline Earth Metal–Organic Frameworks (AE-MOFs) for Selective Gas Adsorption, Energy Storage, and Environmental Application by Nikolas Király, Dominika Capková, Róbert Gyepes, Nikola Vargová, Tomáš Kazda, Jozef Bednarčík, Daria Yudina, Tomáš Zelenka, Pavel Čudek, Vladimír Zeleňák, Anshu Sharma, Vera Meynen, Virginie Hornebecq, Andrea Straková Fedorková, Miroslav Almáši

“…The prepared compounds were investigated as adsorbents of different gases (Ar, N₂, CO₂, and H₂). Nitrogen and argon adsorption measurements showed that <b>UPJS-15</b> has <i>S_BET</i> area of 1321 m² g⁻¹ (Ar) / 1250 m² g⁻¹ (N₂), and <b>UPJS-16</b> does not adsorb mentioned gases. …”
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Nutrient Inhibitor Applied to High Cadmium-Risk Double-Cropped Rice Fields by Yanhong WANG, Yong CHEN, Yilong YIN, Shaoying AI, Zisheng XU, Linfeng LI, Yichun LI, Qi LI, Mingdeng TANG

“…However, the nutrient inhibitor did not noticeably change the mass fraction of soil hydrolytic nitrogen (N). In the demonstration area Ⅰ and Ⅱ, the inhibitor improved the mass fractions of available phosphorus (P) and available potassium (K) with peak increases of 78.3% and 24.6%, respectively, while in the demonstration area Ⅲ, the inhibitor insignificantly changed them. …”
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Integrated omic analysis provides insights into the molecular regulation of stress tolerance by partial root-zone drying in rice by Minhua Zhao, Canghao Du, Jian Zeng, Zhihong Gao, Yongyong Zhu, Jinfei Wang, Yupeng Zhang, Zetao Zhu, Yaqiong Wang, Mingjie Chen, Yuesheng Wang, Junli Chang, Guangxiao Yang, Guangyuan He, Yin Li, Xiaoyuan Chen

“…Several genes encoding the key transcription factors (TFs) were identified in these co-expression modules, highlighting several key TFs, including TCP19, WRI1a, ABF1, ABF2, DERF1, and TZF7, involved in nitrogen metabolism, lipid metabolism, ABA signaling, ethylene signaling, and stress regulation. …”
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KIDNEY FUNCTIONAL RESERVE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE AND NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS IN THE BACKGROUND OF OBESITY, THERAPEUTIC CORRECTION OPPORTUNITIES by A. A. Antoniv

“…Conclusions: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis significantly aggravates the course of CKD I–III stages with a possible decrease in nitrogen function, glomerular filtration rate, hypopalbuminemia than in the isolated course of CKD only. …”
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The Morphological Structure, Physiological and Biochemical Changes During Sorus Development of Saccharina japonica by Yi LIU, Zhourui LIANG, Pengyan ZHANG, Yanmin YUAN, Yukun WU, Maohong DUAN, Fuli LIU, Hongliang DAI

“…During the development of S. japonica sorus, the accumulation of nitrogen by sorus continued to increase, and there was little change after reaching the maximum level at stage SD. …”
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Monitoring of Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Flue-Cured Tobacco Based on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by LAI Jiazheng, LI Beibei, CHENG Xiang, SUN Feng, CHENG Juting, WANG Jing, ZHANG Qian, YE Xiefeng

“…The purpose of this study was to efficiently and accurately estimate the LCC of flue-cured tobacco during different growth stages.MethodsZhongyan 100 was chose as the research object, five nitrogen fertilization levels were set. In each plot, three plants were randomly and destructively sampled, resulting in a total of 45 ground samples for each data collection. …”
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Effects of the Glutathione S-Transferase Gene Extracted from Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) on the Cadmium Tolerance of Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942 by Zipeng GU, Yudong REN, Fen CHENG, Xiaowen ZHANG, Dong XU, Naihao YE, Chengwei LIANG

“…Total RNA was extracted from M. pyrifera gametophytes frozen in liquid nitrogen and reverse-transcribed to cDNA. Gene-specific primers containing enzyme restriction sites at both ends were designed to construct an expression vector based on the transcriptome sequence of M. pyrifera (accession number CNP0001061 in China National GenBank). …”
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Synthesis and Antiviral Evaluation of Nucleoside Analogues Bearing One Pyrimidine Moiety and Two D-Ribofuranosyl Residues by Olga V. Andreeva, Bulat F. Garifullin, Vladimir V. Zarubaev, Alexander V. Slita, Iana L. Yesaulkova, Alexandrina S. Volobueva, Mayya G. Belenok, Maria A. Man’kova, Liliya F. Saifina, Marina M. Shulaeva, Alexandra D. Voloshina, Anna P. Lyubina, Vyacheslav E. Semenov, Vladimir E. Kataev

“…A series of 1,2,3-triazolyl nucleoside analogues in which 1,2,3-triazol-4-yl-β-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-ribofuranosyl fragments are attached via polymethylene linkers to both nitrogen atoms of the heterocycle moiety (uracil, 6-methyluracil, thymine, quinazoline-2,4-dione, alloxazine) or to the C-5 and <i>N</i>-3 atoms of the 6-methyluracil moiety was synthesized. …”
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Alkalinity and nitrate dynamics reveal dominance of anammox in a hyper-turbid estuary by M. Norbisrath, M. Norbisrath, A. Neumann, K. Dähnke, T. Sanders, A. Schöl, J. E. E. van Beusekom, H. Thomas, H. Thomas

“…Denitrification is the anaerobic reduction of nitrate (NO<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><msubsup><mi/><mn mathvariant="normal">3</mn><mo>-</mo></msubsup></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="9pt" height="16pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="53e1f98be2cdf70dbe180d95894fc6b5"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="bg-20-4307-2023-ie00001.svg" width="9pt" height="16pt" src="bg-20-4307-2023-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>) to elemental nitrogen (N<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>). …”
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Sterile Pyuria in Kawasaki Disease: A Large Prospective Cohort Study by Xiaoliang Liu, Xiaoliang Liu, Xiaoliang Liu, Lin Wang, Shuran Shao, Shuran Shao, Nanjun Zhang, Nanjun Zhang, Mei Wu, Mei Wu, Lei Liu, Lei Liu, Yimin Hua, Yimin Hua, Yimin Hua, Yimin Hua, Kaiyu Zhou, Kaiyu Zhou, Kaiyu Zhou, Kaiyu Zhou, Li Yu, Li Yu, Li Yu, Hua Wang, Hua Wang, Chuan Wang, Chuan Wang, Chuan Wang, Chuan Wang

“…The levels of neutrophil percentages, alanine transaminase, total bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, the incidence of initial IVIG resistance, and rate of moderate/giant coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) were significantly higher in group A than that in group B. …”
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Constraining emissions of volatile organic compounds from western US wildfires with WE-CAN and FIREX-AQ airborne observations by L. Jin, W. Permar, V. Selimovic, V. Selimovic, D. Ketcherside, R. J. Yokelson, R. S. Hornbrook, E. C. Apel, I.-T. Ku, J. L. Collett Jr., A. P. Sullivan, D. A. Jaffe, D. A. Jaffe, J. R. Pierce, A. Fried, M. M. Coggon, G. I. Gkatzelis, G. I. Gkatzelis, G. I. Gkatzelis, C. Warneke, E. V. Fischer, L. Hu

“…We further evaluate GEOS-Chem simulations with aircraft observations made during WE-CAN (Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen) and FIREX-AQ (Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality) field campaigns. …”
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