Inferring northern peatland methane emissions from testate amoebae: A proof of concept study by Alicia Frésard, Matthieu Mulot, Guillaume Bertrand, Alexandre Lhosmot, Laure Gandois, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Julie Loisel, Julie Talbot, Sanna Saarnio, Elisa Männistö, Luc Pelletier, Michelle Garneau, Edward A.D. Mitchell

“…However, peatlands are also a natural source of methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas, to the atmosphere. Methane production (by methanogens) and oxidation (by methanotrophs) are controlled by water table depth, soil temperature and hydrochemistry. …”
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Detection of Aircraft Emissions Using Long-Path Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy at Hefei Xinqiao International Airport by Jun Duan, Min Qin, Wu Fang, Zhitang Liao, Huaqiao Gui, Zheng Shi, Haining Yang, Fanhao Meng, Dou Shao, Jiaqi Hu, Baobin Han, Pinhua Xie, Wenqing Liu

“…At present, the assessment methods for airport pollution emission mainly involve the use of the aircraft emission database established by the International Civil Aviation Organization, but the emission behavior of an engine installed on an aircraft may differ from that of an engine operated in a testbed. …”
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Continuous Treatment of Refractory Wastewater from Research and Teaching Laboratories via Supercritical Water Oxidation–Experimental Results and Modeling by Mariana Bisinotto Pereira, Guilherme Botelho Meireles de Souza, Isabela Milhomem Dias, Julles Mitoura dos Santos-Júnior, Antônio Carlos Daltro de Freitas, Jose M. Abelleira-Pereira, Christian Gonçalves Alonso, Lucio Cardozo-Filho, Reginaldo Guirardello

“…Initially, the wastewater samples were characterized via headspace gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. …”
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Eucalyptus-derived essential oils alleviate microbes and modulate inflammation by suppressing superoxide and elastase release by Shaimaa Fayez, Mariam I. Gamal El-Din, Saad A. Moghannem, Faizul Azam, Mohamed El-Shazly, Michal Korinek, Michal Korinek, Yu-Li Chen, Yu-Li Chen, Tsong-Long Hwang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Tsong-Long Hwang, Nouran M. Fahmy

“…In this article, we present a comparative analysis of the chemical composition of the hydrodistilled oils obtained from three different Eucalyptus species growing in Egypt viz. …”
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Yinchen Linggui Zhugan decoction ameliorates high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by modulation of SIRT1/Nrf2 signaling pathway and gut microbiota by Hui Jiang, Hui Jiang, Tangyou Mao, Zhongmei Sun, Zhongmei Sun, Lei Shi, Xiao Han, Xiao Han, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Xiaosi Zhang, Xiaosi Zhang, Jiali Wang, Jiali Wang, Juncong Hu, Juncong Hu, Liming Zhang, Liming Zhang, Junxiang Li, Haixiao Han

“…For further elaborating the upstream mechanism, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in serum and feces were measured by liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer and gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, and the differences in gut microbiota of rats in each group were analyzed through high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA. …”
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PTTG1 promotes CD34+CD45+ cells to repair the pulmonary vascular barrier via activating the VEGF-bFGF/PI3K/AKT/eNOS signaling pathway in rats with phosgene-induced acute lung injur... by Yu Dun, Hanbing Hu, Fuli Liu, Yiru Shao, Daikun He, Lin Zhang, Jie Shen

“…Although PTTG1 overexpression enhanced the ability of CD34+CD45+ cells to attenuate P-ALI, no significant difference was found. PTTG1 was found to regulate the endothelial differentiation of CD34+CD45+ cells. …”
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LncRNA Profiling Reveals That the Deregulation of H19, WT1-AS, TCL6, and LEF1-AS1 Is Associated with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome by Katarina Szikszai, Zdenek Krejcik, Jiri Klema, Nikoleta Loudova, Andrea Hrustincova, Monika Belickova, Monika Hruba, Jitka Vesela, Viktor Stranecky, David Kundrat, Pavla Pecherkova, Jaroslav Cermak, Anna Jonasova, Michaela Dostalova Merkerova

“…Expression profiles were analyzed in relation to different aspects of the disease (i.e., diagnosis, disease subtypes, cytogenetic and mutational aberrations, and risk of progression). …”
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The Effect of Counterions on the Detection of Cu²⁺ Ions in Aqueous Solutions Using Quartz Tuning Fork (QTF) Sensors Modified with L-Cysteine Self-Assembled Monolayers: E... by Shofiur Rahman, Mahmoud A. Al-Gawati, Fatimah S. Alfaifi, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Amal F. Alanazi, Hamad Albrithen, Khalid E. Alzahrani, Abdulaziz K. Assaifan, Abdullah N. Alodhayb, Paris E. Georghiou

“…Three copper (II) salts, CuSO₄, CuCl₂, and Cu(NO₃)₂, at four different concentrations (10⁻¹², 10⁻¹⁰, 10⁻⁸, and 10⁻⁶ M) in small (100 μL) water sample amounts were each used as analytes to investigate the influence of their counterions in the detection of the Cu²⁺ ions. …”
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Probiotic Fermented Beverage Based on Kiwifruit Residue and Analysis of Its Nutritional Quality and Flavor by Liping ZHANG, Ruiling LIU, Xianghong MENG, Weijie WU, Hangjun CHEN, Haiyan GAO

“…The nutritional quality assay showed that, as time fermentation, the viable count and the contents of soluble protein and total acid increased, total phenol content initially decreased and then increased, flavonoids content had no significant difference, and the contents of total sugar and ascorbic acid decreased. …”
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Transcriptome-Based Construction of the Gibberellin Metabolism and Signaling Pathways in <i>Eucalyptus grandis</i> × <i>E. urophylla</i>, and Functional Characterization of <i>GA20... by Wenfei Wu, Linhui Zhu, Pan Wang, Yuwu Liao, Lanjuan Duan, Kai Lin, Xin Chen, Lijie Li, Jiajing Xu, Hao Hu, Zeng-Fu Xu, Jun Ni

“…Gibberellins (GAs) are the key regulators controlling plant growth, wood production and the stress responses in perennial woody plants. …”
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Assessing environmental change associated with early Eocene hyperthermals in the Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA by W. Rush, W. Rush, J. Self-Trail, Y. Zhang, A. Sluijs, H. Brinkhuis, H. Brinkhuis, J. Zachos, J. G. Ogg, J. G. Ogg, J. G. Ogg, M. Robinson

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Microalgal co-cultivation -recent methods, trends in omic-studies, applications, and future challenges by Raseena Naseema Rasheed, Asma Pourbakhtiar, Malihe Mehdizadeh Allaf, Maedeh Baharlooeian, Nahid Rafiei, Nahid Rafiei, Hossein Alishah Aratboni, Hossein Alishah Aratboni, Jose Ruben Morones-Ramirez, Jose Ruben Morones-Ramirez, Flavia Vischi Winck

“…The burgeoning human population has resulted in an augmented demand for raw materials and energy sources, which in turn has led to a deleterious environmental impact marked by elevated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, acidification of water bodies, and escalating global temperatures. …”
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Exome sequencing reveals gain-of-function mutations in STAT1 conferring predisposition to chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and tuberculosis in six Colombian patients by Marcela Moncada-Vélez, Lucía Victoria Erazo-Borrás, Jesús Armando Álvarez-lvarez, Carlos Andrés Arango, Miyuki Tsumura, Satoshi Okada, Sara Daniela Osorio, Lorena Castro, Natalia González, Catalina Arango, Julio César Orrego, Lina Riaño, Juan Fernando Alzate, Felipe Cabarcas, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Jacinta Bustamante, Anne Puel, Andrés Augusto Arias, José Luis Franco

“…Patients’ PBMCs and the GAS reporter assay showed higher phosphorylation of STAT1 in response to IFN-gamma stimulation demonstrating that all mutant alleles were GOF. …”
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A double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial of hydrogen inhalation therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss by Masahiro Okada, Hideo Ogawa, Taro Takagi, Taro Takagi, Eriko Nishihara, Eriko Nishihara, Tadashi Yoshida, Jun Hyodo, Yusuke Shinomori, Nobumitsu Honda, Takashi Fujiwara, Masato Teraoka, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shin-ichi Hirano, Naohito Hato

“…However, no adverse effects due to the inhalation of H2 gas have been reported.ConclusionThis is the first study to investigate the efficacy of H2 for the treatment of ISSNHL in humans. …”
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Validation of a portable monitor compared with polysomnography for screening of obstructive sleep apnea in polio survivors by Qidi Ding, Jianghua Liu, Jinxian Wu, Juan Du, Xiao Li, Meng Wang, Yunliang Sun, Yan Yu, Jingyu Wang, Ting Sun, Chi Zhang, Changjun Lv, Kingman P. Strohl, Fang Han, Xiaosong Dong

“…AHI on PSG showed a mean difference of −5.09 (95% confidence interval [CI]: −7.10, −3.08; P &lt; 0.001) with limits of agreement ranging from −18.67 to 8.49 events/h. …”
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Short vs. Long-Distance Avocado Supply Chains: Life Cycle Assessment Impact Associated to Transport and Effect of Fruit Origin and Supply Conditions Chain on Primary and Secondary... by Romina Pedreschi, Excequel Ponce, Ignacia Hernández, Claudia Fuentealba, Antonio Urbina, Jose J. González-Fernández, Jose I. Hormaza, David Campos, Rosana Chirinos, Encarna Aguayo

“…In this work, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) impact associated with the transport of two avocado supply chains (short (Spanish) and long (Chilean)) and the effect of the fruit origin and distance of both chains on primary and secondary metabolites from harvest to edible ripeness were evaluated using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography coupled to diode array detection (LC-DAD) based metabolite analysis. …”
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Boron Carbonitride Films with Tunable Composition: LPCVD and PECVD Synthesis Using Trimethylamine Borane and Nitrogen Mixture and Characterization by Svetlana V. Belaya, Eugene A. Maksimovsky, Vladimir R. Shayapov, Aleksandra A. Shapovalova, Alexey N. Kolodin, Andrey A. Saraev, Igor P. Asanov, Maxim N. Khomyakov, Irina V. Yushina, Aleksandr G. Plekhanov, Veronica S. Sulyaeva, Marina L. Kosinova

“…BC_xN_y films with different compositions were produced via variations in substrate temperature and type of gas-phase activation. …”
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The role of the marine research infrastructures in the European marine observation landscape: present and future perspectives by Juan José Dañobeitia, Juan José Dañobeitia, Sylvie Pouliquen, Sylvie Pouliquen, Nicolas Pade, Christos Arvanitidis, Richard Sanders, Richard Sanders, Adrian Stanica, Adrian Stanica, Claire Gourcuff, George Petihakis, George Petihakis, George Petihakis, Valentina Tegas, Paolo Favali, Paolo Favali

“…The ocean regulates the exchange, storage of carbon dioxide, plays a key role in global control of Earth climate and life, absorbs most of the heat excess from greenhouse gas emissions and provides a remarkable number of resources for the human being. …”
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Inhaled nitric oxide in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by COVID-19: treatment modalities, clinical response, and outcomes by Armand Mekontso Dessap, Laurent Papazian, Manuella Schaller, Saad Nseir, Bruno Megarbane, Luc Haudebourg, Jean-François Timsit, Jean-Louis Teboul, Khaldoun Kuteifan, Marc Gainnier, Michel Slama, Patrick Houeto, Laurent Lecourt, Alain Mercat, Antoine Vieillard-Baron

“…Among all evaluable patients, the crude mortality was not significantly different between responders at 6 h and their counterparts. …”
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Optimizing alfalfa productivity and persistence versus greenhouse gases fluxes in a continental arid region by Jiao Ning, Xiong Z. He, Fujiang Hou, Shanning Lou, Xianjiang Chen, Shenghua Chang, Cheng Zhang, Wanhe Zhu

“…This study was performed in alfalfa fields of different ages (2, 3, 5 and 7 year old) during the growing season (from April to October) in a typical salinized meadow with temperate continental arid climate in the Northwest inland regions, China. …”
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