abstract：AIMS:Although excessive fat and caffeine intake are independent risk factors for bone microstructural and functional disturbances, their association remains overlooked. Thus, we investigated the impact of high-fat diet (HFD) and caffeine alone and combined on serum lipid profile, bone microstructure, micromineral distr...

authors： de Souza FB,Novaes RD,Santos CFF,de Deus FA,Santos FC,Ladeira LCM,Gonçalves RV,Bastos DSS,Souza ACF,Machado-Neves M,Dos Santos EC

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abstract：:This study analyzed bacterial community structure for large-scale brewery wastewater treatment at different heights in internal circulation (IC) reactor. Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Chloroflexi were dominant bacteria, which accounted for 64.17%, 64.04%, 59.87% and 55.79% in phylum level, respectively. The uniden...

authors： Chen J,Liu Y,Liu K,Hu L,Yang J,Wang X,Song ZL,Yang Y,Tang M,Wang R

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abstract：:Chronic infections, such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), contribute to the inflammation process among older adults and are associated with the immunosenescence process. The aim was to identify the immunological profile associated with CMV and HSV-1 infections among older adults. This ...

authors： Noronha BP,Mambrini JVM,Torres KCL,Martins-Filho OA,Teixeira-Carvalho A,Lima-Costa MF,Peixoto SV

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abstract：:Prokineticin 1 (pk1) and prokineticin 2 (pk2) interact with two structurally related G-protein coupled receptors, prokineticin receptor 1 (PKR1) and prokineticin receptor 2 (PKR2). Cellular signalling studies show that the activated receptors can evoke Ca2+-mobilization, pertussis toxin-sensitive ERK phosphorylation, ...

authors： Casella I,Ambrosio C

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abstract：:With Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) and fluorescence spectroscopy, this study investigated the transformation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and nitrogen (DON) during the widely-applied anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (A2O) processes to provide molecular insights into the removal, gen...

authors： Tang G,Li B,Zhang B,Wang C,Zeng G,Zheng X,Liu C

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abstract：:Antibiotic pollution is frequently detected in fresh waters and wastewaters where they represent an environmental risk for the development of global antibiotic resistance. Due to their excessive use in personal care products, UV filters have also been found to be pseudo-persistent in the aquatic environment. In contra...

authors： Grgić I,Čižmek AM,Babić S,Ljubas D,Rožman M

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abstract：:The uptake of radionuclides by plants and their subsequent relocation to the human body through ingestion is one major pathway of human internal exposure. Thus, the present study was conducted to examine the levels of natural radionuclides, 238U and 232Th, in soil of Ezillo paddy fields (field 1 and field 2) at depths...

authors： Ugbede FO,Osahon OD

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abstract：:Mitochondria are essential organelles that form highly complex, interconnected dynamic networks inside cells. The GTPase mitofusin 2 (MFN2) is a highly conserved outer mitochondrial membrane protein involved in the regulation of mitochondrial morphology, which can affect various metabolic and signaling functions. The ...

authors： Zarei A,Ballard A,Cox L,Bayguinov P,Harris T,Davis JL,Roper P,Fitzpatrick J,Faccio R,Veis DJ

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abstract：:Biorefining of lignocellulosic biomass is a relatively new concept but it has strong potential to develop and partially replace the fossil derived fuels and myriad of value products to subsequently reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. However, the energy and cost intensive process of releasing the entrapped fermentabl...

authors： Agrawal R,Verma A,Singhania RR,Varjani S,Di Dong C,Kumar Patel A

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abstract：:Anthropogenic and natural ecosystems in coastal dunes provide considerable benefits to human well-being. However, to date, we still lack a good understanding of how ecosystem services (ES) supply varies from young dunes (e.g., embryo and fore dunes) to mature dunes (e.g., brown and red dunes). This study proposed a no...

authors： Dang KB,Nguyen TT,Ngo HH,Burkhard B,Müller F,Dang VB,Nguyen H,Ngo VL,Pham TPN

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abstract：:The search for low cost adsorbents that have metal-binding capacities has intensified in the last decades. Some natural aquatic macrophytes have been studied as adsorbents to remove heavy metals. Macrophytes ease to propagate converts them into plague for many ecosystems while they are also considered by some activiti...

authors： Saralegui AB,Willson V,Caracciolo N,Piol MN,Boeykens SP

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abstract：:The co-existence of nitrate, manganese (Mn), and antibiotics are of a wide concern. In this study, a denitrifying and manganese-oxidizing Zoogloea Q7 bacterium was immobilized using polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate with sponge cube (PVA/SA@sponge cube) in the reactor. The optimal operation parameters of the bioreacto...

authors： Chang Q,Ali A,Su J,Wen Q,Bai Y,Gao Z,Xiong R

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abstract：:Today, major landscape changes affect ecological connectivity exerting adverse effects on ecosystems. Connectivity is a critical element of landscape structure and supports ecosystem functionality. Landscape connectivity can be efficiently increased in landscape ecology by building ecological networks (EN) through mod...

authors： Modica G,Praticò S,Laudari L,Ledda A,Di Fazio S,De Montis A

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abstract：:Little is known about the hormonal regulation of feline ovarian granulosa cell proliferation and steroidogenesis. The present study aimed to develop a hormone responsive granulosa cell culture system to measure steroidogenic and cell proliferation responses to help identify factors that might regulate ovarian function...

authors： Chiara Perego M,Bellitto N,Maylem ERS,Caloni F,Spicer LJ

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abstract：:Evaluating the transfer and metabolism of carbon (C) in apple fruit is key to estimating the potential accumulation of atmospheric 14C in fruit near and around nuclear facilities. We developed a dynamic compartment model for apple fruit-bearing shoots, assuming that the shoots are a simple unit of source and sink for ...

authors： Imada S,Tani T,Tako Y,Moriya Y,Hisamatsu S

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abstract：:A method to quantify the interface shear stiffness, adhesive shear modulus and adhesive thickness in an aluminium-epoxy-aluminium joint is presented. Shear horizontal guided waves are considered to infer the properties. A numerical model that employs spring stiffness boundary conditions at the aluminium-epoxy interfac...

authors： Koodalil D,Rajagopal P,Balasubramaniam K

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abstract：:Numerous studies have revealed the effect of temperature and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on microbiota in sludge biological hydrolysis (BH). However, few scholars have explored the combined effect of these two critical BH parameters. This study explored the BH performance and community structures over 12 combined t...

authors： Wang M,Chen H,Chang S

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abstract：:The application of compost has been recognized as one of the most promising approaches for preserving soil quality and crop production. The present study exhaustively investigates the impact of Water Hyacinth Compost (WHC), Hydrilla verticillata Compost (HVC) and Vegetable Waste Compost (VWC) on soil nutrient quality ...

authors： Mazumder P,Pm A,Jyoti,Khwairakpam M,Mishra U,Kalamdhad AS

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abstract：:Recently, much research has been carried out to find a suitable catalyst for the transesterification process during biodiesel production where heterogeneous catalysts play a crucial role. As homogenous catalysts present drawbacks such as slow reaction rate, high-cost due to the use of food grade oils, problems associa...

authors： Jayakumar M,Karmegam N,Gundupalli MP,Bizuneh Gebeyehu K,Tessema Asfaw B,Chang SW,Ravindran B,Kumar Awasthi M

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abstract：:Medication related osteonecrosis of the Jaws (MRONJ) is a severe complication of antiresorptive and anti-angiogenic medications. Osteoclast inhibition is central in MRONJ pathogenesis. Here, we investigated if local application of RANKL (a key molecule in osteoclast activation) could enhance osteoclast generation and ...

authors： Soundia A,Hadaya D,Chau Y,Gkouveris I,Bezouglaia O,Dry S,Pirih F,Aghaloo T,Tetradis S

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abstract：:Herein, a series of novel adsorbents derived from glucose, maltose, and starch zinc oxide (ZnO) loaded carbohydrate-based carbon materials (Zn-Cs) were synthesized by a fast and efficient self-propagating combustion synthesis method (SCS). The experimental results show that Zn-Cs exhibits excellent adsorption performa...

authors： Wang W,Gao M,Cao M,Liu X,Yang H,Li Y

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abstract：:In this study, a novel halotolerant phenol-degrading yeast strain, SDP-1, was isolated from a coastal soil in Jiangsu, China, and identified as Candida tropicalis by morphology and rRNA internal transcribed space region sequence analysis. Strain SDP-1 can efficiently remove phenol at wide ranges of pH (3.0-9.0), tempe...

authors： Gong Y,Ding P,Xu MJ,Zhang CM,Xing K,Qin S

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abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of age on mechanisms of exercise tolerance. METHODS:Prospective observational study recruited 71 healthy individuals divided into two groups according to their age i.e. younger (≤40 years of age, N = 43); and older (≥55 years of age, N = 28). All participants underwent maximal graded car...

authors： Fuller A,Okwose N,Scragg J,Eggett C,Luke P,Bandali A,Velicki R,Greaves L,MacGowan GA,Jakovljevic DG

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abstract：:A detailed molecular flavor profile was necessary to understand the low acceptance of soy drink by Western consumers. Accordingly, key odor-active compounds were detected by means of aroma dilution analyses coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry after application of suitable solvent-free volati...

authors： Nedele AK,Mayer N,Feller N,Hinrichs J,Zhang Y

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abstract：:Tumor progression is a complicated process influenced by multiple factors, in which the acidic tumor microenvironment (TME) and altered tumor-associated membrane proteins (TA-MPs) are closely involved. Monitoring the status of these factors is of significance for tumor progression research. Here, we develop a novel pr...

authors： Kan A,Wang S,Zhang L,Xu X,Zhang N,Jiang W

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abstract：:Anaerobic digestion (AD) systems with high substrate concentrations are characterized by high viscosity, which affects material and energy transfer efficiencies, thereby influencing methane production efficiency. In this study, adding granular activated carbon (GAC) and increasing the temperature decreased the viscosi...

authors： Liu Y,Qian Y,Yong X,Jia H,Wei P,Zhou J

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abstract：:The photosynthetic process in microalgae and the extracellular proton environment interact with each other. The photosynthetic process in microalgae induces a pH increase in the aquatic environment as a result of cellular protons uptake rather than as an effect of CO2 consumption. The photosynthetic water photolysis a...

authors： Zerveas S,Mente MS,Tsakiri D,Kotzabasis K

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abstract：:The outbreak of COVID-19 is caused by high contagiousness and rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus between people when an infected person is in close contact with another one. In this overall scenario, the disinfection processes have been largely improved. For instance, some countries have approved no-touch technologies b...

authors： Fiore L,Mazzaracchio V,Galloni P,Sabuzi F,Pezzola S,Matteucci G,Moscone D,Arduini F

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abstract：:Chronic and acute stress may have a detrimental effect on children's physical activity. Research on stress as a predictor of children's physical activity has mostly focused on stress between children, rather than how children's within-day variation in stress may predict physical activity. The current study assessed th...

authors： Do B,Mason TB,Yi L,Yang CH,Dunton GF

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abstract：:Although our current knowledge of the pathophysiology of COVID-19 is still fragmentary, the information so far accrued on the tropism and life cycle of its etiological agent SARS-CoV-2, together with the emerging clinical data, suffice to indicate that the severe acute pulmonary syndrome is the main, but not the only ...

authors： Barrantes FJ

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abstract：:To enhance the co-production of butanol and hydrogen by the acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation of Clostridium beijerinckii, a novel cathodic electro-fermentation (CEF) system was constructed with neutral red (NR) as electron mediator. With the mediation of NR, production of butanol and hydrogen from glucose in...

authors： Zhang Y,Li J,Meng J,Sun K,Yan H

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abstract：HYPOTHESIS:Partial Nephrectomy is oncological safe in patients with pT3a RCC. PURPOSE:To compare the oncological and functional outcomes of patients with pT3a RCC scheduled for PN and RN. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed patients with pT3a N0 M0 RCC who underwent partial or radical nephrectomy from 2...

authors： Alvim R,Tin A,Nogueira L,Lebdai S,Wong N,Takeda T,Assel M,Hakimi AA,Touijer K,Russo P,Coleman J

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abstract：:We recently identified Galectin-1 (Gal-1), a β-galactoside-binding lectin, as a novel immune regulator in neuroblastoma (NB). Here, we characterized the tolerogenic function of Gal-1 within the CD8+ T cell compartment and further evaluated its relevance as an antigen for effective DNA vaccination against NB in a mouse...

authors： Liebscher L,Weißenborn C,Langwisch S,Gohlke BO,Preissner R,Rabinovich GA,Christiansen N,Christiansen H,Zenclussen AC,Fest S

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abstract：:A theoretical model of the intermittent contact mechanism of linear piezoelectric actuator was proposed, in which the microscopic characteristics of the contact surfaces were taken into account. Greenwood-Williamson (GM) theory was involved for the first time to describe the microscopic characteristics of the contact ...

authors： Zhang Q,Piao S,Chen H

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abstract：:Herein, we report a method that combined "aptamer-locker" DNA with CRISPR/Cas12a-based biosensing for sensitive and rapid melamine analysis. Three strategies were harnessed for designing the DNA sensors that were well characterized by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) in t...

authors： Qiao B,Xu J,Yin W,Xin W,Ma L,Qiao J,Liu Y

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abstract：:Industries such as oil mining face challenges in the treatment of polyacrylamide (PAM)-containing wastewater produced during petroleum extraction. The feasibility of using revolving algae biofilm (RAB) reactors to treat PAM-contaminated wastewater for simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen was evaluated. The pres...

authors： Zhang H,Li X,An Z,Liu Z,Tang C,Zhao X

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abstract：:COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound impacts on human life and the environment including freshwater ecosystems globally. Despite the various impacts, the pandemic has improved the quality of the environment and thereby creating an opportunity to restore the degraded ecosystems. This study presents the imprints of COV...

authors： Pant RR,Bishwakarma K,Rehman Qaiser FU,Pathak L,Jayaswal G,Sapkota B,Pal KB,Thapa LB,Koirala M,Rijal K,Maskey R

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abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) produced by soil bacterium Clostridium botulinum are cause of botulism and listed as biohazard agents, thus rapid screening assays are needed for taking the correct countermeasures in a timely fashion. The gold standard method relies on the mouse lethality assay with a lengthy analysis ti...

authors： Caratelli V,Fillo S,D'Amore N,Rossetto O,Pirazzini M,Moccia M,Avitabile C,Moscone D,Lista F,Arduini F

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abstract：:Trans-Atlantic voyage of petroleum often leads to marine pollution with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHs) and heavy metals (HMs) that defines structures of autochthonous bacteria in the hydrosphere. Bacterial taxa of marine sediments exposed to petroleum transport activities were profiled using 16S rDNA metagenomics and co...

authors： Oyetibo GO,Ige OO,Obinani PK,Amund OO

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abstract：:By using Na2S as a sulfur source, sulfur-doped MnFe2O4 was prepared using one-step solvent thermal method and utilized to remove hexavalent chromium. The materials were characterized through scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, high-resolution TEM, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrar...

authors： Wang J,Xu Q,Yin W,Hou J,Wang S,Wang X

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