Geological characteristics of deep coal rock and main geological factors controlling coalbed methane enrichment: a case study of the M area in the eastern Ordos Basin by Xiaojiao GUO, Lei WANG, Xianzhou YAO, Xu LI, Linke ZHANG, Xiaoshuang WANG

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Pore Structure and Its Fractal Dimension: A Case Study of the Marine Shales of the Niutitang Formation in Northwest Hunan, South China by Wei Jiang, Yang Zhang, Tianran Ma, Song Chen, Yang Hu, Qiang Wei, Dingxiang Zhuang

“…To analyze the pore structure and fractal characteristics of marine shale in the lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation in northwestern Hunan Province, China, the pore characteristics of shale were characterized using total organic carbon (TOC) content, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), low temperature nitrogen adsorption (LT-N₂GA) and methane adsorption experiments. The pore surface and pore space fractal dimensions of samples were calculated, respectively. …”
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Sequence-based GWAS in 180,000 German Holstein cattle reveals new candidate variants for milk production traits by Ana-Marija Križanac, Christian Reimer, Johannes Heise, Zengting Liu, Jennie E. Pryce, Jörn Bennewitz, Georg Thaller, Clemens Falker-Gieske, Jens Tetens

“…The variants with the highest probabilities of being causal were further classified using external information about the function and evolution, making the prioritization for subsequent validation experiments easier. The top potential causal variants determined with fine-mapping explained a large percentage of genetic variance compared to random ones; 178 variants explained 11.5%, 104 explained 7.7%, and 68 variants explained 3.9% of the variance for MY, FY, and PY, respectively, demonstrating the potential for causality. …”
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No easy way out: towards a framework concept of long-term governance by Dirk Scheer, Sandra Venghaus, Stefania Sardo, Sascha Stark, Sophie Kuppler, Michael W. Schmidt, Carsten Hoyer-Klick

“…In essence, we understand long-term governance at its core as a reflexive policy-making process to address significant enduring and persistent problems within a strategy-based decision-making arena to best prepare for, navigate through, and experiment with a changing environment. Conclusions The framework does not describe specific processes or individual cases in detail. …”
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Verbascoside Inhibits the Activation of NLRP3 Inflammasome and Improves BV-2 Cell Inflammatory Damage by Wenjing HUANG, Fang CHENG, Min DU, Jiayi CHEN, Wei XIANG, Ke SHI, Xingliang XIE, Yanmei SHENG

“…Methods: A model of inflammatory damage induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in BV-2 cells was employed. The experiment was divided into 4 groups: The normal control group, the OGD model group, the Osmanthus fragrans ethanol extract group (OGD+OEE), and VB group (OGD+VB). …”
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A pan-cancer analysis: predictive role of ZNF32 in cancer prognosis and immunotherapy response by Minghan Li, Chang Su, Qianru Wang, Yuetong Chen, Di Jiang, Weijia Wang, Shunjin Chen, Xiangping Li, Ming Fu, Juan Lu

“…Overexpression of ZNF32 significantly enhanced proliferation and migration in FaDu and CAL27 cell lines, as demonstrated through CCK-8 assays, colony formation, flow cytometry, Transwell migration, and Boyden invasion assays. Our in vitro experiments confirmed that ZNF32 promotes malignant behavior by driving HNSC cell proliferation and migration. …”
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Characterising melanoma diagnostic pathways for patients in routine practice using administrative health data in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study by Frances C Wright, Timothy P Hanna, Patti A Groome, Nicole J Look Hong, Meaghan E Mavor, Yuka Asai, Hugh Langley

“…Objective To characterise diagnostic pathways for patients with melanoma in routine practice and compare patient, disease and diagnostic interval (DI) characteristics across pathways.Design Descriptive cross-sectional study using administrative health data.Setting Population-based study in Ontario, Canada.Participants Patients with melanoma diagnosed from 2007 to 2019.Main outcome measures We used latent class cluster analysis to create clusters of patients with similar diagnostic experiences to characterise diagnostic pathways in routine practice. …”
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The Effect of Cumin on the Formation of <i>β</i>-Carboline Heterocyclic Amines in Smoked Meat and Simulated Systems by Xiuxiu Liu, Wenyu Chen, Minghao Sun, Xufang Lv, Xing Shen, Zhongping Chai, Maomao Zeng

“…Subsequently, through simulation experiments, we assessed the inhibitory effects of these extracts on the formation of <i>β</i>-carboline heterocyclic amines and determined their free radical scavenging abilities. …”
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Evaluation of different sesame varieties cultivated under saline conditions in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh by Md Shihab Uddine Khan, Md Moshiur Rahman, Arup Ratan Basak, Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Sadia Afroz Ritu, Milon Kobir, Md Riazul Islam

“…In this paper, we compared the variations of yield performance and salinity torelance between modern and local sesame varieties to select the best-performing varieties under saline conditions in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh. The field experiment had been performed during the Kharif-1 season (mid-March to mid-July) of 2022 ​at the BINA (Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture) substation farm, Satkhira. …”
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Hepatoprotective Effects of a Novel Trihoney against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Comparative Study with Atorvastatin by Hamad Abdulsalam Hamad Alfarisi, Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, Zenab B. Hamad Mohamed, Nuraniza Azahari, Asmah Hanim Bt. Hamdan, Che Anuar Che Mohamad

“…Serum lipids and liver function test (LFT) were measured prior to and at the endpoint of the experiment for total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-c), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and total bilirubin (T. …”
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OSBPL3 modulates the immunosuppressive microenvironment and predicts therapeutic outcomes in pancreatic cancer by Qihui Sun, Xiaoqi Zhu, Qi Zou, Yang Chen, Tingting Wen, Tingting Jiang, Xiaojia Li, Fang Wei, Keping Xie, Jia Liu

“…We integrated multi-dataset analyses, single-cell transcriptomic data, and functional experiments to explore the role of OSBPL3 in pancreatic cancer. …”
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NEW MID-SEASON SPRING BARLEY CULTIVAR OMSKY 101 by P. N. Nikolaev, O. A. Yusova, N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova, J. V. Ryapolova

“…Agricultural practice in the experiment was conventional for the West Siberian region. …”
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Exploring the clinical profiles and management of juvenile dermatomyositis in Africa: a survey of African rheumatology care providers by Jessica Perfetto, Laura B. Lewandowski, Dawn M. Wahezi, Vanessa Ogega, Joan Ahimbisibwe, Kate Webb, Christiaan Scott, Angela Migowa

“…Conclusions This is the first study to explore experiences of providers caring for children with JDM in Africa. …”
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Your brain on art, nature, and meditation: a pilot neuroimaging study by Beatrix Krause-Sorio, Sergio Becerra, Prabha Siddarth, Stacey Simmons, Taylor Kuhn, Helen Lavretsky

“…ObjectivesExposure to art, nature, or meditation, all transcending human experiences, has beneficial effects on health and wellbeing. …”
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The financial character of policing in Tunisia: collusions, extraversion and the criminalization of informality by Daniela Musina

“…The Commission National de Lutte Contre le Terrorisme (CNLCT) and especially the Commission Tunisienne d’Analyse Financière (CTFA), this latter receiving the bulk of attention here, with all their different functional and political significances, are a case in point. Experiments with new technologies, such as blockchain, come into play here (and in line with a broader trend visible in the whole African continent) not only as extraversion practices to reassure investors in European countries and international economic institutions, and consequently exit sanctioning lists, but as they strengthen the contemporary experimental and infrastructural character of 'security' which maintains and reproduces its regimes. …”
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Effects of High‐Fructose Corn Syrup Addition to Broiler Diets on Performance, Carcass Yield, Visceral Weights, Gut pH and Some Blood Parameters by Gökhan Şen, Mehmet Demirci, Şevket Evci, Ali Şenol, Mehmet Akif Karsli

“…Blood samples were taken at the end of the experiment and used to spectrophotometrically determine triglyceride, total cholesterol, high‐density lipoprotein (HDL‐CHO), low‐density lipoprotein (LDL‐CHO), glucose (GLU), creatinine (CRE), uric acid and insulin concentrations, as well as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase activities and oxidative stress markers. …”
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Smoking habits, awareness and support needs for cessation among people with multiple sclerosis in Australia: findings from an online survey by Roshan das Nair, Ron Borland, Claudia H Marck, Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Lisa Grech, Sarah L White

“…Objectives To assess smoking habits, nicotine use, exposure to passive smoking, awareness of associated harms, and experiences with and preferences for smoking cessation support among people with multiple sclerosis (MS).Design Online survey, convenience sampling.Setting Community setting, Australia.Participants Adults living in Australia with probable or diagnosed MS were recruited via social media and newsletters to participate in 2020.Results Of the 284 participants in our convenience sample, 25.7% were current smokers (n=73) and 38.0% were former smokers (n=108). …”
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Optimizing Nitrogen Fertilization Regimes for Sustainable Maize (Zea mays L.) Production on the Volcanic Soils of Buea Cameroon by Christopher Ngosong, Victorine Bongkisheri, Clovis B. Tanyi, Lawrence T. Nanganoa, Aaron S. Tening

“…Nitrogen (N) fertilizer is commonly used to improve soil fertility and maize production in Cameroon, but high cost and potential environmental effects have necessitated site-specific N fertilization regimes that are adapted to particular soil and crop types. A field experiment was conducted with five N application rates (control–0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 kg N ha−1) to determine optimum rate for best maize yield with limited effect on soil acidification. …”
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The role of endothelial cell-related gene COL1A1 in prostate cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy: insights from machine learning and single-cell analysis by Gujun Cong, Jingjing Shao, Feng Xiao, Haixia Zhu, Peipei Kang

“…Immunofluorescence analysis results confirmed that COL1A1 is highly expressed in prostate cancer and is positively correlated with both AR and EGFR. In vitro experiments confirm that reducing COL1A1 expression levels can inhibit PRAD progression. …”
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Circle-seq reveals that eccDNA may be a key blood biomarker for HBV-associated liver cancer by Xiao K. Ran, Xiao F. Zhao, Zhen W. Wei, Hua Z. Pang, Yan F. Tang, Rong Liu, Tie X. Wu, Xu D. Liu

“…Following analysis of differential genes using bioinformatics, six candidate genes were screened out based on gene expression and cancer relevance. Experiments have verified that LAMA4[circle112550019-112550510] and KANK1[circle674459-674907] are real and expressed target genes, and their source genes are closely related to the survival time of patients with liver cancer.ConclusionOur research results revealed the main characteristics of eccDNAs in the blood of patients with HBV-related HCC and LC. …”
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