The malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase controls the initiation of the egress pathway of asexual blood-stages by regulating the rounding-up of the vacuole. by Marie Seveno, Manon N Loubens, Laurence Berry, Arnault Graindorge, Maryse Lebrun, Catherine Lavazec, Mauld H Lamarque

“…These events are coordinated by two intracellular second messengers, cGMP and calcium ions (Ca2+), that control the activation of their dedicated kinases, PKG and CDPKs respectively, and thus the secretion of parasitic factors that assist membranes rupture. …”
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Effect of Ag Addition on the Electrochemical Performance of Cu10Al in Artificial Saliva by R. J. Salgado-Salgado, J. Porcayo-Calderon, O. Sotelo-Mazon, R. A. Rodriguez-Diaz, G. Salinas-Solano, V. M. Salinas-Bravo, L. Martinez-Gomez

“…Thus, binary and ternary alloys are susceptible to tarnish in the presence of thiocyanate ions.…”
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Analysis of reservoir rock permeability changes due to solid precipitation during waterflooding using artificial neural network by Azizollah Khormali, Soroush Ahmadi, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Aleksandrov

“…The results showed that with increasing temperature, ion concentration, injected pore volume, and decreasing injection rate, salt precipitation and formation damage are increased. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Antioxidant Potency and Phenolic Compounds in Fruit Peel of Opuntia robusta, Opuntia dillenii, and Opuntia ficus-indica Using HPLC-DAD Profiling by Ahmed Marhri, Youssef Rbah, Aymane Allay, Mehdi Boumediene, Aziz Tikent, Abdessamad Benmoumen, Reda Melhaoui, Ahmed Elamrani, Malika Abid, Mohamed Addi

“…Opuntia robusta and Opuntia dillenii demonstrated the higher antioxidant capacity in scavenging 2,2-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) compared to Opuntia ficus-indica, whereas Opuntia dillenii and Opuntia ficus-indica exhibited the highest concentration of antioxidants capable of reducing the Fe3+ complex of ferric ions (TPTZ)3+ to the ferrous complex Fe (TPTZ)2+. …”
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Microstructure and transport properties of lithium hexafluorophosphate solutions in binary mixture of dimethyl carbonate with ethylene carbonate from molecular dynamics simulation by Dmytro Dudariev, Yevhenii Holubenko, Rebie Jallah, Oleg Kalugin

“…The results show that Li+ cation can form contact ion pairs (CIPs) and solvent shared ion pairs (SSIPs) in the solutions. …”
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Enhancement of Antioxidant Activity, Stability, and Structure of Heme-Peptides by L-Lysine by Yinghui Zhang, Wei Cui, Hui Zhou, Lifang Zou, Zhaoming Wang, Kezhou Cai, Baocai Xu

“…The contents of iron, ferrous ion, and ferrous heme in the heme-peptides were significantly increased by 97.52%, 121. 97%, and 74.45% (<i>p</i> < 0.05), respectively. …”
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The impact of Ca2+ on the protective mechanisms of the photosystem under drought stress by Yanli Wei, Tongen Zhang, Tongtong Yao, Zihan Wang, Yanhui Che, Huihui Zhang

“…External calcium ions (Ca2+) play a crucial role in mitigating drought stress in plants, as revealed through physiological and transcriptomic analyses using tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L) as a model system. …”
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Influence of Hydrothermal and Pyrolysis Processes on the Transformation of Organic Matter of Dense Low-Permeability Rocks from Domanic Formations of the Romashkino Oil Field by Galina P. Kayukova, Anastasiya N. Mikhailova, Nailia M. Khasanova, Vladimir P. Morozov, Alexey V. Vakhin, Nafis A. Nazimov, Oleg S. Sotnikov, Rais S. Khisamov

“…Application of electron paramagnetic resonance in pyrolysis processes revealed the difference in mineral content of rocks (Mn2+, SO3−, and SO2− ions) and free radicals R∗, as well as in vanadyl ion (VO2+) concentration. …”
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Optical, X-Ray Diffraction, and Magnetic Properties of the Cobalt-Substituted Nickel Chromium Ferrites (CrCo𝑥Ni1−𝑥FeO4, 𝑥=0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0) Synthesized Using Sol-Gel... by Sonal Singhal, Santosh Bhukal, Jagdish Singh, Kailash Chandra, S. Bansal

“…This is due to the fact that cobalt ion replaces the less magnetic nickel ions. However, the coercivity decreases with increase in cobalt concentration due to the decrease in anisotropy field. …”
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Sintesis dan Karakterisasi Komposit Mn-N-TiO2/Bentonit untuk Degradasi Polutan Organik by Ruslan, Prismawiryanti, Ni Ketut Sumarni, Ahmad Ridhay, Mutiara Zalfa Riski, Sitti Nurhalisa, Anggi Marsela

“…In the IR spectrum, there is a shift in wave number from 1634.49 to 1433.11cm-1, there is the vibration of the NO bond, absorption below 1000 cm-1 indicates the presence of Mn-O bonds, and absorption at wave number 1049.28 cm-1 indicates the presence of ions. manganese metal trapped in the TiO2 matrix. …”
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Relationship between Calcium-binding Ability and Structure of Soybean Protein Based on the Change of Preparation by Huilin LUAN, Xiaohan HUA, Wenhua YU, Xin JIA, Lijun YIN

“…The results showed that the binding of soybean protein and calcium ions was related to both the protein's secondary structure composition and its hydrophobicity. …”
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Influence of Relative Humidity and Aging on Morphology and Chemical Composition on Biomass Burning Particle by Titinan Utavong, Thunyapat Thongyen, Surat Bualert, Parkpoom Choomanee, Saranarat Kongkeaw, Tanawan Rattanapotanan, Jitlada Phupijit, Suteekan Maneejantra, Nitchakarn Changplaiy

“…The FPM was measured using a scanning mobility particle sizer and the particle mass was collected for morphological (transmission electron microscopy) and chemical (organic and elemental carbon, and water-soluble ions) analyses during 3, 6, and 9 h of aging. The geometric mean diameter (GMDN) of FPM from biomass burning were 95 ± 4 nm (Aitken mode) and 133 ± 40 nm (accumulation mode). …”
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Rapid, Sensitive and Validated Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometric Method for the Determination of Fenofibric Acid and its Application to Human Pharmacokinet... by Sunil K. Dubey, Manoj S. Tomar, Anil Kumar Patni, Arshad Khuroo, Simrit Reyar, Tausif Monif

“…The first, rapid and sensitive ultra performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometric method for the determination of fenofibric acid, the active metabolite of fenofibrate, a lipid regulating agent, in human EDTA plasma has been developed and validated using fenofibric d6 acid as internal standard and Waters LC-MS/MS. Negative ions of fenofibric acid and fenofibric d6 acid were detected in multiple reaction-monitoring (MRM) mode. …”
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Characteristics and Driving Mechanism of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Farmland of Beijing Plain: Implication for the Fate of Engineered Polymers in Soil by Lanlan Zhang, Zhen Li, Shiwen Zhang, Shasha Xia, Hongguang Zou, Yuanfang Huang

“…Soil organic matter (SOM), as a kind of natural polymers, affects the migration and transport of ions and particles in soil system due to its surface characteristics and interaction and then causes significant changes in soil quality such as soil fertility loss and pollutant transfer. …”
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Novel Bioceramic Urethral Bulking Agents Elicit Improved Host Tissue Responses in a Rat Model by Travis K. Mann-Gow, Benjamin J. King, Ahmed El-Ghannam, Christine Knabe-Ducheyne, Masatoshi Kida, Ole M. Dall, Jan Krhut, Peter Zvara

“…Concentrations of Ca, Na, Si, and P ions in the experimental groups were comparable to control animals. …”
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Synthesis of Some Metal Complexes with New Heterocyclic Ligand (5-(((2-(3-(1<i>H</i>-indol-3-yl)acryloyl)phenyl)amino)methylene)-2-thiooxodihydropyrimidine-4,6(1<i>H</i>,5<i>H</i>)... by Thanaa Abdul Ameer Hilal, Ibtihal Kadhim Kareem

“…The L1 coordinates toward the metal ions Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II), giving an octahedral geometry, while it has a square planar shape with the Au(III) ion. …”
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Features of Plasma Electrolytic Formation of Manganese- and Cobalt-Containing Composites on Aluminum Alloys by Ann V. Karakurkchi, Nykolay D. Sakhnenko, Maryna V. Ved’, Ihor S. Luhovskyi, Hryhoriy A. Drobakha, Maryna V. Mayba

“…It is shown that an increase in the PEO current density and the concentration of manganate- and cobalt(II) ions in the solution leads to an increase the content of dopant metals in the coatings outer layer. …”
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Dapagliflozin inhibits ferroptosis to improve chronic heart failure by regulating Nrf2/HO-1/GPX4 signaling pathway. by Jing Zhang, Xuefeng Chen, Shilin Lv, Qingqing Hao

“…Dapagliflozin also decreased cardiac iron ion levels and increased Nrf2, HO-1 and GPX4 protein expression.…”
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Feasibility of using Nanofiltration membranes to delay Reverse Osmosis membrane fouling and to reduce energy consumption (BWC desalination plant) by Mourad Berrabah, Khadidja Benyahia, Ahlem Zerfa, Hassiba Bouabdesselam

“…The ESNA1-LF-LD Nanofiltration membrane is more suitable and competitive compared to SWC4-LD for seawater desalination with a 99% removal rate of multivalent ions. It allows for partial desalination and also allows for the preparation of water for industrial use (cooling....) at twice the pressure and at higher conversion rates (90%). …”
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Marine Macroalgae Display Bioreductant Efficacy for Fabricating Metallic Nanoparticles: Intra/Extracellular Mechanism and Potential Biomedical Applications by Sabiha Mahmood Ansari, Quaiser Saquib, Valeria De Matteis, Hend Awad Alwathnani, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Abdulaziz Ali Al-Khedhairy

“…The prime reason for using the aforesaid entities in the metallic NPs synthesis is based on their intrinsic properties to act as bioreductants, having the capability to reduce and cap the metal ions into stabilized NPs. Several green NPs have been verified for their biocompatibility in human cells. …”
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