Characteristics and Health Risks of PM2.5-bound Metals in a Central City of Northern China: A One-year Observation Study by Jinhe Wang, Shuang Zhang, Xiaoguo Qiu, Kai Li, Jiarong Li, Yangang Ren, Chao Zhu, Xi Zhang

“…Four sources could be extracted using the positive matrix factorization (PMF) model, namely resuspended dust (51.9%), oil combustion (19.9%), factories (16.5%), and traffic emissions (11.7%). …”
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Global Mean and Relative Sea-Level Changes Over the Past 66 Myr: Implications for Early Eocene Ice Sheets by K. G. Miller, W. J. Schmelz, J. V. Browning, Y. Rosenthal, A. V. Hess, R. E. Kopp, J. D. Wright

“…Bayesian analysis with Gaussian process priors shows that our BSL estimate shares a component that covaries on the Myr scale with “backstripped” relative sea-level (RSL) estimates (accounting for compaction, loading, and thermal subsidence) from the US Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, validating our method and estimates with errors of ±10 m. …”
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Ambient PM2.5 Temporal Variation and Source Apportionment in Mbarara, Uganda by Silver Onyango, Crystal M. North, Hatem A. Ellaithy, Paul Tumwesigye, Choong-Min Kang, Vasileios Matthaios, Martin Mukama, Nuriat Nambogo, J. Mikhail Wolfson, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Data Santorino, David C. Christiani, Petros Koutrakis

“…In Mbarara, the six main ambient PM2.5 sources identified included (in order of abundance): traffic-related, biomass and secondary aerosols, industry and metallurgy, heavy oil and fuel combustion, fine soil, and salt aerosol. Our findings confirm that air quality in southwestern Uganda is unsafe and that mitigation efforts are urgently needed. …”
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Pore Preservation and Failure Mechanism of Sinian Dengying Formation Carbonate Reservoirs: A Case Study of Two Ultradeep Wells in the Sichuan Basin, Western China by Zeqi Li, Wei Sun, Shugen Liu, Zhiwu Li, Bin Deng, Juan Wu, Yi Ding, Kun Jiao, Xin Jin, Pengda Lu, Tengzhen Tian

“…However, the pressure coefficient of the reservoir of MS well #1 has decreased to less than 1.0 owing to strong structural adjustment this well since the Late Cretaceous, which allowed other ore-forming fluids to enter and fill the pores, resulting in further compaction of the pores. In contrast, the pressure coefficient of CS well #1 is 1.1–1.2, which effectively prevented other ore-forming fluids from entering and filling the pores. …”
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Plant and soil responses to ground-mounted solar panels in temperate agricultural systems by Fabio Carvalho, Hannah Montag, Laura Bentley, Radim Šarlej, Rosanne C Broyd, Hollie Blaydes, Marta Cattin, Miranda Burke, Abby Wallwork, Sammani Ramanayaka, Piran C L White, Stuart P Sharp, Tom Clarkson, Alona Armstrong

“…Plant cover and aboveground biomass were significantly lower under solar panels than in the gaps between solar arrays and in pastures. Soil compaction was 14.4% and 15.5% higher underneath solar panels than in gaps and pastures, respectively. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Patients With Gliomas Confirms C-MET PET as a Complementary Marker to MRI for Noninvasive Tumor Grading and Intraindividual Follow-Up After Therapy by Kai R. Laukamp MD, Florian Lindemann PhD, Matthias Weckesser MD, Volker Hesselmann MD, Sandra Ligges PhD, Johannes Wölfer MD, Astrid Jeibmann MD, Bastian Zinnhardt PhD, Thomas Viel PhD, Michael Schäfers MD, Werner Paulus MD, Walter Stummer MD, Otmar Schober PhD, MD, Andreas H. Jacobs MD

“…The computer software “visualization and analysis framework volume rendering engine (Voreen)” was used for analysis of extent and intersection of tumor compartments. Binary logistic regression models were developed to differentiate between World Health Organization (WHO) tumor types/grades. …”
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Impacts of Sandstorms on Chemistries of Ambient PAHs in a Small City in North China by Zhiyong Li, Zhen Zhai, Jixiang Liu, Lan Chen, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Chen Liu, Ziyi Zhan, Ziyuan Yue, Wenjia Zhu, Jihong Wei, Huiying Gao, Songtao Guo

“…Positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis manifested that sandstorm largely enhanced the oil leakage and combustion (OLC) fractions from 18.0% in the NSSP to 34.4% in the SSP. …”
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Particle emission and thermal efficiency analysis of a diesel vehicle using biodiesel and a platinum metallic partial-flow particulate filter by Huy Quang Dang, Mi Zwe Mon Phyo, Poonnut Thaeviriyakul, Plan Teekatasn Cosh, Mek Srilomsak, Therdsak Petblengsri, Ittipol Pawarmart, Sompong Srimanosaowapak, Hidenori Kosaka, Preechar Karin

“…However, higher oxygen contents with increasing biodiesel ratios led to more complete combustion and improved brake thermal efficiency. Installation of a P-CDPF had a minimal impact, resulting in less than a 3.4% increase in the BSFC and a 1% decrease in brake thermal efficiency across all tested fuels, owing to its relatively low pressure drop. …”
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Cardiac and respiratory activities induce temporal changes in cerebral blood volume, balanced by a mirror CSF volume displacement in the spinal canal by Pan Liu, Kimi Owashi, Heimiri Monnier, Serge Metanbou, Cyrille Capel, Olivier Balédent

“…CBV and CSFV curves demonstrated strong coupled inverse oscillation under both breathing conditions, with consistent CSF inflow toward the intracranial compartment during inspiration.This study quantifies the contributions of cardiac and breathing activities to CBV and CSFV under varying breathing patterns, confirming that CBV changes, driven by cardiac and respiratory activities, are strongly inversely coupled with CSF oscillations. …”
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Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the immune microenvironment in gastric cancer as determined by multiplex immunofluorescence and T cell receptor repertoire analysis by Jian Zhang, Xiaomei Li, Ying Hu, Bin Dong, Yongning Jia, Ziyu Li, Xiaojing Cheng, Jinyao Shi, Jiafu Ji, Zhongwu Li, Hong Du, Ting Guo, Shuqin Jia, Xiaofang Xing, Yunsheng Dou

“…Pre-NAC FOXP3+ T reg cells level was much richer in the response group and decreased more significantly in the stromal compartment. CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes levels were elevated after chemotherapy, which was more significant in the group treated with XELOX regimen and in patients with better response, consistent with the TCR diversity elevation.Conclusions These findings have deepened our understanding of the immune modulating effect of chemotherapy and suggest that the immune profile of specimens after standard chemotherapy should be considered for the personalized immunotherapy to ultimately improve clinical outcome in patients with GC.…”
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Effect of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Regimen on Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics by Haruno Oku, BS, Saki Yoshida, BS, Takumi Hotta, BS, Hirohito Muroi, BS, Keizo Fukushima, PhD, Kei Irie, PhD, Tatsuya Hirano, BS, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, MD, Takayuki Ishikawa, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Ikesue, PhD, Nobuyuki Muroi, PhD, Tohru Hashida, PhD, Nobuyuki Sugioka, PhD

“…Whole-blood tacrolimus concentrations were accurately captured (n = 1,658 measurements) using a one-compartment and additive error model. The conditioning regimen and donor source did not have an impact on the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus. …”
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Caspase-1 activation, IL-1/IL-6 signature and IFNγ-induced chemokines in lungs of COVID-19 patients by Audrey Cambon, Christophe Guervilly, Christophe Guervilly, Clémence Delteil, Nicola Potere, Richard Bachelier, Edwige Tellier, Evelyne Abdili, Evelyne Abdili, Marine Leprince, Marco Giani, Ildo Polidoro, Valentina Albanese, Paolo Ferrante, Laurence Coffin, Michael Schiffrin, Laurent Arnaud, Romaric Lacroix, Romaric Lacroix, Sandrine Roque, Jean-Marie Forel, Jean-Marie Forel, Sami Hraiech, Sami Hraiech, Laurent Daniel, Laurent Papazian, Françoise Dignat-George, Françoise Dignat-George, Gilles Kaplanski, Gilles Kaplanski

“…However, cytokine profile in the lung compartment of C-ARDS patients has not been widely studied, nor compared to non-COVID related ARDS (NC-ARDS).ObjectivesTo evaluate caspase-1 activation, IL-1 signature, and other inflammatory cytokine pathways associated with tissue damage using post-mortem lung tissues, bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF), and serum across the spectrum of COVID-19 severity.MethodsHistological features were described and activated-caspase-1 labeling was performed in 40 post-mortem biopsies. …”
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Facile green synthesis of silver doped NiO nanoparticles using aloe vera latex for efficient energy storage and photocatalytic applications by S. Alfadhli, Syed Khasim, A.A.A. Darwish, Khoulod Al-nahdi, Mervat Abdelkader, Raghad Gamal, Taymour A. Hamdalla

“…Herein, we report the biosynthesis of pure NiO and NiO nanoparticles doped with Silver (Ag@NiO NPs) 2, 4, 6, and 8 mol% from aloe vera extract by solution combustion method at 400 °C and calcined at 500 °C for 3 h. …”
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Sources and Health Risks of PM2.5-bound PAHs in a Small City along with the “Clean Heating” Policy by Zhiyong Li, Ziyuan Yue, Jixiang Liu, Zhen Zhai, Jianwei Meng, Lei Wang, Jihong Wei, Dingyuan Yang, Ailian Hu, Wenjia Zhu, Ning Ding, Xiaoxia Lu, Chunhao Lin

“…Positive matrix factorization (PMF) demonstrated that biomass/natural-gas burning (BNGB) contributed most to PAHs of 36.9% in the HS, the increased natural gas (NG) usage for heating should be responsible for this contribution due to the policies of biomass-burning prohibition and “Coal to Gas”. Coal combustion (CC) shares increased by 152% in the HS despite the “Coal Banning” project. …”
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Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and its constituents and visual impairment in schoolchildren: A population-based survey in Guangdong province, China by Jia-Hui Li, Hui-Xian Zeng, Jing Wei, Qi-Zhen Wu, Shuang-Jian Qin, Qing-Guo Zeng, Bin Zhao, Guang-Hui Dong, Ji-Chuan Shen, Xiao-Wen Zeng

“…Conclusions: Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and its constituents was significantly associated with higher rates of visual impairment in schoolchildren, with combustion-related BC and OM potentially driving the observed associations.…”
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Linking weather and climate information services (WCIS) to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices by Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai, Cuthbert Taguta, Aidan Senzanje, Wuletawu Abera, Ajit Govid, Elliott Ronald Dossou-Yovo, Ermias Aynekulu, Vimbayi Grace Petrova Chimonyo

“…The dominant CSA practices used by farmers were carbon-smart (e.g., composting), water-smart practices (improved varieties, irrigation, RWH), weather-smart practices (IPM & crop insurance), and nitrogen-smart practices (organic fertiliser, crop diversification). …”
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Seasonal forecasting of East African short rains by Agumase Kindie Tefera, Giovanni Liguori, William Cabos, Antonio Navarra

“…Along the East African coasts near Somalia and over parts of the western Indian Ocean, models demonstrate skill throughout the late winter (up to December–February), likely due to the persistence of sea surface temperature anomalies in the western Indian Ocean. …”
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Time‐of‐Arrival of Coronal Mass Ejections: A Two‐Phase Kinematics Approach Based on Heliospheric Imaging Observations by Evangelos Paouris, Angelos Vourlidas

“…We replace the assumption of constant speed in the inner heliosphere with a two‐phase behavior consisting of a decelerating (or accelerating) phase from 20 Rs to some distance, followed by a coasting phase to Earth. In a nod toward a forecasting scheme, we consider Earth‐directed CMEs, use kinematic measurements only from the Heliospheric Imagers aboard both STEREO spacecraft, treat each spacecraft separately to increase the event statistics, analyze the measurements in a data‐assimilative fashion, and intercompare them against three localization schemes for single viewpoint observations (fixed‐φ, harmonic mean and self‐similar expansion). …”
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American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) as wetland ecosystem carbon stock regulators by Christopher M. Murray, Tyler Steven Coleman, Wray Gabel, Ken W. Krauss

“…We used soil core profile data from the Smithsonian’s Coastal Carbon Network and filtered for continuous core profiles in tidally influenced wetland areas along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts of the United States. Results indicate that American alligator presence is positively correlated with soil carbon stock across habitats within their native distribution. …”
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NUMERICAL MODELING OF SWASH ZONE MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN COARSE-GRAINED BEACHES WITH XBEACH OPEN-SOURCE MODEL by S. Maleki Taghiabad, M. Adjami, A. Ahmadi

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