Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Basra, Iraq by Khairallah A S Mohammed, Maha M Hameed, Abdullah H Mousa, Amar T Saleh

“…The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence rates of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Basra, Iraq from 2019 to 2021 as groundwork for providing safe blood transfusion in Iraq.Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out in the blood banks in Basra, Iraq from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. …”
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Impact of dietary supplementation of L-citrulline to meat goats during gestation on reproductive performance by Makenzie G. Newton, Arianna N. Lopez, Claire Stenhouse, Karina L. Hissen, Erin D. Connolly, Xingchi Li, Lan Zhou, Guoyao Wu, William B. Foxworth, Fuller W. Bazer

“…Blood samples were collected and sera were subjected to high-performance liquid chromatography analyses to quantify the abundance of amino acids. Pregnancy rates were determined on d 30, 61, and 90 of gestation, and litter weight, individual birth weights, and 90 d adjusted weaning weights were collected. …”
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Waterbird diversity and its influencing factors in various types of coastal wetlands in the Bohai Rim region by Mengdi FU, Jun WANG, Chunfei HOU, Junsheng LI, Jiade BAI, Yuanyuan ZHANG

“…Scolopacidae, Charadriidae, and Laridae exhibited the highest species richness and abundance, respectively. The number of waterbirds and diversity indices displayed a fluctuating but overall upward trend during the study period. …”
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La nature en privilège : de l’effet des populations citadines aisées sur les paysages et la flore du Cœur vert de la Randstad Holland by Fabien Roussel

“…The nature targeted by the wealthy residents is more a controlled landscape setting: wooded banks or offering a clear view on the river. However, a spatial convergence is occurring between nature protection measures and the presence of wealthy populations. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Clinical and immuno-proteomic approach on Lantana camara pollen allergy—a major health hazard by Kavita Ghosal, Bodhisattwa Saha, Swati Gupta Bhattacharya

“…Total proteome was profiled in SDS–PAGE, 2D PAGE and immunoblotted to detect IgE binding proteins which were further identified using mass spectrometry. …”
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Geological characteristics and main enrichment controlling factors of coalbed methane in Nanchuan area, southeastern Sichuan Basin by Xipeng HE, Kaiming WANG, Wei LUO, Yuqiao GAO, Nana LIU, Tao GUO, Yatong ZHOU, Didi WU

“…It is characterized by "high gas content, abundant free gas, and oversaturation", and its gas content increases with burial depth. (4) The in-situ stress in the study area is moderate (35 to 60 MPa), with a small two-way horizontal stress difference coefficient (< 0.1) and good roof and floor plates, forming effective stress shielding favorable for fracturing transformation. (5) The main controlling factors for CBM methane enrichment in the Nanchuan area include the sedimentary environment, which determines coal-bearing formations; the degree of coal evolution, which determines the intensity of hydrocarbon generation; and the preservation conditions, which govern CBM enrichment.…”
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Undernutrition disrupts jejunal and ileal microbiota and epithelial tissue homeostasis in a pregnant sheep model by Weibin Wu, Muhammad Faheem Akhtar, Jiahong Geng, Huizhen Lu, Muhammad Ajwad Rahim, Jianbo Cheng, Xiaoling Ding, Shengyong Mao, Yanfeng Xue

“…Results indicated that undernutrition decreased the jejunal and ileal tissue weights (P = 0.005 and P = 0.022) and the levels of volatile fatty acids (P = 0.019 and P = 0.007) and microbial protein levels (P = 0.019 and P = 0.031) in jejunal and ileal digesta. The relative abundance of acetate producing microbiota, including Clostridia UCG-014 norank, Ruminococcus, [Ruminococcus] gauvreauii, and Lachnospiraceae_Blautia, were significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in the jejunum and ileum. …”
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An Integrated Na₂S−Electrocatalyst Nanostructured Cathode for Sodium–Sulfur Batteries at Room Temperature by Sichang Ma, Yueming Zhu, Yadong Yang, Dongyang Li, Wendong Tan, Ling Gao, Wanwei Zhao, Wenbo Liu, Wenyu Liang, Rui Xu

“…Room-temperature sodium–sulfur (RT Na–S) batteries offer a superior, high-energy-density solution for rechargeable batteries using earth-abundant materials. However, conventional RT Na–S batteries typically use sulfur as the cathode, which suffers from severe volume expansion and requires pairing with a sodium metal anode, raising significant safety concerns. …”
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Salivary peptidomic profiling of chronic gingivostomatitis in cats by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry and nanoscale liquid chromatograp... by Sekkarin Ploypetch, Apisit Pornthummawat, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Janthima Jaresitthikunchai, Narumon Phaonakrop, Sabrina Wahyu Wardhani, Sitthichok Lacharoje, Somporn Techangamsuwan

“…Objective Evaluate the diversity and abundance of salivary peptides in cats with FCGS using matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF MS) and nanoscale liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry (nano LC‐MS/MS). …”
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Alkaloid Profile, Anticholinesterase and Antioxidant Activities, and Sexual Propagation in <i>Hieronymiella peruviana</i> (Amaryllidaceae) by Olimpia Llalla-Cordova, Javier E. Ortiz, Luciana R. Tallini, Laura Torras-Claveria, Jaume Bastida, Lorena Celina Luna, Gabriela E. Feresin

“…The leaves and bulbs alkaloid extracts demonstrated strong AChE inhibition (IC₅₀ = 5.20–8.60 µg/mL) and moderate BuChE inhibition (IC₅₀ = 90.20–122.76 µg/mL). …”
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Long-term effect of repeated application of pig slurry digestate on microbial communities in arable soils by Daniela Mora-Salguero, Lionel Ranjard, Thierry Morvan, Samuel Dequiedt, Vincent Jean-Baptiste, Sophie Sadet-Bourgeteau

“…The long-term effects of annual digestate application over a decade include a higher soil microbial diversity in digestate-treated plots than in pig slurry-treated plots, and changes in the soil's microbial community structure and taxonomic composition resembling those observed with mineral fertilizer. Differential abundance analysis at the phylum level revealed few significant differences between digestate- and mineral fertilizer-treated plots for both prokaryotic and fungal communities. …”
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Pyrolysis-catalytic gasification of plastic waste for hydrogen-rich syngas production with hybrid-functional Ni-CaOCa2SiO4 catalyst by Tian Heng Qin, Guozhao Ji, Boyu Qu, Alan J McCue, Shaoliang Guan, Jos Derksen, Ye Shui Zhang

“…The finding could guide the industry for future large-scale application to convert abundant plastic waste into H2-rich syngas, therefore contributing to the global ‘net zero’ ambition.…”
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Multispectral Polarization State Analyzer of Scanning Polarimeter ScanPol by Ivan Syniavskyi, Yevgen Oberemok, Yuriy Ivanov, Mikhail Sosonkin

“…ScanPol provides to measure the first three Stokes parameters I, Q, and U of the radiation reflected by atmospheric aerosols and the Earth’s surface for a six solar reflectance spectral bands in the near ultraviolet (NUV), visible (VIS), and near-infrared (NIR) spectral channels centered in the wavelengths 370 nm, 410 nm, 555 nm, 865 nm, 1378 nm, and 1620 nm. …”
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Novel combination strategy of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and checkpoint blockade boosted by bioinspired and oxygen-supplied nanoprobe for multimodal imaging-guided ca... by Ying Zhou, Chen Cheng, Qi Wang, Min Zheng, Pan Li, Yang Zhou, Yuting Cao, Li Wan, Xun Guo, Xiaohong Lin, Rui Tang, Hongye He, Nianhong Wu, Qiaoqi Chen, Yaqin Hu, Xialin Xiong, Faqi Li

“…Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence were used to clarify the potential mechanism of HIFU+M@P-SOP and their role in anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) therapy.Results Guided by photoacoustic/MR/ultrasound (US) multimodal imaging, M@P-SOP was abundantly enriched in tumor, which greatly enhanced HIFU’s killing of tumor tissue in situ, induced stronger tumor immunogenic cell death, stimulated dendritic cell maturation and activated CD8+ T cells. …”
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A combined wavelet analysis-quantile mapping (WA-QM) method for bias correction: capturing the intra-annual temporal patterns in climate model precipitation simulations and project... by Xia Wu, Zhu Liu, Qingyun Duan

“…The WA approach employed discrete wavelet transformation to decompose GCM data into various frequency bands and then adjusted their standard deviations and signs to ensure that their relative relationships were consistent with those in observations. …”
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Prostate cancer cells elevate glycolysis and G6PD in response to caffeic acid phenethyl ester-induced growth inhibition by Tzu-Ping Lin, Pei-Chun Chen, Ching-Yu Lin, Bi-Juan Wang, Ying-Yu Kuo, Chien-Chih Yeh, Jen-Chih Tseng, Chieh Huo, Cheng-Li Kao, Li-Jane Shih, Jen-Kun Chen, Chia-Yang Li, Tzyh-Chyuan Hour, Chih-Pin Chuu

“…Protein levels of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD), glutaminase (GLS), phospho-AMPK Thr172 as well as abundance of pyruvate, lactate, ribulose-5-phosphate, and sedoheptulose-7-phosphate were increased in CAPE-treated C4-2B cells. …”
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Phenotypic and genetic extended spectrum beta lactamase profiles of bacterial isolates from ICU in tertiary level hospital in Kenya [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Edwin O. Magomere, Lucy Muchiri, Leon Otieno, Frank G. Onyambu, Ali Kassim, Job Mwale, Brian Maina

“…Methods Cross-sectional samples collected from Kenyatta National Hospital ICU between January and June 2021 were cultured and phenotypic identification of culture-positive samples performed using VITEK 2. …”
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Electroacupuncture may protect pulmonary dysplasia in offspring with perinatal nicotine exposure by altering maternal gut microbiota and metabolites by Yana Xie, Yang Fang, Yitian Liu, Bo Ji, Reiko Sakurai, Yifei Wang, Hewen Li, Ling Zhang, Le Wu, Tingting Guo, Ye Quan, Virender K. Rehan

“…Furthermore, using broad-spectrum antibiotics, we established a pseudo-germ-free PNE rat model to explore whether EA can protect offspring’s pulmonary function and lung morphology in the presence of depleted maternal gut microbiota.ResultsOur study revealed that EA increased the community richness (Sobs index) of perinatal nicotine-exposed maternal gut microbiota and the abundance of beneficial bacteria (RF39, Clostridia, Oscillospirales, etc.). …”
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Multi-omics unveils strain-specific neuroactive metabolite production linked to inflammation modulation by Bacteroides and their extracellular vesicles by Basit Yousuf, Walid Mottawea, Galal Ali Esmail, Nazila Nazemof, Nour Elhouda Bouhlel, Emmanuel Njoku, Yingxi Li, Xu Zhang, Zoran Minic, Riadh Hammami

“…Using untargeted and targeted metabolomics, we identified key neurotransmitter-related or precursor metabolites, including GABA, l-tryptophan, 5-HTP, normelatonin, kynurenic acid, l-tyrosine, and norepinephrine, in a strain- and media-specific manner, with GABA (1–2 mM) being the most abundant. Additionally, extracellular vesicles (EVs) produced by Bacteroides harbor multiple neuroactive metabolites, mainly GABA, and related key enzymes. …”
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Analysis of Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function in <i>Morchella esculenta</i> Habitats in Jilin Province by Qi Yan, Peng Wang, Zhushan Liu, Ya Yu, Xiao Tan, Xiao Huang, Jiawei Wen, Weidong Zhang

“…Environmental factors and KEGG gene network maps indicated that the available potassium, available phosphorus, and pH were closely related to level A genes, which exhibited a higher abundance of metabolism genes. This study was dedicated to deepening the understanding of the structure and function of the rhizosphere microbial community of <i>Morchella esculenta</i>, and providing new perspectives and insights for habitat investigations, the development of biomimetic cultivation techniques, and the domestication of wild strains to <i>Morchella esculenta</i> in Jilin Province.…”
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