Atmospheric Microplastics: Inputs and Outputs by Christine C. Gaylarde, José Antônio Baptista Neto, Estefan M. da Fonseca

“…., air conditioning, vacuuming and washing, waste disposal, manufacture of plastic-containing objects) add directly to the airborne MP load, which is higher in internal than external air. …”
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What do we really know about brucellosis diagnosis in livestock worldwide? A systematic review. by Sonia Vection, Christopher G Laine, Angela M Arenas-Gamboa

“…This highlights, not only significant gaps in currently available literature leading to an inaccurate picture of brucellosis in livestock, but most importantly raises significant issues regarding the accuracy of data reported by countries. …”
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Internet and telephone intervention to support patients discontinuing long-term antidepressants in primary care: the REDUCE research programme including RCT by Tony Kendrick, Beth Stuart, Hannah Bowers, Mahboobeh Haji Sadeghi, Helen Page, Christopher Dowrick, Michael Moore, Mark Gabbay, Geraldine Leydon, Guiqing Lily Yao, Shihua Zhu, Paul Little, Gareth Griffiths, Glyn Lewis, Carl May, Joanna Moncrieff, Chris F Johnson, Una Macleod, Simon Gilbody, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Wendy O’Brien, Riya Tiwari, Catherine Woods, Tasneem Patel, Naila Khan, Emma Maund, Nadja van Ginneken, Amy Din, Claire Reidy, Rebecca Lucier, Bryan Palmer, Taeko Becque, Yumna Masood, Natalie Thompson, Ellen van Leeuwen, Marta Glowacka, Adam WA Geraghty

“…Background There is significant concern about increasing long-term antidepressant use in Western countries, much of which is not evidence-based. …”
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Refinement of the Reference Viral Database (RVDB) for improving bioinformatics analysis of virus detection by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) by Pei-Ju Chin, Jaysheel D. Bhavsar, Trent J. Bosma, Madolyn L. MacDonald, Shawn W. Polson, Arifa S. Khan

“…ABSTRACT All biological products are required to demonstrate the absence of adventitious viruses (AVs), which may be inadvertently introduced at different steps involved in the manufacturing process. The currently recommended in vitro and in vivo virus detection assays have limitations for broad detection and are lengthy and laborious. …”
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Biooxidation of Arsenopyrite by <i>Acidithiobacillus ferriphilus</i> QBS 3 Exhibits Arsenic Resistance Under Extremely Acidic Bioleaching Conditions by Run Liu, Siyu Liu, Xiaoxuan Bai, Shiping Liu, Yuandong Liu

“…As described in this paper, through arsenic acclimation, the maximum arsenic tolerance concentration of <i>Acidithiobacillus ferriphilus</i> QBS 3 isolated from arsenic-containing acid mine drainage was increased to 80 mM As(Ⅲ) and 100 mM As(V). …”
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Effect of acid modification of natural zeolites on the adsorption of some pharmacopollutants by L. G. Eprikashvili, G. P. Tsintskaladze, T. N. Kordzakhia, M. G. Zautashvili, N. V. Pirtskhalava, M. A. Dzagania, T. M. Sharashenidze

“…Treatment of these waters is carried out comprehensively by various methods, which significantly increases costs. Currently, the problem of a large amount of drugs entering the wastewater is very relevant. …”
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Expression, prognosis and preliminary investigation of the mechanism of action of ACTR6, a member of the ARPs gene family, in hepatocellular carcinoma by Jing Wang, Meng Song, Jinming Tang, Haoran Yue, Xiaoyang Guo, Zhan Chen, Xiaolan Shen, Mingbo Cao, Mingbo Cao

“…It is critical to investigate new biomarkers and prognostic variables because there are currently no early diagnostic indicators. Actin-related proteins (ARPs) are involved in transcriptional regulation, chromatin remodeling, and DNA repair—all processes that have been connected to the development of cancer. …”
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Test, Modeling, and Vibration Control of a Novel Viscoelastic Multi-Dimensional Earthquake Isolation and Mitigation Device by Zhong-Wei Hu, Zhao-Dong Xu, Yun Tian, Zheng-Han Chen, Jia-Xuan He, Jun Dai, Qi-Song Miao, Xiu-Li Du

“…Earthquakes contain complex components in both the horizontal and vertical directions. …”
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Isolation and characterization of a novel bacteriophage PUTH1 active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Qizhao Tan, Jing Ye, Tengjiao Zhu, Yun Tian

“…Phylogenetic analysis revealed that PUTH1 is distinct from currently known phages and belongs to a novel species. …”
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The role of cholecalciferol deficiency in the development of dermatoses in geriatric patients by Anna V. Urakova, Yuri N. Perlamutrov, Dina E. Klyuchnikova

“…Dermatological pathology, which includes a wide range of nosologies, is a common problem in geriatric patients. Currently, more and more attention is being paid to the importance of cholecalciferol deficiency in the pathogenesis of dermatoses, especially among the elderly. …”
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Assessment of transparent and reproducible research practices in the psychiatry literature by Matt Vassar, Daniel Tritz, Caroline Elizabeth Sherry, Jonathan Z Pollard, Branden K Carr, Aaron Pierce

“…Of 185 publications with a funding statement, 153 publications were funded and 32 were unfunded.Conclusions Currently, Psychiatry research has significant potential to improve adherence to reproducibility and transparency practices. …”
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Electrodeposited p‐Cu2O Films – Role of Redox‐Active Compounds Under Photoelectrochemical Operation Revisited by Michael Neumann‐Spallart, Dharini Bhagat, Šárka Paušová, Josef Krýsa, Indrajit Mukhopadhyay

“…Under electrical bias, cathodic and photocathodic currents passed and increased dramatically when reducible redox compounds were added. …”
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Non-financial reporting of corporations by N. G. Sapozhnikova

“…Therefore, non-financial reporting is becoming the main tool for communicating the information to stakeholders about the economic, environmental, and social results of a corporation’s activities. Currently, the publication of non-financial reports is carried out by transnational and large national corporations, state and municipal organizations in many countries. …”
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COVID-19 outbreak in Mauritania: epidemiology and health system response by Mohamed Lemine Cheikh Brahim Ahmed, Sidi Zehaf, Mohamed Mahmoud El Alem, Ahmed Elbara, Mohamed Mahmoud Ely Mahmoud, Mohamed Val Mohamed Abdellahi, Jorg Heukelbach

“…During the first wave, there were 38 ICU beds nationwide, but the ICU’s capacity increased in short time. Conclusions: Mauritania has passed through the first pandemic wave with relatively low case fatality rates, currently being at the end of the second wave. …”
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Deciphering molecular and cellular ex vivo responses to bispecific antibodies PD1-TIM3 and PD1-LAG3 in human tumors by Alfred Zippelius, Petra Herzig, Pratiksha Gulati, Christian Klein, Marta Trüb, Kirsten D Mertz, Robert Rosenberg, Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Mark Wiese, Didier Lardinois, Pablo Umana, Marina Natoli, Klas Hatje, Fabian Junker, Zhiwen Jiang, Iakov I Davydov, Markus Germann, Daniel Marbach, Adrian Zwick, Patrick Weber, Stefan Seeber, Lothar Tietze, Laura Codarri-Deak, Henry Kao

“…Bispecific antibodies, but not anti-PD-1, significantly increased the abundance of a proliferating natural killer cell subset, which exhibited enrichment for a tissue-residency signature. …”
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Analysis of questionnaires from the perspective of hospitalization risk prediction. Systematic review by R. N. Shepel, V. V. Demko, M. V. Goncharov, M. M. Lukyanov, S. Yu. Martsevich, S. A. Berns, O. M. Drapkina

“…One of the key tasks facing the medical community and health professionals is the identification of patients at high risk of hospitalization, including emergency one. Currently, various approaches are used to obtain information about certain predictors in a patient that are as­sociated with an increased hospitalization risk, but there is no consensus on which of them are most effective.Aim. …”
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The Role of ctDNA for Diagnosis and Histological Prediction in Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Narrative Review by Carolina Sassorossi, Jessica Evangelista, Alessio Stefani, Marco Chiappetta, Antonella Martino, Annalisa Campanella, Elisa De Paolis, Dania Nachira, Marzia Del Re, Francesco Guerrera, Luca Boldrini, Andrea Urbani, Stefano Margaritora, Angelo Minucci, Emilio Bria, Filippo Lococo

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Possible applications of this analyte open up new fields of diagnosis, treatment, and follow up, which are less invasive and more precise than other approaches currently in use, especially in early stage NSCLC patients.…”
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The Characteristics of Chitosan Derived from Lobster Shells and its Effect on Fungi Activity and Water Stability of Lobster Pellets by Muhsinul Ihsan, Ali Harris, Mukminah, Megawati, Nining Purwati, Handa Muliasari, Bayu Priyambodo, Clive Jones, Leo Nankervis

“…Abstract Tropical rock lobster aquaculture is a lucrative industry that is currently limited by the lack of appropriate formulated feed. …”
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Community effectiveness of pyriproxyfen as a dengue vector control method: A systematic review. by Dorit Maoz, Tara Ward, Moody Samuel, Pie Müller, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Joao Toledo, Ross Boyce, Raman Velayudhan, Olaf Horstick

“…Area-wide ultra-low volume treatment with pyriproxyfen currently lacks evidence and cannot be recommended. …”
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Short-term responses of small mammal diversity to varying stand-scale patterns of retention tree patches. by Sean M Sultaire, Andrew J Kroll, Jake Verschuyl, Gary J Roloff

“…Our results indicated that at retention densities currently required in Oregon and Washington, the location of retention patches had a small influence on stand-scale measures of small mammal diversity, but local increases in species richness may be obtained by retaining trees adjacent to riparian buffers.…”
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