Anticancer properties of Dillenia suffruticosa (Griffith Ex. Hook. F. & Thomsom) Martelli by Ika Rahayu, Susana Elya Sudrajat, Kris Herawan Timotius

“…The herbal plant Dillenia suffruticosa shows potential in combating cancer progression. Objectives: This review aims to evaluate the anticancer effects of D. suffruticosa, including its extracts and bioactive compounds, on cellular responses, subcellular (mitochondrial) functions, and molecular aspects, as well as the associated molecular pathways. …”
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Optimasi DF Berbasis Posisi Jendela Menggunakan Estetika Asimetris by Yose Rizal, Imam Robandi, Eko Mulyanto Yuniarno

“…The analysis was carried out based on the qualitative distribution of DF in the room to the position of the window opening aesthetically compositional based on a graph of the theory of repetational compatibility. The fitting and normalization phase of DF values and the asymmetry aesthetics of the repetational match theory are the first step to get an optimization of the factor values which will be given a weight factor value (α) for both variables. …”
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MLHI-Net: multi-level hybrid lightweight water body segmentation network for urban shoreline detection by Jianhua Ye, Pan Li, Yunda Zhang, Ze Guo, Shoujin Zeng, Youji Zhan

“…First, we design a convolutional module (ORRD) compatible with over-parameterized and redundancy removal techniques based on lightweight design. …”
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Micro Finance Institutions and Poverty Eradication: A Case Study of Pride Africa Mbarara Branch. by Musinguzi, John

“…On the effect of microcredit on poverty alleviation in Mbarara City Council, it was found out the majority of the respondents, regarding the collateral security requirements are always compatible with the micro-credit requirement as reported by 100%, the interest rates charged on microcredit allows my prompt payment 90%. …”
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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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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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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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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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Fast and Slow Roasting of Alcohol- and Honey-infused Coffee Blends: A Comparative Study of PAH and N-PAH Emissions by Hsin-Chieh Kung, Chung-Hsien Hung, Kun-Hui Lin, Bo-Wun Huang, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien

“…The PAH diagnostic ratios indicated that the source of PAHs in green coffee was pyrogenic in nature and more specifically, petroleum combustion. Finally, the emission factors for the fast and slow roasting of green coffee were 1.36 mg kg−1 of coffee (7.49 µg BaP-TEQ kg−1) and 0.483 mg kg−1 (1.35 µg BaP-TEQ kg−1), respectively. …”
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Characteristics and Source-specific Health Risks of Ambient PM2.5-bound PAHs in an Urban City of Northern Taiwan by Yu-Chieh Ting, Chun-Hung Ku, Yu-Xuan Zou, Kai-Hsien Chi, Jhy-Charm Soo, Chin-Yu Hsu, Yu-Cheng Chen

“…Traffic emissions (31.3%) were identified as the predominant contributor to ambient PM2.5-bound PAHs, followed by industrial emissions (29.2%), evaporated/unburned oil (22.3%), and biomass/coal combustion (17.1%). Apart from the local sources, PSCF-derived results showed that emissions from industrial activities in northeast China and shipping around the Yellow Sea and East China Sea could affect the PAHs in the study area. …”
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The Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality in Pakistan during the COVID-19 Pandemic Inferred from the Multi-sensor Remote Sensed Data by Rehana Khan, Kanike Raghavendra Kumar, Tianliang Zhao

“…This is attributed to the limited transportation and control action plans of industrial activities including combustion sources taken by the Government of Pakistan for the DLP-2020 phase. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of Particulate Matter and their Association with Criteria Pollutants and Meteorology in Malaysia by Anis Asma Ahmad Mohtar, Mohd Talib Latif, Doreena Dominick, Maggie Chel Gee Ooi, Azliyana Azhari, Nor Hafizah Baharudin, Norfazrin Mohd Hanif, Jing Xiang Chung, Liew Juneng

“…The PCA analysis indicates that the major sources leading to the formation of particulate matter are from the contribution of secondary aerosols and combustion-related sources. The ratio of PM2.5 to PM10 ranged between 0.51 and 0.76 nationwide with the highest mean recorded in the central region (0.72). …”
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Impacto sobre el cambio climático del ciclo de vida de las tarimas de madera elaboradas en la región Huetar Norte de Costa Rica by John Solano Salmerón, William Fonseca González, Sebastián Ugalde Alfaro, Federico Alice Guier

“…En ambos casos, la combustión de diésel asociada al transporte de madera rolliza fue la etapa más intensa en emisiones, libera cerca de 1.61 kg CO2-eq tarima-1 y 43.22 kg CO2-eq m-3. …”
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Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk of PAHs in PM2.5 via Local Emissions and Long-Range Transport during Winter by Shahzada Amani Room, Chia En Lin, Shih Yu Pan, Ta Chih Hsiao, Charles C.-K. Chou, Kai Hsien Chi

“…Our results indicated that vehicle emissions (gasoline engines: 20.8%, diesel engines: 23.3%) and coal combustion (55.9%) were the major sources of PAHs in the urban site, with higher levels in LP than in LRT. …”
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Evaluation of Airborne Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds Released by Three Types of Mosquito Repellents by Soyeon Lee, Jongmin Park, Myoungho Lee, Minjung Kim, Boowook Kim, Kiyoung Lee, Kyungduk Zoh, Chungsik Yoon

“…Coil types burn at a much faster rate (29.31 mg min‒1) than liquid (1.89 mg min‒1) and mat types (1.30 mg min‒1), indicating a more intense combustion process. Coil types also lead in emission rates (1.94 × 1010 particles min–1 for 10–420 nm) releasing more particles per minute, followed by liquid (1.87 × 108 particles min‒1) and then mat types (6.34 × 107 particles min‒1), suggesting higher particulate emissions during use. …”
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Most oncological pancreas resections must consider the mesopancreas by S. A. Safi, S. David, L. Haeberle, S. Vaghiri, T. Luedde, C. Roderburg, I. Esposito, G. Fluegen, W. T. Knoefel

“…The existence of the mesopancreas (MP) is inevitable, since the pancreas is of a secondary retroperitoneal nature and the dorsal as well as ventral fascial coverings define the peripancreatic compartment anatomy. It remains unknown if the MP area is only infiltrated in high-risk PDAC patients or if MPE during pancreatoduodenectomy should be employed for localized PDAC patients as well. …”
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Survey on the presence of floating microplastics, trace metals and metalloids in seawater from Southern Italy to the United States of America by Elisabetta Morici, Gaetano Cammilleri, Sergio Scirè, Francesco Paolo Bonomo, Luigi Tranchina, Francesca Terracina, Paola Galluzzo, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Vincenzo Paolo Monteverde, Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo, Sergio Davì, Mariano Licciardi, Salvatore Dara

“…High concentrations of Pb and Cr were recorded in the Mediterranean waters whereas high Arsenic (As) were found in the Southern coasts of United States, with values that exceeded the limits considered hazardous for aquatic life (81.55–101.12 µg/L). …”
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In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic... by Franchement Mukeshambala, Angele Ibanda, Ludivine Lassois, Gakuru Semacumu, Dhed’a Djailo, Leon Nabahungu, Guy Blomme, Godefroid Monde

“…Currently, the only means of combatting this biotic constraint is through best agricultural practices. …”
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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in dizygotic twin ovine fetuses are associated with discordant responses to antenatal steroid therapy by Erin L. Fee, Haruo Usuda, Sean W. D. Carter, Hideyuki Ikeda, Tsukasa Takahashi, Yuki Takahashi, Yusaku Kumagai, Michael W. Clarke, Demelza J. Ireland, John P. Newnham, Masatoshi Saito, Sebastian E. Illanes, Binny Priya Sesurajan, Liang Shen, Mahesh A. Choolani, Gokce Oguz, Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Sara Ritchie, Andrew Ritchie, Alan H. Jobe, Matthew W. Kemp

“…Assuming no difference in input from the placental or maternal compartments, fetal lung responses to ANS therapy in dizygotic twin preterm lambs are dependent on the fetus itself. …”
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Cassava–soybean intercropping alleviates continuous cassava cropping obstacles by improving its rhizosphere microecology by Huixian Chen, Lixia Ruan, Sheng Cao, Wen He, Haixia Yang, Zhenhua Liang, Hengrui Li, Wanling Wei, Zhenling Huang, Xiu Lan

“…Phenol glucuronide, 2,3-butanediol, L-phenylalanine, deoxyguanosine and other carbohydrates, alcohols, purine nucleotides, and amino acids were significantly positively correlated with organic matter, available nitrogen, soil porosity, and pH.DiscussionTherefore, cassava–soybean intercropping can effectively alleviate the obstacles of continuous cassava cropping by affecting the accumulation of metabolites and microbial community structure in continuous cropping soil, thereby improving the adverse factors of severe soil acidification, soil compaction, and nutrient decline.…”
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