Renal Artery Blood Flow and Surface Parenchymal Perfusion During Renal Artery Endoshunting in a Porcine Model by Johan Millinger, Marcus Langenskiöld, Andreas Nygren, Klas Österberg, Joakim Nordanstig

“…The study was performed in three steps: baseline registrations (30 minutes), endoshunting (120 minutes), and restoration (60 minutes). …”
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Genome-wide identification, transcriptional profiling, and miRNA-binding site analysis of the LBD gene family in the camphor tree by Jiaqi Zhang, Luyang Shan, Haoran Qi, Haoran Qi, Caihui Chen, Yongda Zhong, Meng Xu

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Myocardial mechanical function measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with heart failure by Yufan Gao, Boxin Li, Yanhe Ma, Shuo Liang, Anhong Yu, Hong Zhang, Zhigang Guo

“…Additionally, quantitative tissue evaluation parameters, including native T1 relaxation time and extracellular volume (ECV), were examined. …”
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Assessing the Prevalence and Histopathology of Linguatula serrata Infection of Camels and Cattle in Zabol County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran by Mohammad Rahnama, Tayebeh Bameri, Soheil Sadr, Narges Lotfalizadeh, Majid Alipour Eskandani, Javad Khedri

“…The cattle breeds were indigenous (native Sistani breeds) and non‐indigenous (breeds introduced from external regions), while all the camels were native breeds. …”
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Qualidade de Organossolo sob diferentes usos antrópicos em áreas de preservação permanente no Distrito Federal Quality of Histosol under different on anthropic uses in permanent pr... by Luciano N. de A. e Moura, Marilusa P. C. Lacerda, Maria L. G. Ramos

“…The physical, chemical and biological attributes of Histosol quality were assessed in five areas of diversified use and soil occupation: three areas under cultivation (vegetables, eucalyptus and cassava) and two preserved areas (native pasture and gallery forest). …”
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Assessment of genotoxicity biomarkers in neotropical fish species from streams of the Ivinhema River basin located in sugarcane cultivation areas by Vandressa Raquel Lucas Poloni Meira, Lucilene Finoto Viana, Bruno do Amaral Crispim, Yzel Rondon Súarez, Alexeia Barufatti, Fábio Kummrow, Júlio César Jut Solórzano, Alessandra Paim Berti

“…In this context, the objective of this study was to analyze the composition and structure of the landscape around the sampling sites located in three streams (Vitória, Rosário, and Piravevê) belonging to the Ivinhema River basin to evaluate the impacts of sugarcane cultivation expansion on water quality and genotoxicity biomarkers in situ and ex situ using native fish species. …”
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Histologic and genetic features of remodeling of tissue-engineered small-diameter vascular grafts: outcomes of six-month implantation in a sheep model by E. A. Senokosova, E. O. Krivkina, E. A. Velikanova, A. V. Sinitskaya, A. V. Mironov, A. R. Shabaev, M. Yu. Khanova, E. A. Torgunakova, L. V. Antonova

“…Histological and immunofluorescence studies of patent grafts showed the formation of a newly formed three-layer vascular tissue structure on their basis, without signs of inflammation and calcification. …”
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A theoretical study on the effect of heteroatoms (N, B, Si) on the interaction of aluminum clusters with a carbon graphene-like plane by E. M. Demianenko, M. I. Terets, L. M. Ushakova, S. V. Zhuravskyi, Yu. I. Sementsov, V. V. Lobanov, O. V. Filonenko, V. S. Kuts, A. G. Grebenyuk, M. T. Kartel

“…All the calculated by three methods (B3LYP/6-31G(d,p), MP2/6-31G(d,p) and PВЕ0/6-31G(d,p)) values of the dependence of the Gibbs free energy on temperature for different cluster sizes of aluminum and graphene-like clusters are the highest for native graphene-like planes. …”
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Feasibility of Implementing Motion-Compensated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reconstruction on Graphics Processing Units Using Compute Unified Device Architecture by Mohamed Aziz Zeroual, Natalia Dudysheva, Vincent Gras, Franck Mauconduit, Karyna Isaieva, Pierre-André Vuissoz, Freddy Odille

“…Three implementations were compared: (i) a C++ CPU version, (ii) a Matlab–GPU version (with minimal code modifications allowing data storage in GPU memory), and (iii) a native GPU version using CUDA. …”
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An annotated checklist of the psyllids (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Norfolk Island with keys to species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species by Francesco Martoni, James M. H. Tweed, Mark J. Blacket, Diana M. Percy

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Cross-cultural study of intensifiers in face-threatening situations: A gender perspective in English and Bahasa Indonesia by Adrefiza Adrefiza, Jeremy Jones, Urip Sulistiyo

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Exploring the Potential of Morphometrics to Inform the Conservation of <i>Iguana delicatissima</i> by Matthijs P. van den Burg, Jeroen Kappelhof, Adam Mitchell, Adolphe O. Debrot

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The impact of acid activation on manganese ion extraction from natural water and industrial wastewater by L. A. Pimneva, A. A. Zagorskaya, E. V. Zherebchuk

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Plutonium concentrations link soil organic matter decline to wind erosion in ploughed soils of South Africa by J. Mohren, J. Mohren, H. Wiesel, H. Wiesel, W. Amelung, L. K. Fifield, A. Sandhage-Hofmann, E. Strub, S. A. Binnie, S. Heinze, E. Kotze, C. Du Preez, S. G. Tims, T. J. Dunai

“…The three regions represent distinct agroecosystems, and within each region the temporal length of cultivation varies from 0 (i.e. native grassland) to almost 100 years. …”
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A geminivirus attenuation vector for crop protection using episomal plant gene therapy by Natalie Thompson, Rekha Kandaswamy, Aliya Fathima Anwar, Jane Polston, Garry Sunter, Wayne R. Curtis

“…This attenuation vector targets its homologous native viral counterpart, where the A-component of the bipartite tomato mottle virus (ToMoV) viral vector delivers siRNA constructs targeting native viral sequences for which its own genome has been synthetically modified to avoid silencing. …”
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Rhizobium Inoculation and Phosphorus Application on Nodulation and Yield of Common Bean in Ethiopia by Hulluager Abebe, Birhan Getie, Tiringo Yilak, Tiruneh Gizachew Ayalew

“…The treatment with 50 kg P2O5 ha−1 exhibited the maximum number of seeds per pod (5.5), pods per plant (13.3), and hundred seed weight (22.5). The highest grain yield (2378 kg ha−1) was obtained when the Native/429 strain was inoculated with 50 kg P2O5 ha−1. …”
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Cattle grazing and long-term microclimatic fluctuations of simulated rodent burrows by David J. Germano, Lawrence R. Saslaw, Eric Gerber

“…In the San Joaquin Desert of California, USA, non-native herbaceous vegetation (mostly grasses) has altered the habitat to the detriment of many ground-dwelling species, some of which are protected rodent species. …”
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Cavers’ knowledge of biosecurity and its influence on the prevention of white-nose disease by Violeta Zhelyazkova, Jure Tičar, Stanimira Deleva, Angel Ivanov, Nia Toshkova, Sebastien Puechmaille

“…We interpreted our results based on respondents’ continents of origin, separating them into 3 categories: continents where Pd was recently introduced and continues to cause significant bat mortality (North America); continents where Pd is currently not present but is hypothesized to cause bat mortality if introduced (Australia and South and Central America); and continents where Pd is native and currently not associated with bat mortality (Europe and Asia). …”
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Potensi Sinamaldehid sebagai Anti Hiperpigmentasi secara In Silico by Ni Made Gani Pratiwi, Ni Made Atika Saraswati, Ni Made Irma Febby Prasasti Dewi, Luh Pande Putu Tirta

“…Sedangkan energi ikatan antara tyrosinase dengan native ligandnya -4,79 kkal/mol. Hal tersebut menunjukkan afinitas dari sinamaldehid pada protein tyrosinase lebih besar dibandingkan native ligandnya, sehingga sinamaldehid dikatakan memiliki potensi sebagai anti hiperpigmentasi dengan mekanisme molecular berupa inhibitor protein target tyrosinase sehingga dapat menghambat aktivitas enzim tyrosinase. …”
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Delayed presentation of iatrogenic esophageal perforation in children: A case series by Nangue Ngansob Loïs Landry, Meera Luthra, Aniruddh Setya

“…The esophageal perforation had closed spontaneously by day 55. The three patients survived and still have their native esophagus. …”
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