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Open AccessAccessing the efficacy of green growth, energy efficiency, and green innovation for environmental performance in top manufacturing nations in the framework of sustainable development
In recent years, the quality of the environment has declined dramatically as a result of human activities, which threaten the sustainability of our ecosystem. In this context, a number of earlier studies have ...
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Open AccessePRINT: exonuclease assisted map** of protein-RNA interactions
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) regulate key aspects of RNA processing including alternative splicing, mRNA degradation and localization by physically binding RNA molecules. Current methods to map these interactio...
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Electrostatic THz Excitation in Semiconductor Plasmas
The THz spectrum excited by an external electron beam is studied in semiconductor systems. The beam electrons interact with the medium particles to excite a wave at the cyclotron frequency. The dispersion rela...
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Open AccessAdipose tissue-derived human mesenchymal stromal cells can better suppress complement lysis, engraft and inhibit acute graft-versus-host disease in mice
Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) is a life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Transplantation of immunosuppressive human mesenchymal stromal cells (hM...
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Analysis of diesel hydrocarbon decomposition using efficient indigenous bacterial isolate: Bacterial growth and biodegradation kinetics
Industrialization and urbanization have increased the demand for petroleum hydrocarbons; hence the likelihood of contamination of air, soil, and water bodies increases. The survival and biodegradation capabili...
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Open AccessValidation and refinement of a RUNX1 mutation-associated gene expression signature in blast crisis chronic myeloid leukemia
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Potential risk and source distribution of groundwater contamination by mercury in district Swabi, Pakistan: Application of multivariate study
This study identified mercury (Hg) concentration in groundwater of District Swabi, Pakistan. The objective of the study was to find geochemistry, health risk and source distribution pattern. Therefore, groundw...
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Ultrasonically Assisted In Situ Deposition of ZnO Nano Particles on Cotton Fabrics for Multifunctional Textiles
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nano particles have great importance in textile industry, because of remarkable efficiency and multiple applications such as antibacterial, UV protection, self-cleaning etc. The aim of this re...
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Open AccessRedefining prognostication of de novo cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia in young adults
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Open AccessMITF variants cause nonsyndromic sensorineural hearing loss with autosomal recessive inheritance
MITF is a known gene underlying autosomal dominant hearing loss, Waardenburg syndrome (WS). Biallelic MITF mutations have been found associated with a rare hearing loss syndrome consisting eye abnormalities and a...
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Soil arsenic but not rice arsenic increasing with arsenic in irrigation water in the Punjab plains of Pakistan
Irrigating rice with groundwater can lead to As accumulation in soil and rice grains. Matched sets of irrigation water, paddy soil, and rice grains were collected to assess the scale of the problem in the Punj...
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Landau quantization effects on hybrid waves in semiconductor plasmas
The impact of Landau quantization on the lower hybrid waves (LHWs) exciting in the semiconductor plasmas, due to classical electron beam, is studied. The quantum hydrodynamic model is employed to derive the di...
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KdV acoustic structure with exchange-correlation potential in plasmas
The effect of the exchange-correlation potential (ECP) on the profile of dust-acoustic solitary waves (DASWs) in dusty plasma containing degenerate electrons and ions was investigated. The present study focuse...
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Evaluation of Carbon Emission Reduction via GCIP Projects: Creating a Better Future for Pakistan
The present study focused on the evaluation of carbon emission reduction level by replacing Global Cleantech Innovation Program (GCIP) projects with conventional practices and to assess the difference between ...
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Isolation and 3D expansion of multipotent Sox9+ mouse lung progenitors
This paper describes methods for the 3D culture of mouse lung progenitor cells that can differentiate in vitro and in vivo along all epithelial lineages.
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Open AccessMeta-analysis identifies novel risk loci and yields systematic insights into the biology of male-pattern baldness
Male-pattern baldness (MPB) is a common and highly heritable trait characterized by androgen-dependent, progressive hair loss from the scalp. Here, we carry out the largest GWAS meta-analysis of MPB to date, c...
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De novo mutations in SMCHD1 cause Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome and abrogate nasal development
Jeanne Amiel, Bernd Wollnik, Bruno Reversade and colleagues report de novo missense mutations in SMCHD1 in patients with Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome (BAMS) and isolated arhinia. Mechanistic studies supp...
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Distribution, enrichment, and source identification of selected heavy metals in surface sediments of the Siran River, Mansehra, Pakistan
To assess the trace metal pollution in the Siran River, sediments were collected from 12 sites, from the left and right banks of the river in 2013. The concentrations, accumulation, distribution pattern, and p...
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Informal Flow of Merchandise from India: The Case of Pakistan
This chapter aims to update past estimates on informal trade between India and Pakistan. This survey-based study captures the informal merchandise flow from India through the various routes identified by Pakis...
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Phen-Gen: combining phenotype and genotype to analyze rare disorders
To find causative mutations in rare disorders, the Phen-Gen software combines disease symptoms and sequencing data with prior knowledge about the gene.
