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Spatial Distributions, Sources and Risk Assessment of Toxic Elements in Waters of a Central Asian Basin
We measured selected toxic element concentrations in surface water samples of the Ili-Balkhash Basin to obtain current contaminant levels. Fe, Cu, Zn, As and Pb were the most abundant toxic elements in basin w...
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Temperature trends in some major countries from the 1980s to 2019
The study of temperature change in major countries of the world since the 1980s is a key scientific issue given that such data give insights into the spatial differences of global temperature change and can as...
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Spatial enrichment assessment, source identification and health risks of potentially toxic elements in surface sediments, Central Asian countries
Potentially toxic elements (PTEs), particularly metallic elements, are some of the most dangerous pollutants found in surface sediments due to their toxicity and persistence. Given the contamination-related is...
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ATM kinase regulates tumor immunoreactions in lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer through modulation of NKG2D ligand and TNF cytokines on tumor cells
To explore impact of Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase on immunoreactions in lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer (LPBC), particularly its role in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), 194 cases of LP...
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Cross-border acquisitions: Do labor regulations affect acquirer returns?
Do cross-country differences in labor regulations shape (1) acquiring firms’ announcement returns and post-acquisition profits, costs, and revenues from cross-border deals, (2) the selection of cross-border ta...
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Tracking recent environmental changes in Lake Wanghu, China: a multivariate analysis of lipid biomarkers in sediments
Lipid biomarkers in sediments, which are indicative of biological production, provide important information regarding the environmental conditions in and around lakes, and can be used as proxies to infer past ...
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Water Chemistry and Stable Isotopes of Different Water Types in Tajikistan
The concentration of major ions and their molar ratios are used to identify sources of the solutes and highlight their hydrochemical evolutions in surface waters. Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes of stream and lak...
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Organochlorine pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and sediment of the Bosten Lake, Northwest China
We evaluated organic pollution in Bosten Lake, **njiang, China, by measuring the concentrations and distributions of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Water and sedi...
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Knock-down of OsLOX by RNA interference leads to improved seed viability in rice
Previous work found that lipoxygenases were key enzymes in lipid peroxidation, which causes grain deterioration during storage. In order to obtain better seed viability in rice, 10 marker-free knock-down lines...
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Invasive micropapillary mucinous carcinoma of the breast is associated with poor prognosis
Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of breast (IMpC) is a special type of breast cancer with frequent lymph node metastasis (LNM) and poor prognosis, while pure mucinous carcinoma of breast (PMC) is generally as...
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Analysis on the interaction between IL-1F7 gene and environmental factors on patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a case-only study
To examine the interaction between IL-1F7 gene and environmental factors in patients with ankylosing spondylities (AS). 150 AS Han Chinese patients (all human leukocyte antigen-B27 positive) were genotyped usi...