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Co-composting of chicken manure and edible mushroom residue inoculated with oxytetracycline-degrading strain T4 was conducted to reduce the risk of residual oxytetracycline and tetracycline resistance genes (T...
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Alpinia officinarum mediated copper oxide nanoparticles: synthesis and its antifungal activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Green synthesis offers an environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternative for the synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs). In this study, the synthesis of CuO NPs was optimized by using coppe...
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Open AccessSpatiotemporal dynamics and environmental determinants of scrub typhus in Anhui Province, China, 2010–2020
This study aims to describe the epidemiological characteristics of scrub typhus, detect the spatio-temporal patterns of scrub typhus at county level, and explore the associations between the environmental vari...
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The removal potential of cadmium (Cd(II)) from aqueous solution by waste mango kernel biochar (MKB) was investigated for the first time. MKB was prepared by pyrolyzing mango kernel waste at 300–700 °C for 2 h....
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An AHP-based regional COVID-19 vulnerability model and its application in China
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, four cities—Wuhan, Bei**g, Urumqi and Dalian—have experienced the process from outbreak to stabilization. According to the China Statistical Yearbook and China Center for Disease ...
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Phytotoxicity Assessment of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles on the Germination, Early Seedling Growth, and Physiological Responses in Oryza sativa L.
The increasing utilization of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) and their release into the environment has made it imperative to elucidate their impact on the ecological system including plants. However, th...
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This study on all-trans retinoic acid was designed to explore its effect on the ability of Fra-1 to cervical cancer cell development. The results show that all-trans retinoic acid enhances the effect of Fra-1 ...
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Open AccessThe Jun N-terminal kinases signaling pathway plays a “seesaw” role in ovarian carcinoma: a molecular aspect
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To better understand the role of integrin subunit alpha 9 (ITGA9) gene polymorphism in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we investigated the distribution of ITGA9 gene polymorphisms (rs2212020 and rs189897) and re...
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