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2023ZeitschriftenartikelCollective payments for ecosystem services a counterpart of commodification and privatization trends in nature conservation?Payments for ecosystem services (PES) gained an increasing importance in science and politics within the last decades. Although the enthusiasm about PES is particularly high in Environmental Economics, opponents criticize ...
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2022-10-26ZeitschriftenartikelRestructured Niger-Congo gender systems as another type of concurrent nominal classification Recent research looks increasingly at languages with more than one system of nominal classification and first systematic typological assessments of so-called “concurrent noun classification” exist with a focus on cases ...
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2023-02-21ZeitschriftenartikelA CRR2-Dependent sRNA Sequence Supports Papillomavirus Vaccine Expression in Tobacco Chloroplasts Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer, and vaccination with HPV L1 capsid proteins has been successful in controlling it. However, vaccination coverage is not universal, ...
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2023-02-14ZeitschriftenartikelRisk Assessment and Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals with an Emphasis on Antimony (Sb) in Urban Soil in Bojnourd, Iran Recently, one of the major environmental issues is the pollution of soil with Antimony (Sb), which is ecologically detrimental and potentially carcinogenic to humans. In developing countries such as Iran, Sb concentrations ...
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2023-02-07ZeitschriftenartikelFostering the Implementation of Nature Conservation Measures in Agricultural Landscapes: The NatApp Large-scale, high-input, and intensified agriculture poses threats to sustainable agroecosystems and their inherent biodiversity. The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) covers a great number of nature conservation programs ...
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2023-02-16ZeitschriftenartikelApplicability of Different Methods for Quantifying Virucidal Efficacy Using MENNO Florades and Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus as an Example After entry of a quarantine/regulated pathogen, infected plants shall be destroyed, and the cultivated area (e.g., greenhouse) shall be disinfected. Therefore, the selection of an effective disinfectant plays an important ...
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2023-02-17ZeitschriftenartikelHomeostatic Reinforcement Theory Accounts for Sodium Appetitive State- and Taste-Dependent Dopamine Responding Seeking and consuming nutrients is essential to survival and the maintenance of life. Dynamic and volatile environments require that animals learn complex behavioral strategies to obtain the necessary nutritive substances. ...
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2023-02-19ZeitschriftenartikelTransforming Research on Recreational Ecosystem Services into Applications and Governance The science-practice gap has recently been discussed as a critical challenge restricting sustainable growth and development in all facets of our society, including explorations of Recreation Ecosystem Services (RES). To ...
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2023-02-06ZeitschriftenartikelBrain Waste Removal System and Sleep: Photobiomodulation as an Innovative Strategy for Night Therapy of Brain Diseases Emerging evidence suggests that an important function of the sleeping brain is the removal of wastes and toxins from the central nervous system (CNS) due to the activation of the brain waste removal system (BWRS). The ...
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2023-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelMesostructured γ-Al2O3-Based Bifunctional Catalysts for Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from CO2 In this work, we propose two bifunctional nanocomposite catalysts based on acidic mesostructured γ-Al2O3 and a Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 redox phase. γ-Al2O3 was synthesized by an Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly (EISA) method using ...
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2023-02-27ZeitschriftenartikelPre- and Post-Harvest Infection of Pasteurized Pickles with Fungi and Their Pectinolytic Potential to Soften the Product Fungi and their enzymes have long been thought to cause the softening of pasteurized gherkins; however, the exact fungal species and timing of contamination are unknown. Ready-to-sell pickle jars and blossoms of growing ...
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2023-02-25ZeitschriftenartikelWhole-Genome Sequencing Data Reveal New Loci Affecting Milk Production in German Black Pied Cattle (DSN) German Black Pied (DSN) is considered an ancestral population of the Holstein breed. The goal of the current study was to fine-map genomic loci for milk production traits and to provide sequence variants for selection. We ...
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2023-02-13ZeitschriftenartikelLiability Rules for the Digital Age Aiming for the Brussels EffectWith legislative proposals for two directives published in September 2022, the European Commission aims to adapt the existing liability system to the challenges posed by digitalisation. One of the proposals is related and ...
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2023-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelAdditional Primary Tumors Detected Incidentally on FDG PET/CT at Staging in Patients with First Diagnosis of NSCLC: Frequency, Impact on Patient Management and Survival We aimed to assess the frequency of additional primary malignancies detected incidentally on [18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) at staging in NSCLC patients. Moreover, their ...
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2023-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelTwo Probiotic Candidates of the Genus Psychrobacter Modulate the Immune Response and Disease Resistance after Experimental Infection in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus, Linnaeus 1758) Probiotic bacteria are a recognized alternative to classical methods of disease prophylaxis and therapy. We tested the effects of their application on the immune reaction in juvenile turbot. To prevent digestion of the ...
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2023-02-06ZeitschriftenartikelBuilding Multivariate Time-Varying Smooth Transition Correlation GARCH Models, with an Application to the Four Largest Australian Banks This paper proposes a methodology for building Multivariate Time-Varying STCC–GARCH models. The novel contributions in this area are the specification tests related to the correlation component, the extension of the general ...
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2023-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelTranscriptomic Deconvolution of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Predicts Clinically Relevant Characteristics Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (panNENs) are a rare yet diverse type of neoplasia whose precise clinical–pathological classification is frequently challenging. Since incorrect classifications can affect treatment ...
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2023-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelGlycation Interferes with the Activity of the Bi-Functional UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine 2-Epimerase/N-Acetyl-mannosamine Kinase (GNE) Mutations in the gene coding for the bi-functional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE), the key enzyme of the sialic acid biosynthesis, are responsible for autosomal-recessive GNE myopathy ...
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2023-02-28ZeitschriftenartikelBiochar Extracts Can Modulate the Toxicity of Persistent Free Radicals in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans As an effective soil amendment, biochars require a comprehensive ecological evaluation before they can be widely used in agriculture because endogenous contaminants, such as environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs), ...
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2023-02-07ZeitschriftenartikelReifegradmodelle im Forschungsdatenmanagement – IT-Prozessoptimierung im Wissenschaftsbetrieb Kontinuierliche Veränderungen des institutionellen Forschungsdatenmanagements stellen dienstleistende Einrichtungen an Hochschulen vor die Herausforderung, ihre Services zu professionalisieren. In einer vergleichenden ...
