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Factors determining the occupancy of nest-boxes by Great Tits(Parus major)in eucalypt plantations

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Avian Research 2023年第2期14卷 200-205页

作者： ricardo S.Ceia Pedro B.Lopes Luís Pda Silva Centre for Functional Ecology–Science for People&the Planet Department of Life SciencesUniversity of Coimbra3000-456CoimbraPortugal CIBIO Centro de Investigaçao em Biodiversidade e Recursos GeneticosInBIO Laboratorio AssociadoCampus de Vair aoUniversidade do Porto4485-661VairaoPortugal BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics Biodiversity and Land PlanningCIBIOCampus de Vai~ao4485-661VairaoPortugal

Providing nest-boxes as surrogate tree cavities can be of great importance to increase the breeding populations of cavity-nesting birds in managed ***,the exact placement of nest-boxes should be taken into consideration to enhance their occupancy according to species-specific *** this study,we investigated which factors can better predict nest-box occupancy by the Great Tit(Parus major)in eucalypt *** used generalised linear mixed-effects models to analyse the influence of topography,nest-box positioning,vegetation cover and landscape variables on three-year occupancy records from 80 newly provided ***-random patterns of nest-box occupancy were found with respect to all categories except *** suggest that Great Tits prefer to occupy high-placed nest-boxes,close to areas that can provide them with supplementary resources either within or in the vicinity of the stand(i.e.,trees other than eucalypts,riparian vegetation,and large patches of adjacent habitats).Overall,this study provides important recommendations for nest-box placement and spatial distribution in managed forests and enhances the potential of nest-box interventions as a biodiversity offset and management tool.

关键词： Eucalyptus globulus Managed forest Nest-site attributes Secondary cavity-nester Species-specific preferences Tit

A Review of Recent Advances in Hybrid Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

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Journal of Renewable Materials 2022年第3期10卷 561-589页

作者： Jorge Neto Henrique Queiroz ricardo Aguiar Rosemere Lima Daniel Cavalcanti Mariana Doina Banea Federal Centre of Technological Education in Rio de Janeiro(CEFET/RJ) Rio de JaneiroBrazil

Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites(NFRCs)have demonstrated great potential for many different applications in various industries due to their advantages compared to synthetic fiber-reinforced composites,such as low environmental impact and low ***,one of the drawbacks is that the NFRCs present relatively low mechanical properties and the absorption of humidity due to the hydrophilic characteristic of the natural *** method to increase their performance is ***,understanding the properties and potential of using multiple reinforcement’s materials to develop hybrid composites is of great *** paper provides an overview of the recent advances in hybrid natural fiber reinforced polymer ***,the main factors that affect the performance of hybrid fiber-reinforced composites were briefly *** effect of hybridization on the mechanical and thermal properties of hybrid composites reinforced with several types of natural fibers(i.e.,sisal,jute,curauá,ramie,banana,etc.)or natural fibers combined with synthetic fibers is ***,the water absorption behaviour of hybrid fiber-reinforced composites is also *** was con-cluded that the main challenges that need to be addressed in order to increase the use of natural-natural or natural-synthetic hybrid composites in industry are the poor adhesion between natural fibers and matrix,thermal stability and moisture absorption of natural *** of these challenges were addressed by recent develop-ment in fibers treatment and modification,and product innovation(hybridization).

关键词： Natural fiber composites(NFC) hybrid composites mechanical properties thermal properties water absorption

Hirschsprung's disease associated enterocolitis:A comprehensive review

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World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2023年第3期12卷 68-76页

作者： Eric M Gershon Leonel Rodriguez ricardo A Arbizu Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology Yale University School of MedicineNew HavenCT 06520United States

Hirschsprung’s disease(HSCR)is a congenital disorder characterized by failure of the neural crest cells to migrate and populate the distal bowel during gestation affecting different lengths of intestine leading to a distal functional *** treatment is needed to correct HSCR once the diagnosis is confirmed by demonstrating the absence of ganglion cells or aganglionosis of the affected bowel ***’s disease associated enterocolitis(HAEC)is an inflammatory complication associated with HSCR that can present either in the pre-or postoperative period and associated with increased morbidity and *** pathogenesis of HAEC remains poorly understood,but intestinal dysmotility,dysbiosis and impaired mucosal defense and intestinal barrier function appear to play a significant *** is no clear definition for HAEC,but the diagnosis is primarily clinical,and treatment is guided based on ***,we aim to provide a comprehensive review of the clinical presentation,etiology,pathophysiology,and current therapeutic options for HAEC.

关键词： Hirschsprung’s Enterocolitis Pathogenesis Microbiome Dysbiosis Dysmotility Treatment

Effects of hydrogel-encapsulated bacteria on the healing efficiency and compressive strength of concrete

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Journal of Road Engineering 2023年第2期3卷 156-170页

作者： ricardo Hungria Marwa M.Hassan Momen Mousa Bert S.Turner Department of Construction Management Louisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLA 70803USA Department of Engineering Technology Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleTX 77341USA

Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation is a promising technology for self-healing concrete due to its capability to seal *** main goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of adding hydrogelencapsulated bacteria on the compressive strength and the self-healing efficiency of *** achieve this objective,12 sets of mortar samples were prepared,including three different mineral precursors(magnesium acetate,calcium lactate,and sodium lactate),at two concentrations(67.76 and 75.00 mM/L),and under two different biological conditions(with and without bacteria).In addition,a set of plain mortar samples was prepared to serve as a *** each sample set,three mortar cubes and three beams were prepared and subjected to compression and flexural strength *** the compression tests,it was found that the sample containing calcium lactate along with yeast extract and bacteria displayed the best *** for the flexural tests,once cracked,the beams were subjected to 28 d of wet/dry cycles(16 h of water immersion and 8 h of drying),where the bottom crack width was monitored(at 0,3,7,14,28 d of wet/dry cycles).Once the sample with the highest healing efficiency was identified(the one containing calcium lactate and hydrogel-encapsulated bacteria),the study was scaled up to concrete *** sets of concrete cylinders(consisting of three control samples and three samples with bacteria along with calcium lactate)were tested under compression in order to evaluate the effect of the bacteria-precursor combination on the concrete mechanical *** samples that yielded the greatest compressive strength were the ones containing calcium lactate and bacteria,displaying an improvement of 17%as compared to the control ***,a flexural strength recovery analysis was performed on the concrete specimens revealing that the control showed better flexural strength recovery than the bacteriacontaining variant(41.5%vs.26.1%)after

关键词： Self-healing concrete Bioconcrete Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation Precursor

The neuroprotective effect of traditional Chinese medicinal plants--A critical review

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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023年第8期13卷 3208-3237页

作者： Joao Moreira Mariana Machado Monica Dias-Teixeira ricardo Ferraz Cristina Delerue-Matos Clara Grosso REQUIMTE/LAQV Instituto Superior de Engenharia do PortoInstituto Politecnico do PortoPorto 4249-015Portugal Ciencias Químicas e das Biomoleculas/CISA Escola Superior de SaudedInstituto Politecnico do PortoPorto 4200-072Portugal NICiTeS-Nucleo de Investigacao em Ciencias e Tecnologias da Saude Escola Superior de Saude Ribeiro SanchesLisboa 1950-396Portugal REQUIMTE/LAQV Departamento de Química e Bioquímica Faculdade de CienciasUniversidade do PortoPorto 4169-007Portugal

Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases are increasingly affecting individuals’quality of life,thus increasing their cost to social and health *** diseases have overlapping mechanisms,such as oxidative stress,protein aggregation,neuroinflammation,neurotransmission impairment,mitochondrial dysfunction,and ***,there is no cure for neurodegenerative diseases,and the available therapies have adverse effects and low *** neuropsychiatric disorders,such as depression,the current therapies are not adequate to one-third of the patients,the so-called treatmentresistant ***,searching for new treatments is *** plants appear as a strong alternative and complement towards new treatment protocols,as they have been used for health purposes for thousands of ***,the main goal of this review is to revisit the neuroprotective potential of some of the most predominant medicinal plants(and one fungus)used in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),focusing on their proven mechanisms of action and their chemical compositions,to give clues on how they can be useful against neurodegeneration progression.

关键词： Neurodegeneration Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease Depression Medicinal plants Oxidative stress Toxicology Clinicaltrials

Exploring kidney biopsy findings in congenital heart diseases:Insights beyond cyanotic nephropathy

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World Journal of Nephrology 2024年第1期13卷 25-32页

作者： Jose Daniel Juarez-Villa Iván Zepeda-Quiroz Sebastián Toledo-Ramírez Victor Hugo Gomez-Johnson Francisco Pérez-Allende Brian ricardo Garibay-Vega Francisco E Rodríguez Castellanos Bernardo Moguel-González Edgar Garcia-Cruz Salvador Lopez-Gil Department of Nephrology Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio ChavezMexico City 14080Mexico Congenital Heart Disease Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio ChavezMexico City 14080Mexico

BACKGROUND The association between congenital heart disease and chronic kidney disease is well *** mechanisms of kidney damage associated with congenital heart disease have been *** etiology of kidneydisease has commonly been considered to be secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis(FSGS),however,this has only been demonstrated in case reports and not in observational or clinical *** To identify baseline and clinical characteristics,as well as the findings in kidney biopsies of patients with congenital heart disease in our *** This is a retrospective observational study conducted at the Nephrology Depart-ment of the National Institute of Cardiology“Ignacio Chávez”.All patients over 16 years old who underwent percutaneous kidney biopsy from January 2000 to January 2023 with congenital heart disease were included in the *** Ten patients with congenital heart disease and kidney biopsy were *** average age was 29.00 years±15.87 years with pre-biopsy proteinuria of 6193 mg/24 h±6165 mg/24 *** most common congenital heart disease was Fallot’s tetralogy with 2 cases(20%)and ventricular septal defect with 2(20%)*** the 10 cases,one case of IgA nephropathy and one case of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis associated with immune complexes were found,receiving specific treatment after histopathological diagnosis,delaying the initiation of kidney replacement *** remaining 8 cases(80%),one case of FSGS with perihilar variety was found,while the other 7 cases were non-specific *** Determining the cause of chronic kidney disease can help in delaying the need for kidney replacement *** 2 out of 10 patients in our study,interventions were performed,and initiation of kidney replacement therapy was *** studies are needed to determine the usefulness of kidney biopsy in patients with congenital heart disease.

关键词： Renal biopsy Congenital heart disease Chronic kidney disease Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Investigating local corrosion processes of magnesium alloys with scanning probe electrochemical techniques: A review

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Journal of Magnesium and Alloys 2022年第11期10卷 2997-3030页

作者： Mara Cristina Lopes de Oliveira Rejane Maria Pereira da Silva ricardo M.Souto Renato Altobelli Antunes Federal University of ABC Center for EngineeringModeling and Applied Social SciencesAv.Dos Estados500109210-580Santo AndréSP Brazil Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN/CNENAv.Prof.Lineu Prestes2242São PauloBrazil Institute of Material Science and Nanotechnology University of La LagunaP.O.Box 456La LagunaTenerife 38200Spain

The study of corrosion of magnesium and its alloys has emerged a hot topic in the applications of lightweight structural materials. The inherently high electrochemical activity of bare magnesium surfaces still lacks a convincing mechanism to describe the observed experimental characteristics, and it has prompted the development of various types of protective coatings with the aim of slowing metal dissolution. In recent years, new instruments and techniques have been developed to study with spatial resolution the local corrosion processes that occur in metallic materials in general, and for magnesium and its alloys in particular, both for bare surfaces and coated. Scanning microelectrochemical techniques, such as local electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(LEIS), scanning electrochemical microscopy(SECM), scanning vibrating electrode technique(SVET), scanning ion-selective electrode technique(SIET) and scanning Kelvin probe(SKP) can provide information about the local electrochemical activity of metallic surfaces. In the present work, the applications of these techniques in corrosion studies of magnesium and its alloys are reviewed. Assessment of corrosion mechanisms, barrier properties of conventional coatings and active corrosion behavior of self-healing coatings are examined. Limitations and future developments in this area are discussed.

关键词： Magnesium alloys LEIS SECM SVET SIET SKP

Development and validation of SuperDEM for non-spherical particulate systems using a superquadric particle method

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Particuology 2022年第2期20卷 74-90页

作者： Xi Gao Jia Yu ricardo J.F.Portal Jean-François Dietiker Mehrdad Shahnam William A.Rogers National Energy Technology Laboratory MorgantownWV 26506USA Leidos Research Support Team MorgantownWV 26506USA Centro de Investigação em Modelação e Otimização de Sistemas Multifuncionais Instituto Superior de Engenharia de LisboaPolytechnic Institute of Lisbon1959-007 LisboaPortugal Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica–Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa1049-001 LisboaPortugal

This article presents the development and validation of the Superquadric Discrete Element Method(SuperDEM)for non-spherical particle simulation using a superquadric particle method in open-source CFD suite MFiX.A superquadric particle-particle contact algorithm with accelerating and stabilizing strategy was developed.A superquadric particle-arbitrary wall contact algorithm was developed,which enables the simulation in complex *** solver was validated by comparing with experimental data generated in this study or available in the *** include cylinder contacting with a wall,static packing of M&M chocolate candies in a cylindrical container,static packing of cylinders in a cylindrical container,dynamic angle of repose of cylinders in a rotating drum,and discharging of chocolate candies from a ***,MPI parallelization of the solver was implemented and the parallel performance of the solver using MPI was assessed through large-scale simulations of 1 million,10 million,and 100 million particles on up to 6800 cores,which demonstrates that the SuperDEM solver has great potential for industrial-scale systems simulation.

关键词： DEM Particle Non-spherical Superquadric Parallelization MFiX

Advanced semiconductor catalyst designs for the photocatalytic reduction of CO_(2)

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Materials Reports(Energy) 2023年第2期3卷 27-42,I0002页

作者： Zhangsen Chen Gaixia Zhang Siyi Cao Guozhu Chen Cuncheng Li ricardo IzquierdoShuhui Sun Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique–Centre Energie Materiaux Telecommunications VarennesQuebecJ3X 1P7Canada Department of Electrical Engineering Ecolede Technologie Superieure(ETS)MontrealQuebecH3C 1K3Canada School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering University of JinanJinan250022PR China

Using clean solar energy to reduce CO_(2)into value-added products not only consumes the over-emitted CO_(2)that causes environmental problems,but also generates fuel chemicals to alleviate energy *** photocatalytic CO_(2)reduction reaction(PCO_(2)RR)relies on the semiconductor photocatalysts that suffer from high recombination rate of the photo-generated carriers,low light harvesting capability,and low *** review explores the recent discoveries on the novel semiconductors for PCO_(2)RR,focusing on the rational catalyst design strategies(such as surface engineering,band engineering,hierarchical structure construction,single-atom catalysts,and biohybrid catalysts)that promote the catalytic performance of semiconductor catalysts on PCO_(2)*** advanced characterization techniques that contribute to understanding the intrinsic properties of the photocatalysts are also ***,the perspectives on future challenges and possible solutions for PCO_(2)RR are presented.

关键词： Photoreduction of CO_(2) Semiconductor catalysts Photocatalyst modification Heterojunction construction Catalytic efficiency Activity Environmental and sustainable applications