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Mojave Desert springs are fragile ecosystems, hosting endemic plants and animals, which are threatened by the increasing human demand for water and climate change.
Maura Palacios Mejia+10 more
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BackgroundMost insulin injections for people with diabetes are administered at home, thus generating many used needles. Unsafe disposal of these at-home needles can lead to needle stick injuries, blood-borne disease transmission, and environmental ...
Haixia Tu+7 more
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Rates of Vascular Occlusion Associated With Using Needles vs Cannulas for Filler Injection.
Importance Soft-tissue augmentation with skin fillers can be delivered with needles or microcannulas, but unwanted vascular occlusions are possible. Objective To determine whether filler-associated vascular occlusion events of the face occur more often
Murad Alam+7 more
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Inter- and Intra-Population Variation of Foliage Calcium and Magnesium in Two Chinese Pine Species
Calcium and magnesium are major nutrient elements of plants, and both play an important role in plant growth and development. Pinus massoniana and P. hwangshanensis are important afforestation tree species in barren mountains in China.
Meng Hu+8 more
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Impact of the Number of Needle Tip Bevels on the Exerted Forces and Energy in Insulin Pen Injections
Patients affected with type 1 diabetes and a non-negligible number of patients with type 2 diabetes are insulin dependent. Both the injection technique and the choice of the most suitable needle are fundamental for allowing them to have a good injection ...
Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione+4 more
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Thermostability of antioxidant enzymes in tissues of Scots pine in heat shock conditions [PDF]
Samples of needles from the middle part of the crown and cambial zone scrapings, which includes cambium cells and nonlignified xylem cells from five stems of 15 years old Scots pine Pinus sylvestris L.
N. E. Sudachkova+3 more
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Sustainable development goals require a reduction in the existing heavy reliance on fossil resources. Forestry can be considered a key resource for the bioeconomy, providing timber, energy, chemicals (including fine chemicals), and various other products.
Linards Klavins+7 more
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Features of elemental composition and pigment complex of the Siberian larch needles under impact of Irkutsk aluminum smelter emissions [PDF]
The paper presents data on the content of 32 chemical elements in the needles of the Siberian larch Larix sibirica Ledeb. trees growing at different distances from the Irkutsk aluminum smelter (IrkAS), as well as in the background areas. It is shown that
L. V. Afanas’eva+3 more
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Photosynthetic pigments of the Siberian spruce needles in the middle taiga forests of the European North-East Russia [PDF]
The seasonal changes in content and ratio of chlorophylls and carotenoids in the Siberian spruce Picea obovata Ledeb. needles growing in bilberry, bilberry-sphagnum and polytric-sphagnum forest types in the middle taiga subzone of the European North-East
V. V. Tuzhilkina
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The fear of needles: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of needle fear and summarize the characteristics of individuals who exhibit this fear. BACKGROUND Injections are among the most common medical procedures, yet fear of needles can result in ...
Jennifer McLenon, M. Rogers
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