Proposing Optimal Locations for Runoff Harvesting and Water Management Structures in the Hami Qeshan Watershed, Iraq

Iraq, including the investigated watershed, has endured destructive floods and drought due to precipitation variability in recent years.Protecting susceptible areas from flooding and ensuring water supply is essential for maintaining basic human needs, agricultural production, and industry development.Therefore, locating and constructing storage st

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Visualizing Vpr-induced G2 arrest and apoptosis.

Vpr is an accessory protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with multiple functions.The induction of G2 arrest by Vpr plays a particularly important role in efficient viral replication because the transcriptional activity of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat is most active in G2 phase.The regulation of apoptosis by Vpr is also important

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The Beneficial Role of Retinoids in Glomerular Disease

The primary etiology of CKD is a direct consequence of initial dysfunction and injury of the glomerulus, the main filtration system.Podocytes are terminally differentiated epithelial cells in the glomerulus, whose major function is the maintenance of this renal filtration barrier.Podocyte injury is implicated in many glomerular diseases including F

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