EFFECTS OF THINNING, BURNING, SEEDING, AND SLASH ARRANGEMENTS ON UNDERSTORY COMMUNITIES IN PINYON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA

Effects of thinning, burning, seeding, and slash arrangements on understory communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona

Pinyon-juniper woodlands are a dominant ecosystem in the American Southwest that have been increasing in density over igora vibrance 6-12 the last century, generating concerns about the effects on wildlife habitat, livestock forage, and wildfire risk.We tested 16 treatment combinations designed to restore stands to historic conditions by examining

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Astaxanthin Reduces Stemness Markers in BT20 and T47D Breast Cancer Stem Cells by Inhibiting Expression of Pontin and Mutant p53

Astaxanthin (AST) is a product made from marine organisms that has been used as an anti-cancer supplement.It reduces pontin expression and induces apoptosis in SKBR3, a breast cancer cell line.Using Western blotting and qRT-PCR analyses, this study revealed that in the T47D and BT20 breast cancer cell lines, AST inhibits expression of pontin and mu

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Promoting and Spreading Sakha Ethnocultural Identity through the Mediation of the Russian Language: The Phenomenon of Yakut Cinema

The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is nowadays one of the main centres of cinematographic production in the Russian Federation.Films are often low-budget and boast a wide spectrum of genres.They are mostly fender two tone amp shot in the Sakha language and draw on local history, heroic epic, cosmogony, heritage, costumes, and spiritual values.In the p

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