The Application of Thermal Solar Energy to High Temperature Processes: Case Study of the Synthesis of Alumina from Boehmite by Isabel Padilla, Aurora López-Delgado, Sol López-Andrés, Marta Álvarez, Roberto Galindo, Alfonso J. Vazquez-Vaamonde

“…The waste is considered as a hazardous substance because of it releasing toxic gases (hydrogen, ammonia, methane, and hydrogen sulfide) in the presence of water. …”
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Pesticide Use and Self-Reported Symptoms of Acute Pesticide Poisoning among Aquatic Farmers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by Hanne Klith Jensen, Flemming Konradsen, Erik Jørs, Jørgen Holm Petersen, Anders Dalsgaard

“…These findings suggest that improving safe pesticide management practices among the farmers and enforcing the effective banning of the most toxic pesticides will considerably reduce the number of acute pesticide poisoning episodes.…”
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The Role of pH in PEG-b-PAAc Modification of Gadolinium Oxide Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications by Eva Hemmer, Nallusamy Venkatachalam, Hiroshi Hyodo, Kohei Soga

“…It was shown that PEG-b-PAAc (poly(ethylene glycol) poly(acrylic acid) block polymer) is suitable to provide the required chemical durability, dispersion stability, and noncytotoxic behaviour for biomedical applications, where the coating of Gd2O3 with a protecting and biocompatible layer is essential in order to prevent the release of toxic Gd3+ ions. Physicochemical properties of the Gd2O3:Er3+,Yb3+ nanostructures modified with PEG-b-PAAc have been investigated by TG-DTA, FT-IR, and DLS revealing a strong influence of modification conditions, namely, pH of the reaction media, on the nature of the PEG-b-PAAc layer.…”
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Study on the Effect of Cu (II) and Zn (II) on the Accumulation of Pb (II) from Soil to the Biomass of Vegetable by Le Thi Thanh Tran, Le Van Luan, Tran Quang Hieu, Le Van Tan

“…Among soil pollutants, lead (Pb) is one of the toxic metal pollutants widely used in many industrial processes and occurs as a contaminant in environment. …”
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Tiny but mighty, an exploration of microbes and plants as sources of small novel bioactive compounds against invasive mycoses. by Hannah Mai Peacock, James Anthony O'Connor

“…Osmanthus delavayi warrants further study, with an aim to separate out each component, test it for bioactivity and/or asses for the presence of synergism between two or more components, determine their interactions with the blood brain barrier and any potential toxicities and therefore assess the therapeutic potential.…”
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Plant-Extract-Mediated Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles by Yunhui Bao, Jian He, Ke Song, Jie Guo, Xianwu Zhou, Shima Liu

“…In the traditional synthesis method of MNPs, toxic chemicals are generally used as reducing agents and stabilizing agents, which is fussy to operate and extremely environment unfriendly. …”
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Autophagy-associated signal pathways of functional foods for chronic diseases by Jinfeng Xie, Jiling Liang, Ning Chen

“…Once the cells are in the stress environment, the induced autophagy will accelerate the clearance of cellular damaged or toxic protein aggregates or dysfunctional cellular organelles to maintain homeostasis in cells. …”
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Relapsing Malaria: A Case Report of Primaquine Resistance by Christopher Dijanic, Jillian Nickerson, Sunita Shakya, Amanda Dijanic, Marilyn Fabbri

“…We think of relapse occurring because of parasitic resistance or poor compliance secondary to drug toxicities. However, in patients with repeated treatment failure, we must consider CYP-450 mutations affecting drug metabolism as an important cause of relapse. …”
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Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism by Farida El Baz Mohamed, Eman Ahmed Zaky, Adel Bassuoni El-Sayed, Reham Mohammed Elhossieny, Sally Soliman Zahra, Waleed Salah Eldin, Walaa Yousef Youssef, Rania Abdelmgeed Khaled, Azza Mohamed Youssef

“…Environmental exposure to these toxic heavy metals, at key times in development, may play a causal role in autism.…”
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Quercetin Protects Primary Human Osteoblasts Exposed to Cigarette Smoke through Activation of the Antioxidative Enzymes HO-1 and SOD-1 by Karl F. Braun, Sabrina Ehnert, Thomas Freude, José T. Egaña, Thilo L. Schenck, Arne Buchholz, Andreas Schmitt, Sebastian Siebenlist, Lilianna Schyschka, Markus Neumaier, Ulrich Stöckle, Andreas K. Nussler

“…The aim of this study was to investigate whether Quercetin, a naturally occurring antioxidant, can protect osteoblasts from the toxic effects of smoking. Human osteoblasts exposed to cigarette smoke medium (CSM) rapidly produced ROS and their viability decreased concentration- and time-dependently. …”
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Significant Removal of Harmful Compounds in Mainstream Cigarette Smoke Using Carbon Nanotubes Mixture Prepared by Catalytic Pyrolysis by Shun Zhou, Min Ning, Yaping Zhang, Qing He, Xiaofeng Wang, Dongliang Zhu, Song Guo, Ningning Hong, Yuan Hu

“…After introducing 15 mg of CNTM into cigarette filter, some of the most important harmful compounds including tar, nicotine, benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and phenolic compounds were more efficiently adsorbed in comparison with using commercial activated carbon, which can be related to the relatively bigger pore volume and a geometric confinement of CNT in CNTM for some toxic compounds in cigarette smoke. In particular, CNTs have a strong chemisorption capacity for B[a]P or phenolic compounds due to the π–π interactions between benzene rings.…”
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Sepsis and Pleural Empyema Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes after Influenza A Virus Infection by Fumihiro Ochi, Hisamichi Tauchi, Toshihiro Jogamoto, Hiromitsu Miura, Tomozo Moritani, Kozo Nagai, Eiichi Ishii

“…Streptococcus pyogenes (also referred to as group A streptococci, GAS) causes severe invasive diseases such as bacteremia, necrotizing fasciitis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and toxic shock syndrome in children. However, there are only a few reports on pleural empyema caused by GAS in children. …”
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Antibiotic, Pesticide, and Microbial Contaminants of Honey: Human Health Hazards by Noori Al-Waili, Khelod Salom, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Mohammad Javed Ansari

“…Many cases of infant botulisms have been attributed to contaminated honey. Honey may be very toxic when produced from certain plants. Ingestion of honey without knowing its source and safety might be problematic. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Pd/La₂O₃/ZnO Catalyst for Complete Oxidation of Methane, Propane and Butane by Ralitsa Velinova, Nina Kaneva, Georgi Ivanov, Daniela Kovacheva, Ivanka Spassova, Silviya Todorova, Genoveva Atanasova, Anton Naydenov

“…Noble metal-based catalysts are widely employed to remove toxic compounds from gas mixtures. The objective of the present study was the synthesis of a palladium-containing catalyst deposited on a support modified with La₂O₃ zinc oxide. …”
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Vermicomposting of Vegetable Wastes Using Cow Dung by K. Muthukumaravel, A. Amsath, M. Sukumaran

“…Municipal solid wastes are mainly from domestic and commercial areas containing recyclable toxic substances, compostable organic matter and others. …”
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Endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs) can potentially be used as therapeutic drugs to reduce hypertension caused by small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) by Qingjian He, Junling Lin, Chanjuan Mo, Guodong Li, Jianzhong Lu, Qiyin Sun, Lijun Cao, Haojian Gan, Quan Sun, Jiafang Yao, Shengyi Lian, WenJuan Wang

“…Among these drugs, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors, particularly novel small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), are extensively employed as VEGF inhibitors; however, they are also associated with a higher incidence of complications, with hypertension being the most prevalent cardiovascular toxic side effect. Currently, it is widely accepted that TKIs-induced hypertension involves multiple mechanisms including dysregulation of the endothelin (ET) axis, reduced bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO), imbalance in NO-ROS equilibrium system, vascular rarefaction, and activation of epithelial sodium calcium channels; nevertheless, excessive activation of ET system appears to be predominantly responsible for this condition. …”
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Comparative analysis: PVC and concrete panels and traditional masonry by Iara Lima da Silva, Renata de Oliveira Gomes

“…However, it presents challenges such as the emission of toxic gases in fire situations and limited suppliers, which can increase costs. …”
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Insights into the signal transduction pathways of mouse lung type II cells revealed by transcription factor profiling in the transcriptome by Chilakamarti V. Ramana

“…However, they play an important role in many cellular processes including trans-differentiation into type I cells as well as repair of lung injury in response to toxic chemicals and respiratory pathogens. Transcription factors are the regulatory proteins dynamically modulating DNA structure and gene expression. …”
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Improving lithium-sulfur battery performance using a polysaccharide binder derived from red algae by Dóra Zalka, Alen Vizintin, Alexey Maximenko, Zoltán Pászti, Zoltán Dankházi, Kristóf Hegedüs, Lakshmi Shiva Shankar, Róbert Kun, Karel Saksl, Andrea Straková Fedorková, Pál Jóvári

“…Electrode slurries are prepared without the toxic solvent N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, using only water as a solvent and dispersant, making the process potentially scalable and cost-effective. …”
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Advances in Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy of Malignant Melanoma by Xue Wang, Shanshan Ma, Shuting Zhu, Liucun Zhu, Wenna Guo

“…Traditional treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy are unable to achieve the expected results due to MM’s low sensitivity, high drug resistance, and toxic side effects. As treatment advances, immunotherapy and targeted therapy have made significant breakthroughs in the treatment of MM and have demonstrated promising application prospects. …”
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