Determination of Glucocorticoids in UPLC-MS in Environmental Samples from an Occupational Setting by Enrico Oddone, Sara Negri, Massimo Bellinzona, Silvia Martino, Marcello Di Tuccio, Elena Grignani, Danilo Cottica, Marcello Imbriani

“…Samples were taken from air, hand-washing tests, pad-tests and wipe-tests. This paper reports the contents of the analytical methodology, along with the results of this extensive environmental and personal monitoring of glucocorticoids. …”
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Programmable light‐driven soft actuator enabled by structurally anisotropic liquid crystalline network by Zhaoping Deng, Xinyu Chen, Xinrui Deng, Jiangmin Yang, Shuai Zhou, Jingyu Chen, Peixiang Wang, Huai Yang, Ruochen Lan

“…More importantly, the nanoporous LCN film can be harnessed as a promising template to achieve diverse light responsiveness by changing the photothermal dyes via a feasible washing and refilling process, demonstrating a reprogrammable light‐driven soft actuator.…”
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Green Route for Efficient Synthesis of Novel Amino Acid Schiff Bases as Potent Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents and Evaluation of Cytotoxic Effects by Harshita Sachdeva, Rekha Saroj, Sarita Khaturia, Diksha Dwivedi, Om Prakash Chauhan

“…The product is purified by simple filtration followed by washing with water and drying process. The synthesized compounds are characterized by FT-IR, 13CNMR, and 1HNMR spectroscopy and are screened for their antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger, Penicillium notatum, Fusarium oxysporum, Alternaria brassicicola, Chaetomium orium, and Lycopodium sp. and antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, Bacillus licheniformis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Micrococcus luteus, and Gram-negative bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. …”
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Evaluation of the Risk of Spreading Endometrial Cell by Hysteroscopy: A Prospective Longitudinal Study by Rievani de Sousa Damião, Reginaldo Guedes Coelho Lopes, Emilly Serapião dos Santos, Umberto Gazzi Lippi, Eduardo Borges da Fonseca

“…Group 1 had not previous diagnosis of endometrial cancer, and group 2 had previous diagnosis of endometrial cancer (stage I-92.3%). Two peritoneal washing samples were taken before (PW1) and immediately after (PW2) the procedure. …”
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A new biocompatible delivery scaffold containing heparin and bone morphogenetic protein 2 by Thanyaphoo Suphannee, Kaewsrichan Jasadee

“…Bonded heparin was not leached away from scaffold surfaces upon vigorous washing or extended storage. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) was bound to conjugated scaffolds by ionic interactions between the negatively charged SO42- clusters of heparin and positively charged amino acids of rhBMP-2. …”
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Differential diagnosis of fasciola hepatica from different animal hosts by pcr by Osman Selcuk Aldemir, Mederle Narcisa

“…These parasites were washed several times with pH:7.4 phosphate-buffered saline and phenol extraction/ ethanol precipitation method was employed in genomic DNA extraction. …”
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Dyeing with extracts from Amaranth plant by Hwanhee Lee, Boris Mahltig

“…However, the red coloration of Amaranth turns into brown and greyish coloration after application onto the fabric. Suitable washing and rubbing fastness are reached. Finally, it can be stated that textile dyeing with aqueous extract from Amaranth is possible but due to the change of the attractive red coloration into brownish color shades during dyeing process, the use in textile coloration is obviously limited …”
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Assembly of oleosin during efficient extraction: Altering the sequence of defatting solvents by Yu Li, Yuqian Qiao, Yuxuan Zhu, Wangyang Shen, Weiping Jin, Dengfeng Peng, Qingrong Huang

“…High purity oleosin (86 %) was obtained by treatment first with a Floch solution and then with cold acetone and petroleum ether after twice washing OBs with urea. The 3D spatial structure of oleosin was predicted using AlphaFold 2, revealing that the secondary structure of oleosin was dominated by α-helices (>60 %). …”
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An Optimized High Throughput Clean-Up Method Using Mixed-Mode SPE Plate for the Analysis of Free Arachidonic Acid in Plasma by LC-MS/MS by Wan Wang, Suzi Qin, Linsen Li, Xiaohua Chen, Qunjie Wang, Junfu Wei

“…Plasma was mixed with 3% aqueous ammonia and loaded into each well of 96-well plate. After washing with water and methanol sequentially, 3% of formic acid in acetonitrile was used to elute arachidonic acid. …”
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Effect of Ball Milling Time on the Performance of Phosphorous Building Gypsum by Lei Wu, Zhong Tao, Zhi-man Zhao, Wahab Abdul Ghafar, Yan Tao, Shixiong Liao, Yi Zhang

“…Compared with sieving, washing, aging, and other means of PBG treatment, ball milling has the advantages of simplicity, environmental protection, and low cost, and it has some practical significance in production.…”
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Pi bon fason pou granmoun (kap pran swen lòt moun) lave men yo by Amy Simonne, Nicole Monval, Emmanuel Jean Claude Duvalsaint

“…This is the Haitian Creole version of FCS8782/FY724: Proper Hand Washing for Caregivers. Written by Amy Simonne, translated and reviewed by Emmanuel Jean Claude Duvalsaint and Nicole Monval, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, March 2020. …”
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Pi bon fason pou granmoun (kap pran swen lòt moun) lave men yo by Amy Simonne, Nicole Monval, Emmanuel Jean Claude Duvalsaint

“…This is the Haitian Creole version of FCS8782/FY724: Proper Hand Washing for Caregivers. Written by Amy Simonne, translated and reviewed by Emmanuel Jean Claude Duvalsaint and Nicole Monval, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, March 2020. …”
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Synthesis of Silver Abietate as an Antibacterial Agent for Textile Applications by A. Yıldız, M. Değirmencioğlu

“…Stability of antibacterial effect after repeated washings (3, 5, 10, and 20) was also tested which indicated that the synthesized silver abietate compound could be used as a new antibacterial agent in textile industry. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Asibot: A New Approach on Portable Robotic System for Disabled People by Alberto Jardón, Concepción A. Monje, Carlos Balaguer

“…Our main objective is to develop a new concept of portable robot able to support the elderly and those people with different levels of disability during the execution of daily tasks, such as washing their face or hands, brushing their teeth, combing their hair, eating, drinking, and bringing objects closer, among others. …”
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The Role of Safety Behaviors in the Pathogensis of Contamination Fear: An Experimental Investigation. by Tamer I. FAWZY

“…Within the anxiety disorders, behaviors performed in order to mitigate a perceived catastrophic outcome (e.g., washing hands excessively to prevent contamination) are considered safety behaviors. …”
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Coal Gangue Utilization: Applications, Challenges, and Sustainable Development Strategies by Yinghui Sun, Bohao Bai, Xu Yang, Shujun Zhu, Jilin Tian, Zhuozhi Wang, Li Xu, Lianfei Xu, Boxiong Shen

“…Coal gangue is a kind of typical by-product emitted during the coal mining and washing process. With the increase in coal resource utilization, a large amount of coal gangue was not reasonably utilized, causing environmental pollution and resource waste. …”
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Update on Comprehensive Management of Cholera. Recommendations of the Expert Workshop. Cienfuegos 2014 by María Lina Valdés Gómez, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Edelys Molina Moreira, Joel Torres Ros, Ada Lozano Leblanc, Joseline Cesar Carrero, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…Main areas for improvement are related to: keeping an intensive training program, particularly for new professionals and technicians; having safe means for disinfecting and washing contaminated clothes; developing a health promotion and prevention strategy related to “clean hands” and “safe drinking water”; improving the information flow and intra- and inter-sectoral collaboration. …”
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Improving the accuracy of processing deep holes by Electrical Discharge Machining with a rotating tubular electrode by A. Yu. Popov, V. A. Prokofev

“…The deviation of the electrode from the axis of rotation leads to uneven pressure from the liquid washing out the debris, which leads to uneven wear on the side of the electrode. …”
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Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: Ideal and reality by Fan-He Dong, Yu-Qiang Shan, Wen-Cheng Kong, Hao-Ran Wei, Lin-Po Zhou, Ye-Bin Yang, Jing Shi, Cheng-Hao Ji, Yi-Jia Zhang

“…The HIPEC technique can effectively kill residual lesions in the abdominal cavity through the synergistic sensitization effect of thermal chemotherapy and the circulating perfusion and washing effect of large volume perfusion fluid, thereby reducing the occurrence of malignant ascites and reducing the risk of postoperative recurrence and metastasis. …”
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The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria by Umezurike J. Ezugwu, Enyimba Maduka, Emmanuel E. Etta, Samuel Aloysius Ekanem, Ushie Thomas Egaga

“…Our strategy in dealing with this issue of negligence would be to expose the misconception that women have little or nothing to contribute in environmental management beside biological reproductive roles, and activities such as cooking, washing, fetching firewood and nursing of children. …”
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