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  1. 901

    L’excès dans la fiction de Wilkie Collins by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

    Published 2006-12-01
    “…Both men are ill, marginal, stand for eccentricity and excess, and occasionally act as Collins’s mouthpieces, too.The writer’s ironic and subversive use of these characters to promote « happy endings » may therefore be regarded as another kind of excess.…”
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    White Magic, Black Humour: Ella D’Arcy’s Narrative Strategies by Heather Marcovitch

    Published 2022-10-01
    “…We see D’Arcy adopting this ironic pose as she tries to keep The Yellow Book on schedule in the aftermath of Oscar Wilde’s arrest, and as she copes with Harland’s regular tantrums and Lane’s indifference. …”
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  3. 903

    Pekić's paradoxology and Serbian identity by Stanojević Dobrivoje Ž.

    Published 2024-01-01
    “…Pekić's search for Serbian identity, with a special reference to immanent paradoxology in this novel, was achieved through a series of related ironic-parodical procedures that lead to a deeper insight into the changes and the constants of Serbian identity. …”
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  4. 904

    Implicit Forms of Ethnic Insult for Europeans (as Found in Rhyming Slang) by E. Y. Gorshunova, Y. V. Gorshunov

    Published 2014-12-01
    “…Since Rh.sl. is subject to a strong influence of the word play and its items are perceived as humorous and ironic nominations, they are not always discerned as offensive by the English speakers. …”
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  5. 905

    The Old Woman’s Farcical Rejuvenation in The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore (1897) by Somi Ahn

    Published 2022-10-01
    “…Initially, the middle-class protagonist and her sister appear as old-fashioned Old Women at the beginning, but once the former unexpectedly turns into an infant, she indeed gets pushed out of a social safety net, as babyfarmers illegally adopt and abuse her. Eccles creates an ironic situation where the Old Women rejuvenate metaphorically into radical New Woman activists, who raise their own voice to fight against the given system of the world, in which unmarried women and their unwanted children are constantly marginalized. …”
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  6. 906

    Reading from the Guts: of Text and Disgust by Solveig Dunkel

    Published 2023-11-01
    “…“So it will be with this new sadism,” Canby wrote, “the novel cruelty by which the American scene with all its infinite shadings is made into something gross, sordid, or, as here, depraved with an ironic depravity in which the trivial by a kind of perversion becomes more horrible than professional evil.” …”
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  7. 907

    African Archaeology / by Phillipson, D. W.

    Published 2005
    Table of Contents: “…The emergence of humankind in Africa -- The consolidation of basic human culture -- Regional diversification and specialisation -- The beginnings of permanent settlement -- Early farmers -- Iron-using peoples before AD 1000 -- The second millennium AD in sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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    Principles of Medical Biochemistry / by Meisenberg, Gerhard

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction to biomolecules -- Introduction to protein structure -- Oxygen-binding proteins : hemoglobin and myoglobin -- Enzymatic reactions -- Coenzymes -- DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis -- The human genome -- Protein targeting and proteostasis -- Introduction to genetic diseases -- Viruses -- DNA technology -- Biological membranes -- The cytoskeleton -- The extracellular matrix -- Extracellular messengers -- Intracellular messengers -- Plasma proteins -- Defense mechanisms -- Cellular growth control and cancer -- Digestive enzymes -- Introduction to metabolic pathways -- Glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation -- Oxygen deficiency and oxygen toxicity -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- The metabolism of fatty acids and triglycerides -- The metabolism of membrane lipids -- Lipid transport -- Amino acid metabolism -- Metabolism of iron and heme -- The metabolism of purines and pyrimidines -- Micronutrients -- Integration of metabolism.…”
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  9. 909

    Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Hepcidin Revealed by Hepcidin Disorders by Clara Camaschella, Laura Silvestri

    Published 2011-01-01
    “…To avoid iron overload and maintain iron homeostasis, all cells are able to regulate their iron content through the post-transcriptional control of iron genes operated by the cytosolic iron regulatory proteins that interact with iron responsive elements on iron gene mRNA. …”
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    Targeting the Hepcidin-Ferroportin Axis in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Anemias by Elizabeta Nemeth

    Published 2010-01-01
    “…The hepatic peptide hormone hepcidin regulates dietary iron absorption, plasma iron concentrations, and tissue iron distribution. …”
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    Evaluation of Wastewater Reuse with Coagulation/Flocculation Process in Pesticide Production by Aslıhan Katip

    Published 2019-01-01
    “…The optimum pH values for iron (III) chloride, alum and iron (II) sulphate were found to be 7.21, 8.12 and 7.18, respectively and optimum coagulant dosages were 250 mg/L for iron (III) chloride and iron (II) sulfate, and 300 mg/L for alum. …”
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  12. 912

    Diabetes in HFE Hemochromatosis by James C. Barton, Ronald T. Acton

    Published 2017-01-01
    “…Increased type 2 diabetes risk in HFE hemochromatosis is associated with one or more factors, including abnormal iron homeostasis and iron overload, decreased insulin secretion, cirrhosis, diabetes in first-degree relatives, increased body mass index, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. …”
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    Cyclic Voltammetry and Oxidation Rate Studies of Ferrous Gluconate Complex Solutions for Preparation of Chitosan-Tripolyphosphate Microparticles by Noer Abyor Handayani, Elsa Anisa Krisanti, Sutrasno Kartohardjono, Kamarza Mulia

    Published 2020-01-01
    “…A proper understanding of the properties of iron could increase the effectiveness of programmes for alleviating iron deficiency. …”
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    Investigation on the garnierite and limonite mixed laterite ore for nickel recovery by Zhou S.-W., Lu C., Zhang B., Li B., Wei Y.-G.

    Published 2021-01-01
    “…Then, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, and Fe were used as the iron source to study the mechanism of the iron-bearing minerals in promoting the reduction of nickel. …”
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    Interactions between Phosphoric/Tannic Acid and Different Forms of FeOOH by Lefu Mei, Libing Liao, Zise Wang, Chunchun Xu

    Published 2015-01-01
    “…Alpha, beta, gamma, and delta hydroxyl ferric oxides (FeOOH), as the most common rust layers on iron surface, play different roles in iron preservation. …”
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    Evaluation of mineral and near-infrared forecasting of wheat yield varieties using spectrophotometric techniques by H.A. Pardhe, N. Krishnaveni, B.K. Chekraverthy, S. Patel, S. Naveen, V. Rashmi, P.C. Govinden

    Published 2024-01-01
    “…Inadequate dietary iron intake leads to iron deficiency anemia, affecting nearly 1.6 billion people, especially pregnant women and preschool children. …”
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    Corrosion and Mechanical Properties of the Fe-W-Wo2 and Fe-Mo-MoO2 Nanocomposites by Gulmira Yar-Mukhamedova, Maryna Ved’, Nikolay Sakhnenko, Ann Karakurkchi, Iryna Yermolenko

    Published 2021-01-01
    “…The new approach for protecting details which are made from cast irons by obtaining two kinds of composition coatings from binary alloys iron-molybdenum and iron-tungsten is proposed. …”
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    Deironing of underground water with modified refractory chamotte by Pavel A. Klebeko, Valentin I. Romanovski

    Published 2021-08-01
    “…Water from underground sources in Russia and the CIS countries mainly contains higher concentrations of iron and manganese. With a permissible rate of iron content in drinking water of 0.2–0.3 mg/L, its content in groundwater can reach 40 mg/L. …”
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    Siderophore-Producing Bacteria from a Sand Dune Ecosystem and the Effect of Sodium Benzoate on Siderophore Production by a Potential Isolate by Teja Gaonkar, Pramoda Kumar Nayak, Sandeep Garg, Saroj Bhosle

    Published 2012-01-01
    “…Bioremediation in natural ecosystems is dependent upon the availability of micronutrients and cofactors, of which iron is one of the essential elements. Under aerobic and alkaline conditions, iron oxidizes to Fe+3 creating iron deficiency. …”
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