Remediation technologies for oil contaminated soil by M. Mambwe, K. Kalebaila, T. Johnson

“…Clay will be incorporated with metal ions and with hydrophobic groups to enhance light absorption and oil-clay interaction, respectively. …”
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Efficacy of Chitosan as Pb Remover and its Effect on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Development by K. Nirmala, J. Sekarsari, P. Suptijah

“…Chitosan has a cationic  polyelectrolyte activity, hence it can be used as remover of heavy metal from polluted water.  This study was aimed to determine optimum concentration of chitosan to remove Pb, efficacy time in Pb removal and its effect on early development of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.  …”
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Lanthanide(III) and Yttrium(III) Complexes of Benzimidazole-2-Acetic Acid: Synthesis, Characterisation and Effect of La(III) Complex on Germination of Wheat

“…The complex was found to exhibit enhanced activity, compared to HBIA or metal salt alone at lower treatment periods.</p>…”
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Calcium Activation of the Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cells by Zeina W. Sharawi, Sawsan M. Khatrawi, Qiaochu Wang, Hongzhao Zhou, Kedra Cyrus, Gai Yan, Becky Hoxter, Bassem R. Haddad, Mary Beth Martin

“…Our previous study shows that heavy metal cadmium activates the AR through a ligand-independent mechanism. …”
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Effect of Buffer Charge Redistribution on RF Losses and Harmonic Distortion in GaN-on-Si Substrates by Pieter Cardinael, Sachin Yadav, Bertrand Parvais, Jean-Pierre Raskin

“…With the help of a simplified TCAD model of the GaN-on-Si stack, we link this behavior to slow charge redistribution in the C-doped buffer continuously modifying the flat-band voltage (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{V}_{\text {FB}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) of the Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) structure. Free carrier transport across the buffer is shown to have the greatest contribution on the large time constants, highlighting the importance of vertical transport paths in GaN-on-Si stacks.…”
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Calculation of a fibre concrete block as a part of locally reinforced truss nodes made of square hollow sections by L. R. Gimranov, R. G. Gainetdinov, L. R. Khairullin, Abdurahman Pazhwak

“…The significance of the obtained results for the construction industry consists in the fact that the possible approaches to the definition of different methods of calculation of fibre concrete block as a part of reinforced nodes of trusses made of square hollow sections were considered in order to reduce metal consumption and deformability. The results obtained in numerical studies of the base stiffness factor of fibre concrete block and the results obtained using the software package АNSYS showed that they are close to the results of calculating the stiffness factor of fibre concrete block in locally reinforced nodes of trusses made of square hollow sections reliably.…”
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Impacts of Tax Laws on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Abaasa, Ruth

“…Additionally, 25 (16.9%) worked in hotels and restaurants, 12 (8.1%) in metal fabrication, 10 (6.8%) as technical revenue officials, and the remaining worked in manufacturing entities. …”
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Biotemplated Synthesis of Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles in the Presence of Root Extract of Kniphofia schemperi and Its Application for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Eneyew Tilahun Bekele, Enyew Amare Zereffa, Noto Susanto Gultom, Dong-Hau Kuo, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa, Fedlu Kedir Sabir

“…Metal oxide nanoparticles prepared by biological route using green plant parts as a template are eco-friendly as well as yield good results than the conventional methods. …”
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Is the groundwater of Dhaka city, Bangladesh contaminated with naturally occurring potential toxic elements? by Mahir Tajwar, Mahfuzur Rahman, Mahfuzur Rahman, Shamiha Shafinaz Shreya, Nazmus Sakib, Md. Yousuf Gazi, Md. Yousuf Gazi, Mahmudul Hasan, Anika Samm-A, Anwar Zahid

“…Pollution indices like MEI, NI, and Cd were used to evaluate contamination levels, revealing significant pollution in multiple samples. Metal evaluation index (MEI) values were found between 0.39 and 17.97 with the average of 6.71. …”
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An Integrated Na₂S−Electrocatalyst Nanostructured Cathode for Sodium–Sulfur Batteries at Room Temperature by Sichang Ma, Yueming Zhu, Yadong Yang, Dongyang Li, Wendong Tan, Ling Gao, Wanwei Zhao, Wenbo Liu, Wenyu Liang, Rui Xu

“…However, conventional RT Na–S batteries typically use sulfur as the cathode, which suffers from severe volume expansion and requires pairing with a sodium metal anode, raising significant safety concerns. …”
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Optimized extraction and kinetic study of cholesterol oxidase from a newly isolated Escherichia fergusonii strain from local whey samples: insights through a combined experimental... by Simin Khataee, Gholamreza Dehghan, Samaneh Rashtbari, Arezu Marefat, Sina Jamei, Hamed Farzi-Khajeh

“…However, other case studies of metal ions showed an unfavorable effect on enzymatic performance. …”
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ApWD40a, a Member of the WD40-Repeat Protein Family, Is Crucial for Fungal Development, Toxin Synthesis, and Pathogenicity in the Ginseng Alternaria Leaf Blight Fungus <i>Alternari... by Jinling Lan, Shengjie Mei, Yingxue Du, Meili Chi, Jiayi Yang, Shuliu Guo, Mingliang Chu, Ronglin He, Jie Gao

“…The Δ<i>Apwd40a</i> mutant showed increased sensitivity to osmotic stress and metal ion stress induced by sorbitol, NaCl, and KCl, but decreased the sensitivity to a cell wall stress factor (SDS) and oxidative stress factors (paraquat and H₂O₂). …”
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Dye-based fluorescent organic nanoparticles made from polar and polarizable chromophores for bioimaging purposes: a bottom-up approach by Daniel, Jonathan, Dal Pra, Ophélie, Kurek, Eleonore, Grazon, Chloé, Blanchard-Desce, Mireille

“…Among them luminescent metal-, semiconductor- or oxide-based “hard” nanoparticles have been the most widely used. …”
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Large-scale high purity and brightness structural color generation in layered thin film structures via coupled cavity resonance by Wang Danyan, Ji Chengang, Li Moxin, Xing Zhenyu, Gao Hao, Li Xiaochan, Zhou Huixian, Hu Yuhui, Lin Zhelin, Zhang Cheng

“…Moreover, the proposed design method is versatile and compatible with various choices of dielectric and metallic layers. For instance, we demonstrate the production of angle-robust structural colors by utilizing high-index Ta2O5 as the dielectric layer. …”
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Co-administration of coenzyme Q10 and curcumin mitigates cognitive deficits and exerts neuroprotective effects in aluminum chloride-induced Alzheimer's disease in aged mice by Nida Rasheed, Hafiza Khushbakht Hussain, Zohabia Rehman, Azka Sabir, Waseem Ashraf, Tanveer Ahmad, Faleh Alqahtani, Imran Imran

“…Aluminum chloride (AlCl3), a known neurotoxic and Alzheimerogenic metal disrupts redox homeostasis which plays a pivotal role in pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders, particularly cognitive decline. …”
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Heterogeneous integration of amorphous silicon carbide on thin film lithium niobate by Zizheng Li, Naresh Sharma, Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez, Roald van der Kolk, Thomas Scholte, Hugo Voncken, Jasper van der Boom, Simon Gröblacher, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh

“…Despite numerous demonstrations of high-performance LN photonics, processing lithium niobate remains challenging and suffers from incompatibilities with standard complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication lines, limiting its scalability. …”
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Synergistic effects of allantoin and Achyranthes japonica-biochar profoundly alleviate lead toxicity during barley growth by Ghulam Murtaza, Najmaldin Ezaldin Hassan, Muhammad Usman, Gang Deng, Zeeshan Ahmed, Javed Iqbal, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Humaira Rizwana, Basharat Ali, Rashid Iqbal, Maximilian Lackner

“…Lead (Pb), a toxic metal, causes severe health hazards to both humans and plants due to environmental pollution. …”
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Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Baseplate Stability Is Affected by Bone Density and the Type and Amount of Augmentation by Daniel Ritter, Patric Raiss, Patrick J. Denard, Brian C. Werner, Manuel Kistler, Celina Lesnicar, Micheal van der Merwe, Peter E. Müller, Matthias Woiczinski, Coen A. Wijdicks, Samuel Bachmaier

“…Objective: This study evaluated the effects of bony increased offset (BIO) and metallic augments (MAs) on primary reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) baseplate stability in cadaveric specimens with variable bone densities. …”
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Combined metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis to reveal the response of rice to Mn toxicity stress by Feng Li, Yushuang Yao, Jiapeng Ma, Zhengwei Wu, Dianfeng Zheng, Yingbin Xue, Ying Liu

“…Transcriptome analysis identified differentially expressed genes associated with transcription factors, antioxidant enzymes, and metal transporters. Metabolomics revealed 176 and 214 different metabolites in the roots and leaves, respectively, that under Mn toxicity stress affected major metabolic pathways associated with fatty and amino acids. …”
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Recombinant Production of Bovine α_S1-Casein in Genome-Reduced <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Strain IIG-Bs-20-5-1 by Lennart Biermann, Lea Rahel Tadele, Elvio Henrique Benatto Perino, Reed Nicholson, Lars Lilge, Rudolf Hausmann

“…After increasing the molecular abundance of the recombinant α_S1-casein protein using immobilized metal affinity chromatography, zeta potential and particle size distribution were determined in comparison to native bovine α_S1-casein. …”
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