Selenium-enriched oolong tea (Camellia sinensis) extract exerts anti-inflammatory potential via targeting NF-κB and MAPK pathways in macrophages by Qi Wang, Juqing Huang, Yafeng Zheng, Xuefang Guan, Chenchun Lai, Huiying Gao, Chi-Tang Ho, Bin Lin

“…Se-TE treatments (50 and 150 μg/mL) significantly suppressed the over-production of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in LPS-stimulated macrophages via downregulating the expression of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). …”
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The effect of electroslag remelting on the cleanliness of CrNiMoWMnV ultrahigh-strength steels by Ali M., Porter D., Kömi J., Heikkinen E.P., Eissa M., El Faramawy H., Mattar T.

“…Most MnS inclusions were removed although some were re-precipitated on oxide or nitride inclusions leading to multiphase inclusions with an oxide or nitride core surrounded by sulphide, e.g. …”
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Modelación con elementos finitos del agrietamiento en el hormigón por corrosión localizada en la armadura Finite element modeling of cracking in concrete due to localized corrosion... by J Castorena, J.L. Pérez, A Borunda, C Gaona, A Torres-Acosta, I Velázquez, A Martínez, F Almeraya

“…Likewise, the efficiency of using the contact elements CONTA174 to represent the growth of oxide is shown. The obtained model explains in 92% the phenomenon and which is compared with experimental results found in literature…”
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Impact of gate metals/high-K materials and lateral scaling on the performance of AlN/GaN/AlGaN-MOSHEMT on SiC wafer for future microwave power amplifiers in RADAR & communicati... by Gauri Deshpande, J. Ajayan, Sandip Bhattacharya, B. Mounika, Amit Krishna Dwivedi, D. Nirmal

“…An innovative GaN-channel MOSHEMT (Metal-oxide-semiconductor-high-electron-mobility-transistor) featuring AlGaN aback barrier and AlN barrier is reported. …”
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Kinetics, thermodynamics, and catalysis of the cation incorporation into GeO2, SnO2, and (SnxGe1−x)O2 during suboxide molecular beam epitaxy by Wenshan Chen, Kingsley Egbo, Joe Kler, Andreas Falkenstein, Jonas Lähnemann, Oliver Bierwagen

“…To understand and mitigate this challenge, the present study comprehensively investigates the kinetics and thermodynamics of suboxide incorporation into GeO2, SnO2, and (SnxGe1−x)O2 during suboxide MBE (S-MBE), the latest development in oxide MBE using suboxide sources. We find S-MBE to simplify the growth kinetics, offering better control over growth rates than conventional MBE but without supporting cation-driven oxide layer etching. …”
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A novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant supplemented to an all-vegetable broiler diet totally replaced added trace minerals including zinc, iron, copper and manganese in two... by Yueming Dersjant-Li, Cees Kwakernaak, Abiodun Bello, Leon Marchal

“…Phytase levels comprised no PhyG or PhyG at 2,000, 1,500 and 1,000 FTU/kg during 0 to 10, 10 to 20 and (Experiment 2) 20 to 35 d of age, respectively; TM diets comprised: no added TM (diet 1); 10, 15, 3 and 10, or 20, 30, 6 and 20 mg/kg of Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn as sulphate (diets 2 and 3); 15, 3 and 10 mg/kg of Zn, Cu and Mn as oxide and 15 mg/kg Fe as sulphate, or 30, 6 and 20 mg/kg of Zn, Cu and Mn as oxide and 30 mg/kg Fe as sulphate (diets 4 and 5), and; 10, 3, 15 and 10 mg/kg of organic Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn (diet 6). …”
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Mechanistic switch in corrosion behavior of magnesium alloy diamond lattice structures induced by argon plasma treatment by Viviana M. Posada, Alexandru Marin, Tonny Naranjo, Juan Ramírez, Patricia Fernández-Morales

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) confirmed the presence of a stable, protective layer composed of magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide, and magnesium carbonate on the DPNS-treated surfaces. …”
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The role of aging and various surface preparation methods in the repair of nanohybrid composites by Ayşenur Altuğ Yıldırım, Mine Betül Üçtaşlı

“…The aged and non-aged specimens were further divided into four groups according to adhesive application modes and surface pretreatment methods: 1.universal adhesive/self-etch mode, 2.aluminum oxide sandblasting + universal adhesive/self-etch mode, 3.universal adhesive/etch-and-rinse mode, 4.aluminum oxide sandblasting + universal adhesive/etch-and-rinse mode. …”
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Patchoulene Epoxide Isolated from Patchouli Oil Suppresses Acute Inflammation through Inhibition of NF-κB and Downregulation of COX-2/iNOS by Jia-Li Liang, Jia-Zhen Wu, Yu-Hong Liu, Zhen-Biao Zhang, Qi-Duan Wu, Han-Bin Chen, Yan-Feng Huang, Yao-Xing Dou, Jiang-Tao Zhou, Zi-Ren Su, Janis Ya-Xian Zhan

“…Moreover, PAO markedly decreased levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), and nitric oxide (NO), but increased levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-10 (IL-10). …”
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Impact of Soybean Bioactive Peptides on Growth, Lipid Metabolism, Antioxidant Ability, Molecular Responses, and Gut Microbiota of Oriental River Prawn (<i>Macrobrachium nipponense<... by Chang Yang, Bo Liu, Liangkun Pan, Dong Xia, Cunxin Sun, Xiaochuan Zheng, Peng Chen, He Hu, Qunlan Zhou

“…SBPs enhanced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity to synthesize nitric oxide (NO) by activating the <i>imd</i>-<i>relish</i> pathway. …”
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The Chemoselective Reduction of Isoxazoline γ-Lactams Through Iminium Aza-Diels-Alder Reactions: A Short-Cut Synthesis of Aminols as Valuable Intermediates towards Nucleoside Deriv... by Misal Giuseppe Memeo, Mariella Mella, Paolo Quadrelli

“…Isoxazoline γ-lactams are prepared starting from the regioisomeric cycloadducts of benzonitrile oxide to the N-alkyl 2-azanorbornenes taking advantage of the efficient catalytic oxidation by RuO4. …”
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Cyclic Voltammetry and Impedance Spectroscopy Behavior Studies of Polyterthiophene Modified Electrode by Naima Maouche, Belkacem Nessark

“…The voltammograms show that the film of polyterthiophene can oxide and reduce in two solutions; in acetonitrile, the oxidation current intensity is more important than in dichloromethane. …”
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Innovative Application of Biopolymer Keratin as a Filler of Synthetic Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber NBR by Mirosława Prochoń, Anita Przepiórkowska

“…The introduction of keratin to the mixes of rubber previously blended with zinc oxide (ZnO) before vulcanization process leads to an increase in the cross-linking density of vulcanizates. …”
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Comparative Study of Polymer Composites with Cellulose Microfibers from Different Plant Resources by Jyoti Giri, Rameshwar Adhikari, Janak Sapkota

“…About 10 wt% of xMCC and commercial MCC (C-MCC) were solution casted with ethylene oxide-epichlorohydrin (EO-EPI) to prepare microcomposites. …”
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Sildenafil Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension by Kevin B Laupland, Doug Helmersen, David A Zygun, Sidney M Viner

“…Oxygen had no effect, but 10 parts/million of nitric oxide reduced mean PA (PAm) pressure by 20%. Prostacyclin infusion at 8 ng/kg/min decreased the PAm pressure by 11%, but further dose increases were limited by systemic hypotension. …”
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Novel electrochemical reactions related to electrodeposition and electrochemical synthesis by Ito Y., Nishikiori T.

“…As non-conventional electrochemical reactions, direct electrochemical reduction of SiO2 to Si, discharge electrolysis to form metal oxide particles and electrochemical plantation of Zr on ceramics are described.…”
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1H NMR Chemical Shifts of Adsorbed Molecules on the Carbon Surface by V.V. Turov, R. Leboda

“…The chemical shifts of water and organic molecules adsorbed on to different types of carbon surfaces (exfoliated graphite, graphite oxide, intercalated graphite, graphitized and non-graphitized activated carbons, carbon black, carbosils) were studied by 1 H NMR spectroscopy. …”
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Performance of clock sources and their influence on time synchronization in wireless sensor networks by Francisco Tirado-Andrés, Alvaro Araujo

“…The experiments have been performed on two real platforms from two different manufacturers in real environments with sudden changes in temperature. Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor oscillators have a low accuracy, bigger than 500 ppm, and a high dependency with temperature. …”
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Computing Some Degree-Based Topological Indices of Honeycomb Networks by Lili Gu, Shamaila Yousaf, Akhlaq Ahmad Bhatti, Peng Xu, Adnan Aslam

“…In the current study, we determine the neighborhood second Zagreb index and the first extended first-order connectivity index for oxide network OXn, silicate network SLn, chain silicate network CSn, and hexagonal network HXn. …”
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Fabrication of Affordable and Sustainable Solar Cells Using NiO/TiO2 P-N Heterojunction by Kingsley O. Ukoba, Freddie L. Inambao, Andrew C. Eloka-Eboka

“…The need for affordable, clean, efficient, and sustainable solar cells informed this study. Metal oxide TiO2/NiO heterojunction solar cells were fabricated using the spray pyrolysis technique. …”
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