The Citrus Red Mite (Panonychus citri): A Pest of Citrus Crops by Emilie Demard, Jawwad A. Qureshi

“…Although chemical sprays like Abamectin or Fenbutatin oxide provide some control of P. citri, resistance has been reported in different regions of the world. …”
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Vericiguat: A New Hope for Heart Failure Patients by Raquel Chiles, Rami A. Al-Horani

“…At a fundamental level, it is known that the cardioprotective pathway of nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase-cyclic guanosine monophosphate is impaired in heart failure patients. …”
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Paclitaxel Release from Polyether-Anhydrides Prepared with UV-Curing Process by Anxin Dong, Tao Zhang

“…In order to develop a simple, economical, and rapid approach to synthesize polyanhydrides, we prepared a series of polyether-anhydride membranes composed of different mass fractions of sebacic acid, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, and poly(tetramethylene oxide) dimethacrylate by ultraviolet curing process. …”
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Effect of Current Density on the Anodic Behavior of Zircaloy - 2 and Titanium-A Comparative Study by N. N. S. Aparna, Ch. Anjaneyulu

“…The kinetics of anodic oxidation of zircaloy-2 and titanium have been studied at current densities ranging from 2 to 12 mAcm-2 at room temperature in order to investigate the dependence of ionic current density on the field across the oxide film. …”
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Variations to the Nanotube Surface for Bone Regeneration by Christine J. Frandsen, Karla S. Brammer, Sungho Jin

“…There is a growing body of data that emphasizes the promise of the titanium oxide (TiO2) nanotube architecture as an advanced orthopedic implant material. …”
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Photolysis of dicamba (3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid) in aqueous solution and dispersed on solid supports by Jean-Pierre Aguer, Frédéric Blachère, Pierre Boule, Sandrine Garaudee, Chantal Guillard

“…It was also irradiated in the solid phase without support or adsorbed on laponite (a synthetic clay) and ferric oxide.…”
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Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Graphene Multilayer Films via Covalent Bonds for Supercapacitor Electrodes by Xianbin Liu, Na Wen, Xiaoli Wang, Yuying Zheng

“…The structure of multilayer films was constructed by covalently bonding graphene oxide (GO) using p-phenylenediamine (PPD) as a covalent cross-linking agent. …”
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The New Phenomenon of Lithium Electrochemical (De)Intercalation in Mineral Clay Materials and Their Potential Application in Rechargeable Batteries by Shi-Jie Wen, Xiao-Tian Yin, L. Nazar

“…These tests are initialized by the idea of putting an electronic conducting polymer or a multi-valent metal oxide in the layer of the clay to modify the electronic properties and also to modulate the charge and discharge potential of the clay during the Lithium electrochemical (de)intercalation processing. …”
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Degradation of VDMOSFET by Heavy Ion Irradiations by C. Salame, F. Pelanchon, P. Mialhe

“…This article focuses on the effect of the heavy ions irradiations on the electrical characteristics of VDMOSFET (Vertical Diffusion Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) devices. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Diterpenoids from Celastrus orbiculatus in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated RAW264.7 Cells by Hyun-Jae Jang, Kang-Hoon Kim, Eun-Jae Park, Jeong A. Kang, Bong-Sik Yun, Seung-Jae Lee, Chan Sun Park, Soyoung Lee, Seung Woong Lee, Mun-Chual Rho

“…To investigate the anti-inflammatory activity of compounds 1–17, nitric oxide (NO) secretion was evaluated in LPS-treated murine macrophages, RAW264.7 cells. …”
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In Vitro Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, and In Vivo Anticolitis Effects of Combretin A and Combretin B on Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Mbiantcha Marius, Dawe Amadou, Atsamo Albert Donatien, Ateufack Gilbert, Yousseu Nana William, Khalid Rauf, Mehreen Arif, Fanta Yadang Sabine Adeline, Njoku Isaac Saint, Hamza Dar, Naeem Ur Rehman, Izhar Ahmad

“…Antioxidant activity on DPPH, ABTS•+, ferric reducing antioxidant capacity (FRAP), and nitric oxide scavenging showed that Combretin A and Combretin B showed good antioxidant activities. …”
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Controllable synthesis of nonlayered high-κ Mn3O4 single-crystal thin films for 2D electronics by Jiashuai Yuan, Chuanyong Jian, Zhihui Shang, Yu Yao, Bicheng Wang, Yixiang Li, Rutao Wang, Zhipeng Fu, Meng Li, Wenting Hong, Xu He, Qian Cai, Wei Liu

“…The material demonstrated a dielectric constant up to 135, an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) as low as 0.8 nm, and a breakdown field strength (E bd) exceeding 10 MV/cm. …”
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Development of Intermediate Cooling Technology and Its Control for Two-Stand Plate Rolling by Fei Zhang, Wei Yu, Tao Liu

“…The proposed intermediate cooling system can also effectively inhibit the growth of austenite grain, improve the impact toughness and yield strength of Q345B steel plate, reduce the formation of secondary oxide scale on the plate surface and the chromatic aberration of the plate surface, and greatly improve the surface quality of the steel plate.…”
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Taylor Expansion of Surface Potential in MOSFET: Application to Pao-Sah Integral by Hugues Murray, Patrick Martin, Serge Bardy

“…We propose a simple model, derived from Pao-Sah theory, valid in all modes from weak to strong inversion, to calculate the drain current in Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET). …”
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Molecular Mechanisms in Exercise-Induced Cardioprotection by Saeid Golbidi, Ismail Laher

“…A partial list of proposed mechanisms for exercise-induced cardioprotection include induction of heat shock proteins, increase in cardiac antioxidant capacity, expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress proteins, anatomical and physiological changes in the coronary arteries, changes in nitric oxide production, adaptational changes in cardiac mitochondria, increased autophagy, and improved function of sarcolemmal and/or mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels. …”
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Sublethal Heavy Metal Stress Stimulates Innate Immunity in Tomato by Nilanjan Chakraborty, Swarnendu Chandra, Krishnendu Acharya

“…Furthermore, the treatment also induced nitric oxide (NO) production which was confirmed by realtime visualization of NO burst using a fluorescent probe 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate (DAF-2DA) and spectrophotometric analysis. …”
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Characteristics and Breakdown Behaviors of Polysilicon Resistors for High Voltage Applications by Xiao-Yu Tang, Ke Dong

“…We also proposed to add an N-type well underneath the oxide to increase the breakdown voltage in the vertical direction when the substrate is P-type doped.…”
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Effect of Osmotic Pressure on Migration Behavior of nZnO in GCLs by Ping Yang, Tao Jiang, Youlong Zhang, Zhicheng Li

“…The migration of zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO) in geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) under different osmotic pressures was conducted using a self-developed geosynthetic clay liner osmometer. …”
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Metal Nanoparticles and Carbon-Based Nanostructures as Advanced Materials for Cathode Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Pietro Calandra, Giuseppe Calogero, Alessandro Sinopoli, Pietro Giuseppe Gucciardi

“…The attention is focused on metal nanoparticles and nanostructured carbon, among which nanotubes and graphene, whose good catalytic properties make them ideal for the development of counter electrode substrates, transparent conducting oxide, and advanced catalyst materials.…”
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Prediction of Crack for Drilling Process on Alumina Using Neural Network and Taguchi Method by Kingsun Lee

“…This study analyzes a variety of significant drilling conditions on aluminum oxide (with L18 orthogonal array) using a diamond drill. …”
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