Changes in the Surface Chemistry and Adsorptive Properties of Active Carbon Previously Oxidised and Heat-Treated at Various Temperatures. II. Electrochemical Investigations of Surf... by M. Pakuła, S. Biniak, A. Świątkowski

“…Annealing reduced the number of surface oxygen-containing groups and increased the overall number of basic groups. …”
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Increased NTPDase Activity in Lymphocytes during Experimental Sepsis by Claudia de Mello Bertoncheli, Carine Eloise Prestes Zimmermann, Jeandre Augusto dos Santos Jaques, Cláudio Alberto Martins Leal, Jader Betsch Ruchel, Bruna Cipolatto Rocha, Kelly de Vargas Pinheiro, Viviane do Carmo Gonçalves Souza, Daniel Roulim Stainki, Sônia Cristina Almeida Luz, Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger, Daniela Bitencourt Rosa Leal

“…It is known that the intracellular milieu contains much more ATP nucleotides than the extracellular. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Chemical Constituents from Zhideke Granules by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry by Guangqiang Huang, Jie Liang, Xiaosi Chen, Jing Lin, Jinyu Wei, Dongfang Huang, Yushan Zhou, Zhengyi Sun, Lichun Zhao

“…A total of 47 chemical constituents were identified from the ethyl acetate extract of Zhideke granules, including 21 flavonoids and glycosides, 9 organic acids, 4 volatile components, 3 nitrogen-containing compounds, and 10 other compounds according to the fragmentation patterns, relevant literature, and MS data. …”
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Investigation of granulometric parameters in wind erosion studies (Case study:Gonabad) by Malihe Mohamadnia, Abolghasem Amirahmadi, MohamadAli ZanganeAsadi

“…In the laboratory, a series of sieve with a diameter of 2000, 1000, 500, 250, and 64 micrometers, and a container Gatherings of sediment smaller than 64 μm were screened. …”
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Mobiliary Art Objects from the Koksharovski Kholm Sanctuary by Alexander F. Shorin, Anastasia A. Shorina

“…The archaeological site contains artifacts from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Late Bronze Age, and Middle Ages. …”
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Stability Analysis of Jointed Rock Cutting Slope Based on Discrete Element Method by Wei Zhu, Liang Gao, Yingai Zhao, Chao Yang, Wei Sun, Pengqiang Yu

“…The evolution of microfracture, contact force chain, and particle displacement are analyzed to explore the micromechanism of slope instability. …”
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Optimization of amino acid-stabilized erythropoietin parenteral formulation: In vitro and in vivo assessment by Fayed Bahgat E., Tawfik Abdulkader F., Yassin Alaa Eldeen B.

“…The aim of this study was to optimize the formulation of erythropoietin (EPO) using amino acids instead of human serum albumin (HSA) and to evaluate its in vivo stability in order to avoid the risk of viral contamination and antigenicity. Different EPO formulations were developed in such a way as to allow studying the effects of amino acids and surfactants on the EPO stability profile. …”
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Development and Optimization of a Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR to Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Human Samples by Camilo Castellar-Mendoza, María-Angélica Calderón-Peláez, Jaime E. Castellanos, Myriam L. Velandia-Romero, Carolina Coronel-Ruiz, Sigrid Camacho-Ortega, Lilia J. Bernal-Cepeda, Lady López-Ibarra, Jhann A. Arturo, Félix G. Delgado, Hernando Gutierrez-Barbosa, Sonia Bohorquez-Avila, Johanna Madroñero, Zayda L. Corredor-Rozo, Sandra J. Perdomo-Lara, Angela Fonseca-Benitez, Eliana Calvo

“…In-house multiplex qPCR tests were developed worldwide to detect different viral targets and ensure results, follow the infections, and favor the containment of a pandemic. Here, we present the detailed fundamentals of the qPCR technique based on fluorogenic probes and processes to develop and optimize a successful multiplex RT-qPCR test for detecting SARS-CoV-2 that could be used to diagnose COVID-19 accurately.…”
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The SPES3 Experimental Facility Design for the IRIS Reactor Simulation by Mario Carelli, Lawrence Conway, Milorad Dzodzo, Andrea Maioli, Luca Oriani, Gary Storrick, Bojan Petrovic, Andrea Achilli, Gustavo Cattadori, Cinzia Congiu, Roberta Ferri, Marco Ricotti, Davide Papini, Fosco Bianchi, Paride Meloni, Stefano Monti, Fabio Berra, Davor Grgic, Graydon Yoder, Alessandro Alemberti

“…SPES3 simulates the primary, secondary, and containment systems of IRIS with 1 : 100 volume scale, full elevation, and prototypical thermal-hydraulic conditions. …”
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SEM and AFM Studies of Two-Phase Magnetic Alkali Borosilicate Glasses by N. Andreeva, M. Tomkovich, A. Naberezhnov, B. Nacke, A. Filimonov, O. Alekseeva, P. Vanina, V. Nizhankovskii

“…The first results for nanocomposite materials on the basis of magnetic glasses containing the embedded ferroelectrics KH2PO4 demonstrate the effect of applied magnetic field on the ferroelectric phase transition.…”
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REE AND Th MINERALS IN THE METASANDSTONES OF THE UDOKAN BASIN (RUSSIA) by E.V. Belogub, K.A. Novoselov, V.V. Shilovskikh, I.A. Blinov, E.E. Palenova

“…Thorium is concentrated in an authigenic silicate (thorite or thorogummite), which contains a significant amount of Fe, Ca, Al, and Cu and microinclusions of Cu and Pb sulfides and baryte. …”
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Analysis of application of heat loss recovery system using organic Rankine сycle for drive of process equipment by A. M. Kalashnikov, A. A. Kapelyukhovskaya, I. D. Obukhov

“…The analysis of heat exchange processes during cooling of the heated surface of the process equipment is carried out on the basis of the equations contained in the ANSYS Fluent package. When modeling heat exchange processes, the following boundary conditions are adopted: the temperature of the heated surface; the coil heat exchanger is located at a distance from the heated surface of the process equipment. …”
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Development and Characterization of Poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) Copolymer Based Polymer Electrolytes by Nurul Nadiah Sa’adun, Ramesh Subramaniam, Ramesh Kasi

“…The effect of ionic liquid on ionic conductivity is studied and the optimum ionic conductivity at room temperature is found to be 2.14 × 10−6 S cm−1 for sample containing 25 wt% of EMImTFSI. The temperature dependence of ionic conductivity from 303 K to 353 K exhibits Arrhenius plot behaviour. …”
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A high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of the mulberry looper, Phthonandria atrilineata by De-Long Guan, Ying-can Qin, Ya-Zhen Chen, Shi-Hao Zhang, Ji-ping Liu, Hui-Yu Yi, Xiao-Dong Li

“…Here, we report a chromosome-level reference genome of P. atrilineata, with a total size of 336.55 Mb, containing 15,026 protein-coding genes and 39.72% repeat sequences. …”
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The Decay Resistance and Hyphae Penetration of Bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii Decayed by White and Brown Rot Fungi by Norul Hisham Hamid, Othman Sulaiman, Azmy Mohammad, Norasikin Ahmad Ludin

“…The bamboo grown in natural stand from three different age classes of 0.5, 3.5, and 6.5 years was harvested, oven dried, sterilised, and exposed to agar media containing 4% malt extract and 2% agar technical (no. 3) under laboratory condition for 8 weeks. …”
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Purslane Herb (Portulaca grandiflora) Ointment Antibacterial Potency against Staphylococcus aureus by Agus Purwanto, Antonius Budiawan, Christianto Adhy Nugroho, Christina Indriasari

“…Ointment base formulation contained of vaseline album, cera alba, adeps lanae, paraffin liquidum, cetyl alcohol, nipagin, and nipasol. …”
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Three-Axis Model for Atg Recruitment in Autophagy against Salmonella by Takeshi Noda, Shun Kageyama, Naonobu Fujita, Tamotsu Yoshimori

“…Within epithelial cells, a portion of the bacteria are surrounded by an autophagosome-like double-membrane structure, and they are still residing within the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV). In this paper, we will discuss how the autophagy machinery is recruited in proximity to Salmonella. …”
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A Post-Processing Method for Quantum Random Number Generator Based on Zero-Phase Component Analysis Whitening by Longju Liu, Jie Yang, Mei Wu, Jinlu Liu, Wei Huang, Yang Li, Bingjie Xu

“…It is necessary to perform the post-processing to extract the true quantum randomness contained in raw data generated by the entropy source of QRNG. …”
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Alanine with the Precipitate of Tomato Juice Administered to Rats Enhances the Reduction in Blood Ethanol Levels by Shunji Oshima, Sachie Shiiya, Yoshimi Tokumaru, Tomomasa Kanda

“…We previously demonstrated that water-insoluble fractions, mainly comprising dietary fiber derived from many types of botanical foods, possessed the ability to absorb ethanol-containing aqueous solutions. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between the absorption of ethanol and lowering of BEC because of delay in GE. …”
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Kinetics and mechanisms of EDTA photocatalytic degradation with TiO2 under different experimental conditions by Paola A. Babay, Carina A. Emilio, Rosana E. Ferreyra, Eduardo A. Gautier, Raquel T. Gettar, Marta I. Litter

“…Degussa P-25 suspensions containing EDTA at initial pH 3 in different concentrations were irradiated under near UV light. …”
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