Upregulation of TSHR, TTF-1, and PAX8 in Nodular Goiter Is Associated with Iodine Deficiency in the Follicular Lumen by Huibin Huang, Lijun Chen, Bo Liang, Huiyao Cai, Qingyan Cai, Yaxiong Shi

“…It has been testified that iodine regulates thyroid function by controlling thyroid-restricted genes expression and is closely related to diffuse goiter and thyroid dysfunction. However, the effects of follicular lumen iodine, the main form of iodine reserve in the body, on thyroid-restricted genes in nodular goiter are poorly understood. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation to Study the Oil/Water Interfacial Behavior of Nanoemulsions Stabilized by Different Emulsifiers by YANG Yishuang, XIONG Housheng, XIE Xin’an, LI Pan, DU Bing, LI Lu

“…The findings revealed that OSA exhibited the lowest interfacial tension at the oil/water interface, while T/S80 demonstrated the highest diffusion rate within the oil/water interfacial layer. …”
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Aminopropyl-Functionalized Silica CO2 Adsorbents via Sonochemical Methods by Gregory P. Knowles, Alan L. Chaffee

“…Sonication was expected to improve both the dispersion of the substrate in the solvent and the diffusion of the silane throughout the mesoporous substrate. …”
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Experimental Study on Disposal of Chromium-containing Sludge by Sintering by Shizhe SONG, Zhongcheng LIU, Peijiang LIU, Hongyu HOU, Feng QIAN, Shujuan YU

“…During the sintering process, chromium was rarely diffused, and 84～90%, 9%～14% and less than 1% would be fixed in the sinter, return ore, and into the smoke dust, respectively. …”
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Radiological markers of CSF α-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease patients by Amgad Droby, Avital Yoffe-Vasiliev, Daniel Atias, Kyle B. Fraser, Omar S. Mabrouk, Nurit Omer, Anat Bar-Shira, Mali Gana-Weisz, Orly Goldstein, Moran Artzi, Dafna Ben Bashat, Roy N. Alcalay, Avi Orr-Urtreger, Julia C. Shirvan, Jesse M. Cedarbaum, Nir Giladi, Anat Mirelman, Avner Thaler

“…Quantitative measures including striatal binding ratios (SBR), whole-brain and deep gray matter volumes, neuromelanin-MRI (NM-MRI), functional connectivity (FC), and white matter (WM) diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) were calculated. Nine LRRK2-PD patients were SAA-negative (PD-SAA−). …”
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Treatment and Effect of Loess Metro Tunnel under Surrounding Pressure and Water Immersion Environment by Lixin Wang, Chenghan Li, Junling Qiu, Ke Wang, Tong Liu, Heng Li

“…To deal with the water inrush disaster of the tunnel in a collapsible loess stratum, the mechanism of grouting diffusion in the loess stratum is analyzed. It is found that the main influencing factors of the grouting effect are the radius of the grouting ring and the permeability coefficient of the grouting ring. …”
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Factores de riesgo y protección de las trayectorias académicas: Voces y miradas del alumnado inmigrante en el contexto del área metropolitana de Barcelona, España by Ana Belén Cano-Hila, Angelina Sánchez-Martí, María Inés Massot-Lafón

“…Dicho análisis es parte de un estudio longitudinal más amplio y se ubica en su última fase en la que se llevaron a cabo grupos de discusión y entrevistas semiestructuradas a los jóvenes que lograron persistir. …”
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De la discriminación al exterminio, reflexiones desde la liberación animal by Carlos Liebsch

“…Este artículo busca ampliar la discusión en torno a los animales no humanos y nuestra relación con ellos como sociedad, teniendo como propósito sintetizar algunas de las conexiones existentes entre la liberación animal, el especismo, la discriminación, la dominación y el exterminio. …”
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Improved Indium-Free Transparent ZnO/Metal/ZnO Electrode through a Statistical Experimental Design Method by Pang Shiu Chen, Cheng-Hsiung Peng, Yu-Wei Chang, Tzu Wei Lin, S. W. Lee

“…After PDA of 300°C for 20 min, the diffusion of Cu in ZnO occurs; this result is responsible for the increasing resistance of the annealed ZCZ. …”
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Numerical Study of Sodium Bicarbonate Production in Industrial Bubble Columns by Jasim Humadi, Ekehwanh Rasheed

“…The broader width of the column increases turbulent mass diffusivity, but decreases turbulent viscosity. With a broader column width, column pH gradient decreases, due to the increased liquid amount. …”
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Effect of thermophoresis on particle deposition on an inclined plate in variable viscosity fluid flow within a porous medium by J.S. Huang, H.H. Hsu

“…The principal aim of this investigation is to analyze the behavior of aerosol particles within a Darcy porous medium subjected to fluid flow of variable viscosity, considering the effects of thermophoresis, magnetic fields, Joule heating, convection, Brownian diffusion, thermal radiation, and internal heat sources. …”
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Emparejamiento selectivo por edad y educación en la formación de uniones: una revisión de la investigación en América Latina by Adriana Robles

“…La cobertura temática de la investigación producida en torno al emparejamiento selectivo por educación es amplia, particularmente en la última década, y constituye una aportación significativa en la discusión global sobre el tema. Por otra parte, la revisión del análisis del emparejamiento selectivo por edad devela que aún quedan muchas líneas de investigación por explorar en esta temática, particularmente en un contexto como el latinoamericano, marcado por la desigualdad económica y de género, la incertidumbre en el mercado laboral, la heterogeneidad en el estadio de la transición demográfica, entre otras características.…”
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HETERONOMÍA DE LA LEY: ELOHIM YYAHVÉ by Adriana Menassé

“…La justicia inauguraría el diálogo que sostiene nuestro lenguaje y le otorga significado a nuestros actos; la ley se despliega entonces como el marco de un orden racional que hace posible ponderar y discutir los caminos de enaltecimiento moral que esa justicia nos exige. La discusión respecto a qué es en cada caso lo que enaltece nuestra vida individual y colectiva nos sujeta al llamado de la rectitud y nos convierte, al mismo tiempo, en partícipes conscientes y voluntarios en dicha aventura. …”
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Spindle-shaped efficient adsorbent NiCo2O4/MIL-53(Fe) for the removal of Congo red: Design, synthesis and performance studies by Bai Sun, Taoyou Zhou, Angang Hu, Yuxian Guo, Yun Wang, Lining Bao, Hao Huang, Mingjian Yi, Shuguang Zhu, Lingtao Kong

“…Models such as particle diffusion and pseudo second-order were successful in elucidating the adsorption kinetics of the adsorbent. …”
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Análisis sistémico en la generación cultural de una comunidad virtual de aprendizaje by Germán Alejandro Miranda Díaz, Felipe Tirado Segura

“…Observando como la acción orientada a la socialización y discusión de su objeto evolucionan en hitos históricos-culturales como la cultura del mérito frente a la certificación, la división de labores y el proceso de transición del software libre a la cultura libre.…”
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An Integrated Image Encryption Scheme Based on Elliptic Curve by Ijaz Khalid, Tariq Shah, Sayed M. Eldin, Dawood Shah, Muhammad Asif, Imran Saddique

“…At the same time, the diffusion module is attained through highly nonlinear sequences, which are generated through the elliptic curve. …”
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Rare case of spontaneous renal calyx rupture due to vesicoureteral junction stone in a horseshoe kidney by Siham Oukassem, Salma Debbi, Chaima Abourak, Ola Messouad, PhD, Omar EL Aoufir, PhD, Laila Jroundi, PhD, Ali Mohammed Miko, Mamoun Diouri, Ayoub Bouhnib, Ahmed Ibrahimi, PhD

“…A 50-year-old patient with a prior history of chronic smoking presented to the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain, primarily localized to the right hypochondrium and epigastric region, along with nausea, but without fever, vomiting, or urinary symptoms. …”
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Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy and Central Retinal Venous Occlusion following Electrical Injury by Sahel Khazaei, Mehrdad Motamed Shariati, Naser Shoeibi, Mohammad Arjmand, Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini

“…Funduscopic examination of the right eye revealed diffuse superficial and deep intraretinal hemorrhages, mild venous tortuosity, and an area of the pale retina. …”
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Polyethylene glycol used as a dispersant potentiates the toxicity of insecticides in mammalian cells rather than insects by Thillaichidambaram Muneeswaran, Tanya Bhatt, Su Hwan Park, Muthuchamy Maruthupandy, Minsik Kim, Vartika Mathur, Jong-Ho Lee, Min-Seok Kim, Wan-Seob Cho

“…PEG toxicity increased due to the micellar formulation of hydramethylnon in PEG, increasing cellular uptake by simple diffusion. Therefore, the observed potentiation effect highlights that the combination effect of formulation of hydrophobic compounds with dispersants should be carefully evaluated.…”
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Cytotoxicity and In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of Antimony (V), Bismuth (V), and Tin (IV) Complexes of Lapachol by Marcele Neves Rocha, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Cynthia Demicheli, Ludmila Gonçalvez de Oliveira, Meiriane Mariano da Silva, Frédéric Frézard, Maria Norma Melo, Rodrigo Pedro Soares

“…Leishmania amazonensis is the etiologic agent of the cutaneous and diffuse leishmaniasis often associated with drug resistance. …”
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