RETRACTED ARTICLE: Multivariate optimization of removing of cobalt(II) with an efficient aminated-GMA polypropylene adsorbent by induced-grafted polymerization under simultaneous g... by Fatemeh Maleki, Mobina Gholami, Rezvan Torkaman, Meisam Torab-Mostaedi, Mehdi Asadollahzadeh

“…In this research, glycidyl methacrylate monomers were grafted on polypropylene polymer fibers by simultaneous irradiation of gamma-ray with a dose of 20 kGy. …”
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Binding Orientations and Lipid Interactions of Human Amylin at Zwitterionic and Anionic Lipid Bilayers by Zhenyu Qian, Yan Jia, Guanghong Wei

“…In this study, as a first step to understand the mechanism of membrane-mediated hIAPP aggregation, we investigate the binding behaviors of hIAPP monomer at zwitterionic palmitoyloleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) bilayer by performing atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. …”
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On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language by Liina Paales

“…A place name sign is a linguistic-cultural marker that includes both memory and landscape. The author regards toponymic signs in Estonian Sign Language as representations of images held by the Estonian Deaf community: they reflect the geographical place, the period, the relationships of the Deaf community with hearing community, and the common and distinguishing features of the two cultures perceived by community's members. …”
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From margins to mainstream: decolonizing science and promoting diversity for the future of STEM by Roksana Khalid, Isaiah J. Ting

“…Entrenched attitudes, often rooted in implicit biases, sustain the notion that scientific excellence is synonymous with famous Western names, further marginalizing diverse contributions. …”
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Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Sparsi by J. Varga, J.C. Frisvad, R.A. Samson

“…The recently described A. quitensis and A. ecuadorensis are synonyms of A. amazonicus based on both molecular and physiological data. …”
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Ash Whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) (Insecta: Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae) by Ru Nguyen, Avas B. Hamon

“… Ash whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae, was described as Aleyrodes phillyreae by Haliday (1835), on Phillyrea latifolia collected in Dublin, Ireland. It has several synonyms listed in Mound and Halsey (1978). In the United States, S. phillyreae was first collected in Los Angeles County, California in 1988, and has since spread to Kern, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare and Ventura counties. …”
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La sátira de costumbres como artefacto ideológico. En torno a un opúsculo de 1808 by Claude Morange

“…This reminds us, if we ever needed being reminded, that in 1808, patriotic uprising was not always synonymous with political revolution.…”
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Systemic and Local CC Chemokines Production in a Murine Model of <emph>Listeria monocytogenes</emph> Infection

“…The ratio of brain-to-serum concentration of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) remained the same as in the control animals, while it was lower in the infected mice, both in the case MIP-1<mml:math> <mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> </mml:math> and in the case of regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES). …”
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‘How the guineas shone as they came pouring out of the dark leather mouths!’: Shades of Gold in George Eliot’s Silas Marner (1861) by Marie-Laure Massei-Chamayou

“…In this novella, gold is not merely the main dramatic thread that connects the parallel stories of Silas, Eppie and the Cass family, it also echoes mythical and Biblical narratives, such as the Book of Job, thereby lending itself to multiple interpretations: gold is, in turn, synonymous with a transgressive passion, an impure light or tainted matter which, as such, enables Silas’s successive transmutation, transformation and transfiguration, thereby partaking of the hero’s complex alchemical initiation and spiritual quest. …”
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And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) by Charles R. Haddad

“…., with F. distincta sp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, F. flavipoda sp. nov. from the Free State, F. kasouga sp. nov. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and a fourth undescribed species from Zimbabwe; the monotypic Mushimane gen. nov., with M. tswibilinki sp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal as the type species; Namaquella gen. nov., with N. arida sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and N. samanthae sp. nov. from the Western Cape; and Rukuluk gen. nov. from South Africa, with R. gramineus sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and a second undescribed species from KwaZulu-Natal known only from juveniles.…”
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Proposals for consideration at IMC12 to modify provisions related solely to fungi in Chapter F of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants by Tom W. May, David L. Hawksworth

“…The topics addressed relate to: fungi whose morph-names have the same epithet; the listing of synonyms under entries for protected names in the Code Appendices; the processes of protection and rejection; the use of DNA sequences as nomenclatural types; the use of genomes as nomenclatural types; and the designation of fungi known only from DNA sequences. …”
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La variation toponymique dans l'oraliture comme pratique infrapolitique : études de cas à Uchon et Paris by Jean-Baptiste Bing

“…his article sets out to show how oraliture by perpetuating the topicality of toponymic variation, constitutes a weapon of resistance and encapacitation in the realm of 'infrapolitics'. …”
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Lieux et milieux dans le Théâtre de Béziers (XVIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…Using paratexts, stage directions and other information found in the works, it is possible to identify the locations where the action took place and, using toponyms mentioned in the texts, to recreate the geographic space that was offered to spectators. …”
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Éclairages foucaldiens sur l’incrimination du déisme et de la libre pensée dans la jeune République américaine by Auréliane Narvaez

“…Conflating religious and sexual infidelity also contributed to the development of a biopolitics of femininity and womanhood that presented freethought and the critique of religion as synonymous with licentiousness and moral depravity.…”
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Autoantibodies and Liver Disease: Uses and Abuses by Marilyn V Zeman, Gideon M Hirschfield

“…Their presence is occasionally considered to be synonymous with autoimmune liver disease – a misinterpretation of their clinical significance. …”
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Ash Whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) (Insecta: Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae) by Ru Nguyen, Avas B. Hamon

“… Ash whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae, was described as Aleyrodes phillyreae by Haliday (1835), on Phillyrea latifolia collected in Dublin, Ireland. It has several synonyms listed in Mound and Halsey (1978). In the United States, S. phillyreae was first collected in Los Angeles County, California in 1988, and has since spread to Kern, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare and Ventura counties. …”
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Treatment of Bleeding Diathesis Associated with a Heparin-Like Anticoagulant in Plasma Cell Neoplasia Using Protamine by Christopher A. Willner, Mohammed M. Chisti

“…We report a case in which intravenous protamine sulfate was administered to a patient with IgG-kappa monotypic multiple myeloma, which resulted in resolution of bleeding and coagulopathy, confirmed via objective laboratory data. …”
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The First Maritime Charters of the Petrine Epoch: Translations and Adaptation by Irina Voznesenskaya, Georgiy Molkov

“…Even when the Dutch word was borrowed into the Russian language at the end of the 17th century to translate it, a synonymous term of non-Dutch origin could be used in the charter. …”
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Admirable Alterity on the Frontier: French Women’s Agency in the Hollywood Western (1931-1980) by Lara Cox

“…This essay suggests that the commercial failure of this film seems likely to have had a hand in ending the presence of Frenchwomen in the Hollywood Western—Frenchness becoming synonymous with the financially unviable.…”
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Document publication. Survey of 1545 Livonia and the Great Duchy of Lithuania borderline audit (Livonian officers report) by Tomas Čelkis, Darius Antanavičius

“…The document contains toponymic and geographical information as well: the mound names by the borderline and even the temple on one of the mounds are mentioned. …”
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