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Open AccessApplications of advanced oxidative processes for the recovery of water from bilge water
In the present study, two different advanced oxidation processes, the Fenton reaction and titanium dioxide photocatalysis process, were tested and compared with the aim of water recovery from bilge water. A su...
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Materials recovery from end-of-life wind turbine magnets
Neodymium–iron–boron permanent magnets are increasingly used in green energy technologies, such as wind turbines and electric vehicles. In the near future, an increasing amount of magnets will reach their end-...
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Open AccessGuiding antiferromagnetic transitions in Ca \(_{2}\) RuO \(_{4}\)
Understanding and controlling the transition between antiferromagnetic states having different symmetry content with respect to time-inversion and space-group operations are fundamental challenges for the desi...
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Open AccessTowards an integrated approach for red mud valorisation: a focus on titanium
In this work red mud, a highly alkaline waste product generated during alumina production process, was valorised as a source of valuable metals and as an adsorbent material. A hydrometallurgical process was de...
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Diabetic neuropathy is not associated with homocysteine, folate, vitamin B12 levels, and MTHFR C677T mutation in type 2 diabetic outpatients taking metformin
Hyperhomocysteinemia and vitamin B12 deficiency may be involved in the development of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Metformin therapy may reduce vitamin B12 plasma levels, thus contributing to DPN.
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Effect of the chemical pressure on bimagnons in antiferromagnetic insulators: \(\mbox{\sffamily\bfseries CaCuO}_{\hbox{\sffamily\bfseries\fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont 2}}\) and \(\mbox{\sffamily\bfseries BaCuO}_{\hbox{\sffamily\bfseries\fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont 2}}\) studied with Cu- \(\mbox{\sffamily\bfseries L}_{\hbox{\sffamily\bfseries\fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont 3}}\) resonant inelastic X-ray scattering
Substitution of Ca with Ba in CaCuO2 increases the lattice parameter which in turn modifies all interactions between the constituent ions. Here we study the effect on the bimagnon propagating in the Cu-O planes a...
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A new case of short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: clinical, biochemical, genetic and 1H-NMR spectroscopic studies
Short-chain-acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase (SCAD) deficiency is an inborn error of mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism caused by rare mutations as well as common susceptibility variations in the SCAD gene. We describe...
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A methodology using GIS, aerial photos and remote sensing for loss estimation and flood vulnerability analysis in the Supersano-Ruffano-Nociglia Graben, southern Italy
The impact of calamitous meteoric events and their interaction with the geological and geomorphological environment represent a current problem of the Supersano-Ruffano-Nociglia Graben in southern Italy. Indee...
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Evaluating body composition of Italian prostate cancer patients without metastases
Prostate cancer (PCa) is becoming an increasingly important public health problem worldwide, and anthropometric studies have revealed that body composition is a potential risk factor for this type of cancer. T...
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Bahren types III and IVa testicular vein anomalies as a reason for failure in left idiopathic varicocele retrograde sclerotherapy. Ontogenic discussion and clinical implications
Abstract: Left testicular vein anatomy has received more attention due to the presence of competent or incompetent venous valves and bypassing anastomoses, which are involved in venographic diagnosis and embol...
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Clinical implications of left ovarian vein incomplete duplicity with embryonic intersubcardinal anastomosis-derived branches
During the dissection of a female human cadaver a case of a duplex ovarian vein was observed. It was unique in its upper course where it anastomosed with an inferior polar renal vein, which in turn was linked...
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Glucose regulates both glucose transport and the glucose transporter gene expression in a hamster-derived pancreatic Beta-cell line (HIT)
We studied the effect of chronic exposure to high glucose on the glucose transport regulation in hamster pancreatic Beta cells in permanent culture (HIT). Cells were exposed to either 5.5 mmol/l or 16.7 mmol/l...
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Insulin receptors and insulin sensitivity in normo and hyperinsulinemic obese patients
The authors have studied insulin receptors on peripheral blood monocytes and insulin sensitivity, evaluated by simultaneous infusion of glucose, insulin and somatostatin in 10 control subjects and in 20 obese ...
