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Compost teas provide reduction of grey mould (Botrytis cinerea Pers.) on tomato plants
Compost teas are watery fermented extracts with proven suppressive effects against plant pathogens. Compost teas were prepared from six different compost sources and assayed for in vitro effects against Botrytis ...
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Double cross-linked pectin beads stable in physiological environment as potential support for biomedical applications
Calcium-pectin beads are largely used for biomedical applications, however, the main drawback is their rapid disintegration in the presence of chelating and non-chelating ions from body fluids. Therefore, the ...
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Poly(N-vinyl caprolactam-co-maleic acid) microparticles for cationic dye removal
In this study, new pH-sensitive polymeric microparticles were obtained by the cross-linking of poly(N-vinyl caprolactam-co-maleic acid) (VCL-MAc). Their swelling in pure water was very high, but was in a large ex...
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Thermo- and pH-sensitivity of poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-maleic acid) in aqueous solution
The field of thermo- and pH-sensitive copolymers, with applications in controlled drug delivery, is enriched with the copolymer based on N-vinylcaprolactam and maleic acid (VCL–MAc) that is synthesized and charac...
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Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism due to HRPT2 mutation
Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common endocrine disorder that is mostly caused by solitary tumors within the parathyroid glands. Characterized by early debut and higher frequency of multiple parathyroid mass...
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Influence of the comonomer structure and of the initial pH on the characteristics of polyelectrolyte complexes based on maleic acid copolymers
The interaction between some hydrophilic and hydrophobic maleic acid copolymers and a strong polycation, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride), at low concentration and different pH, with the formation of pol...
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Maleic acid–2-vinylnaphthalene copolymer in aqueous solution: investigation of the dissociation and fluorescence quenching
The alternating maleic acid–2-vinylnaphthalene copolymer was synthetized and characterized. The amphiphilic polyelectrolyte adopts a pseudomicellar conformation in aqueous solution. The hydrophobic microdomain...
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Seismic expression of gas and gas hydrates across the western Black Sea
This study is a synthesis of gas-related features in recent sediments across the western Black Sea basin. The investigation is based on an extensive seismic dataset, and integrates published information from p...
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The northwestern Black Sea: climatic and sea-level changes in the Late Quaternary
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Water-level fluctuations in the Black Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum