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The informative experience of endocrine residents with COVID-19
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”LOVE TO HATE” pesticides: felicity or curse for the soil microbial community? An FP7 IAPP Marie Curie project aiming to establish tools for the assessment of the mechanisms controlling the interactions of pesticides with soil microorganisms
Pesticides end up in soil where they interact with soil microorganisms in various ways. On the Yin Side of the interaction, pesticides could exert toxicity on soil microorganisms, while on the Yang side of intera...
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Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes within the first five years of life influences quality of life and risk of severe hypoglycemia in adulthood
Progressive adaptation to disease is paramount to improve quality of life (QoL) and other psychological dimensions in type 1 diabetes (T1DM). This study aimed at identifying possible correlations between QoL,...
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Depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment and their association with clinical and demographic variables in people with type 2 diabetes: a 4-year prospective study
To investigate depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment and their associations with clinical and socio-demographic variables in type 2 diabetes.
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Foot tendinopathies in rheumatic diseases: etiopathogenesis, clinical manifestations and therapeutic options
Damage to the mutual and delicate articular relationships of the foot may lead to functional failure. A painful foot can be the heralding sign of inflammatory, metabolic or degenerative rheumatic disease that ...
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Tracking Global Flows of E-Waste Additives by Using Substance Flow Analysis, with a Case Study in China
The ongoing process of globalization and global trade of products have been an important topic in media as well as in social and economic science. Overlaid by the well-known global trade pathways for feedstock...
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A Revision of Current Models for Environmental and Human Health Impact and Risk Assessment for Application to Emerging Chemicals
Nowadays, we are living in the global circular economy, where products are produced, used, and finally disposed in different parts of the world. These products have a huge amount of additives, that in many cas...
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Environmental Fate Models
The environmental fate of chemicals describes the processes by which chemicals move and are transformed into the environment. Environmental fate processes that should be addressed include: persistence in air, ...
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Human and Environmental Impact Produced by E-Waste Releases at Guiyu Region (China)
Over the last decades, the amount of electronic waste (e-waste) has increased rapidly in the world. It has become one of the emerging problems of the twenty-first century. About 50–80% of e-waste from industri...
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A cross-sectional survey of depression, anxiety, and cognitive function in patients with type 2 diabetes
To evaluate the prevalence of depression in outpatients with type 2 diabetes and its possible correlation with anxiety, cognitive function, and clinical variables. The Zung Self-Rating Depression and Anxiety S...
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Distribution patterns of selected PAHs in bulk peat and corresponding humic acids from a Swiss ombrotrophic bog profile
An ombrotrophic peat core was collected in 2005 from Etang de la Gruère, Jura Mountains, Switzerland. The concentrations of nine among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency priority polycyclic aromatic hydr...
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Il chiodo-placca dorsale DNP: note di tecnica chirurgica
There are many methods of treatment for fractures of the wrist and it is true to say that Orthopaedic surgeons are undecided as which method of treatment is best. The particular method of treatment will depend...
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Nutrition, metabolism and colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer and myocardial infarction are associated at population level and in autoptic studies. Furthermore, they share many blood variables: cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL cholesterol, fructosamin...
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Detection of polyomaviruses and herpesviruses in human adrenal tumors
The presence of polyomaviruses and herpesviruses in adrenal tumors and their role in adrenal tumorigenesis has never been investigated, even though the adrenal gland seems to be a preferential site of infectio...
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The role of 21-hydroxylase in the pathogenesis of adrenal masses: Review of the literature and focus on our own experience
An exaggerated response of 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) to exogenous ACTH stimulation has been found in 30 to 70% of patients with incidentally discovered adrenal tumors, supporting the concept that congeni...
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Antioxidants, oxidative stress, and pulmonary function in individuals diagnosed with asthma or COPD
The objective of this study was to investigate the association between antioxidant nutrients and markers of oxidative stress with pulmonary function in persons with chronic airflow limitation.
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A model assessing bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soil
In this paper a model is proposed for describing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) bioavailability in soil. The model is written in Fortran 90 and describes POPs’ behaviour as resulting from four different ...
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Working group on epidemiology & prevention of the european society of cardiology
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Elevated sodium-lithium countertransport activity in erythrocytes is predictive of the development of microalbuminuria in IDDM
Pathogenetic mechanisms other than the quality of metabolic control may play a role in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Some cross-sectional studies have shown that elevated erythrocyte sodium-lithium...
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Abnormal Na+/H+ antiport activity in cultured fibroblasts from NIDDM patients with hypertension and microalbuminuria
An increased activity of Na+/H+ antiport has been reported in leukocytes and fibroblasts from insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients with nephropathy. To test whether a similar abnormality is present in fibro...
