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Open AccessIdentification of Chaboche–Lemaitre combined isotropic–kinematic hardening model parameters assisted by the fuzzy logic analysis
A very good knowledge of material properties is required in the analysis of severe plastic deformation problems in which the classical material processing methods are accelerated by the application of the addi...
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Open AccessAn online radon monitor for low-background detector assembly facilities
Backgrounds from long-lived radon decay products are often problematic for low-energy neutrino and rare-event experiments. These isotopes, specifically ...
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Airborne fungal phytopathological spore assessment in three European vineyards from different bioclimatic areas
The most common fungal diseases of Vitis vinifera are powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator (Schw.) Burr.), grey mould (Botrytis cinerea Pers.) and downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola (Berk. and Curt.) Berk. and de Toni...
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Long-term ultrasound follow-up of intrathyroidal ectopic thymus in children
To present the sonographic follow-up of intrathyroidal ectopic thymus (IET) in children and adolescent patients.
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Open AccessFollow-up of parenchymal changes in the thyroid gland with diffuse autoimmune thyroiditis in children prior to the development of papillary thyroid carcinoma
To present the outcomes of ultrasound (US) follow-ups in children with autoimmune thyroid disease who did not have a thyroid nodule on admission but developed papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and to character...
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Open AccessUltrasound variants of autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents and their clinical implication in relation to papillary thyroid carcinoma development
The prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is rising in children and adolescents, and the coincidence of AIT and PTC is as high as 6.3–43%.
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Structural Order in Heusler Compounds
Heusler compounds exhibit different electronic ground states and functionalities, making them attractive for studies of their fundamental properties and for their technological exploitation. A key tool in the ...
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The effect of silicon on maize growth under cadmium stress
The effects of silicon (Si) supply (0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.5, 3.0, and 5.0 mM Si) on maize seedling growth, Si and Cd accumulation, and thiol peptide synthesis under Cd stress conditions were studied. The addition of ...
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Open Access226Ra, 210Pb, 210Bi and 210Po deposition and removal from surfaces and liquids
Deposition of 226Ra from water on nylon was investigated. Measurements performed for different pH and different radium concentrations in the water gave similar absolute activities deposited on the foil surface. O...
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An exploration of mechanisms for dynamic cryptographic instruction set extension
Instruction set extensions (ISEs) supplement a host processor with special-purpose, typically fixed-function hardware components and instructions to utilise them. For cryptographic use-cases, this can be very ...
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Glutathione in adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana to cadmium stress
The role of glutathione (GSH) in the adaptation of wild type Arabidopsis thaliana plants to Cd stress was investigated. The nutrient solution (control or containing 50 or 100 μM Cd) was supplemented with buthioni...
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FE Investigations of Dynamic Shear Localization in Granular Bodies within Non-local Hypoplasticity Using ALE Formulation
Dynamic shear localization in granular bodies during plane strain compression and plane strain silo flow was investigated. Finite element calculations were carried out with a hypoplastic constitutive model enh...
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Physiological and ultrastructural changes in Arabidopsis thaliana as affected by changed GSH level and Cu excess
We investigated the responses of wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana plants to the excess of Cu under conditions of the changed intracellular level of reduced glutathione (GSH) after application of buthionine sulfoxim...
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Effects of composition grading at heterointefaces and layer thickness variations on Bragg mirror quality
GaAs/AlAs Bragg mirrors on GaAs with varied number of layer pairs were grown, by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), to be applied for semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors (SESAMs) and intensity modulators. Due ...
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Organic Acids Accumulation and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Thlaspi caerulescens under Zn and Cd Stress
Growth, organic acid and phytochelatin accumulation, as well as the activity of several antioxidative enzymes, i.e. superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) guaiacol peroxidase (POX) and catalase...
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Cadmium uptake, localization and detoxification in Zea mays
Cadmium uptake, translocation and localization in maize roots and shoots at the tissue and cellular level were investigated. Metal accumulation in plant organs as well as symptoms of Cd toxicity were closely c...
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Response of Wild Type of Arabidopsis thaliana to Copper Stress
Wild type of Arabidopsis thaliana plants were cultivated hydroponically in Hoagland and Arnon nutrient solution and treated with copper (5 – 100 µM) for 2, 4, 7 and 14 d. A progressive decrease of the root length...
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P wave signal averaged time domain parameters and averaged P wave dispersion during different atrial pacing modes in patients with atrial arrhythmias
Intraatriale Leitungsstörungen (IALS) wurden als Auslöser von kreisenden Erregungen und damit als Ursache atrialer Tachykardien identifiziert. Ihre Diagnose ist wichtig für die Wahl einer geeigneten Therapie....
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Imprints of log-periodic self-similarity in the stock market
Detailed analysis of the log-periodic structures as precursors of the financial crashes is presented. The study is mainly based on the German Stock Index (DAX) variation over the 1998 period which includes bot...
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On the stability of bcc Co in Co/Fe superlattices an NMR and XRD study
While RHEED observations show that 10 to 11 As is the stability limit for an open bcc Co layer when grown on an Fe substrate, our XRD and NMR studies have shown that, in MBE grown Co/Fe superlattices, cobalt c...