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Open AccessParticulate Filters for Combustion Engines to Mitigate Global Warming. Estimating the Effects of a Highly Efficient but Underutilized Tool
Particulate filters are state-of-the-art and are used in internal combustion engines worldwide to eliminate carcinogenic nanoparticles. Health studies estimate that this prevents about one million premature de...
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Gasoline Particulate Filters—a Review
To improve ambient air quality, several countries have adopted regulations setting stringent limits on vehicular tailpipe emissions of particulates. The issue of high particulate emissions has been mostly addr...
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Review of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Related Technologies for Mobile Applications
This chapter will provide an overview of the major legislative and technology developments related to SCR for mobile applications. Regulatory initiatives are moving forward in all markets in the light-duty (LD...
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Scrotal cancer survival is influenced by histology: a SEER study
Due to the scrotum’s multiple layers of different tissues, scrotal cancer can present with several unique histologies. Historically, outcome arising from these different sources has been historically aggregate...
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Systematic Review of the Evidence of a Relationship Between Chronic Psychosocial Stress and C-Reactive Protein
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase reactant with an increasing number of clinical functions. Studies in recent years have identified several social, economic, demographic, and psychological factors tha...
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Review of the Relationship between C-Reactive Protein and Exercise
C-reactive protein (CRP), an acute phase reactant, is associated with systemic inflammation. Many studies have demonstrated that CRP levels have important prognostic implications for patients. For example, ind...
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Increased Mortality Among Hispanic Testis Cancer Patients Independent of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status: A SEER Study
Testis cancer-specific survival (CSS) varies by Hispanic ethnicity. Our goal was to assess whether neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) accounts for elevated testis CSS among Hispanic patients. We queried t...
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Preoperative C-Reactive Protein Level Adjusted for Comorbidities and Lifestyle Factors Predicts Overall Mortality in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma
Purpose: C-reactive protein (CRP), an acute phase reactant, is a non-specific marker of inflammation. Elevations in CRP levels are linked with trauma, infection, autoimmune disease, malignancy, a...
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Expression of C-reactive protein and cyclooxygenase enzyme-2 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma: correlation with pathological parameters in 110 patients
C-reactive protein is produced in response to cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6. It is known that increased plasma IL-6 levels induce increased hepatic and intratumoral production of C-reactive protein. Cyc...
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C-Reactive Protein as a Clinically Useful Biomarker of Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase reactant that can increase dramatically in response to a variety of pathologic states. Elevated pre- and postoperative CRP levels have been associated with an increas...