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Circulation of boron resources from desalination brine through solvent extraction (TMPD/2-ethylhexanol with kerosene) and ionic-liquid extraction (ALiCy/kerosene) methods
Desalination technologies have been widely implemented since the 1970s to solve the problem of freshwater scarcity. However, brine, the by-product of the desalination process, which has a higher salinity and t...
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Effects of compound diamond slurry with graphene for lap** of sapphire wafers
Recently, sapphire has been used in a wide range of applications including optics, consumer electronics, and especially the rapidly growing LED wafer manufacturing. This paper investigates effects of a novel c...
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Correction to: Endoscopic and surgical management of nonampullary duodenal neoplasms
This article was updated to correct the author listing for Carlos Roberto Simons-Linares.
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Endoscopic and surgical management of nonampullary duodenal neoplasms
Sporadic nonampullary duodenal neoplasms (SNADN) can have malignant potential for which endoscopic and surgical resections are offered. We report combined gastroenterologic and surgical experience for treatmen...
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Hydrophobic cellulose: a material that expands upon drying
A chemically modified hydrophobic cellulose material was wetted by force in vacuo and allowed to dry under ambient conditions. Most known materials shrink upon drying and swell upon wetting, a phenomenon known...
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Open AccessErratum to: TNF-α induces MMP-9 expression and soluble ICAM-1 release via TRAF2, c-Src, MAPKs and NF-κB in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells
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Superhydrophobic foam-like cellulose made of hydrophobized cellulose fibres
Wood (kraft) pulp was first dried into a low-density foam-like material by solvent-exchange with anhydrous ethanol. X-Ray tomography showed that, while pulp fibres are flat and resemble ribbons when dried from...
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Open AccessTNF-α induces matrix metalloproteinase-9-dependent soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 release via TRAF2-mediated MAPKs and NF-κB activation in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) has been shown to be induced by cytokines including TNF-α and may contribute to bone inflammatory diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying MMP-9 expression induced by TNF...
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A case of IVC filter thrombosis
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A Rare Case of Gastric Fundic Gland Adenocarcinoma (Chief Cell Predominant Type)
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Open AccessAn EST screen from the annelid Pomatoceros lamarckiireveals patterns of gene loss and gain in animals
Since the drastic reorganisation of the phylogeny of the animal kingdom into three major clades of bilaterians; Ecdysozoa, Lophotrochozoa and Deuterostomia, it became glaringly obvious that the selection of mo...
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Open AccessThe development of the larval nervous system, musculature and ciliary bands of Pomatoceros lamarckii (Annelida): heterochrony in polychaetes
To understand the evolution of animals it is essential to have taxon sampling across a representative spread of the animal kingdom. With the recent rearrangement of most of the Bilateria into three major clade...
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Diversity, Biology, and Nutritional Adaptation of Psyllids and their Galls in Taiwan
Psyllids, or jum** plant lice, are a group of sternorrhynchous Hemiptera. They are highly host specific sucking insects, and many of them form galls. In Taiwan, a revision and some supplemental works of psyl...
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Effect of the antidepressant maprotiline on calcium movement and the viability of renal tubular cells
In Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, the effect of maprotiline, an antidepressant, on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured using fura-2. Maprotiline (>2.5 µM) caused a rapid rise of [Ca2+
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Expression of ErbB2 enhances radiation-induced NF-κB activation
Her-2/neu (ErbB2) oncogene, the second member of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family, encodes a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor in Her-2-positive tumors. Accumulating evidences demonstrat...
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Evolution of echinoderms may not have required modification of the ancestral deuterostome HOX gene cluster: first report of PG4 and PG5 Hox orthologues in echinoderms
Is the extreme derivation of the echinoderm body plan reflected in a derived echinoderm Hox genotype? Building on previous work, we exploited the sequence conservation of the homeobox to isolate putative ortho...
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Sulfhydryl modification by 4,4′-dithiodipyridine induces calcium mobilization in human osteoblast-like cells
The effect of oxidants on Ca2+ movement in osteoblasts is unclear. In this study, we show that 4,4′-dithiodipyridine (4,4′-DTDP), a reactive disulphide that mobilizes Ca2+ in muscle, induces an increase in cytopl...
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Tamoxifen-Induced Increases in Cytoplasmic Free Ca2+ Levels in Human Breast Cancer Cells
Tamoxifen has been shown to increase cytoplasmic free Ca2+ levels [Ca2+]i in renal tubular cells and bladder cancer cells, and to alter Ca2+ signaling in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The present study examined the ...
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Novel action of lignans isolated from Hernandia nymphaeifolia on Ca2+ signaling in human neutrophils
The effects of five lignans (epi-aschantin, epi-magnolin, epi-yangambin, deoxypodophyllotoxin, yatein) isolated from Hernandia nymphaeifolia (Presl.) Kubitzki (Hernandiaceae) on intracellular Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]
