Secondary syphilis in cali, Colombia: new concepts in disease pathogenesis. by Adriana R Cruz, Allan Pillay, Ana V Zuluaga, Lady G Ramirez, Jorge E Duque, Gloria E Aristizabal, Mary D Fiel-Gan, Roberto Jaramillo, Rodolfo Trujillo, Carlos Valencia, Linda Jagodzinski, David L Cox, Justin D Radolf, Juan C Salazar

“…The typical palmar and plantar exanthem of SS was the most common dermal manifestation (63%), followed by diffuse hypo- or hyperpigmented macules and papules on the trunk, abdomen and extremities. …”
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Thermal and electronic transport properties of ACrX2 superionic conductors (A=Cu, Ag and X=S, Se) by Md Towhidur Rahman, Kamil Ciesielski, Joseph Pelkey, A K M Ashiquzzaman Shawon, Eric Toberer, Alexandra Zevalkink

“…A -site disorder, microstructure, speed of sound and chemical composition) on the thermal conductivity of the compounds CuCrS _2 , CuCrSe _2 , AgCrS _2 and AgCrSe _2 . The samples were synthesized using solid state reaction, ball milling and subsequent spark plasma sintering, and thermal diffusivity, electrical resistivity, Hall coefficients and Seebeck coefficients were measured as a function of temperature. …”
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A Facile Synthesis of Graphene-WO3 Nanowire Clusters with High Photocatalytic Activity for O2 Evolution by M.-J. Zhou, N. Zhang, Z. H. Hou

“…The photocatalytic oxygen (O2) evolution properties of the as-synthesized samples were investigated by measuring the amount of evolved O2 from water splitting. …”
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Structure, dielectric and piezoelectric characteristics of the modified by Bi2O3 and Mn2O3 oxides binary BiFeO3-BaTiO3 ceramics by E. S. Esin, N. A. Boldyrev, E. I. Sitalo, L. A. Shilkina, A. V. Nazarenko, I. A. Shvetsov, L. A. Reznichenko

“….% manganese oxide (Mn2O3) ceramic samples of the binary system 0.71BiFeO3-0.29BaTiO3 were fabricated using conventional ceramic technology by double solid-phase synthesis with following sintering. …”
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Shot Peening Effect on Reduced Graphene Oxide-based AA1070 Alloys Produced by Stir Casting Technique by İremnur Bülbül, Remzi Varol, Mehmet Fahri Saraç

“…The XRD analysis shows that there is no trace of carbon in the Al matrix, showing the the carbon structure did not diffuse into Al matrix during casting. However, in the EDS analysis, it was determined that the carbon value increased due to the increased presence of rGO. …”
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The invasion phenotypes of glioblastoma depend on plastic and reprogrammable cell states by Milena Doroszko, Rebecka Stockgard, Irem Uppman, Josephine Heinold, Faidra Voukelatou, Hitesh Bhagavanbhai Mangukiya, Thomas O. Millner, Madeleine Skeppås, Mar Ballester Bravo, Ramy Elgendy, Maria Berglund, Ludmila Elfineh, Cecilia Krona, Soumi Kundu, Katarzyna Koltowska, Silvia Marino, Ida Larsson, Sven Nelander

“…Combining single-cell profiling and spatial protein detection in patient-derived xenograft models and clinical tumor samples, we demonstrate a close association between the differentiation state of GBM cells and their choice of invasion route. …”
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Drying Parameters of Half-Cut and Ground Figs (Ficus carica L.) var. Mission and the Effect on Their Functional Properties by Juan José Martínez-García, José Alberto Gallegos-Infante, Nuria Elizabeth Rocha-Guzmán, Patricia Ramírez-Baca, María Guadalupe Candelas-Cadillo, Rubén Francisco González-Laredo

“…Their effective moisture diffusivity () was estimated by using the slope method. …”
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Characterization and formation mechanism of black Au films deposited under varied Ar gas pressures by Kazuto Takada, Midori Kawamura, Takayuki Kiba, Yoshio Abe, Mikito Ueda, Matej Mičušik, Martin Hruška, Michal Novotný, Přemysl Fitl

“…Irrespective of the deposition pressure, all samples displayed a black appearance devoid of metallic luster, resulting in almost zero specular and diffuse reflections. …”
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Cytodestructive Effects of Photodynamic Exposure in Primary Cultures of Malignant Glioma Cells by Volodymyr Rozumenko, Larysa Liubich, Larysa Staino, Diana Egorova, Andrii Dashchakovskyi, Tatyana Malysheva

“…Primary cell cultures were obtained from samples of biopsy material from patients (n = 6) with a veri­fied diagnosis: 3 primary tumors (1 case of diffuse astrocytoma, NOS (G3), 1 – glioblastoma (GB), NOS (G4), 1 – gliosarcoma (G4)) and 3 – with continued tumor growth (1 – diffuse astrocytoma, NOS (G3), 1 – oligo­dendroglioma, NOS (G3) and 1 – GB, NOS (G4). …”
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Isolation and molecular characterization of a novel picornavirus from baitfish in the USA. by Nicholas B D Phelps, Sunil K Mor, Anibal G Armien, William Batts, Andrew E Goodwin, Lacey Hopper, Rebekah McCann, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Corey Puzach, Thomas B Waltzek, Eric Delwart, James Winton, Sagar M Goyal

“…Following the appearance of a diffuse cytopathic effect, examination of cell culture supernatant by negative contrast electron microscopy revealed the presence of small, round virus particles (∼ 30-32 nm), with picornavirus-like morphology. …”
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Optical response of SrTiO3 thin films grown via a sol-gel-hydrothermal method by Yulia Eka Putri, Tio Putra Wendari, Restu Aulia Arham, Melvi Muharmi, Dedi Satria, Rahmayeni Rahmayeni, Diana Vanda Wellia

“…The crystal structure, bond interactions, and band gap energy of SrTiO3 thin layers were characterized using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy (FTIR), and UV–Vis Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (UV-DRS). The XRD patterns of all SrTiO3 thin layers indicated the perovskite structure of the samples. …”
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Factors affecting the innovativeness among Buffalo farmers in the Samsun province of Turkey by Ismet Boz, Aydin Basarir, Eihab Fathelrahman, Osman Kılıç, Berhanu Degefa

“…The data consists of surveys of 184 farmers drawn by stratified random sampling. The research findings showed that large-scale farmers are more innovative than small-scale farmers. …”
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Structural and Optical Properties of BaWO₄ Obtained by Fast Mechanochemical Treatment by Maria Gancheva, Reni Iordanova, Iovka Koseva, Iskra Piroeva, Petar Ivanov

“…The Raman spectra of the synthesized samples confirmed the presence of a scheelite-type structure with the typical six distinct vibrational peaks. …”
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Beehive Fireworks Festival Effect on the Nearby Atmospheric PM2.5 Level by Chih-Chung Lin, Jen-Hsiung Tsai, Yi-Chin Hsieh, Shui-Jen Chen

“…This study investigates the influence of Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Festival on atmospheric PM2.5 from February 9th to 12th, 2017. The PM2.5 samples were gathered at 8 sampling sites around Yanshuei and Xinying before (background (B)), trial (T), during (D), and after (A) beehive firework display periods during the Yanshuei Beehive Fireworks Festival. …”
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Explaining Soil Fertility Heterogeneity in Smallholder Farms of Southern Ethiopia by Fanuel Laekemariam, Kibebew Kibret

“…The laser diffraction method for soil particles and mid-infrared diffused reflectance (MIR) spectral analysis for OC, TN, and CEC determination were employed. …”
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Two decades of nutrient dynamics in Polish rivers: Long-term trends in nitrogen and phosphorus by Paweł Marcinkowski, Ignacy Kardel, Marek Giełczewski, Mikołaj Piniewski

“…Long-term water quality data from 52 monitoring sites with an average annual sampling frequency of 13.4 samples per year, divided into eight geographical groups, were combined with simulated river discharge data and analyzed using the Weighted Regressions on Time, Discharge, and Season (WRTDS) method. …”
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Role of Platinum Deposited on TiO2 in Photocatalytic Methanol Oxidation and Dehydrogenation Reactions by Luma M. Ahmed, Irina Ivanova, Falah H. Hussein, Detlef W. Bahnemann

“…The results of the photocatalytic activity indicate that the platinized titanium dioxide samples are always more active than the corresponding bare TiO2 for both methanol oxidation and dehydrogenation processes. …”
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Synthesis and properties of zirconium-cerium composite via solid-state route by Naga Sravanthi M., Sudagar Jothi

“…The optical band gap of CeO2-doped ZrO2 was determined using diffuse reflectance spectra, showing that the band gap decreased with increasing doping concentrations. …”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Dye Degradation Properties of CeO2 / BiOI Heterojunction by MI Shixin, MU Hongxu, WANG Jianhao, YANG Lujuan, WU Pengwei, LIU Ziwei, ZHUANG Yanli

“…X-ray powder diffraction ( XRD), scanning electron microscope ( SEM), ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy ( UV-Vis DRS) and electrochemistry were used to characterize the prepared samples, and the effects of CeO2 calcination temperatures and different mass ratios on the photocatalytic degradation efficiency were evaluated by the degradation experiments of rhodamine B ( RhB) . …”
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Accelerated aging modulates the toxicological properties of the diazo tattoo pigment PO13 by Lise Aubry, Marianne Vitipon, Aurélie Hirschler, Hélène Diemer, Thierry Rabilloud, Christine Carapito, Thierry Douki

“…Abstract Pigment particles used in tattooing may exert long terms effect by releasing diffusible degradation products. In the present work, aqueous suspensions of the organic orange diazo pigment PO13 were aged by exposure to simulated sunlight at 40 °C. …”
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