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Ultraviolet A protective potential of plant extracts and phytochemicals
Biomedical Papers, 2020 Chronic exposure to solar radiation is related to an increased incidence of various skin disorders, including premature skin aging and melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. Ultraviolet (UV) photons in particular are responsible for skin damage.
Denisa Skarupova +2 more
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In-Plant Strategies: The Cement Workers\u27 Experience [PDF]
, 1985 [Excerpt] This article explains the basic elements of the cement workers\u27 experience with in-plant strategies. Those of us who have witnessed and have been involved in this struggle think other unionists should consider this strategy as a possible ...
Balanoff, Tom
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, EarlyView.Rationale Mass spectrometry (MS) is introduced to high school students in the UK in many pre‐university course syllabi. As such, we have identified the use of MS as a key technique that should be taught practically to undergraduates from the outset of their studies.
Andrew F. Worrall +3 more
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Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2001 Background Ethnomedicines are used by hunters for themselves and their hunting dogs in Trinidad. Plants are used for snakebites, scorpion stings, for injuries and mange of dogs and to facilitate hunting success. Results Plants used include Piper hispidum,
Georges Karla +3 more
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Momona Ethiopian Journal of Science, 2013 Coca-Cola’s water quality criteria for carbonated beverage process water include an absence of chlorine residual and total trihalomethanes (THMs) below the local drinking water standard or, in the absence of a local standard, the WHO standard is used. Presence of chlorine residual in feed water used for production of carbonated beverage process water ...
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Discourses of energy and energy transition have become increasingly prevalent in informal and formal learning spaces. Energy transitions differ across regions, contexts, and technologies. The contextual nature of energy is an opportunity for a sociotechnical approach to its study.
Desen S. Özkan +2 more
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Evaluation of Mchare and Matooke Bananas for Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1
Plants, 2020 Fusarium wilt, caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) race 1, is a major disease of bananas in East Africa. Triploid East African Highland (Matooke) bananas are resistant to Foc race 1, but the response of diploid (Mchare
Privat Ndayihanzamaso +11 more
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Does Carbon Intensity Affect the Cost of Equity? An Empirical Study From Mexico
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change poses significant risks for companies, particularly in emerging countries like Mexico, where sustainability perceptions are evolving. This study analyzes how carbon emissions affect the cost of equity capital (CoE) for Mexican firms.
Guillermo Pérez‐Elizundia +2 more
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Brazilian Journal of BiologySynadenium umbellatum Pax, popularly known as "cola-nota", is a medicinal plant that grows in tropical regions. The latex of this plant is used against various diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, leprosy, tripanosomiasis, leukemia, and several malignant
PR. Melo-Reis +4 more
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Plants Africa gave to the World
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1983 Although the flora of Africa is rather poor in plant species when compared to the floras of Tropical America or South-east Asia, this vast continent is the home of a wide range of plants useful to Man.
G. Kunkel
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