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Two-Lane Blacktop: Refugees & Torture

Age of Human Rights Journal, 2017
The right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the right of asylum have, individually considered, an extensive field of application", but it is possible to point out some traits in common.
Jesús García Cívico
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Petroleum-Degrading Fungal Isolates for the Treatment of Soil Microcosms

Microorganisms, 2023
The main purpose of this study was to degrade total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) from contaminated soil in batch microcosm reactors. Native soil fungi isolated from the same petroleum-polluted soil and ligninolytic fungal strains were screened and ...
Dalel Daâssi, Fatimah Qabil Almaghrabi
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Degrading organic micropollutants: The next challenge in the evolution of biological wastewater treatment processes

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2016
Global water scarcity is driving the need for identifying new water source. Wastewater could be a potential water resource if appropriate treatment technologies could be developed.
Naresh eSinghal, Octavio ePerez-Garcia
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Removal of Di-n-butyl phthalate from aged leachate under optimal hydraulic condition of leachate treatment process and in the presence of its dominant bacterial strains

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
The effects of hydraulic condition of reactor and the dominant degrading bacteria on the removal of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) from aged landfill leachate by anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (A/A/O) leachate treatment process were investigated.
Hongyuan Liu, Hong Li, Chengran Fang, Hongzhi Mao, Xiangdong Xue, Qun Wang   +5 more
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A Thermostable Alkaline CotA Laccase with High Efficiency in Degrading Aflatoxin B1 [PDF]

Shipin Kexue
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a mycotoxin widespread in foods and feed, exerts carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects on humans and livestock, and has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the World Health Organization. The exploration of efficient
YANG Jiayi, QIN Shundong, ZHANG Haosu, TANG Yuqian
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Pollutant Degrading Enzyme: Catalytic Mechanisms and Their Expanded Applications

Molecules, 2021
The treatment of environmental pollution by microorganisms and their enzymes is an innovative and socially acceptable alternative to traditional remediation approaches.
Anming Xu, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Shilei Wu, Ning Xu, Yan Huang, Xin Yan, Jie Zhou, Zhongli Cui, Weiliang Dong   +8 more
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Recruitment of Brd3 and Brd4 to acetylated chromatin is essential for proinflammatory cytokine-induced matrix-degrading enzyme expression

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Background Proinflammatory cytokines, which can upregulate the expression of matrix-degrading enzymes in chondrocytes, play important roles in the development of osteoarthritis.
Jin Dai, Sheng Zhou, Qiting Ge, Jinzhong Qin, Jianxin Li, Huangxian Ju, Yi Cao, Minghao Zheng, Chaojun Li, Xiang Gao, Huajian Teng, Qing Jiang   +11 more
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The new production method of bacterial L-asparaginase enzyme from different soil environments in Egypt as an anticancer agent

Ain Shams Medical Journal, 2022
BackgroundAsparagine degrading enzymes are necessary for the treatment of auxotrophic cancers such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Auxotrophic cancers do have not the ability to synthesize asparagine but normal cells can synthesize it.
Mohammed Kassab
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Bringing people down: degrading treatment and punishment [PDF]

, 2021
Under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, degrading treatment and punishment is absolutely prohibited. This paper examines the nature of and wrong inherent in treatment and punishment of this kind.
Vorhaus, J
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Juridification and judgement calls: Swedish schoolteachers’ reflections on dealing with bullying, harassment, and degrading treatment

Education Inquiry
While teachers are obliged to report and investigate incidents of bullying, harassment, and degrading treatment in Swedish schools, research suggests that they sometimes struggle to decide which incidents to report.
Paul Horton, Camilla Forsberg, Robert Thornberg   +2 more
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