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Human Placenta in Premodern Europe—a Cultural and Pharmaceutical Agent**
Abstract This paper was prompted by some striking similarities between both the ritual and the medical use of placenta in Ming China and in premodern Europe. Contrary to most accounts, which focus either on the rise of chemiatric medicine or on the growing interest in “exotic” substances, the seventeenth century in Europe also reveals a revived ...
Bettina Wahrig
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In this study, the influence of temperature on biogas production efficiency and the microbial community structure was investigated in a two-phase anaerobic digestion reactor for co-digestion of cow manure and corn straw.
Shiwei Wang +5 more
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The study identifies the digestive organ expansion factor (DEF) as a key player in pancreatic cancer, correlating high DEF expression with poor patient survival. DEF interacts with p65, preventing it from ubiquitination‐induced degradation and promoting tumor cell survival.
Sicong Huang +11 more
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L'automate des alchimistes, une machine naturelle [PDF]
International audienceAutomatons in alchemical novel and scientific treaties are both natural and mechanical copies of human body. They are able to shape this body but also to give its true meaning and measure.Etude des automates dans quelques romans et ...
Adam, Véronique,
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Bio-conversion of water hyacinths into methane gas, part 1 [PDF]
Bio-gas and methane production from the microbial anaerobic decomposition of water hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes) (Mart) Solms was investigated. These experiments demonstrated the ability of water hyacinths to produce an average of 13.9 ml of methane ...
Gordon, J. +2 more
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Garbage, Power, and Environmental Justice: The Clean Power Plan Rule [PDF]
Presented at the Environmental justice in the Anthropocene symposium held on April 24-25, 2017 at the Lory Student Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Colorado.
Amarnath, Kumar Kartik +1 more
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Newton and the apothecary [PDF]
The Grantham Corporation Minute Books and inventories from the apothecary shop of Ralph and William Clarke are analysed to illuminate neglected aspects of the life and letters of Sir Isaac Newton, particularly the influence of Lincolnshire social and ...
Roos, Anna Marie
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The alchemy of junk: patent law and non-coding DNA
This article considers the recent international controversy over the patents held by a Melbourne firm, Genetic Technologies Limited (GTG), in respect of non-coding DNA and genomic mapping.
Rimmer, Matthew
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The emblem tradition in Shakespeare’s plays: mirror-effects and anamorphoses [PDF]
: An emblem is a witty combination of various texts and one image which delivers a moral message. The emblem is an art of the gaze, the purpose of which is to lead the eye to the transcendent ideas lying behind the veil of worldly appearances ...
Chardin, Jean-Jacques
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