A Comprehensive Review of Waste‐Derived Materials for Solar Still Performance Enhancement
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Solar desalination reduces energy use and produces freshwater sustainably, but its productivity is limited and cannot meet rising demand. Thus, solar desalination system improvements are sought to boost water productivity. Waste materials are abundantly available and burden the environment, making them low‐cost enhancers for solar desalination
A. S. Abdullah +6 more
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DOK3 negatively regulates LPS responses and endotoxin tolerance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Innate immune activation via Toll-like receptors (TLRs), although critical for host defense against infection, must be regulated to prevent sustained cell activation that can lead to cell death.
Qisheng Peng +2 more
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Aquaculture Reports, 2021 Double Ig IL-1R related molecule (DIGIRR), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 (IRAK-1), tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6), and Interferon-c (IFNc), are all signaling molecules ...
Lifeng Zhang +6 more
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Inhibition of TLR8- and TLR4-induced Type I IFN induction by alcohol is different from its effects on inflammatory cytokine production in monocytes [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Prolonged alcohol consumption is a significant co-factor in the progression of chronic viral infections including hepatitis C and HIV, which are both single-stranded RNA viruses.
Pang, Maoyin +4 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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SARS-CoV Regulates Immune Function-Related Gene Expressions in Human Monocytic Cells [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is characterized by acute respiratory distress (ARDS) and pulmonary fibrosis, and the monocyte/macrophage is the key player in the pathogenesis of SARS. Methods: In this study, we ...
Betty A. Wu-Hsieh +4 more
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IKKα negatively regulates ASC-dependent inflammasome activation. [PDF]
, 2014 The inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that activate caspase-1 in response to infections and stress, resulting in the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Alnemri, Emad S +19 more
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Induction of Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells by a PEGylated TLR7 Ligand for Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Autoimmune diabetes mellitus (DM) results from the destruction of pancreatic islet cells by activated T lymphocytes, which have been primed by activated dendritic cells (DC).
Tomoko Hayashi +9 more
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Macrophages in wound healing: activation and plasticity. [PDF]
, 2019 Macrophages are critically involved in wound healing, from dampening inflammation to clearing cell debris and coordinating tissue repair. Within the wound, the complexity of macrophage function is increasingly recognized, with adverse outcomes when ...
Kim, Sang Yong, Nair, Meera G
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