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Patient Safety in Surgery, 2017 Background Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a well-established surgical treatment for radiculopathy and myelopathy. Previous studies showed that empty PEEK cages have lower radiographic fusion rates, but the clinical relevance remains ...
Olaf Suess +5 more
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Sensing Mercury for Biomedical and Environmental Monitoring
Sensors, 2009 Mercury is a very toxic element that is widely spread in the atmosphere, lithosphere, and surface water. Concentrated mercury poses serious problems to human health, as bioaccumulation of mercury within the brain and kidneys ultimately leads to ...
Julia Xiaojun Zhao +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Successful aging is likely to involve both genetic and environmental factors, but environmental toxicants that accelerate aging are not known. Human exposure to mercury is common, and mercury has genotoxic, autoimmune, and free radical effects which ...
Roger Pamphlett
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A novel direct activator of AMPK inhibits prostate cancer growth by blocking lipogenesis
EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2014 5′AMP‐activated kinase (AMPK) constitutes a hub for cellular metabolic and growth control, thus representing an ideal therapeutic target for prostate cancers (PCas) characterized by increased lipogenesis and activation of mTORC1 pathway. However, whether
Giorgia Zadra +13 more
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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2018 Mercury emitted from direct combustion of high-mercury coal does great harm to the environment. To make good use of high-mercury coal, it is necessary to study the occurrence characteristics of mercury in coal and high-efficient methods of mercury ...
Guilin Zhang +4 more
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Leaching behaviour of mercury from hazardous solid waste generated by chlor-alkali industry [PDF]
, 2013 Through the conventional chlor-alkali production process, highly mercury (Hg) contaminated waste sludge is produced. Improper handling and disposal of this sludge may cause an environmental hazard.
Busto, Yailen +2 more
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Interactions between wild pigs and the spread of disease
eLifeTracking wild pigs with GPS devices reveals how their social interactions could influence the spread of disease, offering new strategies for protecting agriculture, wildlife, and human health.
Mercury Shitindo
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Nature CommunicationsWetlands play a vital role in contaminant cycling and uptake. Understanding how sulfate (SO4 2‒) influences the conversion of inorganic mercury (Hg(II)) to toxic methylmercury (MeHg) is critical for predicting wetland responses to land use and climate ...
Brett A. Poulin +4 more
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Model analyses of atmospheric mercury: present air quality and effects of transpacific transport on the United States [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2013 Atmospheric mercury is a toxic air and water pollutant that is of significant concern because of its effects on human health and ecosystems. A mechanistic representation of the atmospheric mercury cycle is developed for the state-of-the-art global ...
H. Lei +3 more
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Mercury: using the QuPreSS reference model to evaluate predictive services [PDF]
, 2017 Nowadays, lots of service providers offer predictive services that show in advance a condition or occurrence about the future. As a consequence, it becomes necessary for service customers to select the predictive service that best satisfies their needs ...
Bisbal, Jesus +2 more
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