Influence of Irradiance, Flow Rate, Reactor Geometry, and Photopromoter Concentration in Mineralization Kinetics of Methane in Air and in Aqueous Solutions by Photocatalytic Membra... by Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Mauro Rossi, Andrea Testino, Franca Morazzoni, Riccardo Bianchi, Giulia de Martini, Paola Maria Tozzi, Rodica Stanescu, Cristina Costache, Liliana Bobirica, Mauro Luigi Bonardi, Flavia Groppi

“…Kinetics of hydroxyl radicals reacting between themselves, leading to hydrogen peroxide, other than with substrate or intermediates leading to mineralization, were considered, and it is paralleled by a second competition kinetics involving superoxide radical anion.…”
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The Effect of Cumin on the Formation of <i>β</i>-Carboline Heterocyclic Amines in Smoked Meat and Simulated Systems by Xiuxiu Liu, Wenyu Chen, Minghao Sun, Xufang Lv, Xing Shen, Zhongping Chai, Maomao Zeng

“…Our study also found that the inhibitory effect of cumin extracts on HCA formation was closely related to their free radical scavenging ability, with the Hetian cumin extract showing the strongest scavenging capacity. …”
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Synthesis, Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Molecular Modeling Studies of Novel [2,3′-Biquinoline]-4-Carboxylic Acid and Quinoline-3-Carbaldehyde Analogs by Zeleke Digafie, Yadessa Melaku, Zerihun Belay, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy

“…Among them, compounds 4, 9, and 10 displayed the highest mean inhibition zone of 13.7 ± 0.58, 16.0 ± 1.7, and 20.7 ± 1.5 mm, respectively, at 0.1 μg/μL. The radical scavenging property of these compounds was evaluated using DPPH radical assay where compounds 9 and 20 showed the strongest activity with IC50 values of 1.25 and 1.75 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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Low Systemic Inflammation Response Index Predicts Good Prognosis in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma Patients Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Erkan Topkan, Huseyin Mertsoylu, Ahmet Kucuk, Ali Ayberk Besen, Ahmet Sezer, Duygu Sezen, Yasemin Bolukbasi, Ugur Selek, Berrin Pehlivan

“…Present retrospective cohort analysis investigated consecutive 154 LAPC patients who received radical CRT. The SIRI was defined as: SIRI=neutrophil×monocyte/lymphocyte counts. …”
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Safety and efficacy of total colectomy with D3 lymph node dissection at colorectal cancer, developed at inflammatory bowel diseases (case control study) by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, S. K. Efetov, Yu. E. Kitsenko, D. N. Fedorov

“…To compare results of radical surgery in IBD-associated colorectal cancer (IBD-CRC) and sporadic colorectal cancer (spCRC) patients. …”
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Improving Growth Performance, Biochemical Parameters and Reducing Mortality due to Ascites in Broilers by Propranolol Inclusion by Shahriar Saidian, Somaya Farahmand, Mokhtar Fathi, Salar Saifi

“…By reducing the capacity of the body's antioxidant systems, free radicals make the bird susceptible to various diseases. …”
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Re-engineering change in higher education by David Allen, N. Fifield

“…The projects in these institutions were not about radical change. BPR techniques are shown to have something to offer HEIs in terms of co-ordinating administrative activities, but the emphasis on IT and processes in project design means the human resources change necessary for significant gains in efficiency is unlikely.…”
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Modern approaches to treatment of acute anaerobic paraproctitis by M. A. Yegorkin

“…In postoperative period antibiotic therapy by carbapenems or last generation penicillins in maximally allowed doses, treatment of organ dysfunction, control of regenerative processes in the vast wounds formed after radical operations is recommended.…”
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Central banks and climate change: Main issues and perspectives by Lorenzo Esposito

“… In the last decades, during the unfolding of momentous events, we saw the growing awareness of the need for a transition to a sustainable economy. The radical economic and social change will require the mobilization of colossal resources, and hence the alignment of the financial system to this goal. …”
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Le « retour à la terre » : entre utopie et nostalgie   by Madeleine Sallustio

“…Utopian and nostalgic imaginations feed each other and allude to an unloved present while, at the same time, proposing the creation of a radical alternative that involves the entire existence. …”
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Looking into the attribute of transcendent genius: George Henry Boker and Robert Conrad’s use of Shakespeare by Ronan Ludot-Vlasak

“…While Conrad aimed at providing a melodramatic counter-model to 2 Henry VI in Jack Cade, he failed to grasp Shakespeare’s ambivalent stance and to challenge his figure as a symbol of literary genius. Boker’s less radical and more reverential approach in Anne Boleyn and Francesca da Rimini prevented him from being more than an epigone. …”
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Constructivism in Postmodern Jurisprudence by I. L. Chestnov

“…So, in postclassical criminology, crime and criminality are considered not some objective reality, but the result of the activity of the legislator. However, radical constructivism, which does not take into account external circumstances or structural constraints, cannot be considered an adequate concept. …”
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De Big Brother a Big Data: reflexiones a propósito de Im Schwarm. Ansichten des Digitalen de Byung-Chul Han by Vicente Ordóñez Roig

“…La revolución digital opera una radical desvinculación óntica al transformar en una muchedumbre o enjambre las distintas formas de agrupación humana, enjambre incapaz de articular una sólida acción común a través del tiempo. …”
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Mendiante et orgueilleuse ?  L’université d’al-Azhar et l’enseignement supérieur égyptien (1860-1930) by Thomas Raineau

“…The Great Mosque tried to respond to the threat by launching a radical reform of the studies that was hardly implemented in reality, and did not prevent al-Azhar to be slowly marginalized within Egypt’s higher education system at the dawn of the 1930s.…”
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A Simulation of the Effects of Varying Repetition Rate and Pulse Width of Nanosecond Discharges on Premixed Lean Methane-Air Combustion by Moon Soo Bak, Mark A. Cappelli

“…The lower repetition rates provide larger amounts of radicals such as O, H, and OH. However, the effect on stabilization is found to be the same for all of the tested repetition rates. …”
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Slavoj Žižek, "Tras la estela de los ataques de París, la izquierda debe abrazar sus radicales raíces occidentales" by Jorge Fernández Gonzalo

“… En el primer semestre de 2015, Europa estaba preocupada por los movimientos de emancipación radical (Syriza y PODEMOS), mientras que en el segundo semestre la atención se centró en el tema "humanitario" de los refugiados. …”
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Roland Barthes, Guy Debord and the Pedagogical Value of Creative Liberation by Craig A Hammond

“…Through the exploration of a range of ideas and concepts, (adapted from the work of Roland Barthes and Guy Debord - specifically the Death of the Author, and the dérive and détournement), the piece argues that Higher Education academics and lecturers need to creatively confront the debilitating values and excesses of consumption – currently sweeping universities – with an insurrectionary range of radical tactics and alternative practices. …”
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RAZÓN, ACCIÓN Y DEBILIDAD DE LA VOLUNTAD. UNA LECTURA SEMÁNTICA by Tomás Barrero

“…Finalmente, el artículo muestra cómo la crítica de Grice a las observaciones de Davidson sobre la acracia es más fiel a Austin y más radical en sus conclusiones con respecto al carácter justificativo de las razones y a las características racionales de la acción.…”
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L'image de la Guerre civile espagnole dans la bande dessinée entre 1936 et 1975-I by Michel Matly

“…The Franco's camp used them for propaganda and mudslinging the enemy, in a rather restrained tone in the case of the extreme-right Phalange, more radical and full of hatred in the case of the Catholic Church. …”
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MISSIONAL-DIACONAL PRACTICES IN JAPAN AND SOUTH AFRICA: by J.S. Van der Watt

“… This article reflects on missional-diaconal practices in the ecumenical partnership between the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and the Reformed Church in Japan. In both – albeit radically different – contexts, the issue of church formation in a secular age is at stake. …”
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