Current Knowledge on Endometriosis Etiology: A Systematic Review of Literature.

Objective: To review the mechanisms of endometriosis development, including those related to epigenetic mutations, cellular dysregulation, inflammatory processes, and oxidative stress.

Methods: A systematic literature review regarding current aspects of endometriosis etiology, genesis and development was performed using the PubMed, Google Scholar, and eLibrary databases. Keywords included endometriosis, etiology, development, genesis, associations and mechanisms.

Prospects for Electrical Performance Tuning in CaCoO Materials by Metallic Fe and Ni Particles Additions.

This work further explores the possibilities for designing the high-temperature electrical performance of the thermoelectric CaCoO phase, by a composite approach involving separate metallic iron and nickel particles additions, and by employing two different sintering schemes, capable to promote the controlled interactions between the components, encouraged by our recent promising results obtained for similar cobalt additions. Iron and nickel were chosen because of their similarities with cobalt. The maximum power factor value of around 200 μWmK at 925 K was achieved for the composite with the nominal nickel content of 3% vol.

Histomorphological and Functional Features of the Eutopic Endometrium in Patients with Ovarian Endometriosis After Surgery-a Clinical Study.

Endometriosis causes infertility and the alterations in endometrial receptivity. Pinopodia in eutopic endometrial epithelium may have significant implications in the endometriosis-associated infertility. The aim of this study is to ascertain whether the surgical interventions to remove endometrioid ovarian cysts (EOCs) can improve endometrial receptivity.

Exploring Tantalum as a Potential Dopant to Promote the Thermoelectric Performance of Zinc Oxide.

Zinc oxide (ZnO) has being recognised as a potentially interesting thermoelectric material, allowing flexible tuning of the electrical properties by donor doping. This work focuses on the assessment of tantalum doping effects on the relevant structural, microstructural, optical and thermoelectric properties of ZnO. Processing of the samples with a nominal composition ZnTaO by conventional solid-state route results in limited solubility of Ta in the wurtzite structure.

Porous Carrageenan-Derived Carbons for Efficient Ciprofloxacin Removal from Water.

Porous carbon materials derived from biopolymers are attractive sorbents for the removal of emerging pollutants from water, due to their high specific surface area, high porosity, tunable surface chemistry, and reasonable cost. However, carrageenan biopolymers were scarcely investigated as a carbon source to prepare porous carbon materials. Herein, hydrochars (HCs) and porous activated carbons (ACs) derived from natural occurring polysaccharides with variable sulfate content (κ-, ι- and λ-carrageenan) were prepared and investigated in the uptake of ciprofloxacin, which is an antibiotic detected in water sources and that poses serious hazards to public health.

Site Redistribution, Partial Frozen-in Defect Chemistry, and Electrical Properties of Ba1-x(Zr,Pr)O3-δ.

Changes in nominal composition of the perovskite (ABO3) solid solution Ba1-x(Zr,Pr)O3-δ and adjusted firing conditions at very high temperatures were used to induce structural changes involving site redistribution and frozen-in point defects, as revealed by Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies. Complementary magnetic measurements allowed quantification of the reduced content of Pr. Weak dependence of oxygen stoichiometry with temperature was obtained by coulometric titration at temperatures below 1000 °C, consistent with a somewhat complex partial frozen-in defect chemistry.

A very large diversity space of synthetically accessible compounds for use with drug design programs.

We have constructed a very large virtual diversity space containing more than 10(13) chemical compounds. The diversity space is built from about 400 combinatorial libraries, which have been expanded by choosing sizeable collections of suitable R-groups that can be attached to each link point of their scaffolds. These R-group collections have been created by selecting reagents that have drug-like properties from catalogs of available chemicals.