Due to the high oil spill incidence and industrial wastewater discharge including oil and emulsified oil, designing and synthesizing oil-water separation materials which can maintain stability under harsh environmental conditions with high separation efficiencies remains a great challenge. The present work developed an easy, green, cost-effective, and easily scaled-up approach for fabricating cellulose-based membranes. First, we coated polydopamine (PDA) onto fibers of filter membrane (FM).
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November 2023
The study aims to investigate how political factors such as government policies and economic development impact carbon emissions and subsequently affect the fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study made use of the data sourced from the World Development Indicators (WDI) and World Governance Indications (WGI) covering 45 SSA countries for the period 2000 -2021. The study applied the Pooled Ordinary Least Squares, and control for endogeneity, and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aims: Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), with 25% BRAFV600E mutation, is one of the most lethal human malignancies that currently has no effective therapy. Vemurafenib, a BRAFV600E inhibitor, has shown promise in clinical trials, including ATC patients, but is being hampered by the acquisition of drug resistance. Therefore, combination therapy that includes BRAFV600E inhibition and avoids resistance is a clinical need.
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