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Involvement of the M-CSF/IL-34/CSF-1R pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and aggressive cancer related to asbestos exposure. The tumor microenvironment content, particularly the presence of macrophages, was described as crucial for the development of the disease. This wo ...

2020

High-efficiency super-elastic liquid metal based triboelectric fibers and textiles

Fabien Sorin, Wei Yan, Yunpeng Qu, Dang Tùng Nguyen, Andreas Leber, Chaoqun Dong, Nicola Bartolomei, Marco Volpi, Rajasundar Chandran

Fibers that harvest mechanical energy via the triboelectric effect are excellent candidates aspower sources for wearable electronics and functional textiles. Thus far however, their fab-rication remains complex, and exhibited performances are below the sta ...

2020

Detachment evolution on the TCV tokamak

Basil Duval, Holger Reimerdes, Benoît Labit, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Umar Sheikh, Marco Wischmeier, Cedric Kar-Wai Tsui, Kevin Henricus Annemarie Verhaegh, Wouter Vijvers

Divertor detachment in the TCV tokamak has been investigated through experiments and modelling. Density ramp experiments were carried out in ohmic heated L-mode pulses with the ion del B drift directed away from the primary X-point, similar to previous stu ...

2017

Adverse Effects of Industrial Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes on Human Pulmonary Cells

Michel Rossi

The aim of this study was to evaluate adverse effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), produced for industrial purposes, on the human epithelial cell line A549. MWCNT were dispersed in dipalmitoyl lecithin (DPL), a component of pulmonary surfactant ...

2009

Life Cycle Assessment of Biofibres Replacing Glass Fibres as Reinforcement in Plastics

Yves Leterrier

This article aims to determine the environmental performance of China reed fibre used as a substitute for glass fibre as reinforcement in plastics and to identify key environmental parameters. A life cycle assessment (LCA) is performed on these two materia ...

2001

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