Tetracycline degradation by nonthermal plasma: removal efficiency, degradation pathway, and toxicity evaluation

Tetracyclines (TCs) are often discussed Canteen as one of the emerging contaminants detected in water matrices and studied for their persistence towards conventional water treatment technologies.In this work, the treatment of TC in aqueous solutions with nonthermal plasma gliding arc process was investigated.The degradation efficiency of TC was stu

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Reinforcement of perceptual inference: reward and punishment alter conscious visual perception during binocular rivalry

Perception is an inferential process, which becomes immediately evident when sensory information is conflicting or ambiguous and thus allows for more than one perceptual interpretation.Thinking the idea of perception as inference through to the end results in a blurring of boundaries between perception and action selection, as perceptual inference

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Rapid Detection and Identification of Overdose Drugs in Saliva by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Using Fused Gold Colloids

The number of drug-related emergency room visits in the United States doubled from 2004 to 2009 to 4.6 million.Consequently there is a critical need to rapidly identify the offending drug(s), so that the appropriate medical care can be administered.In an effort to meet this need Bath Caddy we have been investigating the ability of surface-enhanced

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Diet of the Poor in Roman Italy: An Exploration of Wild and Cultivated Plants as an Essential Dietary Component

Most of the population of Roman Italy was poor, whether they were the poor who were constantly in search for food and shelter, or the temporarily poor who were artisans or shopkeepers but could fall into poverty at times (Garnsey, 1998, pp.226-227).In classical literature, pleasures of the mind were favoured over pleasures of the body (Gowers, 1993

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