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Function (biology)
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Biological effect
, Function
, Function (biology and physiology)
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A biological function is the reason some object or process occurred in a system that evolved through a process of selection or natural selection…
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2011
2011
Campus PlasmaMed—From Basic Research to Clinical Proof
K. Weltmann
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T. Woedtke
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
2011
Corpus ID: 22207642
Plasma medicine is emerging worldwide, and some promising applications seem to be near the horizon. Direct therapeutic plasma…
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2010
2010
Effect of human head shapes for mobile phone exposure on electromagnetic absorption
M. Rashed
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Iqbal Faruque
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M. Islam
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N. Misran
2010
Corpus ID: 53407748
In this paper, the local Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) induced in spherical, cubical, and realistic human head models exposed to…
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2003
2003
Lighting for Work: Visual and Biological Effects
Ir W J M Van Bommel Ir
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G. J. Van Den Beld
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Ir W J M Van Bommel
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Ir G J Van Den Beld
2003
Corpus ID: 16383082
The two authors, the former with a university degree in physics and the latter with a degree in electrical engineering, joined…
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2001
2001
Recent Advances on the Nutritional Effects Associated with the Use of Garlic as a Supplement Intake of Garlic and Its Bioactive Components 1
H. Amagase
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Brenda L. Petesch
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H. Matsuura
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S. Kasuga
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Y. Itakura
2001
Corpus ID: 41455293
The health benefits of garlic likely arise from a wide variety of components, possibly working synergistically. The complex…
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2001
2001
Redox Reactions of and Transformation between Cysteine−Mercury Thiolate and Cystine in Metallothioneins Adsorbed at a Thin Mercury Film Electrode
Fayi Song
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A. Briseno
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Feimeng Zhou
2001
Corpus ID: 33428730
Voltammetric studies of rabbit liver metallothioneins (MTs) adsorbed onto thin mercury films preformed onto glassy carbon…
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2000
2000
Antioxidant activity and other biological effects of flavonoids.
B. Halliwell
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C. Rice-evans
2000
Corpus ID: 86008125
1994
1994
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of DNA minor groove binding agents: the duocarmycins
D. Boger
1994
Corpus ID: 34448819
Abstract
1990
1990
Increase in the content of nitrogenous compounds at lumber surfaces during drying and possible biological effects
J. Boutelje
Wood Science and Technology
1990
Corpus ID: 24559915
SummaryNitrogen contents have been determined at different depths from the surface of dried pine (Pinus sylvestris) and spruce…
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Review
1982
Review
1982
Survey of biological effects of toxicants upon Puget Sound biota. I. Broad-scale toxicity survey
P. Chapman
1982
Corpus ID: 135371379
1975
1975
Ultraviolet laser sounding of the troposphere and lower stratosphere
A. J. Gibson
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L. Thomas
Nature
1975
Corpus ID: 4295742
WE report here measurements made with a ground-based, ultraviolet laser operating in the wavelength range 297–308 nm, which…
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