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Evonik Goldschmidt Article FINAL 2008:Basf Sunscreen Article

In acne different pathogenetic factors contribute to the inflammation process, defect in keratinisation, increased sebaceous gland activity and increased colonisation of Propionibacterium acnes. The results of in vitro and in vivo studies confirm the previous reports on strong anti-microbial effectiveness of phytosphingosine in vitro and in vivo. In addition, phytosphingosine shows excellent cl...

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Class III Semaphorins (SEMA3) comprise a family of chemokines that have been implicated as negative regulators of axonal guidance, angiogenesis and tumor progression. It has been demonstrated previously that one SEMA3, SEMA3F, may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of cancer. When transfected with SEMA3F, the highly metastatic human melanoma cell line A375SM was found to exhibit a high...

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Land cover, vegetation green leaf area index (LAI) and the fraction of incident photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR) govern the exchange of energy, momentum and mass (water and carbon dioxide, for example) between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere. These variables are operationally derived from measurements of the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) abo...

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Biological mixtures comprised of multiple individuals’ tissues or bodily fluids are commonly encountered and gathered during crime scene evidence collection. Sexual assault samples are one such mixture, usually comprised of epithelial cells and sperm. Sexual assault mixtures may contain a large amount of non-sperm cells in comparison to sperm cells. In such instances, it is imperative to separa...

Optimization Models for Restructuring BASF North America's Distribution System