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The determination of trace element distributions in coals using sequential chemical leaching—A new approach to an old method by Spears, D.A.

“…Sequential chemical leaching is a long-established method for the determination of the composition of specific fractions in the coal. A British Standard Method…”
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Skeletal Muscle Phospholipid Metabolism Regulates Insulin Sensitivity and Contractile Function by Funai, Katsuhiko, Lodhi, Irfan J, Spears, Larry D, Yin, Li, Song, Haowei, Klein, Samuel, Semenkovich, Clay F

“…Skeletal muscle insulin resistance is an early defect in the development of type 2 diabetes. Lipid overload induces insulin resistance in muscle and alters the…”
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A calcium-dependent protease as a potential therapeutic target for Wolfram syndrome by Lu, Simin, Kanekura, Kohsuke, Hara, Takashi, Mahadevan, Jana, Spears, Larry D., Oslowski, Christine M., Martinez, Rita, Yamazaki-Inoue, Mayu, Toyoda, Masashi, Neilson, Amber, Blanner, Patrick, Brown, Cris M., Semenkovich, Clay F., Marshall, Bess A., Hershey, Tamara, Umezawa, Akihiro, Greer, Peter A., Urano, Fumihiko

“…Wolfram syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by diabetes and neurodegeneration and considered as an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) disease. Despite the…”
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Thallium in coal: Analysis and environmental implications by Antonia López Antón, M., Alan Spears, D., Somoano, Mercedes Díaz, Rosa Martínez Tarazona, M.

“…The ecotoxicological importance of thallium stems from its acute toxicity, the effects of which are as harmful to living organisms as those of lead and…”
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The origin of tonsteins, an overview, and links with seatearths, fireclays and fragmental clay rocks by Spears, D.A.

“…Tonsteins are volcanic ash falls in coal-bearing sequences that have altered to kaolinite. Only in the last twenty years or so has the volcanic origin become…”
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Decreased sarcoplasmic reticulum phospholipids in human skeletal muscle are associated with metabolic syndrome by Adamson, Samantha E., Adak, Sangeeta, Petersen, Max C., Higgins, Dustin, Spears, Larry D., Zhang, Rong Mei, Cedeno, Andrea, McKee, Alexis, Kumar, Aswathi, Singh, Sudhir, Hsu, Fong-Fu, McGill, Janet B., Semenkovich, Clay F.

“…Metabolic syndrome affects more than one in three adults and is associated with increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality…”
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Discovery of Ge-bearing mineral in a Carboniferous coal from the Yuzhou Coalfield, southern part of the North China Basin by Shen, Wenchao, Zhao, Cunliang, Zhang, Jingsen, Arbuzov, SI, Spears, DA

“…This work describes a Ge-bearing mineral in the Carboniferous medium-ash, high-sulfur and low-volatile bituminous coal of the Yuzhou Coalfield, southern part…”
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Targeting Cellular Calcium Homeostasis to Prevent Cytokine-Mediated Beta Cell Death by Clark, Amy L., Kanekura, Kohsuke, Lavagnino, Zeno, Spears, Larry D., Abreu, Damien, Mahadevan, Jana, Yagi, Takuya, Semenkovich, Clay F., Piston, David W., Urano, Fumihiko

“…Pro-inflammatory cytokines are important mediators of islet inflammation, leading to beta cell death in type 1 diabetes. Although alterations in both…”
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Enrichment of thallium in fly ashes in a Spanish circulating fluidized-bed combustion plant by Antonia López-Antón, M., Alan Spears, D., Díaz-Somoano, Mercedes, Diaz, Luis, Rosa Martínez-Tarazona, M.

“…•Thallium behavior in a circulating fluidized bed combustion plant is assessed.•Thallium is mainly retained in the ashes in a circulating fluidized bed…”
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In-Person, Remote, or Hybrid Instruction? A Quality Improvement Assessment of a Six Week Interprofessional Education Pathway Program for Undergraduate Pre-Health Students by McCleary-Gaddy, Asia, Yu, Erica Tengyuan, Spears, Robert D

“…There is an emphasis on increasing the diversity of healthcare providers with the goal of reducing health disparities among racial/ethnic minorities. To…”
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Endothelial ether lipids link the vasculature to blood pressure, behavior, and neurodegeneration by Spears, Larry D., Adak, Sangeeta, Dong, Guifang, Wei, Xiaochao, Spyropoulos, George, Zhang, Qiang, Yin, Li, Feng, Chu, Hu, Donghua, Lodhi, Irfan J., Hsu, Fong-Fu, Rajagopal, Rithwick, Noguchi, Kevin K., Halabi, Carmen M., Brier, Lindsey, Bice, Annie R., Lananna, Brian V., Musiek, Erik S., Avraham, Oshri, Cavalli, Valeria, Holth, Jerrah K., Holtzman, David M., Wozniak, David F., Culver, Joseph P., Semenkovich, Clay F.

“…Vascular disease contributes to neurodegeneration, which is associated with decreased blood pressure in older humans. Plasmalogens, ether phospholipids…”
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The geochemistry of environmentally important trace elements in UK coals, with special reference to the Parkgate coal in the Yorkshire–Nottinghamshire Coalfield, UK by Spears, D.A., Tewalt, S.J.

“…The Parkgate coal of Langsettian age in the Yorkshire–Nottinghamshire coalfield is typical of many coals in the UK in that it has a high sulphur (S) content…”
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Interleukins and Atherosclerosis: A Dysfunctional Family Grows by Spears, Larry D., Razani, Babak, Semenkovich, Clay F.

“…Atherosclerosis is driven by the release of cytokines from macrophages, and the β isoform of interleukin-1 (IL-1β) is a prime suspect in disease progression…”
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ATM and GLUT1-S490 phosphorylation regulate GLUT1 mediated transport in skeletal muscle by Andrisse, Stanley, Patel, Gaytri D, Chen, Joseph E, Webber, Andrea M, Spears, Larry D, Koehler, Rikki M, Robinson-Hill, Rona M, Ching, James K, Jeong, Imju, Fisher, Jonathan S

“…The glucose and dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) transporter GLUT1 contains a phosphorylation site, S490, for ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM). The objective of…”
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Characterization of unburned carbon from ash after bituminous coal and lignite combustion in CFBs by Bartoňová, L., Klika, Z., Spears, D.A.

“…This paper deals with the characterisation of carbon (UC) from bottom ash (BA) and fly ash (FA) samples from two fluidised-bed power stations burning…”
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Phospholamban cardiomyopathy: a Canadian perspective on a unique population by Cheung, C. C., Healey, J. S., Hamilton, R., Spears, D., Gollob, M. H., Mellor, G., Steinberg, C., Sanatani, S., Laksman, Z. W., Krahn, A. D.

“…Introduction Phospholamban cardiomyopathy is an inherited cardiomyopathy, characterised by a defect in regulation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ pump,…”
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Neck Collar Assessment for People Living With Motor Neuron Disease: Are Current Outcome Measures Suitable? by Spears, Samuel D J, Abdulle, Yusuf F, Korovilas, Dionisios, Torii, Ryo, Kalaskar, Deepak M, Sharma, Nikhil

“…A majority of people living with motor neuron disease (MND) experience weakness of the neck and as a result, experience head drop. This exacerbates problems…”
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Thermoelectric quantum-dot superlattices with high ZT by HARMAN, T. C, TAYLOR, P. J, SPEARS, D. L, WALSH, M. P

“…Following the experimentally observed Seebeck coefficient enhancement in PbTe quantum wells in Pb sub(1-x)Eu sub(x)Te/PbTe multiple-quantum-well structures…”
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Geochemistry and origin of elements in some UK coals by Spears, D.A, Zheng, Y

“…Twenty-four UK coals ranging in rank with 4.6%–37.6% volatile matter were analysed for 46 major and trace elements. The samples were obtained from the UK Coal…”
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Arsenic and Selenium Capture by Fly Ashes at Low Temperature by López-Antón, M. Antonia, Díaz-Somoano, Mercedes, Spears, D. Alan, Martínez-Tarazona, M. Rosa

“…Arsenic and selenium compounds may be emitted to the environment during coal conversion processes, although some compounds are retained in the fly ashes, in…”
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