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Mineral Resource of the Month: Niobium Mineral Resource of the Month: Niobium
Niobium, also called columbium, is a transition metal with a very high melting point. It is in greatest demand in industrialized countries, like the United States, because of its defense-related uses in the aerospace, energy and transportation industries. Niobium is used mostly to make high-strength, low-alloy (HSLA) steel and stainless steel. HSLA steels are used in large-diameter pipes...
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John F. Papp
Pumice and Pumicite in 2013 Pumice and Pumicite in 2013
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Robert Crangle
Assessment of mitochondrial DNA damage in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) collected near a mercury-contaminated river Assessment of mitochondrial DNA damage in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) collected near a mercury-contaminated river
Historical discharges of Hg into the South River near the town of Waynesboro, VA, USA, have resulted in persistently elevated Hg concentrations in sediment, surface water, ground water, soil, and wildlife downstream of the discharge site. In the present study, we examined mercury (Hg) levels in in little brown bats ( Myotis lucifugus) from this location and assessed the utility of a non
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Natalie K. Karouna-Renier, Carl White, Christopher R. Perkins, John J. Schmerfeld, David Yates
2013 Industrial Minerals Review: Fire Clay 2013 Industrial Minerals Review: Fire Clay
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Robert L. Virta
Prolactin and teleost ionocytes: new insights into cellular and molecular targets of prolactin in vertebrate epithelia Prolactin and teleost ionocytes: new insights into cellular and molecular targets of prolactin in vertebrate epithelia
The peptide hormone prolactin is a functionally versatile hormone produced by the vertebrate pituitary. Comparative studies over the last six decades have revealed that a conserved function for prolactin across vertebrates is the regulation of ion and water transport in a variety of tissues including those responsible for whole-organism ion homeostasis. In teleost fishes, prolactin was...
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Jason P. Breves, Stephen D. McCormick, Rolf O. Karlstrom