WordNet

the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
the combination of ideas into a complex whole (同)synthetic thinking
combine and form a synthesis; "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"
combine so as to form a more complex, product; "his operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony"; "The liver synthesizes vitamins" (同)synthesise

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Effects of clinical pathways for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on patient, professional and systems outcomes: protocol for a systematic review.

Plishka C1, Rotter T2, Kinsman L3, Hansia MR4, Lawal A2, Goodridge D5, Penz E5, Marciniuk DD6.
Systematic reviews.Syst Rev.2016 Aug 11;5(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s13643-016-0311-8.
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory syndrome characterized by progressive, partially reversible airway obstruction and lung hyperinflation. COPD has a substantial burden which is seen in both patient quality of life and healthcare costs. One proposed method of m
PMID 27516179

Tunable construction of multi-shelled hollow carbonate nanospheres and their potential applications.

Ma X1, Zhang X, Yang L, Wang G, Jiang K, Wu G, Cui W, Wei Z.
Nanoscale.Nanoscale.2016 Apr 28;8(16):8687-95. doi: 10.1039/c6nr00866f. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
The development of multi-shelled hollow carbonate nanospheres (MHCN) for biomedical applications is challenging, and has not been reported. In this study, a facile approach is firstly reported to synthesize hierarchically porous MHCN with controllable shell numbers using a novel strategy called laye
PMID 27049523

UV-induced effects on growth, photosynthetic performance and sunscreen contents in different populations of the green alga Klebsormidium fluitans (Streptophyta) from alpine soil crusts.

Kitzing C, Pröschold T, Karsten U.
Microbial ecology.Microb Ecol.2014 Feb;67(2):327-40.
Members of the green algal genus Klebsormidium (Klebsormidiales, Streptophyta) are typical components of biological soil crust communities worldwide, which exert important ecological functions. Klebsormidium fluitans (F. Gay) Lokhorst was isolated from an aeroterrestrial biofilm as well as from four
PMID 24233286