Predicting lung aging using scRNA-Seq data. by Qi Song, Alex Singh, John E McDonough, Taylor S Adams, Robin Vos, Ruben De Man, Greg Myers, Laurens J Ceulemans, Bart M Vanaudenaerde, Wim A Wuyts, Xiting Yan, Jonas Schupp, James S Hagood, Naftali Kaminski, Ziv Bar-Joseph

“…These representations are then used by PolyEN to integrate genes to predict an age. Existing and new lung aging data we profiled demonstrated PolyEN's improved performance over existing methods for age prediction. …”
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Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Low-Temperature Polysilicon Films for Sensor Applications by Filipa C. Mota, Inês S. Garcia, Aritz Retolaza, Dimitri E. Santos, Patrícia C. Sousa, Diogo E. Aguiam, Rosana A. Dias, Carlos Calaza, Alexandre F. Silva, Filipe S. Alves

“…The mechanical and electrical properties of the poly-Si were experimentally conducted using microfabricated test structures containing piezoresistors formed by poly-Si with different dimensions. …”
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Efficiency Enhancement of Nanoporous Silicon/Polycrystalline-Silicon Solar Cells by Application of Trenched Electrodes by Kuen-Hsien Wu, Chia-Chun Tang

“…Trenched electrodes were proposed to enhance the short-circuit current and conversion efficiency of polycrystalline-silicon (poly-Si) solar cells with nanoporous silicon (NPS) surface layers. …”
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Bioconversion of agricultural waste and its efficient utilization in the hilly ecosystem of Northeast India by D. J. Rajkhowa, A. K. Sarma, P. N. Bhattacharyya, K. Mahanta

“…(with or without poly lining in the pit) was used for the bioconversion process. …”
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Investigation of Contact Properties and Device Performance for Bifacial Double-Side Textured Silicon Solar Cells With Polysilicon Based Passivating Contacts by Pradeep Padhamnath, John Derek D. Arcebal, Sagnik Dasgupta, Gabby De Luna, Ajeet Rohatgi, Armin G. Aberle

“… We investigate the impact of the surface morphology on the contact properties of phosphorus doped poly-Si layers. If the poly-Si layer on a textured surface remains intact after high-temperature metallization using a fire-through (FT) silver (Ag) paste, the J0,metal is not expected to increase significantly while the specific contact resistivity can improve with a textured surface. …”
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Designing Novel Interfaces via Surface Functionalization of Short-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates by S. Vigneswari, J. M. Chai, K. Shantini, K. Bhubalan, A. A. Amirul

“…This review addresses the surface modification on biomedical applications focusing on short-chain-length PHA such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)], poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) [P(3HB-co-3HV)].…”
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Effects of Hydrothermal Treatment and Template Removal on the Adsorption and Structural Properties of SBA-16 Mesoporous Silica by Pasquale F. Fulvio, Bogna E. Grabicka, Rafal M. Grudzien, Mietek Jaroniec

“…These samples were synthesized using the poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer Pluronic F127 as the structure-directing agent and tetraethyl orthosilicate as the silica source in the presence of hydrochloric acid (low concentration) and sodium chloride under various hydrothermal treatment conditions. …”
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Free-standing microcrystals of a fluorescent organic dye: Preparation and spectroscopic study by Mouhammad Abyan, Liliana Bîrlă, Franck Bertorelle, Fernanda Rodrigues, Suzanne Fery-Forgues

“…Suspensions of microcrystals were obtained from an organic fluorescent dye, 4-n-octylamino-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, by reprecipitation in water in the presence of various macromolecules: anionic or cationic PAMAM dendrimer, poly(acrylic acid, sodium salt), poly(acrylamide), and calf thymus DNA. …”
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Electrospun Fibers of Enteric Polymer for Controlled Drug Delivery by Fábia F. P. da Costa, Evando S. Araújo, Marcio L. F. Nascimento, Helinando P. de Oliveira

“…In this work, we have explored the incorporation of additives (block copolymers of poly(ethylene)-b-poly(ethylene oxide)) into matrix of Eudragit L-100 and the effective action of hybrid composites on delivery of nifedipine, providing improvement in the overall process of controlled release of loaded drug.…”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Dielectric Behaviors of 4-Diethanolaminomethyl Styrene and Benzyl Methacrylate Copolymer and Its Metal Complexes by Aslisah Acikses, Fethiye Öksüz

“…The compositions of DEAMSt and BMA in the copolymer by 1H-NMR spectra were determined as 0.49 and 0.51, respectively. Both poly(DEAMSt-co-BMA) and poly(DEAMSt-co-BMA)-Zn complexes were heated up to various temperatures. …”
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Branched PLGA derivatives with tailored drug delivery properties by Snejdrova Eva, Podzimek Stepan, Martiska Juraj, Holas Ondrej, Dittrich Milan

“…Despite several shortcomings such as extreme hydrophobicity, low drug capacity, characteristic triphasic drug release pattern with a high burst effect, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid derivatives are widely used in drug delivery. …”
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CPSF1 inhibition promotes widespread use of intergenic polyadenylation sites and impairs glycolysis in prostate cancer cells by Kiel T. Tietz, Braedan M. McCluskey, Conor R. Miller, Yingming Li, Sarah A. Munro, Scott M. Dehm

“…Evaluating the changes in global poly(A) site usage in prostate cancer cells following CPSF1 knockdown revealed widespread usage of intergenic poly(A) sites distal to annotated 3′ UTRs, which lengthened 3′ UTRs and decreased levels of thousands of mRNAs, including key glycolysis genes. …”
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Assessment of different genotyping markers and algorithms for distinguishing Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence from reinfection in Uganda by Alex Mwesigwa, Monica Golumbeanu, Sam Jones, Sara L. Cantoreggi, Benson Musinguzi, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Everd Maniple Bikaitwoha, Joan N Kalyango, Charles Karamagi, Mateusz Plucinski, Samuel L. Nsobya, Christian Nsanzabana, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika

“…Microsatellites PfPK2 and Poly-α, potentially sensitive to detecting minority clones, are promising replacements for glurp. …”
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Assessment of different genotyping markers and algorithms for distinguishing Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence from reinfection in Uganda. by Mwesigwa, Alex, Golumbeanu, Monica, Jones, Sam, Cantoreggi, L. Sara, Musinguzi, Benson, Nankabirwa, I. Joaniter, Bikaitwoha, Everd Maniple, Kalyango, N. Joan, Karamagi, Charles, Plucinski, Mateusz, Nsobya, L. Samuel, Nsanzabana, Christian, Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline

“…Microsatellites PfPK2 and Poly-α, potentially sensitive to detecting minority clones, are promising replacements for glurp. …”
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Structural and Electrochemical Analysis of PMMA Based Gel Electrolyte Membranes by Chithra M. Mathew, K. Kesavan, S. Rajendran

“…New gel polymer electrolytes containing poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile) and poly(methyl methacrylate) are prepared by solution casting method. …”
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A Simple Method for Patterning Nanoparticles on Planar Surfaces by Getachew Tizazu

“…This paper describes a simple method to pattern nanoparticles on planar surfaces using the antifouling property of poly(ethylene glycol) monolayers deposited from a solution on the native oxide of titanium. …”
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Sulfated Alkyl Glucopyranans with Potent Antiviral Activity Synthesized by Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Anhydroglucose and Alkyl Anhydroglucose Monomers by Shiming Bai, Davaanyam Budragchaa, Shuqin Han, Taisei Kanamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Takashi Yoshida

“…The anti-HIV activity was induced by electrostatic interaction between sulfate groups and amino groups of poly-l-lysine and by the synergistic effect of the hydrophobic long alkyl chain and hydrophilic sulfated group.…”
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Evaluating cutinase from Fusarium oxysporum as a biocatalyst for the degradation of nine synthetic polymer by Maycon Vinicius Damasceno de Oliveira, Gabriel Calandrini, Clauber Henrique Souza da Costa, Carlos Gabriel da Silva de Souza, Cláudio Nahum Alves, José Rogério A. Silva, Anderson H. Lima, Jerônimo Lameira

“…According to our findings, the polymers poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH), poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) can bind to the Cutinase enzyme from F. oxysporum, indicating potential biodegradation activity for these polymers. …”
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Calculated characterisation of a sensitive gas sensor based on PEDOT:PSS by Mokhtar Aarabi, Alireza Salehi, Alireza Kashaninia

“…Abstract The interactions between poly (3,4‐ethylene dioxythiophene) poly (styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and small gas molecules are studied using non‐equilibrium Green's function formalism based on the density functional theory. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Copolymeric Resveratrol Conjugates by Yan-Jing Ng, Heather A. E. Benson, David H. Brown, Yan Chen

“…Novel polymeric methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (mPEG-PCL) RSV conjugates with varying PCL chain lengths have been synthesised and formulated into micelles and/or nanoparticles for preliminary in vitro stability studies. …”
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