Enhanced spatial analysis assessing the association between PFAS-contaminated water and cancer incidence: rationale, study design, and methods by Resa M. Jones, Erin R. Kulick, Ryan Snead, Robin Taylor Wilson, John Hughes, Ted Lillys

“…Environmental exposures, such as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and area-level risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic variables), vary for people over time and space. …”
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Establishing a Surgical Procedure for Rhesus Epiretinal Scaffold Implantation with HiPSC-Derived Retinal Progenitors by Ziming Luo, Kang Li, Kaijing Li, Bikun Xian, Ying Liu, Sijing Yang, Chaochao Xu, Zhigang Fan, Shoutao Lu, Haijun Zhang, Jian Ge

“…Retinal progenitors were seeded onto a poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) scaffold. First, the cellular scaffolds were delivered by 18G catheter or retinal forceps into rabbit epiretinal space (n=50). …”
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A thin film optoelectronic photodetector of spherical and linear resonators via one-pot synthesis of Bi(III) oxide/polypyrrole nanocomposite by Fatemah H. Alkallas, Mohamed Rabia, Fedor V. Kusmartsev, Amira Ben Gouider Trabelsi

“…The XRD analysis reveals that the Bi2O3 nanoparticles have a poly-crystalline nature with a crystal size of 40 nm and an optical bandgap of 2.86 eV. …”
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Dummy Template Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Electrochemical Detection of Cardiac Troponin I: A Combined Computational and Experimental Approach by Mohammad Sadegh Sadeghi Googheri, Davide Campagnol, Paolo Ugo, Samira Hozhabr Araghi, Najmeh Karimian

“…Molecular docking identified binding sites on Cyt <i>c</i> and cTnI for poly(o-phenylenediamine) (5PoPD) pentamers. Interactions and binding energies were examined using all-atom molecular dynamics (MDs) simulations and structural interaction fingerprint (SIFt) calculations. …”
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Improving Fast‐Charging Performance of Lithium‐Ion Batteries through Electrode–Electrolyte Interfacial Engineering by Seungwon Kim, Sewon Park, Minjee Kim, Yoonhan Cho, Gumin Kang, Sunghyun Ko, Daebong Yoon, Seungbum Hong, Nam‐Soon Choi

“…The conventional additive vinyl carbonate (VC) generates spatially dense and rigid poly VC species that may not ensure fast Li+ transport across the SEI on the anode. …”
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Ru(II) Complexes Bearing O, O-Chelated Ligands Induced Apoptosis in A549 Cells through the Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway by Jincan Chen, Jie Wang, Yuanyuan Deng, Tao Wang, Tifang Miao, Chengpeng Li, Xianhong Cai, Ying Liu, Justin Henri, Lanmei Chen

“…Further studies revealed that these complexes could induce apoptosis in A549 cells, including activating caspase family proteins and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), reducing Bcl-2/Bax and Bcl-xl/Bad ratio, enhancing cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, triggering DNA damage, decreasing mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and leading cytochrome c release from mitochondria. …”
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Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda Is Urging for Enhancing Global Health Security Through Multisectoral One Health Strategy by Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Ayman Ahmed

“…We recommend exploring cost-effective human and/or animal vaccination mechanisms for RVF, integrating AI-powered drones into dis-ease vectors surveillance and control, and the routine implementation of genomics-enhanced xenosurveillance to monitor changes in pathogens and vectors dynamics in order to inform poli-cymaking and guide the control interventions.…”
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Dexamethasone Provides Effective Immunosuppression for Improved Survival of Retinal Organoids after Epiretinal Transplantation by Bikun Xian, Ziming Luo, Kaijing Li, Kang Li, Mingjun Tang, Runcai Yang, Shoutao Lu, Haijun Zhang, Jian Ge

“…Retinal organoids were then seeded onto poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) scaffolds and implanted into rhesus monkey eyes (including a healthy individual and three monkeys with chronic ocular hypertension (OHT) induction) and subjected to different post-operative immunosuppressant treatments; 8 weeks after the experiment, histological examinations were carried out to assess the success of the different treatments. …”
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Slowly Delivered Icariin/Allogeneic Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Promote the Healing of Calvarial Critical-Size Bone Defects by Tianlin Liu, Xin Zhang, Yuan Luo, Yuanliang Huang, Gang Wu

“…In this study, we developed a 3-dimensional construct by combining icariin (a small-molecule Chinese medicine), allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), and a siliceous mesostructured cellular foams-poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (SMC-PHBHHx) composite scaffold. …”
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Insights into the mechanism of antiproliferative effects of primaquine-cinnamic acid conjugates on MCF-7 cells by Mabeta Peace, Pavić Kristina, Zorc Branka

“…Further, the study showed that the treatment of MCF-7 cells with 1 and 3 resulted in poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage as well as caspase-9 activation, indicating that they induced apoptotic cell death. …”
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High fire frequency in California chaparral reduces postfire shrub regeneration and native plant diversity by Ashley R. Grupenhoff, Hugh D. Safford

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Nonlinear Constitutive Model of High-Temperature Viscoelastic Deformation of Gussasphalt Concrete by Shunxian Zhang, Aimin Sha, Xu Lu, Wen Nie, Weixiong Li, Junjian Yan

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Exogenous dopamine application ameliorates chilling injury and preserves quality of kiwifruit during cold storage by Morteza Soleimani Aghdam, Zeinab Asle-Mohammadi, Amin Ebrahimi, Farhang Razavi

“…By 150 µM dopamine application, higher SUMO E3 ligase (SIZ1) and target of rapamycin (TOR) genes expression accompanied by lower poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) and sucrose non-fermenting 1-related kinase 1 (SnRK1) genes expression was associated with higher salicylic acid, ATP, NADPH and proline accumulation in kiwifruits during storage at 1 °C for 120 days. …”
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The Morphology of Ordered Block Copolymer Patterns as Probed by High Resolution Imaging by D Borah, T Ghoshal, M T Shaw, A Chaudhari, N Petkov, A P Bell, J D Holmes, M A Morris

“…The systems described include symmetric, lamellar forming polystyrene-bpolymethylmethacrylate (PS-b-PMMA), cylinder forming polystyrene-b-polydimethylsiloxane (PS-b-PDMS), as well as lamellar and cylinder forming patterns of polystyreneb- polyethylene oxide (PS-b-PEO) and polystyrene-b-poly- 4-vinylpyridine (PS-b-P4VP). Each of these systems exhibits more complex arrangements than might be first thought. …”
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Autogenous Chin Block Grafts in the Aesthetic Zone: A 20-Year Follow-Up Case Report by Carlo Maiorana, Susanna Ferrario, Pier Paolo Poli, Mattia Manfredini

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Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of 3D-Printed Multiphase Scaffolds Based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces by Josette Vigil, Kailey Lewis, Nicholas Norris, Alp Karakoç, Timothy A. Becker

“…A graphical tool using TPMS functions, namely Schwarz-D (diamond), gyroid, and modified gyroid, was developed and used to design and additively manufacture 3D multiphase scaffold models. A PolyJet, UV-cured 3D-printer system was used to fabricate the various TPMS scaffold models using three polymer materials with high, medium, and low stiffness properties. …”
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Understanding the impact of plasma functionalized MWCNTs on the structure, physicochemical and mechanical properties of PEMA by Omar F. Farag, N. A. M. Eid, Essam M. Abdel‑Fattah

“…Abstract In this study, plasma functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, f-MWCNTs, were incorporated into a poly(ethyl methacrylate), PEMA, polymer matrix at different wt.% (0.005, 0.01, and 0.02 wt.%) to prepare nanocomposite films using the traditional solution casting method. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Diet Tinggi Minyak Sawit terhadap Kadar Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase Darah Tikus Wistar Normal by Yenny Mayang Sari, Susila Sastri, Yustini Alioes

“…Minyak sawit mengandung 50% saturated fatty acid (SFA), 40% mono unsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), 10% poly unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) dan antioksidan seperti vitamin E dan karoten. …”
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Características clínicas de pacientes con Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico, al debut y en recaídas by Dora Montiel Jarolin, Margarita Samudio

“…La forma más frecuente de debut fue la poli-artralgia (55,3%), seguido de nefritis (27,7%). …”
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Self-Inhibiting Modules Can Self-Organize as a Brain of a Robot: A Conjecture by J. Negrete-Martínez

“…The repertoire can be performance-enhanced or increased by modular poly-functionality and/or by addition of new modules. …”
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