UV Filtering of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Effects of Varying the UV Cut-Off upon Cell Performance and Incident Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency by Matthew Carnie, Trystan Watson, David Worsley

“…With current technology, UV filters are essential to ensure long-term dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) stability. Blocking photons, however, will have an obvious effect on device performance and upon its incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE). …”
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MicroRNAs as Haematopoiesis Regulators by Ram Babu Undi, Ravinder Kandi, Ravi Kumar Gutti

“…Evidence shows that miRNAs play an important role in haematopoiesis; for example, myeloid and erythroid differentiation is blocked by the overexpression of miR-15a. miR-221, miR-222, and miR-24 inhibit the erythropoiesis, whereas miR-150 plays a role in B and T cell differentiation. miR-146 and miR-10a are downregulated in megakaryopoiesis. …”
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Structure and function of a near fully-activated intermediate GPCR-Gαβγ complex by Maxine Bi, Xudong Wang, Jinan Wang, Jun Xu, Wenkai Sun, Victor Ayo Adediwura, Yinglong Miao, Yifan Cheng, Libin Ye

“…Guided by a conformational landscape visualized via 19F quantitative NMR and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we determined the structure of an intermediate GPCR-mini-Gαsβγ complex at 2.6 Å using cryo-EM, by blocking its transition to the fully activated complex. …”
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Lipid Peroxidation-Mediated Inflammation Promotes Cell Apoptosis through Activation of NF-κB Pathway in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Cells by Geng Yin, Ying Wang, Xiao-min Cen, Min Yang, Yan Liang, Qi-bing Xie

“…Our results may help to clarify the role of inflammations on RA development and imply that blocking NF-κB activation may be partly beneficial for human RA therapy. …”
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London dispersion forces and steric effects within nanocomposites tune interaction energies and chain conformation by Baode Zhang, Snežana D. Zarić, Sonja S. Zrilić, Iosif Gofman, Barbara Heck, Günter Reiter

“…Aromatic polyimides (PI) and carbon nanotubes (CNT) were chosen as building blocks as two components in the hetero delocalized electron nanostructures. …”
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Environment-assisted quantum transport of excitons in perovskite nanocrystal superlattices by Daria D. Blach, Victoria A. Lumsargis-Roth, Chern Chuang, Daniel E. Clark, Shibin Deng, Olivia F. Williams, Christina W. Li, Jianshu Cao, Libai Huang

“…Our results connect theoretical predictions and experiments using a stochastic Anderson localization model, highlighting perovskite nanocrystals as promising building blocks for quantum materials.…”
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The unique activity of the bone morphogenetic protein TGH4 affects the embryonic development of Trichinella spiralis and the establishment of vaccine protection by Wenjie Shi, Yi Liu, Yan Liu, Xue Bai, Yue Liang, Yaming Yang, Fangwei Wu, Mingyuan Liu, Ning Xu

“…Our findings demonstrate that the TGH4 mutant is an important vaccine candidate antigen that blocks embryonic development, kills larvae, and provides insight into parasite vaccine research.…”
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Multiblock SBP-SAT Methodology of Symmetric Matrix Form of Elastic Wave Equations on Curvilinear Grids by Cheng Sun, Zai-Lin Yang, Guan-Xi-Xi Jiang, Yong Yang

“…Application of this approximation can divide the domain into a multiblock context for calculation, and the interface boundary conditions of blocks can also be used to simulate cracks and other structures. …”
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Purification and identification of anti-inflammatory peptides from sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii) cartilage by Li Yuan, Qian Chu, Bei Yang, Wei Zhang, Quancai Sun, Ruichang Gao

“…MAPK, which is involved in the IL-17 signaling pathway, was further proved to be blocked by downregulating the phosphorylation of p38, extracellular-signal regulated protein kinase (ERK), and c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). …”
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Effect of Lipoxin A4 on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Endothelial Hyperpermeability by Huayan Pang, Pan Yi, Ping Wu, Zhuoya Liu, Zhongjie Liu, Jianming Gong, Hua Hao, Lei Cai, Duyun Ye, Yinping Huang

“…At the same time, LXA4 strongly blocked LPS-triggered reactive oxidative species production, while it promoted the expression of the NF-E2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) protein. …”
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Aptamers: A Feasible Technology in Cancer Immunotherapy by M. M. Soldevilla, H. Villanueva, F. Pastor

“…A variety of aptamers described to date have been shown to be reliable in modulating immune responses against cancer by either blocking or activating immune receptors. Some of them have been conjugated to other molecules to target the immune system and reduce off-target side effects. …”
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Vibration Test and Shock Absorption of Coal Crusher Chambers in Thermal Power Plants (II): Numerical Analysis by Hanquan Yuan, Lihua Zhu, Haoyi Zhou, Dong Jiang, Baoquan Liu, Chunzhu Fan, Liujiu Tang

“…The coal crusher generates large vibrations when crushing coal blocks, which can affect the equipment itself, as well as the safety of the structure. …”
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Influence of Sand Gradation on Volumetric Weigh and Compressive Strength of Pavement Foam Mortar by Basri Doni Rinaldi, Putri Elsa Eka, Adji Bayu Martanto, Hakam Abdul

“…Sand is one of the building blocks of foam mortar. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of the gradation of sand on the resulting physical and mechanical properties of foam mortar (foam concrete). …”
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Experimental Study on Flexural Behaviour of Lightweight Multi-Ribbed Composite Slabs by Wei Huang, Xiang Ma, Bin Luo, Zeliang Li, Yujiao Sun

“…To develop new slabs with light weight and high rigidity as well as meet the requirements of use and facilitate construction, a large-span multi-ribbed composite slab (R-CS) with filled lightweight blocks is proposed based on systematic research. Static tests of the bending behaviour of the four pieces of the R-CS specimens and one ordinary concrete cast-in-place slab were carried out. …”
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Novel Approach to Handling Microfiber-Rich Dye Effluent for Sustainable Water Conservation by R. Dharmaraj, Alagar Karthick, G. K. Arunvivek, S. Gopikumar, V. Mohanavel, M. Ravichandran, Murugesan Bharani

“…The replacement of substances that favor the manufacturing of utility blocks ingredients is unpredictable in modern research. …”
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Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Copolymer/Crude Gossypol Compositions as Pour Point Depressants for Waxy Oil by Bekaidar T. Marenov, Kazim S. Nadirov, Manap K. Zhantasov, Rashid K. Nadirov

“…Wax deposition from crude oil that blocks the pipeline and increases the viscosity of the fluid is considered as a serious challenge for petroleum transportation. …”
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of new tri-heterocyclic derivatives as anti-colorectal cancer agents by Benjamin Victoir, Océane Pertegaz, Elfi Ducrocq, Marion Polomski, Maxime Guéguinou, William Raoul, Cécile Croix, Gildas Prié

“…In particular, compound 1b blocked the growth of colorectal cancer cells at sub-micromolar concentrations, thus represents a promising lead compound in the fight against colorectal cancer.…”
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A Reconfigurable Systolic Array Architecture for Multicarrier Wireless and Multirate Applications by H. Ho, V. Szwarc, T. Kwasniewski

“…The RSA consists of coarse-grained processing elements that can be configured as complex DSP functions that are the basic building blocks of Polyphase-FIR filters, phase shifters, DFTs, and Polyphase-DFT circuits. …”
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Positive Macroscopic Approximation for Fast Attribute Reduction by Zheng-Cai Lu, Zheng Qin, Qiao Jing, Lai-Xiang Shan

“…This paper proposes a novel model called macroscopic approximation, considering all the target concepts as an indivisible whole to be approximated by rough set boundary region derived from inconsistent tolerance blocks, as well as an efficient approximation framework called positive macroscopic approximation (PMA), addressing macroscopic approximations with respect to a series of attribute subsets. …”
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Applications of Healthcare Robots in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shruti Raje, Nikunj Reddy, Houssem Jerbi, Princy Randhawa, Georgios Tsaramirsis, Nikhil Vivek Shrivas, Athanasia Pavlopoulou, Miloš Stojmenović, Dimitris Piromalis

“…The results obtained from this study reveal that the implementation of robotics into the healthcare field has a substantial effect in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as it blocks coronavirus propagation between patients and healthcare workers, along with other advantages such as disinfection or cleaning.…”
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