Cryogelation of human hair keratins by Chua, Huei Min

“…Nonetheless, conventional methods to translate HHK proteins into meaningful three-dimensional (3D) constructs often require chemical modifications or cross-linking additives. Such processing routes can be complicated and may compromise the resultant biocompatibility of the scaffolds. …”
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Information retrieval and multimodal sentiment analysis for climate change by Duong, Cuc Thi Kim

“…The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has affirmed that human activities persist in elevating the global mean temperature, altering extreme weather patterns like heatwaves, droughts, tropical cyclones, and heavy rainfall. These climatic modifications pose significant economic and social threats if not promptly and effectively addressed. …”
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Evaluation of keratin templates on dermal regeneration of full-thickness burns by Moay, Zi Kuang

“…All in all, HHK foams are capable as dermal substitutes to treat full-thickness burn wounds through promoting earlier angiogenesis in the surrounding tissue, though it would require further modifications to improve its potential of being an ideal dermal substitute.…”
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Development of high-affinity peptide-drug conjugates for investigating the TRIM24 PHD and bromodomain by Platt, MA

“…<p>Tripartite motif-containing protein 24 (TRIM24) is an epigenetic transcriptional regulator involved in reading histone 3 (H3) methylated (KMe_<em>x</em>) and acetylated (KAc) lysine post-translational modifications (PTMs) through an adjacent plant homeodomain-bromodomain (PHD-BRD) cassette, respectively. …”

Studies of insulin transport across intestinal epithelium using nano-encapsulation for oral delivery by Zhang, Yiming

“…The studies of insulin transport across intestinal epithelial cells were investigated from three general areas; interaction of empty liposomes with intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells, cellular interaction and transport of insulin loaded liposomes with appropriated surface modifications across Caco-2 cells, loading of insulin onto surface of liposomes for enhanced transport, improved loading, and sustained release. …”
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Space charge induced beam loss on a high intensity proton synchrotron by Pine, B

“…One such feature is the conformal rectangular vacuum vessel, which takes the shape of the design beam envelope with certain modifications. This vacuum vessel has a complex effect on beam image fields.…”

Information fusion and cooperative control for target search and localization in multi-agent sensor networks by Hu, Jinwen

“…The optimal sensing strategy is further compared with other sensing strategies using different optimization criteria such as the Cramer-Rao lower bound. Possible modifications of the proposed optimal sensing strategy are also discussed. …”
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Reduced semiconductor energy conversion systems. by Zhang, Lei.

“…To gain further improvements, modifications to the basic converter topology must be done, where one possible area is to generate more than two switching levels per phase. …”
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Genetic and molecular characterisation of non-tissue culture adapted influenza B viruses detected in Singapore between 2004-2009 by Muhammad Raihan Jumat

“…SDS-PAGE analysis reveal that both these proteins are modified by the cell and further elucidation is required to determine the kinetics and the function of these modifications. The bulk of the work presented in this thesis revolves around the molecular characterisation of the influenza B NS1 protein. …”
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Human learning principles inspired particle swarm optimization algorithms by Muhammad Rizwan Tanweer

“…The limitations associated with PSO have been extensively studied and different modifications, variations and refinements to PSO have been proposed in the literature for enhancing its performance. …”
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The effects of atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling during tropical cyclone by Garg, Nikhil

“…In addition to the coupling interface, the modelling system also includes several modules and modifications for including effects of processes such as sea spray and ocean currents. …”
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Exploiting LoRaWAN for efficient and resilient IoT networks by Gu, Chaojie

“…Our approach supports the bandwidth-efficient sync-free time stamping and requires no modifications on the LoRaWAN end devices. Extensive real-world experiments based on a testbed deployed in a university campus show the effectiveness of the proposed approach. …”
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Part I : Peptide functionalized materials for gram-negative bacteria targeted PDT and LPS sensing. Part II : Small peptide and membrane lipid based self-assembled nanostructures fo... by Liu, Fang

“…Part II: Small Peptide and Membrane Lipid Based Self-assembled Nanostructures for Controlled Drug/gene Delivery The usage of nanoscale materials may greatly facilitate the development of novel therapeutic methods for controllable release of bioactive agents at location of diseases with desired dosage, which has been considered to be of clinical significance to guarantee the curative effect while minimizing the drug resistance and other side effects.8-10 Among the available nanocarriers, the self-assembled nanostructures from highly biocompatible materials (e.g. oligo-peptide, membrane lipids, etc) have been extensively studied due to their unique features of high water content, high drug/gene loading efficiency and promising therapeutic effect.11-13 More importantly, they are naturally biocompatible and biodegradable thus ensuring desirable bio-safety, whereas in terms of inorganic nanoparticle-based delivery systems, additional surface modifications were often required to achieve a good biocompatibility. …”
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Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…fermented and non-fermented wastes) and dried to determine the proximate composition according to Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC, 1995) with some modifications. At the same time, wet samples were used to determine the pH and viable bacteria count. …”
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