Atherogenesis and plaque rupture, surface/interface-related phenomena by Siegel, G., Berkholz, J., Klüßendorf, D., Knosalla, C., Zakrzewicz, A., Ermilov, E., Malmsten, M., Lindman, Bjorn

“…TGFβ furthers also calcification, so that fibrous cap tensile strength and resistance to shear stress are imparted. …”
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Modeling of Mechanical Stress Exerted by Cholesterol Crystallization on Atherosclerotic Plaques by Luo, Yuemei, Cui, Dongyao, Yu, Xiaojun, Chen, Si, Liu, Xinyu, Tang, Hongying, Wang, Xianghong, Liu, Linbo

“…The results demonstrate that (1) the peak circumference stress is proportionally dependent on the cholesterol crystal growth; (2) cholesterol crystals at the cap shoulder impose the highest peak circumference stress; and (3) spatial distributions of cholesterol crystals have a significant impact on the peak circumference stress: evenly distributed cholesterol crystals exert less peak circumferential stress on the cap than concentrated crystals.…”
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Addition of macrolide antibiotics for hospital treatment of community-acquired pneumonia by Wei, J, Walker, S, Eyre, D

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> At a population level, the addition of macrolides was not associated with improved clinical outcomes for CAP patients. The potential advantages of combining macrolides with a β-lactam antibiotic in CAP treatment should be balanced against the risks of adverse effects and antimicrobial resistance.…”

Semiconducting photothermal nanoagonist for remote-controlled specific cancer therapy by Zhen, Xu, Xie, Chen, Jiang, Yuyan, Ai, Xiangzhao, Xing, Bengang, Pu, Kanyi

“…Multiple transient activation of TRPV1 channels is essential to induce such a cell death both in vitro and in vivo because both free Cap and simple Cap-encapsulated nanoparticles fail to do so. …”
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Reactive sites for chiral selective growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes: a DFT study of Ni55–Cn complexes by Wang, Qiang, Wang, Hong, Wei, Li, Yang, Shuo-Wang, Chen, Yuan

“…The frontier orbitals of the (6,5) and (7,5) caps are localized on their kink-step sites, which stretch outward from the carbon cap surface, having typical 2pz orbital feature of carbon atom with high reactivity. …”
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No evidence of difference in mortality with amoxicillin versus co-amoxiclav for hospital treatment of community-acquired pneumonia by Wei, J, Uppal, A, Nganjimi, C, Warr, H, Ibrahim, Y, Gu, Q, Yuan, H, Rahman, N, Jones, N, Walker, S, Eyre, D

“…<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> Current guidelines recommend broad-spectrum antibiotics for high-severity community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), potentially contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …”

Validation of wearable inertial sensors for spinal motion assessment by Tan, Crljen Yong Ming

“…However, the IMU’s accuracy differs greatly from that of the MoCap System.…”
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Flame-made calcium phosphate nanoparticles with high drug loading for delivery of biologics by Tsikourkitoudi, Vasiliki, Karlsson, Jens, Merkl, Padryk, Loh, Edmund, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Sotiriou, Georgios A.

“…Moreover, it is shown that CaP nanoparticles protect LL-37 from proteolysis in vitro. …”
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Phase extraction from electronic speckle patterns by statistical analysis by Tay, Cho Jui, Quan, Chenggen, Chen, Lujie, Fu, Yu

“…Subsequently, a phase map wrapped in [0,π) is extracted. In order to obtain a standard 2π wrapped phase map, an initial one step phase shift is introduced. …”
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One-pot encapsulation of luminescent quantum dots synthesized in aqueous solution by amphiphilic polymers by Yuwen, Lihui, Bao, Biqing, Liu, Ge, Tian, Jing, Lu, Haoting, Luo, Zhimin, Zhu, Xingrong, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Zhang, Hua, Wang, Lianhui

“…Furthermore, the photostability of the amphiphilic polymer-coated QDs is much better than that of the synthesized QDs capped with MPA.…”
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Numerical investigations on vortex-ring collisions with heated sphere by Hoong, Jun Fong

“…Due to the opposite vorticity between secondary/tertiary ring with primary vortex ring, the secondary/tertiary hairpin vortices wrap around the primary vortex ring, initiating azimuthal stability and leads to the breakdown to turbulence. …”
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Evaluation of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act Singapore : a legal and social perspective. by Chiong, Suet Chee., Koh, Yilan., Ng, Edwin Weng Wee.

“…The development of the Act is traced and a detailed evaluation of specific areas of the Act such as the three day cooling-off period and the $20,000 cap on claims, among others is also done.…”
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Correlated barrier hopping and ionic conduction mechanism in glycolic acid-doped alginate-PVA biopolymer electrolytes by N. M., Ghazali, Ahmad Salihin, Samsudin

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Bioinspired hierarchical composites by Kathirvel Periasamy

“…We crosslinked gelatin with tannic acid to achieve the self-healing property and added calcium phosphate (CaP) microplatelets to the polymer matrix. Alignment of the CaP platelets in the gel matrix is needed for anisotropic mechanical properties in the composite. …”
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Structural characterization of the full-length Hantaan virus polymerase by Keown, JR, Carrique, L, Nilsson-Payant, BE, Fodor, E, Grimes, JM

“…The full-length polymerase structure depicts the location of the cap binding and C-terminal domains which are arranged in a conformation that is incompatible with transcription and in a novel conformation not observed in previous conformations of cap-snatching viral polymerases. …”

A 9.87 nW 1 kS/s 8.7 ENOB SAR ADC for implantable epileptic seizure detection microsystems by Do, Anh Tuan, Lam, Chun Kit, Tan, Yung Sern, Yeo, Kiat Seng, Cheong, Jia Hao, Yao, Lei, Tan, Meng Tong, Je, Minkyu

“…A latched comparator is used to quickly generate the comparison results while consuming no DC current. Split-cap architecture with an attenuation cap is used to minimize area and to further reduce the power consumption. …”
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No One Wants To Be A Parasitologist: The Shrinking Field of America's Least Favorite Animals by Richter, Hannah

“…Parasites have a bad rap. Most people think of them as scary, gross, or both, but they are also diverse creatures that have evolved in and on every animal and ecosystem on the planet. …”
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Ligand effect on switching the rate-determining step of water oxidation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters by Liu, Zhihe, Tan, Hua, Li, Bo, Hu, Zehua, Jiang, De-en, Yao, Qiaofeng, Wang, Lei, Xie, Jianping

“…Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different ligands (i.e., para-mercaptobenzoic acid, 6-mercaptohexanoic acid, and homocysteine) as paradigm electrocatalysts to demonstrate oxygen evolution reaction rate-determining step switching through ligand engineering. Au25 nanoclusters capped by para-mercaptobenzoic acid exhibit a better performance with nearly 4 times higher than that of Au25 NCs capped by other two ligands. …”
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Pressure independent index for arterial pulse waveform by Ho, Clement Wei En.

“…However, the best parametric representation with regards to age was still CAP. The ∆A* (ABS) shows good potential and can be further explored by addressing the limitations and building on the recommendations mentioned in this report.…”
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The formation of a carbon nanotube–graphene oxide core–shell structure and its possible applications by Dong, Xiaochen, Xing, Guichuan, Chan-Park, Mary B., Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Wang, Jing, Yan, Qingyu, Sum, Tze Chien, Huang, Wei, Chen, Peng

“…Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and electrical characterization suggest that SWCNTs are completely wrapped by GO nano-sheets. The spontaneous formation of such a core–shell structure is due to the strong pi–pi stacking interaction between the two materials. …”
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