Revealing the role of fluoride-rich battery electrode interphases by operando transmission electron microscopy by Gong, C, Pu, S, Gao, X, Yang, S, Liu, J, Ning, Z, Rees, G, Capone, I, Pi, L, Liu, B, Hartley, G, Fawdon, J, Pasta, M, Grovenor, C, Bruce, P, Robertson, A

“…While fluoride-rich interphases in particular seem beneficial, how they alter the structural dynamics of lithium plating and stripping to promote efficiency remains only partly understood. …”

Exploring the mechanisms of coordinated chick provisioning in the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus by Gillies, N, Tyson, C, Wynn, J, Syposz, M, Vansteenberghe, C, Guilford, TC

“…In our experimental approach, we manipulated the information adults had available to them by supplementarily feeding chicks to alter their begging behaviour. We found no support for the role of physical reunion or indirect cues in the coordination of care in this species. …”

Dynamics of the blood plasma proteome during hyperacute HIV-1 infection by Nazziwa, J, Freyhult, E, Hong, M, Johansson, E, Årman, F, Hare, J, Gounder, K, Rezeli, M, Mohanty, T, Kjellström, S, Kamali, A, Karita, E, Kilembe, W, Price, MA, Kaleebu, P, Allen, S, Hunter, E, Ndung’u, T, Gilmour, J, Rowland-Jones, SL, Sanders, E, Hassan, AS, Esbjörnsson, J

“…Proteins involved in inflammatory responses, immune regulation, and cell motility are significantly altered during the transition from pre-infection to one month post-infection. …”

Immune correlates of early clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among tuberculosis household contacts in Indonesia by Setiabudiawan, TP, Apriani, L, Verrall, AJ, Utami, F, Schneider, M, Indrati, AR, Halim, PP, Kaplonek, P, Malca, H, Lee, JS, Moorlag, SJCFM, de Bree, LCJ, Mourits, VP, Joosten, LAB, Netea, MG, Alisjahbana, B, McNamara, RP, Alter, G, van Laarhoven, A, Ussher, JE, Sharples, K, Koeken, VACM, Hill, PC, van Crevel, R

“…In heavily exposed Indonesian tuberculosis household contacts (n = 1347), a persistently IGRA negative status was associated with presence of a BCG scar, and - especially among those with a BCG scar - with altered innate immune cells dynamics, higher heterologous (Escherichia coli-induced) proinflammatory cytokine production, and higher inflammatory proteins in the IGRA mitogen tube. …”

Effect of cooking method on the physicochemical properties of tomatoes by Arnida Hani Teh, Teo, Wan Ting

“…The cooking process influences the chemical and physical changes in food due to the increase in temperature. It also alters the appearance, taste, color, and texture of food either positively or negatively. …”
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From Zebrafish to humans: in silico comparative study of RAD50 sequences by Nahid Khalili, Ahmed Najm, Mahmood, Ibrahim, Douglas, Law, Chyan, Leong Ng, Ahmad Azfaralariff, Shazrul Fazry

“…Improper repair of DSBs can result in chromosomal alterations, oncogenic changes, or cell demise. The MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex plays a crucial role in DNA repair and signaling under the Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) kinase regulation. …”
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Immobilization of lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus and its Glycerolysis ability in diacylglycerol preparation by Xie, Rui, Lee, Yee Ying, Xie, Pengkai, Tan, Chin Ping

“…Additionally, the changes during the repeated use of the immobilized lipase were characterized, showing that mechanical damage, lipase leakage, and alterations in the secondary structure of the lipase protein contributed to the decline in catalytic activity over time. …”
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Actuated tissue engineered muscle grafts restore functional mobility after volumetric muscle loss by Rousseau, Erin, Raman, Ritu, Tamir, Tigist, Bu, Angel, Srinivasan, Shriya, Lynch, Naomi, Langer, Robert, White, Forest M., Cima, Michael J.

“…Furthermore, we conduct phosphoproteomic analysis of actuated engineered muscle in vivo and in vitro to show that repeated muscle contraction alters signaling pathways that play key roles in skeletal muscle contractility, adaptation to injury, neurite growth, neuromuscular synapse formation, angiogenesis, and cytoskeletal remodeling. …”
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Temporal and spatial characteristics of the Beaufort Sea ambient noise environment by Chen, R., Schmidt, H.

“…In particular, the influx of warm Pacific water, so called the Beaufort Lens, has dramatically altered the level and vertical directionality of ambient noise, creating a low noise zone in the ∼75–250 m depth interval with a noise notch at low grazing angles. …”
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CD1d‐mediated lipid presentation by CD11c+ cells regulates intestinal homeostasis by Sáez de Guinoa, Julia, Jimeno, Rebeca, Gaya, Mauro, Kipling, David, Garzón, María J., Dunn‐Walters, Deborah, Ubeda, Carles, Barral, Patricia

“…These changes in intestinal homeostasis require CD1d expression on DC/macrophage populations as mice with conditional deletion of CD1d on CD11c+ cells exhibit dysbiosis and altered immune homeostasis. These results unveil the importance of CD11c+ cells in controlling lipid‐dependent immunity in the intestinal compartment and reveal an NKT cell–DC crosstalk as a key mechanism for the regulation of gut homeostasis.…”
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Computational design of macrocyclic binders of S100B(ββ): novel peptide theranostics by Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Aronica, Pietro G. A., Nguyen, Thanh Binh, Li, Jianguo, Verma, Chandra Shekhar

“…S100B(ββ) proteins are a family of multifunctional proteins that are present in several tissues and regulate a wide variety of cellular processes. Their altered expression levels have been associated with several human diseases, such as cancer, inflammatory disorders and neurodegenerative conditions, and hence are of interest as a therapeutic target and a biomarker. …”
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The habenula clock influences response to a stressor by Basnakova, Adriana, Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Chia, Joanne Shu Ming, D'Agostino, Giuseppe, Suryadi, Tan, Germaine Jia Hui, Langley, Sarah Raye, Jesuthasan, Suresh

“…This partially inhibited the clock, as shown by changes in per3 expression as well as altered day-night variation in dopamine, serotonin and acetylcholine levels. …”
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Quorum sensing signal autoinducer-2 promotes hydrogen peroxide degradation in water by Gram-positive bacteria by Han, Shuo, Qin, Mengyuan, Wang, Yuqi, Gao, Chao, Niu, Wenfang, Han, Jingjing, Wang, Hailei, Li, Yi

“…We further sought to understand the key mechanism underlying the promotion effect of AI-2 on hydrogen peroxide degradation is that, AI-2 contributed to the resistance of strain Y35 to oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide, and altered membrane permeability of strain Y35 that allowed more hydrogen peroxide to enter bacterial cells and be degraded. …”
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New metallic ordered phase of perovskite CsPbI3 under pressure by Liang, Yongfu, Huang, Xiaoli, Huang, Yanping, Wang, Xin, Li, Fangfei, Wang, Youchun, Tian, Fubo, Liu, Bingbing, Shen, Ze Xiang, Cui, Tian

“…These studies show that pressure can significantly alter the structural and electronic properties of these technologically important perovskites.…”
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Broadband strip-line ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy of soft magnetic CoFeTaZr patterned thin films by Jin, Tian Li, Nongjai, R., Asokan, K., Ghosh, A., Aparnadevi, M., Suri, P., Piramanayagam, S. N., Gupta, Surbhi, Kumar, Durgesh

“…A combination of self-assembly and ion-implantation was employed to locally alter the composition of Co46Fe40Ta9Zr5 thin film in a periodic manner. 20 keV O+ and 60 keV N+ ions were implanted at different doses in order to modify the magnetization dynamic properties of the samples in a controlled fashion. …”
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Effect of accelerated weathering on fire performance and general composition of photovoltaic (PV) back sheets by Mohamed Muhsin Mohamed Baseer Ahamed

“…This suggests that accelerated weathering could influence flame propagation of the PV back sheets, although the quality of data can be improved by using sample with a larger dimension to adhere to current test standards.…”
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Effects of physical stimuli applied via substrate/scaffold on in-vitro culture of mesenchymal stem cells and neurons by Xu, Qinwei

“…In the first part, the mechanical properties of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) were found to be influenced by both the mechanical properties of the substrates that they adhered to and the culture time. The results showed that cells well aligned their mechanical properties according to the substrate stiffness and cell moduli as functions of time displayed non-monotonic trend. …”
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Mental imagery interventions to promote face covering use among UK university students and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Conroy, Dom

“…Understanding links between social cognitive factors relating to beliefs/skills is important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as this can suggest which factors might be targeted via behaviour change interventions to promote adherence to COVID-19 preventative behaviours. In this context, mental imagery exercises—self-directed imagining of an anticipated outcome or processes linked to a defined behaviour/activity—offer a well-evidenced, relatively simple behaviour change intervention. …”
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The biggest challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-related work from home in biomedical fields—world-wide qualitative survey analysis by Bezak, Eva, Carson-Chahhoud, Kristin V., Marcu, Loredana G., Stoeva, Magdalena, Lhotska, Lenka, Barabino, Gilda A., Ibrahim, Fatimah, Kaldoudi, Eleni, Lim, Sierin, Da Silva, Ana Maria Marques, Tan, Peck Ha, Tsapaki, Virginia, Frize, Monique

“…Public policies differed substantially across countries, raising concerns about the adherence to unnecessary restrictions, and similarly, restrictions being not tight enough. …”
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5G System Design : An End to End Perspective / by Lei, Wan, author 643203, Soong, Anthony C. K., author 631505, Jianghua, Liu, author 643205, Yong, Wu, author 643206, Classon, Brian, author 643207, Xiao, Weimin, author 643208, Mazzarese, David, author 643209, Yang, Zhao, author 643210, Saboorian, Tony, author 643211

“…As such, we have significantly altered the first edition to cover the key features standardized in Release-16 including: URLLC, V2X, IIoT, enhanced MIMO, unlicensed access, positioning, power savings and IAB. …”