Edible bird’s nest soup (EBNS) serves as anti-obesity and antilipemic after 6-weeks of supplementation in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed rats by Mohd Noor, Akmal, Abdul Razak, Intan-Shameha, Ajat, Mokrish, Abu Bakar, Md. Zuki, Mansor, Rozaihan, Ideris, Aini

“…Triglycerides (TAG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were measured by taking blood from the lateral coccygeal vein. Subsequently, cardiogenic indices were calculated (LDL/HDL ratio (LHR) and atherogenic index (AI)). …”
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Shape-controlled synthesis and application of one-dimensional cadmium chalcogenide nanocrystals by Xi, Lifei

“…The morphologies of the 1D nanocrystals studied include rods, wires, belts and tubes whose lateral dimensions fall within the 1 to 100 nm range. …”
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An experimental and simulation study of chip transportation behaviour in gundrilling by Tnay, Guan Leong

“…Based on the findings, a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) numerical model was developed to predict the lateral drag forces with respect to the particle Reynolds number. …”
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Superaugmentation and stability augmentation control system for unmanned aerial vehicle by Yasser Abdullah Mahjoub Nogoud

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Nonlinear evolution and acceleration of unstable fuel-lean hydrogen/air flame at normal and cryogenic temperatures by Yang, L, Zhang, T, Wang, Y, Fang, X, Leach, F, Chen, Z

“…Analyses show that long-term dynamics for fuel-lean flames including cell splitting, merging and lateral movement are caused by flow-flame-chemistry interaction. …”

Conformable ultrasound breast patch for deep tissue scanning and imaging by Du, Wenya, Zhang, Lin, Suh, Emma, Lin, Dabin, Marcus, Colin, Ozkan, Lara, Ahuja, Avani, Fernandez, Sara, Shuvo, Ikra Iftekhar, Sadat, David, Liu, Weiguo, Li, Fei, Chandrakasan, Anantha P., Ozmen, Tolga, Dagdeviren, Canan

“…The in vitro studies and clinical trials reveal that the array using a piezoelectric crystal [Yb/Bi-Pb(In <jats:sub>1</jats:sub> <jats:sub>/2</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>1/2</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -Pb(Mg <jats:sub>1/</jats:sub> <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> Nb <jats:sub>2/3</jats:sub> )O <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> -PbTiO <jats:sub>3</jats:sub> ] (Yb/Bi-PIN-PMN-PT) exhibits a sufficient contrast resolution (~3 dB) and axial/lateral resolutions of 0.25/1.0 mm at 30 mm depth, allowing the observation of small cysts (~0.3 cm) in the breast. …”
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Skeletal myotubes expressing ALS mutant SOD1 induce pathogenic changes, impair mitochondrial axonal transport, and trigger motoneuron death by Martínez, Pablo, Silva, Mónica, Abarzúa, Sebastián, Tevy, María F., Jaimovich, Enrique, Constantine-Paton, Martha, Bustos, Fernando J., van Zundert, Brigitte

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of motoneurons (MNs), and despite progress, there is no effective treatment. …”
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Testing, modelling and design of high strength concrete-filled high strength steel tube (HCFHST) stub columns under combined compression and bending by Zhong, Yukai, Sun, Yao, Tan, Kang Hai, Zhao, Ou

“…The combined loading test setup, procedures and results, including the failure loads, load–mid-height lateral deflection curves and failure modes, were reported in detail. …”
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DropLab: an automated magnetic digital microfluidic platform for sample-to-answer point-of-care testing-development and application to quantitative immunodiagnostics by Hu, Xuyang, Gao, Xiangyu, Chen, Songlin, Guo, Jinhong, Zhang, Yi

“…However, existing POCT immunodiagnostics mainly rely on the lateral flow assay (LFA), which has limited sensitivity or quantification capability. …”
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Microfluidic plasma extraction from blood using wash-free pneumatic system by Lin, Yun Jia

“…ExoArc uses spiral inertial microfluidics to sort particles of varying sizes in the blood utilising differential Dean-induced lateral migration. This pneumatic system outperforms syringe pumps in terms of automation and disposability of the chip. …”
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Improved virtual keyboard design for P300-based brain-computer interface by Tay, Abel Ping Liang.

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brainstem stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophies, multiple sclerosis, and numerous other diseases impair the neural pathways that control muscles or impair the muscles themselves. …”
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Emergence of cortical network motifs for short-term memory during learning by Chia, Xin Wei

“…Over learning, while functional connectivity became globally sparse, there emerged a functional subnetwork composed of neurons in anterior lateral motor (ALM) cortex and posterior parietal cortex (PPC). …”
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Comparative study on design of braced excavation systems by Toh, Yan Ting

“…Lastly, in view of the deflection guidelines set by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), the lateral deflection for each of the case studies were verified and the excavation design was modified to meet the deflection requirements. …”
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Triggered slip along the San Andreas fault after the 8 July 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake by Williams, Patrick L., McGill, Sally Fagerson, Sieh, Kerry, Allen, Clarence R., Louie, John N.

“…On Durmid Hill, surface cracks in 1986 were localized along a 200-m-long stretch of the fault spanning the Mecca Beach creepmeter and extending about 150 m to the southeast. Right-lateral displacements on surface cracks in this area were 1.4 to 2.0 mm, smaller than those observed in previous events. …”
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Effectiveness and user experience of nose and throat swabbing techniques for SARS-CoV-2 detection: results from the UK COVID-19 National Testing Programme by Futschik, ME, Kulasegaran-Shylini, R, Blandford, E, Harper, S, Chapman, D, Turek, E, Agrawal, S, Phillips, V, Fordham, H, Chan, L, Kidd, M, Dodgson, A, Klapper, PE, Sudhanva, M, Vipond, R, Hopkins, S, Peto, T, Tunkel, S, Fowler, T

“…Methods: From May 2020 to December 2021, NHSTT conducted a series of service evaluations assessing self-swabbing and assisted swabbing of the nose and throat, and nose only (anterior nares/mid-turbinate) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and lateral flow devices (LFDs), for diagnostic suitability within the COVID-19 National Testing Programme. …”

18F-labelling of new chemotypes for drug discovery by Khotavivattana, T

“…<b>Chapter 2</b> describes a novel silver-mediated ¹⁸F-labelling of Ar-SCF3, Ar OCF3 and Ar-OCF2H, including [¹⁸F]Riluzole, the ¹⁸F labelled version of a drug for treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This work demonstrates that AgOTf can induce halogen exchange nucleophilic ¹⁸F-fluorination under mild reaction conditions with a wide range of substrates. …”

Rheo-PIV of yield-stress fluids in a 3D-printed fractal vane-in-cup geometry by Medina-Bañuelos, Esteban F., Marín-Santibáñez, Benjamín M., Chaparian, Emad, Owens, Crystal E., McKinley, Gareth H., Pérez-González, José

“…By comparing results obtained using the 24-arm fVIC with other conventional geometries, we investigate the effect that the lateral and cross-sectional (shearing/compressing) area of the measuring fixture have on disrupting the κ-Carrageenan gel during its insertion.…”
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"Meta-atomless" architecture based on an irregular continuous fabric of coupling-tuned identical nanopillars enables highly efficient and achromatic metasurfaces by Yaǧcl, H. Bilge, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…This is a paradigm shift in making an achromatic metasurface architecture by weaving identical nanopillars coupled into an irregular lattice laterally constructed via carefully tuned near-field coupling.…”
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An atomtronic experimental setup for engineering quantised circulations by Gan, Koon Siang

“…It is composed of two independent 532nm traps which provide strong vertical confinement to study 2D physics, and lateral trapping that can create highly tunable arbitrary traps. …”
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3D confined jet scour at a wall by Chee, Wei Hong

“…On the other hand, jet diameter, offset height and lateral distance of water jet, and duration of water jet acting against the wall were kept at the critical value determined by Chow (2020). …”
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