Patients, carers and healthcare providers' perspectives on a patient-owned surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care: a qualitative study by Lo, Joseph Zhiwen, Chong, Bryan, Tan, Elaine, Ooi, Desmond, Liew, Huiling, Hoi, Wai Han, Cho, Yuan Teng, Wu, Kyle, Surendra, Naren Kumar, Mammadova, Maleyka, Nah, Audrey, Goh, Victor, Car, Josip

“…Results: A total of 20 patients, 5 carers and 20 HCPs participated in the qualitative study. …”
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Topological phases with parafermions: theory and blueprints by Alicea, J, Fendley, P

“…First we generalize the intimate connection between the -symmetric Ising quantum spin chain and Majorana fermions to -symmetric chains and parafermions. …”

Stability analysis on reiner-phillippoff hybrid nanofluid flow over a wedge by Iskandar, Waini, Khairum, Hamzah, Najiyah Safwa, Khashi’ie, Nurul Amira, Zainal, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Kasim, Anuar, Mohd Ishak, Pop, Ioan Mihai

“…The findings showed that when the magnitude of the magnetic parameter is increased, skin friction and heat transfer rate both are increased. …”
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An artificial sensory neuron with tactile perceptual learning by Wan, Changjin, Chen, Geng, Fu, Yangming, Wang, Ming, Matsuhisa, Naoji, Pan, Shaowu, Pan, Liang, Yang, Hui, Wan, Qing, Zhu, Liqiang, Chen, Xiaodong

“…Sensory neurons within skin form an interface between the external physical reality and the inner tactile perception. …”
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Synbion and United Agarwood Planters, Inc. seal agreement to develop the Agarwood industry with new discovery products by Naqiah, Puaad

“…KUALA LUMPUR, 12 September 2024 – UMPSA Holdings Sdn. Bhd.’s spin-off company, Synbion, and United Agarwood Planters, Inc. …”
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Nano-engineering the evolution of skyrmion crystal in synthetic antiferromagnets by Ma, Mangyuan, Huang, Ke, Li, Yong, Li, Sihua, Feng, Qiyuan, Ang, Calvin Ching Ian, Jin, Tianli, Lu, Yalin, Lu, Qingyou, Lew, Wen Siang, Ma, Fusheng, Wang, Renshaw Xiao

“…Moreover, when the bottom layer thickness increases, the annihilation of skyrmion shifts from evolving into a ferromagnetic spin texture to evolving into an antiferromagnetic spin texture. …”
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The HOME Core outcome set for clinical trials of atopic dermatitis by Williams, Hywel C., Schmitt, Jochen, Thomas, Kim S., Spuls, Phyllis I., Simpson, Eric L., Apfelbacher, Christian, Chalmers, Joanne R., Furue, Masutaka, Katoh, Norito, Gerbens, Louise A. A., Leshem, Yael A., Howells, Laura, Singh, Jasvinder A., Boers, Maarten

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System dynamics of human body thermal regulation in outdoor environments by Melnikov, Valentin, Krzhizhanovskaya, Valeria V., Lees, Michael H., Sloot, Peter M. A.

“…We propose a modification of the skin blood flow model which, while keeping realistic values and responsiveness, improves skin temperature prediction nearly fourfold. …”
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Structure and dynamics of magnetic domain walls in multi-sublattice magnetic oxides by Huang, Siying

“…Spintronics is a study that lies at the intersection of magnetics and electronics, which makes use of the electron spin in solid-state devices for data storage and manipulation. …”
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Orbital stability in a classical pilot-wave system by Liu, Nicholas Z.

“…We then consider the effect of weak external forces on spin states, circular orbits arising in the absence of external forces, and show that the destabilisation of spin states depends in a complex manner on the type of external force applied. …”
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Microneedles and micropump for drug delivery applications by Teo, Melissa Ai Ling

“…In vitro experiments using isolated rat's skin demonstrated that these arrays enhance drug permeability by 10-20 times with the amount of enhancement depending on the microneedle diameter. …”
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Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters by Zhang, Kaixi, Du, Yu, Si, Zhangyong, Liu, Yang, Turvey, Michelle E., Raju, Cheerlavancha, Keogh, Damien, Ruan, Lin, Jothy, Subramanion Lachumy, Reghu, Sheethal, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, De, Partha Pratim, Ng, Oon Tek, Mediavilla, José R., Kreiswirth, Barry N., Chi, Robin Yonggui, Ren, Jinghua, Tam, Kam C., Liu, Xue-Wei, Duan, Hongwei, Zhu, Yabin, Mu, Yuguang, Hammond, Paula T., Bazan, Guillermo C., Pethe, Kevin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…Its antibacterial activity is superior to that of vancomycin in MRSA mouse and human ex vivo skin infection models, with no acute in vivo toxicity in repeated dosing in mice at above therapeutic levels. …”
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Purification of miraculin from miracle fruit [Synsepalum dulcifium (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell] by He, Zuxing

“…Content of total anthocyanin in skin was determined using the pH-differential method. …”
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Characterization and structural modification of polysilsesquioxanes for low dielectric constant (k) applications in deep sub-micron devices by Siew, Yong Kong.

“…A preliminary study on the thermal stability of different spin-on dielectrics (SODs) has been conducted and it is found that generally organic SODs exhibited lower thermal stability, both in terms of weight loss and the highest allowable temperature, compared to inorganic SODs. …”
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Development of heating and cooling materials for sports apparel by Thum, Kai Yang

“…Efficiency of the dual-layer pairing is calculated by the difference in temperature of the skin between heating and cooling mode. It was found that the MICA White-Carbon Black and the MICA Red-Carbon Black pairing have the best efficiency in terms of its dual-layer properties by using various test such as the Skin Test as well as the Lamp Test which will be further explained in Section 4 of Experimental Methods. …”
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Study of bioheat transfer and cardiac thermal pulse of aneurysm in the abdominal aortic using computational fluid dynamic and fluid structure interaction by Looi, Jun Cong

“…A CTP and IRT evaluation-based on AAA and abdomen skin surface detection method was proposed respectively. …”
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Sleep monitoring by millimeter wave radar sensor by Ma, Yuchen

“…Currently, there are wearable devices that have sleep monitoring functions, but they may cause skin problems such as allergies on sensitive skin. …”
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A feasibility study on the efficacy of a patient-owned wound surveillance system for diabetic foot ulcer care (ePOWS study) by Lo, Zhiwen Joseph, Harish, Keerthi B., Tan, Elaine, Zhu, Julia, Chan, Shaun, Liew, Huiling, Hoi, Wai Han, Liang, Shanying, Cho, Yuan Teng, Koo, Hui Y., Wu, Kyle, Car, Josip

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Vein identification for forensic investigation by Zhang Hengyi

“…For evaluation of the proposed algorithms, we have developed a skin image collection system capturing both color and NIR images from 328 individuals. …”
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Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a novel anti-microbial peptide produced by T cells in response to staphylococcal enterotoxin by Woetmann, Anders, Alhede, Morten, Dabelsteen, Sally, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Rybtke, Morten, Nastasi, Claudia, Krejsgaard, Thorbjørn, Andersen, Mads Hald, Bonefeld, Charlotte M., Geisler, Carsten, Givskov, Michael, Odum, Niels

“…Here we show that (i) skin T cells in chronic wounds infected with S. aureus express interleukin-26 (IL-26) in situ, (ii) staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) trigger IL-26 expression in T cell lines and primary skin T cells, and (iii) IL-26 triggers death and inhibits biofilm formation and growth of S. aureus. …”
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