Optimised “green solvent” extraction of long-chain menaquinones (Vitamin K2) from wet Lactococcus lactis biomass by Lee, Sze Ying, Hu, Xiao, Stuckey, David C.

“…Enhanced extraction was achieved using microwave-assisted extraction at an elevated temperature of 125 °C for 5 min, with a 1.15- and 1.2-fold increase in menaquinone-7 and menaquinone-8 yields, respectively. …”
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Efficient water disinfection against antibiotic-resistant bacteria by visible-light heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like process with atomically dispersed Cu on graphitic carbon nitride... by Liu, Hang, Wang, Tianyi, Liu, Sixiao, Zhou, Xiaoyu, Zhang, Lei, Sun, Yi, Hu, Yongfeng, Sharouri, Mohsen, Zhang, Yu, Teng, Zhenyuan, Zhang, Xiuyun, Wang, Guoxiu, Wang, Chengyin

“…Results show a 7-log bacterial inactivation of antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii within 8 min, surpassing prior photocatalytic-Fenton-like disinfection systems. …”
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Graphene-loaded nickel−vanadium bimetal oxides as hydrogen pumps to boost solid-state hydrogen storage kinetic performance of magnesium hydride by Gao, Dong-qiang, Wu, Fu-ying, Zhang, Zhi, Lu, Zi-chuan, Zhou, Ren, Zhao, Hu, Zhang, Liuting

“….% Ni3V2O8-rGO was achieved at 125 °C in 10 min, while the dehydrogenated MgH2 took 60 min to absorb only 4.6 wt.% H2 at 215 °C. …”
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N6-Methyladenosine: a conformational marker that regulates the substrate specificity of human demethylases FTO and ALKBH5 by Zou, Shui, Toh, Joel D. W., Wong, Kendra H. Q., Gao, Yong-Gui, Hong, Wanjin, Woon, Esther C. Y.

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Hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha up-regulates CD70 under hypoxia and enhances anchorage-independent growth and aggressiveness in cancer cells by Kitajima, Shojiro, Lee, Kian Leong, Fujioka, Masaki, Sun, Wendi, You, Jia, Chia, Grace Sushin, Wanibuchi, Hideki, Tomita, Shuhei, Araki, Marito, Kato, Hiroyuki, Poellinger, Lorenz

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Ligand substitutions between ruthenium–cymene compounds can control protein versus DNA targeting and anticancer activity by Davey, Curt Alexander, Adhireksan, Zenita, Davey, Gabriela E., Campomanes, Pablo, Groessl, Michael, Clavel, Catherine M., Yu, Haojie, Nazarov, Alexey A., Yeo, Charmian Hui Fang, Ang, Wee Han, Dröge, Peter, Rothlisberger, Ursula, Dyson, Paul J.

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Extraction, purification and characterization of amylase enzyme from white pitaya (Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) britton & rose) peel using aqueous two- phase system by Shad, Zahra

“…It was found that optimum condition for amylase extraction was with sodium phosphate buffer pH 6 and buffer to sample ratio of (1:4) for 2 min which yielded the enzyme with specific activity of 5.89 U/mg. …”
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Dimensions of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in differential outcomes related to perfectionism. by Lee, Kit Ying.

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Chiral secondary amine catalyzed asymmetric cascade reactions by Dai, Lu

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Build-A-Bae : interrogating female stereotypes in Singapore by Ming Rui, Lee

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Percy Manning’s archaeological survey of Oxfordshire by Roberts, A

Thermal stability of trypsin inhibitor activity in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) by Tan, Nget Hong, Wong, Kai Choo

“…Prolonged cooking (45–60 min) of the whole bean was required to reduce the TIA substantially. …”

Polyphenoloxidase from guava (Psidium guajava L.) by Augustin, M.A., Ghazali, Hasanah M., Hashim, Hasimah

“…Heat inactivation studies showed that heating for 1.1, 3.5, and 10.1 min at 75, 65 and 55°C respectively caused a 50% loss in enzymic activity. …”

Application of in vitro erythropoiesis from bone marrow derived progenitors to detect and study genotoxicity by Shuga, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis)

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A tandem-locked chemiluminescent probe for imaging of tumor-associated macrophage polarization by Huang, Jingsheng, Xu, Mengke, Cheng, Penghui, Yu, Jie, Wu, Jiayan, Pu, Kanyi

“…Thus, DPDGN permits noninvasive imaging and tracking of M1 TAM in the tumor of living mice during R837 treatment, showing a good correlation with ex vivo methods. …”
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Osteoprotegerin mediates adipogenesis in obesity by Lyu, Zipan, Chan, Yau-Tuen, Lu, Yuanjun, Lam, Tsz Fung, Wu, Xingyao, Wu, Junyu, Xu, Lin, Yang, Wei, Zhang, Cheng, Zhong, Linda Lidan, Wang, Ning

“…Targeted silencing of OPG suppressed obesity development, while recombinant OPG administration promoted disease progression and insulin resistance in obese mice. Electroacupuncture treatment suppressed obesity development in an OPG-dependent manner and improved obesity parameters in obese human participants. …”
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Identification and characterisation of novel human dendritic cell progenitors by See, Peter Chi Ee

“…Currently, there are limited genetic lineage fate mapping mice models available to track the development of DCs in steady state and inflammation. …”
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Novel nitric oxide donors for the dispersal and control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Poh, Wee Han

“…Preliminary assessment of one lead compound, DEACP, in a mouse implant model of biofilm infection also suggested that dispersal may lead to poor prognosis, as higher bacterial counts were retrieved from spleen samples of mice in NO-treated groups as a consequence of dispersal. …”
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Characterization and gene expression analysis of the cir multi-gene family of plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi (AS) by Lawton, Jennifer, Brugat, Thibaut, Yan, Yam Xue, Reid, Adam James, Böhme, Ulrike, Otto, Thomas Dan, Pain, Arnab, Jackson, Andrew, Berriman, Matthew, Cunningham, Deirdre, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Langhorne, Jean

“…P. chabaudi causes chronic infection in mice, which may be due to antigenic variation. In this model, pir genes are called cirs and may be involved in this mechanism, allowing evasion of host immune responses. …”
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Studies on the physicochemical, biomechanical and biological properties of novel decellularized bovine scaffold for bone regeneration by Qabbani, Ali Abdul Qader Hameed Al

“…In Phase II, the immuno-compatibility of DMB and DCC scaffolds was tested in male Balb/c mice models following peritoneal implantation. The results revealed that DCC scaffolds elicited significantly lower white blood cell counts and systemic inflammation compared to DMB and untreated native bone. …”
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