Cefalexin-immobilized multi-walled carbon nanotubes show strong antimicrobial and anti-adhesion properties by Qi, Xiaobao, Gunawan, Poernomo, Xu, Rong, Chang, Matthew Wook

“…In this report, we demonstrate that the covalent immobilization of the antibiotic cefalexin via poly(ethylene glycol) as a linking agent improves the antimicrobial and anti-adhesive properties of MWNTs against both Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis). …”
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Strategies for managing alcohol intake and refusing offers of alcoholic drinks by Conroy, Dom, de Visser, Richard O.

“…In this chapter we first consider psychological components linked to managing alcohol intake and to refusing alcoholic drinks. …”
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Bridging science and accessibility: a tactile journey from gluten through to coeliac disease by Henneken, LM, Loh, TJ, Ciacchi, L, Ciacchi, L, Lim, J-J, Reid, HH, Tye‐Din, JA

“…In contrast to the common misconception of coeliac disease as a food allergy, our exhibits revealed its closer association with autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, involving genetic susceptibility linked to specific human leukocyte antigens, crucial antigen-specific T- and B-cell responses and autoantibody production. …”

Community detection on directed networks with missing edges by Pedreschi, N, Lambiotte, R, Bovet, A

“…In this work, we extend the recently developed Flow Stability framework, originally designed for detecting communities in time-varying networks, to address the problem of community detection in weighted, directed networks with missing links. Our approach leverages known uncertainty levels in nodes' out-degrees to enhance the robustness of community detection. …”

Entangled entitlements and Shuar tsantsa (shrunken heads) by Van Broekhoven, LNK

“…Newly installed interpretation replaced the original case display, to allow visitors to consider the problematic past academic practices of physical anthropology, its relationship to race science and how those are linked to racist ideas about superiority and inferiority that shape our present today. …”

Assessing the Islamic State’s commitment to attacking the West by Hegghammer, T, Nesser, P

“…We examine IS statements and take stock of IS-related attack plots in Western Europe, North America, and Australia from January 2011 through June 2015 using a new dataset of jihadi plots and a new typology of links between organizations and attackers. IS appears to have had a decentralized attack strategy based on encouraging sympathiser attacks while not mounting centrally directed operations of their own. …”

p53-sensitive epileptic behavior and inflammation in Ft1 hypomorphic mice by Vernì, Fiammetta, Saggio, Isabella, Burla, Romina, La Torre, Mattia, Zanetti, Giorgia, Bastianelli, Alex, Merigliano, Chiara, Del Giudice, Simona, Vercelli, Alessandro, Di Cunto, Ferdinando, Boido, Marina

“…Epilepsy is a complex clinical condition characterized by repeated spontaneous seizures. Seizures have been linked to multiple drivers including DNA damage accumulation. …”
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Counseling The Culturally Diverse : Theory And Practice / by Sue, Derald Wing, author 303141, Sue, David, author 202337, Neville, Helen A., author 234822, Smith, Laura, author 644198, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Readers will also find: Expansive discussions on the implications of numerous subjects for real-world clinical practice; “Reflection and Discussion Questions” that encourage reader engagement, learning, and retention with the concepts discussed within; Access to an instructor’s website that provides PowerPoint decks, exam questions, sample syllabi, and links to other valuable resources. Perfectly suited to researchers and practitioners who work in or study mental health and interact with a racially, ethnically, culturally, or socio-demographically diverse population, Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice also belongs in the libraries of social workers and psychiatrists.…”
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The strategic choice between "standardization" and "differentiation" in R&D by Adachi, Satoru

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Niemann-Pick type c disease: pathogenesis and therapy by Colaco, A

“…We have found unexpected links between NPC and other human diseases - particularly Tangier disease, suggesting that the NPC cellular pathway is more broadly involved in human disease than previously suggested. …”

Amphiphilic Janus magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles: pH-triggered self-assembly and fluorescence modulation by Lu, Derong, Hou, Shuai, Liu, Sheng, Xiong, Qirong, Chen, Yonghao, Duan, Hongwei

“…Furthermore, the coating of well-defined BCP grafts on the gold nanoparticle (AuNP) of the JNPs offers the possibilities to finely tune the interparticle distance and precisely position dye molecules at the gap between neighboring JNPs in the ensembles, and the pH-sensitivity of the BCP allows to control the interparticle distance as a function of pH. …”
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Polarity-driven laminar pattern formation by lateral-inhibition in 2D and 3D bilayer geometries by Moore, JW, Dale, TC, Woolley, TE

“…Fine-grain patterns produced by juxtacrine signalling have previously been studied using static monolayers as cellular domains. …”

Scalable data dissemination protocol for wireless sensor networks by Lu, Haifeng, Foh, Chuan Heng, Cai, Jianfei

“…The results confirm that our solution offers not only efficient and reliable all-to-all data dissemination over lossy wireless links, but also scalability to large networks.…”
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Epstein-Barr viral latent and early antigen serology in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Tan, Timothy Ter Ming.

“…Current methods include detection by indirect immunofluorescence assay which is laborious, subjective and requires highly-trained personnel, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), which can be easily performed by any hospital laboratory.…”
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Protein profile in cells exposed to nonthermal radiofrequency field. by Xu, Lanbing.

“…There were visible changes in relative abundance of Histone 2A and 4, which can be linked to possible DNA damages. However, there were no evidence of changed protein level in metabolic proteins and it is concluded that there is no short term non-thermal effect of radiofrequency field on cells.…”
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Takeover waves and its driving factors : evidence from Singapore. by Chan, Yoke Teng., Seng, Sara Ching Yee., Tan, Bi Rong.

“…The neoclassical theory, which hypothesizes that takeover waves in a particular industry are linked to the various economic, technological, or regulatory shocks that occurred in the industry, has little explanatory power for takeover waves in our study.…”
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Delayed marriage : a life course perspective on the attitudes and perceptions of marriage among young adults in Singapore by Teo, Christine Yi Ting

“…Since marriage and parenthood are inextricably linked in Singapore society, sociologists suggest that apart from studying the limits of policy, it is also crucial to understand the shift towards delayed marriage and singlehood. …”
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Development of database management system for underground cavern construction by Lim, Li Wei

“…The data collected would be used to develop the databases through Structured Query Language(SQL) and thereafter linking it to Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) for creation of a search engine. …”
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The internet in Indonesia : development and impact of radical websites by Yang, Jennifer Hui

“…However, the impact of certain activities such as cyber terrorism must then be examined in perspective, given the vast expanse of Indonesia as an archipelago and the resulting difficulties in linking the entire country to the Internet. This paper seeks to trace the development of the Internet in Indonesia and examine the resulting impact on the reach of the radical Bahasa Indonesia Islamic websites in the Indonesian Archipelago and beyond. …”
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Tribochemical Characterization and Tribocorrosive Behavior of CoCrMo Alloys: A Review by Toh, Wei Quan, Tan, Xipeng, Bhowmik, Ayan, Liu, Erjia, Tor, Shu Beng

“…This has also led to a relatively new research area that links tribology and corrosion together. This article aims at reviewing the commonly used tribochemical methods adopted in the analysis of tribocorrosion and putting forward some of the models and environmental factors affecting the tribocorrosive behavior of CoCrMo alloys, a widely-used class of biomaterial for orthopedic implants.…”
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