Tracing RNA biography: in situ transcriptome profiling by novel spatial omics technologies by Ren, Jingyi (Rena)

“…Applying these technologies, I’ve profiled spatial, temporal and single-molecule information of RNA and single cells at the transcriptomic and translational levels in a range of biological systems, including iPSCs, primary skin cells and intact brain tissues. Specifically, I’ve focused on quantifying key steps in the mRNA life cycle in their spatial context, including RNA synthesis, nuclear export, translation, cytoplasmic translocation, and degradation. …”
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Engineering bunched Pt-Ni alloy nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction in practical fuel cells by Tian, Xinlong, Zhao, Xiao, Su, Ya-Qiong, Wang, Lijuan, Wang, Hongming, Dang, Dai, Chi, Bin, Liu, Hongfang, Hensen, Emiel J. M., Lou, David Xiong Wen, Xia, Bao Yu

“…We report one-dimensional bunched platinum-nickel (Pt-Ni) alloy nanocages with a Pt-skin structure for the oxygen reduction reaction that display high mass activity (3.52 amperes per milligram platinum) and specific activity (5.16 milliamperes per square centimeter platinum), or nearly 17 and 14 times higher as compared with a commercial platinum on carbon (Pt/C) catalyst. …”
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Lancing drug reservoirs into subcutaneous fat to combat obesity and associated metabolic diseases by Than, Aung, Duong, Phan Khanh, Zan, Ping, Liu, Junjie, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Chen, Peng

“…Specifically, ultrathin, core-shelled, and lance-shaped polymeric drug reservoirs (micro-lances [MLs]) are readily fabricated by a thermal pressing molding method and totally implanted into subcutaneous fat by lancing through the skin. Using a diet-induced obese mouse model, it is shown that the development of obesity and associated metabolic disorders is effectively inhibited by applying therapeutic core-shelled MLs once every 2 weeks. …”
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Topological phenomena at defects in acoustic, photonic and solid-state lattices by Lin, Zhi-Kang, Wang, Qiang, Liu, Yang, Xue, Haoran, Zhang, Baile, Chong, Yidong, Jiang, Jian-Hua

“…Topological lattice defects in topological materials offer a platform to explore a diverse range of phenomena, such as robust topological-bound states, fractional charges, topological Wannier cycles, chiral and gravitational anomalies, topological lasers and topological-defect-induced pumping and non-Hermitian skin effects. In this Perspective article, we survey the developments in this rapidly moving field from both theoretical and experimental perspectives, with an emphasis on the latter. …”
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Fabrication of micro-needles for transdermal drug delivery by Ng, Hui Beng

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Boundary layer flow over a moving plate by Wee, Maurice Hong Jie

“…The numerical results cover areas such as the relationship between parameters of the governing equations, for example eta and the skin friction coefficient. Velocity profile and temperature profile were also included in the study of the system. …”
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The retinoid agonist Tazarotene promotes angiogenesis and wound healing by Al Haj Zen, A, Nawrot, DA, Howarth, AL, Caporali, A, Ebner, D, Vernet, A, Schneider, JE, Bhattacharya, S

“…Notably, in ear punch wound healing model, Tazarotene promoted tissue repair characterized by rapid ear punch closure with normal-appearing skin containing new hair follicles, and maturing collagen fibers. …”

Cardiocutaneous syndrome is caused by aggregation of iASPP mutants by Lotz, R, Osterburg, C, Schäfer, B, Lu, X, Dötsch, V

“…Germline mutations in iASPP have been shown to cause cardiocutaneous syndromes, a combination of heart and skin defects usually leading to death before the age of five. …”

Rationale and concerns for using JAK inhibitors in axial spondyloarthritis by Ahmed, S, Yesudian, R, Ubaide, H, Coates, LC

“…It is initially manifested by inflammatory back pain and can be associated with inflammation in other body parts, such as the eyes, bowel and skin. Treatment options have advanced over recent years and have become more targeted, including biologic treatments and, more recently, small molecule oral drugs called Janus kinase inhibitors. …”

Developing a lightscape application (using a raspberry PI) by Ong, Wenchuan

“…The project aims to develop a web application, which will be hosted within the Raspberry Pi, for controlling the brightness of constant light source from the high power LED via the Raspberry Pi’s General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) pins and gather optimal settings for projecting images with the Light Blaster. …”
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Additive friction stir processing by Lin, Longyi

“…The continuous dynamic recrystalisation during FSP also gave finer grains, which was further enhanced with the addition of CNTs through Zener pinning effect. The improvement in tensile strengths due to finer grains through the Hall-Petch mechanism was insufficient to compensate for the drop in Orowan strengthening. …”
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Metal mediated high performance antimicrobial hydrogel films for wound infection management: Zn, Cu, and Mg versus Ag and Au by Sen, Raj Kumar., Prabhakar, Priyanka, Mayandi, Venkatesh, Dwivedi, Neeraj, Yadav, Amit K., Solanki, Pratima R., Gupta, Ayush, Gowri, V. S., Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani, Verma, Navin Kumar, Mondal, D. P., Srivastava, Avanish Kumar, Dhand, Chetna

“…While silver-based materials have emerged as potential alternatives to antibiotics in wound care management, they are expensive (gold is an even more expensive antimicrobial agent), and their excessive use may promote silver-resistant microbial strains, and skin argyrosis. Furthermore, excessive wound exudate causes conventional wound dressings to become moistened and painful to remove due to adhesion to the wound. …”
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MHD (SWCNTS + MWCNTS)/H2O-based williamson hybrid nanofluids flow past exponential shrinking sheet in porous medium by Alkasasbeh, Hamzeh Taha, Muhammad Khairul Anuar, Mohamed

“…It is found that the increase in magnetic parameter in SWCNT + MCWNT hybrid nanof luid results in an increase of 72.2% on skin friction compared to SWCNT nanof luid while maintaining reducing a small number of Nusselt number. …”
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Advanced multi-material optoelectronic fibers : a review by Zhang, Jing, Wang, Zhe, Wang, Zhixun, Wei, Lei

“…By involving diverse materials such as semiconductors, conductors, and insulators into the fiber fabrication, the achieved advanced fibers can be introduced with a variety of precise structures in the right scales and operated with many optoelectronic functionalities, which creates the possibilities for developing novel optoelectronic devices such as smart fabrics, e-skins, and flexible textiles. Recently, several notable progresses and breakthroughs on promoting the multi-material optoelectronic fibers have been achieved, enabling fiber devices with multiple functionalities and engaging impactful applications. …”
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Cephalopod-mimetic tunable photonic coatings assembled from quasi-monodispersed reflectin protein nanoparticles by Loke, Jun Jie, Hoon, Shawn, Miserez, Ali

“…Toward mimicking the photonic response of squid's skin, reflectin proteins from Sepioteuthis lessioniana were sequenced, recombinantly expressed, and self-assembled into spherical nanoparticles by conjugating reflectin B1 with a click chemistry ligand. …”
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On heat and flow characteristics of Carreau nanofluid and tangent hyperbolic nanofluid across a wedge with slip effects and bioconvection by Ud Din, Irfan Saif, Siddique, Imran, Ali, Rifaqat, Jarad, Fahd, Abdal, Sohaib, Hussain, Sajjad

“…Further, the magnitude of skin friction factor for tangent hyperbolic nanofluid is almost half ofs that of Carreau nanofluid.…”
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Conformal human-machine integration using highly bending-insensitive, unpixelated, and waterproof epidermal electronics toward metaverse by Wei, Chao, Lin, Wansheng, Wang, Liang, Cao, Zhicheng, Huang, Zijian, Liao, Qingliang, Guo, Ziquan, Su, Yuhan, Zheng, Yuanjin, Liao, Xinqin, Chen, Zhong

“…Regardless of whether being flat or bent, the BUW epidermal interface can be conformally attached to the human skin for real-time, comfortable, and unrestrained interactions. …”
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Cationic surfactants: a review by Gonçalves, Rui A., Holmberg, Krister, Lindman, Björn

“…The versatile properties of single- and double-chain cationic surfactants and other special cationics such as gemini, catanionic, bolaform, amino acid- and sugar-based surfactants, are presented and discussed together with skin toxicity and environmental considerations. The effects of cationic surfactant mixing with other surfactants, polymers, proteins, and DNA are also shown and examined. …”
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Antimicrobial Impact of Sintok Extract; Assessment of Sintok Extract Virucidal Potential Against the Covid-19 Virus (S/O 14669) by Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Yaacob, Noorulsadiqin Azbiya

“…The extract was also shown to be effective in killing various types of fungus especially those causing skin diseases. Such strong antimicrobial actions suggested that the extract has the potential to kill of virulent pathogen such as COVID-19 virus. …”
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Simple and flexible vision-based hand gesture recognition system by Lee, Chun Kiat.

“…This paper proposes a simple yet flexible Hand Gesture Recognition System-Codebook (HGRS-Codebook) using the techniques of codebook background subtraction, skin color segmentation, median filtering, contour detection, convexity defects and definition of peaks and valleys of fingertips. …”
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