Selective lighting up of epiberberine alkaloid fluorescence by fluorophore-switching aptamer and stoichiometric targeting of human telomeric DNA G-quadruplex multimer by Zhang, Lihua, Liu, Hua, Shao, Yong, Lin, Clement, Jia, Huan, Chen, Gang, Yang, Danzhou, Wang, Ying

“…Aptamers, that exist naturally in living cells as functional elements and can switch nonfluorescent natural targets to fluorophores, are very useful in developing highly sensitive and selective biosensors and screening functional agents. …”
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Crystallographic Correlations with Anisotropic Oxide Ion Conduction in Aluminum-Doped Neodymium Silicate Apatite Electrolytes by An, Tao, Baikie, Tom, Wei, Fengxia, Pramana, Stevin S., Schreyer, Martin K., Piltz, Ross O., Shin, J. Felix, Wei, Jun, Slater, Peter R., White, Timothy John

“…To better understand the oxide ion conduction mechanism of rare earth silicate apatites as intermediate temperature electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), the effect of lower valent metal doping on the performance of Nd(28+x)/3AlxSi6-xO26 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) single crystals has been examined. …”
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Sensorimotor control of Drosophila copulation by Herbert, MR

“…By identifying those lines labelling our cells of interest, not only can we develop a genetic toolkit for manipulating their function, but we can also gain insights into their properties by identifying, for example, the expression of mechanosensitive ion channels such as nompC or the excitatory neurotransmitter ChAT. …”

Molecular characterisation of alpha-thalassaemia in patients investigated for hypochromic microcytic indices in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Vijian, Divashini

“…Deletional or non-deletional mutations of one or both HBA1 and HBA2 on chromosome 16 cause a reduction/abnormal in the production of α globin chains, a component of haemoglobin (Hb) which are required for the formation of red blood cells (RBC). Thus, reduced Hb leads to anaemia. Many genetic mutations in α- thalassaemia have been discovered, which produced wide spectrum of clinical manifestation, ranging from asymptomatic to lethal. …”
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ENIGMA CHEK2gether project: a comprehensive study identifies functionally impaired CHEK2 germline missense variants associated with increased breast cancer risk by Stolarova, Lenka, Kleiblova, Petra, Zemankova, Petra, Stastna, Barbora, Janatova, Marketa, Soukupova, Jana, Achatz, Maria Isabel, Ambrosone, Christine, Apostolou, Paraskevi, Arun, Banu K., Auer, Paul, Barnard, Mollie, Bertelsen, Birgitte, Blok, Marinus J., Boddicker, Nicholas, Brunet, Joan, Burnside, Elizabeth S., Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campbell, Ian, Chan, Sock Hoai, Chen, Fei, Chiang, Jian Bang, Coppa, Anna, Cortesi, Laura, Crujeiras-González, Ana, De Leeneer, Kim, De Putter, Robin, DePersia, Allison, Devereux, Lisa, Domchek, Susan, Efremidis, Anna, Engel, Christoph, Ernst, Corinna, Evans, D. Gareth R., Feliubadaló, Lidia, Fostira, Florentia, Fuentes-Ríos, Olivia, Gómez-García, Encarna B., González, Sara, Haiman, Christopher, Hansen, Thomas van Overeem, Hauke, Jan, Hodge, James, Hu, Chunling, Huang, Hongyan, Ishak, Nur Diana Binte, Iwasaki, Yusuke, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kraft, Peter, Lacey, James, Lázaro, Conxi, Li, Na, Lim, Weng Khong, Lindstrom, Sara, Lori, Adriana, Martinez, Elana, Martins, Alexandra, Matsuda, Koichi, Matullo, Giuseppe, McInerny, Simone, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Montagna, Marco, Monteiro, Alvaro N. A., Mori, Luigi, Nathanson, Katherine, Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Olson, Janet E., Palmer, Julie, Pasini, Barbara, Patel, Alpa, Piane, Maria, Poppe, Bruce, Radice, Paolo, Renieri, Alessandra, Resta, Nicoletta, Richardson, Marcy E., Rosseel, Toon, Ruddy, Kathryn J., Santamariña, Marta, Dos Santos, Elizabeth Santana, Teras, Lauren, Toland, Amanda E., Trentham-Dietz, Amy, Vachon, Celine M., Volk, Alexander E., Weber-Lassalle, Nana, Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Wiesmuller, Lisa, Winham, Stacey, Yadav, Siddhartha, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Yao, Song, Zampiga, Valentina, Zethoven, Magnus, Zhang, Ze Wen, Zima, Tomas, Spurdle, Amanda B., Vega, Ana, Rossing, Maria, Del Valle, Jesús, De Nicolo, Arcangela, Hahnen, Eric, Claes, Kathleen B. M., Ngeow, Joanne, Momozawa, Yukihide, James, Paul A., Couch, Fergus J., Macurek, Libor, Kleibl, Zdenek

“…Their functional characterization was performed using CHEK2-complementation assays quantifying KAP1 phosphorylation and CHK2 autophosphorylation in human RPE1–CHEK2-knockout cells. Concordant results in both functional assays were used to categorize CHEK2 VUS from 12 ENIGMA case–control datasets, including 73,048 female patients with breast cancer and 88,658 ethnicity-matched controls. …”
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Synergy of compress strain and antioxidant of platinum-copper for enhanced the oxygen reduction performance by Zhang, Jun, Liang, Pingjuan, Xu, Xinlan, Wang, Rong, Liu, Shuyue, Wang, Chunyuan, Liu, Boyu, Luo, Laizheng, Jin, Meng, Liu, Huan, Yi, Huan, Lu, Shi-Yu

“…The development of efficient and durable electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) holds a pivotal significance in the successful commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) but is still challenging. Herein, we report a worm-liked PtCu nanocrystals dispersed on nitrogen-doped carbon hollow microspheres (Pt0.38Cu0.62/N-HCS). …”
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Theoretical design of mid-infrared interband cascade lasers in SiGeSn system by Li, Yuan, Song, Zhigang, Li, Zeyu, Sun, Greg, Tan, Chuan Seng, Fan, Weijun, Wang, Qi Jie

“…Our theoretical results indicate that the active region composed of double-electron and triple-hole quantum wells has the best gain performance, reaching 660 cm−1 for a single period of the ICL under 7.8 × 1018 cm−3 injected electron density. …”
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Investigation of the effects of self-myofascial release combined with static stretching on muscle parameters representing tone, elasticity and stiffness using the MyotonPRO by Tan, Dominic Swee Pin

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Growth and physical properties of organic semiconducting single crystals by Tan, Ke Jie

“…Organic light emitting diodes are in numerous displays of mobile phones or some TV sets. Organic solar cells with efficiency larger than 5% are produced by small start-up companies. …”
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The influence of pregnancy complications on fetal and neonatal cardiovascular development by Aye, C

“…This was associated with a reduction in vasculogenic potential in their human umbilical vein endothelial cells and also increased levels of maternal anti-angiogenic biomarkers at birth. …”

Partial purification and characterization of molybdenum reducing enzyme from Escherichia coli strain K12 by Sulaiman, Mohd Haris

“…They exist in a straight rod shaped cells and about 2 μm long and 0.5 μm wide, which can grow and divide rapidly by binary fission. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein 7b forms homotetramers in detergent by Surya, Wahyu, Queralt-Martin, Maria, Mu, Yuguang, Aguilella, Vicente M., Torres, Jaume

“…In SARS-CoV, 7b protein is expressed in infected cells, and the transmembrane domain was necessary and sufficient for Golgi localization. …”
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Tunable metasurfaces for active nanophotonics by Omar Abdelrahman Mohamed Abdelraouf

“…Metasurfaces consist of small unit cells called meta-atoms, where each meta-atom can impose different light scattering properties based on its dimensions or orientations. …”
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Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man nodavirus recombinant capsid protein production and its interactions with RNA by Goh, Zee Hong

“…The coding region of MrNv capsid protein was cloned into pTrcHis2-TOPO expression vector and introduced into Escherichia coli TOP10 cells. The recombinant capsid protein of MrNv containing a His-tag was purified by using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular profiles of acinetobacter baumannii in Makkah hospitals, and the potential use of bacteriophage as a treatment option by Raees, Fahad

“…Part of the core of this project was to find the potential bacteriophage that has capability to infect and lyse A. baumannii cells. After extensive searching for bacteriophage from sewage water of two tertiary care hospitals in Makkah, several bacteriophage candidates were shortlisted, however these bacteriophages failed to perform lytic phenomenon consistently. …”
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Metamorpheus: Interactive, Affective, and Creative Dream Narration Through Metaphorical Visual Storytelling by Wan, Qian, Feng, Xin, Bei, Yining, Gao, Zhiqi, Lu, Zhicong

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Paddling to the dyadic rhythm in post-stroke recovery: coping mechanisms among survivor-caregiver dyads in Singapore by Chan, Luo Ming

“…This model illuminated the coping strategies adopted by caregivers (Theme 1: Caregiving Adaptation) and survivors (Theme 2: Enhancing Wellness) in managing the impact of stroke, resulting in changes to their coping strategies and impacting the overall dyadic unit’s management of stroke (Theme 3: Dyadic Functioning). …”
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Data Driven Quality Improvement of Health Professions Education: Design and Development of CLUE – An Interactive Curriculum Data Visualization Tool by Canning, Claire Ann, Loe, Alan, Cockett, Kathryn Jane, Gagnon, Paul, Zary, Nabil

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Emergent geometric frustration of artificial magnetic skyrmion crystals by Ma, Fusheng, Reichhardt, C., Gan, Weiliang, Reichhardt, C. J. Olson, Lew, Wen Siang

“…Here, we propose a skyrmion spin ice, giving a unifying framework for the study of geometric frustration of skyrmion crystals (SCs) in a nonfrustrated artificial geometrical lattice as a consequence of the structural confinement of skyrmions in magnetic potential wells. The emergent ice rules from the geometrically frustrated SCs highlight a novel phenomenon in this skyrmion system: emergent geometrical frustration. …”
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Light-matter interactions in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides by Zhao, Jiaxin

“…In Chapter 6, we incorporate different number of WS2 monolayers separated by silicon dioxide (SiO2) layers to form multiple quantum-wells (QWs) structures within a planar microcavity. …”
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