Machine Learning Approaches for the Prediction of Postoperative Major Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Bowel Obstruction by Mazzotta, Alessandro D., Burti, Elisa, Causio, Francesco Andrea, Orlandi, Alex, Martinelli, Silvia, Longaroni, Mattia, Pinciroli, Tiziana, Debs, Tarek, Costa, Gianluca, Miccini, Michelangelo, Aurello, Paolo, Petrucciani, Niccolò

“…Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy 4 Section of Hygiene, Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy 5 EIT Digital Master School, Polytech Nice Sophia, 06410 Biot, France 6 Department of Surgery, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy 7 MIT Professional Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 8 Département de Chirurgie Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, CHU Nice, 06000 Nice, France 9 Department of Life Science, Health, and Health Professions, Link Campus University, 00165 Rome, Italy 10 Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. …”
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Microbial degradation of phthalic acid and its esters by aerobic granules in sequencing batch reactor by Zeng, Ping

“…Also, the microbial diversity and immigration analyzed by denaturing gradient gel-electrophoresis (DGGE) show that isolate PA-02 also plays an important role in the enhancement of phthalate degradation.…”
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Structure and protein recognition of G-quadruplexes by Ngo, Khac Huy

“…In this study, different biophysical, biochemical, and structural techniques (CD, ITC, gel electrophoresis, enzymatic assay NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography) and nucleic acid/protein/peptide engineering were applied to: i) expand our understanding of G4 diversity including base stacking, interlocking, and A•G•G•G•G pentad formation; ii) study the molecular basis for G4 recognition by proteins; iii) engineer G4-binding proteins/peptides for various applications including stable cyclic peptide or engineered enzyme for G4s targeting. …”
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Investigation of cellular changes on blood cells relevant for the destabilization of blood flow by Stephanie.

“…The current study mimicked these changes by using different enzyme treatments (neuraminidase, alpha-chymotrypsin, trypsin, and pronase) and investigated them by measuring zeta potential (surface charge) and deformability of treated cells as well as conducting gel electrophoresis. The adhesion was analyzed on a parallel plate flow chamber system. …”
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Rheology on CNT-filled polymer nanocomposites (II) by Chan, Xue Shuang.

“…With the addition of acid-treated MWCNTs, the rheological percolation threshold drops from 2 wt% to 1.5 wt%. The gel point (Cg) value for pristine MWCNTs/PP-g-MA/PP and acid treated MWCNTs/PP-g-MA/PP was 2.0 wt% and 1.5 wt% respectively.…”
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Fabrication and characterization of human hair keratin hydrogels by Cahaya, Sanryani

“…However, there were some challenges faced in optimizing the gel as bioink, which will be discussed further in the discussion section. …”
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Characterization of sarcomeric protein changes during mouse heart failure progression by Lam, Do Thuy Uyen Ha

“…In this study, we employed a mouse model of surgically-induced MI and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to examine the changes in protein expression and phosphorylation level (the most prominent PTMs for sarcomeric proteins) following MI. …”
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Effect of crosslinking reagents and hydroxypropylation levels on dual-modified sago starch properties by Wattanachant, Saowakon, Muhammad, K., Mat Hashim, D., Abd. Rahman, R.

“…Starch that was hydroxypropylated with 10-12% propylene oxide and crosslinked by a mixture of 2% STMP and 5% STPP produced modified starch with the most desirable properties in that it exhibited no viscosity breakdown, high acid resistance, high freeze-thaw stability and improved gel texture.…”
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Effect of fish, starch and salt contents on the microstructure and expansion of fish crackers ('keropok') by Cheow, C.S., Yu, S.Y., Howell, N.K., Che Man, Y., Muhammad, Karidah

“…Light microscopy studies on the fish cracker gel and expanded product ('keropok') emphasised the role of fish proteins in the starch expansion process. …”
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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

“…Upon confirmation of Sintok extract ability in killing of COVID-19 virus, the extract was then be formulated into shower gel prototype . At the end of the project, a meeting was initialized with potential industrial partner, with the presence of representatives from the Innovation and Commercialization Centre (ICC, UUM) , the discuss the commercialization phase of the project…”
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3D patient specific instrumentation for high tibial osteotomy by Wong, Gina Khay Fong

“…As the medical industry gets more advanced with the use of patient specific instruments, patient can have tailor-made instruments which is precise and accurate while greatly improving the surgical outcome of each operation. …”
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The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…In other words, the existing trajectory of disadvantage gets steeper following the permanent exclusion event. …”
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Mucins regulate virulence and colonization factors in Streptococcus pneumoniae by Bath, Jade Rose

“…Mucin glycoproteins, the main gel-forming component of mucus, have emerged as multifaceted regulators of microbial physiology and microbial communities. …”
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Gelation, clustering, and crowding in the electrical double layer of ionic liquids by Goodwin, Zachary AH, McEldrew, Michael, Pedro de Souza, J, Bazant, Martin Z, Kornyshev, Alexei A

“…B 125, 2677 (2021)] developed a theory for reversible ion associations in bulk ILs, which accounted for the formation of all possible (Cayley tree) clusters and a percolating ionic network (gel). Here, we adopt and develop this approach to understand the associations of ILs in the electrical double layer at electrified interfaces. …”
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Water‐binding‐mediated gelation/crystallization and thermosensitive superchirality by Xing, Pengyao, Li, Yongxin, Wang, Yang, Li, Pei-Zhou, Chen, Hongzhong, Phua, Fiona Soo Zeng, Zhao, Yanli

“…Ordered water molecules entrapped in self‐assembly arrays revealed by crystal structures behave as hydrogen‐bonding linkers to facilitate three‐dimensional growth into crystals rather than one‐dimensional gel nanofibers. Water binding was also reflected on the supramolecular chirality inversion of vesicle self‐assembly in aqueous media via heating‐induced dehydration. …”
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Isolation and identification of microbes to convert lignocellulose wastes to reducing sugars by Tan, Michelle Wei Qi.

“…The processes included conducting experiments such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), optical density (turbidity) and reducing and total sugars. …”
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Purification, crystallization and structure determination of Thermotoga maritima CorA Magnesium transporter. by Nurhuda Nordin.

“…Here we have successfully crystallized TMCorA in the absence of divalent cations by keeping the sample fractionated after gel filtration. Arguably, crystals grown in such conditions would result in an open conformation structure. …”
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Selection and optimization of scaffold materials to facilitate cellular response of C2C12 myoblasts. by Chia, Shermain Theng Xin.

“…Results obtained for the fibrin gels supported the hypothesis that there is a direct correlation between increased proliferation and attachment, change in cell morphology and substrate stiffness. …”
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Measurement of adsorption isotherms for storage and cooling applications by Kalra, Deepanshu

“…HKUST-1 Metal Organic framework, FeBTC Metal Organic Framework and Maxsorb III are each paired with Methane at temperatures ranging from 120K to 150K. The pair of Silica Gel and Water is also experimented at temperatures from 308K to 338K. …”
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Microneedles for diagnosis and therapeutic drug monitoring by Thean, Jia Hui

“…This study investigates the reliability used of paper-based MeHA microneedle patches penetrating through the agarose gel to detect the presence of glucose. The microneedles were fabricated with addition of the polymer MeHA into the casted PDMS mold. …”
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