Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a novel anti-microbial peptide produced by T cells in response to staphylococcal enterotoxin by Woetmann, Anders, Alhede, Morten, Dabelsteen, Sally, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Rybtke, Morten, Nastasi, Claudia, Krejsgaard, Thorbjørn, Andersen, Mads Hald, Bonefeld, Charlotte M., Geisler, Carsten, Givskov, Michael, Odum, Niels

“…Here we show that (i) skin T cells in chronic wounds infected with S. aureus express interleukin-26 (IL-26) in situ, (ii) staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) trigger IL-26 expression in T cell lines and primary skin T cells, and (iii) IL-26 triggers death and inhibits biofilm formation and growth of S. aureus. …”
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Prospective study of UV exposure and cancer incidence among Swedish women by Yang, L, Veierød, M, Löf, M, Sandin, S, Adami, H-O, Weiderpass, E

“…<p><b>Background:</b> Except for skin melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer, little evidence from prospective studies is available on the association between UV exposure and cancer risk.…”

Injustice: why social inequality still persists (revised edition) by Dorling, D

“…In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK. …”

Temporal pressure enhanced topical drug delivery through micropore formation by Lio, Daniel Chin Shiuan, Chia, Ruining, Kwek, Milton Sheng Yi, Wiraja, Christian, Madden, Leigh Edward, Chang, Hao, S. Mohideen Abdul Khadir, Wang, Xiaomeng, Becker, David Lawrence, Xu, Chenjie

“…Transdermal drug delivery uses chemical, physical, or biochemical enhancers to cross the skin barrier. However, existing platforms require high doses of chemical enhancers or sophisticated equipment, use fragile biomolecules, or are limited to a certain type of drug. …”
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Thickness effect of nickel oxide thin films on associated solution-processed write-once-read-many-times memory devices by Wang, Xiao Lin, Liu, Zhen, Wen, Chao, Liu, Yang, Wang, Hong Zhe, Chen, Tu Pei, Zhang, Hai Yan

“…With self-prepared nickel acetate based solution, NiO thin films with different thicknesses have been fabricated by spin coating followed by thermal annealing. By forming a two-terminal Ag/NiO/ITO structure on glass, write-once-read-many-times (WORM) memory devices are realized. …”
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Raman spectroscopy of atomically thin two-dimensional magnetic iron phosphorus trisulfide (FePS3) crystals by Wang, Xingzhi, Du, Kezhao, Liu, Fredrik Yu Yang, Hu, Peng, Zhang, Jun, Zhang, Qing, Owen, Samuel Man Hon, Lu, Xin, Gan, Chee Kwan, Sengupta, Pinaki, Kloc, Christian, Xiong, Qihua

“…Herein we present a comprehensive investigation on the lattice dynamics and spin–phonon interactions of mechanically exfoliated atomically thin 2D magnetic material—iron phosphorus trisulfide (FePS3) by Raman spectroscopy and first principle calculations. …”
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Entanglement witness via symmetric two-body correlations by Tan, Ernest Y.-Z., Kaszlikowski, Dagomir, Kwek, Leong Chuan

“…In addition, it detects the entanglement of spin-squeezed states, with a detection strength that approaches the maximal value for sufficiently large numbers of particles. …”
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Enhancing indoor photovoltaic performance of inverted type organic solar cell by controlling photoactive layer solution concentration by Mohamed Nafeer Wajidh, Nour Attallah Issa, Kam, Sheng Lau, Sin, Tee Tan, Chin, Hua Chia, Muslizainun Mustapha, Mohammad Hafizuddin Hj Jumali, Chi, Chin Yap

“…The ZnO electron transport layer was deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO)-coated glass substrates using a spin coating technique. The photoactive layers with different solution concentrations were spin coated on top of the ZnO layer. …”
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Flexible integrated sensor with asymmetric structure for simultaneously 3D tactile and thermal sensing by Wang, Yongqing, Sun, Kun, Zhang, Qisheng, Yu, Samson Shenglong, Han, Boon Siew, Wang, Jianpeng, Zhao, Mingyan, Meng, Xianglin, Chen, Sicheng, Zheng, Yuanjin

“…The resistive thermal sensors are fabricated with serpentine lines and possess stable heat-sensing performance (165 mV/°C) under shape deformation conditions. Real-time monitoring of the skin stimuli is displayed on the user interface and stored on mobile clients. …”
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The role of post-pyrolysis carbon dioxide capture in hydrogen recovery from waste-derived pyrolysis gas by Wang, Yuxin, Veksha, Andrei, Ong, Joel, Ueki, Yasuaki, Yoshiie, Ryo, Naruse, Ichiro, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…The pyrolysis gas was obtained from various waste-derived feedstocks (municipal sewage sludge, refused derived fuel (RDF), pine sawdust (biomass), and marine litter) by pyrolysis (600 °C), and underwent the treatment with CaO (600 °C) followed by the thermolytic decomposition at 1300 °C. …”
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The burden of consciousness : object animism in children's literature by Yam, Hui Qing

“…Animals, plants and objects are often anthropomorphized to delightful effect in children’s literature while adult depictions of the inanimate coming alive almost always occur in the genres of science fiction and horror and have had a much less positive spin. This essay argues that these negative evocations do indeed spill over into children’s texts, manifesting in the common motifs that appear in stories involving object animism, and that enlivened objects are furthermore, representations of Julia Kristeva’s concept of abjection.…”
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Highly sensitive ferromagnetic resonance measurement systems for magnetic thin films by Chang, Han Yong.

“…We have designed and optimized a vector network analyzer ferromagnetic resonance measurement system that characterizes the spin dynamics and Gilbert damping parameters of thin ferromagnetic film sample. …”
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Single-step selective laser writing of flexible photodetectors for wearable optoelectronics by An, Jianing, Le, Truong-Son Dinh, Lim, Chin Huat Joel, Tran, Van Thai, Zhan, Zhaoyao, Gao, Yi, Zheng, Lianxi, Sun, Gengzhi, Kim, Young-Jin

“…Furthermore, the excellent mechanical flexibility and robustness enable the photodetector to be conformally attached to skin, thus intimately monitoring the exposure dosage of human body to UV light for skin disease prevention. …”
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Understanding the physical and chemical properties of keratin films by Chia, Sheryl CaiYing.

“…It is also found as keratinocytes on skin forming a protective layer to inhibit passage of environmental contaminants or pathogens. …”
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Unravelling gene regulation in the epidermis during differentiation by Anisa Banu Abdul Rahim

“…They are differentially distributed throughout the epidermis and dermis of normal human skin with higher levels being found in the epidermis. …”
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NMR structure and localization of the host defense antimicrobial peptide thanatin in zwitterionic dodecylphosphocholine micelle : implications in antimicrobial activity by Sinha, Sheetal, Ng, Wun Jern, Bhattacharjya, Surajit

“…The depth of insertion of thanatin into micelle structure was investigated by spin labelled doxyl lipids, 5-DSA and 16-DSA. DPC-bound structure of thanatin is defined by a -hairpin structure and an extended and turn conformations, for residues G1-I8, at the N-terminus. …”
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Unbiased metabolomics of volatile secondary metabolites in essential oils originated from Myrtaceae species by Manickavasagam, Ganapaty, San, Priscilla Wong Chie, Gorji, Sara Ghorbani, Sungthong, Bunleu, Yong, Yoke Keong, Fitzgerald, Melissa, Dewi, Firli Rahmah Primula, Lim, Vuanghao

“…In terms of cluster analysis, the essential oils were clustered into five different groups using hierarchical cluster analysis. …”
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In-situ monitoring of oil emulsion fouling in ultrafiltration via electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS): influence of surfactant by Tian, Ju, Trinh, Thien An, Kalyan, Muppalla Naga, Ho, Jia Shin, Chew, Jia Wei

“…As filtration progressed beyond 0.5 h, the conductance and capacitance of the membrane skin layer in the case of CTAB-stabilized oil emulsions became respectively higher and lower than that in the case of CTAB alone, signifying that the deposition of oil emulsions had become more dominant than that of surfactants. …”
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Design of conditioning unit for data transmission over power distribution lines by Tan, Ming Hui.

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A Unified Approach to Learning Ising Models: Beyond Independence and Bounded Width by Gaitonde, Jason, Mossel, Elchanan

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