Range expansion of a declining forest species, the Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus), into semi-arid woodland by Sultaire, SM, Montgomery, RA, Jackson, PJ, Millspaugh, JJ

“…Occupancy modeling revealed that western gray squirrels were equally likely to occur in piñon–juniper woodland compared to mature pine forest that they occupy elsewhere in their range. …”

Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters by Zhang, Kaixi, Du, Yu, Si, Zhangyong, Liu, Yang, Turvey, Michelle E., Raju, Cheerlavancha, Keogh, Damien, Ruan, Lin, Jothy, Subramanion Lachumy, Reghu, Sheethal, Marimuthu, Kalisvar, De, Partha Pratim, Ng, Oon Tek, Mediavilla, José R., Kreiswirth, Barry N., Chi, Robin Yonggui, Ren, Jinghua, Tam, Kam C., Liu, Xue-Wei, Duan, Hongwei, Zhu, Yabin, Mu, Yuguang, Hammond, Paula T., Bazan, Guillermo C., Pethe, Kevin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng

“…Its antibacterial activity is superior to that of vancomycin in MRSA mouse and human ex vivo skin infection models, with no acute in vivo toxicity in repeated dosing in mice at above therapeutic levels. …”
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Novel on-demand bioadhesion to soft tissue in wet environments by Steele, Terry W. J., Mogal, Vishal, Papper, Vladislav, Chaurasia, Alok, Feng, Gao, Marks, Robert

“…When the diazirine-PLGA films, placed on wetted ex vivo swine aortas, are activated with low intensity UV light, lap shear strength of up to 450 ± 50 mN cm−2 is observed, which is one order of magnitude higher than hydrogel bioadhesives placed on similar soft tissues. …”
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Effects of bulking material types on water consumption and pollutant degradation in composting process with controlled addition of different liquid manures by Fan, Hongyong, Liao, Jie, Abass, Olusegun K., Liu, Lin, Huang, Xu, Wei, Lili, Xie, Wei, Yu, Hengyang, Liu, Chaoxiang

“…The results indicated that under the controlled addition of LM, bulking materials with higher content of biodegradable carbon (corncob) and LM with a higher concentration of organic pollutants (swine effluent) were more beneficial for biological heat generation and thus were more efficient for water evaporation, organic matter degradation, LM consumption and pollutants retention during the cocomposting process. …”
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Design of an exoskeleton for lifting by Lim, Ernest Zhen Xuan

“…Lower back injuries, caused by muscle strain around the lumber spine, are common in work involving manual labour. …”
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A two-stage automatic color thresholding technique by Pootheri, Shamna, Ellam, Daniel, Grübl, Thomas, Liu, Yang

“…The segmentation of skin cancer lesions will help doctors to automate skin cancer detection. …”
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Free vibration properties of beetle elytron plate: Composite material, stacked structure and boundary conditions by Song, Yiheng, Hao, Ning, Ruan, Sihan, He, Chaochao, Quanjin, Ma

“…The results indicate that 1) the ranking of structural parameters on the 1st order frequency from a strong to weak sequence is as follows: length-to-width ratio, core height-to-thickness ratio, foam density and skin thickness; for the 2nd order natural frequency: length-to-width ratio, skin thickness, foam density and core height-to-thickness ratio. 2) Generally, an increase in the length-to-width ratio will reduce the frequency of the BEP, and increases in the core height-to-thickness ratio and skin thickness will raise its frequency. …”
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What does acne genetics teach us about disease pathogenesis? by Common, J. E. A., Barker, J. N., van Steensel, Maurice A. M.

“…Background: Acne vulgaris is a highly prevalent inflammatory skin disorder with a complex pathogenesis, characterized by comedones, papules, pustules and nodules. …”
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Infection patterns of scabies and tinea between inland and resettled indigenous Negrito communities in peninsular Malaysia by Er, Yi Xian, Than, Leslie Thian Lung, Muslim, Azdayanti, Yap, Nan Jiun, Tee, Mian Zi, Abdull-Majid, Nurmanisha, Lee, Soo Ching, Shahrizal, Shezryna, Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian

“…Skin infections cause significant health burden and affect underserved communities such as the indigenous Negrito communities disproportionately. …”
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Experimental and numerical investigations of hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns susceptible to flexural buckling by Li, Shuai, Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…A thorough testing and numerical modelling programme has been conducted to investigate the minor-axis flexural buckling behaviour and resistances of pin-ended hot-rolled stainless steel channel section columns. …”
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Enzyme‐Triggered Intestine‐Specific Targeting Adhesive Platform for Universal Oral Drug Delivery by Li, Ying, Lee, Jung Seung, Kirtane, Ameya R., Li, Mengyuan, Coffey, Charles William, Hess, Kaitlyn, Lopes, Aaron, Collins, Joy, Tamang, Siddartha, Ishida, Keiko, Hayward, Alison, Wainer, Jacob, Wentworth, Adam J., Traverso, Giovanni

“…Here proof-of-concept pharmacokinetics is demonstrated in the swine model for two drugs, hydrophilic amoxicillin and hydrophobic levodopa. …”
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Deep learning approach to cervical segmentation from routine CT images by Duan, Yiming

“…To address the sequential and location-dependent nature of bone segmen tation information, the dissertation proposes a pre-training model for location information, and combines 2.5D image input and labeled multi-channel coding to semantically segment 3D cervical spine CT images. This method can accu rately extract the information of bone joint location of slices and incorporate it into image features in the form of channels, which can improve the accuracy of multiple bone joint segmentation and classification. …”
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Measuring membrane capacitance during a depolarizing stimulus by Chen, Peng., Gillis, Kevin., Xue, Renhao., Pui, Tze Sian.

“…It is critical to resolve the highly dynamic kinetic steps along the molecular cascade of exocytosis in order to pin down the specific actions of regulatory molecules and eventually decipher this complex and fundamental process.…”
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The response of Pinus caribaea mor. var. Hondurensis seedlings to nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers by Srivastava, P.B.L., Naruddin, Abang, Zainorin, B.Abang

“…For this purpose, seedlings were grown in plastic pots in soils collected from Bahau pine experimental area. These soils belong to Durian series and are generally poor in nutrients. …”
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Identification of proteins and genes as potential biomarkers in brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus forsskal) resistance to Vibrio sp by Low, Chen Fei

“…Skin lesion specimens observed under the scanning electron microscope revealed disintegration of skin around the lesion, and presence of bacterial cells under high magnification of 6000X. …”
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Understanding the implications of engineered nanoparticle induced autophagy in human epidermal keratinocytes in vitro by Gautam, Archana, Rakshit, Moumita, Nguyen, Kim Truc, Kathawala, Mustafa Hussain, Nguyen, Luong Thi Hien, Tay, Chor Yong, Wong, Esther, Ng, Kee Woei

“…While toxicological risks of applying these materials are generally regarded as low due to minute levels of penetration across the skin, our understanding of the physiological influence of potential cell-nanoparticle interactions in the skin is limited. …”
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Effect of Z19n, a synthetic compound, on Cutibacterium acnes growth and biofilm by Choo, Ying

“…As a chronic inflammatory skin disease of the pilosebaceous units and one of the most common skin disorders in the world, acne has affected 88% of adolescents aged 13-19 in Singapore.[1] Treatment for acne is the use of antibiotics. …”
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Effects of various surface treatments on the storage life of guava (Psidium guajava L) at 10°C by Mohamed, Suhaila, Kyi, Khin Ma Ma, Yusof, Salmah

“…Paraffin treatment caused the skin to turn brown after 2 weeks storage. The ascorbic acid content was highest in control followed by clingwrapped guava. …”

A vibrating ingestible bioelectronic stimulator modulates gastric stretch receptors for illusory satiety by Srinivasan, Shriya S., Alshareef, Amro, Hwang, Alexandria, Byrne, Ceara, Kuosmanen, Johannes, Ishida, Keiko, Jenkins, Joshua, Liu, Sabrina, Madani, Wiam Abdalla Mohammed, Hayward, Alison M., Fabian, Niora, Traverso, Giovanni

“…We evaluated VIBES across 108 meals in swine which consistently led to diminished food intake (~40%, <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> &lt; 0.0001) and minimized the weight gain rate ( <jats:italic>P</jats:italic> &lt; 0.05) as compared to untreated controls. …”
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RoboCap: Robotic mucus-clearing capsule for enhanced drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract by Srinivasan, Shriya S., Alshareef, Amro, Hwang, Alexandria V., Kang, Ziliang, Kuosmanen, Johannes, Ishida, Keiko, Jenkins, Joshua, Liu, Sabrina, Madani, Wiam Abdalla Mohammed, Lennerz, Jochen, Hayward, Alison, Morimoto, Josh, Fitzgerald, Nina, Langer, Robert, Traverso, Giovanni

“…Vancomycin (1.4 kilodaltons of glycopeptide) and insulin (5.8 kilodaltons of peptide) delivery mediated by RoboCap resulted in enhanced bioavailability 20- to 40-fold greater in ex vivo and in vivo swine models when compared with standard oral delivery (P < 0.05). …”
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