Doxorubicin-loaded cell-derived nanovesicles: an alternative targeted approach for anti-tumor therapy by Goh, Wei Jiang, Lee, Choon Keong, Zou, Shui, Woon, Esther, Czarny, Bertrand, Pastorin, Giorgia

“…Here, we report a systematic approach pertaining to various loading methods of the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin into our CDNs and examine the differential cellular uptake of drug-loaded CDNs in cancerous (HeLa) and healthy (HEK293) cell lines. Lastly, we proved that the addition of doxorubicin-loaded CDNs to the HeLa and HEK293 co-cultures showed a clear discrimination toward cancer cells at the cellular level. …”
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Strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa allows tracing origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade by Wang, X, Bocksberger, G, Arandjelovic, M, Agbor, A, Angedakin, S, Aubert, F, Ayimisin, EA, Bailey, E, Barubiyo, D, Bessone, M, Bobe, R, Bonnet, M, Boucher, R, Brazzola, G, Brewer, S, Lee, KC, Carvalho, S, Chancellor, R, Cipoletta, C, Cohen, H, Copeland, SR, Corogenes, K, Costa, AM, Coupland, C, Neil, E

“…We demonstrate the efficacy of this Sr isoscape, in combination with other lines of evidence, to trace the African roots of individuals from historic slavery contexts, particularly those with highly radiogenic 87Sr/86Sr ratios uncommon in the African Diaspora. …”

Bitcoins in the Malaysian Economy by Miraz, Mahadi Hasan, Mohd Sharif, Kamal Imran, Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Ismail, Mohd Azril, Ahmad Mahyadin@Mahidin, Fariza

“…This study focused on individual facts and details, such as articles, reviews, forums, Malaysians brochure, business lines, and research reports. The study relies on secondary data. …”
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Taiwan Strait Relations: How Far Can It Go? by Li, Mingjiang

“…In light of the landslide victory of the KMT in Taiwan’s recent presidential election, it is likely that Beijing and Taipei will soon proceed to pursue cooperation on some economic and social issues. …”
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The future trend of LAN-based accounting and its critical success factors by Liaw, Chun Huan, Cheong, Eddy Jee Meng, Lim, Judy Hui Ling

“…With the advantages that LAN has over the other alternative computer architectures, it seems likely that the business world will embrace it as their future computing platform for accounting applications. …”
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Modelling trip and parking generation of major land uses in Singapore by Wee, Ka Siong.

“…Trip and parking generation rates used overseas are not likely to be applicable in Singapore due to differences in vehicle ownership levels, travel behaviour and traffic management policies. …”
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Our weapons, our problem: arms exports, democracy and civil society in Brazil and the UK by de Moraes, RF

“…In this ‘second stage’, civil society groups were more likely to combine efforts with governments to promote treaties regulating the arms trade. …”

Support for resettling refugees : the role of fixed versus growth mind-sets by Madan, Shilpa, Basu, Shankha, Rattan, Aneeta, Savani, Krishna

“…U.S. and UK citizens who believed that the kind of person someone is can be changed were more likely to support resettling refugees in their country (Studies 1 and 2). …”
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The inhibition effect: privacy concerns disrupt the positive effects of social media use on online political participation by Saifuddin Ahmed, Lee, Sangwon

“…We also identify that those with lower cognitive ability are more likely to curb online participation due to privacy concerns.…”
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Table of spherical codes by Cohn, Henry

“…It archives the data from https://spherical-codes.org in a form more suitable for citation, since it is likely to be preserved much longer than the web site.…”
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Biden-Xi : emerging clash of the united fronts? by Ho, Benjamin Tze Ern

“…As the Biden administration continues its diplomatic pressure on China, Beijing is likely to further harden its stance in response to what it perceives as a Western United Front against it. …”
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15.270 Ethical Practice: Professionalism, Social Responsibility, and the Purpose of the Corporation, Spring 2010 by Hafrey, Leigh

“…Over the course of thirteen sessions, students explore theoretical concepts in business ethics, and cases representing the challenges they will likely face as managers. Individual sessions take the form of moderated discussion, with occasional short lectures from instructor.…”
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Saudi Arabia’s Future: Will Al Saud’s Partnership with Wahhabism Hold? by Dorsey, James Michael

“…How it weathers the storm will likely depend on how it handles the inevitable restructuring of the problematic partnership between the Al Saud ruling family and the Wahhabi ulama or religious scholars, on whom the former rely for their legitimacy.…”
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Racial discrimination against prospective tenants : evidence from the room rental market in Singapore by Chew, Ilynn Mei Xian, Goh, Pei Ying, Ng, Wan Zhyi

“…Our findings show that landlords have significant discrimination against minority races: On average, the Malay and Indian profiles are half as likely to receive positive responses for room availability than the Chinese profile. …”
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Political consciousness political discourse and internet usage. by Lim, Nona Yean Hong., Tan, Christine Seok Hong.

“…As such, this study postulates the following: that the amount of time spent on the internet will have no impact on political discourse; that an increase in the level of political consciousness may not correlate with an increase in the amount of time spent on the internet; that those who have high levels of political consciousness will have high level of political discourse; that the higher the level of political consciousness, the more likely the user is to use the internet for expressing opinions on national issues; and that those who use the internet for expression of opinions on national issues are likely to be more actively engaged in political discourse. …”
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How clicktivism enables moral licensing : the effects of social observability and impression management on subsequent prosocial behaviour by Tan, Si Jin, Wang, Kelvin Wen Hsing, Ong, Kheng Hian

“…Those with low perceived success of a public act of Clicktivism in impression management were less likely to donate, as compared to those with high perceived success. …”
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The formation and evolution of Earth’s inner core by Wilson, AJ, Davies, CJ, Walker, A, Pozzo, M, Alfé, D, Deuss, A

“…Mineral physics calculations suggest that a supercooling of at least 450 K is needed to nucleate the inner core, while inferences from geophysical observations constrain the maximum available supercooling to 420 K, and more likely <100 K when satisfying constraints on long-term core-mantle evolution. …”

Hackathons as Participatory Design: Iterating Feminist Utopias by Hope, Alexis, D'Ignazio, Catherine, Hoy, Josephine, Michelson, Rebecca, Roberts, Jennifer, Krontiris, Kate, Zuckerman, Ethan

“…Key to our re-imagining of conventional innovation structures is a focus on experience design, where joy and play serve as key strategies to help people and institutions build relationships across lines of difference. We conclude with a discussion of design principles applicable not only to designers of events, but to social movement researchers and HCI scholars trying to address oppression through the design of technologies and socio-technical systems.…”
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Multiplexed CRISPR/CAS9‐mediated engineering of pre‐clinical mouse models bearing native human B cell receptors by Wang, Xuesong, Ray, Rashmi, Kratochvil, Sven, Melzi, Eleonora, Lin, Ying‐Cing, Giguere, Sophie, Xu, Liling, Warner, John, Cheon, Diane, Liguori, Alessia, Groschel, Bettina, Phelps, Nicole

“…We validate this technology with the rapid generation of three BCR KI lines expressing native human precursors, instead of computationally inferred germline sequences, to HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies. …”
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Aneuploid senescent cells activate NF-κB to promote their immune clearance by NK cells by Wang, Ruoxi W., Viganò, Sonia, Ben-David, Uri, Amon, Angelika, Santaguida, Stefano

“…Inactivating NF‐κB abolishes NK cell‐mediated clearance of untransformed aneuploid cells. In cancer cell lines, NF‐κB upregulation also correlates with the degree of aneuploidy. …”
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