Coping with peripheralization in small cities. What is the role of human agency? by Bosák, V, Slach, O, Paszová, L, Hýllová, L, Mykhnenko, V, Krtička, L, Nováček, A

Glucokinase activity in diabetes: too much of a good thing? by Ashcroft, FM, Lloyd, M, Haythorne, EA

A 2'-alkynylnucleotide strategy for site-directed spin labelling of DNA by Haugland, M

New use of global warming potentials to compare cumulative and short-lived climate pollutants by Allen, MR, Fuglestvedt, JS, Shine, KP, Reisinger, A, Pierrehumbert, R, Forster, PM

“…Metric choice can affect the relative emphasis placed on reductions of ‘cumulative climate pollutants’ such as carbon dioxide versus ‘short-lived climate pollutants’ (SLCPs), including methane and black carbon2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Here we show that the widely used 100-year global warming potential (GWP100) effectively measures the relative impact of both cumulative pollutants and SLCPs on realized warming 20–40 years after the time of emission. …”

A benchtop induction-based AC magnetometer for a fast characterization of magnetic nanoparticles by Mohd Mawardi, Saari, Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman, Hamzah, Ahmad, Nurul Akmal, Che Lah, Sakai, Kenji, Kiwa, Toshihiko, Tsukada, Keiji

“…The excitation frequency is swept from 5 Hz to 158 kHz at a field amplitude of 0.55 mTpp within the acquisition time of 5 min (51 points). …”
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Determination of the surface sterilization protocol and optimization of ficus carica callus induction: Unveiling the potential of auxins and low kinetin concentration on callogenes... by Sin, Phin Yin, Tan, Suat Hian, Lim, Hooi Thong, Putri Shareen, Rosman, Karim, Md. Rezaul

“…For callus induction, a combination of kinetin and 2,4-D in the MS basal medium outperformed NAA+2,4-D, with the optimum concentration identified as 1.5 mg/L NAA+1.5 mg/L 2,4-D. Surprisingly, a lower concentration of kinetin (0.2 mg/L)+2.0 mg/L 2,4-D exhibited superior callus induction (100%) compared to higher kinetin concentrations (1.5 mg/L)+1.0 mg/L 2,4-D (94.44%). …”
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Chitosan based green polymers by Chong, Wei Kai

“…It was found out that CS with ultra-high MW chitosan, UHMW can be further analyse with crosslinking process and mechanical and dye absorption analysis of 5ppm methyl orange. Different weight percentage, wt% variables such as PEGDA concentration (1.23wt%, 2.44wt%, 9.09wt% and 16.67wt%), glutaraldehyde concentration (5wt% and 10wt%) and UHMW CS without crosslinkers were used to compare the characteristics performance. …”
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Ultrathin silica mesh protected Pt nanoparticles for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by Hung, Hsi Chien

“…Tafel slopes corresponding to HER in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution are decreased from 86 to 58 mV dec−1 when the silica thickness is reduced from 2.0nm to 0.2nm, revealing that thinner silica coatings resulted in better catalytic activities. …”
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Design of household level arsenic treatment system in Cambodia : system design and performance by Soh, Hui Qing.

“…Arsenite (As(III)) is oxidised to arsenate (As(V)) resulting from the formation of HFO and As(V) is then adsorbed onto the surface of the iron nails and HFO, which are retained by the sand layer. …”
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Dissecting the structure-compaction-performance relationship of thin-film composite polyamide membranes with different structure features by Zhao, Yali, Lai, Gwo Sung, Chong, Jeng Yi, Wang, Rong

“…TFC membrane with a PA layer of low protuberances or nodules and dense substrate showed excellent resistance against high pressure (50 bar), with only a slight irreversible decrease of 2.1–3.5% in water permeability when retested at 5 bar. …”
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Robust delivery of RIG-I agonists using extracellular vesicles for anti-cancer immunotherapy by Peng, Boya, Nguyen, Trinh Mai, Jayasinghe, Migara Kavishka, Gao, Chang, Pham, Thach Tuan, Vu, Luyen Tien, Yeo, Eric Yew Meng, Yap, Gracemary, Wang, Lingzhi, Goh, Boon Cher, Tam, Wai Leong, Luo, Dahai, Le, Minh TN

“…The RIG-I pathway can be activated by RNA containing 5' triphosphate, leading to type I interferon release and immune activation. …”
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The impact of photopigment bleaching on the human rod photoreceptor subretinal space measured via optical coherence tomography by Messner, Alina, Dos Santos, Valentin Aranha, Puchner, Stefan, Stegmann, Hannes, Schlatter, Andreas, Schmidl, Doreen, Leitgeb, Rainer, Schmetterer, Leopold, Werkmeister, René M.

“…The mean area under the stimulus response curve with values of 14.8 ± 9.4 and 15.5 ± 7.5 μm × minutes (P = 0.782) showed excellent agreement between the stimulus response on D1 and D2. …”
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Ohmic contact formation to β-Ga2O3 nanosheet transistors with Ar-containing plasma treatment by Chen, Jinxin, Liu, Bingyan, Gu, Yang, Li, Bin

“…With the optimal plasma pre-treatment (i.e., Ar plasma, 100 W, 60 s), the resulting β-Ga2O3 nanosheet field-effect transistors (FETs) show effective Ohmic contact (i.e., contact resistance RC of 104 Ω·mm) without any post-annealing, which leads to competitive device performance such as a high current on/off ratio (>107), a low subthreshold swing (SS, 249 mV/dec), and acceptable field-effect mobility ((Formula presented.), ~21.73 cm2 V−1 s−1). …”
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Organocatalytic asymmetric mannich, formal [4+1] and [4+2] annulation reactions by Shi, Zugui

“…In this doctoral thesis, the research work that was carried out during the last four years will be divided into 5 chapters. Firstly, an introduction to the field of organocatalysis will be described in chapter 1. …”
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Synthesis of iron oxide nanorods for solar water oxidation by Ng, Russell Chee Hao

“…The Co-Pi deposited regrowth hematite films achieved 1.15 mA cm-2 at 1.23 V vs. RHE.…”
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Electrospun fibrous aerogels for air filtration by Tng, Zi Kang

“…The highest filtration efficiency of 99.86% at a low pressure drop of 50 Pa-1 was recorded for the NFA (5:5) filter, for the particle size of PM1 at a wind speed of 0.05m/s. …”
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Unveiling the dual role of chemically synthesized copper doped zinc oxide for resistive switching applications by Gollu, Sankara Rao, Roy, Sounak, Banerjee, Souri, Kundu, Souvik, Boppidi, Pavan Kumar Reddy, Raj, P. Michael Preetam, Challagulla, Swapna

“…In this study, efforts were devoted to unveiling the dual role of single crystalline Cu (5%) doped ZnO (Cu:ZnO) synthesized by a simple and low-cost chemical process and to investigate its efficacy on resistive switching (RS) applications. …”
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A wearable circulator‐like circularly polarised antenna for full‐duplex wireless body area network applications by Thakur, Ajeet, Sharma, Ashwani, Garcia Zuazola, Ignacio Julio

“…A circulator‐like high gain, unidirectional, dual circularly polarised (DCP) wearable antenna with a low specific absorption rate of 0.088 W/kg for 5.8 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band (5.725 − 5.875 GHz) full‐duplex wireless body area network (WBAN) applications is proposed. …”
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In vitro and in silico investigation of TRPC3 mechanism and dynamics by Collingridge, J

“…A potential mechanism is then explored by which this compound may exert its effect, involving stabilisation of the S4/5-linker via interaction with the S4/5-linker Q555 residue. …”

Airway proteomics reveals broad residual anti-inflammatory effects of prednisolone in mepolizumab-treated asthma by Howell, I, Yang, F, Brown, V, Cane, J, Marchi, E, Azim, A, Busby, J, McDowell, PJ, Diver, SE, Borg, C, Heaney, LG, Pavord, ID, Brightling, CE, Chaudhuri, R, Hinks, TSC

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> Mepolizumab is an anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA) that reduces asthma exacerbations. …”