Simultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell disease by Papageorgiou, Dimitrios P., Abidi, Sabia Z., Chang, Hung-Yu, Li, Xuejin, Kato, Gregory J., Karniadakis, George E., Suresh, Subra, Dao, Ming

“…Polymerization and adhesion, dynamic processes that are hallmarks of sickle cell disease (SCD), have thus far been studied in vitro only separately. …”
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Determination of octreotide acetate as radiosensitizer in breast cancer cell lines by Alkhansa, Salih Mahmoud Abdalla

“…These findings showed that MCF7 is a radio- resistant cell line expressed low levels of SSTRs 1-5 which considered a suitable model for study the effects of octreotide acetate agonist as radiosensitizer in breast cancer. …”
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Design, fabrication and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells by Ahmed Ali Said Ahmed

“…The achieved findings in this thesis include the following: (1) Six NDI-based molecules have been designed and synthesized as electron transporting layers in inverted perovskite solar cells; (2) Two pyrene-based molecules were designed and synthesized as electron transporting layers; (3) The effect of sulfur position in pyrene-based molecules was investigated (4) Three N-type conjugated polymers were explored as electron transporting layer (5) The effect of embedded sp2-nitrogen in donor and acceptors of conjugated polymer was explored and (6) Tellurium tetraiodide was explored as a promising light absorber in solar cells. …”
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Red blood cell adhesion can be reduced by non-reactive macromolecules by Zhang, Zhengwen, Meiselman, Herbert J., Neu, Björn

“…To date, the mechanisms behind red blood cell (RBC) adhesion remain unclear. However, polymer depletion at the red cell surface has been shown to play a significant role. …”
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Growth and optimization of III-V semiconductor solar cell structures. by Lim, Kuo Hou.

“…In this thesis, MBE and micro fabrication processes are used to fabricate 1×1cm^2 single junction homoface GaAs thin film solar cells. Solar spectrum is used to explain and relate it with the material band gap. …”
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Motion and deformation of a bubble in a Hele-Shaw cell by Wu, K, Booth, DJ, Griffiths, IAN, Nunes, JK, Stone, HA

“…As in the case of a horizontal Hele-Shaw cell, we find that, with increasing bubble size, the bubble shape can switch from being flattened to elongated in the direction of motion. …”

Enhanced expression of codon optimized interferon gamma in CHO cells by Yusufi, Faraaz N. K., Yang, Yuansheng, Lee, Dong-Yup, Chung, Bevan Kai-Sheng, Mariati

“…This finding was further corroborated through the in vivo expression of various ICU and CC optimized IFN-γ in CHO cells. …”
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Integrative multi-omics dissection of cancer cell states and susceptibility by Liu, Yunpeng(Biologist)Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Understanding the role of Brd4 in the maintenance of human embryonic stem cells. by Lim, Michelle Gek Liang.

“…Taken together, our findings suggested that Brd4 knockdown and overexpression may have some effect on cell cycle regulation in hESC. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…This study investigated the effects of LMF exposure (20 nT) by magnetic shielding on the prostate cancer cell line PC3 compared to the prostate epithelial cell line PNT2 under short-term (4 h) conditions. …”
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HSV-1 amplicon system for human artificial chromosome formation in human ES/iPS cells and pluripotency induction by Khoja, S

“…<p>Development of safe and efficient approaches for gene delivery in human embryonic stem cells (hESc) and particularly in human induced pluripotent stem (hiPS) cells, which can be derived in a person-specific manner, is considered to be imperative for harnessing their full potential in both the basic and applied research. …”

A dynamical analysis of the alignment mechanism between two interacting cells by Leech, V, Dalwadi, M, Manhart, A

“…We find that for elongated cells there is a half-stable steady state corresponding to perfect alignment between the cells. …”

Fabrication and characterization of hybrid perovskite thin films for solar cell application by Dayal, Akhilesh

“…In the field of clean energy, solar cells are becoming more popular than ever. Solar cells have been around for almost 70 years. …”
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Investigation of solar cell carrier lifetime using photoconductance lifetime measurements by Lam, Sze Yin

“…Inorganic solar cells are known to have high carrier mobility while some advantages of organic solar cells include the low material cost, low temperature fabrication and solution-based process. …”
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Investigation of Ni as Zn substitute in CZTS thin film solar cell by Quek, Ka Jun

“…Therefore, in this study, investigation on the crystal structure, morphology, optical and electrical properties of Cu2NixZn1-xSnS4 (CNZTS) thin film layers were conducted to study their viability as absorber for thin film solar cell. In addition, two spray methods (dynamic and static mode) were also investigated based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and current-voltage characteristics to find the best method to synthesize CNZTS. …”
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Systematic study of short circuit activation on the performance of PEM fuel cell by Zhang, Caizhi, Liu, Hao, Zeng, Tao, Chen, Jiawei, Lin, Pengfeng, Deng, Bo, Liu, Fujian, Zheng, Yifeng

“…Short circuit method has been found to improve the performance of fuel cells by stripping of oxides and other adsorbed species from platinum, which needs systematical understanding the effective parameters of short circuit method on fuel cell performance. …”
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Endothelial damage arising from high salt hypertension is elucidated by vascular bed systematic profiling by Vinaiphat, Arada, Pazhanchamy, Kalailingam, JebaMercy, Gnanasekaran, Ngan, SoFong Cam, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Ho, Hee Hwa, Gao, Yong-Gui, Lim, Kah-Leong, Richards, A. Mark, de Kleijn, Dominique P. V., Chen, Christopher P., Kalaria, Raj N., Liu, Jian, O'Leary, Deborah D., McCarthy, Neil E., Sze, Siu Kwan

“…Despite extensive epidemiological and basic science interrogation of the relationship between high salt (HS) intake and blood pressure, it remains unclear how HS impacts endothelial cell (EC) and vascular structure in vivo. This study aims to elucidate HS-induced vascular pathology using a differential systemic decellularization in vivo approach. …”
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Cytoplasmic long noncoding RNAs are frequently bound to and degraded at ribosomes in human cells by Carlevaro-Fita, Joana, Rahim, Anisa, Guigó, Roderic, Johnson, Rory, Vardy, Leah Karen Anne

“…Here we make a global, absolute estimate of the cytoplasmic and ribosome-associated population of stringently filtered lncRNAs in a human cell line using polysome profiling coupled to spike-in normalized microarray analysis. …”
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The emergence of DNAM-1 as the facilitator of NK cell-mediated killing in ovarian cancer by Pounds, R, Croft, W, Pearce, H, Hossain, T, Singh, K, Balega, J, Jeevan, DN, Sundar, S, Kehoe, S, Yap, J, Moss, P, Zuo, J

“…Discussion: These findings reveal profound modulation of the tumour tissue and systemic profile of NK cells which likely contributes to the high rates of local progression and metastasis seen with OC. …”

Interaction of TiO2 and ZnO NPs with human skin cells by Gautam, Archana

“…Therefore, the goal of this study is to assess the physiological effects of TiO2 and ZnO NPs interactions with primary human epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts, with attention to accurate dosimetry measurements and particle solubility considerations. Since the current findings on NPs interaction with skin cells are mostly based on 2D monolayer cell culture and animal models, in this study, 3D human skin explants have also been used to better understand the effects of NPs in the skin tissue. …”
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