Selective lighting up of epiberberine alkaloid fluorescence by fluorophore-switching aptamer and stoichiometric targeting of human telomeric DNA G-quadruplex multimer by Zhang, Lihua, Liu, Hua, Shao, Yong, Lin, Clement, Jia, Huan, Chen, Gang, Yang, Danzhou, Wang, Ying

“…The binding affinity of EPI to TA[Q] (Kd = 37 nM) is at least 20 times tighter than those of the other alkaloids. …”
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Upper mantle rheology from GRACE and GPS postseismic deformation after the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake by Banerjee, Paramesh, Panet, I., Mikhailov, V., Diament, M., Grijalva, K., Pollitz, Fred F.

“…Mantle rheology is one of the essential, yet least understood, material properties of our planet, controlling the dynamic processes inside the Earth's mantle and the Earth's response to various forces. …”
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Role of the collagen receptor DDR1 in epithelial morphogenesis and polarisation by Søgaard, P

“…</p> <p>Overall, this study suggests that DDR1 signalling contributes to epithelial polarisation and morphogenesis in a manner involving regulation of cytoskeletal organisation, at least partly through regulation of ROCK activity.…”

Consensus on current management of endometriosis by Johnson, NP, Hummelshoj, L, World Endometriosis Society Montpellier Consortium

“…Several guidelines have been developed by a number of national and international bodies, yet areas of controversy and uncertainty remain, not least due to a paucity of firm evidence. </p> <p><strong>Study design, size, duration:</strong> A consensus meeting, in conjunction with a pre- and post-meeting process, was undertaken. …”

Internet tool to support self-assessment and self-swabbing of sore throat: development and feasibility study by Lown, M, Smith, KA, Muller, I, Woods, C, Maund, E, Rogers, K, Becque, T, Hayward, G, Moore, M, Little, P, Glogowska, M, Hay, A, Stuart, B, Mantzourani, E, Wilcox, CR, Thompson, N, Francis, NA

“…A web-based tool that helps people assess their sore throat, through the use of clinical prediction rules, taking throat swabs or saliva samples, and taking throat photographs, has the potential to improve self-management and help identify those who are the most and least likely to benefit from antibiotics. <br><strong> Objective:<br></strong> We aimed to develop a web-based tool to help patients and parents or carers self-assess sore throat symptoms and take throat photographs, swabs, and saliva samples for diagnostic testing. …”

Antihyperlipidemic and hepatoprotective effect of Zingiber cassumunar Rhizome extract in high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats: the role of antioxidant activity by Mahfudh, Nurkhasanah, Sulistyani, Nanik, Sari, Novita Sari, Sari, Indah Puspita, Dedi, Adrian, Othman, Fezah, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin

“…Data of the study were presented as mean ± SD and analyzed by using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Least Significant Difference (LSD) test for multiple comparisons. …”
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Effects of carbon to nitrogen ratio and organic loading rate on biogas methane production from anaerobic digestion of food waste by Tanimu, Musa Idris

“…The feedstock with C/N=30 had the least foaming tendency with foaming volume of 10% at OLR of 7.5 g VS/Ld.…”
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离散、家国、女性 ： 韩素音的中国性论述 = Diaspora, home, feminism : the Chinese-ness in Han Suyin’s works by 梁依婷 Neo, Yi Ting

“…Therefore, she always felt socially excluded but yet held strong desires to help connect the East and the West. Despite experiencing transnational diaspora, Han Suyin devoted her entire life into crossing the boundaries between different nations, cultures, race and gender, and upholding of the Chinese culture. …”
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Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia by Omeyer, Lucy C. M., Duncan, Emily M., Aiemsomboon, Kornrawee, Beaumont, Nicola, Bureekul, Sujaree, Cao, Bin, Carrasco, Luis R., Chavanich, Suchana, Clark, James R., Cordova, Muhammad R., Couceiro, Fay, Cragg, Simon M., Dickson, Neil, Failler, Pierre, Ferraro, Gianluca, Fletcher, Stephen, Fong, Jenny, Ford, Alex T., Gutierrez, Tony, Shahul Hamid, Fauziah, Hiddink, Jan G., Hoa, Pham T., Holland, Sophie I., Jones, Lowenna, Jones, Nia H., Koldewey, Heather, Lauro, Federico M., Lee, Charlotte, Lewis, Matt, Marks, Danny, Matallana-Surget, Sabine, Mayorga-Adame, Claudia G., McGeehan, John, Messer, Lauren F., Michie, Laura, Miller, Michelle A., Mohamad, Zeeda F., Nor, Nur Hazimah Mohamed, Müller, Moritz, Neill, Simon P., Nelms, Sarah E., Onda, Deo Florence L., Ong, Joyce J. L., Pariatamby, Agamuthu, Phang, Sui C., Quilliam, Richard, Robins, Peter E., Salta, Maria, Sartimbul, Aida, Shakuto, Shiori, Skov, Martin W., Taboada, Evelyn B., Todd, Peter A., Toh, Tai Chong, Valiyaveettil, Suresh, Viyakarn, Voranop, Wonnapinij, Passorn, Wood, Louisa E., Yong, Clara L. X., Godley, Brendan J.

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Characterization of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from NDV vaccinated broiler farms and investigation of vaccine efficacy against challenge with Velogenic genotype VII NDV by Shahrestani, Kiarash Roohani

“…However, since 1990s genotype VII NDV is the predominant velogenic NDV circulating in South-East Asia causing outbreaks even in well vaccinated flocks. …”
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Precipitation trend analysis for The Langat River Basin, Selangor, Malaysia by Palizdan, Narges

“…The results of the seasonal precipitation trend analysis showed that most of the stations, during the North East Monsoon (NEM) and Inter Monsoon 1 (INT1) seasons, and half of the stations in South West Monsoon (SWM) season, experienced insignificant positive trends. …”
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Designing for Connection with Inner Processes by Mindel, Jessica Rachel

“…Today's online ecosystems offer us many new ways to communicate personal stories, often through fast-paced, reactive channels, but few if any technologies enable us to share what I posit to be a crucial component of how we implicitly understand each other: our inner processes, e.g., how we form our values and identities, navigate unspoken tensions in a community, or feel that something resonates with us. …”
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Efficient stochastic optimization algorithms for performance-based system design with application to structural control system design for floating offshore wind turbines by Gong, Fanming

“…The dynamic response of the coupled controller and floating wind turbine system is obtained by a high-fidelity nonlinear simulator FAST-SC (Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures and Turbulence, Structural Control). …”
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Ferroelectric-field accelerated charge transfer in 2D CuInP₂S₆ heterostructure for enhanced photocatalytic H₂ evolution by Lin, Bo, Chaturvedi, Apoorva, Di, Jun, You, Lu, Lai, Chen, Duan, Ruihuan, Zhou, Jiadong, Xu, Baorong, Chen, Zihao, Song, Pin, Peng, Juan, Ma, Bowen, Liu, Haishi, Meng, Peng, Yang, Guidong, Zhang, Hua, Liu, Zheng, Liu, Fucai

“…The development of ferroelectric photocatalytic materials with polarization electric field is a key approach to realize the spatial separation and fast transfer of charge carriers in visible-light-driven H2 evolution. …”
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Lithium-doped two-dimensional perovskite scintillator for wide-range radiation detection by Xie, Aozhen, Hettiarachchi, Chathuranga, Maddalena, Francesco, Witkowski, Marcin E., Makowski, Michal, Drozdowski, Winicjusz, Arramel, Arramel, Wee, Andrew T. S., Springham, Stuart Victor, Vuong, Phan Quoc, Kim, Hong Joo, Dujardin, Christophe, Coquet, Philippe, Birowosuto, Muhammad Danang, Dang, Cuong

“…Our 1:1 Li-doped (PEA)2PbBr4 demonstrates a fast decay time of 11 ns (80%), a clear photopeak with an energy resolution of 12.4%, and a scintillation yield of 11,000 photons per MeV under 662 keV gamma-ray radiation. …”
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Grid optimization and demand side mangement for electric vehicles penetration in remote area by Zhang, Yixiao, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Li, Ning

“…This paper firstly defines the typical Remote Areas where the grid density is low with poor cable properties, but the future power demand is growing fast. Besides, their distributed energy is abundant and can contribute to generating electricity for the EVs, including solar energy, wind energy or marine energy. …”
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NMR structure and activity relationship of defensin-analogous peptides by Bai, Yang

“…This creates a significant concentration buildup of the disruptors in the limited surface area resulting in the vesicle disruptions only in those liposomes where a sufficiently large patch of AMPs has been formed hence a graded leakage phenomenon in overall liposome ensembles. Fast growing large peptoid patches built on bacterial membrane eventually lead to lipid bilayer deformation and bacterial lysis. …”
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Laser-pyrolysed ZnFe2O4 anode for lithium-ion batteries : understanding of the lithium storage mechanisms by Bourrioux, Samantha

“…Li/Li+ that favours lithium plating at fast charging. Hence there is a need for alternative anode material that can in future replace graphite to address these challenges. …”
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Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…There are six long-lived fission products (LLFPs) identified in nuclear spent fuel, which account for at least 99% of the long-term radiotoxicity once actinide recycling is completed. …”
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Structural molecular modeling of bacterial integral membrane protein enzymes and their AlphaFold2 predicted water-soluble QTY variants by Sajeev-Sheeja, Akash, Zhang, Shuguang

“…We superposed the structures of native beta-barrel integral membrane enzymes with their AlphaFold2-predicted QTY variant structures that showed remarkable similarity despite the replacement of at least 22.95% amino acids in transmembrane regions, the superposed structures displayed notable structural similarity, indicated by RMSD values ranging from 0.181 Å to 0.286 Å. …”
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