Women's preferences for NIPT as a first-line test in England and France: Challenges for genetic counseling practices by Perrot, A, Clarke, A, Vassy, C, Horn, RJ

“…Our findings show that most women express a preference for the offer of NIPT as a first-line screening test. Some issues with the contingent model, related to the access to information and termination of pregnancy (TOP), the disparities of NIPT uptake, and risks of generating anxiety with combined first-trimester screening (cFTS), could be addressed by a universal strategy for T21, T13, and T18. …”

Fringe projection profilometry method with high efficiency, precision, and convenience: theoretical analysis and development by Lv, Shenzhen, Tang, Dawei, Zhang, Xuejun, Yang, Dongyu, Deng, Weijie, Qian, Kemao

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TWEAK/Fn14 signalling driven super-enhancer reprogramming promotes pro-metastatic metabolic rewiring in triple-negative breast cancer by Sim, Nicholas, Carter, Jean-Michel, Deka, Kamalakshi, Tan, Benita Kiat Tee, Sim, Yirong, Tan, Suet-Mien, Li, Yinghui

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Steady spinning of synthetic silk-like fibers and transient filament stretching of semi-dilute and concentrated polymeric fluids by Brauner, Octavia Flora, 1975-

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X-Hair: 3D Printing Hair-like Structures with Multi-form, Multi-property and Multi-function by Wang, Guanyun, Ji, Junzhe, Xu, Yunkai, Ren, Lei, Wu, Xiaoyang, Zheng, Chunyuan, Zhou, Xiaojing, Tang, Xin, Feng, Boyu, Sun, Lingyun, Tao, Ye, Li, Jiaji

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The effect of bonding structure of diamond like carbon (DLC) film with surface nickel coating upon laser annealing by Xu, Naiyun, Tsang, Siu Hon, Tan, Chong Wei, Teo, Hang Tong, Wang, Xincai, Tay, Beng Kang

“…The Raman spectra shows more pronounced change for a-C films with Ni coating than those without Ni coating upon laser annealing, and the Raman features also suggest that the Ni surface coating can enhance formation of the six-ring graphitic-like sp2 ordering. Electrical measurement shows a low resistive characteristic for both set of films due to laser induced conducting sp2 clusters formation.…”
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China's outward foreign direct investments : analysis of its investments, track record to date and likely future trends by Tan, Teck Eng

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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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Experimental investigation on mode-I fracture properties of magnesium-based wood-like material using DIC technique by Li, C, Chen, H, Zhang, H, Marrow, TJ

“…To understand the fracture behaviors of a new environmentally friendly building material, namely magnesium-based wood-like material (MWM), three-point bending tests were carried out on single-edge notched beams to study its fracture properties. …”

Space efficient meta-grid lines for mutual coupling reduction in two-port planar monopole and DRA array by Mishra, Mohit, Chaudhuri, Sumantra, Kshetrimayum, Rakhesh Singh, Alphones, Arokiaswami, Esselle, Karu P.

“…However, the proposed meta-grid lines overcomes the above demerits by integrating meta-grid lines in the ground plane itself. …”
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Engineering MoS2 nanosheets on spindle-like α-Fe2O3 as high-performance core–shell pseudocapacitive anodes for fiber-shaped aqueous lithium-ion capacitors by Man, Ping, Zhang, Qichong, Zhou, Z., Chen, Mengxiao, Yang, Jiao, Wang, Zhe, Wang, Zhixun, He, B., Li, Q., Gong, W., Lu, W., Yao, Y., Wei, Lei

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Binding of TCR multimers and a TCR-like antibody with distinct fine-specificities is dependent on the surface density of HLA complexes by Low, Jianrong L., Gehring, Adam J., Kranz, David M., Grotenbreg, Gijsbert M., Yau, Yin Hoe, Shochat, Susana Geifman, Bertoletti, Antonio, Naidoo, Anneta, Yeo, Gladys, Ho, Zi Zong

“…Various protein scaffolds have been designed to recapitulate the specific recognition of presented antigens with the aim to be exploited both diagnostically (e.g. to visualize cells exposed to infectious agents or cellular transformation) and therapeutically (e.g. for the delivery of drugs to compromised cells). In line with this, we report the construction of a soluble tetrameric form of an αβ T cell receptor (TCR) specific for the HBV epitope Env183–191 restricted by HLA-A*02:01, and compare its avidity and fine-specificity with a TCR-like monoclonal antibody generated against the same HLA target. …”
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Development of superhydrophobic ceramic membrane decorated with flake-like structure by two-step synthesis for seawater desalination by membrane distillation by Omar, Najib Meftah Almukhtar, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Tai, Zhong Sheng, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Wong, Keng Yinn, Tan, Huiyi, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Ooi, Boon Seng, Nomura, Mikihiro, Iwamoto, Yuji

“…A seawater desalination experiment by a membrane distillation (MD) system evaluated the performance of MK-SS HFM for 500 min. Significant findings: The results revealed that the MK-SS/4 h HFM, characterized by its flake-like structure, exhibited optimal superhydrophobic behavior. …”

A planar antenna in LTCC for single-package ultrawide-band radio by Chen, Ying, Zhang, Yue Ping

“…The antenna has an elliptical radiator fed through a microstrip line. The radiator and the microstrip line share the same ground plane with the other UWB radio circuitry. …”
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Broadband strip-line ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy of soft magnetic CoFeTaZr patterned thin films by Jin, Tian Li, Nongjai, R., Asokan, K., Ghosh, A., Aparnadevi, M., Suri, P., Piramanayagam, S. N., Gupta, Surbhi, Kumar, Durgesh

“…In particular, N+ implantation was observed to induce two phase formation with high and low coercivities. Broadband strip-line ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy over wide range of frequency (8 – 20 GHz) was used to study the magnetization dynamics as a function of ion-beam dosage. …”
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Template-free synthesis of urchin-like Co3O4 hollow spheres with good lithium storage properties by Lim, Tuti Mariana, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Sim, Daohao, Liu, Weiling, Xu, Chen, Hng, Huey Hoon, Yazami, Rachid, Yan, Qingyu

“…Hierarchical urchin-like hollow spheres (5–8 μm in diameter) assembled by one-dimensional nanowires consisting of many interconnected Co3O4 nanoparticles (10–50 nm) are successfully synthesized. …”
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Development of immune-modulatory RNAS to regulate RIG-I-like receptors mediated antiviral immune response for therapy and vaccination by Yong, Hui Yee

“…Next, the encapsulation of ImmRNAs into virus-like particles (VLP) was carried out. The coat protein for two different RNA bacteriophage, MS2 and Q beta were cloned and recombinantly expressed in E.coli. …”
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Template-free formation of uniform urchin-like α-FeOOH hollow spheres with superior capability for water treatment by Wang, Bao, Wu, Hao Bin, Yu, Le, Xu, Rong, Lim, Teik-Thye, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Uniform urchin-like α-FeOOH hollow spheres assembled from nanoneedles have been synthesized via a facile and green one-pot method. …”
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CuOx nanotubes via an unusual complexation induced block copolymer-like self-assembly of poly(acrylic acid) by Liang, Yen Nan, Hu, Jinhua, Tam, Michael Kam Chiu, Hu, Xiao

“…Such a unique copolymer-like self-assembly behaviour of the PAA–Cu2+ complex manifests within a specific window of [Cu2+] : [COOH]0 ratio around the binding limit. …”
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Like the sea: living communityship as a form of participatory leadership within the creativity for learning in HE (#creativeHE) community by Nerantzi, Chrissi, Gillaspy, Emma, Sinfield, Sandra, Karatsiori, Marianthi, Burns, Tom, Hunter, Anna, Seat, Hannah, Tasler, Nathalie

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