Dynamic actuation enhances transport and extends therapeutic lifespan in an implantable drug delivery platform by Whyte, William, Goswami, Debkalpa, Wang, Sophie X., Fan, Yiling, Ward, Niamh A., Levey, Ruth E., Beatty, Rachel, Robinson, Scott T., Sheppard, Declan, O’Connor, Raymond, Monahan, David S., Trask, Lesley, Mendez, Keegan L., Varela, Claudia E., Horvath, Markus A., Wylie, Robert, O’Dwyer, Joanne, Domingo-Lopez, Daniel A., Rothman, Arielle S., Duffy, Garry P., Dolan, Eimear B., Roche, Ellen T.

“…Fibrous capsule (FC) formation, secondary to the foreign body response (FBR), impedes molecular transport and is detrimental to the long-term efficacy of implantable drug delivery devices, especially when tunable, temporal control is necessary. …”
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Effects of the preheating temperature on flame-assisted spray pyrolysis of nickel-rich cathode materials by Zhang, Jianan, Muldoon, Valerie L, Deng, Sili

“…Much research effort has been devoted to develop novel synthesis methods for LIB cathodes, since traditional methods such as coprecipitation suffer long synthesis time and complex steps. In contrast, flame-based spray methods have great potential in manufacturing LIB cathode materials due to their features such as continuous, fast, and scalable operation. …”
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Design and Performance Comparison of Multi-Frequency Inductors for Megahertz Wireless Power Transfer by Yang, Rachel S., Nikiforidis, Ioannis, Pucci, Nunzio, Joisher, Mansi V., Wagle, Prateek, Mitcheson, Paul D., Perreault, David J.

“…IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Long Beach, CA, USA, 25-29 February 2024…”
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Polymer folding through active processes recreates features of genome organization by Goychuk, Andriy, Kannan, Deepti, Chakraborty, Arup K, Kardar, Mehran

“…From proteins to chromosomes, polymers fold into specific conformations that control their biological function. Polymer folding has long been studied with equilibrium thermodynamics, yet intracellular organization and regulation involve energy-consuming, active processes. …”
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Domain Adversarial Convolutional Neural Network Improves the Accuracy and Generalizability of Wearable Sleep Assessment Technology by Nunes, Adonay S., Patterson, Matthew R., Gerstel, Dawid, Khan, Sheraz, Guo, Christine C., Neishabouri, Ali

“…Wearable accelerometers are widely used as an ecologically valid and scalable solution for long-term at-home sleep monitoring in both clinical research and care. …”
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Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of extended 2-D triangular lattices by Bartlett, Bart M

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Loss of Caᵥ1.3 RNA editing enhances mouse hippocampal plasticity, learning, and memory by Zhai, Jing, Navakkode, Sheeja, Yeow, Sean Qing Zhang, Krishna-K, Kumar, Liang, Mui Cheng, Koh, Joanne Huifen, Wong, Rui Xiong, Yu, Wei Ping, Sajikumar, Sreedharan, Huang, Hua, Soong, Tuck Wah

“…Here, by genetic targeting to ablate CaV1.3 RNA editing, we demonstrate that unedited CaV1.3ΔECS mice exhibited improved learning and enhanced long-term memory, supporting a functional role of RNA editing in behavior. …”
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On propagation characteristics of ultrasonic guided waves in helical strands by Zhang, Hongyan, Li, Jian, Jiang, Can, Chen, Shili, Fan, Zheng, Liu, Yang

“…Ultrasonic nondestructive testing technology has become an ideal testing method for long-distance metal structures in recent years due to the advantages of long detection distance and high efficiency. …”
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Design and implementation of a smart Internet of Things chest pain center based on deep learning by Li, Feng, Bi, Zhongao, Xu, Hongzeng, Shi, Yunqi, Duan, Na, Li, Zhaoyu

“…This leads to problems such as long processing times, high potential for errors, an inability to access patient data in a timely manner and an increasing workload. …”
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HFENet: hybrid feature encoder network for detecting salient objects in RGB-thermal images by Sun, Fan, Zhou, Wujie, Yan, Weiqing, Zhang, Yulai

“…Cross-modal features across layers are often fused in a single step, resulting in inadequate cross-modal feature extraction. 2) Feature long-range dependence problem in multilayer feature decoding. 3) Image boundary blurring. …”
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The golden bull : is it coming? (current prospects of gold trading) by Lim, Wee Beng, Lim, Daniel Chih Ming, Leong, Kum Hoe

“…What motivates the writing of this report is the potential, we see, in this long- neglected area of investment. We must admit that over the past few years, the price of gold has been in its doldrums and has seemingly been contained within a narrow band of prices. …”
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Ballistic spin transport in exciton gases by Kavokin, A. V., Vladimirova, M., Jouault, B., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Leonard, J. R., Butov, L. V.

“…The challenges for the realization of long-range electron spin transport include rapid spin relaxation due to electron scattering. …”
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Don't mind the cat: potential for intraguild interactions with lions does not affect spotted hyaena habitat selection by Periquet, S, Courbin, N, Banda, E, Loveridge, A, Macdonald, D, Revilla, E, Fritz, H, Valeix, M

“…As expected, hyaenas did not avoid areas intensively used by lions, and there was even a positive effect of the long-term risk of encountering lions on habitat selection by hyaenas. …”

Fragrance carrier based on zeolite-A modified bentonite as a controlled release system in air freshener applications by Kusrini, Eny, Anwar Usman, Ayuningtyas, Karina, Wilson, Lee D., Putra, Nandy, Prasetyo, Agus Budi, Rahman, Arif, Nugrahaningtyas, Khoirina Dwi, Santosa, Sri Juari, Noviyanti, Atiek Rostika

“…The quality of air fresheners with low cost production can be improved by using a carrier matrix such as synthetic zeolite to increase the long-lasting properties of fragrance product by encapsulation technique. …”
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The effects of a blended learning model on the physical fitness of Chinese university students: a cluster randomized controlled trial in basketball education by Wang, Chen, Yuan, Yubin, Ji, Xueyan

“…The intervention lasted for 16 weeks, and physical fitness indices such as body mass index (BMI), lung capacity, sit and reach, pull-ups/sit-ups, standing long jumps, 50-meter runs, and 1000/800-meter runs were measured before and after the intervention. …”
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A study on the application of discrete curvature feature extraction and optimization algorithms to battery health estimation by Goh, Hui Hwang, An, Zhen, Zhang, Dongdong, Dai, Wei, Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Goh, Kai Chen

“…Therefore, to account for the unpredictable and random character of the application circumstances, we employ the U-chord long curvature feature extraction approach to minimise errors resulting from rotation and noise. …”
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Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Vollset, SE, Ababneh, HS, Abate, YH, Lacey, BWH, GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators

“…This information can be used for policy and long-term health investment, planning, and prioritisation. …”

Punching shear strength analysis of corroded reinforcement concrete slab by Fu, Yibin

“…Sea levels are rising due to climate change, hence this parameter is of increasing importance for structures under long term corrosive environment. There will be a significant decline in the shear strength resistance in the long run. …”
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Low complexity and low power FIR filter design by Ye, Wenbin

“…Existing algorithms thus mainly aim to minimize the adder cost. The limitation of existing algorithms lies in two aspects. …”
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UMPSA hosts Community Rehabilitation Programme Engagement Session by Nor Salwana, Mohammad Idris

“…PEKAN, 26 June 2024 - The Disability Services Unit of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (OkUMPSA) in collaboration with the Pahang State Department of Social Welfare (JKM) organised a Pahang State Level Community Rehabilitation Programme (PPDK) Engagement Session at the Main Lecture Hall, Centre for Modern Languages (CML), UMPSA Pekan yesterday.…”
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