Roughness-Controlled Self-Assembly of Mannitol/LB Agar Microparticles by Polymorphic Transformation for Pulmonary Drug Delivery by Zhang, Fengying, Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Quynh, Tay, Bao Hui, Mendyk, Aleksander, Shao, Yu-Hsuan, Lau, Raymond

“…An FPF of 28.6 ± 2.4% was achieved by microparticles transformed from spray-dried microparticles using 2% mannitol(w/v)/LB Agar as feed solution. It is comparable to the highest FPF reported in the literature using lactose and spray-dried mannitol as carriers.…”
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Surface structure formation in WE54 Mg alloy subjected to ultrafast laser texturing by Khadka, Indira, Castagne, Sylvie, Wang, Zhongke, Zheng, Hongyu

“…A 10 W picosecond laser, having a wavelength of 1064 nm, and a 1.5 W femtosecond laser, having a wavelength of 795 nm, were used to irradiate WE54 surface to change the surface morphology. …”
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Reform of the international financial architecture : how can Asia have a greater impact in the G20? by Rana, Pradumna B.

“…The Asian financial crisis (AFC) of 1997–1998 had led to calls for the reform of the IFA—policies and practices of institutions that promote global financial stability. The V-shaped recovery from the crisis had, however, led to complacency and the proposed reform measures were quickly forgotten. …”
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Tribological properties of Cr- and Ti-doped MoS2 composite coatings under different humidity atmosphere by Ding, Xing-zhao., Zeng, X. T., He, X. Y., Chen, Z.

“…The MoS2–Cr and MoS2–Ti coatings showed a maximum hardness of 7.5 GPa and 8.4 GPa at a dopant content of 16.6 at.% Cr or 20.2 at.% Ti, respectively. …”
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Lipopolysaccharide neutralizing peptide–porphyrin conjugates for effective photoinactivation and intracellular imaging of gram-negative bacteria strains by Liu, Fang, Soh, Annie Yan Ni, Lim, Yingjie, Mohanram, Harini, Bhattacharjya, Surajit, Xing, Bengang

“…In addition, the photodynamic bacterial inactivation also demonstrated more potent activity than the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of dimeric PpIX-YI13WF conjugate itself observed for E. coli DH5a (4 times), S. enterica (8 times), and other Gram-negative strains including antibiotic-resistant E. coli BL21 (8 times) and K. pneumoniae (16 times). …”
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Book review : The political economy of heaven and earth in Ghana / Charles Prempeh by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Critics believe this poses a serious threat to national cohesion as it involves vilifying those who have different religious or cultural beliefs, including the 20 per cent of Ghanaians who are Muslim, the 5 per cent of the population who are followers of African traditional religions, and Ghana’s small and beleaguered LGBTQ+ community. …”
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The relationship between the moderate–heavy boundary and critical speed in running by Hunter, Ben, Meyler, Samuel, Maunder, Ed, Cox, Tobias H., Muniz-Pumares, Daniel

“…Results: A systematic literature search yielded 26 studies with 527 participants, grouped by mean CS into low (11.5 km·h−1; 95% CI, 11.2–11.8), medium (13.4 km·h−1; 95% CI, 11.2–11.8), and high (16.0 km·h−1; 95% CI, 15.7–16.3) groups. …”
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Thermomechanical coupling during large strain deformation of polycarbonate: experimental study by Song, P, Chapman, D, Graham, A, Trivedi, A, Siviour, C

“…Further, temperature rises in compression experiments at 0.5 s-1 and starting temperatures between -80 to 150 °C are measured using embedded thermocouples. …”

Machine learning for classifying chronic kidney disease and predicting creatinine levels using at-home measurements by Metherall, B, Berryman, AK, Brennan, GS

“…Our results reveal RF achieves superior accuracy (92.5%) in at-home CKD classification over ANNs (82.9%). …”

Analytic laboratory performance of a point of care urine culture kit for diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing by Bongard, E, Frimodt-Møller, N, Gal, M, Wootton, M, Howe, R, Francis, N, Goossens, H, Butler, C

“…The UK Flexicult™ SSI urinary kit was compared to routine NHS culture for identification of a pure or predominant uropathogen at ≥105 cfu/mL, with a positive discordancy rate of 13.5 % and a negative discordancy rate of 3 %. The sensitivity and specificity were 86.7 % [95 % confidence interval (CI) 73.8–93.7] and 82.6 % (95 % CI 75.8–87.7), respectively. …”

Energy consumption in higher education buildings: bridging the performance gap using digital twin technology by Peinturier, L, Wallom, D

“…Limiting global warming to 1.5°C necessitates a significant reduction in energy demand and increase in energy efficiency, particularly in the building sector, responsible for 26 % of global energy-related emissions and 25 % of UK emissions in 2022. …”

Shale oil in Russia – commercial catalyst required by Henderson, J

“…The Russian authorities have also been expressing growing confidence in the potential from tight and shale reservoirs located in West Siberia and European Russia, with production expectations set as high as 1.5mmbpd by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The key question, of course, is whether this potential can be realized. …”

Wholesale central bank digital currencies: approaches, implementation strategies and use cases by Bear, K, Vertex, P, Zhang, B, Hussain, H, Coelho, H

“…Evolving infrastructure options for wCBDCs that are positioning to support tokenisation of tokenised assets and central bank money, also highlighting the growing need for interoperability across different platforms.</p> <p>5. Policy, regulatory and legal implications for the above, and the need for central banks to focus on the “how” rather than “if”, while still ensuring the safety and resilience of the financial system.…”

Impact of precursor dosing on the surface passivation of AZO/AlOx stacks formed using atomic layer deposition by Wang, Y, Hobson, TD, Swallow, JEN, McNab, S, O'Sullivan, J, Soeriyadi, A, Niu, X, Fraser, RC, Dasgupta, A, Maitra, S, Altermatt, P, Weatherup, RS, Wright, M, Bonilla, RS

“…Herein, we demonstrate exceptional silicon surface passivation using AZO/AlOx stacks deposited with ALD, with a J0 &lt; 1 fA cm−2 and corresponding implied open circuit voltage (iVOC) of 740 mV. We provide a comprehensive analysis of the role of ALD precursor dosing to achieve optimised performance. …”

Assessment and report of individual symptoms in studies of delirium in postoperative populations: a systematic review by Bowman, EML, Sweeney, AM, McAuley, DF, Cardwell, C, Kane, J, Badawi, N, Jahan, N, Iqbal, HK, Mitchell, C, Ballantyne, JA, Cunningham, EL

“…Notably, psychomotor agitation and hallucinations are not listed in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-5-Text Revision delirium definition. <p><strong> Conclusions</strong></p> The 78 symptoms reported in this systematic review cover domains of attention, awareness, disorientation and other cognitive changes. …”

HGVS Nomenclature 2024: improvements to community engagement, usability, and computability by Hart, RK, Fokkema, IFAC, DiStefano, M, Hastings, R, Laros, JFJ, Taylor, R, Wagner, AH, den Dunnen, JT

“…Results: Major improvements in HGVS Nomenclature v. 21.1 include a redesigned website with enhanced navigation, search functionality, and mobile responsiveness; a new versioning policy aligned with software management practices; formal mechanisms for community feedback and change proposals; and adoption of Extended Backus-Naur Form (EBNF) for defining syntax. …”

Ergativity in Tongan by Otsuka, Y

“…However, the current approach differs from the standard account in that case features [ERG/NOM] and [ABS/ACC] are considered to be intrinsic to Agr(s), and not T and V. In effect, each case is associated with a unique structural position: ERG with [Spec, Agrs], ABS with [Spec, Agro] and Null with [Spec, TP]. …”

Comparison of models to predict incident chronic liver disease: a systematic review and external validation in Chinese adults by Cong, X, Song, S, Li, Y, Song, K, MacLeod, C, Cheng, Y, Lv, J, Yu, C, Sun, D, Pei, P, Yang, L, Chen, Y, Millwood, I, Wu, S, Yang, X, Stevens, R, Chen, J, Chen, Z, Li, L, Kartsonaki, C, Pang, Y

“…We aimed to systematically review CLD prediction models, meta-analyze their performance, and externally validate them in 0.5 million Chinese adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB). …”

Evaluating geospatial accuracy for equity analyses: a case study of the U.S. National Bridge Inventory by Gandy, CA, Kang, X, Ritsch, N, Armanios, DE

“…Phase 2 focuses on potential ways to correct locational mismatches. We find that a 30.5 m (100 ft) buffer and Thiessen polygons provide the greatest improvements in matching accuracy in the NBI record over point coordinates. …”

Adjustable wind selectivity in shearwaters implies knowledge of the foraging landscape by Harris, S, Bishop, C, Bond, S, Fernandes, P, Guilford, T, Lewin, P, Padget, O, Robins, P, Schneider, W, Waggitt, J, Wilmes, S, Cordes, L

“…Many seabirds, for example, are adapted to use winds to travel long distances at low energetic cost1,2,3 but also potentially benefit from targeting specific foraging hotspots.4,5,6 To investigate how an animal makes foraging decisions, given the inevitable trade-off between these factors, we tracked over 600 foraging trips of breeding Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus; N = 218 individuals) using GPS accelerometers. …”