Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Considerations Raised by Self-Reported Genital Mutilation Following Voluntary Cosmetic Labiaplasty by Metaxas, T, Earp, BD, Bader, D, Ghasemi, S, Solari, M, Abdulcadir, J

“…Genital modifications experienced as harmful, or that are performed without informed consent, should be studied in relationship to one another and evaluated with consistent principles, regardless of the skin color of the individuals concerned, their cultural, ethnic, or religious background, or the name given to the genital modification they underwent.…”

Deep learning-based microcirculation performance classification using multispectral photoacoustic technology by Chua, Hui Ling, Huong, Audrey

“…Meanwhile, pulse oximeter performance varies with factors like the subject’s skin colour. This study explores the feasibility of using an in-house assembled multispectral photoacoustic (PA) system to investigate microcirculation performance in human subjects. …”
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Effects of probiotic supplementation on calcium absorption and bone health status in ovariectomized rats by Parvaneh, Kolsoom

“…The possibility of wrist, hip or spine fracture due to osteoporosis is estimated as parallel to the risk of heart disease. …”
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Novel single-step hydrophobic modification of polymeric hollow fiber membranes containing imide groups : its potential for membrane contactor application by Zhang, Yuan, Wang, Rong, Zhang, Lizhi, Fane, Anthony Gordon

“…Poly(amide–imide) (PAI) hollow fiber membrane with controlled pore structure as porous substrate was fabricated by dry-jet wet spinning process, followed by a wet-chemical hydrophobic modification using octadecylamine. …”
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Process Parameter Optimisation for Endohedral Metallofullerene Synthesis via the Arc-Discharge Method by Sinha, Sapna, Sanfo, Karifa, Dallas, Panagiotis, Kumar, Sujay, Porfyrakis, Kyriakos

“…Endohedral metallofullerenes, in particular, can possess unpaired electron spins, driven by the enclosed metal atom or cluster, which yield valuable magnetic properties. …”
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Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with a hidden Markov model in O3 LIGO data

“…Results are presented for a semicoherent search for continuous gravitational waves from the low-mass x-ray binary Scorpius X-1, using a hidden Markov model (HMM) to allow for spin wandering. This search improves on previous HMM-based searches of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory data by including the orbital period in the search template grid, and by analyzing data from the latest (third) observing run. …”
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Influences in Mixing Measures by Koehler, Frederic, Lifshitz, Noam, Minzer, Dor, Mossel, Elchanan

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Digital based qubit controller system for quantum computing by Khan, Kamran

“…The dissertation presents several DDS architectures along with synthesis results that can help the designer choose a particular DDS depending on the application. A single spin qubit can be controlled by a digital-to-analog converter utilizing the output of a DDS module, which is a digitally coded analog signal. …”
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Annihilation mechanisms for interacting skyrmions in magnetic nanowire by Al Saidi, W., Bhatti, Sabpreet, Piramanayagam, S. N., Sbiaa, R.

“…In this paper, the interaction, dynamics and annihilation mechanisms of Néel skyrmions in nanowire confinement under the influence of spin-transfer torque (STT) and edge forces have been studied. …”
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Theoretical models for performance analysis of spintronic THz emitters by Yang, Yingshu, Dal Forno, Stefano, Battiato, Marco

“…Spintronic THz emitters (STEs), leveraging the ultrafast dynamics of electron spins in magnetic materials, have emerged as a promising solution to this challenge. …”
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Hydrophobic bio-epoxy coatings for easy cleaning applications by Tay, Shu Ming

“…This report evaluates the technique of synthesizing hydrophobic coatings from the spin coating method. Additionally, the prepared formulations of hydrophobic coatings were characterized with Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and contact angle goniometer to determine its wettability, thermal and mechanical properties. …”
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Two superconducting transitions in single-crystal La 2 − x Ba x CuO 4 by Tee, Xian Yang, Ito, T., Ushiyama, T., Tomioka, Y., Martin, I., Panagopoulos, Christos

“…The effect is pronounced in the region of charge carrier doping x with strong spin-charge stripe correlations, reaching Tcs=36 K or 1.64 Tc.…”
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Response to clozapine in treatment resistant schizophrenia is related to alterations in regional cerebral blood flow by Sun, J, Zelaya, F, Sendt, K, McQueen, G, Gillespie, AL, Lally, J, Howes, OD, Barker, GJ, McGuire, P, MacCabe, JH, Egerton, A

“…Here, we used the more recent MRI approach of arterial spin labelling (ASL) to evaluate regional CBF in participants with TRS (N = 36) before starting treatment with clozapine compared to in healthy volunteers (N = 16). …”

Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury by Synnot, Anneliese, Chau, Marisa, Pitt, Veronica, O'Connor, Denise, Gruen, Russell Lindsay, Wasiak, Jason, Clavisi, Ornella, Pattuwage, Loyal, Phillips, Kate

“…Background: Skeletal muscle spasticity is a major physical complication resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI), which can lead to muscle contracture, joint stiffness, reduced range of movement, broken skin and pain. Treatments for spasticity include a range of pharmacological and non‐pharmacological interventions, often used in combination. …”
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Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion by Barrett, D.S., Triantafyllou, M.S., Yue, D.K.P., Grosenbaugh, M.A., Wolfgang, M.J.

“…The data have been obtained through accurate force and motion measurements on a laboratory fish-like robotic mechanism, 1:2m long, covered with a flexible skin and equipped with a tail fin, at Reynolds numbers up to 10^6, with turbulence stimulation. …”
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Engineering bunched Pt-Ni alloy nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction in practical fuel cells by Tian, Xinlong, Zhao, Xiao, Su, Ya-Qiong, Wang, Lijuan, Wang, Hongming, Dang, Dai, Chi, Bin, Liu, Hongfang, Hensen, Emiel J. M., Lou, David Xiong Wen, Xia, Bao Yu

“…We report one-dimensional bunched platinum-nickel (Pt-Ni) alloy nanocages with a Pt-skin structure for the oxygen reduction reaction that display high mass activity (3.52 amperes per milligram platinum) and specific activity (5.16 milliamperes per square centimeter platinum), or nearly 17 and 14 times higher as compared with a commercial platinum on carbon (Pt/C) catalyst. …”
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Cephalopod-mimetic tunable photonic coatings assembled from quasi-monodispersed reflectin protein nanoparticles by Loke, Jun Jie, Hoon, Shawn, Miserez, Ali

“…Toward mimicking the photonic response of squid's skin, reflectin proteins from Sepioteuthis lessioniana were sequenced, recombinantly expressed, and self-assembled into spherical nanoparticles by conjugating reflectin B1 with a click chemistry ligand. …”
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NeRF-inspired 3D face portraits generation by Min Min

“…Finally, based on TensoRF’s performance, this project creatively employed a simple UNet architecture for further image enhancement of high-frequency skin details, achieving promising results.…”
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Role of angiopoietin-like 4 in tumor growth. by Zhu, Pengcheng.

“…Herein, by using human tumor tissue arrays, tumor cell lines and human skin tumor samples, we found that elevated ANGPTL4 expression is widespread in most known tumor types. …”
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Combined effects of muscle fatigue and decision making on knee joint biomechanics by Wang, Nan.

“…During the jumping followed by cutting maneuver under four simulated cases (i.e. pre-fatigue anticipated, pre-fatigue unanticipated, post-fatigue anticipated, and post-fatigue unanticipated), a motion capture system comprised by eight high-speed (200 fps) cameras was used to collect the three-dimensional coordinates of 18 reflective skin markers, which were attached to those interested positions prior to the experiment. …”
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