Empowerment through suicide in “The little mermaid” and “Giselle ou les wilis” by Wong, Angelene Suet Fong

“…The protagonists, namely, the little mermaid in Andersen’s text and Giselle in Gautier’s text, are presented in line with the “conventional romance formula of female sacrifice,” leaving much room to expand on their suicides as more than self-sacrifice, but as empowerment (de Armas Wilson 111). …”
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Extremely stretchable and self-healing conductor based on thermoplastic elastomer for all-three-dimensional printed triboelectric nanogenerator by Parida, Kaushik, Thangavel, Gurunathan, Cai, Guofa, Zhou, Xinran, Park, Sangbaek, Xiong, Jiaqing, Lee, Pooi See

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The ciliopathy protein TALPID3/KIAA0586 acts upstream of Rab8 activation in zebrafish photoreceptor outer segment formation and maintenance by Naharros, Irene Ojeda, Cristian, Flavia B., Zang, Jingjing, Gesemann, Matthias, Neuhauss, Stephan C. F., Bachmann-Gagescu, Ruxandra, Ingham, Philip William

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Automated fluorescence intensity and gradient analysis enables detection of rare fluorescent mutant cells deep within the tissue of RaDR mice by Wadduwage, Dushan N., Kay, Jennifer, Singh, Vijay Raj, Kiraly, Orsolya, Sukup-Jackson, Michelle R., Rajapakse, Jagath, Engelward, Bevin P., So, Peter T. C.

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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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Modelling of traffic control delays at priority junctions using artificial neural network by Mohammad Ali Sahraei

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High-spin impurities and surface acoustic waves in piezoelectric crystals for spin-lattice coupling by Magnusson, E

“…We found that the nominally pure ZnO was conductive at room temperature due to <em>n</em>-type intrinsic doping, and electrical losses inhibited any transmission through a SAW delay line above <em>T</em> = 200K. The one-port resonator measured down to milli-Kelvin temperatures showed excellent quality factors of up to <em>Q</em> &amp;sime; 1.5 × 10⁵ in its superconducting state.…”

Investigating the genetics and immunopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis by Liu, F

“…This subset of monocytes exhibited a gene expression profile highly similar to a major population of CD14+ myeloid cells identified in AS synovial fluid (SF), strongly suggesting that T cell-induced myeloid cell activation occurs in vivo in inflamed joints. In line with this, PD1+IFN-γ+ T-cells were enriched in AS SF compared to blood. …”

Fabrication and biocompatibility evaluation of hydroxyapatite–polycaprolactone–gelatin composite nanofibers as a bone scaffold by Aminatun, None, Sujak M. K, Aisyah, Izak R, Djony, Hadi, Sofijan, Sari, Yessie Widia, Gunawarman, None, Cahyati, Nilam, Yusuf, Yusril, Che Abdullah, Che Azurahanim

“…The primary goals of this study are as follows: first, to evaluate hydroxyapatite (HA)/polycaprolactone (PCL)/gelatin nanofiber scaffolds based on functional groups, fibre diameter, porosity, and degradation rate; second, to investigate the interaction between HA/PCL/gelatin scaffolds and osteoblast cells (specifically, the ATCC 7F2 cell line) using in vitro assays, including cell viability and adhesion levels. …”
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In vitro evaluation of oral contraceptives on long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) primary ovarian cells by Muhammed, Mikail, Tengku Azizan, Tengku Rinalfi Putra, Mohd Noor, Mohd Hezmee, Abu Hassim, Hasliza, Che'Amat, Azlan, Saleh, Annas Bin, Han, Mark Hiew Wen, Ab Latip, Mohd Qayyum

“…However, there's a gap in the literature about the effect of hormonal contraceptives on long-tailed macaque reproductive tissues cell line. The present study aims to investigate the effect of oral contraceptives (Nordette, Noriday, and Ella) on long-tailed macaque ovarian cells. …”
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A benchtop induction-based AC magnetometer for a fast characterization of magnetic nanoparticles by Mohd Mawardi, Saari, Mohd Herwan, Sulaiman, Hamzah, Ahmad, Nurul Akmal, Che Lah, Sakai, Kenji, Kiwa, Toshihiko, Tsukada, Keiji

“…The excitation frequency is swept from 5 Hz to 158 kHz at a field amplitude of 0.55 mTpp within the acquisition time of 5 min (51 points). As a result, the viscosity change is confirmed by the peak shifting in the imaginary magnetization curve towards lower frequency values when the wt/V% of the glycerol solution is increased. …”
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Experimental investigation of carbon-based nano-enhanced phase change materials assimilated photovoltaic thermal system: Energy, exergy and environmental assessment by Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar, Nurhanis Sofiah, Abd Ghafar, Paw, Johnny Koh Siaw, Suraparaju, Subbarama Kousik, Fatehmulla, Amanullah, Chopra, Kapil, Samykano, Mahendran, Farade, Rizwan A.

“…Four configurations were studied: PV, PVT, PVT-PHACM, and PVT-NePHACM, with fluid flow rates of 0.4-0.8 L/min. Indoor experiments were conducted for PV and PVT systems, while TRNSYS simulations assessed PVT-PHACM and PVT-NePHACM systems. …”
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Selective fluoride removal from groundwater using CNT-CeO2 electrodes in capacitive deionization (CDI) by Liu, Xun, Rehman, Danyal, Shu, Yufei, Liu, Bei, Wang, Li, Li, Li, Wang, Mengxia, Wang, Kunkun, Han, Qi, Zang, Linlin, Lienhard, John H., Wang, Zhongying

“…Our findings are compelling: when processing a mixed F−/Cl− solution comprising 10 mg/L F− and 100 mg/L Cl−, the CNT-CeO2 electrode is seen to reduce the concentration of F− ions to 1.5 mg/L in just 150 min, amounting to an 85 % F− removal efficiency, while the Cl− removal efficiency remains below 2 %. …”
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Classifying vulnerability to sleep deprivation using baseline measures of psychomotor vigilance by Kwoh, Chee Keong, Gooley, Joshua J., Patanaik, Amiya, Chua, Eric C. P., Chee, Michael W. L.

“…Design: Subjects underwent total sleep deprivation and completed a 10-min PVT every 1–2 h in a controlled laboratory setting. …”
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Tunable ferroelectricity in Ruddlesden-Popper halide perovskites by Zhang, Qiannan, Solanki, Ankur, Parida, Kaushik, Giovanni, David, Li, Mingjie, Jansen, Thomas L. C., Pshenichnikov, Maxim S., Sum, Tze Chien

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Molecular insights into evolution, mutations and receptor-binding specificity of influenza A and B viruses from outpatients and hospitalized patients in Singapore by Ivan, Fransiskus Xaverius, Zhou, Xinrui, Lau, Suk Hiang, Rashid, Shamima, Teo, Jasmine S. M., Lee, Hong Kai, Koay, Evelyn S., Chan, Kwai Peng, Leo, Yee Sin, Chen, Mark I. Cheng, Kwoh, Chee Keong, Chow, Vincent T.

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论析《延禧攻略》中的女性团结现象 = A study of Chinese period drama series, The Story of Yanxi Palace from the perspective of women's solidarity in feminism by 钟凯乐 Chong, Claire Kaile

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Concurrent removal of Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) from wastewater by nanostructured layered sodium vanadosilicate: competitive adsorption kinetics and mechanisms by Zhang, Xiaoyuan, Liu, Yu

“…Results showed that the adsorption equilibrium could be reached within 30 min at different metal concentrations and adsorbent dosages, indicating a fast adsorption of Cu2+, Ni2+ and Co2+ by nanostructured layered sodium vanadosilicate, while both pseudo-first- and second-order equations could provide a good description of the observed adsorption kinetics. …”
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通过探讨旗袍在新加坡的发展历史，议论旗袍作为普遍的华人性标志的演变过程 = Historicising the development of the qipao/cheongsam in Singapore from the 1920s to the 1990s: an analysis of the qipao/cheongsam's transforma... by 辜俐恩 Koh, Lynette

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Electrical stimulation therapy and HA/TCP composite scaffolds modulate the Wnt pathways in bone regeneration of critical-sized defects by Helaehil, Júlia Venturini, Helaehil, Luiza Venturini, Alves, Laryssa Fernanda, Huang, Boyang, Santamaria-Jr, Milton, Bartolo, Paulo, Caetano, Guilherme Ferreira

“…The scaffolds were grafted at the defect site and applied with the ES application twice a week using 10 µA of current for 5 min. Bone samples were collected for histomorphometry, immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis. …”
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