Design, fabrication and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells by Ahmed Ali Said Ahmed

“…The achieved findings in this thesis include the following: (1) Six NDI-based molecules have been designed and synthesized as electron transporting layers in inverted perovskite solar cells; (2) Two pyrene-based molecules were designed and synthesized as electron transporting layers; (3) The effect of sulfur position in pyrene-based molecules was investigated (4) Three N-type conjugated polymers were explored as electron transporting layer (5) The effect of embedded sp2-nitrogen in donor and acceptors of conjugated polymer was explored and (6) Tellurium tetraiodide was explored as a promising light absorber in solar cells. …”
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Virus-like particles of nodavirus displaying the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: a potential VLP-based COVID-19 vaccine by Kumar, Kiven, Tan, Wen Siang, Arshad, Siti Suri, Ho, Kok Lian

“…Therefore, continuous innovation of new vaccines is required to target upcoming VOCs. The receptor binding domain (RBD) of the virus spike (S) glycoprotein has been extensively used in vaccine development due to its role in host cell attachment and penetration. …”
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Viral proteases activate the CARD8 inflammasome in the human cardiovascular system by Nadkarni, Rhea, Chu, Wern Cui, Lee, Cheryl Q. E., Mohamud, Yasir, Yap, Lynn, Toh, Gee Ann, Beh, Sheryl, Lim, Radiance, Fan, Michelle Yiyun, Zhang, Lyanne Yizhuo, Robinson, Kim, Tryggvason, Karl, Luo, Honglin, Zhong, Franklin, Ho, Lena

“…Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NBD), leucine-rich repeat (LRR) containing protein family (NLRs) are intracellular pattern recognition receptors that mediate innate immunity against infections. …”
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Motion and deformation of a bubble in a Hele-Shaw cell by Wu, K, Booth, DJ, Griffiths, IAN, Nunes, JK, Stone, HA

“…We consider situations where both the capillary number Ca and the ratio 𝜀 of the cell height to the bubble diameter are small. The bubble is then flattened into a pancake-like shape, with an approximately circular profile when viewed from above, and thin liquid films lie between the bubble and the cell walls. …”

Bursting the bubble on bacterial biofilms : a flow cell methodology by Crusz, Shanika A., Diggle, Stephen P., Popat, Roman, Rybtke, Morten Theil, Cámara, Miguel, Givskov, Michael, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Williams, Paul

“…The flow cell biofilm system is an important and widely used tool for the in vitro cultivation and evaluation of bacterial biofilms under hydrodynamic conditions of flow. …”
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Quantitative proteomics reveals CLR interactome in primary human cells by Manolis, D, Hasan, S, Maraveyas, A, O'Brien, DP, Kessler, BM, Kramer, H, Nikitenko, LL

“…The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR) mediates essential functions in several cell types and is implicated in cardiovascular pathologies, skin diseases, migraine and cancer. …”

Simultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell disease by Papageorgiou, Dimitrios P., Abidi, Sabia Z., Chang, Hung-Yu, Li, Xuejin, Kato, Gregory J., Karniadakis, George E., Suresh, Subra, Dao, Ming

“…Polymerization and adhesion, dynamic processes that are hallmarks of sickle cell disease (SCD), have thus far been studied in vitro only separately. …”
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Determination of octreotide acetate as radiosensitizer in breast cancer cell lines by Alkhansa, Salih Mahmoud Abdalla

“…These findings showed that MCF7 is a radio- resistant cell line expressed low levels of SSTRs 1-5 which considered a suitable model for study the effects of octreotide acetate agonist as radiosensitizer in breast cancer. …”
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Enantiomeric separation of racemic mixtures using chiral-selective and organic-solvent-resistant thin-film composite membranes by Ong, Chi Siang, Oor, Jia Zheng, Tan, Jonathan Shiliang, Chew, Jia Wei

“…In this study, we fabricated a novel thin-film composite nanofiltration membrane composed of (2-hydroxypropyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) as the chiral selector for the enantiomeric separation of racemic 1-phenylethanol chiral compounds in organic solvents. …”
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Red blood cell adhesion can be reduced by non-reactive macromolecules by Zhang, Zhengwen, Meiselman, Herbert J., Neu, Björn

“…To date, the mechanisms behind red blood cell (RBC) adhesion remain unclear. However, polymer depletion at the red cell surface has been shown to play a significant role. …”
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Adsorption of hyaluronic acid on solid supports: Role of pH and surface chemistry in thin film self-assembly by Choi, Jae-Hyeok, Kim, Seong-Oh, Linardy, Eric, Dreaden, Erik C., Zhdanov, Vladimir P., Hammond, Paula T., Cho, Nam-Joon

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Synthesis of bioconjugated gold nanoparticles for targeted imaging of breast cancer cells by Low, Yu Qi

“…The modified particles were also allowed to interact with MCF-7 control cells which are HER2 negative. Dark field images showed binding of gold nanoparticles on cell membranes of SKBR-3 cells while little or no particles were distributed near the HER2 negative MCF-7 cells. …”
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Identification of RNA-Tis11b complexes in activated B cells. by Tang, Ngang Heok.

“…RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play important roles in regulating gene expression at post-transcriptional level. …”
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Systematic study of short circuit activation on the performance of PEM fuel cell by Zhang, Caizhi, Liu, Hao, Zeng, Tao, Chen, Jiawei, Lin, Pengfeng, Deng, Bo, Liu, Fujian, Zheng, Yifeng

“…Short circuit method has been found to improve the performance of fuel cells by stripping of oxides and other adsorbed species from platinum, which needs systematical understanding the effective parameters of short circuit method on fuel cell performance. …”
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Label-free microfluidic cell sorting and detection for rapid blood analysis by Lu, Nan, Tay, Hui Min, Petchakup, Chayakorn, He, Linwei, Gong, Lingyan, Maw, Kay Khine, Leong, Sheng Yuan, Lok, Wan Wei, Ong, Hong Boon, Guo, Ruya, Li, Holden King Ho, Hou, Han Wei

“…An emerging approach for point-of-care blood diagnostics is utilizing "label-free" microfluidic technologies that rely on intrinsic cell properties for blood fractionation and disease detection without any antibody binding. …”
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Investigating the role of CDK1 in governing the transcriptional landscape in cancer cells by Pluta, AJ

“…Subsequent analysis of the upregulated genes identified several transcription factors as candidates for involvement in mediating the transcriptional effects of CDK1 across different cell types, after their binding motifs were found to be enriched upstream of the transcription start site of the dysregulated genes. …”

A dynamical analysis of the alignment mechanism between two interacting cells by Leech, V, Dalwadi, M, Manhart, A

“…We find that for elongated cells there is a half-stable steady state corresponding to perfect alignment between the cells. …”

Understanding the role of Brd4 in the maintenance of human embryonic stem cells. by Lim, Michelle Gek Liang.

“…Taken together, our findings suggested that Brd4 knockdown and overexpression may have some effect on cell cycle regulation in hESC. …”
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Investigation of solar cell carrier lifetime using photoconductance lifetime measurements by Lam, Sze Yin

“…Inorganic solar cells are known to have high carrier mobility while some advantages of organic solar cells include the low material cost, low temperature fabrication and solution-based process. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…This study investigated the effects of LMF exposure (20 nT) by magnetic shielding on the prostate cancer cell line PC3 compared to the prostate epithelial cell line PNT2 under short-term (4 h) conditions. …”
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