Producing microscale Ge textures via titanium nitride- and nickel-assisted chemical etching with CMOS-compatibiliyty by Liao, Yikai, Shin, Sang-Ho, Jin, Yuhao, Wang, Qi Jie, Kim, Munho

“…The TiN- and Ni-assisted chemical etching of Ge shed light on CMOS-compatible Ge-based photonic and optoelectronic applications.…”
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High-density lipoprotein function is modulated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in a lipid-type dependent manner by Correa, Yubexi, Del Giudice, Rita, Waldie, Sarah, Thépaut, Michel, Micciula, Samantha, Gerelli, Yuri, Moulin, Martine, Delaunay, Clara, Fieschi, Franck, Pichler, Harald, Haertlein, Michael, Forsyth, V. Trevor, Le Brun, Anton, Moir, Michael, Russell, Robert A., Darwish, Tamim, Brinck, Jonas, Wodaje, Tigist, Jansen, Martin, Martín, César, Roosen-Runge, Felix, Cárdenas, Marité

“…The severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is inversely correlated with HDL plasma levels. It is known that the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein binds the HDL particle, probably depleting it of lipids and altering HDL function. …”
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Near-infrared light for phototherapy : photothermal induced drug release and tumor ablation by Li, Menghuan

“…Amongst all these efforts, near-infrared-light-involved anticancer therapy has drawn increasing attention in recent years, due to the minimal invasiveness and high tissue penetration of near-infrared light (NIR). …”
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Feature extraction from EEG signals and regularization for brain-computer interface by Mishuhina, Vasilisa

“…We choose EEG because it is a non-invasive and low cost technology with good time resolution. …”
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Preliminary environmental risk consideration for small UAV ground risk mapping by Chung, Han Jie, Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Sivakumar, Anush Kumar, Low, Kin Huat

“…Findings for environmental risk-tiering and risk-mapping are preliminary and based on the available environmental data as identified in this study. …”
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Assessment of arterial stiffness via measurement of pulse wave velocity a study for the normotensive population by Chang, Serene Wei Nee.

“…In addition, the ease of measuring reproducible baPWV non-invasively and taking reading in the absence of any psychological stress on the subject make it very favourable. …”
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Addressing Unmet Clinical Needs with UV Bioadhesives by O’Rorke, Richard D., Pokholenko, Oleksandr, Gao, Feng, Cheng, Ting, Shah, Ankur, Mogal, Vishal, Steele, Terry W. J.

“…The invasive practice of suturing for wound closure has persisted for millennia; with the rate of medical development, it is staggering that there are few viable alternatives to invasive mechanical fasteners. …”
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Investigation of fluorescence lifetime imaging for quantitative cervical cancer screening and diagnosis by Gu, Jun

“…The proposed method can provide more accurate and faster cervical diagnosis, which can better supplement traditional gold standard histopathological examination. Liquid based cytological (LBC) Papanicolaou test is a very effective pre-invasive tool to screen for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). …”
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Studies of insulin transport across intestinal epithelium using nano-encapsulation for oral delivery by Zhang, Yiming

“…An oral route not only minimizes the patient compliance issue by eliminating the use of invasive needles, more importantly, it offers hepatic glucose regulation as the orally administered insulin would potentially be carried by hepatic portal vein to reach the liver, where glucose homeostasis take place. …”
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Testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin, insulin-like growth factor-1 and endometrial cancer risk: observational and Mendelian randomization analyses by Mullee, A, Dimou, N, Allen, N, O'Mara, T, Gunter, MJ, Murphy, N

“…An inverse association was found for SHBG (HR per unit inverse normal scale = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.67–0.86). …”

Prospective study of UV exposure and cancer incidence among Swedish women by Yang, L, Veierød, M, Löf, M, Sandin, S, Adami, H-O, Weiderpass, E

“…</p> <p><b>Results:</b> 2,303 incident cases of cancer were diagnosed (breast: 1,053, ovary: 126, lung: 116, colon-rectum: 133, and brain: 116). …”

3D surface analysis of coral microatolls by Gautam, Rohan

“…Studying microatolls is typically done by slabbing, an invasive process where a radial slice is obtained in order to study its annual growth bands. …”
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Velocity measurement by electrical capacitance tomography: A simulative study by Ahmad Latiffi, Aryani, Zulkiffli, Noorul Adharina

“…In an addition, parabolic fit interpolation was introduced to optimize the time delay calculation. Three cases with different position of PMMA ball in ECT sensor was studied coupled with noise added in the range 5% to 20%. …”
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Precipitation trend analysis for The Langat River Basin, Selangor, Malaysia by Palizdan, Narges

“…In order to identify the homogeneous regions respectively for the annual and seasonal scales, firstly, at- site mean total annual and separately at site mean total seasonal precipitation were spatialized into 5 km × 5 km grids using the inverse distance weighting (IDW) algorithm. Next, the optimum number of homogeneous regions (clusters) is computed using the Silhouette Coefficient approach. …”
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Genetic and observational associations of nuclear magnetic resonance-measured lipid-related traits and atherosclerotic cardiovascular mortality in the Mexico City Prospective Study by Wang, Y

“…However, previous evidence is mainly based on European populations and traditional lipid panels. …”

Developing a portable, high-speed, low-cost desktop photoacoustic tomography imaging system by Kalva, Sandeep Kumar

“…Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a non-invasive, hybrid biomedical imaging modal- ity. Conventional PAT system uses Nd:YAG-OPO laser as excitation source and a single-element ultrasound transducer (SUT) for detecting the generated photoacoustic (PA) waves from the imaging object. …”
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Migration of magnetic microparticles through a liquid–liquid interface under an external magnetic field by Mondal, S, Abbasi, N, Tsai, SSH, Griffiths, IM

“…Liquid–liquid interfaces play a pivotal role in various microfluidic processes involving microparticles, including coating, dissolution, controlled release of polyelectrolytes or drugs, and self-assembly processes. In all of these cases, non-invasive techniques to manipulate the microparticle transport are essential. …”

Impedance-sum stability criterion for power electronic systems with two converters/sources by Zhong, Qing-Chang, Zhang, Xin

“…This generic criterion is then demonstrated via applications covering all four possible cases.…”
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Synthetic Visual Sensations: Augmenting Human Spatial Awareness with a Wearable Retinal Electric Stimulation Device by Danry, Valdemar Munch, Chicos, Laura, Fonseca, Matheus, Kazi, Ishraki, Maes, Pattie

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Mycoplasma iowae infection in young Turkeys by Bradbury, Janet M., Ideris, Aini, OO, Tin Tun

“…Three strains appeared to be more virulent and more invasive than the other two, causing stunting, poor feathering and leg abnormalities including chondrodystrophy. …”
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