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

“…Based on neutron reflectometry (NR) and the ability of HDL to efflux cholesterol from macrophages, we confirm these observations and further identify the preference of the S protein for specific lipids and the consequent effects on HDL function on lipid exchange ability. …”
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Near-infrared light for phototherapy : photothermal induced drug release and tumor ablation by Li, Menghuan

“…My studies of these NIR responsive therapeutic nanoplatforms presented a variety of applications based on nanomaterials that were capable of photothermal heat generation. …”
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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.

“…A good correlation was shown and statistical significance was proven. Based on the proposed relationship that baPWV = 0.093*age + 5.464, 91.8% of the subjects are within a 95% confidence interval, while 86.6% are within a 90% confidence interval. …”
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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

“…This thesis has demonstrated a novel approach to deliver oral insulin via the Layer-by-Layer approach. This approach based on simple electrostatic interaction generated particles with long sustained release window, therefore serve as a potential alternative to the current subcutaneous injection.…”
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Precipitation trend analysis for The Langat River Basin, Selangor, Malaysia by Palizdan, Narges

“…In the method using wavelet transformation, the mother wavelet type and the number of decomposition levels were assessed based on two criteria. The first one is the Mean Relative Error (MRE) between the wavelet approximation component and the original data set and the second one is the relative error of the MK Z-value ( ) between the approximation series and the original data series. …”
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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

“…Overall, by combining all the innovations described earlier, we have developed an affordable, portable, high-speed desktop PLD based PAT imaging system. Using this system we achieved a high spatial resolution of 165 μm and an in vitro imaging depth of 3 cm. …”
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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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Is your ontology as hard as you think? Rewriting ontologies into simpler DLs by Carral, D, Feier, C, Romero, AA, Grau, BC, Hitzler, P, Horrocks, I

“…Our transformations target the elimination of inverse roles, universal and existential restrictions, and in the best case allow us to rewrite the given ontology into one of the OWL 2 profiles. …”

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

“…Solarium use was inversely associated with breast cancer risk, whereas ≥2 sunburns/year was inversely associated with lung cancer risk. …”

Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status by Theodoulou, A, Fanshawe, TR, Leavens, E, Theodoulou, E, Wu, AD, Heath, L, Stewart, C, Nollen, N, Ahluwalia, JS, Butler, AR, Hajizadeh, A, Thomas, J, Lindson, N, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…<p><b>Behavioural interventions </b></p> We found low‐certainty evidence of lower quit rates in lower compared to higher SES groups for print‐based self‐help (ROR 0.85, 95% CI 0.52 to 1.38; 3 studies, 4440 participants) and text‐messaging (ROR 0.76, 95% CI 0.47 to 1.23; from 3 of 4 studies, 5339 participants; 1 study reported no difference) versus control, indicating a possibly negative impact on health equality. …”

A state space approach to the analysis of frames and wavelets by Chen, Xiaofang

“…The author develops a direct approach to compute the frame bounds of mixed causal-anticasual linear systems, which includes linear time-invariant case and linear time-varying (LTV) case. The advantage of this approach is that it avoids converting the mixed casual-anticausal representation into unstable casual realization, hence saving many computation steps. …”
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Velocity measurement by electrical capacitance tomography: A simulative study by Ahmad Latiffi, Aryani, Zulkiffli, Noorul Adharina

“…Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) offers robust, inexpensive, non-invasive and non-intrusive techniques for quantifying multiphase flow phenomena. …”
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Motion Phantom Development for MRI by Liu, Kerlina

“…The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has enabled health care professionals to non-invasively visualize subjects' soft tissue for medical diagnosis. …”
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Optimising the surveillance and control of communicable diseases: the effects of population heterogeneity on early outbreak transmission dynamics by Lovell-Read, F

“…In this thesis, we focus on modelling transmission dynamics in the very early stages of an infectious disease outbreak, using mathematical and computational techniques to design control mechanisms that facilitate early case detection and local containment.</p> <p>When an infectious pathogen first arrives in a susceptible population, the initial imported case(s) may lead to a major disease outbreak, or may instead fade out with only a few infections ever observed. …”