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. …”
Get full text

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). …”
Get full text

论萧乾小说中的基督教因素 = Christianity elements in Xiao Qian’s novels by 杨楚依 Yang, Chuyi

“…China was suffering from the invasion and oppression from the Western Imperialism in the 1820s. …”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

Layer-by-layer assembled micro and nano carriers for drug delivery applications by Mutukumaraswamy Shaillender

“…Layer-by-Layer (LbL) technology involves the consecutive assembly of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes based on electrostatic interactions onto charged template surfaces. …”
Get full text

Investigating the content and function of stress-induced extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer by Mason, J

“…After validating a SEC-based method to isolate EVs from patient plasma, I showed that nCRT for rectal cancer is associated with altered EV-miRNA cargo. …”

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). …”

Targeting the Bromodomain-containing protein 4 in ovarian clear cell carcinoma by Wong, Erica Shiyi

“…Additionally, there are reported cases of OCCC gaining resistance to BRD4 inhibitor treatment, which may be due to adaptive kinome reprogramming. …”
Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

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. …”

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.…”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

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

Get full text

Learning Quantum Hamiltonians at Any Temperature in Polynomial Time by Bakshi, Ainesh, Liu, Allen, Moitra, Ankur, Tang, Ewin

Get full text

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. …”
Get full text

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

“…We pooled RORs by intervention type in random‐effects meta‐analyses, using the generic inverse‐variance method. We subgrouped by type of SES indicator and economic classification of the study country. …”

Cell-free hemoglobin mediated oxidative stress is associated with acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy in severe falciparum malaria: an observational study by Plewes, Katherine, Kingston, Hugh W.F., Ghose, Aniruddha, Maude, Richard J., Herdman, M. Trent, Leopold, Stije J., Ishioka, Haruhiko, Hasan, Md. Mahtab Uddin, Haider, Md. Shafiul, Alam, Shamsul, Piera, Kim A., Charunwatthana, Prakaykaew, Silamut, Kamolrat, Yeo, Tsin Wen, Faiz, Md. Abul, Lee, Sue J., Mukaka, Mavuto, Turner, Gareth D. H., Anstey, Nicholas M., Jackson Roberts II, L., White, Nicholas J., Day, Nicholas P. J., Hossain, Md. Amir, Dondorp, Arjen M.

“…Plasma F2-IsoP concentrations also inversely correlated with red cell deformability and were higher in fatal cases. …”
Get full text
Get full text