Khalid, Karniza Lee, Kun Yun Mukhtar, Nur Farihan Warijo, Othman
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Vaccines
Routine human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake continues to be suboptimal since its recommendation in 2006 for girls and in 2011 for boys. This paper aims to review published quality improvement (QI) methodologies on interventions to improve HPV vaccine uptake among adolescents. Science Direct and Scopus databases were searched for QI initiative...
Kim, Se-Young Bae, Han-Jin Lee, Hae-Hyoung Lee, Jong-Hyuk Kim, Yu-Jin Choi, Yu-Sung Lee, Jung-Hwan Shin, Soo-Yeon
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Pharmaceutics
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in physical properties and biocompatibilities caused by thermocycling of CAD/CAM restorative materials (lithium disilicate, zirconia reinforced lithium silicate, polymer-infiltrated ceramic network, resin nanoceramic, highly translucent zirconia). A total of 225 specimens were prepared (12.0 × 10...
Boyd, Alexandra Byrne, Sarah Middleton, Ryan J Banati, Richard B Liu, Guo-Jun
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Cells
Microglia, the innate immune cells of the central nervous system, play a pivotal role in the modulation of neuroinflammation. Neuroinflammation has been implicated in many diseases of the CNS, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. It is well documented that microglial activation, initiated by a variety of stressors, can trigger a p...
Guo, Dandan Muhammad, Nadeem Yu, Shuxin Wang, Jinhui Huang, Shaohua Zhu, Yan
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Polymers
In this work, polyamidoamine (PAMAM)-functionalized water-stable Al-based metal-organic frameworks (MIL-53(Al)-NH2) were proposed with enhanced fluorescence intensity, and used for the sensitive detection of heavy metal ions in aqueous solution. The size and morphology of MIL-53(Al)-NH2 were effectively optimized by regulating the component of the ...
Ahn, So Yeon Yu, Chengbin Song, Young Seok
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Polymers
In this study, we fabricated a cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-embedded aerogel-like chitosan foam and carbonized the 3D foam for electrical energy harvesting. The nanocrystal-supported cellulose foam can demonstrate a high surface area and porosity, homogeneous size ranging from various microscales, and a high quality of absorbing external additives. ...
Lee, Shen-Han Golinska, Monika Griffiths, John R
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Cells
In solid tumours, cancer cells exist within hypoxic microenvironments, and their metabolic adaptation to this hypoxia is driven by HIF-1 transcription factor, which is overexpressed in a broad range of human cancers. HIF inhibitors are under pre-clinical investigation and clinical trials, but there is evidence that hypoxic cancer cells can adapt me...
Kim, Yeji Yoshida, Yasukazu
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Polymers
In recent decades, significant research efforts have been devoted to studying various types of actuators. Of particular interest are soft actuators based on electroactive polymers, which offer low operating voltage, light weight, and fast response. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of a soft linear actuator fabricated from polypyrrole (...
Li, Li Zhang, Meng
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Polymers
Collagen is the most crucial component of leather artifacts and analyzing collagen can provide vital information for studying and conserving such artifacts. However, collagen in leather artifacts often faces challenges such as degradation, denaturation, and contamination, which make it difficult to achieve an ideal protein extract using traditional...
Fraga, Vinicius M Lovi, Isabela T Abegão, Luis M G Mello, Hugo J N P D
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Polymers
The comprehension of potentiometric pH sensors with polymeric thin films for new and advanced applications is a constant technological need. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between the sensitivity and correlation coefficient of potentiometric pH sensors and the structure-property relationship of polyaniline thin films. The effec...
Brünnert, Daniela Seupel, Raina Goyal, Pankaj Bach, Matthias Schraud, Heike Kirner, Stefanie Köster, Eva Feineis, Doris Bargou, Ralf C Schlosser, Andreas
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Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
The N,C-coupled naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid ancistrocladinium A belongs to a novel class of natural products with potent antiprotozoal activity. Its effects on tumor cells, however, have not yet been explored. We demonstrate the antitumor activity of ancistrocladinium A in multiple myeloma (MM), a yet incurable blood cancer that represents a mode...
