Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Daniel G. Bausch
Summary: The outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Guinea, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, highlight the necessity for a revision in vaccination strategies in the area.
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Engineering, Civil
Timothy J. Randle, Gregory L. Morris, Desiree D. Tullos, Frank H. Weirich, G. Mathias Kondolf, Daniel N. Moriasi, George W. Annandale, Jon Fripp, J. Toby Minear, David L. Wegner
Summary: The hydrologic cycle is a renewable resource but water delivery is highly variable. Reservoir storage capacity used for flow regulation is steadily being lost to sedimentation, making the nation dependent on a non-sustainable resource. Preserving existing reservoir storage capacity is crucial to meet rising demands associated with population growth and climate change, and to avoid the challenges and costs of expanding existing capacity or developing new storage capacity.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Yu Chen, Zhihua Fan, Shen Hu, Chengchao Lu, Yi Xiang, Shuzhi Liao
Summary: This article reviews the research progress of iron death in tumors and its importance in drug resistance. It provides a theoretical reference for further research and clinical application.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kaiyi Yang, Shenghui Feng, Zhijun Luo
Summary: Prostate cancer is a common and deadly cancer in males. Androgen-deprivation therapy is effective in early stage tumors, but many cases progress to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Existing clinical treatments for advanced prostate cancer have limitations, but gene therapy and viral therapy show promise in controlling the disease.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jaewan Mun, Yuto Ochiai, Weichen Wang, Yu Zheng, Yu-Qing Zheng, Hung-Chin Wu, Naoji Matsuhisa, Tomoya Higashihara, Jeffrey B. -H. Tok, Youngjun Yun, Zhenan Bao
Summary: This study presents a simple and universal strategy to achieve intrinsically stretchable semiconducting polymers with controlled multi-scale ordering, improving their stretchability and mechanical reversibility. By incorporating two types of co-monomer units, overall crystallinity and longer-range orders are reduced while maintaining high mobility, leading to improved mechanical properties. The proposed molecular design concept is observed to be applicable to various conjugated polymer systems, resulting in enhanced mechanical properties.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chih-Wei Lin, Tianqing Zheng, Geramie Grande, Alex R. Nanna, Christoph Rader, Richard A. Lerner
Summary: This study successfully identified an effective target TrkB for triple-negative breast cancer treatment, and demonstrated its potential efficacy and selectivity through the development of specific ADCs format.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhenzhen Yue, Wei Huang, Lihua Xiong, Zhuowei Wang, Xuelei Wang, Qian Wang, Qian Shen
Summary: Implementing environmental flow is crucial for river ecosystem restoration and management, but illegal competition for water resources can lead to e-flow shortages. This study developed a monitoring method and guarantee rate evaluation system using remote sensing and hydrological data, showing that e-flow accounted for 24% of average annual runoff. However, errors in the guarantee rate of some stations due to low-resolution remote sensing suggest the need for technological improvements.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Xin Yin, Jifeng Zhai, Pingfan Du, Wei-Hsiang Chen, Lixin Song, Jie Xiong, Frank Ko
Summary: This study reports a novel, functional spherical NiO hole transporting layer (HTL) for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Experimental and theoretical results demonstrate that the hollow NiO HTL improves optical field distribution and light harvesting efficiency. The synergistic Cu doping strategy further enhances hole extraction and suppresses recombination loss, leading to efficient NiO-based devices.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Mahrokh Marzi, Mahsa Rostami Chijan, Elham Zarenezhad
Summary: Hydrogels have gained significant attention in the treatment of skin cancer due to their desirable properties such as biocompatibility and flexibility. They can serve as perfect platforms for local therapy strategies. The use of hydrogels in tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressings, and drug delivery systems provide promising alternatives for carrying anti-neoplastic agents and reducing side effects.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
(2022)
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Dermatology
Shu Zhang, Owais Nabi, Xian Jiang
Summary: The study found that preoperative use of a tension-offloading device significantly improved skin elasticity coefficient, reduced scar width, and facilitated color regression. Among the 12 patients, those treated with the device demonstrated better results compared to the control group. Additionally, patients who received both preoperative and postoperative interventions showed a shorter healing period.
DERMATOLOGIC THERAPY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rongxin Feng, Nianhua Dan, Yining Chen, Weihua Dan
Summary: In this study, dialdehyde heparin was used to crosslink pADM and chemically modify its anticoagulant properties. The modified pADM showed improved thermal stability and biocompatibility, as well as enhanced anticoagulant and antiplatelet adhesion abilities, reducing the incidence of thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding.
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Automation & Control Systems
Wenjuan Li, Yungang Liu, Huijun Liang, Yanjun Shen
Summary: A distributed energy management strategy is proposed for smart grid with stochastic wind power, taking into account the Weibull probability distribution of wind power and ramp rate limits of thermal generators to optimize operation cost. Through consensus algorithm and ADMM method, the proposed strategy outperforms previous distributed methods in short-term energy management for smart grid with stochastic wind power.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
(2021)
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Forestry
Markus Lier, Michael Koehl, Kari T. Korhonen, Stefanie Linser, Kit Prins, Andrzej Talarczyk
Summary: This study compares the differences between the pan-European set of indicators for sustainable forest management and the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 through content analysis. The results show that while most objectives and commitments can be monitored using the existing indicator set, new indicators are needed to meet the Strategy's requirements. Additionally, there are some differences between the comprehensive vision of sustainable forest management in the indicator set and the scope of the objectives and commitments in the Strategy.
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Construction & Building Technology
Nari Yoon, Yeonsook Heo
Summary: This study proposed a weather-based operation strategy for a dynamically compartmentalized double-skin fagade system, and evaluated its influence on the building's thermal performance through a case study. The results showed that the proposed strategy significantly saved energy compared to a single-skin fagade system, but may cause significant hot discomfort in the heating mode, highlighting the importance of adaptive operations.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
S. Goldsworthy, P. Gomes, M. Coimbra, J. D. Patterson, J. Langille, G. Perez, L. Fasken
Summary: The study demonstrated that virtual auscultation teaching strategy had a significant positive impact on the competency of undergraduate nursing students in accurately identifying heart and lung sounds.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2021)