Author(s): Kaur M; Mandl GA; Maurizio SL; Tessitore G; Capobianco JA;

Dye sensitization is a promising route to enhance luminescence from lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles (LnUCNPs) by improving the photon harvesting capability of LnUCNPs through the use of dye molecules, characterized by higher absorption coefficients. The literature does not fully address the poor photostability of NIR dyes, hindering solution-b ...

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Author(s): Garard J; Wood SLR; Sabet-Kassouf N; Ventimiglia A; Matthews HD; Ubalijoro É; Chaudhari K; Ivanova M; Luers AL;

The use of digital tracking of individuals throughout the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic renewed societal debates on the efficacy and ethics of digital surveillance to mitigate collective crises. While digital emissions tracking is being used to support climate-mitigation strategies, to dat ...

Article GUID: 36128017

Author(s): Scirocco A; Recchia H;

Past work on moral mindsets has largely overlooked the adolescent developmental period, a time when adolescents are navigating the complexities of moral life and experiencing tensions between important moral principles and their own actions. This study investigated how moral incrementalism and essentialism are linked to how adolescents construct meanings ...

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Author(s): Dragomir AI; Voisard B; Gosselin Boucher V; Szczepanik G; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL;

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Article GUID: 36122402

Author(s): Kelly-Turner K; Radomsky AS;

Background: Individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) often report a fear that they will lose control of their emotions or report intense, unpleasant thoughts or images of uncontrollably humiliating themselves in social situations. These fears and associated beliefs that one is likely to lose control may underlie the anxiety and/or cognitive biases ( ...

Article GUID: 36117751

Author(s): Yang X; An C; Feng Q; Boufadel M; Ji W;

Since nearly half of the world's population lives near the coast, coastal areas have become hotspots for microplastic (MP) pollution due to human activity. The ubiquity of natural colloids in coastal waters plays a critical role in the potential fate of, and risks posed by, MPs. Nevertheless, far less has been known regarding the aggregation of MPs wi ...

Article GUID: 36113238

Author(s): Azar N; Booij L;

Background: Prenatal maternal stress is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for offspring mental health challenges. DNA methylation may be a mechanism, but few studies directly tested mediation. These few integrative studies are reviewed along with studies from three research areas: prenatal maternal stress and child mental health, prenatal maternal ...

Article GUID: 36113690

Author(s): Adam S Radomsky

Although a great deal of research has focused on various aspects of control and their relations to psychopathology, new insights and therapeutic potential could be revealed through an examination and perhaps emphasis on fears of losing control. Although elements of control-related beliefs and phenomena have been highlighted in association with obsessive-c ...

Article GUID: 36113905

Author(s): Raznahan M; Li SS; Wang Z; Boufadel M; Geng X; An C;

There has been an increase in marine transportation in cold regions, which in turn has led to an increasing risk of oil spills in these areas. To better support risk assessment and pollution control of oil spills, it is important to have a good understanding of oil transport in the environment. This information is essential to manage response priorities a ...

Article GUID: 36095968

Author(s): Yamada K; Mibu A; Kogo S; Sullivan M; Nishigami T;

This study evaluated the reliability and validity of a Japanese version of Pain Disability Index (PDI). Analyses were conducted on a 7-item version (PDI-J) and a 5-item (PDI-5-J version of the PDI). Using a web-based survey system, we recruited 300 individuals with chronic low back pain (lasting =3 months) and 300 individuals with chronic daily headache ( ...

Article GUID: 36094940

Author(s): Tan SY; Jing Q; Leung Z; Xu Y; Cheng LKW; Tam SST; Wu AR;

In vitro models of vasculature are of great importance for modelling vascular physiology and pathology. However, there is usually a lack of proper spatial patterning of interacting heterotypic cells in conventional vasculature dish models, which might confound results between contact and non-contact interactions. We use a microfluidic platform with struct ...

Article GUID: 36093896

Author(s): Foroutan P; Lahmiri S;

Understanding the dynamics of cryptocurrency markets during financial crises such as the recent one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial for policy makers and investors. In this study, the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the return-volatility and return-volume relationships for the ten most traded cryptocurrencies, namely Tether, Bitcoin, Ethereum, R ...

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