Author(s): Zhang X; Sun X; Jiang R; Zeng EY; Sunderland EM; Muir DCG;

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Author(s): Ocampo I; López RR; Camacho-León S; Nerguizian V; Stiharu I;

Artificial neural networks (ANN) and data analysis (DA) are powerful tools for supporting decision-making. They are employed in diverse fields, and one of them is nanotechnology; for example, in predicting silver nanoparticles size. To our knowledge, we are the first to use ANN to predict liposome size (LZ). Liposomes are lipid nanoparticles used in diffe ...

Article GUID: 34683215

Author(s): Chen Z; An C; Wang Y; Zhang B; Tian X; Lee K;

The released oil can affect the vulnerable shoreline environment if the oil spills happen in coastal waters. The stranded oil on shorelines is persistent, posing a long-term influence on the intertidal ecosystem after weathering. Therefore, shoreline cleanup techniques are required to remove the oil from the shoreline environment. In this study, a new sho ...

Article GUID: 34687682

Author(s): McGreevy TJ; Michaelides S; Djan M; Sullivan M; Beltrán DM; Buffum B; Husband T;

The environment plays an important role in the movement of individuals and their associated genes among populations, which facilitates gene flow. Gene flow can help maintain the genetic diversity both within and between populations and counter the negative impact of genetic drift, which can decrease the fitness of individuals. Sympatric species can have d ...

Article GUID: 34659333

Author(s): Shenker JJ; Steele CJ; Chakravarty MM; Zatorre RJ; Penhune VB;

Adult abilities in complex cognitive domains such as music appear to depend critically on the age at which training or experience begins, and relevant experience has greater long-term effects during periods of peak maturational change. Previous work has shown that early trained musicians (ET; < age 7) out-perform later-trained musicians (LT; > age 7 ...

Article GUID: 34657166

Author(s): Bolenz F; Eppinger B;

The development of metacontrol of decision making and its susceptibility to framing effects were investigated in a sample of 201 adolescents and adults in Germany (12-25 years, 111 female, ethnicity not recorded). In a task that dissociates model-free and model-based decision making, outcome magnitude and outcome valence were manipulated. Both adolescents ...

Article GUID: 34655226

Author(s): Bock DG; Baeckens S; Pita-Aquino JN; Chejanovski ZA; Michaelides SN; Muralidhar P; Lapiedra O; Park S; Menke DB; Geneva AJ; Losos JB; Kolbe JJ;

Hybridization is among the evolutionary mechanisms most frequently hypothesized to drive the success of invasive species, in part because hybrids are common in invasive populations. One explanation for this pattern is that biological invasions coincide with a change in selection pressures that li ...

Article GUID: 34654747

Author(s): Ferraro S; de Zavalia N; Belforte N; Amir S;

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by restrictive patterns of behaviour and alterations in social interaction and communication. Up to 80% of children with ASD exhibit sleep-wake cycle disturbances, emphasising the pressing need for novel approaches in the treatment of ASD-associated comorbidities. Whil ...

Article GUID: 34650409

Author(s): Munot P; McCrea N; Torelli S; Manzur A; Sewry C; Chambers D; Feng L; Ala P; Zaharieva I; Ragge N; Roper H; Marton T; Cox P; Milev MP; Liang WC; Maruyama S; Nishino I; Sacher M; Phadke R; Muntoni F;

Aims: TRAPPC11, a subunit of the transport protein particle (TRAPP) complex is important for complex integrity and anterograde membrane transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment. Several individuals with TRAPPC11 mutations have been reported with muscl ...

Article GUID: 34648194

Author(s): Durairaj P; Venkatesan S; Narayanan V; Babu M;

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by progressive lung tissue remodeling and disproportionate deposition of collagenous proteins with limited therapeutic interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether curcumin inhibits bleomycin (BLM)-induced increases in synthesis, degradation and cross-linking of lung collagen ...

Article GUID: 34643929

Author(s): Gravel-Tatta L; DeWolf C; Badia A;

Nanoparticle carriers show promise for drug delivery, including by inhalation, where the first barrier for uptake in the lungs is the monolayer pulmonary surfactant membrane that coats the air/alveoli interface and is critical to breathing. It is imperative to establish the fate of potential nanocarriers and their effects on the biophysical properties of ...

Article GUID: 34644076

Author(s): Samadi S; Dargahi J; Narayanswamy S;

We report the design of a high-efficiency spectral-domain spectrometer with cylindrical optics for line scanning optical coherence tomography (OCT). The spectral nonlinearity in k space (wavenumber) lowers the depth-dependent signal sensitivity of the spectrometers. For linearizing, in this design, grating and prism have been introduced. For line scanning ...

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