Author(s): Lapointe V; Green PB; Chen AN; Buonsanti R; Majewski MB;
Superlattice formation afforded by metal halide perovskite nanocrystals has been a phenomenon of interest due to the high structural order induced in these self-assemblies, an order that is influenced by the surface chemistry and particle morphology of the starting building block material. In this work, we report on the formation of superlattices from alu ...
Article GUID: 38516096
Author(s): Rebecca J Daniels
Bradykinesia, or slow movement, is a defining symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), but the underlying neuromechanical deficits that lead to this slowness remain unclear. People with PD often have impaired rates of motor output accompanied by disruptions in neuromuscular excitation, causing abnormal, segmented, force-time curves. Previous investigation ...
Article GUID: 38507858
Author(s): Dumassais S; Pichora-Fuller MK; Guthrie D; Phillips NA; Savundranayagam M; Wittich W;
Background: Dual sensory impairment (DSI), the combination of visual and hearing impairments, is associated with increased risk for age-related cognitive decline and dementia. Administering cognitive tests to individuals with sensory impairment is challenging because most cognitive measures require sufficient hearing and vision. Considering sensory limita ...
Article GUID: 38506649
Author(s): Yang X; Huang G; Chen Z; Feng Q; An C; Lyu L; Bi H; Zhou S;
Coastal waters are complex and dynamic areas with unique environmental attributes that complicate the vertical migration of microplastics (MPs). The MPs that enter coastal waters from diverse sources, including terrestrial, riverine, oceanic, and shoreline inputs undergo various aging pathways. In this study, the variations in the physiochemical character ...
Article GUID: 38503206
Author(s): Ayan S; Rotaru AM; Kaye EG; Juneau G; Das S; Wilds CJ; Beharry AA;
Fluorescent chemosensors offer a direct means of measuring enzyme activity for cancer diagnosis, predicting drug resistance, and aiding in the discovery of new anticancer drugs. O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a predictor of resistance towards anticancer alkylating agents such as temozolomide. Using the fluorescent molecular rotor, 9-(2-c ...
Article GUID: 38502038
Author(s): Andrade-Gagnon B; Casillas-Popova SN; Jazani AM; Oh JK;
Smart nanoassemblies degradable through the cleavage of acid-labile linkages have attracted significant attention because of their biological relevance found in tumor tissues. Despite their high potential to achieve controlled/enhanced drug release, a systematic understanding of structural factors that affect their pH sensitivity remains challenging, part ...
Article GUID: 38499007
Author(s): Joshani A; Mirzaei Y; Barber A; Balind K; Gobeil C; Gélinas Y;
The biogeochemical cycles of iron and organic carbon (OC) are closely interconnected in terrestrial and aquatic systems. In ocean waters, the concentration of reactive Fe is tightly controlled by soluble organic ligands. In soils, Fe stabilizes OC by forming aggregates that shield OC from degradation. In lake sediments however, the role of Fe in the prese ...
Article GUID: 38499107
Author(s): Alavi S; Mohammadimoghaddam S; Najmabadi H; Maghsoudlou S;
In this report, we describe a 6-year-old girl with a medical history of pallor, mild icterus, anemia, blood transfusion and abnormal hemoglobin variant analysis on capillary electrophoresis. She was referred for further analysis. DNA sequencing of the proband revealed a de novo mutation in Codon 88 (CTG > CCG) of the ß-globin gene (HBB: c.266T > C) in a h ...
Article GUID: 38500334
Author(s): Singh Z; Chiong JD; Kamal S; Majewski MB;
Dye-sensitized photoelectrodes may be used as heterogeneous components for fuel-forming reactions in photoelectrochemical cells. There has been increasing interest in developing Earth-abundant cheaper photosensitizers based on first-row transition metals. We describe here the synthesis, characterization, and study of the ground and excited state propertie ...
Article GUID: 38497406
Author(s): Lafay A; Adrien E; Lonardo Burr SD; Douglas H; Provost-Larocque K; Xu C; LeFevre JA; Maloney EA; Osana HP; Skwarchuk SL; Wylie J;
Transcoding is the process of translating between spoken and written numbers, and it is correlated with other mathematical skills. In the present study, we investigated the link between French number writing of 49 students in the third grade (aged 7-9 years) and their language skills. Transcoding ...
Article GUID: 37129448
Author(s): Sun Y; Wang C;
The work presented in this paper is in the area of brain tumor detection. We propose a fast detection system with 3D MRI scans of Flair modality. It performs 2 functions, predicting the gray level distribution and location distribution of the pixels in the tumor regions and generating tumor masks with pixel-wise precision. To facilitate 3D data analysis a ...
Article GUID: 38493601
Author(s): Bietar K; Chu S; Mandl G; Zhang E; Chabaytah N; Sabelli R; Capobianco JA; Stochaj U;
Lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are ideal candidates for use in biomedicine. The interaction of nanomaterials with biological systems determines whether they are suitable for use in living cells. In-depth knowledge of the nano-bio interactions is therefore a pre-requisite for the development of biomedical applications. The current stud ...
Article GUID: 38495986
