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Integrated device for plasma separation and nucleic acid extraction from whole blood toward point-of-care detection of bloodborne pathogens

Lab Chip, 2024, 24,5124-5136
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00571F, Paper
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Abigail G. Ayers, Christia M. Victoriano, Samuel K. Sia
This work presents PRECISE, a device that integrates plasma separation and nucleic acid extraction, enabling streamlined sample preparation of whole blood for point-of-care diagnostics without external equipment or electricity.
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Thammanam-Pullepady Road development: joint site inspection planned

Landowners along the stretch seek adequate compensation for small tracts of additional land that will be acquired in keeping with the revised alignment




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Kerala man arrested with nitrazepam tablets




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No separate categories of schools in adjudging winners, clarifies Minister




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Congress deputes Sushil Kumar Shinde, Jitendra Singh, Deepak Babaria as observers for election of CLP leader in Karnataka

Karnataka voters decimated the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party and gave Congress an unambiguous mandate, with 135 seats in the 224-member Legislative Assembly




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Focus Tamil Nadu | Is Rajinikanth inseparable from controversies?

In the backdrop of Rajinikanth falling at the feet of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath during a film promotion recently, the actor was strongly criticised for bowing before a man who is 21 years younger to him.




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Tamil Nadu government lists various welfare programmes implemented by MAWS Department

The programmes included ‘AMRUT 2.0’ being implemented at a cost of ₹2,391.72 crore.




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Bangladesh interim government to seek Interpol support to repatriate Sheikh Hasina from India

Officials said a Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant, but rather a global request for law enforcement agencies to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action




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South Korea's Yoon practises golf to prepare for future Trump meets

Analysts said Mr. Yoon may seek to find a way to capitalise on a personal friendship with Mr. Trump to advance Seoul's interests as Trump's "America First" foreign policy plan




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No invite from India, Nepal PM Oli heads to China on first visit abroad

Visit seen as a symptom of strained ties over issues such as denial of overflight rights and New Delhi’s objection to Chinese investment or components in India-Nepal projects




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Tirupati witnesses brisk sale of white pumpkins during Deepavali season

Not just pumpkins, but flowers such as marigold and chrysanthemum also saw a roaring business this season, to be adorned to the shopping outlets and vehicles




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Heparin-stabilized gold nanoparticles embedded in graphene for the electrochemical determination of esculetin

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2256-2266
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00229F, Paper
Vinicius José da Silva, Luan Gabriel Baumgarten, Juliana Priscila Dreyer, Edson Roberto Santana, Almir Spinelli, João Paulo Winiarski, Iolanda Cruz Vieira
A conductive nanocomposite consisting of heparin-stabilized gold nanoparticles embedded in graphene was prepared for esculetin determination in tea and jam samples.
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The preparation of a boronate affinity-based controlled oriented imprinting coating on a silica nanoparticle surface for the separation and purification of shikimic acid in herbal medicine

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00219A, Paper
Yumin Yang, Daojin Li, Bingqian Liu
Shikimic acid (SA) is one of the most effective drugs against the A (H1N1) virus and has high medicinal value.
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Novel advanced materials and magnetic solid phase extraction as approaches in sample preparation to enhance the analysis of ochratoxin A in peanuts

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00246F, Paper
Bingchen Wang, Yifan Wang, Xiuyuan Zhang, Kuo He
In order to improve the detection efficiency of ochratoxin, a superparamagnetic nano-material was synthesized for solid phase extraction of ochratoxin.
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Monolith stationary phases prepared via cyclic anhydride ring-opening polymerization as tunable platforms for chromatographic applications

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00251B, Paper
Ahmad Aqel, Ayman Ghafr, A. Yacine Badjah-Hadj-Ahmed, Zeid Abdullah ALOthman
Polymer monolithic stationary phases were prepared based on a cyclic anhydride as a reactive and tunable platform via ring-opening post-polymerization using primary amines; octadecylamine and benzylamine. The characterization techniques indicated...
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Pictures from the dear departed




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Therapeutic upregulation of DNA repair pathways: strategies and small molecule activators

RSC Med. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4MD00673A, Review Article
Juhyung Song, Cheoljun Park, Francis E. B. Cabanting, Yong Woong Jun
Potential therapeutic target proteins for upregulating DNA repair system are reviewed, along with reported small-molecule activators.
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Tiruchi district SHGs compete to prepare healthy millet-based recipes at food festival

Women entrepreneurs urged to take advantage of social media platforms to advertise and market their products to a wider customer base




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Provide medical aid to jailed separatist leader Yasin Malik: Delhi HC to Tihar jail

In his plea before the high court, Malik claimed to be a patient of “serious cardiac and kidney ailments”, currently facing a “life and death situation”




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Tamil Nadu airport infrastructure: Excitement in the air — preparing the ground for take off

Air travel in Tamil Nadu could see a boom over the next few years as significant infrastructure development is in the offing at airports in tier 2 cities across the State. With the State government keen on ensuring distributed growth, strengthening the aviation infrastructure could be a stimulus to the regional economic development as enhanced air connectivity is expected to help attract investment, trade, and tourism




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Forest Department free coaching helps tribal youth in Jawadhu Hills to get government jobs




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Collector forwards complaint against teacher to Education Department




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T.N. lists achievements of Rural Development Department




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Dynamics of phase-separated microdroplets near the contact line of evaporating all-aqueous drops

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8260-8266
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM01056F, Paper
Open Access
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Rahul Rai, Maheshwar Gopu, Senthan Pugalneelam Parameswaran, Tapan Chandra Adhyapak, Dileep Mampallil
Evaporation of multicomponent drops can induce liquid–liquid phase separation and spatial reconfiguration of phases through complex dynamics near the contact line.
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Segregative phase separation of strong polyelectrolyte complexes at high salt and high polymer concentrations

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,8505-8514
DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00994K, Paper
Open Access
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Conner H. Chee, Rotem Benharush, Lexi R. Knight, Jennifer E. Laaser
Complexes of strong polyelectrolytes prepared well above the binodal are shown to undergo hydrophobicity-driven segregative phase separation.
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Donna's Story / directed by: Doug Cuthand ; produced by: Graydon McCrea, Jerry Krepakevich ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011




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Pieces of a Dream : A Story of Gambling / directed by: Michelle Wong ; produced by: Bonnie Thompson, Jerry Krepakevich, Graydon McCrea ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019




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Minister Narayana assures completion of repair works, desilting of all irrigation canals in Nellore district

The state government is planning to launch a special drive for the removal of encroachments along the irrigation canals in the district




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IG orders departmental inquiry into ‘preferential treatment’ to Borugadda Anil Kumar

The events came to light after a video clip went viral on social media on Saturday, in which police can be seen offering him a table, bed sheet and allowing him to sleep outside the lock up, but within the station




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GIS-based master plans being prepared for Class II towns, says A.P. Finance Minister

NDA govt. is taking steps for planned and sustainable urban development, says Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav after presenting the Budget for 2024-25




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Need to create awareness on Budget preparation among new MLAs, says Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker

‘It will equip them to express their opinion and they are also supposed to know the allocations made to 39 departments’




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Deepavali: KSRTC sets record with ₹5 crore in online ticket sales; 85,462 bookings in a day, highest since 2006 launch

According to KSRTC officials, major routes that saw high demand included popular destinations from Bengaluru such as Davangere, Mysuru, Hubballi, Tirupathi, Shivamogga, and Kalaburagi 




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Thousands witness colourful Deepavali celebrations at Alva’s College




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Air India flight from Mangaluru to Mumbai departs after over-three-hour delay

An Air India official attributed the delay to ‘technical issues’




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Janatha Garage: This needs a few repairs

NTR and Mohanlal’s performances save an otherwise tepid film




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Lepakshi crafts mela gets under way

The exhibition was launched by Revenue Divisional Officer S. Venkata Rao and can be called as the perfect place to shop for college-going girls.




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Handcrafted for Deepavali

By Hand From The Heart returns with its Deepavali display of handcrafted products commencing today




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Two from Hyderabad, including government employee, lose ₹50 lakh in separate scams




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Watch: ‘I am prepared to face political repercussions’: Revanth Reddy on HYDRAA

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy made it clear that the government is not going to spare encroachers and that HYDRAA has been given full powers 




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Telangana to repair 9,000 km of roads using advanced technology: Minister Komatireddy




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Power your exam preparation

This mobile app helps aspirants test their skill, knowledge and writing speed.




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Cash-strapped Archaeology Department takes MGNREGA route for upkeep of monuments in Karnataka

The proposed initiative will cover the protected and unprotected sites in Karnataka, most of which lack even a fence, so as to prevent encroachment




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Preparation and antioxidant properties of tannic acid/copper ion nanozyme hybrid nanofibrous membranes

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,35743-35753
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA05314A, Paper
Open Access
Qiao Wu, Jingshu Xiao, Hu Zhuang, Fenghai Zhao, Ruoxi Li, Duntie Zhang
A Cu/TA nanosheet was prepared by Cu2+ -mediated oxidative coupling inducing the self-assembly of a Cu-TA coordination complex network, which exhibits multienzyme like activity and enables the preparation of antioxidant membranes by electrospinning.
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Facile fabrication of g-C3N4/Bi2S3 coated melamine foam for oil/water separation applications

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,36132-36141
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA07030E, Paper
Open Access
Swathi A. C., Maneesh Chandran
Oil/water separation using g-C3N4/Bi2S3 foam.
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Get ready for the Deepanshi surprise

The 21-year-old from Rohtak ran the country’s fastest 400m at the recent Haryana Championships




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T.N. Health Department takes cancer screening to women at their workplace

To give better access to women for screening of cancer, the Health Department is taking their programmes to work sites and also encouraging women to come in for annual check-ups




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India U-17 beat Nepal 4-2 to enter SAFF U-17 final




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LDH-derived Co0.5Ni0.5Te2 Dispersed in 3D Carbon Sheets as Separator Modifier to Enable Kinetics-Accelerated Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Dalton Trans., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02619E, Paper
Chunmei Li, kan Mi, Kai Xu, Zhuo Jia, Xiaolei Jiang, Huili Peng, Xiuwen Zheng, Hongjiao Nie
Lithium-sulfur battery is considered as a powerful candidate for the next generation of advanced energy storage systems relying on its high energy density and theoretical specific capacity. However, its practical...
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Morphology-dependent Li+ ion dynamics in X-ray amorphous and crystalline Li3PS4 prepared by solvent-assisted synthesis

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02636E, Paper
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Jonas Spychala, Christoph Mandl, Katharina Hogrefe, H. Martin R. Wilkening, Bernhard Gadermaier
Ionic conductivity of Li3PS4 if synthesized by a solvent-assisted method strongly depends on overall and surface morphology. Amorphous Li3PS4 shows a rather high conductivity which is only slightly enhanced when going to the (nano-)crystalline form.
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Two amino-functionalized metal–organic frameworks with different topologies for C2H2/C2H4 separation

Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02592J, Communication
Yue Li, Mingming Xu, Hongyan Liu, Xiaokang Wang, Yutong Wang, Meng Sun, Weidong Fan, Daofeng Sun
Two amino-functionalized metal–organic frameworks (UPC-121 and UPC-122) with different topologies were obtained by regulating metal ions. Among them, UPC-122 exhibit the potential to separate C2H2/C2H4 at room temperature.
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