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O2-Virgin is no sure-fibre winner

Nintendo super smashes it, Peloton powers ahead, Sonos Arc




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Reggie Bird speaks about her son's battle with cystic fibrosis

Reggie Bird, 44, has spoken about her nine-year-old son Lucas' heartbreaking battle with cystic fibrosis.




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Big Brother's Reggie Bird's daughter helps look after son Lucas, who suffers from cystic fibrosis

Big Brother winner Reggie Bird, 44, has conquered the odds by managing to raise her nine-year-old son Lucas as a legally blind single mother. 




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Big Brother's Reggie Bird shares heartbreaking photos of her son Lucas, 9, battling cystic fibrosis

Reggie Bird, 44, has shared heartbreaking images of her nine-year-old son Lucas' battle with cystic fibrosis.




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BT scraps its dividend for at least 2 YEARS as it focuses on fibre broadband

Chief executive Philip Jansen, who recently recovered from Covid-19, said a new target of full fibre to 20 million homes by the mid to late 2020s is now in place.




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£1bn investment in superfast internet could bring 'full-fibre' and 5G broadband

The new 'full-fibre' networks will have the capacity to reach speeds of more than 1Gbps, which it is claimed could allow users to download an entire Game Of Thrones series in less than a minute.




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What is the difference between cable and fibre optic broadband?

The type of broadband you can get in your home depends on several things including; where you are in the country, the type of home you live in and the providers available to you.




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Fitbit Aims to Study How Devices Can Track Atrial Fibrillation Faster

Atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart rhythm irregularity, increases the risk of stroke and is usually prevalent among people above 65 years.




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[ASAP] Photothermal Depletion of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Normalizes Tumor Stiffness in Desmoplastic Cholangiocarcinoma

ACS Nano
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00417




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Fibre-Reinforced Polymer

Fibre-Reinforced Polymer




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A covalently crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel using enzymatic oxidation and chemoenzymatically synthesized copolypeptide crosslinkers consisting of a GPG tripeptide motif and tyrosine: control of gelation and resilience

Polym. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00187B, Paper
Hiromitsu Sogawa, Takuya Katashima, Keiji Numata
A covalently crosslinked silk fibroin hydrogel was successfully formed via an enzymatic crosslinking reaction using copolypeptides, which consist of a glycine–proline–glycine tripeptide motif and tyrosine, as linker molecules.
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Nanoclay-functionalized 3D nanofibrous scaffolds promote bone regeneration

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8,3842-3851
DOI: 10.1039/C9TB02814E, Paper
Qingqing Yao, Kirby E. Fuglsby, Xiao Zheng, Hongli Sun
A nanoclay-enriched 3D nanofibrous biomimetic scaffold with strong bone regenerative ability by virtue of its improved mechanical properties, osteoconductivity, and drug binding capacity was developed.
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[ASAP] Self-Healing and Superwettable Nanofibrous Membranes with Excellent Stability toward Multifunctional Applications in Water Purification

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c05701




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[ASAP] Magnetic Field-Induced Alignment of Nanofibrous Supramolecular Membranes: A Molecular Design Approach to Create Tissue-like Biomaterials

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c05191




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[ASAP] Dried Blood Spot-Based Metabolomic Profiling in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis

Journal of Proteome Research
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00031




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Surface Polymer Imprinted Optical Fibre Sensor for Dose Detection of Dabrafenib

Analyst, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0AN00434K, Paper
Chenyang He , Ulises Hernandez Ledezma , Pratik Gurnani, Thais Fedatto Abelha, Kristofer James Thurecht, Ricardo Goncalves Correia , Steve Morgan, Poulam Patel, Cameron Alexander, Sergiy Korposh
Dabrafenib is one of the most widely used of the new generation of targeted anti-cancer drugs. However, its therapeutic window varies for different patients and so there is an unmet...
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Simultaneous co-assembly of fenofibrate and ketoprofen peptide for the dual-targeted treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4922-4925
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00513D, Communication
Zhongyan Wang, Chuanrui Ma, Yuna Shang, Lijun Yang, Jing Zhang, Cuihong Yang, Chunhua Ren, Jinjian Liu, Guanwei Fan, Jianfeng Liu
An ingenious co-assembled nanosystem based on fenofibrate and ketoprofen peptide for the dual-targeted treatment of NAFLD by reducing hepatic lipid accumulation and inflammatory responses.
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Beyond temperature: controlling collagen fibrillogenesis under physiological conditions via interaction with cucurbit[7]uril

Chem. Commun., 2020, 56,4946-4949
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC01444C, Communication
Qiuping Xie, Delong Hou, Jinming Chang, Zhou Xu, Qi Zeng, Zhonghui Wang, Yi Chen
A supramolecular strategy as efficient as temperature that enabled facile control over collagen fibrillogenesis under physiological conditions was reported.
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Photo-degradation of Porphyrin bounded hIAPP (1-37) Fibrils

New J. Chem., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ06082K, Paper
Yongxiu Song, Ping Li, Zhimin Zhang, Yin Wang, Zhefei Zhang, Lei Liu, Mingdong Dong
Amyloid deposits in pancreatic islets of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is mainly comprised of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), which is believed to be generated as a paracrine hormone...
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[ASAP] Discovery of Cephalosporin-3'-Diazeniumdiolates That Show Dual Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Effects against <italic toggle="yes">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</italic> Clinical Cystic Fibrosis Isolates and Efficacy in a Murine R

ACS Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00070




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Freezing-induced silk I crystallization of silk fibroin

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00360C, Paper
Xiufang Li, Qunmei Fan, Qiang Zhang, Shuqin Yan, Renchuan You
Thermal annealing strongly impacts the crystallization of proteins. Despite the fundamental importance for the crystallization of silk fibroin, the underlying crystallization kinetics of silk fibroin in freezing state has not...
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Synthesis and aggregation behaviour of single-chain, 1,32-alkyl-branched bis(phosphocholines) – part 2: lateral chain length triggers self-assembling from sheets to fibres to vesicles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0OB00534G, Paper
Kai Gruhle, Max Tuchtenhagen, Sindy Müller, Gerd Hause, Annette Meister, Simon Drescher
The synthesis of six single-chain, alkyl-branched bolalipids and first investigations of the lyotropic behaviour of these lipids are reported.
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Fitbit conducts large scale study to identify atrial fibrillation using its wearable tech

Fitbit on Thursday launched its Fitbit Heart Study, a large-scale, virtual study to validate the use of its wearable technology to identify heart acti




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Nanofibres in drug delivery / Gareth R. Williams, Bahijja T. Raimi-Abraham, C.J. Luo

Online Resource




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Handbook of Fibrous Materials, 2 Volumes: Volume 1: Production and Characterization / Volume 2: Applications in Energy, Environmental Science and Healthcare


 
Edited by a leading expert in the field with contributions from experienced researchers in fibers and textiles, this handbook reviews the current state of fibrous materials and provides a broad overview of their use in research and development. Volume One focuses on the classes of fibers, their production and characterization, while the second volume concentrates on their applications, including emerging ones in the areas of energy, environmental

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[ASAP] Correlation between Surface Properties of Polystyrene and Polylactide Materials and Fibroblast and Osteoblast Cell Line Behavior: A Critical Overview of the Literature

Biomacromolecules
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00214




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[ASAP] Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization Approach to In Situ Cross-Link Cellulose Nanofibrils with Inorganic Nanoparticles

Biomacromolecules
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00210




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[ASAP] Soluble Assemblies in the Fibrillation Pathway of Prion-Inspired Artificial Functional Amyloids are Highly Cytotoxic

Biomacromolecules
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00271




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[ASAP] Enhancing the Carboxylation Efficiency of Silk Fibroin through the Disruption of Noncovalent Interactions

Bioconjugate Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00168




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Journal of Textiles and Fibrous Materials [electronic journal].

SAGE Publications




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[ASAP] Electrochemically Active, Compressible, and Conducting Silk Fibroin Hydrogels

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00407




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Handbook of Fibrous Materials, 2 Volumes: Volume 1: Production and Characterization / Volume 2: Applications in Energy, Environmental Science and Healthcare


 
Edited by a leading expert in the field with contributions from experienced researchers in fibers and textiles, this handbook reviews the current state of fibrous materials and provides a broad overview of their use in research and development. Volume One focuses on the classes of fibers, their production and characterization, while the second volume concentrates on their applications, including emerging ones in the areas of energy, environmental

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Impact of wormlike micelles on nano and macroscopic structure of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils hydrogels

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00135J, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Marcelo A. da Silva, Vincenzo Calabrese, Julien Schmitt, Kazi M. Zakir Hossain, Saffron J Bryant, Najet Mahmoudi, Janet L Scott, Karen J Edler
In this work, we investigated the effect of adding surfactant mixtures on the rheological properties of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (OCNF) saline dispersions. Three surfactant mixtures were studied: cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB)/sodium...
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Formation of Fibrillar Crystals Strongly Accelerates the Form II to I Transformation of Polybutene-1

Soft Matter, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00572J, Paper
Jiaqi Zhang, Chang Liu, Xintong Zhao, Zhijie Zhang, Quan Chen
This study examines shear-induced formation of fibrillar form II crystals and subsequent form II to I transformation of an isotactic polybutene-1 sample through a combination of rheology, polarized optical microscope...
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Phenylalanine dimer assembly structure as the basic building block of an amyloid like photoluminescent nanofibril network

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4105-4109
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00387E, Communication
Prabhjot Singh, Nishima Wangoo, Rohit K. Sharma
Self-assembled phenylalanine dimer as the basic supramolecular structure of β-amyloid like photoluminescent nanofibrils.
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Filamentous and step-like behavior of gelling coarse fibrin networks revealed by high-frequency microrheology

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4234-4242
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02228G, Paper
Pablo Domínguez-García, Giovanni Dietler, László Forró, Sylvia Jeney
By a micro-experimental methodology, we study the ongoing molecular process inside coarse fibrin networks by means of microrheology.
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Structural characterization of fibrous synthetic hydrogels using fluorescence microscopy

Soft Matter, 2020, 16,4210-4219
DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01828J, Paper
Open Access
Johannes Vandaele, Boris Louis, Kaizheng Liu, Rafael Camacho, Paul H. J. Kouwer, Susana Rocha
The structural features of the matrix surrounding the cells play a crucial role in regulating their behavior.
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JAMA Neurology : Clinical Effectiveness of Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Warfarin in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke

Interview with Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS, author of Clinical Effectiveness of Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Warfarin in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke: Findings From the Patient-Centered Research Into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) Study




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Cystic fibrosis methods and protocols [electronic resource] / edited by William R. Skach

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2002]




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Pterostilbene prevents LPS-induced early pulmonary fibrosis by suppressing oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis in vivo

Food Funct., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9FO02521A, Paper
Huahong Yang, Cong Hua, Xiaolin Yang, Xiaoye Fan, Hongyu Song, Liping Peng, Xinxin Ci
Schematic model of the protective effects by Pts on LPS-induced lung fibrosis.
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Effects of gastrodin against carbon tetrachloride induced kidney inflammation and fibrosis in mice associated with the AMPK/Nrf2/HMGB1 pathway

Food Funct., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0FO00711K, Paper
J. Q. Ma, Yun-Zhi Sun, Qing-Lei Ming, Zhi-Kai Tian, Yu-Jia Zhang, Chan-Min Liu
Gastrodin (GAS), the main phenolic glycoside extracted from Gastrodia elata Blume, exhibited potential renoprotective properties. Here we examined the protective effects of GAS against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced kidney inflammation and...
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JEffect of Weight Reduction and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Management on Symptom Burden and Severity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Interview with Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, author of Effect of Weight Reduction and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Management on Symptom Burden and Severity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Randomized Clinical Trial




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Warfarin, Kidney Dysfunction, and Outcomes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Interview with Juan Jesús Carrero, PhD(Pharm and Med), author of Warfarin, Kidney Dysfunction, and Outcomes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation




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Fibromyalgia: A Clinical Review

Interview with Daniel J. Clauw, MD, author of Fibromyalgia: A Clinical Review




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Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and the Long-term Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Interview with Hooman Kamel, MD, author of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and the Long-term Risk of Ischemic Stroke




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Managing Atrial Fibrillation

Edward H. Livingston, MD discusses atrial fibrillation with Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, author of Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. This review article reports that therapy for atrial fibrillation should include rate control for all patients, but maintenance of sinus rhythm with drugs or catheter ablation should be considered on an individual patient basis. Also on the program is a conversation about new technologies to facilitate screening for atrial fibrillation with Leslie Saxon, MD.





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Near-infrared-persistent luminescence/bioluminescence imaging tracking of transplanted mesenchymal stem cells in pulmonary fibrosis

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00063A, Paper
Yuyang Xia, Hongying Bao, Jie Huang, Xiaodi Li, Chenggong Yu, Zhijun Zhang, Haishui Wang
A dual-labeling strategy integrating near-infrared-persistent luminescence and RfLuc-based bioluminescence imaging techniques has been developed to track the transplanted stem cells, deepening the understanding of the role played by stem cells in PF treatment.
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A TRACER culture invasion assay to probe the impact of cancer associated fibroblasts on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell invasiveness

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02017A, Paper
Teresa Dean, Nancy T. Li, Jose L. Cadavid, Laurie Ailles, Alison P. McGuigan
A novel 3D in vitro co-culture platform to explore the interactions between cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumour cells that drive increased tumour cell invasion and the impact of matrix density.
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