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Spatial immobilization of endogenous growth factors to control vascularization in bone tissue engineering

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2577-2589
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00087F, Paper
Marta R. Casanova, Catarina Oliveira, Emanuel M. Fernandes, Rui L. Reis, Tiago H. Silva, Albino Martins, Nuno M. Neves
An engineered biofunctional system comprises endogenous BMP-2 and VEGF bound in a parallel pattern. It successfully enabled obtaining the spatial osteogenic and angiogenic differentiation of human hBM-MSCs under basal culture conditions.
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The electrospinning of a thermo-responsive polymer with peptide conjugates for phenotype support and extracellular matrix production of therapeutically relevant mammalian cells

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2611-2626
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01965K, Paper
Open Access
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F. A. A. Ruiter, L. E. Sidney, K. L. Kiick, J. I. Segal, C. Alexander, F. R. A. J. Rose
The fabrication and application of a biocompatible peptide conjugated thermo-responsive fibrous scaffolds for cellular phenotype support and enzymatic-free passaging of mammalian cells.
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A super-stretchable, self-healing and injectable supramolecular hydrogel constructed by a host–guest crosslinker

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00290A, Paper
Yang Zhou, Yuanhao Zhang, Zhaobo Dai, Fang Jiang, Jia Tian, Weian Zhang
Supramolecular hydrogels based on host–guest interactions have drawn considerable attention due to their unique properties and promising applications.
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Optically controlled hybrid metamaterial of plasmonic spiky gold inbuilt graphene sheets for bimodal imaging guided multimodal therapy

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00312C, Paper
Kunnumpurathu Jibin, Jayaram S. Prasad, Giridharan Saranya, Sachin J. Shenoy, Kaustabh K. Maiti, Ramapurath S. Jayasree
Gold–graphene nanohybrid for simultaneous dual-imaging guided triple therapy as a new paradigm in light-triggered cancer theranostics. The material demonstrates excellent therapeutic efficacy and treatment monitoring features.
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Serum miRNAs are differentially altered by ethanol and caffeine consumption in rats

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,842-849
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00069K, Paper
M. Martinez, I. M. U. Rossetto, R. M. S. Arantes, F. S. N. Lizarte, L. F. Tirapelli, D. P. C. Tirapelli, L. G. A. Chuffa, F. E. Martinez
Alcoholism is a multifactorial disease with high risk for dependence determined by genetic background, environmental factors and neuroadaptations.
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Effects of moderate red wine on cardiovascular risk factors in diabetics: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,979-987
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00227H, Paper
Saavia Alice Naame, Decheng Li, Ruixue Huang
Diabetes mellitus is of major public health concerns; its incidence is continuously increasing.
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US Federal Reserve won't take rates negative, say fund managers, economists

Fed funds futures, which are a gauge of where markets expect the Fed's benchmark overnight lending rate to be, are now pricing in a slightly negative rate environment beginning in December




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Nomura predicts Indian GDP to contract by 5.2% in FY21, more rate cuts

Analysts at Goldman Sachs expect the Indian economy to contract 0.4 per cent in FY21 versus consensus median 2.7 per cent




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Export contraction in April could surpass March's steep 25-year decline

Major forex earning sectors cite lack of labour, funds and key supplies




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Govt must work to revive consumption, not worry about rating: Rahul Gandhi

Congress wants lockdown lifted across country on May 18, save hotspots; Gandhi urges Centre to make citizens 'psychologically' prepared to for lockdown exit




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Govt hikes borrowing limit by over 50% to Rs 12 trn as virus grips economy

Sources say the Centre has asked RBI to do whatever to keep yields in check, which may result in massive secondary market bond purchases




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Covid-19 lockdown effect: Every second Indian now on internet in cities

The data released by Nielsen and the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) shows that internet usage has grown sharply in cities over the last one month, touching 54 per cent




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Additional borrowing to widen fiscal deficit, but help govt perk up economy

He did not think that the move will crowd out borrowings of the private sector, saying demand of the government and the private sector are not contradictory in these circumstances




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Ministry of Defence inks Rs 1,200 cr contract to boost electronics sector

The deal, Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure Phase 2 (MAFI-2), follows from an earlier contract, called MAFI-1, which TPSED won in 2011 to upgrade 30 IAF airfields.




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Lockdown worsening poverty levels among workers in informal economy: ILO

In high-income countries, relative poverty levels among informal workers are estimated to increase by 52 percentage points




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Efficient sub-15 nm cubic-phase core/shell upconversion nanoparticles as reporters for ensemble and single particle studies

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02172E, Paper
Meiling Tan, Melissa-Jane Monks, Dingxin Huang, Yongjun Meng, Xuewen Chen, Ying Zhou, Shuang-Fang Lim, Christian Würth, Ute Resch-Genger, Guanying Chen
A set of sub-15 nm ytterbium-enriched α-NaYbF4:Er3+@CaF2 core/shell upconversion nanoparticles have been developed for both ensemble- and single particle-level imaging studies, presenting a high quantum yield of 0.77% at a low saturation power density of 110 W cm−2.
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Conductive-bridging random-access memories for emerging neuromorphic computing

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01671C, Review Article
Jun-Hwe Cha, Sang Yoon Yang, Jungyeop Oh, Shinhyun Choi, Sangsu Park, Byung Chul Jang, Wonbae Ahn, Sung-Yool Choi
This review covers CBRAM-based artificial synapses and neurons towards emerging computing applications from the operation principles of CBRAMs to state-of-the-art experimental demonstrations.
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Dual-sensitized Upconversion-assisted, Triple-band Absorbing Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01008A, Paper
Sung Kyung Nam, Kiwon Kim, Ji-Hwan Kang, Jun Hyuk Moon
Luminescent solar concentrator-photovoltaic systems (LSC-PV) harvest solar light by using transparent photoluminescent plates, which is expected to be particularly useful for building-integrated PV applications. LSC panels that absorb multiple wavelength...
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Hybrid Phase 1T/2H-MoS2 with Controllable 1T Concentration and Its Promoted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02525A, Paper
Yuxiao Zhang, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, Catherine Louis, Hiromi Yamashita
MoS2 has been investigated as a low-cost alternative to Pt in electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. One of the promising method to further activate MoS2 is phase engineering. MoS2 generally exhibit...
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Wrinkle-induced highly conductive channels in graphene on SiO2/Si substrate

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01406K, Paper
Ruisong Ma, Jiajun Ma, Jiahao Yan, Liangmei Wu, Wei Guo, Shuai Wang, Qing Huan, Lihong Bao, Sokrates T Pantelides, Hong-Jun Gao
Graphene wrinkle is a quasi-one-dimensional structure and can alter the intrinsic physical and chemical activity, modify the band structure and introduce transport anisotropy in graphene thin films. However, their quasi-one-dimensional...
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Realization of high-quality optical nanoporous gradient-index filters by optimal combination of anodization conditions

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9404-9415
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10526C, Paper
Cheryl Suwen Law, Siew Yee Lim, Lina Liu, Andrew D. Abell, Lluis F. Marsal, Abel Santos
High-quality nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters are realized by sinusoidal pulse anodization under optimized anodization conditions.
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The CpG molecular structure controls the mineralization of calcium phosphate nanoparticles and their immunostimulation efficacy as vaccine adjuvants

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9603-9615
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09782A, Paper
Razieh Khalifehzadeh, Hamed Arami
Effects of the CpG molecular structure on the mineralization and immunostimulation efficacy of calcium phosphate nanoparticles are explored for vaccine delivery applications.
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A broadband and low-power light-control-light effect in a fiber-optic nano-optomechanical system

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9800-9809
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10953F, Paper
Yu Zhang, Wenguo Zhu, Pengpeng Fan, Yelin He, Linqing Zhuo, Zhen Che, Dongquan Li, Huadan Zheng, Linpeng Dong, Jieyuan Tang, Wentao Qiu, Jun Zhang, Yongchun Zhong, Jianhui Yu, Zhe Chen
A tapered-nanofibre optomechanical scheme, together with the pump–probe technique, is exploited to implement a broadband and low-power light-control-light effect.
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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Hierarchically porous, ultra-strong reduced graphene oxide–cellulose nanocrystal sponges for exceptional adsorption of water contaminants”’ by J. Ma, Y. Xiong and F. Yu, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08780F

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9899-9901
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01846E, Comment
Nariman Yousefi, Nathalie Tufenkji
We respond to the comments of Ma et al. and clarify the rationale behind our methodology and why it is suitable for our work.
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Effective atherosclerotic plaque inflammation inhibition with targeted drug delivery by hyaluronan conjugated atorvastatin nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9541-9556
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00308E, Paper
Seyedmehdi Hossaini Nasr, Zahra Rashidijahanabad, Sherif Ramadan, Nate Kauffman, Narayanan Parameswaran, Kurt R. Zinn, Chunqi Qian, Ripla Arora, Dalen Agnew, Xuefei Huang
Atherosclerosis is associated with inflammation in the arteries. Hyaluronan atorvastatin nanoparticle conjugate could target CD44 overexpressed in atherosclerotic plaques and significantly reduce plaque associated inflammation.
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Nanosphere-shaped ammonio methacrylate copolymers: converting a pharmaceutical inactive ingredient to efficient therapeutics for experimental colitis

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9590-9602
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00465K, Paper
Brice Moulari, Maryam A. Shetab Boushehri, Jean-Paul Pais de Barros, Thilo Faber, Arnaud Béduneau, Laurent Lagrost, Yann Pellequer, Alf Lamprecht
Even in the absence of any drug load, nanosphere-shaped ammonio methacrylate copolymers can mitigate murine experimental colitis.
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Emerging pnictogen-based 2D semiconductors: sensing and electronic devices

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02932G, Review Article
Pradip Kumar Roy, Jan Luxa, Zdeněk Sofer
Pnictogens have drawn tremendous attention due to their electronic structure and semiconducting character. Their fascinating features provide a novel platform for new devices in 2D materials which will pave the way for new nanodevices.
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A ferromagnetic skyrmion-based diode with a voltage-controlled potential barrier

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9507-9516
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10528J, Paper
Li Zhao, Xue Liang, Jing Xia, Guoping Zhao, Yan Zhou
We propose a feasible skyrmion-based diode model using VCMA, and study the dynamic behavior of the skyrmion.
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Triplet photosensitizer-nanotube conjugates: synthesis, characterization and photochemistry of charge stabilizing, palladium porphyrin/carbon nanotube conjugates

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9890-9898
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02136A, Paper
Luis M. Arellano, Habtom B. Gobeze, María J. Gómez-Escalonilla, José Luis G. Fierro, Francis D'Souza, Fernando Langa
SWCNTs covalently modified with a triplet photosensitizer, palladium porphyrin, have been newly prepared and photoinduced charge separation is reported.
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Formation and manipulation of domain walls with 2-nm domain periodicity in BaTiO3 without contact electrodes

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01747G, Paper
Maya Barzilay, Yachin Ivry
Interfaces at the two-dimensional limit in oxide materials exhibit a rich span of functionality that differs significantly from the bulk behavior. Among such interfaces, domain walls in ferroelectrics draw special...
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Unexpectedly high stability and surface reconstruction of PdAuAg nanoparticles for formate oxidation electrocatalysis

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01358G, Paper
Bowei Pan, Fuyi Chen, Kou Bo, Junpeng Wang, Quan Tang, Longfei Guo, Qiao Wang, Zhen Li, Weiqi Bian, Jiali Wang
High-performance Pd-based nanocatalysts for alkaline methanol and formate fuel cells have aroused wide attention. Hence, a series of ternary Pd-Au-Ag nanoalloys are synthesized on the carbon nanotubes and demonstrate a...
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Near-infrared nanosecond-pulsed laser-activated high efficient intracellular delivery mediated by nano-corrugated mushroom-shaped gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01792B, Paper
Tuhin Subhra Santra, Srabani Kar, Chih-Wei Chen, Jayant Borana, Te-Chang Chen, Ming-Chang Lee, Fan-Gang Tseng
Here, efficient intracellular delivery of molecules with high cell viability is reported using nanosecond-pulsed laser-activated plasmonic photoporation mediated by high-aspect-ratio nano-corrugated mushroom-shaped gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles (nm-AuPNPs) at near-infrared wavelength. Upon...
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How I’ve connected with other scientists online during the COVID-19 pandemic

This postdoc no longer feels alone even though he’s working from home




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As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format

The scientific community is “making lemonade out of lemons,” one researcher says




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Tampa Bay Library Consortium




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Lake Alfred Public Library, part of the Polk County Library Consortium




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'Damn those Confederate torpedoes" - Farragut




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'Stranger consider and be wiser'




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Gamble mansion was hideout for Confederate official




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Architect converted road into retreat for pedestrians




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Conquistadores brought Catholicism to Tampa




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Convent has served as a hospital




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The 'great cross --- beacon of the faith'




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Ex-congressman once 'ruled' Amelia Island




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The 'bride's church' graces Coconut Grove




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Metropolitan Community Church congregation, Tampa, 1971




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The economic contributions of Baptist Health Systems of South Florida




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Economic contributions - Big Bend Transfer Company




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The estimated economic impacts of biotechnical firms in Hillsborough County, Florida




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The status of south central Florida's regional economy