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A highly photoresponsive and efficient molybdenum-modified titanium dioxide photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl orange
The degradation of azo dyes in aquatic environments is still challenging due to their stability and perpetual effect. This work demonstrates the application of highly ultraviolet-responsive titanium dioxide/mo...
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Open AccessCyclin-dependent kinase 7 is a therapeutic target in high-grade glioma
High-grade glioma (HGG) is an incurable brain cancer. The transcriptomes of cells within HGG tumors are highly heterogeneous. This renders the tumors unresponsive or able to adapt to therapeutics targeted at s...
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Tracking metastatic breast cancer: the future of biology in biosensors
Circulating tumour cells associated with breast cancer (brCTCs) represent cells that have the capability to establish aggressive secondary metastatic tumours. The isolation and characterization of CTCs from bl...
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The LIM-only transcription factor LMO2 determines tumorigenic and angiogenic traits in glioma stem cells
Glioblastomas (GBMs) maintain their cellular heterogeneity with glioma stem cells (GSCs) producing a variety of tumor cell types. Here we interrogated the oncogenic roles of Lim domain only 2 (LMO2) in GBM and...
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Oct4 is a critical regulator of stemness in head and neck squamous carcinoma cells
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been suggested as responsible for the initiation and progression of cancers. Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) is an important regulator of embryonic stem cell fate. H...
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Open AccessSOX2 regulates self-renewal and tumorigenicity of stem-like cells of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) display cellular heterogeneity and contain cancer stem cells (CSCs). Sex-determining region Y [SRY]-box (SOX)2 is an important regulator of embryonic stem cell f...
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Causal Factors of Weld Porosity in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding of Powder-Metallurgy-Produced Titanium Alloys
An investigation was undertaken using gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding on consolidated powder metallurgy (PM) titanium (Ti) plate to identify the causal factors behind observed porosity in fusion welding. Tramp ...
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Lab-on-a-chip: a component view
Miniaturization is being increasingly applied to biological and chemical analysis processes. Lab-on-a-chip systems are direct creation of the advancement in the miniaturization of these processes. They offer a...
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Quality Analog Scramblers Using Frequency-Response Masking Filter Banks
A very low complexity frequency-domain analog speech scrambler having high-quality speech reconstruction is proposed. The scrambler uses frequency-response masking filter banks which have low computational com...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Aptasensors Design Considerations
With the advancement of biotechnology, aptamer-based sensors have received intense attention in both research and commercial worlds. This is driven by the advantages of small molecule size, chemical stability,...
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Chapter
Multilayer EUV Optics for Applications of Ultrashort High Harmonic Pulses
Multilayers serve as tailored optical components for guiding, focussing, and monochromatization of high harmonics. A single harmonic order can be selected without pulse broadening thus enabling time-resolved p...
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Determination of layer-thickness fluctuations in Mo/Si multilayers by cross-sectional HR-TEM and X-ray diffraction
We present a method of deriving single layer thickness fluctuations of Mo/Si EUV multilayers from cross-sectional high-resolution transmission electron microscopy micrographs. The obtained thickness values for...
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Fabrication and characterization of EUV multilayer mirrors optimized for small spectral reflection bandwidth
Our aim was to produce EUV multilayer mirrors with a small spectral bandwidth ΔE≤3 eV at 70 eV peak energy using UHV electron beam evaporation by varying the thickness ratio (Γ= ...
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Quantitative analysis of biosurfactants using Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy
A quick and simple technique has been developed that is suitable to quantify the concentration of most types of biosurfactants in a typical growth medium using infrared spectroscopy. The area of the peak due t...
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A Novel Integrated CMOS Switch Circuit for High Precision Sample-and-Hold Technique
A new CMOS switch circuit is proposed for the implementationof high precision sample-and-hold. The switch includes a currentmirror and switching action is controlled by current pulses.This reduces charge injec...
