Laser-accelerated particle beams for stress testing of materials
Nature Communications, 2018 Recently, there has been significant progress on the application of laser-generated proton beams in material science. Here the authors demonstrate the benefit of employing such beams in stress testing different materials by examining their mechanical ...
M. Barberio +10 more
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Pomegranate extract inhibits EMT in clear cell renal cell carcinoma in a NF-κB and JNK dependent manner. [PDF]
, 2015 Objective:Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common subtype of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and is characterized by biallelic inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene.
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Quantitative laser-based x-ray fluorescence and particle-induced x-ray emission
New Journal of Physics, 2022 In this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of quantitative laser-based x-ray fluorescence (XRF) combined with particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) (called XPIF for x-ray and particle-induced fluorescence) spectroscopy analysis for elemental ...
Frédéric Boivin +4 more
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Audio-Visual Multimedia Quality Assessment: A Comprehensive Survey
IEEE Access, 2017 Measuring perceived quality of audio-visual signals at the end-user has become an important parameter in many multimedia networks and applications. It plays a crucial role in shaping audio-visual processing, compression, transmission and systems, along ...
Zahid Akhtar, Tiago H. Falk
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EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2017 This paper addresses the problem of DOA estimation using uniform linear array (ULA) antenna configurations. We propose a new low-cost method of multiple DOA estimation from very short data snapshots. The new estimator is based on the annihilating filter (
Faouzi Bellili +3 more
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Transforming silicon slag into high‐capacity anode material for lithium‐ion batteries
Battery Energy, 2022 The conception of cheaper and greener electrode materials is critical for lithium (Li)‐ion battery manufacturers. In this study, a by‐product of the carbothermic reduction of SiO2 to Si, containing 65 wt% Si, 31 wt% SiC, and 4 wt% C, is evaluated as raw ...
Victor Vanpeene +5 more
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LARP7 suppresses P-TEFb activity to inhibit breast cancer progression and metastasis. [PDF]
, 2014 Transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase (Pol) II is essential for gene expression during cell growth and differentiation. The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) stimulates transcriptional elongation by phosphorylating Pol II and ...
Ji, Xiaodan +3 more
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 With the burgeoning of wearable devices and passive body/brain-computer interfaces (B/BCIs), automated stress monitoring in everyday settings has gained significant attention recently, with applications ranging from serious games to clinical monitoring ...
Mark Parent +8 more
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TGFβ impairs HNF1α functional activity in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition interfering with the recruitment of CBP/p300 acetyltransferases [PDF]
, 2019 The cytokine transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) plays a crucial role in the induction of both epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) program and fibro-cirrhotic process in the liver, where it contributes also to organ inflammation following several ...
Amicone, Laura +8 more
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Dbl oncogene expression in MCF-10 A epithelial cells disrupts mammary acinar architecture, induces EMT and angiogenic factor secretion. [PDF]
, 2015 The proteins of the Dbl family are guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) of Rho GTPases and are known to be involved in cell growth regulation. Alterations of the normal function of these proteins lead to pathological processes such as developmental
Bosco MC +10 more
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