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Bio‐Inspired Artificial Ionic Mechanoreceptor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A skin‐inspired artificial mechanoreceptor based on ionic interactions is presented for biomimetic tactile sensing. Pressure‐driven ionic redistribution within microfluidic channels generates a self‐powered electrical signal without external bias. The generated waveform exhibits mechanoreceptor‐like temporal features, including overshoot and undershoot,
Mohammad Akbari, Jeppe Don, Lasse A. N. Pedersen, John Noee, Rassoul Tabassian   +4 more
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The diversity, distribution and host-parasite associations of trypanosomes in Western Australian wildlife [PDF]

, 2009
Little is known regarding the diversity, distribution or host-parasite associations of Trypanosoma spp. in Australian wildlife. Here we report on an investigation based on divergence of the 18S rRNA gene of trypanosomes isolated from a range of hosts and
Thompson, R.C.A., Morris, K.D., Lymbery, A.J., Averis, S., Smith, A., Wayne, A.F.   +5 more
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Kinetics‐Controlled Architecture of Binder‐Free Organic Electrodes for Enhanced Ion Transport

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Pulse reverse electrodeposition controls nucleation and growth to create hierarchically porous Py‐derived oligomeric electrodes with enhanced ionic accessibility and reduced transport resistance. The resulting binder‐free architectures translate these transport advantages into practical sodium‐storage functionality.
Satendra Kumar, María del Carmen Giménez‐López   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proteomic profiling of Plasmodium sporozoite maturation identifies new proteins essential for parasite development and infectivity [PDF]

, 2008
<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> sporozoites that develop and mature inside an <i>Anopheles</i> mosquito initiate a malaria infection in humans.
Lasonder Edwin, Edwin Lasonder, Khan, Shahid M., Geert-Jan van Gemert, Gunnar R Mair, Stunnenberg Hendrik G., Waters, A.P., Mann, Matthias, Vermunt Adriaan M. W., Mair Gunnar R., Huynen, Martijn A., Shahid M Khan, Kroeze Hans, Stunnenberg, Hendrik G, Mair, Gunnar R., van Gemert, Geert-Jan, Janse, C., van Gemert Geert-Jan, Sauerwein, R., Janse, C.J., Mann, M., Kroeze, H., Vermunt, Adriaan M. W., Bruno G Douradinha, Luty, A., Vermunt, A.M.W., Khan, S., Vermunt, Adriaan M W, Khan, Shahid M, Chris J Janse, Sauerwein Robert W., van Gemert, G.J., Douradinha, Bruno G., Hans Kroeze, Adriaan M W Vermunt, Robert W Sauerwein, Sauerwein, Robert W., Adrian J F Luty, Andrew P Waters, Kroeze, Hans, Sauerwein, Robert W, Douradinha, B.G., Luty, Adrian J F, Mann Matthias, Waters Andrew P., Lasonder, Edwin, van Noort, V., Luty, A.J.F., Sauerwein, R.W., Huynen Martijn A., Gemert, G.J.A. van, Mair, G.R., Douradinha, B., Khan, S.M., van Noort Vera, Huynen, Martijn A, Noort, V. van, Vera van Noort, Mair, Gunnar R, Janse, Chris J., Khan Shahid M., Stunnenberg, H., van Noort, Vera, Hendrik G Stunnenberg, Douradinha Bruno G., Lasonder, E., Janse, Chris J, Mair, G., Huynen, M., Matthias Mann, Waters, Andrew P, Luty Adrian J. F., van Gemert, G., Waters, A., Waters, Andrew P., Stunnenberg, H.G., Douradinha, Bruno G, Janse Chris J., Stunnenberg, Hendrik G., Luty, Adrian J. F., Huynen, M.A., Martijn A Huynen, Vermunt, A., Janse, CJ, et al,, Mair, GR, Lasonder, E, van Gemert, G-J   +87 more
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Nanoconfinement‐Induced Second‐Harmonic Circular Dichroism via Chirality–Ferroelectric Coupling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoconfinement of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal within a chiral nanoporous sponge yields an enhanced second‐harmonic generation circular dichroism (|gSHG–CD| ≈ 1.1). Polarization‐resolved analysis suggests an additional magnetic‐dipole‐associated nonlinear contribution under nanoconfinement, highlighting chirality–ferroelectric coupling as a ...
Jae‐Jin Lee, Hiroya Nishikawa, Tae‐Woong Moon, Dong‐Ha Kim, Fumito Araoka, Suk‐Won Choi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms Of Parasite Immune-Modulation And Evasion

, 2018
A parasite is an organism that depends on another organism, its host, for food and shelter. In this parasite-host relationship, a parasite gains benefits from its host while the host may suffer from diseases.
Ramesh, Malvika
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Prospective identification of malaria parasite genes under balancing selection. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Endemic human pathogens are subject to strong immune selection, and interrogation of pathogen genome variation for signatures of balancing selection can identify important target antigens.
Conway, David J, Lynette Isabella Ochola, Tetteh, Kevin KA, Stewart Lindsay B., Kevin Marsh, Thomas Alan W., Lindsay B Stewart, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, David J Conway, Gareth D Weedall, Kevin K A Tetteh, Weedall, Gareth D, Conway David J., Marsh Kevin, Weedall Gareth D., Ochola Lynette Isabella, Tetteh Kevin K. A., Amambua-Ngwa, Alfred, Ochola, Lynette Isabella, Stewart, Lindsay B, Thomas, Alan W, Alan W Thomas, Amambua-Ngwa Alfred, Marsh, Kevin   +23 more
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Parasite-mediated sexual selection in a damselfly

, 2022
Sexual selection can improve average fitness across a population and purge deleterious mutation from gene pool by promoting condition dependent mate selection. One ecological factor that reduces individual condition is parasitism.
Mariella Herberstein (10543358), Kawsar Khan (10556741)   +1 more
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Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
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Inter-rater reliability of malaria parasite counts and comparison of methods. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: The introduction of artemesinin-based treatment for falciparum malaria has led to a shift away from symptom-based diagnosis. Diagnosis may be achieved by using rapid non-microscopic diagnostic tests (RDTs), of which there are many available ...
Incardona, Sandra, Watt, Hilary, Barnwell, John, Bell, David, Luchavez, Jennifer, Bowers, Katherine M, Yen, Seiha, Chiodini, Peter L   +7 more
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