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Sodium Alginate‐Based Submucosal Lifting Hydrogel for Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A biocompatible sodium alginate‐based hydrogel is developed as a next‐generation submucosal lifting agent intended for EMR and ESD. The optimized formulation exhibits a composition devoid of endotoxins, high viscosity, demonstrates reliable injectability, and ensures prolonged mucosal elevation.
Iram Maqsood, Venkata S. Akshintala, Surya T. Evani, Rebecca A. Krimins, Yihan Wang, Keith Freel, Ahmed Ibrahim, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, Mouen Khashab, Stephen W. Hoag   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘All for One, One for All’: communicative processes of co-creation of place brands through inclusive and horizontal stakeholder collaborative networks

Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad), 2018
This paper examines stakeholder communication and interaction dynamics in place branding processes in order to inform alternative participatory place branding models.
Laura Ripoll-González, Libby Lester
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable and Green City Brand. An Exploratory Review

Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión, 2023
Although city branding is not new, the importance of sustainability and environmental demands is placing an enormous challenge in city/place branding activities.
António Carrizo Moreira, Cristiana Rêga Pereira, Margarida Fernandes Lopes, Raquel Arêde Rodrigues Calisto, Vera Teixeira Vale   +4 more
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Patient‐Derived 3D Heart‐On‐a‐Chip Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy With Embedded Bead‐Based Mapping of Tissue Contractility

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A heart‐on‐a‐chip model of dilated cardiomyopathy is developed from patient‐derived induced pluripotent stem cells. The model recapitulates key disease phenotypes and enables functional assessment through integrated bead‐based tracking and pillar deflection measurements.
Ali Mousavi, Ludovic Mouttet, Shihao Cui, Yasaman Hekmatnia, Mehran Mottahedi, Ida Derish, Naimeh Rafatian, Mark Aurousseau, Gregor Andelfinger, Renzo Cecere, Houman Savoji   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Santa Claus, place branding and competition

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2008
Santa Claus has been described as the world’s strongest brand. Although Santa Claus has been examined in the context of product and retail branding, the Santa mythology has been little discussed with respect to place branding.
C. Michael Hall
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Strategies for branding the city of Gaborone as a tourist destination. [PDF]

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2018
City branding is a 21st century phenomenon that has been enthusiastically embraced by cities in high income countries. In emerging markets or developing countries city branding has not received much enthusiasm for arguably varying reasons.
Mr L Sigwele, Prof JJ Prinsloo, Prof TG Pelser   +2 more
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Resource Mapping and Place Branding as a Strategy Approach in an Attempt to Establish Cross-Border Areas of Greece and Albania as Tourism Destinations

Tourism and Hospitality, 2022
Although place branding in cross-border (c-b) areas is challenging, various c-b areas with common eco-natural and cultural characteristics are popular tourist brands in their own right.
Alex Deffner, Eva Psatha, Nicholas Karachalis   +2 more
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Nanoporous Silica Embedded in Nanoporous Platinum: A Versatile Composite Coating for Implant‐Associated Drug Delivery From Neuronal Electrodes

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Nanoporous silica nanoparticles incorporated in nanoporous platinum offer the possibility for implant‐associated drug delivery from neuronal electrodes. ABSTRACT Sensorineural hearing loss, resulting from damage to the hair cells of the inner ear, profoundly impairs quality of life.
Mosaieb Habib, Tim‐Joshua Strauß, Jennifer Harre, Madeleine Goblet, Florian Klodwig‐Kirstein, Jana Schwieger, Michaela Kreienmeyer, Verena Scheper, Athanasia Warnecke, Nina Ehlert, Peter Behrens   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Robotic Excretory Care Simulator for Nursing Education: Functional and Perceptual Biomimetics Approach

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa, Sota Suzuki, Shizuka Watanabe, Zebing Mao, Young Ah Seong, Toshinori Fujie, Tatsuhiro Horii, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shingo Maeda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disaster Branding: The Diversionary Role of (St)architects in the Aftermath of Italian Disasters

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
This article discusses the emerging practice of disaster branding, herein intended as a specific form of place branding associated with post-disaster reconstruction.
Sara Bonati, Monia Del Pinto, Giuseppe Forino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source