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Mechanical and Electrical Phenotype of hiPSC‐Cardiomyocytes on Fibronectin‐Based Hydrogels

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We introduce fibronectin‐based PEG hydrogels with controlled rigidity to enable the culture of iPSC‐derived cardiomyocytes. These substrates offer an alternative to the current culture of these cells on fibronectin‐coated glass, providing enhanced structural and functional behavior. The system provides a more physiologically relevant platform to assess
Ana Da Silva Costa, Lineta Stonkute, Sara Trujillo, Mariana Azevedo Gonzalez Oliva, Francis Burton, Matthew J. Dalby, Oana Dobre, Godfrey Smith, Manuel Salmeron‐Sanchez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of opinions on prison smoking bans: Analyses of survey data from Scottish staff and prisoners

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2019
Introduction Policy-makers and practitioners need to understand characteristics associated with support for smoking restrictions to identify both potential allies and groups requiring particular support/targeted communication in the face of restrictions.
Helen Sweeting, Sean Semple, Evangelia Demou, Ashley Brown, Kate Hunt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effectiveness of social marketing interventions for health improvement: What's the evidence? [PDF]

, 2006
Objectives: To review the effectiveness of social marketing interventions designed to improve diet, increase physical activity, and tackle substance misuse.Study design and methods: This article describes three reviews of systematic reviews and primary ...
McDermott, Laura, Gordon, Ross, Angus, Kathryn, Stead, Martine   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying potential barriers and enablers to smoking abstinence after leaving a smokefree prison using the capabilities, opportunities, motivations -behaviour (COM-B) model: a qualitative interview study

BMC Public Health
Background Smokefree prison policies reduce smoking-related harms among those living and working in prisons. Helping people released from smokefree prisons to remain abstinent post-release could deliver considerable additional benefits given high rates ...
Ashley Brown, Clair Woods-Brown, Kate Hunt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of the Adoption of Green Fashion Innovation

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2020
Environmental pollution from garment manufacturing is a major concern due to its widely-felt impact on climate change. Consequently, the researchers set about assessing KAP (Knowledge, Attitude and Practice) and its relationship with, and impact on ...
Alaeddin Ahmad, Yasmeen Madi, Mohammad Abuhashesh, Nawras M. Nusairat, Ra’ed Masa’deh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reaffirming the Neutrality of the Social Marketing Tool Kit: Social marketing as a hammer, and social marketers as hired guns [PDF]

, 2015
Social marketing has been a discipline founded on the open and robust exchange of ideas regarding the nature of social changophical framework, it also relies on the open communication between academic and practitioner to ensure those researching and ...
Dann, Stephen
core   +1 more source

Decellularized Extracellular Matrix (dECM) in Tendon Regeneration: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Decellularized Extracellular Matrix (dECM) offers a promising solution by replicating the native tendon microenvironment and promoting regeneration. This review highlights advances in the decellularization methods, as well as their integration with emerging technologies and translational progress in tendon tissue engineering.
Kumaresan Sakthiabirami, Yeonwoo Park, Seong Kyeong Jo, Min Hee Kim, Jae Hwang Song   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the cultural tailoring score (CTS): a scoring instrument to assess cultural tailoring of health messaging

Health Literacy and Communication Open
Background Cultural tailoring of health information has been associated with better health outcomes in minority populations. While contractors and partner organizations are asked to produce culturally appropriate materials, there are no government ...
Claudia Parvanta, Kayleigh Murray, Samantha Boddupalli, Natalie Erasme, Rheese McNab, Vijay Prajapati, Arabel Severe, Aura Reyes, Richard Harner, Rhonda Holliday   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Network In Marketing (Social Media Marketing) Opportunities And Risks

, 2011
The most well-known social software applications are weblogs, wikis, social networking sites and instant messaging. Social networking at a high level is described as the convergence of technologies that make it possible for individuals to easily communicate, share information, and form new communities online.
Waad Assaad, Jorge Marx Gómez
openaire   +3 more sources