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A Surface‐engineered Microfluidic Device for Antibody‐Mediated Negative Selection of High‐Quality Sperm for Assisted Reproduction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports a microfluidic device with a functionalized surface utilizing a polyoxazoline coating and covalently immobilized gold nanoparticles and anti‐phosphatidylserine antibody. The device efficiently eliminates pre‐apoptotic and apoptotic spermatozoa and yields sperm with substantially improved quality and low DNA damage, offering a simple ...
Soraya Rasi Ghaemi, David J. Sharkey, Nicole O. McPherson, Markos Negash Alemie, Krasimir Vasilev, Sarah A. Robertson   +5 more
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Sleeping Beauty? A Prospective Study on the Prevalence of Sleep Problems and Their Potential Determinants in Professional Dancers

Sports Medicine - Open
Background Sleep is important for health and performance but has rarely been studied in professional dancers. The aim was to analyse the prevalence of sleep problems in professional dancers and their potential determinants at the beginning of and during ...
Astrid Junge, Rogier M. van Rijn, Janine H. Stubbe, Anja Hauschild   +3 more
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Art marketing in the metaverse world: Evidence from South Korea

Cogent Social Sciences, 2023
This study aims to describe the structural relationship between audience attitude and behavioral intention based on an audience’s experience value of a performance on a metaverse platform and their intention to accept this platform.
Seol Hwang, GeunWoo Koo
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Multiplex Modular Nanorobotic Systems with Catalytic Activity under Magnetic Navigation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
We present modular nanorobots composed of a magnetic propulsion module and different extension modules carrying functional activities, assembled via DNA base pairing. The system integrates propulsion, optical tracking, enzymatic catalysis, and cell docking in a programmable manner.
Voichita Mihali, Xinan Huang, Lucie Motyckova, Nicolas Moreno Gomez, Michal Skowicki, Cora‐Ann Schoenenberger, Peer Fischer, Cornelia G. Palivan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-reported Health Problems of Professional Dancers from Five German Opera Houses or State Theatres: A Prospective Study with Weekly Follow-ups during One Season

Sports Medicine - Open
Background Most studies on injuries of professional dancers used a medical-attention and/or time-loss definition and did not analyse all health problems. Further, almost all studies included just one company.
Astrid Junge, Rogier M van Rijn, Janine H Stubbe, Anja Hauschild   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Culture, Power and Identity the Case of Ang Hien Hoo, Malang [PDF]

, 2017
This paper discusses the intricate relations between culture and identity in a web of larger power structures of politics and the market by looking at the ways in which the Indonesian Chinese attach themselves to a local performing arts tradition.
Budianta, M. (Melani)
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Correlated Charge Transport in an Organic Coulomb Glass

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Advances in the development of organic field‐effect transistors (OFETs), electrically gated organic semiconductors (EGOFETs), and organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow for the operation of these devices at very high charge‐carrier densities, where Coulomb interactions between carriers can be expected to become significant.
Magdalena Sophie Dörfler, Heinz Bässler, Harald Oberhofer, Anna Köhler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

After-School Arts Enrichment: A Resource Brief [PDF]

, 2001
This resource brief profiles the CERC/M.S. 67 program as an example of effective after-school arts enrichment. Although it features the performing arts, the same principles and practices apply to many arts activities in other after-school ...

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Molecular‐Level Insights into Interfacial Adsorption Mechanisms of PFOA on Functional Dolomite Surfaces via AIMD and Spectroscopy

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD), density functional theory (DFT), Dolomite (DL), metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs), calcined modified dolomite (CDL), zero‐point of charge (PZC), metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM ...
Yating Yang, Yuhan Li, Zhaohui Li, Hang Wei, Yaqi Wen, Po‐Hsiang Chang, Christopher Rensing, Ahmed I. Osman, Baoyu Kong   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Courage to Create: A New Music Education Degree in Instrumental and Vocal Teaching

Education Sciences
As a special partnership that offers a unique way to strengthen the arts and cultural developments in Singapore, a new curriculum was offered to prepare students for instrumental and vocal teaching careers, with a focus on pedagogical instruction and ...
Ernest H. C. Lim, Rebecca Y. P. Kan, Nellie S.-R. Seng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source