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Activatable smart contrast agents for photoacoustic imaging

Smart Molecules, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in smart activatable photoacoustic imaging (PAI) contrast agents, which dynamically modulate their optical properties in response to external stimuli or microenvironmental cues. It discusses their molecular design, activation mechanisms, biomedical applications, and future prospects for clinically tailored use ...
Donghyeon Oh, Jihye Lee, Suyoung Park, Juyoung Yoon, Won Jong Kim, Chulhong Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward "Safe" Chemicals and Materials on Mars: Knowledge Gaps for Expanding Planetary Protection Requirements. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Hader JD, Fairén AG, Ågerstrand M, MacLeod M, Nowack B.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extending Structured Dialogic Design With Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Toward Sustainable Multi‐Species Governance

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an innovative integration of structured democratic dialogue with a multi‐criteria evaluation step designed to strengthen participatory decision‐making for complex socio‐ecological challenges. Conducted virtually with Communities of Practice focused on multi‐species governance, the process combined systemic mapping of ...
Yiannis Laouris, Marcus Hallside, Janet McIntyre‐Mills, Patricia Lethole, Mphatheleni Makaulule, Vhonani Netshandama, Lisman Manurung, Ida Widianingsih, Riswanda Riswanda   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The changing context of Health in All Policies in Finland since the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Finland. [PDF]

Health Promot Int
Ollila E, Tervonen L, Koivusalo M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Structural capacity of precast concrete walls with openings: A parametric study on connection types and reinforcement ratios

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The structural role of precast concrete walls with openings is often overlooked in design practice due to concerns about reduced stiffness, stress concentration, cracking around openings, and potential unexpected failure modes under seismic loading.
Gonçalo Marreneca, Ricardo do Carmo, André Furtado   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Violations of the right to food during deprivation of liberty: a global socio-legal assessment of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment mission reporting on selected prisons since 2015. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Van Hout MC, Klankwarth UB, Glaum L, Stöver H.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing Capability Complexity Using Enterprise Architecture Framework

Systems Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study proposes a structured and quantitative methodology to evaluate the holistic complexity of system‐of‐systems (SoSs), employing the Zachman Architecture Framework (ZAF) as its foundational analytical tool. A five‐phase analytical procedure is developed and empirically validated, encompassing: (1) refinement of complexity measures, (2)
Javad Bakhshi, Mahmoud Efatmaneshnik
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from failure: Simulating pandemic agreement negotiations in a global health classroom. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Smith J, Gooderham E, Piper J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Finding One's Place: ESL Teachers' Experiences of Language and Identity in the School Spaces of Quebec

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers navigate their professional and linguistic identities within Quebec's complex linguistic landscape. Drawing on critical approaches to conceptualizing space, we examine physical and metaphorical spaces in schools as sites of identity negotiation and community building. Data
Philippa Parks, Caroline Riches, Katherine Hardin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating the plastics treaty to protect health and the environment. [PDF]

Bull World Health Organ
Chartres N, Grundy Q, Miller FA, Beeler B, Woodruff TJ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source