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Kidney Organoids in Drug Development: Integrating Technological Advances and Standardization for Effective Implementation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how emerging enabling technologies enhance the physiological relevance, scalability, and reproducibility of kidney organoids, while advanced analytical approaches support model validation and deepen mechanistic insight into nephrotoxicity.
Helen Kearney, Silvia M. Mihăilă, Lorenzo Moroni, Carlos Mota   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining The Nonprofit Sector: Ireland [PDF]

, 1998
This Working Paper discusses Ireland and its voluntary, or non-profit, sector. Irish non-profit organisations have a history dating back to the middle of the last century with significant involvement in several fields, most notably health, education and ...
Freda Donoghue
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A Versatile Engineering Platform for the Fabrication of Prosthetic Venous Valves Using Electrospinning

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Percutaneous prosthetic venous valves are fabricated by embedding stents in an electrospun matrix that extends luminally to form leaflets. The design shields leaflets from hyperplastic cells, isolates struts from blood contact, and avoids discrete anchoring points.
Dario Arcuti, Salma Mansi, Dominic Biebl, Malin Reuter, Maximilian Grab, José Carlos Rodríguez‐Cabello, Petra Mela   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metamaterial Antennas Enhance MRI of the Eye and Occipital Brain

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A radiofrequency antenna platform comprising planar and bend configurations is developed, incorporating structurally integrated epsilon‐negative metamaterial unit cells to enhance MRI. These antennas enable high‐resolution in vivo human MRI of the eye, orbit, and occipital brain. Comprehensive validation, including simulations, phantom experiments, SAR,
Nandita Saha, Bilguun Nurzed, Mostafa Berangi, Andre Kuehne, Helmar Waiczies, Igor Fabian Tellez Ceja, Xiang Hu, Thomas Gladytz, Lisa Krenz, Dave Huebler, Beate Endemann, Claudia Brockmann, Ebba Beller, Oliver Stachs, Thoralf Niendorf   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community groups, organisations, and employers respond to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic: A story of resilience and continued vulnerability

BMC Public Health
Background The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly disrupted societal systems, prompting community groups, voluntary organizations and employers to adapt rapidly to emerging needs.
Katharine Abba, Adele Ring, Peter Lloyd, Rachel Anderson de Cuevas, Shaima Hassan, Mark Goodall, Pam Clarke, Kerry Hanna, Saiqa Ahmed, Gerry Allen, Neil Joseph, Alan Price, Stephanie Tomlinson, Timothy Wilson, Farheen Yameen, Kerry Woolfall, Mark Gabbay   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selected Institutions and Organisations Promoting and Activating Peace of a Person in 'Autumn of Life'

Forum Pedagogiczne
Institutions and organisations promoting activating the elderly play a crucial role in their mental, emotional and social life assisting them to achieve their relaxation in the period of their 'autumn of life.' Third Age Universities offer the elderly ...
Sylwia Kwiatkowska
doaj   +1 more source

Employee needs and expectations in the Irish voluntary sector [PDF]

, 1997
Little research exists on the work needs and expectations of employees in the Irish Voluntary Sector. The paper presents the preliminary findings of the first nation-wide survey of voluntary organisations, focusing on the psycho-social variables ...
Basini, Serge, Buckley, Finian
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Multiphysics‐Driven Assembly of Biomimetic Vesicles

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial extracellular vesicles, derived from cell membranes, are manufactured using a multiphysics‐integrated microfluidic platform that combines nanoknife membrane rupture, herringbone chaotic mixing, and acoustothermal modulation. This standardizable workflow enables the predictable control of vesicle formation and therapeutic loading, while ...
Timofei Solodko, Ian Gimino, Aastha Chandiwala, Bayan Alkotoub, Ali Bashiri Dezfouli, Heiko Reith, Asjad Bakhtiar, Rojda Hicsanmaz, Johann Brenner, Christoph J. O. Kaiser, Elena Belli, Shilpi Pandey, Samuel D. Rabkin, Kornelius Nielsch, Gabriele Multhoff, Oliver Hayden, Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Etude diagnostique participative du volontariat de développement : Réflexion pour la mise en place d’une stratégie nationale de la promotion du volontariat au Niger

Revue Hybrides
Since 1990, Niger has seen a meteoric rise in the number of national and international non-governmental organisations and development associations. These organisations operate in several fields and some of them use national or international volunteers to
Ibrahim MALAM MAMANE SANI, Saadou ABOUBACAR   +1 more
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Volunteering dynamics in leisure, tourism and hospitality: developing sustainable practices for well-being and social impact

Research in Hospitality Management
This article explores the multifaceted landscape of volunteering in leisure, tourism and hospitality (LTH) organisations, acknowledging its fundamental role in civil society, and serves as the inception point for an in-depth research project ...
Bertine Bargeman, Licia Calvi, Rodney Westerlaken, Geesje Duursma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source