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Astilbin attenuates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,1002-1008
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00222G, Paper
Jing Li, Zhaowei Gu, Yue Liu, Yu Wang, Min Zhao
Ischemic stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide and cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury also leads to serious tissue damage.
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AIIB extends $500 mn loan to India to deal with coronavirus crisis

The bank's board of directors has approved a loan to India to strengthen the preparedness of the country's national health system




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US Federal Reserve won't take rates negative, say fund managers, economists

Fed funds futures, which are a gauge of where markets expect the Fed's benchmark overnight lending rate to be, are now pricing in a slightly negative rate environment beginning in December




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Only 13% of industrial units resume ops after Odisha eases lockdown

Micro units in the state have not been able to resume operations to catch up with their larger peers




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Govt must work to revive consumption, not worry about rating: Rahul Gandhi

Congress wants lockdown lifted across country on May 18, save hotspots; Gandhi urges Centre to make citizens 'psychologically' prepared to for lockdown exit




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Govt hikes borrowing limit by over 50% to Rs 12 trn as virus grips economy

Sources say the Centre has asked RBI to do whatever to keep yields in check, which may result in massive secondary market bond purchases




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Working closely with states on labour reforms to help industry: Centre

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) suggested to the Labour Ministry to "direct workers to join back to their workplace" by issuing a circular




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FM to discuss credit flow to NBFCs, businesses with banks on Monday

The FM will take stock of the credit sanction and disbursement by the banks since March 1, 2020, and the Covid-19-related emergency credit lines opened by the lenders




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Facile fabrication of sponge-like porous micropillar arrays via an electrochemical process

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01518K, Paper
Deyin Zheng, Chang-Hwan Choi, Xin Zhao, Guangyi Sun
Highly ordered and aligned pore structures perpendicular to the exposed surfaces are achieved on the surfaces of 3D Si microstructures.
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Mechanistic Insight in Site-selective and Anisotropic Etching of Prussian Blue Analogues toward Designable Complex Architectures for Efficient Energy Storage

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02241A, Paper
Hai Xu, Xi Zhao, Chenyang Yu, Yue Sun, Zengyu Hui, Ruicong Zhou, Jialu Xue, Henghan Dai, Yue Zhao, Lumin Wang, Yujiao Gong, Jin Yuan Zhou, Jianing An, Qiang Chen, Gengzhi Sun, Wei Huang
Engineering coordination compounds, e.g., prussian blue (PB) and its analogues (PBAs), with designable complex nanostructures via chemical etching holds great opportunities for improving energy storage performances by adjusting topological geometry,...
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Correction: Anomalous polarization dependence of Raman scattering and crystallographic orientation of black phosphorus

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR90098B, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Jungcheol Kim, Jae-Ung Lee, Jinhwan Lee, Hyo Ju Park, Zonghoon Lee, Changgu Lee, Hyeonsik Cheong
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Realization of high-quality optical nanoporous gradient-index filters by optimal combination of anodization conditions

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9404-9415
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10526C, Paper
Cheryl Suwen Law, Siew Yee Lim, Lina Liu, Andrew D. Abell, Lluis F. Marsal, Abel Santos
High-quality nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters are realized by sinusoidal pulse anodization under optimized anodization conditions.
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Interfacial synergy between dispersed Ru sub-nanoclusters and porous NiFe layered double hydroxide on accelerated overall water splitting by intermediate modulation

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9669-9679
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01491E, Paper
Yao Wang, Peng Zheng, Mingxuan Li, Yunrui Li, Xin Zhang, Juan Chen, Xu Fang, Yujie Liu, Xiaolin Yuan, Xiaoping Dai, Hai Wang
Benefitting from the desired potential-induced interfacial synergy, the Ru–NiFe LDH interfaces will convert to RuO2–NiFe(OOH)x interfaces to meet the requirements of an anode and cathode reaction, respectively.
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Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9495-9506
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10805J, Paper
Alan M. Szalai, Lucía F. Lopez, Miguel Ángel Morales-Vásquez, Fernando D. Stefani, Pedro F. Aramendía
We introduce a robust and sensitive metric to characterize the underlying structure responsible for the molecular distribution, even at a very low labeling density.
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Oxygen vacancy-rich amorphous porous NiFe(OH)x derived from Ni(OH)x/Prussian blue as highly efficient oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9557-9568
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00607F, Paper
Shuang Wang, Xingbo Ge, Chao Lv, Cun Hu, Hongtai Guan, Jing Wu, Zhengnan Wang, Xianhui Yang, Yan Shi, Jiangfeng Song, Zhi Zhang, Akira Watanabe, Jinguang Cai
Oxygen vacancy-rich amorphous porous NiFe(OH)x on carbon paper is prepared through a two-step electrochemical depostion of Prussian blue nanocrystal layer and Ni(OH)x layer followed by an alkaline etching process for efficient OER catalysis.
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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Hierarchically porous, ultra-strong reduced graphene oxide–cellulose nanocrystal sponges for exceptional adsorption of water contaminants”’ by J. Ma, Y. Xiong and F. Yu, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08780F

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9899-9901
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01846E, Comment
Nariman Yousefi, Nathalie Tufenkji
We respond to the comments of Ma et al. and clarify the rationale behind our methodology and why it is suitable for our work.
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An ultra-broadband terahertz metamaterial coherent absorber using multilayer electric ring resonator structures based on anti-reflection coating

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9769-9775
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10668E, Paper
Chao Du, Di Zhou, Huan-Huan Guo, Yong-Qiang Pang, Hong-Yu Shi, Wen-Feng Liu, Jin-Zhan Su, Charanjeet Singh, Sergei Trukhanov, Alex Trukhanov, Larissa Panina, Zhuo Xu
We propose a method for achieving THz ultra-broadband coherent absorption using the anti-reflection theory of metamaterials.
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Exploring the direct synthesis of exchange-spring nanocomposites by reduction of CoFe2O4 spinel nanoparticles using in situ neutron diffraction

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9440-9451
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00912A, Paper
Jakob Voldum Ahlburg, Cecilia Granados-Miralles, Frederik Holm Gjørup, Henrik Lyder Andersen, Mogens Christensen
In situ neutron powder diffraction (NPD) was employed for investigating gram-scale reduction of hard magnetic CoFe2O4 (spinel) nanoparticles into CoFe2O4/CoFe2 exchange-spring nanocomposites via H2 partial reduction.
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Heat-driven acoustic phonons in lamellar nanoplatelet assemblies

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9661-9668
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00695E, Paper
Benjamin T. Diroll, Vladislav Kamysbayev, Igor Coropceanu, Dmitri V. Talapin, Richard D. Schaller
Colloidal CdSe nanoplatelets self-assemble into lamellar stacks which display low frequency acoustic vibrations under infrared illumination.
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Theoretical Anchoring Effect of New Phosphorus Allotropes for Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02359K, Paper
Chunmei Li, Linxin He, Jianglei Luo, Jianfeng Tang, Nanpu Cheng, Zhiqian Chen
Lithium-sulfur battery system has appeared as a new-generation alternative to lithium-ion batteries with 5-7 times higher specific energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. But its commercial implementation is still impeded...
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The influence of surface roughness on the adhesive interactions and phase behavior of suspensions of calcite nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00834F, Paper
Open Access
Juan D. Olarte-Plata, Goran Svaland, Fernando Bresme
We investigate the impact of nanoparticle roughness on the phase behaviour of suspensions lue{in models} of calcium carbonate nanoparticles. We use a Derjaguin approach that incorporates roughness effects and interactions...
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Near-infrared nanosecond-pulsed laser-activated high efficient intracellular delivery mediated by nano-corrugated mushroom-shaped gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01792B, Paper
Tuhin Subhra Santra, Srabani Kar, Chih-Wei Chen, Jayant Borana, Te-Chang Chen, Ming-Chang Lee, Fan-Gang Tseng
Here, efficient intracellular delivery of molecules with high cell viability is reported using nanosecond-pulsed laser-activated plasmonic photoporation mediated by high-aspect-ratio nano-corrugated mushroom-shaped gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles (nm-AuPNPs) at near-infrared wavelength. Upon...
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The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud


 
Since the first edition was published in 2009, Patrik Wikström's The Music Industry has become a go-to text for students and scholars. This thoroughly updated third edition provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of global entertainment.

The music industry has experienced two turbulent decades of immense change brought about in part by the digital revolution. How has the industry been transformed

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Informality Revisited: Latin American Perspectives on Housing, the State and the Market


 

Informality Revisited offers an overview of recent debates about Latin American government programmes for the formalisation of informal settlements and housing provision in a neo-liberal context. Contributions from Latin American researchers analyse the contradictions in government actions and evaluate the consequences for urban poverty.



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I evacuated my fieldwork site because of COVID-19. What now?

This Ph.D. student wonders when she’ll be able to graduate




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Die neuesten Digitalisate der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek aus dem 17. Jahrhundert

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Hockey veteran Diwan to return from USA

Last month, Diwan had sought help to return from the USA, where he has been stuck because of the travel restrictions in place following the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Citrus County Library




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Lighthouse Point Library




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Seminole Community Library at St. Petersburg College, Seminole Campus




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Volusia County Public Library




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Court house modeled after Jefferson's 'Monticello'




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Edison Florida home first pre-fab house




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Light house old, but tale Drake saw it is myth




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Billy Graham trembled before first "crusade" at Peniel




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Timicuan Indians, of Pre-Columbus days, left clan symbols




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Quina House retains Jacksonian era characteristics




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Artistic Ringling built home, now housing New College




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Keys' lighthouses wrecked the 'wreckers'




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Key West house once a pirates' hideout




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"It is not anybody's damn business..."




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When Miami lighthouse was a blazing chimney




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Little school house over 100 years old




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Historic city gate guards St. Augustine




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Pioneer journalists lived in pre-fab house




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Circus king left Florida a great legacy




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Erosion has plagued Cape San Blas Lighthouse




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First flush 'john' brought fame to this house




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Pharmacist's hobby becomes a museum




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Indian chief's head dress was a lighthouse reflector