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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022 Jun 24;14(22):25257-25266. Epub 2022 May 24.

College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China.

Electrochemical CO reduction technology can combine renewable energy sources with carbon capture and storage to convert CO into industrial chemicals. However, the catalytic activity under high current density and long-term electrocatalysis process may deteriorate due to agglomeration, catalytic polymerization, element dissolution, and phase change of active substances. Here, we report a scalable and facile method to fabricate aligned InS nanorods by chemical dealloying. Read More

Neuromodulation 2022 May 9. Epub 2022 May 9.

Department of Neurosurgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; STIMULUS Consortium (reSearch and TeachIng neuroModULation Uz bruSsel), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Center for Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Pain in Motion Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

Introduction: Neuromodulation for pain has been successfully applied for decades, in that the goals and expectations that patients aim to achieve are clearly described. Nevertheless, the point of view of health care providers is less clear. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the goals, expectations, and definition of success for neuromodulation for pain according to health care providers. Read More

J Med Internet Res 2021 10 28;23(10):e28924. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Women's College Hospital Institute for Health Systems Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Background: Comprehensive multi-institutional patient portals that provide patients with web-based access to their data from across the health system have been shown to improve the provision of patient-centered and integrated care. However, several factors hinder the implementation of these portals. Although barriers and facilitators to patient portal adoption are well documented, there is a dearth of evidence examining how to effectively implement multi-institutional patient portals that transcend traditional boundaries and disparate systems. Read More

Biomater Sci 2021 Sep 28;9(19):6444-6460. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China.

Advanced drug vehicle exploitation and the sophisticated synergy mechanism revelation are two great difficulties in combination therapy. Compared with most readily available polymer micelles, some undiscovered complex chemical design principles limit the expanding research of polymer vesicles. Here, polycaprolactone (PCL)--Dextran vesicle that dextran brush steric hindrance guide PCL lamellae-aligned growth was synthesized. Read More

Can J Diabetes 2021 Dec 3;45(8):775-784.e2. Epub 2021 Apr 3.

Diabetes Research Group, Life Sciences Institute, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address:

Objectives: Type 1 diabetes is characterized by the autoimmune destruction of insulin-secreting beta cells. Genetic variants upstream at the insulin (INS) locus contribute to ∼10% of type 1 diabetes heritable risk. Previous studies showed an association between rs3842753 C/C genotype and type 1 diabetes susceptibility, but the molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Read More