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CuFeO2/Cu photoelectrode modified with SrTiO3 perovskite for efficient hydrogen generation from sanitation water
Title
CuFeO2/Cu photoelectrode modified with SrTiO3 perovskite for efficient hydrogen generation from sanitation water
Author
Abdelazeez, Ahmed A., Rabia, Mohamed, Ahmed, Aya, Ahmed, Ashour M.
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Power resources--Research, Perovskite (Mineral)
Description
We prepared a perovskite material, copper-doped strontium titanate (Cu-SrTiO3), using the chemical bath deposition method and cast it on a CuFeO2/Cu photoelectrode to generate hydrogen from sanitation water splitting. This preparation method consi...
Exploring feasibility of mHealth to manage hypertension in rural Black older adults : a convergent mixed method study
Title
Exploring feasibility of mHealth to manage hypertension in rural Black older adults : a convergent mixed method study
Author
Abel, Willie M., Greer, B Danice
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
African Americans, Public health
Description
The purpose of this study was to explore perceived ease of use, usability, and the feasibility of using mobile health applications to manage hypertension self-care in rural Black older adults with hypertension.Mobile health applications have the p...
Self-care management strategies used by Black women who self-report consistent adherence to antihypertensive medication
Title
Self-care management strategies used by Black women who self-report consistent adherence to antihypertensive medication
Author
Abel, Willie M., Joyner, Jessica S, Cornelius, Judith B, Greer, Danice B
Date Created
2017
Description
Background: Black women in the USA have the highest prevalence rate of hypertension (HTN) contributing to a higher risk of organ damage and death. Research has focused primarily on poorly controlled HTN, negative belief systems, and nonadherence f...
Self‐management program and Black women with hypertension : randomized controlled trial substudy
Title
Self‐management program and Black women with hypertension : randomized controlled trial substudy
Author
Able, Willie M., Crane, Patricia B., Efird, Jimmy T., Ferdinand, Keith C.
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Women, Black, Hypertension
Description
The prevalence of hypertension (HTN) among Black women in the United States has increased over the past 10 years with a decline in levels of HTN awareness, treatment, and control. Higher death rates occur in Black women from HTN-related diseases w...
Associations between public fear of COVID-19 and number of COVID-19 vaccinations : a county-level longitudinal analysis
Title
Associations between public fear of COVID-19 and number of COVID-19 vaccinations : a county-level longitudinal analysis
Author
Ademu, Lilian, Guo, Yuqi, Gao, Jingjing
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 (Disease)--Vaccination
Description
A large number of COVID-19 infections and deaths and the ensuing socioeconomic problems created widespread public fear around COVID-19. Fear around COVID-19 greatly influences people's attitudes towards receiving the COVID-19 vaccines. The purpose...
Impact of short-term air pollution on respiratory infections : a time-series analysis of COVID-19 cases in California during the 2020 wildfire season
Title
Impact of short-term air pollution on respiratory infections : a time-series analysis of COVID-19 cases in California during the 2020 wildfire season
Author
Ademu, Lilian, Gao, Jingjing, Thompson, Onah Peter, Ademu, Lawrence Anebi
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
COVID-19 (Disease), Environmental health
Description
The 2020 California wildfire season coincided with the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting many counties in California, with impacts on air quality. We quantitatively analyzed the short-term effect of air pollution on COVID-19 transmission usi...
Biomotors, viral assembly, and rna nanobiotechnology: current achievements and future directions
Title
Biomotors, viral assembly, and rna nanobiotechnology: current achievements and future directions
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Rolband, Lewis
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
The International Society of RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine (ISRNN) serves to further the development of a wide variety of functional nucleic acids and other related nanotechnology platforms. To aid in the dissemination of the most recent adv...
Change in lipofectamine carrier as a tool to fine-tune immunostimulation of nucleic acid nanoparticles
Title
Change in lipofectamine carrier as a tool to fine-tune immunostimulation of nucleic acid nanoparticles
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Newton, Hannah S., Xu, Jie
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) require a carrier to allow for their intracellular delivery to immune cells. Cytokine production, specifically type I and III interferons, allows for reliable monitoring of the carrier effect on NANP immunostimul...
Characterization of cationic bolaamphiphile vesicles for sirna delivery into tumors and brain
Title
Characterization of cationic bolaamphiphile vesicles for sirna delivery into tumors and brain
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Kim, Taejin, Gupta, Kshitij
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are potential therapeutic substances due to their gene silencing capability as exemplified by the recent approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the first siRNA therapeutic agent (patisiran). Howeve...
DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters inhibit bacterial growth while being non-toxic to mammalian cells
Title
DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanoclusters inhibit bacterial growth while being non-toxic to mammalian cells
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Chandler, Morgan, Rolband, Lewis
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Silver has a long history of antibacterial effectiveness. The combination of atomically precise metal nanoclusters with the field of nucleic acid nanotechnology has given rise to DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (DNA-AgNCs) which can be engineere...
Exosome mediated delivery of functional nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs)
Title
Exosome mediated delivery of functional nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs)
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Ke, Weina
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
RNAi-based technologies have shown biomedical potential; however, safe and efficient delivery of RNA remains a barrier for their broader clinical applications. Nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) programmed to self-assemble and organize multiple th...
Expanding structural space for immunomodulatory nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) via spatial arrangement of their therapeutic moieties
Title
Expanding structural space for immunomodulatory nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) via spatial arrangement of their therapeutic moieties
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Chandler, Morgan, Rolband, Lewis
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Different therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs) can be unified in a single structure by their elongation with short oligonucleotides designed to self-assemble into nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs). With this approach, therapeutic cocktails with preci...
First step towards larger DNA-based assemblies of fluorescent silver nanoclusters: template design and detailed characterization of optical properties
Title
First step towards larger DNA-based assemblies of fluorescent silver nanoclusters: template design and detailed characterization of optical properties
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Shevchenko, Oleg
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Besides being a passive carrier of genetic information, DNA can also serve as an architecture template for the synthesis of novel fluorescent nanomaterials that are arranged in a highly organized network of functional entities such as fluorescent ...
Induction of cytokines by nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) depends on the type of delivery carrier
Title
Induction of cytokines by nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) depends on the type of delivery carrier
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Chandler, Morgan, Avila, Yelixza I.
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Recent insights into the immunostimulatory properties of nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) have demonstrated that variations in the shape, size, and composition lead to distinct patterns in their immunostimulatory properties. While most of these ...
Special issue nanotechnology to overcome the world's most critical health issues: liposomes and beyond-a themed issue dedicated to Professor Yechezkel Barenholz
Title
Special issue nanotechnology to overcome the world's most critical health issues: liposomes and beyond-a themed issue dedicated to Professor Yechezkel Barenholz
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Dobrovolskaia, Marina
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
The recognition of and reactions to nucleic acid nanoparticles by human immune cells
Title
The recognition of and reactions to nucleic acid nanoparticles by human immune cells
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Bila, Dominika, Panigaj, Martin
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
The relatively straightforward methods of designing and assembling various functional nucleic acids into nanoparticles offer advantages for applications in diverse diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. However, due to the novelty of this approach...
Smart-responsive nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) with the potential to modulate immune behavior
Title
Smart-responsive nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) with the potential to modulate immune behavior
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Chandler, Morgan
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
Nucleic acids are programmable and biocompatible polymers that have beneficial uses in nanotechnology with broad applications in biosensing and therapeutics. In some cases, however, the development of the latter has been impeded by the unknown imm...
Therapeutic immunomodulation by rationally designed nucleic acids and nucleic acid nanoparticles
Title
Therapeutic immunomodulation by rationally designed nucleic acids and nucleic acid nanoparticles
Author
Afonin, Kirill A., Marriott, Ian, Panigaj, Martin
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Nucleic acids, Chemistry
Description
The immune system has evolved to defend organisms against exogenous threats such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites by distinguishing between self and non-self. In addition, it guards us against other diseases, such as cancer, by detecting...
Structure and composition define immunorecognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles
Title
Structure and composition define immunorecognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles
Author
Afonin, Kirill A.
Date Created
2022, 2022, 2022
Subjects--Topical
Immune system, Interferon, Nucleic acids
The single robot line coverage problem : theory, algorithms, and experiments
Title
The single robot line coverage problem : theory, algorithms, and experiments
Author
Agarwal, Saurav, Akella, Srinivas
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Linear programming, Environmental engineering--Linear programming
Description
Line coverage is the task of servicing a given set of one-dimensional features in an environment. It is important for the inspection of linear infrastructure such as road networks, power lines, and oil and gas pipelines. This paper addresses the s...