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The research examines the entanglement of urban rationalities and industrial biopolitics in constructing company towns' identities and spatialities, providing different housing typologies for its workers. An epitome of spatial production under industrial p ...

2023

3D Silver Dendrites for Single-molecule Imaging by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Discovery of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) followed by evolution of optical systems and nanoengineering approaches has paved a path to detection of essential organic molecules on solid SERS-active substrates from solutions at concentrations attr ...

2020

Microfluidic devices for the study of cell-cell, cell-particle and particle-particle interactions

Margaux Catherine Marie Duchamp

Microfluidics and microtechnologies are of great interest for biological applications. This interest is linked to the fact that microtechnologies enable the study of single cells at the cellular and sub-cellular level. One of many applications of such sing ...

EPFL2020

Chapter 6: Production and Applications of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran, Ummalyma Sabeela Beevi

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are key molecules for the control of human as well as animal health. Among the PUFAs, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are vital compounds for infant brain development and other immune regulator ...

Wiley2019

New Insights Into the Role of Imidazolium-Based Promoters for the Electroreduction of CO2 on a Silver Electrode

Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Marcel Roland Schreier, Dmitry Vasilyev

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO is a reaction of central importance for sustainable energy conversion and storage. Herein, structure activity relationships of a series of imidazolium-based cocatalysts for this reaction are described, which demon ...

Amer Chemical Soc2016

An acetylation rheostat for the control of muscle energy homeostasis

Johan Auwerx, Keir Joe Menzies

In recent years, the role of acetylation has gained ground as an essential modulator of intermediary metabolism in skeletal muscle. Imbalance in energy homeostasis or chronic cellular stress, due to diet, aging, or disease, translate into alterations in th ...

Society for Endocrinology2013

Boundary formation and maintenance in tissue development

Andrew Charles Oates

The formation and maintenance of boundaries between neighbouring groups of embryonic cells is vital for development because groups of cells with distinct functions must often be kept physically separated. Furthermore, because cells at the boundary often ta ...

2011

Speciation-dependent kinetics of uranium(VI) bioreduction

Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Harish Veeramani

The kinetics of uranium(VI) reduction by Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 was studied for varied pH and concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and calcium. These are key variables affecting U(VI) speciation in aqueous systems. For all conditio ...

Taylor & Francis2011

Effect of inclined jet screen on turbidity current

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Christoph Oehy

The sustainable use of reservoirs for irrigation, flood protection, water supply and hydropower may be endangered due to unavoidable reservoir sedimentation. Turbidity currents are the main process for the transport and deposit of sediments in reservoirs, ...

2010

The influence of regulatory uncertainty on investments

Bastian Wolfgang Schwark

Understanding firm reactions to regulatory uncertainty is vital for the functioning of a market. Deficient investments, particularly in the power generation sector, could jeopardize the market in the long run. ...

2009

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