Publications by authors named "J DeStefano"
Numerous nursing roles in a variety of work environments are available to nurses specializing in nephrology nursing. This article describes the various roles and work settings available to nurses new to nephrology and experienced nephrology nurses, intending to promote awareness of the specialty and increase the number of nurses working in nephrology. The information provided can be shared with those working within the specialty, and be included in nephrology nursing recruitment and retention strategies implemented to address the current and future anticipated nephrology nursing void.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLayered TaMTe (M = Pd, Ni) has emerged as a platform to study 2D topological insulators, which have exotic properties such as spin-momentum locking and the presence of Dirac fermions for use in conventional and quantum-based electronics. In particular, TaNiTe has been shown to have superconductivity under pressure and is predicted to have second-order topology. Despite being an interesting material with fascinating physics, the detailed crystalline and phononic properties of this material are still unknown.
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- Field-induced superconductivity can be enhanced by applying stress, allowing a shift between a superconducting state and a non-superconducting state.
- Researchers demonstrated a strain-tunable superconducting spin valve using Eu(FeCo)As, achieving a significant increase in zero-resistance temperature from 4 K to 10 K.
- The study suggests that independent control of nematic order and ferromagnetism through stress and magnetic field is key to understanding this superconductivity mechanism, highlighting the influence of the Eu dipolar field.
Background: SARS-CoV-2, the agent responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, enters cells through viral spike glycoprotein binding to the cellular receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Given the lack of effective antivirals targeting SARS-CoV-2, we previously utilized systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) and selected fluoro-arabino nucleic acid (FANA) aptamer R8-9 that was able to block the interaction between the viral receptor-binding domain and ACE2.
Methods: Here, we further assessed FANA-R8-9 as an entry inhibitor in contexts that recapitulate infection in vivo.
Background: SARS-CoV-2, the agent responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, enters cells through viral spike glycoprotein binding to the cellular receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Given the lack of effective antivirals targeting SARS-CoV-2, we previously utilized systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) and selected fluoro-arabino nucleic acid (FANA) aptamer R8-9 that was able to block the interaction between the viral receptor-binding domain and ACE2.
Methods: Here, we further assessed FANA-R8-9 as an entry inhibitor in contexts that recapitulate infection .