Publications by authors named "P Cool"

Mitotic activity is an important feature for grading several cancer types. However, counting mitotic figures (cells in division) is a time-consuming and laborious task prone to inter-observer variation. Inaccurate recognition of MFs can lead to incorrect grading and hence potential suboptimal treatment.

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of disability, with complications postinjury often leading to lifelong health issues with the need for extensive treatment. Neurological outcome post-SCI can be variable and difficult to predict, particularly in incompletely injured patients. The identification of specific SCI biomarkers in blood may be able to improve prognostics in the field.

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Plasmonic core-shell nanostructures can make photocatalysis more efficient for several reasons. The shell imparts stability to the nanoparticles, light absorption is expanded, and electron-hole pairs can be separated more effectively, thus reducing recombination losses. The synthesis of metal@TiO core-shell nanoparticles with nanometer control over the shell thickness and understanding its effect on the resulting photocatalytic efficiency still remains challenging.

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Objective: To determine if mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human umbilical cords (hUC) could reduce degeneration developing when injected into the knee of a large animal model of osteoarthritis (OA).

Design: Ten million culture-expanded UC-MSCs (pooled from 3 human donors) were injected in 50 μL of tissue culture medium into the left stifle joints of 7 sheep whose medial meniscus was transected 4 weeks previously. Seven other sheep had only 50 μL of medium injected as the no treatment "control" group.

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Article Synopsis
  • Ongoing research is focused on safely storing and utilizing hydrogen as a fuel alternative to carbon-based sources, but challenges like high energy costs due to its low density complicate this goal.
  • Clathrates, or gas hydrates, form when hydrogen is trapped in water molecules, providing a potential solution for safely storing hydrogen as they only require water to create these structures.
  • A proposed solution involves using hydrophobic mesoporous silica as a host material, which allows for hydrogen storage at lower pressures and temperatures, showing about a 20% reduction in required pressure for formation compared to traditional methods, with further insights gained from neutron scattering techniques.
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