Developing and implementing a model of care for athletes living with disabilities: A protocol.

Background: Athletes living with disabilities (ALWDs) face various challenges including stigma, discrimination, poor access to quality services and lack of funding. Their needs are also numerous. Despite the transformative promise of 'Leave No One Behind' of the United Nations' 2030 agenda, people living with disabilities are still left behind.

Magnetic boron nitride nanosheets-based on pH-responsive smart nanocarriers for the delivery of doxorubicin for liver cancer treatment.

A new drug delivery system (DDS) type complexing magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) along with boron nanosheets (BNN) coated with a pH-responsive polymer-polyethylene glycol (PEG) for the manageable loading/release of the anti-cancerous drug, doxorubicin (DOX), was created (MNP-BNN-PEG-DOX). The X-ray diffraction patterns of the nanocomposites displayed wide diffraction peaks for BNN at 25.1° and 42.

Synthesis and characterization of silica nanoparticles from rice ashes coated with chitosan/cancer cell membrane for hepatocellular cancer treatment.

Dual pH-sensitive smart nanocarriers based on silica nanoparticles (SNPs) extracted from rice husk ashes (RHAs) to effectively inhibit liver cancer cell proliferation were investigated. The SNPs were coated with chitosan (CH) and loaded with doxorubicin (DOX), then functionalized with cell membrane (CM) for homologous targeting ability. The FTIR spectra showed an absorption wave number at 1083 cm which confirmed the existence of the SiOSi group, ratifying that the nanocarriers belong to silica species.

Screening Bambara Groundnut ( L. Verdc) Genotypes for Drought Tolerance at the Germination Stage under Simulated Drought Conditions.

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) is grown by smallholders and subsistence farmers in the marginal parts of sub-Saharan Africa. This legume is native to Africa and is cultivated throughout semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa.