4 results match your criteria: "Universitas Islam Makassar[Affiliation]"

NLC Delivery of EGFP Plasmid to TM4 Cell Nuclei for Targeted Gene Therapy.

Adv Pharm Bull

October 2024

Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung 40132, Indonesia.

Purpose: This study evaluated whether a nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) delivery system could safely and accurately deliver nucleic acids to the cell nucleus using the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-C1 plasmid model.

Methods: The NLC was formulated using the emulsification method and equipped for cationic lipid-mediated transfection with 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP), which interacts electrostatically with nucleic acid. The NLC attributes, including size, polydispersity index, and zeta potential, were assessed by dynamic light scattering (DLS).

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Mobile technologies have drawn the attention of the researchers and are gaining popularity in a variety of academic backgrounds. However, there is currently unavailability of studies on the benefits that various mobile technologies give to learning results. The objective of this current study was to examine how the mobile assisted language programme, WhatsApp affected Bangladeshi tertiary level EFL learners' vocabulary learning.

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Morphological knowledge has been established as a critical sub-skill in the learning of bilingual reading and a strong predictor of spelling, word reading, and reading comprehension skills. The goal of this study was to investigate the prediction of morphological knowledge to reading comprehension in 185 university-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students, using the four primary derivatives of morphological knowledge (i.e.

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Investigating the effect of authentic leadership and employees' psychological capital on work engagement: evidence from Indonesia.

Heliyon

May 2021

The Economic Development and Community Empowerment Study Program, Faculty of Government Politics, Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (IPDN), Jatinangor, Indonesia.

This study aims at investigating the positive effect of Authentic Leadership on Work Engagement and the mediating role of Psychological Capital (PsyCap). This study employed the Jobs Demands Resource (JD-R) model theory to explain the contribution of Authentic Leadership and PsyCap on Work Engagement. Also, the direct effect of Authentic Leadership on employees' PsyCap was examined.

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