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2. Current opinions on the management of prolonged ischemic priapism: does penoscrotal decompression outperform corporoglanular tunneling?
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VanDyke, Maia E, Smith, Wesley J, Holland, Levi C, Langford, Brian T, Joshi, Eshan G, Dropkin, Benjamin M, Breyer, Benjamin N, Yafi, Faysal A, Johnsen, Niels V, Barham, David W, Joice, Gregory A, Fode, Mikkel, Franzen, Bryce P, Hudak, Steven J, and Morey, Allen F
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Research ,Humans ,Male ,Priapism ,Penis ,Penile Erection ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Decompression ,Psychology ,Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine ,Clinical sciences ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
Prolonged ischemic priapism presents a treatment challenge given the difficulty in achieving detumescence and effects on sexual function. To evaluate current practice patterns, an open, web-based multi-institutional survey querying surgeons' experience with and perceived efficacy of tunneling maneuvers (corporoglanular tunneling and penoscrotal decompression), as well as impressions of erectile recovery, was administered to members of societies specializing in male genital surgery. Following distribution, 141 responses were received. Tunneling procedures were the favored first-line surgical intervention in the prolonged setting (99/139, 71.2% tunneling vs. 14/139, 10.1% implant, p
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- 2024
3. Transforming 2D carbon allotropes into 3D ones through topological mapping: The case of biphenylene carbon (graphenylene)
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Baughmann, Ray H., Galvao, Douglas S., and Woellner, Cristiano F.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
In this work, we propose a new methodology for obtaining 3D carbon allotrope structures from 2D ones through topological mapping. The idea is to select a 3D target structure and 'slice' it along different structural directions, creating a series of 2D structures. As a proof of concept, we chose the Tubulane structure 12-hexa(3,3) as a target. Tubulanes are 3D carbon allotropes based on cross-linked carbon nanotubes. One of obtained 2D 'sliced' structures was mapped into the biphenylene carbon (BPC). We showed that compressing BPC along different directions can generate not only the target Tubulane 12-hexa(3,3) but at least two other structures, bcc-C6 and an unreported member of the Tubulane family, which we called Tubulane X. The methodology proposed here is completely general, it can be used coupled with any quantum method. Considering that new 2D carbon allotropes, such as the biphenylene carbon network, which is closely related to BPC, have been recently synthesized, the approach proposed here opens new perspectives to obtain new 3D carbon allotropes from 2D structures.
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- 2023
4. Hydrogen atom/molecule adsorption on 2D metallic porphyrin: A first-principles study
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Isaac M., Felix, Levi C., Machado, Leonardo D., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Hydrogen is a promising element for applications in new energy sources like fuel cells. One key issue for such applications is storing hydrogen. And, to improve storage capacity, understanding the interaction mechanism between hydrogen and possible storage materials is critical. This work uses DFT simulations to comprehensively investigate the adsorption mechanism of H/H$_2$ on the 2D metallic porphyrins with one transition metal in its center. Our results suggest that the mechanism for adsorption of H (H$_2$) is chemisorption (physisorption). The maximum adsorption energy for atomic hydrogen was $-3.7$ eV for 2D porphyrins embedded with vanadium or chromium atoms. Our results also revealed charge transfer of up $-0.43$ e to chemisorbed H atoms. In contrast, the maximum adsorption energy calculated for molecular hydrogen was $-122.5$ meV for 2D porphyrins embedded with scandium atoms. Furthermore, charge transfer was minimal for physisorption. Finally, we also determined that uniaxial strain has a minimal effect on the adsorption properties of 2D metallic porphyrins.
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- 2023
5. PD42-05 DOES PENOSCROTAL DECOMPRESSION OUTPERFORM CORPOROGLANULAR TUNNELING FOR SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PROLONGED ISCHEMIC PRIAPISM?
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VanDyke, Maia E, Smith, Wesley J, Langford, Brian T, Breyer, Benjamin N, Yafi, Faysal A, Barham, David W, Johnsen, Niels V, Holland, Levi C, Dropkin, Benjamin M, Fode, Mikkel, Franzen, Bryce P, Hudak, Steven J, and Morey, Allen F
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences - Published
- 2023
6. The Effect of Element Composition on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Carbon, Silicon, Silicon Carbide, and Boron Nitride Gyroid Schwarzites
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Schwarzites are porous structures that present negative Gaussian curvatures. Although initially proposed for carbon, in principle, schwarzites of other elements are possible. In this work, we have carried out a detailed investigation of the effect of element composition (C, Ge, Si, SiC, and BN) on the structural, electronic and optical properties of a gyroid schwarzite structure, the so-called G688. The DFT simulations were carried out using the well-known SIESTA code. Our results showed that formation energy values are in similar range of other related allotrope structures and are thermally stable (up to 1000~K). From the electronic analyses, our results indicate that all structures, except the carbon one, present semiconductor characteristics. From the optical properties, except for the infrared region where only silicon and germanium show some absorption, the other structures exhibit optical activity only in the visible and ultra-violet regions, and all of them have large refractive index values. For reflectivity, except for Si and Ge schwarzites that reflect almost 40\% of light, the other schwarzites exhibit low reflectivity. These characteristics make them good candidates for optoelectronic applications, such as infrared/ultraviolet absorbers, and ultraviolet blockers.
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- 2022
7. Investigating thermal transport in knotted graphene nanoribbons using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics
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Felix, Levi C., Fonseca, Alexandre F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
In this work, we investigated the effect of knots in the thermal transport of graphene nanoribbons through non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. We considered the cases of one, two, and three knots are present. Temperature jumps appear in the temperature profile where the knots are located, which indicates that they introduce thermal resistances in the system, similar to interfacial Kapitza resistance present between two different materials and/or single materials with defects and/or lattice distortions. We found that the thermal resistance introduced by each individual knot is essentially the same as the overall resistance increase linearly with the number of knots, as they behave as thermal resistances associated in series. Also, the relative position between each knot in the arrangement does not strongly affect the thermal current produced by the temperature gradient, showing a weak thermal rectification effect.
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- 2022
8. 'Guided' Fractures in Graphene Mechanical Diode-like Structures
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Felix, Levi C. and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
The concept of the diode is usually applied to electronic and thermal devices but very rarely for mechanical ones. A recently proposed fracture rectification effect in polymer-based structures with triangular voids defects has motivated us to test these ideas at the nanoscale using graphene membranes. Using fully-atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations we showed that robust rectification-like effects exist. The fracture can be 'guided' to easier propagate along one specific direction than its opposite. We also observed that there is an optimal value for the spacing between each void for the rectification effect.
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- 2022
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9. Tenecteplase versus standard of care for minor ischaemic stroke with proven occlusion (TEMPO-2): a randomised, open label, phase 3 superiority trial
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Salluzzi, Marina, Blenkin, Nicole, Dueck, Ashley, Doram, Craig, Zhang, Qiao, Kenney, Carol, Ryckborst, Karla, Bohn, Shelly, Collier, Quentin, Taylor, Frances, Lethebe, B. Cord, Jambula, Anitha, Sage, Kayla, Toussaint, Lana, Save, Supryia, Lee, Jaclyn, Laham, N, Sultan, A.A., Deepak, A., Sitaram, A., Demchuk, Andrew M., Lockey, A., Micielli, A., Wadhwa, A., Arabambi, B., Graham, B., Bogiatzi, Chrysi, Doshi, Darshan, Chakraborty, D., Kim, Diana, Vasquez, D, Singh, D, Tse, Dominic, Harrison, E., Smith, E.E., Teleg, E., Klourfeld, E., Klein, G., Sebastian, I.A., Evans, J, Hegedus, J, Kromm, J, Lin, K, Ignacio, K, Ghavami, Kimia, Ismail, M., Moores, M., Panzini, M.A., Boyko, M., Almekhlafi, M.A., Newcommon, Nancy, Maraj, N., Imoukhuede, O., Volny, O., Stys, Peter, Couillard, Phillipe, Ojha, P., Eswaradass, P., Joundi, Raed, Singh, R., Asuncion, R.M., Muir, R.T., Dey, S., Mansoor, S., Wasyliw, S., Nagendra, S., Hu, Sherry, Althubait, S., Chen, S., Bal, S., Van Gaal, Stephen, Peters, Steven, Ray, Sucharita, Chaturvedi, S., Subramaniam, Suresh, Fu, Vivian, Villaluna, K., Maclean, G., King-Azote, P., Ma, C., Plecash, A., Murphy, C., Gorman, J., Wilson, L., Zhou, L., Benevente, O., Teal, P., Yip, S., Mann, S., Dewar, B., Demetroff, M., Shamloul, R., Beardshaw, R., Roberts, S., Blaquiere, D., Stotts, G., Shamy, M., Bereznyakova, O., Fahed, R., Alesefir, W., Lavoie, Suzy, Hache, A., Collard, K, Mackey, A., Gosselin-Lefebvre, S., Verreault, S., Beauchamp, B., Lambourn, L., Khaw, A., Mai, L., Sposato, L., Bres Bullrich, M., Azarpazhooh, R., Fridman, S., Kapoor, A., Southwell, A., Bardi, E., Fatakdawala, I., Kamra, M, Lopes, K., Popel, N., Norouzi, V., Liu, A., Liddy, A.M., Ghoari, B., Hawkes, C., Enriquez, C.A., Gladstone, D.J., Manosalva Alzate, H.A., Khosravani, H., Hopyan, J.J., Sivakumar, K., Son, M., Boulos, M.I., Hamind, M.A., Swartz, R.H., Murphy, R., Reiter, S., Fitzpatrick, T., Bhandari, V., Good, J., Penn, M., Naylor, M., Frost, S., Cayley, A., Akthar, F., Williams, J., Kalman, L., Crellin, L., Wiegner, R., Singh, R.S., Stewart, T., To, W., Singh, S., Pikula, A., Jaigobin, C., Carpani, F., Silver, F., Janssen, H., Schaafsma, J., del 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R.C., Gauhar, S., Elmamoun, S., Malani, S., Pralhad Kelavkar, S., Hiden, J., Ferdinand, P., Sanyal, R., Varquez, R., Smith, B., Okechukwu, C., Fox, E., Collins, E., Courtney, K., Tauro, S., Patterson, C., McShane, D., Roberts, G., McIImoyle, J., McGuire, K., Fearon, P., Gordon, P., Isaacs, K., Lucas, K., Smith, L., Dews, L., Bates, M., Lawrence, S., Heeley, S., Patel, V., Chin, Y.M., Sims, D., Littleton, E., Khaira, J., Nadar, K., Kieliszkowska, A., Sari, B., Domingos Belo, C., Smith, E., Manolo, E.Y., Aeron-Thomas, J., Doheny, M., Garcia Pardo, M., Recaman, M., Tibajia, M.C., Aissa, M., Mah, Y., Yu, T., Meenakshisundaram, S., Heller, S., Alsukhni, R., Williams, O., Farag, M., Benger, M., Engineer, A., Bayhonan, S., Conway, S., Bhalla, A., Nouvakis, D., Theochari, E., Boyle, F., Teo, J., King-Robson, J., Law, K.Y., Sztriha, L., McGovern, A., Day, D., Mitchell-Douglas, J., Francis, J., Iqbal, A., Punjabivaryani, P., Anonuevo Reyes, J., Anonuevo Reyes, M., Pauls, M., Buch, A., Hedstrom, A., Hutchinson, C., Kirkland, C., Newham, J., Wilkes, G., Fleming, L., Fleck, N., Franca, A., Chwal, B., Oldoni, C., Mantovani, G., Noll, G., Zanella, L., Soma, M., Secchi, T., Borelli, W., Rimoli, B.P., da Cunha Silva, G.H., Machado Galvao Mondin, L.A., Barbosa Cerantola, R., Imthon, A.K., Esaki, A.S., Camilo, M., Vincenzi, O.C., ds Cruz, R.R., Morillos, M.B., Riccioppa Rodrigues, G.G., Santos Ferreira, K., Pazini, A.M., Pena Pereira, M.A., de Albuquerque, A.L.A., Massote Fontanini, C.E., Matinez Rubio, C.F., dos Santos, D.T., Dias, F.A., Alves, F.F.A., Milani, C., Pegorer Santos, B., Winckler, F., De Souza, J.T., Bonome, L.A.M., Cury Silva, V.A., Teodoro, R.S., Modolo, G.P., Ferreira, N.C., Barbosa dos Santos, D.F., dos Santos Moreira, J.C., Cruz Guedes de Morais, A.B., Vieira, J., Mendes, G., de Queiroz, J.P., Coutts, Shelagh B, Ankolekar, Sandeep, Appireddy, Ramana, Arenillas, Juan F, Assis, Zarina, Bailey, Peter, Barber, Philip A, Bazan, Rodrigo, Buck, Brian H, Butcher, Ken S, Camden, Marie-Christine, Campbell, Bruce C V, Casaubon, Leanne K, Catanese, Luciana, Chatterjee, Kausik, Choi, Philip M C, Clarke, Brian, Dowlatshahi, Dar, Ferrari, Julia, Field, Thalia S, Ganesh, Aravind, Ghia, Darshan, Goyal, Mayank, Greisenegger, Stefan, Halse, Omid, Horn, Mackenzie, Hunter, Gary, Imoukhuede, Oje, Kelly, Peter J, Kennedy, James, Kleinig, Timothy J, Krishnan, Kailash, Lima, Fabricio, Mandzia, Jennifer L, Marko, Martha, Martins, Sheila O, Medvedev, George, Menon, Bijoy K, Mishra, Sachin M, Molina, Carlos, Moussaddy, Aimen, Muir, Keith W, Parsons, Mark W, Penn, Andrew M W, Pille, Arthur, Pontes-Neto, Octávio M, Roffe, Christine, Serena, Joaquin, Simister, Robert, Singh, Nishita, Spratt, Neil, Strbian, Daniel, Tham, Carol H, Wiggam, M Ivan, Williams, David J, Willmot, Mark R, Wu, Teddy, Yu, Amy Y X, Zachariah, George, Zafar, Atif, Zerna, Charlotte, and Hill, Michael D
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- 2024
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10. Evaluating remote facilitation intensity for multi-national translation of nurse-initiated stroke protocols (QASC Australasia): a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
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Fasugba, O., Dale, S., McInnes, E., Cadilhac, D. A., Noetel, M., Coughlan, K., McElduff, B., Kim, J., Langley, T., Cheung, N. W., Hill, K., Pollnow, V., Page, K., Sanjuan Menendez, E., Neal, E., Griffith, S., Christie, L. J., Slark, J., Ranta, A., Levi, C., Grimshaw, J. M., and Middleton, S.
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- 2023
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11. Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Pentadiamond
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Felix, Levi C., Ambekar, Rushikesh S., Woellner, Cristiano F., Kushwaha, Brijesh, Pal, Varinder, Galvao, Douglas S., and Tiwary, Chandra S.
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Physics - Applied Physics ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
In this work, We combined fully atomistic molecular dynamics and finite elements simulations with mechanical testings to investigate the mechanical behavior of atomic and 3D-printed models of pentadiamond. Pentadiamond is a recently proposed new carbon allotrope, which is composed of a covalent network of pentagonal rings. Our results showed that the stress-strain behavior is almost scale-independent. The stress-strain curves of the 3D-printed structures exhibit three characteristic regions. For low-strain values, this first region presents a non-linear behavior close to zero, followed by a well-defined linear behavior. The second regime is a quasi-plastic one and the third one is densification followed by structural failures (fracture). The Young's modulus values decrease with the number of pores. The deformation mechanism is bending-dominated and different from the layer-by-layer deformation mechanism observed for other 3D-printed structures. They exhibit good energy absorption capabilities, with some structures even outperforming kevlar. Interestingly, considering the Ashby chart, 3D-printed pentadiamond lies almost on the ideal stretch and bending-dominated lines, making them promising materials for energy absorption applications.
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- 2021
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12. Mechanical Response of Pentadiamond: A DFT and Molecular Dynamics Study
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Felix, Levi C., Tromer, Raphael M., Woellner, Cristiano F., Tiwary, Chandra S., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Pentadiamond is a recently proposed new carbon allotrope consisting of a network of pentagonal rings where both sp$^2$ and sp$^3$ hybridization are present. In this work we investigated the mechanical and electronic properties, as well as, the thermal stability of pentadiamond using DFT and fully atomistic reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We also investigated its properties beyond the elastic regime for three different deformation modes: compression, tensile and shear. The behavior of pentadiamond under compressive deformation showed strong fluctuations in the atomic positions which are responsible for the strain softening at strains beyond the linear regime, which characterizes the plastic flow. As we increase temperature, as expected, Young's modulus values decrease, but this variation (up to 300 K) is smaller than 10\% (from 347.5 to 313.6 GPa), but the fracture strain is very sensitive, varying from $\sim$44\% at 1K to $\sim$5\% at 300K.
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- 2021
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13. Hydrogen atom/molecule adsorption on 2D metallic porphyrin: A first-principles study
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Isaac M., Felix, Levi C., Machado, Leonardo D., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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- 2024
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14. Optoelectronic Properties of Amorphous Carbon-Based Nanotube and Nanoscroll
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Ribeiro, Luiz A., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Free-standing monolayer amorphous carbon (MAC) is a pure carbon structure composed of randomly distributed atom rings with different sizes, which was recently synthesized. In this work, we carried out ab initio and tight-binding calculations to investigate the optoelectronic properties of MAC and its derived nanotube and nanoscroll configurations. Our results show MAC, tube, and scrolls exhibit similar electronic behavior. All structures absorb from infrared to ultraviolet, with maximum absorption peaks the visible-ultra violet ($\sim 3.2$ eV). The maximum and minimum reflectivity values are in the range 0.3-0.5 (infrared) and 0.1-0.0 (ultraviolet), making these materials good candidates to ultraviolet filters.
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- 2020
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15. Mechanical Properties of Diamond Schwarzites: From Molecular Dynamics Simulations to 3D Printing
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Felix, Levi C., Gaál, Vladimir, Woellner, Cristiano F., Rodrigues, Varlei, and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Physics - Applied Physics - Abstract
Schwarzites are porous crystalline structures with Gaussian negative curvature. In this work, we investigated the mechanical behavior and energy absorption properties of two carbon-based diamond schwarzites (D688 and D8bal). We carried out fully atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The optimized MD atomic models were used to generate macro-scale models for 3D-printing (PolyLactic Acid (PLA) polymer filaments) through Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). Mechanical properties under uniaxial compression were investigated for both the atomic models and the 3D-printed ones. Mechanical testings were performed on the 3D-printed schwarzites where the deformation mechanisms were found to be similar to those observed in MD simulations. These results are suggestive of a scale-independent mechanical behavior that is dominated by structural topology. The structures exhibit high specific energy absorption and crush force efficiency ~0.8, which suggest that the 3D-printed diamond schwarzites are good candidates as energy-absorbing materials.
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- 2020
16. On the Structural Stability and Optical Properties of Germanium-based Schwarzites: A Density Functional Theory Investigation
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Since graphene was synthesized the interest for building new 2D and 3D structures based on the carbon allotropes has been growing every day. One of these 3D structures is know as carbon schwarzites. Schwarzites consist of carbon nanostructures possessing the shape of Triply-Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS), which is characterized by a negative Gaussian curvature introduced by the presence of carbon rings with more than six atoms. Some examples of schwarzite families include: primitive (P), gyroid (G) and diamond (D). Previous studies considering different element species of schwarzites have investigated the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. In this work, we investigated the stability of germanium (Ge) schwarzites using density functional theory with GGA exchange-correlation functional. We chose one structure of each family (P8bal), (G688) and (D688). It was observed that regions usually flat in carbon schwarzites acquires buckled configurations as previously observed on silicene and germanene monolayers. The investigated structures presented a semiconducting bandgap ranging from $0.13$ to $0.27$ eV. We also performed calculations of optical properties within the linear regime, where it was shown that Ge schwarzites structures absorb light from infrared to ultra-violet frequencies. Therefore, our results open new perspectives of materials that can be used in optelectronics devices application., Comment: 23 pages, 6 figures
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17. On the Mechanical and Thermal Stability of Free-standing Monolayer Amorphous Carbon
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Felix, Levi C., Tromer, Raphael M., Junior, Luiz A. Ribeiro, and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science ,I.6 - Abstract
Recently (C.-T. Toh et al., Nature 577, 199 (2020)), the first synthesis of free-standing monolayer amorphous carbon (MAC) was achieved. MAC is a pure carbon structure composed of five, six, seven and eight atom rings randomly distributed. MAC proved to be surprisingly stable and highly fracture resistant. Its electronic properties are similar to boron nitride. In this work, we have investigated the mechanical properties and thermal stability of MAC models using fully-atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations. For comparison purposes, the results are contrasted against pristine graphene (PG) models of similar dimensions. Our results show that MAC and PG exhibit distinct mechanical behavior and fracture dynamics patterns. While PG after a critical strain threshold goes directly from elastic to brittle regimes, MAC shows different elastic stages between these two regimes. Remarkably, MAC is thermally stable up to 3600 K, which is close to the PG melting point. These exceptional physical properties make MAC-based materials promising candidates for new technologies, such as flexible electronics., Comment: 5 figures and 10 pages
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18. Carbon Schwarzites Behavior Under Ballistic Impacts
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Felix, Levi C., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Schwarzites are 3D crystalline porous materials exhibiting the shape of Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS). They possess negative Gaussian curvature, created by the presence of rings with more than six sp2-hybridized carbon atoms. Recently, new routes to their synthesis have been proposed. Due to its foam-like structure, schwarzites are interesting for mechanical energy absorption applications. In this work, we investigate through fully atomistic reactive molecular dynamics the mechanical response under ballistic impacts of four structures from primitive (P) and gyroid (G) families (two structures within each family). The two structures in the same family differ mainly by the ratio of hexagons to octagons, where this ratio increases the 'flatness' of the structures. Although the penetration depth values are higher in the 'flatter' structures (P8bal and G8bal), the absorbed kinetic energy by them is considerably higher, which yields them a better energy-absorption performance.
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19. Mechanical Properties of a Diamond Schwarzite: From Atomistic Models to 3D-Printed Structures
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Felix, Levi C., Gaal, Vladimir, Woellner, Cristiano F., Rodrigues, Varlei, and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Physics - Applied Physics ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) possess locally minimized surface area under the constraint of periodic boundary conditions. Different families of surfaces were obtained with different topologies satisfying such conditions. Examples of such families include Primitive (P), Gyroid (G) and Diamond (D) surfaces. From a purely mathematical subject, TPMS have been recently found in materials science as optimal geometries for structural applications. Proposed by Mackay and Terrones in 1991, schwarzites are 3D crystalline porous carbon nanocrystals exhibiting the shape of TPMS. Although their complex topology poses serious limitations on their synthesis with conventional nanoscale fabrication methods, such as Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD), TPMS can be fabricated by Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques, such as 3D Printing. In this work, we used an optimized atomic model of a schwarzite structure from the D family (D8bal) to generate a surface mesh that was subsequently used for 3D-printing through Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). This D schwarzite was 3D-printed with thermoplastic PolyLactic Acid (PLA) polymer filaments. Mechanical properties under uniaxial compression were investigated for both the atomic model and the 3D-printed one. Fully atomistic Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations were also carried out to investigate the uniaxial compression behavior of the D8bal atomic model. Mechanical testings were performed on the 3D-printed schwarzite where the deformation mechanisms were found to be similar to those observed in MD simulations. These results are suggestive of a scale-independent mechanical behavior that is dominated by structural topology.
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20. The effect of supraphysiological dose of nandrolone decanoate administration on the inflammatory, neurotrophin and behavioral response in adult and old male mice
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Zamir, A., Ben Zeev, T., Levi, C., Einstein, O., Ratamess, N.A., van Praag, H., and Hoffman, J.R.
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21. Mechanical and Energy-absorption Properties of Schwarzites
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Felix, Levi C., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
We investigated through fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, the mechanical behavior (compressive and tensile) and energy absorption properties of two families (primitive (P688 and P8bal) and gyroid (G688 and G8bal)) of carbon-based schwarzites. Our results show that all schwarzites can be compressed (with almost total elastic recovery) without fracture to more than 50%, one of them can be even remarkably compressed up to 80%. One of the structures (G8bal) presents negative Poisson's ratio value (auxetic behavior). The crush force efficiency, the stroke efficiency and the specific energy absorption (SEA) values show that schwarzites can be effective energy absorber materials. Although the same level of deformation without fracture observed in the compressive case is not observed for the tensile case, it is still very high (30-40%). The fracture dynamics show extensive structural reconstructions with the formation of linear atomic chains (LACs).
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22. How likely are adaptive responses to mitigate the threats of climate change for amphibians globally?
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Souza, Kelly S., Jardim, Lucas, Rodrigues, Fabrício, Batista, Mariana C.G., Rangel, Thiago F., Gouveia, Sidney, Terribile, Levi C., Ribeiro, Matheus S.L., Fortunato, Danilo S., and Diniz Filho, Jose Alexandre F.
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Adaptation ,Amphibians ,Climate Change ,Ecological Niche Models ,Eco-Evolutionary Models ,Geographical Ranges ,Grinnelian niche ,Trailing Edges - Abstract
Whether species are capable of adapting to rapid shifts in climate raises considerable interest. Analyses based on niche models often assume niche conservatism and equilibrium with climate, implying that species will persist only in regions where future climatic conditions match their current conditions and that they will colonize these regions promptly. However, species may adapt to changing climate and persist where future climates differ from their current optimum. Here, we provide a first macroecological generalization to the approach of evolutionary rescue, by comparing the expected shift in mean temperature within the geographic range of 7193 species of amphibians worldwide, under alternative warming scenarios. Expected evolutionary change is expressed in units of standard deviations of mean temperature, per generation (Haldanes) and compared with theoretical models defining the maximum sustainable evolutionary rates (MSER) for each species. For the pessimistic emission scenario RCP8.5, shifts in mean temperature vary between near-zero and 6°C within the geographic ranges for most species, with a median equal to 3.75°C. The probability of evolutionary rescue in temperature peaks is higher than 0.05 for about 55% of the species and higher than 0.95 for only 12% of the species. Therefore, the predicted shift in mean temperature would be too extreme to deal with for almost half of the species. When evolutionary plasticity is incorporated, this scenario becomes more optimistic, with about 44% of the species being likely to shift their thermal peaks tracking future warming. These figures are not random in geographical space: evolutionary rescue would be unlikely in the tropics, especially in South America (Amazonia), parts of Africa, Indonesia, and in the Mediterranean region. Given the uncertainty in demographic and genetic parameters for species’ responses to climate change, we caution that it remains difficult to assess the realism of the macroecological generalization. In any case, it may be precautionary to assume that our results are not liberal, showing low probability of adaptation for most of the species and thus that the persistence of populations by evolutionary rescue may, in general, be unlikely in the long term.
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23. Mechanical properties of 3D printed macroscopic models of schwarzites
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Vladimir Gaal, Levi C. Felix, Cristiano F. Woellner, Douglas S. Galvao, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Marcos Akira d'Ávila, and Varlei Rodrigues
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additive manufacturing ,mechanical properties ,molecular dynamics ,Schwarzite ,triply periodic minimal surfaces ,Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials ,TA401-492 - Abstract
Abstract Additive manufacturing allows to produce parts with complex geometries is an essential tool in materials science. Schwarzites is a class of carbon allotropes with interesting mechanical properties. However, most of the schwarzite studies are theoretical until now because the synthesis of large schwarzite fragments remains elusive. In this work, we have carried out molecular dynamics simulations, and extensive experimental tests of 3D printed schwarzites to study their mechanical behavior. Our results show that this behavior does not strongly depend on printed used material, model size, or the number of structural unit cells. We also observed a strong correlation between the stress‐strain curves of 3D printed and the ones obtained from fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Both results show the same trends for almost all investigated schwarzites, suggesting that topological features and scale‐size invariant dominate some deformation mechanisms. Our results further validate the use of atomic models of materials with complex geometries that are impractical or very difficult to synthesize, translated into macro models that can be 3D printed, and offer an innovative engineered approach to produce new materials with tunable mechanical behavior.
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24. Mechanical response of pentadiamond: A DFT and molecular dynamics study
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Felix, Levi C., Tromer, Raphael M., Woellner, Cristiano F., Tiwary, Chandra S., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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25. Complex nonverbal response inhibition and stopping impulsivity in childhood stuttering
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Ofoe, Levi C. and Anderson, Julie D.
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26. A Targeted, Personalized Management Strategy in Advanced Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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Holland, Levi C., primary, Gerald, Thomas S., additional, Brooks, Bailey, additional, and Margulis, Vitaly, additional
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27. A Framework for Intelligent Navigation Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation on Reddit Posts About Opiates.
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Peter Akioyamen, Levi C. Nicklas, and Reinaldo Sanchez-Arias
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28. Optoelectronic properties of amorphous carbon-based nanotube and nanoscroll
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Ribeiro, Luiz A., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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29. Transforming Two-Dimensional Carbon Allotropes into Three-Dimensional Ones through Topological Mapping: The Case of Biphenylene Carbon (Graphenylene)
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Baughmann, Ray H., Galvao, Douglas S., and Woellner, Cristiano F.
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In this work, we propose a new methodology for obtaining three-dimensional (3D) carbon allotrope structures from 2D ones through topological mapping. The idea is to select a 3D target structure and “slice” it along different structural directions, creating a series of 2D structures. As a proof of concept, we chose the tubulane structure 12-hexa(3,3) as a target. Tubulanes are 3D carbon allotropes based on cross-linked carbon nanotubes. One of the obtained 2D “sliced” structures was mapped into the biphenylene carbon (BPC). We showed that compressing BPC in-plane, biaxially, followed by compression along the zdirection using different strain rates could generate not only the target tubulane 12-hexa(3,3) structure but also at least two others: bcc-C6 and an unreported member of the tubulane family, which we called tubulane X. The methodology proposed here is entirely general; it can be used coupled with any quantum method. Considering that the 2D biphenylene carbon network, which is closely related to BPC, has been recently synthesized, the approach proposed here opens new perspectives to obtain new 3D carbon allotropes from 2D structures.
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30. Atomic-Resolution Vibrational Mapping of Bilayer Borophene
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Li, Hui, Felix, Levi C., Li, Qiucheng, Ruan, Qiyuan, Yakobson, Boris I., and Hersam, Mark C.
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The successful synthesis of borophene beyond the monolayer limit has expanded the family of two-dimensional boron nanomaterials. While atomic-resolution topographic imaging has been previously reported, vibrational mapping has the potential to reveal deeper insight into the chemical bonding and electronic properties of bilayer borophene. Herein, inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) is used to resolve the low-energy vibrational and electronic properties of bilayer-α (BL-α) borophene on Ag(111) at the atomic scale. Using a carbon monoxide (CO)-functionalized scanning tunneling microscopy tip, the BL-α borophene IETS spectra reveal unique features compared to single-layer borophene and typical CO vibrations on metal surfaces. Distinct vibrational spectra are further observed for hollow and filled boron hexagons within the BL-α borophene unit cell, providing evidence for interlayer bonding between the constituent borophene layers. These experimental results are compared with density functional theory calculations to elucidate the interplay between the vibrational modes and electronic states in bilayer borophene.
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31. A DFT investigation of the electronic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of pentadiamond
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Tromer, Raphael M., Felix, Levi C., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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32. Mechanical and energy-absorption properties of schwarzites
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Felix, Levi C., Woellner, Cristiano F., and Galvao, Douglas S.
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33. Editorial Comment
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Holland, Levi C., primary and Taylor, Jacob, additional
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34. From My Perspective/Opinion: Reflective Journaling as a Clinical Training Tool; Self-reflection on emotions, beliefs, assumptions, and skills can help graduate student clinicians grow in their interactions with clients
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Ofoe, Levi C.
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Conscience, Examination of -- Methods -- Social aspects ,Medical students -- Training ,Health - Abstract
In clinical training—a critical part of developing health and allied health care professionals—students provide clinical care to clients/patients while under the supervision of an expert clinician. The risk of this [...]
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35. Current opinions on the management of prolonged ischemic priapism: does penoscrotal decompression outperform corporoglanular tunneling?
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VanDyke, Maia E., primary, Smith, Wesley J., additional, Holland, Levi C., additional, Langford, Brian T., additional, Joshi, Eshan G., additional, Dropkin, Benjamin M., additional, Breyer, Benjamin N., additional, Yafi, Faysal A., additional, Johnsen, Niels V., additional, Barham, David W., additional, Joice, Gregory A., additional, Fode, Mikkel, additional, Franzen, Bryce P., additional, Hudak, Steven J., additional, and Morey, Allen F., additional
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36. Mechanical Properties of Diamond Schwarzites: From Atomistic Models to 3D-Printed Structures
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Felix, Levi C., Gaál, Vladimir, Woellner, Cristiano F., Rodrigues, Varlei, and Galvao, Douglas S.
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37. Pocket-Sized Versus Conventional Ultrasound for Detecting Fatty Infiltration of the Liver
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Miles, D. A., Levi, C. S., Uhanova, J., Cuvelier, S., Hawkins, K., and Minuk, G. Y.
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38. The Complex Relationship Between Erectile Dysfunction and Hypogonadism in Diabetes Mellitus
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Holland, Levi C., Beilan, Jonathan A., Tatem, Alexander J., and Lipshultz, Larry I.
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39. Short-Term Memory, Inhibition, and Attention in Developmental Stuttering: A Meta-Analysis
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Ofoe, Levi C., Anderson, Julie D., and Ntourou, Katerina
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Purpose: This study presents a meta-analytic review of differences in verbal short-term memory, inhibition, and attention between children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CWNS). Method: Electronic databases and reference sections of articles were searched for candidate studies that examined verbal short-term memory, inhibition, and attention using behavioral and/or parent report measures. Twenty-nine studies met the eligibility criteria, which included, among other things, children between the ages of 3 and 18 years and the availability of quantitative data for effect size calculations. Data were extracted, coded, and analyzed, with the magnitude of the difference between the 2 groups of children being estimated using Hedge's g (Hedges & Olkin, 1985). Results: Based on the random-effects model (Hunter & Schmidt, 2004), findings revealed that CWS scored lower than CWNS on measures of nonword repetition (Hedges' g = -0.62), particularly at lengths of 2 and 3 syllables (Hedges' g = -0.62 and -0.50, respectively), and forward span (Hedges' g = -0.40). Analyses further revealed that the parents of CWS rated their children as having weaker inhibition (Hedges' g = -0.44) and attentional focus/persistence (Hedges' g = -0.36) skills than the parents of CWNS, but there were no significant differences between CWS and CWNS in behavioral measures of inhibition and attention. Conclusion: The present findings were taken to suggest that cognitive processes are important variables associated with developmental stuttering.
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40. Class A scavenger receptors mediate extracellular dsRNA sensing, leading to downstream antiviral gene expression in a novel American toad cell line, BufoTad
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Vo, Nguyen T.K., Moore, Levi C., Leis, Eric, and DeWitte-Orr, Stephanie J.
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41. Tenecteplase versus standard of care for minor ischaemic stroke with proven occlusion (TEMPO-2): a randomised, open label, phase 3 superiority trial
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Coutts, Shelagh B, Ankolekar, Sandeep, Appireddy, Ramana, Arenillas, Juan F, Assis, Zarina, Bailey, Peter, Barber, Philip A, Bazan, Rodrigo, Buck, Brian H, Butcher, Ken S, Camden, Marie-Christine, Campbell, Bruce C V, Casaubon, Leanne K, Catanese, Luciana, Chatterjee, Kausik, Choi, Philip M C, Clarke, Brian, Dowlatshahi, Dar, Ferrari, Julia, Field, Thalia S, Ganesh, Aravind, Ghia, Darshan, Goyal, Mayank, Greisenegger, Stefan, Halse, Omid, Horn, Mackenzie, Hunter, Gary, Imoukhuede, Oje, Kelly, Peter J, Kennedy, James, Kenney, Carol, Kleinig, Timothy J, Krishnan, Kailash, Lima, Fabricio, Mandzia, Jennifer L, Marko, Martha, Martins, Sheila O, Medvedev, George, Menon, Bijoy K, Mishra, Sachin M, Molina, Carlos, Moussaddy, Aimen, Muir, Keith W, Parsons, Mark W, Penn, Andrew M W, Pille, Arthur, Pontes-Neto, Octávio M, Roffe, Christine, Serena, Joaquin, Simister, Robert, Singh, Nishita, Spratt, Neil, Strbian, Daniel, Tham, Carol H, Wiggam, M Ivan, Williams, David J, Willmot, Mark R, Wu, Teddy, Yu, Amy Y X, Zachariah, George, Zafar, Atif, Zerna, Charlotte, Hill, Michael D, Salluzzi, Marina, Blenkin, Nicole, Dueck, Ashley, Doram, Craig, Zhang, Qiao, Kenney, Carol, Ryckborst, Karla, Bohn, Shelly, Collier, Quentin, Taylor, Frances, Lethebe, B. Cord, Jambula, Anitha, Sage, Kayla, Toussaint, Lana, Save, Supryia, Lee, Jaclyn, Laham, N, Sultan, A.A., Deepak, A., Sitaram, A., Demchuk, Andrew M., Lockey, A., Micielli, A., Wadhwa, A., Arabambi, B., Graham, B., Bogiatzi, Chrysi, Doshi, Darshan, Chakraborty, D., Kim, Diana, Vasquez, D, Singh, D, Tse, Dominic, Harrison, E., Smith, E.E., Teleg, E., Klourfeld, E., Klein, G., Sebastian, I.A., Evans, J, Hegedus, J, Kromm, J, Lin, K, Ignacio, K, Ghavami, Kimia, Ismail, M., Moores, M., Panzini, M.A., Boyko, M., Almekhlafi, M.A., Newcommon, Nancy, Maraj, N., Imoukhuede, O., Volny, O., Stys, Peter, Couillard, Phillipe, Ojha, P., Eswaradass, P., Joundi, Raed, Singh, R., Asuncion, R.M., Muir, R.T., Dey, S., Mansoor, S., Wasyliw, S., Nagendra, S., Hu, Sherry, Althubait, S., Chen, S., Bal, S., Van Gaal, Stephen, Peters, Steven, Ray, Sucharita, Chaturvedi, S., Subramaniam, Suresh, Fu, Vivian, Villaluna, K., Maclean, G., King-Azote, P., Ma, C., Plecash, A., Murphy, C., Gorman, J., Wilson, L., Zhou, L., Benevente, O., Teal, P., Yip, S., Mann, S., Dewar, B., Demetroff, M., Shamloul, R., Beardshaw, R., Roberts, S., Blaquiere, D., Stotts, G., Shamy, M., Bereznyakova, O., Fahed, R., Alesefir, W., Lavoie, Suzy, Hache, A., Collard, K, Mackey, A., Gosselin-Lefebvre, S., Verreault, S., Beauchamp, B., Lambourn, L., Khaw, A., Mai, L., Sposato, L., Bres Bullrich, M., Azarpazhooh, R., Fridman, S., Kapoor, A., Southwell, A., Bardi, E., Fatakdawala, I., Kamra, M, Lopes, K., Popel, N., Norouzi, V., Liu, A., Liddy, A.M., Ghoari, B., Hawkes, C., Enriquez, C.A., Gladstone, D.J., Manosalva Alzate, H.A., Khosravani, H., Hopyan, J.J., Sivakumar, K., Son, M., Boulos, M.I., Hamind, M.A., Swartz, R.H., Murphy, R., Reiter, S., Fitzpatrick, T., Bhandari, V., Good, J., Penn, M., Naylor, M., Frost, S., Cayley, A., Akthar, F., Williams, J., Kalman, L., Crellin, L., Wiegner, R., Singh, R.S., Stewart, T., To, W., Singh, S., Pikula, A., Jaigobin, C., Carpani, F., Silver, F., Janssen, H., Schaafsma, J., del Campo, M., Alskaini, M., Rajendram, P., Fairall, P., Granfield, B., Crawford, D., Jabs, J., White, L., Sivakumar, L., Piquette, L., Nguyen, T., Nomani, A., Wagner, A., Alrohimi, A., Butt, A., D'Souza, A., Gajurel, B., Vekhande, C., Kamble, H., Kalashyan, H., Lloret, M., Benguzzi, M., Arsalan, N., Ishaque, N., Ashayeriahmadabad, R., Samiento, R., Hosseini, S., Kazi, S., Das, S., Sugumar, T., Selchen, D., Kostyrko, P., Muccilli, A., Saposnik, A.G., Vandervelde, C., Ratnayake, K., McMillan, S., Katsanos, A., Shoamanesh, A., Sahlas, D.J., Naidoo, V., Todorov, V., Toma, H., Brar, J., Lee, J., Horton, M., Chen, S., Shand, E., Weatherby, S., Jin, A., Durafourt, B., Jalini, S., Gardner, A., Tyson, C., Junk, E., Foster, K., Bolt, K., Sylvain, N., Maley, S., Urroz, L., Peeling, L., Kelly, M., Whelan, R., Cooley, R., Teitelbaum, J., Boutayeb, A., Moore, A., Cole, E., Waxman, L., Ben-Amor, N., Sanchez, R., Khalil, S., Nehme, A., Legault, C., Tampieri, D., Ehrensperger, E., Vieira, L., Cortes, M., Angle, M., Hannouche, M., Badawy, M., Werner, K., Wieszmuellner, S., Langer, A., Gisold, A., Zach, H., Rommer, P., Macher, S., Blechinger, S., Marik, W., Series, W., Baumgartinger, M., Krebs, S., Koski, J., Eirola, S., Ivanoff, T., Erakanto, A., Kupari, L., Sibolt, G., Panula, J., Tomppo, L., Tiainen, M., Ahlstrom, M., Martinez Majander, N., Suomalainen, O., Raty, S., Levi, C., Kerr, E., Allen, J., Kaauwai, L.P., Belevski, L., Russell, M., Ormond, S., Chew, A., Loiselle, A., Royan, A., Hughes, B., Garcia Esperon, C., Pepper, E., Miteff, F., He, J., Lycett, M., Min, M., Murray, N., Pavey, N., Starling de Barros, R., Gangadharan, S., Dunkerton, S., Waller, S., Canento Sanchez, T., Wellings, T., Edmonds, G., Whittaker, K.A., Ewing, M., Lee, P., Singkang, R., McDonald, A., Dos Santos, A., Shin, C., Jackson, D., Tsoleridis, J., Fisicchia, L., Parsons, N., Shenoy, N., Smith, S., Sharobeam, A., Balabanski, A., Park, A., Williams, C., Pavlin-Premri, D., Rodrigues, E., Alemseged, F., Ng, F., Zhao, H., Beharry, J., Ng, J.L., Williamson, J., Wong, J.Z.W., Li, K., Kwan, M.K., Valente, M., Yassi, N., Cooley, R., Yogendrakumar, V., McNamara, B., Buchanan, C., McCarthy, C., Thomas, G., Stephens, K., Chung, M., Chung, M.F., Tang, M., Busch, T., Frost, T., Lee, R., Stuart, N., Pachani, N., Menon, A., Borojevic, B., Linton, C.M., Garcia, G., Callaly, E.P., Dewey, H., Liu, J., Chen, J., Wong, J., Nowak, K., To, K., Lizak, N.S., Bhalala, O., Park, P., Tan, P., Martins, R., Cody, R., Forbes, R., Chen, S.K., Ooi, S., Tu, S., Dang, Y.L., Ling, Z., Cranefield, J., Drew, R., Tan, A., Kurunawai, C., Harvey, J., Mahadevan, J.J., Cagi, L., Palanikumar, L., Chia, L.N., Goh, R., El-Masri, S., Urbi, B., Rapier, C., Berrill, H., McEvoy, H., Dunning, R., Kuriakose, S., Chad, T., Sapaen, V., Sabet, A., Shah, D., Yeow, D., Lilley, K., Ward, K., Mozhy Mahizhnan, M., Tan, M., Lynch, C., Coveney, S., Tobin, K., McCabe, J., Marnane, M., Murphy, S., Large, M., Moynihan, B., Boyle, K., Sanjuan, E., Sanchis, M., Boned, S., Pancorbo, O., Sala, V., Garcia, L., Garcia-Tornel, A., Juega, J., Pagola, J., Santana, K., Requena, M., Muchada, M., Olive, M., Lozano, P.J., Rubiera, M., Deck, M., Rodriguez, N., Gomez, B., Reyes Munoz, F.J., Gomez, A.S., Sanz, A.C., Garcia, E.C., Penacoba, G., Ramos, M.E., de Lera Alfonso, M., Feliu, A, Pardo, L., Ramirez, P., Murillo, A., Lopez Dominguez, D., Rodriguez, J., Terceno Izaga, M., Reina, M., Viturro, S.B., Bojaryn, U., Vera Monge, V.A., Silva Blas, Y., R Siew, R., Agustin, S J, Seet, C., Tianming, T., d'Emden, A., Murray, A., Welch, A., Hatherley, K., Day, N., Smith, W., MacRae, E., Mitchell, E.S., Mahmood, A., Elliot, J., Neilson, S., Biswas, V., Brown, C., Lewis, A., Ashton, A., Werring, D., Perry, R., Muhammad, R., Lee, Y.C., Black, A., Robinson, A., Williams, A., Banaras, A., Cahoy, C., Raingold, G., Marinescu, M., Atang, N., Bason, N., Francia, N., Obarey, S., Feerick, S., Joseph, J., Schulz, U., Irons, R., Benjamin, J., Quinn, L., Jhoots, 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Individuals with minor ischaemic stroke and intracranial occlusion are at increased risk of poor outcomes. Intravenous thrombolysis with tenecteplase might improve outcomes in this population. We aimed to test the superiority of intravenous tenecteplase over non-thrombolytic standard of care in patients with minor ischaemic stroke and intracranial occlusion or focal perfusion abnormality.
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42. Drug screening strategy for human membrane proteins: From NMR protein backbone structure to in silica- and NMR-screened hits
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Lindert, Steffen, Maslennikov, Innokentiy, Chiu, Ellis JC, Pierce, Levi C, McCammon, J Andrew, and Choe, Senyon
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Biochemistry and Cell Biology ,Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ,Chemical Sciences ,Biological Sciences ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Genetics ,Prevention ,Generic health relevance ,Binding Sites ,Drug Design ,Humans ,Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ,Ligands ,Membrane Proteins ,Mitochondrial Proteins ,Molecular Docking Simulation ,Neoplasm Proteins ,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ,Biomolecular ,Protein Conformation ,Human membrane proteins ,NMR screening ,Molecular dynamics ,Computational docking ,Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry ,Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics ,Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry and cell biology ,Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry - Abstract
About 8000 genes encode membrane proteins in the human genome. The information about their druggability will be very useful to facilitate drug discovery and development. The main problem, however, consists of limited structural and functional information about these proteins because they are difficult to produce biochemically and to study. In this paper we describe the strategy that combines Cell-free protein expression, NMR spectroscopy, and molecular DYnamics simulation (CNDY) techniques. Results of a pilot CNDY experiment provide us with a guiding light towards expedited identification of the hit compounds against a new uncharacterized membrane protein as a potentially druggable target. These hits can then be further characterized and optimized to develop the initial lead compound quicker. We illustrate such "omics" approach for drug discovery with the CNDY strategy applied to two example proteins: hypoxia-induced genes HIGD1A and HIGD1B.
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43. Do Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors Increase the Risk of Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy?
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Flores, Jose M., Vertosick, Emily, Jenkins, Lawrence C., Cooper, John, Benfante, Nicole, Sjoberg, Daniel, Vickers, Andrew J., Eastham, James A., Laudone, Vincent P., Scardino, Peter T., Nelson, Christian J., Mulhall, John P., Holland, Levi C., and Taylor, Jacob
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Purpose: There have been conflicting studies on the association between phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) use and biochemical recurrence (BCR) following radical prostatectomy (RP). Our aim was to determine whether PDE5i drug exposure after RP increases the risk of BCR in patients undergoing RP. Materials and Methods: An institutional database of prostate cancer patients treated between January 2009 and December 2020 was reviewed. BCR was defined as 2 PSA measurements greater than 0.1 ng/mL. PDE5i exposure was defined using a 0 to 3 scale, with 0 representing never use, 1 sometimes use, 2 regularly use, and 3 routinely use. The risk of BCR with any PDE5i exposure, the quantity of exposure, and the duration of PDE5i exposure were assessed by multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. Results: The sample size included 4630 patients to be analyzed, with 776 patients having BCR. The median follow-up for patients without BCR was 27 (IQR 12, 49) months. Eighty-nine percent reported taking a PDE5i at any time during the first 12 months after RP, and 60% reported doing so for 6 or more months during the year after RP. There was no evidence of an increase in the risk of BCR associated with any PDE5i use (HR 1.05, 95% CI 0.84, 1.31, P = .7) or duration of PDE5i use in the first year (HR 0.98 per 1 month duration, 95% CI 0.96, 1.00, P = .055). Baseline oncologic risk was lower in patients using PDE5i, but differences between groups were small, suggesting that residual confounding is unlikely to obscure any causal association with BCR. Conclusions: Prescription of PDE5i to men after RP can be based exclusively on quality of life considerations. Patients receiving PDE5is can be reassured that their use does not increase the risk of BCR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Relationship Of Handgrip Strength To Body Size And Body Composition Measurements In Intercollegiate Athletes
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Naylor, Jonathan B., primary, Patton, Beth J., additional, Jones, Levi C., additional, and Paterson, Kieran G.P., additional
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45. Effects of Forest Management on Postfledging Survival of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ( Pheucticus ludovicianus )
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Moore, Levi C., Stutchbury, Bridget J. M., Burke, Dawn M., and Elliott, Ken A.
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- 2010
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46. Potential geographic distribution of the coralsnake Micrurus decoratus Jan, 1858 (Serpentes, Elapidae) in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil
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Terribile, Levi C, Da S Anacleto, Teresa Cristina, Da Silva, Nelson J, Filho, José Alexandre F Diniz, and BioStor
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- 2007
47. Devising Bone Molecular Models at the Nanoscale: From Usual Mineralized Collagen Fibrils to the First Bone Fibers Including Hydroxyapatite in the Extra-Fibrillar Volume
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Amadeus C. S. Alcântara, Levi C. Felix, Douglas S. Galvão, Paulo Sollero, and Munir S. Skaf
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bone nanoscale model ,mineralized collagen fibril ,collagen fiber ,hydroxyapatite ,extra-fibrillar volume ,molecular dynamics ,Technology ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,TK1-9971 ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 ,Microscopy ,QH201-278.5 ,Descriptive and experimental mechanics ,QC120-168.85 - Abstract
At the molecular scale, bone is mainly constituted of type-I collagen, hydroxyapatite, and water. Different fractions of these constituents compose different composite materials that exhibit different mechanical properties at the nanoscale, where the bone is characterized as a fiber, i.e., a bundle of mineralized collagen fibrils surrounded by water and hydroxyapatite in the extra-fibrillar volume. The literature presents only models that resemble mineralized collagen fibrils, including hydroxyapatite in the intra-fibrillar volume only, and lacks a detailed prescription on how to devise such models. Here, we present all-atom bone molecular models at the nanoscale, which, differently from previous bone models, include hydroxyapatite both in the intra-fibrillar volume and in the extra-fibrillar volume, resembling fibers in bones. Our main goal is to provide a detailed prescription on how to devise such models with different fractions of the constituents, and for that reason, we have made step-by-step scripts and files for reproducing these models available. To validate the models, we assessed their elastic properties by performing molecular dynamics simulations that resemble tensile tests, and compared the computed values against the literature (both experimental and computational results). Our results corroborate previous findings, as Young’s Modulus values increase with higher fractions of hydroxyapatite, revealing all-atom bone models that include hydroxyapatite in both the intra-fibrillar volume and in the extra-fibrillar volume as a path towards realistic bone modeling at the nanoscale.
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48. Influence of Cluster Sources on the Growth Mechanisms and Chemical Composition of Bimetallic Nanoparticles
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Murilo Moreira, Levi C. Felix, Emmanuel Cottancin, Michel Pellarin, Daniel Ugarte, Matthias Hillenkamp, Douglas S. Galvao, and Varlei Rodrigues
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General Energy ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials - Published
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49. Alternative DNA secondary structure formation affects RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing in human
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Karol Szlachta, Ryan G. Thys, Naomi D. Atkin, Levi C. T. Pierce, Stefan Bekiranov, and Yuh-Hwa Wang
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DNA secondary structure ,RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Genetics ,QH426-470 - Abstract
Abstract Background Alternative DNA secondary structures can arise from single-stranded DNA when duplex DNA is unwound during DNA processes such as transcription, resulting in the regulation or perturbation of these processes. We identify sites of high propensity to form stable DNA secondary structure across the human genome using Mfold and ViennaRNA programs with parameters for analyzing DNA. Results The promoter-proximal regions of genes with paused transcription are significantly and energetically more favorable to form DNA secondary structure than non-paused genes or genes without RNA polymerase II (Pol II) binding. Using Pol II ChIP-seq, GRO-seq, NET-seq, and mNET-seq data, we arrive at a robust set of criteria for Pol II pausing, independent of annotation, and find that a highly stable secondary structure is likely to form about 10–50 nucleotides upstream of a Pol II pausing site. Structure probing data confirm the existence of DNA secondary structures enriched at the promoter-proximal regions of paused genes in human cells. Using an in vitro transcription assay, we demonstrate that Pol II pausing at HSPA1B, a human heat shock gene, is affected by manipulating DNA secondary structure upstream of the pausing site. Conclusions Our results indicate alternative DNA secondary structure formation as a mechanism for how GC-rich sequences regulate RNA Pol II promoter-proximal pausing genome-wide.
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50. Fossil record improves biodiversity risk assessment under future climate change scenarios
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Lima-Ribeiro, Matheus S., Moreno, Ana Karolina M., Terribile, Levi C., Caten, Cléber T., Loyola, Rafael, Rangel, Thiago F., and Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.
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