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View article: Leveraging Machine Learning for Optimized Biomedical Waste Prediction in India: A Comprehensive Overview
Leveraging Machine Learning for Optimized Biomedical Waste Prediction in India: A Comprehensive Overview Open
Biomedical waste (BMW) is a significant concern in India's rapidly expanding healthcare sector, where improper regulation and disposal systems prevail. Machine Learning (ML) offers substantial benefits to enhance BMW management through eff…
View article: <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> -derived lactic acid suppresses macrophage activation to facilitate persistent and polymicrobial wound infections
<i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> -derived lactic acid suppresses macrophage activation to facilitate persistent and polymicrobial wound infections Open
Summary Macrophage activation is essential for innate immunity, and its suppression enables pathogen persistence. We show that Enterococcus faecalis suppresses macrophage activation through lactic acid-mediated extracellular acidification.…
View article: Evolving Synergy Between Synthetic and Biotic Elements in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/Bacteria Composite Improves Charge Transport and Mechanical Properties
Evolving Synergy Between Synthetic and Biotic Elements in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/Bacteria Composite Improves Charge Transport and Mechanical Properties Open
gLiving materials can achieve unprecedented function by combining synthetic materials with the wide range of cellular functions. Of interest are situations where the critical properties of individual abiotic and biotic elements improve via…
View article: Usefulness of aircraft and airport wastewater for monitoring multiple pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 variants
Usefulness of aircraft and airport wastewater for monitoring multiple pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 variants Open
Background As global travel resumed in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) endemicity, the potential of aircraft wastewater monitoring to provide early warning of disease trends for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV…
View article: Monitoring multi-pathogens and SARS-CoV-2 variants in aircraft and airport wastewater
Monitoring multi-pathogens and SARS-CoV-2 variants in aircraft and airport wastewater Open
Background As global travel resumed in COVID-19 endemicity, the potential of aircraft wastewater monitoring to provide early warning of disease trends for SARS-CoV-2 variants and other infectious diseases, particularly at international air…
View article: Purine and carbohydrate availability drive <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> fitness during wound and urinary tract infections
Purine and carbohydrate availability drive <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> fitness during wound and urinary tract infections Open
Enterococcus faecalis is commonly isolated from a variety of wound types. Despite its prevalence, the pathogenic mechanisms of E. faecalis during wound infection are poorly understood. Using a mouse wound infection model, we performed in v…
View article: RNA is a key component of extracellular DNA networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
RNA is a key component of extracellular DNA networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms Open
View article: Associational Resistance to Predation by Protists in a Mixed Species Biofilm
Associational Resistance to Predation by Protists in a Mixed Species Biofilm Open
Biofilms have been shown to protect bacterial cells from predation by protists. Biofilm studies have traditionally used single species systems, which have provided information on the mechanisms and regulation of biofilm formation and dispe…
View article: Purine and carbohydrate availability drive<i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>fitness during wound infection
Purine and carbohydrate availability drive<i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>fitness during wound infection Open
Enterococcus faecalis is commonly isolated from a variety of wound types. Despite its prevalence, the pathogenic mechanisms of E. faecalis during wound infection are poorly understood. Using a mouse wound infection model, we performed in v…
View article: inPhocus: Current State and Challenges of Phage Research in Singapore
inPhocus: Current State and Challenges of Phage Research in Singapore Open
Bacteriophages and phage-derived proteins are a promising class of antibacterial agents that experience a growing worldwide interest. To map ongoing phage research in Singapore and neighboring countries, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, …
View article: The Repressor C Protein, Pf4r, Controls Superinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 by the Pf4 Filamentous Phage and Regulates Host Gene Expression
The Repressor C Protein, Pf4r, Controls Superinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 by the Pf4 Filamentous Phage and Regulates Host Gene Expression Open
It has been shown that the filamentous phage, Pf4, plays an important role in biofilm development, stress tolerance, genetic variant formation and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. These behaviours are linked to the appearance of s…
View article: Microbial predation accelerates granulation and modulates microbial community composition
Microbial predation accelerates granulation and modulates microbial community composition Open
View article: Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura: A Simple Solution with a Simple Technique
Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura: A Simple Solution with a Simple Technique Open
Surgery has been the mainstay of treatment in managing patients with lung or pleural tumors. Surgery can be either a video-assisted or an open technique. Pre-operative investigation such as computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax has b…
View article: Microbial Predation Accelerates Granulation and Modulates Microbial Community Composition
Microbial Predation Accelerates Granulation and Modulates Microbial Community Composition Open
Background Bacterial communities are responsible for biological nutrient removal and flocculation in engineered systems such as activated floccular sludge. Predators such as bacteriophage and protozoa exert significant predation pressure a…
View article: Biodiversity of magnetotactic bacteria in the tropical marine environment of Singapore revealed by metagenomic analysis
Biodiversity of magnetotactic bacteria in the tropical marine environment of Singapore revealed by metagenomic analysis Open
View article: Replication Data for: Microbial predation accelerates granulation and modulates microbial community composition
Replication Data for: Microbial predation accelerates granulation and modulates microbial community composition Open
Data for the figures presented in the manuscript. Includes raw reads, images and abundance matrices that were used to generate the figures.
View article: Laboratory and Field Testing Assessment of Next Generation Biocide-Free, Fouling-Resistant Slippery Coatings
Laboratory and Field Testing Assessment of Next Generation Biocide-Free, Fouling-Resistant Slippery Coatings Open
Recent research efforts to combat marine biofouling have focused on foul-release coatings that are not harmful for the marine environment. Inspired by nature, Slippery lubricant infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) is a surface modification tec…
View article: Green biolubricant infused slippery surfaces to combat marine biofouling
Green biolubricant infused slippery surfaces to combat marine biofouling Open
View article: Primer-free FISH probes from metagenomics/metatranscriptomics data permit the study of uncharacterised taxa in complex microbial communities
Primer-free FISH probes from metagenomics/metatranscriptomics data permit the study of uncharacterised taxa in complex microbial communities Open
View article: Failure analysis of high aspect ratio flexible wing aeroelastic loading
Failure analysis of high aspect ratio flexible wing aeroelastic loading Open
Treatment of aerodynamics with structural dynamics is an interdisciplinary area and poses its added complexity when geometrical nonlinearities are considered while performing aeroelastic computation of high aspect ratio wing. Complexity is…