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The effect of smoking on COVID‐19 severity: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Reddy, Rohin K., Charles, Walton N., Sklavounos, Alexandros, Dutt, Atul, Seed, Paul T., Khajuria, Ankur

“…Various comorbidities represent risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). The impact of smoking on COVID‐19 severity has been previously…”
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Digital microfluidic isolation of single cells for -Omics by Lamanna, Julian, Scott, Erica Y., Edwards, Harrison S., Chamberlain, M. Dean, Dryden, Michael D. M., Peng, Jiaxi, Mair, Barbara, Lee, Adam, Chan, Calvin, Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Heffernan, Austin, Abbas, Farhana, Lam, Charis, Olson, Maxwell E., Moffat, Jason, Wheeler, Aaron R.

“…We introduce Digital microfluidic Isolation of Single Cells for -Omics (DISCO), a platform that allows users to select particular cells of interest from a…”
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Digital Microfluidic Hemagglutination Assays for Blood Typing, Donor Compatibility Testing, and Hematocrit Analysis by Sklavounos, Alexandros A, Lamanna, Julian, Modi, Dimpy, Gupta, Sidharth, Mariakakis, Alex, Callum, Jeannie, Wheeler, Aaron R

“…Abstract Background Blood typing, donor compatibility testing, and hematocrit analysis are common tests that are important in many clinical applications,…”
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Digital microfluidics with distance-based detection - a new approach for nucleic acid diagnostics by Ho, Man, Sathishkumar, N, Sklavounos, Alexandros A, Sun, Jianxian, Yang, Ivy, Nichols, Kevin P, Wheeler, Aaron R

“…There is great enthusiasm for using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) in point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (POC NAATs), as an…”
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Use of a rapid digital microfluidics-powered immunoassay for assessing measles and rubella infection and immunity in outbreak settings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Knipes, Alaine K, Summers, Aimee, Sklavounos, Alexandros A, Lamanna, Julian, de Campos, Richard P S, Narahari, Tanya, Dixon, Christopher, Fobel, Ryan, Ndjakani, Yassa D, Lubula, Leopold, Magazani, Alain, Muyembe, Jean Jacques, Lay, Yvonne, Pukuta, Elizabeth, Waku-Kouomou, Diane, Hao, Lijuan, Kayembe, Jolie Kasongo, Fobel, Christian, Dahmer, Joshua, Lee, Adam, Ho, Man, Valenzuela, Jose Gilberto Camacho, Rackus, Darius G, Shih, Roger, Seale, Brendon, Chang, Ann, Paluku, Gilson, Rota, Paul A, Wheeler, Aaron R, Scobie, Heather M

“…The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a high measles incidence despite elimination efforts and has yet to introduce rubella vaccine. We evaluated the…”
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Digital Microfluidics for Microproteomic Analysis of Minute Mammalian Tissue Samples Enabled by a Photocleavable Surfactant by Chan, Calvin, Peng, Jiaxi, Rajesh, Vigneshwar, Scott, Erica Y., Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Faiz, Maryam, Wheeler, Aaron R.

“…Proteome profiles of precious tissue samples have great clinical potential for accelerating disease biomarker discovery and promoting novel strategies for…”
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Translating diagnostics and drug delivery technologies to low-resource settings by Euliano, Erin M, Sklavounos, Alexandros A, Wheeler, Aaron R, McHugh, Kevin J

“…Diagnostics and drug delivery technologies engineered for low-resource settings aim to meet their technical design specifications using strategies that are…”
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Antifouling Properties of Pluronic and Tetronic Surfactants in Digital Microfluidics by Ho, Man, Au, Aaron, Flick, Robert, Vuong, Thu V., Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Swyer, Ian, Yip, Christopher M., Wheeler, Aaron R.

“…Fouling at liquid–solid interfaces is a pernicious problem for a wide range of applications, including those that are implemented by digital microfluidics…”
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All-in-One digital microfluidics pipeline for proteomic sample preparation and analysis by Peng, Jiaxi, Chan, Calvin, Zhang, Shuailong, Sklavounos, Alexandros A, Olson, Maxwell E, Scott, Erica Y, Hu, Yechen, Rajesh, Vigneshwar, Li, Bingyu B, Chamberlain, M. Dean, Zhang, Shen, Peng, Hui, Wheeler, Aaron R

“…Highly sensitive and reproducible analysis of samples containing low amounts of protein is restricted by sample loss and the introduction of contaminants…”
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Portable sample processing for molecular assays: application to Zika virus diagnostics by Narahari, Tanya, Dahmer, Joshua, Sklavounos, Alexandros, Kim, Taehyeong, Satkauskas, Monika, Clotea, Ioana, Ho, Man, Lamanna, Julian, Dixon, Christopher, Rackus, Darius G, Silva, Severino Jefferson Ribeiro da, Pena, Lindomar, Pardee, Keith, Wheeler, Aaron R

“…This paper introduces a digital microfluidic (DMF) platform for portable, automated, and integrated Zika viral RNA extraction and amplification. The platform…”
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Absorbable versus Nonabsorbable Sutures for Facial Skin Closure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical and Aesthetic Outcomes by Malhotra, Kashish, Bondje, Sophie, Sklavounos, Alexandros, Mortada, Hatan, Khajuria, Ankur

“…When repairing facial wounds, it is crucial to possess a thorough understanding of suitable suture materials and their evidence base. The absence of…”
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Digital microfluidics as an emerging tool for bacterial protocols by Nemr, Carine R., Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Wheeler, Aaron R., Kelley, Shana O.

“…Bacteria are widely studied in various research areas, including synthetic biology, sequencing and diagnostic testing. Protocols involving bacteria are often…”
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Ursodeoxycholic acid enriches intestinal bile salt hydrolase-expressing Bacteroidetes in cholestatic pregnancy by Ovadia, Caroline, Perdones-Montero, Alvaro, Fan, Hei Man, Mullish, Benjamin H., McDonald, Julie A. K., Papacleovoulou, Georgia, Wahlström, Annika, Ståhlman, Marcus, Tsakmaki, Anastasia, Clarke, Louise C. D., Sklavounos, Alexandros, Dixon, Peter H., Bewick, Gavin A., Walters, Julian R. F., Marschall, Hanns-Ulrich, Marchesi, Julian R., Williamson, Catherine

“…Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment can reduce itch and lower endogenous serum bile acids in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). We sought to…”
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WITHDRAWN: Digital microfluidics as an emerging tool for bacterial protocols by Nemr, Carine R, Sklavounos, Alexandros A, Wheeler, Aaron R, Kelley, Shana O

“…The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article previously published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.slast.2022.10.001. This…”
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A Squaraine Derivative for Cost-Effective, Quick, and Highly Sensitive Determination of Mercury and Thiols and pH Sensing by Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Pefkianakis, Eleftherios K., Toubanaki, Dimitra K., Vougioukalakis, Georgios C., Calokerinos, Antony C.

“…The introduction of innovative sensing approaches is of increasing interest in the development of analytical platforms and methodologies for the colorimetric,…”
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Machine Learning to Automate the Visual Interpretation of Chemical Agglutination Tests by Gupta, Sidharth, Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Dahmer, Joshua, Yong, Anthony K.C., Abdullah, Mohammed A. A., Camacho, Gilberto, Morton, Keith, Shiu, Matthew, Labrecque, Jean, Veres, Teodor, Wheeler, Aaron R., Mariakakis, Alex

“…Many point-of-care tests rely on visual changes in color, shape, and size to convey results that can be read by the naked eye. One category of such tests is an…”
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Preparing for Resource-Limited and High-Stakes Settings: A Digital Microfluidic Approach by Sklavounos, Alexandros

“…Digital microfluidics (DMF) is a versatile technique that enables the user to manipulate individual liquid droplets across an array of electrodes by applying…”
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Vertical Addressing of 1‐Plane Electrodes for Digital Microfluidics by von der Ecken, Sebastian, Sklavounos, Alexandros A., Wheeler, Aaron R.

“…Digital microfluidics (DMF) has become a mainstay in the microfluidics and microelectromechanical communities. Many users rely on simple DMF devices featuring…”
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Population-Based Quality Indicators for End-of-Life Cancer Care: A Systematic Review by Henson, Lesley Anne, Edmonds, Polly, Johnston, Anna, Johnson, Halle Elizabeth, Ng Yin Ling, Clarissa, Sklavounos, Alexandros, Ellis-Smith, Clare, Gao, Wei

“…Improving the quality of cancer care is an international priority. Population-based quality indicators (QIs) are key to this process yet remain almost…”
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Impact of smoking on coronavirus disease 19 severity by Reddy, Rohin K., Charles, Walton N., Sklavounos, Alexandros, Seed, Paul T., Khajuria, Ankur

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