• CLASH DETECTION MANAGEMENT USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) TECHNOLOGY IN KAZAKHSTAN 

  Akhmetzhanova, Botagoz (Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, 2021-05)

  One of the biggest concerns in building construction projects is clashes and their early identification. Digital built environment research in the context of clash identification and mitigation is an important area to ...
• RECENT ADVANCES IN THE CONTROLLED RELEASE OF GROWTH FACTORS AND CYTOKINES FOR IMPROVING CUTANEOUS WOUND HEALING 

  Nurkesh, Ayan; Jaguparov, Alexandr; Jimi, Shiro; Saparov, Arman (Frontiers Media, 2020-07)

  Bioengineered materials are widely utilized due to their biocompatibility and degradability, as well as their moisturizing and antibacterial properties. One field of their application in medicine is to treat wounds by ...
• ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF TIME-DEPENDENT RESTRICTIONS AND CONTROL ACTIONS TO FLATTEN THE CURVE OF COVID-19 IN KAZAKHSTAN 

  Do, Ton Duc; Gui, Meei Mei; Ng, Kok Yew (PeerJ, 2021-02)

  This article presents the assessment of time-dependent national-level restrictions and control actions and their effects in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. By analysing the transmission dynamics during the first wave of ...
• BUILDING CHARACTER: THE FORMATION OF A HYBRID ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY IN A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 

  Cornelissen, Joep P.; Akemu, Ona; Jonkman, Jeroen G. F.; Werner, Mirjam D. (Wiley, 2020-09)

  The formation of a hybrid organizational identity is a significant challenge for many social enterprises. Drawing on in-depth longitudinal data from the first three years of a successful social enterprise – Fairphone, ...
• INFLUENCE OF OBESITY ON REMODELING OF LUNG TISSUE AND ORGANIZATION OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AFTER BLUNT THORAX TRAUMA 

  Xu, Pengfei; Gärtner, Fabian; Gihring, Adrian; Liu, Congxing; Burster, Timo; Wabitsch, Martin; Knippschild, Uwe; Paschke, Stephan (BMC, 2020-09)

  Background Previously, it has been shown that obesity is a risk factor for recovery, regeneration, and tissue repair after blunt trauma and can affect the rate of muscle recovery and collagen deposition after trauma. To ...
• OPTIMAL DATA COLLECTION TIME IN LORA NETWORKS — A TIME-SLOTTED APPROACH 

  Zorbas, Dimitrios; Caillouet, Christelle; Abdelfadeel Hassan, Khaled; Pesch, Dirk (Sensors, 2021-02-21)

  LoRa is a low-power and long range radio communication technology designed for low-power Internet of Things devices. These devices are often deployed in remote areas where the end-to-end connectivity provided through one ...
• MACROPHAGE POLARIZATION IN CARDIAC TISSUE REPAIR FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 

  Kim, Yevgeniy; Nurakhayev, Sanzhar; Nurkesh, Ayan; Zharkinbekov, Zharylkasyn; Saparov, Arman (International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021-03-08)

  Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity around the globe, creating a substantial socio-economic burden as a result. Myocardial infarction is a significant contributor to the detrimental ...
• THE ROLE OF COLLAGEN TRIPLE HELIX REPEAT-CONTAINING 1 PROTEIN (CTHRC1) IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 

  Myngbay, Askhat; Manarbek, Limara; Ludbrook, Steve; Kunz, Jeannette (International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021-02-28)

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease causing inflammation of joints, cartilage destruction and bone erosion. Biomarkers and new drug targets are actively sought and progressed to improve available ...
• CHANGE IN COLLAGEN FIBRIL DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION OF BOVINE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT UPON INJURY CAN BE MIMICKED IN A NANOSTRUCTURED SCAFFOLD 

  Beisbayeva, Zhuldyz; Zhanbassynova, Ainur; Kulzhanova, Gulzada; Mukasheva, Fariza; Erisken, Cevat (Molecules, 2021-02-24)

  More than 200,000 people are suffering from Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) related injuries each year in the US. There is an unmet clinical demand for improving biological attachment between grafts and the host tissue ...
• ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCTION IN HEAVILY BIODEGRADED PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS 

  Rezende, Júlia R.; Oldenburg, Thomas B. P.; Korin, Tetyana; Richardson, William D. L.; Fustic, Milovan; Aitken, Carolyn M.; Bowler, Bernard F. J.; Sherry, Angela; Grigoryan, Alexander; Voordouw, Gerrit; Larter, Stephen R.; Head, Ian M.; Hubert, Casey R. J. (Wiley, 2020-03)

  Most of the oil in low temperature, non‐uplifted reservoirs is biodegraded due to millions of years of microbial activity, including via methanogenesis from crude oil. To evaluate stimulating additional methanogenesis in ...
• A HIERARCHICAL COSIMULATION ALGORITHM INTEGRATED WITH AN ACCEPTANCE– REJECTION METHOD FOR THE GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING OF VARIABLES WITH INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS 

  Madani, Nasser; Abulkhair, Sultan (Springer, 2020-07)

  This work addresses the problem of the cosimulation of cross-correlated variables with inequality constraints. A hierarchical sequential Gaussian cosimulation algorithm is proposed to address this problem, based on ...
• MOTION OF SPINNING PARTICLES IN NON ASYMPTOTICALLY FLAT SPACETIMES 

  Toshmatov, Bobir; Rahimov, Ozodbek; Ahmedov, Bobomurat; Malafarina, Daniele (Springer Verlag, 2020-07)

  The assumption of asymptotic flatness for isolated astrophysical bodies may be considered an approximation when one considers a cosmological context where a cosmological constant or vacuum energy is present. In this framework ...
• ON THE PROPERTIES OF A DEFORMED EXTENSION OF THE NUT SPACE-TIME 

  Narzilloev, Bakhtiyor; Malafarina, Daniele; Abdujabbarov, Ahmadjon; Bambi, Cosimo (Springer Verlag, 2020-08)

  We consider a class of space-times given by a stationary extension of the Zipoy–Voorhees metric that was found by Halilsoy. We show that the solutions do not describe rotating sources but must be interpreted, similarly to ...
• A REVIEW OF PIEZOELECTRIC PVDF FILM BY ELECTROSPINNING AND ITS APPLICATIONS 

  Kalimuldina, Gulnur; Turdakyn, Nursultan; Abay, Ingkar; Medeubayev, Alisher; Nurpeissova, Arailym; Adair, Desmond; Bakenov, Zhumabay (MDPI, 2020-09)

  With the increase of interest in the application of piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in nanogenerators (NGs), sensors, and microdevices, the most efficient and suitable methods of their synthesis are being ...
• DEEP VIBRO-TACTILE PERCEPTION FOR SIMULTANEOUS TEXTURE IDENTIFICATION, SLIP DETECTION, AND SPEED ESTIMATION 

  Massalim, Yerkebulan; Kappassov, Zhanat; Varol, Huseyin Atakan (MDPI, 2020-07)

  Autonomous dexterous manipulation relies on the ability to recognize an object and detect its slippage. Dynamic tactile signals are important for object recognition and slip detection. An object can be identified based on ...
• FIBER-OPTIC BASED SMART TEXTILES FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF BREATHING RATE 

  Issatayeva, Aizhan; Beisenova, Aidana; Tosi, Daniele; Molardi, Carlo (MDPI, 2020-06)

  Wearable light textiles are gaining widespread interest in application for measurement and monitoring of biophysical parameters. Fiber optic sensors, in particular Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors, can be a competitive method ...
• AN OPEN-SOURCE 7-DOF WIRELESS HUMAN ARM MOTION-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR USE IN ROBOTICS RESEARCH 

  Shintemirov, Almas; Taunyazov, Tasbolat; Omarali, Bukeikhan; Nurbayeva, Aigerim; Kim, Anton; Bukeyev, Askhat; Rubagotti, Matteo (MDPI, 2020-05)

  To extend the choice of inertial motion-tracking systems freely available to researchers and educators, this paper presents an alternative open-source design of a wearable 7-DOF wireless human arm motion-tracking system. ...
• PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SCATTERING-LEVEL MULTIPLEXING (SLMUX) IN DISTRIBUTED FIBER-OPTIC BACKSCATTER REFLECTOMETRY PHYSICAL SENSORS 

  Tosi, Daniele; Molardi, Carlo; Blanc, Wilfried; Paixão, Tiago; Antunes, Paulo; Marques, Carlos (MDPI, 2020-05)

  Optical backscatter reflectometry (OBR) is a method for the interrogation of Rayleigh scattering occurring in each section of an optical fiber, resulting in a single-fiber-distributed sensor with sub-millimeter spatial ...
• KCNB1 GENE POLYMORPHISMS AND RELATED INDEL AS PREDICTOR BIOMARKERS OF TREATMENT RESPONSE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER – TOWARD A PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 

  Barbirou, Mouadh; Sghaier, Ikram; Bedoui, Sinda; Ben Abderrazek, Rahma; Kraiem, Hazar; Farah, Azer; Hassiki, Rym; Mokrani, Amina; Mezlini, Amel; Almawi, Wassim Y; Loueslati-Yacoubi, Besma; Bouhaouala-Zahar, Balkiss (International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers, 2020-06)

  The KCNB1 gene variants were differentially associated with cancers. However, their association with colorectal cancer has not yet been explored. We investigated the contribution of the KCNB1 gene variants rs3331, rs1051295, ...
• PRECONDITIONED AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED STEM CELLS FOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TREATMENT 

  Raziyeva, Kamila; Smagulova, Aiganym; Kim, Yevgeniy; Smagul, Saltanat; Nurkesh, Ayan; Saparov, Arman (MDPI, 2020-10)

  Ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction remain leading causes of mortality worldwide. Existing myocardial infarction treatments are incapable of fully repairing and regenerating the infarcted myocardium. Stem cell ...

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