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Patterning the Void: Combining L‐Systems with Archimedean Tessellations as a Perspective for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel multi‐scale scaffold design using L‐fractals arranged in Archimedean tessellations for tissue regeneration. Despite similar porosity, tiles display vastly different tensile responses (1–100 MPa) and deformation modes. In vitro experiments with hMSCs show geometry‐dependent growth and activity. Over 55 000 tile combinations
Maria Kalogeropoulou, Kenny A. van Kampen, Pierpaolo Fucile, Carlos Mota, Lorenzo Moroni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of Tourist Bus Fares in Batu City Based on Ability to Pay, Willingness to Pay, and Vehicle Operating Cost

Rekayasa Sipil
Batu City often experiences traffic congestion. This congestion is caused by the road network in Batu City needing to be proportional to the number of vehicles present.
Mochammad Suhaji Ismail, Achmad Wicaksono, Agus Dwi Wicaksono   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Continuous‐Flow Photocatalytic Degradation of Glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic Acid Under Simulated Sunlight with TiO2‐Coated Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Membrane

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Glyphosate (GLY) and its primary metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), are photodegraded using a poly(vinylidene fluoride) membrane with immobilized titanium dioxide (PVDF‐TiO2) in a continuous flow‐through operation under solar light. At optimized conditions, the PVDF‐TiO2 membrane achieved 95% GLY and 80% AMPA removal with •O2− as the ...
Phuong B. Trinh, Siqi Liu, Nurul F. Himma, Béla Fiser, Andrea I. Schäfer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Smart Bio‐Battery Facilitates Diabetic Bone Defect Repair Via Inducing Macrophage Reprogramming and Synergistically Modulating Bone Remodeling Coupling

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This research presents a novel implantable bio‐battery, GF‐OsG, tailored for diabetic bone repair. GF‐OsG generates microcurrents in high‐glucose conditions to enhance vascularization, shift macrophages to the M2 phenotype, and regulate immune responses.
Nanning Lv, Haifu Sun, Wenxiang Tang, Yonggang Li, Zhonglai Qian, Lihui Hong, Chong Chen, Hongye Li, Jiaxiang Bai, Yusen Qiao, Mingming Liu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bimetallic Nanoreactor Activates cGAS‐STING Pathway via mtDNA Release for Cancer Metalloimmunotherapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A bimetallic Mn–Ca nanoreactor (MCC) is developed as a non‐nucleotide STING nanoagonist for cancer metalloimmunotherapy. MCC induces Ca2+ overload and hydroxyl radical generation, resulting in mitochondrial damage and mtDNA release. The released mtDNA cooperates with Mn2+ to robustly activate cGAS–STING signaling.
Xin Wang Mo, Nguyen Thi Nguyen, LiLi Guo, Ngoc Man Phan, Hyunsu Shin, Tae‐il Kim, Yu Seok Youn, Jaeyun Kim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of inflation on the personal income tax burden

Acta Iuris Stetinensis
In the design of personal income tax, it is important that, in addition to the proper formation of its individual design elements, the legislator also takes care of their adequate protection against inflation.
Marcin Burzec
doaj   +1 more source

Who pays for healthcare in Bangladesh? An analysis of progressivity in health systems financing

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background The relationship between payments towards healthcare and ability to pay is a measure of financial fairness. Analysis of progressivity is important from an equity perspective as well as for macroeconomic and political analysis of healthcare ...
Azaher Ali Molla, Chunhuei Chi
doaj   +1 more source

Oral Dosed Organo‐Silica Nanoparticles Restore Glucose Homeostasis and β‐Cell Function in Diabetes Rats

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An oral nanoplatform, MOP@T@D, which can maintain glucose homeostasis and restore islet β cells in diabetic rats is developed. It achieves efficient intestinal absorption and liver‐targeted delivery. The nanoparticle disintegrates only in response to hyperglycemia to release insulin on demand and provides antioxidant protection through selenoprotein ...
Chenxiao Chu, Mingli Wei, Che Bian, Xiaoshuang Bi, Yaxin Deng, Peifu Xiao, Jiansong Zhao, Yuying Wang, Haibing He, Jingxin Gou, Tian Yin, Xing Tang, Li Yang, Hongbo Zhang, Yu Zhang   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The perverse impact of external reference pricing (ERP): a comparison of orphan drugs affordability in 12 European countries. A call for policy change

Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 2017
Objective: The study compared the relative cost differences of similar orphan drugs among high and low GDP countries in Europe: Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, UK. Methods: Annual treatment costs
K. E. Young, I. Soussi, M. Toumi
doaj   +1 more source

4D Printing of Self‐Immolative Polymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The integration of self‐immolative polymers (SIPs) into light‐based 3D printed structures is presented as a new “living” 4D printing strategy. By exploiting their metastability and stimuli‐responsiveness, SIP‐containing printed objects can undergo rapid and triggered degrowth under ambient conditions and subsequent regrowth through polymer ...
Johannes Markhart, Philipp Mainik, Pia S. Klee, Eva Blasco   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source