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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Urban Acoustic Environments with Binaural Psycho-Acoustical Considerations for IoT-Based Applications

Sensors, 2018
Sound pleasantness or annoyance perceived in urban soundscapes is a major concern in environmental acoustics. Binaural psychoacoustic parameters are helpful to describe generic acoustic environments, as it is stated within the ISO 12913 framework.
Jaume Segura-Garcia, Juan Miguel Navarro-Ruiz, Juan J. Perez-Solano, Jose Montoya-Belmonte, Santiago Felici-Castell, Maximo Cobos, Ana M. Torres-Aranda   +6 more
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Interaction‐Driven Assembly Pathways in Heterogeneous Active Microrobotic Systems

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Peanut‐ and cube‐shaped light‐powered microrobots exhibit distinct magnetic and photocatalytic responses that determine their heterogeneous self‐assembly. In the dark, magnetic dipole interactions drive colloidal copolymerization with cubes acting as nucleation centers, whereas under light irradiation, phoretic interactions compete with magnetic ...
Domenico Calabrò, Roshan Velluvakandy, Martin Pumera, Francesco Priolo, Salvo Mirabella, Mario Urso   +5 more
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Developing Design Recommendations for Meditation Centres Through a Mixed-Method Study

Buildings
Meditation is a practice used to cultivate focused attention, emotional stability, and self-awareness. Evidence of its psychological, physiological, and social benefits warrants greater accessibility and further research.
Pearl Doshi, Francesco Aletta
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On the inverse scattering problem in the acoustic environment [PDF]

Journal of Computational Physics, 2009
The authors propose a numerical algorithm for the solution of an inverse scattering problem in layered acoustic media. Theoretical investigations are illustrated by several numerical examples.
Yu Chen, Ran Duan, Vladimir Rokhlin
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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese, Bokeon Kwak, Gaia de Marzo, Giulia Coco, Valentina Antonaci, Leonardo Lamanna, Massimo De Vittorio, Dario Floreano, Mario Caironi   +8 more
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Non-reciprocal acoustics in a viscous environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2020
It is demonstrated that acoustic transmission through a phononic crystal with anisotropic solid scatterers becomes non-reciprocal if the background fluid is viscous. In an ideal (inviscid) fluid, the transmission along the direction of broken P symmetry is asymmetric.
Hyeonu Heo, Ezekiel Walker, Yurii Zubov, Dmitrii Shymkiv, Dylan Wages, Arkadii Krokhin, Tae-Youl Choi, Arup Neogi   +7 more
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Gardiquimod Nanoemulsion Targets Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Lesions Reducing Systemic Toxicity and Parasite Burden

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoemulsion delivery of a TLR7 agonist enhances safety and promotes colocalization with Leishmania‐infected macrophages in skin lesions, enabling a ∼2‐log reduction in parasite burden. However, tissue‐level constraints and TLR‐driven regulatory feedback generate a mixed immune response that limits complete parasite clearance.
Carmen Palomino‐Cano, M. Carmen Mera‐Delgado, Esther Moreno, Esther Larrea, Lecnia Aguirre, Jonathan Miguel Zanatta, Sónia Barros‐Carvalho, Iola F. Duarte, Ricardo Silvestre, Juan M. Irache, Javier Carrión, Socorro Espuelas   +11 more
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Nanoplatforms for Sentinel and Tumor‐Draining Lymph Node Mapping: From Visualization to Pathway‐Informed Staging

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Lymphotropic nanoplatforms integrate multimodal imaging with therapeutic guidance to map sentinel and tumor‐draining lymph nodes, revealing functional drainage, metastatic involvement, and nodal accessibility, while providing mechanistic insight to support precision surgical and therapeutic interventions.
Xu Chen, Nina Li, Meiyan Zou, Zihao Zhou, Rongwei Xu, Weiyao Feng, Xinyuan Zhao, Li Cui   +7 more
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A Lightweight, 3D‐Printable, Low‐Cost, “One‐Click” Dorsal Skin Window for High‐Quality Long‐Term Multimodal Subcutaneous Tumor Imaging

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
An innovative, lightweight 3D‐printed skinfold chamber system is presented for long‐term intravital imaging. This affordable, biocompatible platform simplifies surgical implantation and allows high‐resolution, multimodal visualization of the tumor microenvironment for up to four weeks.
Iván Cortés Domínguez, Xabier Morales Urteaga, Maider Esparza, Lucía Grande, Ainhoa Urbiola, Cristina Ederra, Tomas Muñoz Santoro, Beatrice Pinci, Alvaro Teijeira, Carlos Ortiz de Solórzano   +9 more
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Developing a taxonomy of soundscape interventions from a catalogue of real-world examples

Acta Acustica
In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in urban soundscapes and a shift towards a user-focused approach in urban sound environments. Despite this interest, there is no comprehensive taxonomy for soundscape design available. The Catalogue of
Chen Xiaochao, Aletta Francesco, Moshona Cleopatra Christina, Fiebig André, Henze Helen, Kang Jian, Mitchell Andrew, Oberman Tin, Schulte-Fortkamp Brigitte, Tong Huan   +9 more
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