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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
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REFERENCE VALUES OF AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN A LARGE HEALTHY POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 3 AND18 YEARS

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2013
Objective: The measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWVao) is an accepted marker in stratifying individual cardiovascular risk in adults. There is an increasing volume of evidence concerning impaired vascular function in different diseases in ...
Erzsebet Valeria Hidvegi, M. Illyes, B. Benczur, Renata M. Bocskei, L. Ratgeber, Z. Lenkey, Ferenc T. Molnar, A. Cziraki   +7 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phosphate overload via the type III Na-dependent Pi transporter represses aortic wall elastic fiber formation

Fujita Medical Journal
Objectives: Phosphate (Pi) induces differentiation of arterial smooth muscle cells to the osteoblastic phenotype by inducing the type III Na-dependent Pi transporter Pit-1/solute carrier family member 1.
Yasumasa Yoshino, Tomoka Hasegawa, Shukei Sugita, Eisuke Tomatsu, Naoya Murao, Izumi Hiratsuka, Sahoko Sekiguchi-Ueda, Megumi Shibata, Takeo Matsumoto, Norio Amizuka, Yusuke Seino, Takeshi Takayanagi, Yoshihisa Sugimura, Atsushi Suzuki   +13 more
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reoperation after aortic root replacement and its impact on long-term survivalCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: Reoperation after aortic root replacement (ARR) is associated with increased operative risk and complexity. This study evaluated clinical outcomes and reoperation rates in patients undergoing ARR.
Elizabeth L. Norton, MD, Parth M. Patel, MD, Yanhua Wang, PhD, Jose Binongo, PhD, Dov Levine, MD, Sameer Singh, MD, Shreya Chodisetty, BA, Oreoluwa E. Olakunle, MD, Bradley G. Leshnower, MD, Hiroo Takayama, MD, Edward P. Chen, MD   +10 more
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Tropomyosin 1 Promotes Platelet Adhesion and Clot Contraction Separate from Its Roles in Developmental Hematopoiesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) link the Tropomyosin 1 (Tpm1) locus to quantitative blood trait variation, but related mechanisms are unclear. Tpm1 encodes an actin‐binding protein that regulates actin filament diversity, cell adhesion, signaling, and actomyosin contractility.
Po‐Lun Kung, Victor Tsao, Alina D Peshkova, Oscar A. Marcos‐Contreras, Kim Ha, Brian M Dulmovits, Nkemdilim Okoli, Anvi Sinha, Gennadiy Fonar, Rong Qiu, Rolf D Bates, Janelle Yeboah, Carson Shalaby, Tyler Truex, Soomin Jeong, Edna C Hardeman, Peter W Gunning, Vladimir R Muzykantov, Jacob W Myerson, Christopher S Thom   +19 more
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Neural Fields for Highly Accelerated 2D Cine Phase Contrast MRI

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT 2D cine phase contrast (CPC) MRI provides quantitative information on blood velocity and flow within the human vasculature. However, data acquisition is time‐consuming, motivating the reconstruction of the velocity field from undersampled measurements to reduce scan times. In this work, neural fields are proposed as a continuous spatiotemporal
Pablo Arratia, Martin J. Graves, Mary McLean, Carolin Pirkl, Carola‐Bibiane Schönlieb, Timo Schirmer, Florian Wiesinger, Matthias J. Ehrhardt   +7 more
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Combating Inflammation and Promoting Anabolism in Osteoarthritic Cartilage Defect With an MMP13‐Sensing Dual‐Drug Scaffold

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Osteoarthritis (OA) is a widespread degenerative joint condition marked by progressive cartilage breakdown, and a chronic inflammatory microenvironment, where conventional therapies largely fail to halt disease progression. To address this unmet need, an intra‐articularly implantable, disease‐responsive scaffold was developed for combinatorial
Zhen Zhang, Bangheng Liu, Yulei Mu, Huiqun Zhou, Liang Ma, Chenjie Xu, Dong‐An Wang   +6 more
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Biomechanical Restoration Potential of Pentagalloyl Glucose after Arterial Extracellular Matrix Degeneration

Bioengineering, 2019
The objective of this study was to quantify pentagalloyl glucose (PGG) mediated biomechanical restoration of degenerated extracellular matrix (ECM). Planar biaxial tensile testing was performed for native (N), enzyme-treated (collagenase and elastase) (E)
Sourav S. Patnaik, Senol Piskin, Narasimha Rao Pillalamarri, Gabriela Romero, G. Patricia Escobar, Eugene Sprague, Ender A. Finol   +6 more
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