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Directional Liquid Transport Enabled pH‐Responsive Hierarchical Composite for Enhanced Wound Healing
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A hierarchical composite with a gradient architecture transitioning from hydrophobic to hydrophilic layers integrates diode‐like liquid transport, efficient water absorption, breathability, and mechanical robustness. This device enables a multifunctional therapeutic platform with pH‐responsive dual‐drug release, providing synergistic anti‐inflammatory ...
Baolin Wang +5 more
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Cogent EducationStudents’ retention rates (RR), students’ progression rates (PR), and students’ graduation rates (GR) are statistical figures commonly used in higher education to monitor the performance of higher education institutions (HEI), academic programs (courses),
Osama A. Marzouk
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Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany: The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias [PDF]
Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal data-set, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles ...
Michael Fertig, Stefanie Schurer
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This study presents the first entirely isogenic heart‐on‐chip, unifying cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells from a single iPSC source. The platform reveals a critical biological insight: the endothelium actively shields cardiac tissue from drug‐induced toxicity, challenging the predictive accuracy of conventional, avascular models for ...
Karine Tadevosyan +12 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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ESMO Gastrointestinal OncologyBackground: Neuroendocrine neoplasms are uncommon malignancies with variable prognosis. With a growing number of available therapies and recent data supporting earlier initiation of radioligand therapy, we aimed to characterize attrition between lines of
R. Fedrigo +9 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.To enhance stability and long‐term biocompatibility of wearable microneedle sensors, a crosslinking‐recombination bovine serum albumin material is used as a buffer layer coated on microneedle sensors. This coating layer possesses a unique stiff‐to‐soft transition function balancing the mechanical stiffness desired for puncturing and soft required for ...
Lihao Guo +16 more
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N‐heterocyclic Carbenes as Adhesion Promoters on Aluminum Alloy 6061
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.N‐heterocyclic carbenes as novel non‐toxic surface primers for aluminum alloys for better adhesive bonding, because strong adhesive bonding shouldn't come at the cost of poisoning the human body. The impact of NHC functionalization on adhesive joint strength and durability is also evaluated using a single‐lap‐shear test, following continuous exposure ...
Jashanpreet Kaur +6 more
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The Effects of Information on Strategic Investment and Welfare [PDF]
A model is considered where two firms compete in investing in a risky project. At certain points in time the firms obtain imperfect information about the profitability of the project. We impose that investing first can be beneficial because a Stackelberg
J.J.J. Thijssen +2 more
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