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3D‐Nanoprinted Fluidically Steerable Soft Robotic Microcatheters

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a ∼3‐French (1 mm‐in‐diameter) soft robotic microcatheter fabricated by means of two‐photon direct laser writing. The 3D‐printed microcatheter enables remote, on‐demand steering via microfluidic actuation for guidewire‐free navigation of vascular networks as well as microcatheter‐mediated delivery of fluidic payloads to target ...
Bailey M. Felix, Molly Carton, Olivia M. Young, Noah Barnes, Jordi T. Andreou, Sarah McHugh, Jack E. McCann, Claudia Davis, Victoria Reddig‐Leiman, Afsah Kamran, Dheeraj Gandhi, Miroslaw Janowski, Jeremy D. Brown, Mark Fuge, Axel Krieger, Clifford R. Weiss, Christopher R. Bailey, Ryan D. Sochol   +17 more
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Conversational Agents: Goals, Technologies, Vision and Challenges

Sensors, 2021
In recent years, conversational agents (CAs) have become ubiquitous and are a presence in our daily routines. It seems that the technology has finally ripened to advance the use of CAs in various domains, including commercial, healthcare, educational ...
Merav Allouch, Amos Azaria, Rina Azoulay
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Automated Extraction of Multicomponent Alloy Data Using Large Language Models for Sustainable Design

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A large language model (LLM) based pipeline is developed to automatically extract a comprehensive and accurate multicomponent alloy database from literature corpus. The extracted dataset is integrated with sustainability indicators to identify potential alloys that outperform existing industrial benchmark materials in terms of both performance and ...
Aravindan Kamatchi Sundaram, Mohit Chakraborty, Sai Mani Kumar Devathi, B. Pabitramohan Prusty, Rohit Batra   +4 more
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A critical discussion of strategies and ramifications of implementing conversational agents in mental healthcare

Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans
In recent years, there has been growing optimism about the potential of conversational agents, such as chatbots and social robots, in mental healthcare. Their scalability offers a promising solution to some of the key limitations of the dominant model of
Arthur Bran Herbener, Michał Klincewicz, Lily Frank, Malene Flensborg Damholdt   +3 more
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Microplastics‐Induced Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Accelerates Alzheimer's‐Like Pathology and Cognitive Decline via the Gut–Brain Axis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microplastics (MPs) breach the gut‐brain axis by triggering taurine‐depleting microbiota dysbiosis that accelerates Alzheimer‐like pathology in 5XFAD mice. Taurine supplementation normalizes autophagy, microglial quiescence, and cognition, and plasma taurine inversely tracks cognitive decline in ADNI participants, revealing a readily translatable ...
Zifeng Wu, Jiarong Yang, Miaoxuan Zhang, Yi Li, Zhuling Tu, Ji Wang, Jin‐Tai Yu, Kun Guo, Rongcan Luo   +8 more
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Remembering a Conversation – A Conversational Memory Architecture for Embodied Conversational Agents

Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2017
This paper addresses the role of conversational memory in Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). It describes an investigation into developing such a memory architecture and integrating it into an ECA.
Elvir Miguel, Gonzalez Avelino J., Walls Christopher, Wilder Bryan   +3 more
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RHINO: An Integrative Multi‐Omics Framework Linking Circadian Physiology to Precision Medicine

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
RHINO (RHythmic Interacting Network for multi‐Omics) is an integrative framework that maps circadian regulation across diverse genetic and disease contexts and prioritizes druggable circadian targets. Released as an AI‐powered interactive web portal, RHINO unifies genetic, regulatory, disease, and drug–target information, enabling context‐specific ...
Ying Chen, Chengxuan Chen, Dishu Zhou, Panpan Liu, Roberto E. López‐Valiente, Yuan Liu, Cam Mong La, Isabella Beraldo Xavier, Sean M. Hartig, Pradip Saha, Zheng Sun, Leng Han, Dongyin Guan   +12 more
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Effectiveness of Conversational Agents (Virtual Assistants) in Health Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review

JMIR Research Protocols, 2020
BackgroundConversational agents (also known as chatbots) have evolved in recent decades to become multimodal, multifunctional platforms with potential to automate a diverse range of health-related activities supporting the general public, patients, and ...
de Cock, Caroline, Milne-Ives, Madison, van Velthoven, Michelle Helena, Alturkistani, Abrar, Lam, Ching, Meinert, Edward   +5 more
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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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The role of valence, dominance, and pitch in perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) conversational agents’ voices

Scientific Reports, 2022
There is growing concern that artificial intelligence conversational agents (e.g., Siri, Alexa) reinforce voice-based social stereotypes. Because little is known about social perceptions of conversational agents’ voices, we investigated (1) the ...
Victor Kenji M. Shiramizu, Anthony J. Lee, Daria Altenburg, David R. Feinberg, Benedict C. Jones   +4 more
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