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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Based Urban Watershed Management Under Conflicting Objectives [PDF]

, 2001
Ecological impairment and flooding caused by urbanization can be expressed numerically by calculating the risks throughout the watershed (floodplain) and along the main stems of the streams.
Booth, Douglas, Clark, David E., Griffin, Robert, Novotny, Vladimir   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Phosphorous Application Improves Drought Tolerance of Phoebe zhennan

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Phoebe zhennan (Gold Phoebe) is a threatened tree species in China and a valuable and important source of wood and bioactive compounds used in medicine.
Akash Tariq, Akash Tariq, Kaiwen Pan, Olusanya A. Olatunji, Olusanya A. Olatunji, Corina Graciano, Zilong Li, Feng Sun, Xiaoming Sun, Dagang Song, Wenkai Chen, Aiping Zhang, Xiaogang Wu, Lin Zhang, Deng Mingrui, Qinli Xiong, Chenggang Liu, Chenggang Liu   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Single cell RNA analysis uncovers the cell differentiation and functionalization for air breathing of frog lung

Communications Biology
The evolution and development of vertebrate lungs have been widely studied due to their significance in terrestrial adaptation. Amphibians possess the most primitive lungs among tetrapods, underscoring their evolutionary importance in bridging the ...
Liming Chang, Qiheng Chen, Bin Wang, Jiongyu Liu, Meihua Zhang, Wei Zhu, Jianping Jiang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Warning and Risk Assessment for Rainfall-Induced Shallow Loess Landslides

Applied Sciences
Rainfall-induced shallow loess landslides pose a significant threat to human life and property. Early warning and risk assessment of these landslides are critical prerequisites for engineering control and disaster loss reduction.
Feng Gao, Yonghui Meng, Qingbing Wang, Jing He, Fanqi Meng, Jian Guo, Chao Yin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heathland Restoration Techniques: Ecological Consequences for Plant-Soil and Plant-Animal Interactions [PDF]

, 2011
We compare the soil and plant community development during heathland restoration on improved farmland when achieved through soil stripping with that achieved through soil acidification.
Diaz, Anita, Evans, Damian, Green, Iain D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Laboratory Investigation of the Unsaturated Shear Strength Characteristics of Sand–Clay Mixtures

Advances in Civil Engineering
Sandy-clay mixtures are commonly used in civil engineering projects, such as transportation and water resources, due to their unique construction properties.
Gaoliang Tao, Nong Mao, ShaoPing Huang, Qing Ouyang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grip and Grasp: Lizard Claw Inspired Robotic Manipulators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Our study identifies the most effective lizard claw shape for use as an end effector in a bioinspired robotic manipulator. By examining key geometric features and combining them into comparative indices, the Crotaphytus collaris claw is found to be the best fit.
Hyeon Lee, Kate Douglas, Asyiah Bray, Andrea Rummel, Parvez Alam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source