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Compliant hydrogel cuff coating with real‐time pressure monitoring and antibiofilm capabilities for ventilator‐associated pneumonia prophylaxis

BMEMat, EarlyView.
A soft‐compliant hydrogel cuff coating combines real‐time pressure monitoring with intrinsic antibacterial activity for prophylaxis of ventilator‐associated pneumonia. A flexible pressure‐sensing patch is embedded in the coating to enable wireless dynamic monitoring of endotracheal cuff pressure through Bluetooth.
Jin Chai, Yifu Tan, Jiaheng Liang, Shen Liu, Jiabin Zhao, Shanbo Ma, Chunxin Liu, Minghua Du, Mark Selvan, Xiaopeng Shi, Liqiang Song, Peng Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eliminating the myth of individual penalties in environmental law: Individual penalties and pollution emission reduction before and after the revision of China's environmental protection act. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jiang Y, Wang S, Yu X, Xiao Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Leveraging the Neurology Revolution to Enable Supermentia and Enhance Cognitive Evolution and Human Development

Brain Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The level of human cognition has enabled advancements in technologies that enable planetary and space exploration with discoveries and innovations. The understanding of human cognition and the evolution of cognition in other species, alongside advances in neuroscience, serve as catalysts for the neurology revolution aimed at enhancing human ...
Paul Olowoyo, Vladimir Hachinski, Mayowa Owolabi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protective services in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Aleissa M, Alhowaish N, Almutairi W, Alangari AS, Shaheen NA, Abdelhamid R, Ronzoni AR, Boles DGS, Sakr H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Green Innovation and Firm Efficiency: The Role of Institutional Quality in Italian High‐Tech Manufacturing Sectors

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino, Sandro Rondinella, Marianna Succurro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Violence against women and children in the Pacific: A systematic scoping review and expert consultation of prevention interventions. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Lowe H, Langridge F, Matalomani A, Seraikaite J, Stevens L, Apelu L, Tanielu H, Mannell J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do ESG Leaders Achieve Higher Firm Financial Performance? The Influence of Women Directors and Controversial Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Legal protections for <i>in vitro</i> embryos in Paraguay and comparative contexts. [PDF]

Front Reprod Health
Lezcano EG, González Morel CG, Nara Pereira E, Fernández Ríos D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem, Lucila M. S. Campos, Tais Provensi, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"He will still know where I live": harm reduction for women who use drugs and experience Gender-Based violence. [PDF]

Harm Reduct J
Ramírez-López A, Meneses-Falcón C, Romo-Avilés N.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source