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LABOR SUBSTITUTABILITY IN LABOR INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN LABOR [PDF]

The Morishima elasticity of substitution (MES) is estimated to address factor substitutability in Florida agriculture during 1960-1999. By adopting a profit maximization model of induced innovation theory, the MES's between hired and self-employed labor ...
Emerson, Robert D., Napasintuwong, Orachos   +1 more
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Single‐ and Dual‐Atom Configurations in Atomically Dispersed Catalysts for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Single‐atom and dual‐atom‐based atomically dispersed catalysts (ADCs) effectively address the shuttle effect and sluggish redox kinetics in Li–S batteries. With nearly 100% atomic utilization and tunable coordination environments, ADCs enhance LiPSs adsorption, lower conversion barriers, and accelerate sulfur redox reactions.
Haoyang Xu, Zhenfeng Li, Yue Fei, Ali Mohammadi, Ge Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Swelling‐Programmed Topographical Guidance for Dynamic Spheroid Self‐Assembly via a Mechanochemical Hydrogel Niche

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A swelling‐programmed micropatterned hydrogel guides adherent cells through a controlled transition from cell–matrix anchoring to cadherin‐mediated cell–cell compaction, enabling rapid assembly of high‐viability spheroids with defined size and morphology.
Han Gyeol Nam, Seon Yeong Chae, Young Woo Kwon, Hye Jin Heo, Hye Rin Lee, Ji Hyeok Lee, Dong‐Wook Han, Yun Hak Kim, Suck Won Hong   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design Strategies and Emerging Applications of High‐Performance Flexible Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flexible piezoresistive pressure sensors underpin wearable and soft electronics. This review links sensing physics, including contact resistance modulation, quantum tunneling and percolation, to unified materials/structure design. We highlight composite and graded architectures, interfacial/porous engineering, and microstructured 3D conductive networks
Feng Luo, Artur Ciesielski, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter [PDF]

This paper re-examines the effects of population aging and pension reforms in an OLG model with labor market frictions. The most important feature brought about by labor market frictions is the connection between the interest rate and the unemployment ...
David de la Croix, Henri Sneessens, Olivier Pierrard   +2 more
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Maternal serum progesterone, estradiol and estriol levels in successful dinoprostone-induced labor

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2013
Hormone-mediated quiescence involves the maintenance of a decreased inflammatory responsiveness. However, no study has investigated whether labor induction with prostanoids is associated with changes in the levels of maternal serum hormones.
C.K. Konopka, E.N. Morais, D. Naidon, A.M. Pereira, M.A. Rubin, J.F. Oliveira, C.F. Mello   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active Learning‐Accelerated Discovery of Fibrous Hydrogels with Tissue‐Mimetic Viscoelasticity

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Active learning accelerates the design of fibrous hydrogels that mimic the viscoelasticity of native tissues. By integrating multi‐objective optimization and closed‐loop experimentation, this approach efficiently identifies optimal formulations from thousands of possibilities and decouples elasticity and viscosity. The resulting hydrogels offer tunable
Zhengkun Chen, Zheyuan Miao, Gary Tom, Austin H. Cheng, Elizaveta Gusarova, Benjamen Zondag, Tianyi Wu, Dianoosh Kalhori, Boris Hinz, Milad Abolhasani, Alán Aspuru‐Guzik, Eugenia Kumacheva   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

High‐Throughput Generation of Tumor Spheroids via Droplet Microfluidics for siRNA‐Loaded Nanomedicine Assessment

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A droplet microfluidic platform is employed to enable high‐throughput, uniform tumor spheroid generation for evaluating siRNA‐loaded nanomedicines at the protein level. As a proof of concept, breast (MCF‐7) and brain (U87 MG) cancer cell lines are investigated using this platform, revealing penetration profiles and therapeutic responses between the two
Ling Liu, Guoying Wang, Yang Zhang, Bingyang Shi, Ming Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coacervates Made of Elastin‐Like Polypeptides Fused with Melanocyte‐Stimulating Hormone and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein Enhance Skin Wound Healing in Spinal Cord‐Injured Mice

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Pressure skin wounds are frequent complications after spinal cord injury (SCI), with impaired healing due to vascular and immune deficits. Elastin‐like polypeptides (ELP) fused to α‐MSH (MSH‐ELP) or MCP‐1 (MCP‐ELP) are developed and tested on these wounds. The resulting nanoparticles are non‐toxic and bioactive, and they enhance macrophage recruitment,
Suneel Kumar, Dhruv Patel, Greeshma Manjunath, Shashank Madhavan, Ashley Mathew, Dnyaneshwari Rananavare, Jahnavi Shah, Francois Berthiaume   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spontaneous and Induced Platelet Aggregation during Pregnancy and Labor

Общая реаниматология, 2017
Objective: to evaluate changes in characteristics of spontaneous platelet (Pt) aggregation in patients with obstetric complications associated with hereditary thrombophilia.Materials and methods.
T. P. Bondar, A. Yu. Muratova, E. A. Melchenko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source