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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laser treatment in diabetic retinopathy [PDF]

, 2007
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in developed countries due to macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). For both complications laser treatment may offer proven therapy: the Diabetic Retinopathy
Akduman L, Aljoscha S. Neubauer, Arend O, Bandello F, Benson WE, Chew EY, Davies N, Ferris, Ferris F, Friberg TR, Gabel VP, Gallemore RP, Giovannini A, Gupta V, Hainsworth DP, Jaffe GJ, Kinyoun J, Klein R, Kroll P, Ladas ID, Laursen ML, Lee CM, Lewis H, Luttrull JK, Maeshima K, Michael W. Ulbig, Neubauer AS, Parolini B, Puliafito CA, Sanchez-Tocino H, Schatz H, Shahidi M, Shimura M, Ulbig MR, Ulbig MW, Ulbig MW, Xu X   +36 more
core   +1 more source

Low level laser therapy in the treatment of aphthous ulcer

Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2013
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common and painful ulcerative lesions of the oral cavity, but until now no cure has been recognized for it. Two patients diagnosed with minor RAS were treated in a single sitting with low level laser
Vishal Anand, Minkle Gulati, Vivek Govila, Bhargavi Anand   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Based Theranostic Platform for pH‐Sensitive Drug Delivery and Quantum Sensing

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A multifunctional nanodiamond platform enables pH‐triggered Diazoxide (DZX) delivery and quantum sensing of subcellular radical dynamics in triple‐negative breast cancer cells. Diamond relaxometry revealed reduced lysosomal radicals during DZX‐induced mitochondrial radical elevation, providing insights into redox modulation and organelle‐ resolved ...
Kaiqui Wu, Siyu Fan, Yue Zhang, Willem Woudstra, Thomas Mulder, Laurens Boscher Navarro, Jur van Dijken, Katja Loos, Romana Schirhagl   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A 3D Biofabricated Disease Model Mimicking the Brain Extracellular Matrix Suitable to Characterize Intrinsic Neuronal Network Alterations in the Presence of a Breast Tumor Disseminated to the Brain

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D disease model is developed using customized hyaluronic‐acid‐based hydrogels supplemented with extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins resembling brain ECM properties. Neurons, astrocytes, and tumor cells are used to mimic the native brain surrounding.
Esra Türker, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Jessica Faber, Mike Friedrich, Zan Lamberger, Jeannette Weigelt, Christian Stigloher, Nicoletta Murenu, Natascha Schaefer, Jörg Tessmar, Gregor Lang, Silvia Budday, Katrin G. Heinze, Antje Appelt‐Menzel, Pamela L. Strissel, Reiner Strick, Carmen Villmann   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low-level laser therapy effectiveness in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Angle Orthodontist, 2017
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) in accelerating orthodontic tooth movement of crowded maxillary incisors. MATERIALS AND METHODS This two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial involved 26 patients ...
M. M. A. AlSayed Hasan, Kinda Sultan, Omar Hamadah   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ice Lithography: Recent Progress Opens a New Frontier of Opportunities

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review focuses on recent advancements in ice lithography, including breakthroughs in compatible precursors and substrates, processes and applications, hardware, and digital methods. Moreover, it offers a roadmap to uncover innovation opportunities for ice lithography in fields such as biological, nanoengineering and microsystems, biophysics and ...
Bingdong Chang, Gwendoline A. E. Anand, Rubaiyet Haque, Dylan A. Chiaro, Mona Sharma, Andrew R. Williams, Frank Niklaus, Daryl W. Yee, Gavin M. King, Anpan Han   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: clinical and practical guidelines [PDF]

, 2016
Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a severe adverse drug reaction, consisting of progressive bone destruction in the maxillofacial region of patients.
Allen, Bamias, Bedogni, Berenson, Brauner, Carlson, Coleman, Damm, Delmas, Delmas, Delmas, Dimopoulos, Fedele, Fizazi, Grbic, Guarneri, Hellstein, Hortobagyi, Kos, Lo, Marx, Mauri, Nussbaum, Papapoulos, Pompa, Qi, Qi, Reid, Ripamonti, Romeo, Rugani, Ruggiero, Ruggiero, Ruggiero, Saad, Saad, Scagliotti, Scoletta, Seth, Tenore, Vahtsevanos, Vandone, Yamazaki   +42 more
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Only lasers can be used for low level laser therapy

BioMedicine, 2017
The question of lasers' exclusivity, as well as the degree of influence of special properties of low-intensity laser illumination (LILI), such as coherence, polarity and monochromaticity, on the effectiveness of low level laser therapy (LLLT) continues ...
Moskvin Sergey Vladimirovich
doaj   +1 more source

Low Level Laser Therapy in Dentistry

International Journal of Laser Dentistry, 2013
Soon after the discovery of lasers in the 1960s it was realized that laser therapy had the potential to improve wound healing and reduce pain, inflammation and swelling. Today, dentists have a variety of wavelengths to choose from the growing industry of lasers. Also, the field has broadened to include light-emitting diodes and other light sources, and
Meenu Goyal, Sameer Makkar, Shinam Pasricha   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source