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Design Optimization of Soft Fabric Pneumatic Actuators

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study presents a systematic optimization framework for elongating and bending fabric‐based soft pneumatic actuators. After a preliminary design‐space reduction, the framework minimizes energy consumption under mechanical performance constraints by integrating validated finite element modeling with statistical surrogate models. Optimal designs were
Grigorios M. Chatziathanasiou, Konstantina Tsintzira, Panagiotis Polygerinos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Event-Based surveillance (EBS) implementation in unstable and conflict settings: lessons learned from Sudan

Conflict and Health
Background Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) collects signal information from communities and other sources to improve the early detection and response to outbreaks or other public health threats.
Elfatih M. Malik, Sze Man Yiu, Muzhgan Habibi, Ismaiel Mohamed Ismaiel, Aisha Yousif Ridwan, Ahmad Izzoddeen, Mazza Abasher Alzain, Muntasir Mohamed Osman, Leen Daoud, Nada Gafar, Sayed Himmat, Haitham Bashier, Mahmoud Sadek, Muhammad Ali Raja   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen, Wei Zhang, Julian M. Alston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the EU pressure for rules change: perception by southern Mediterranean energy regulators [PDF]

, 2014
This paper analyses the perception of the EU as rules promoter of energy regulatory agencies in four southern Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and Jordan.
FRANZI, Donata, Franzi D., Cambini, Carlo, Franzi, D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding the Utility of Exome Sequencing in Preventive and Population Genetics

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrier screening is a long‐standing genetic testing process offered to at‐risk couples, with or without a family history, who might have pregnancies affected by an autosomal recessive (AR) or X‐linked (XL) disorder. A total of 276 unrelated individuals, initially referred for rare disorder screening by clinicians, were enrolled in this study ...
Charilaos Kostoulas, Athanasia Sesse, Ioanna Bouba, Robert Najdecki, Spyridon Konitsiotis, Sofia Markoula, Ioannis Georgiou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Burden of diarrhea in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2015: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVES: Diarrheal diseases (DD) are an important cause of disease burden, especially in children in low-income settings. DD can also impact children's potential livelihood through growth faltering, cognitive impairment, and other sequelae.
GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Diarrhea Collaborators
core   +1 more source

Achieving Seafood Security in the Mediterranean Region

, 2021
The last decade has shown that food security is a major problem in the long term. Especially, food insecurity will be higher in poor and developing countries when the rising population needs more food sources.
Yıldırım, Durmuş Çağrı, Yıldırım, Seda, Seda Yıldırım, Durmuş Cagrı Yıldırım   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Shotgun Metagenomic Profiling of the Gut Virome in Prodromal and Confirmed Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
We conducted a nested case‐control study within the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow‐up Study to examine the role of the gut virome (GV) in Parkinson's disease (PD). We applied a novel metagenomic virome profiling approach, Bioinformatic Application for Quantification and Labeling of Viral taxonomy (BAQLaVa), to prospectively ...
Deepika Dinesh, Xochitl C. Morgan, Jordan Jensen, Kjetil Bjornevik, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Alberto Ascherio, Curtis Huttenhower, Natalia Palacios   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the presence of Cneorum (Cneoraceae) in Cuba: an example of biogeographic disjunction between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean?

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2009
The main goal of the study was to shed light on the enigmatic world distribution of the Cneoraceae family, frequently, and until very recently, used as an example of the connection between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean floras.
Ramona Oviedo, Anna Traveset, Alfredo Valido, Gabriel Brull   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source