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Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure, Misaki K. Nishio, Satoru Okuda, Kohji Hotta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical quadriceps lengthening can reduce quadriceps spasticity in chronic stroke patients. A case-control study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
BackgroundMuscle overactivity is one of the positive signs of upper motor neuron lesions. In these patients, the loss of muscle length and extensibility resulting from soft tissue rearrangement has been suggested as a contributing cause of muscle ...
Andrea Merlo, Martina Galletti, Paolo Zerbinati, Paolo Prati, Francesca Mascioli, Giacomo Basini, Chiara Rambelli, Chiara Rambelli, Stefano Masiero, Davide Mazzoli   +9 more
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Biophysical approaches for studying viral entry

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Viruses infect all living organisms and have been responsible for major epidemics and pandemics. Their ongoing evolutionary battle with host defenses creates a constant need for improved tools to study viral behavior. Advancing methods to probe viral attachment, fusion, and genome release deepen our understanding of how infections begin and support the
Inbar Yosibash, Raya Sorkin
wiley   +1 more source

Electrical readout of spins in the absence of spin blockade

npj Quantum Information
In semiconductor nanostructures, spin blockade (SB) is the most scalable mechanism for electrical spin readout, requiring only two bound spins for its implementation.
Felix-Ekkehard von Horstig, Lorenzo Peri, Virginia N. Ciriano-Tejel, Sylvain Barraud, Jason A. W. Robinson, Monica Benito, Frederico Martins, M. Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba   +7 more
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Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace, Alyssa Borges, Charles Arnaud, Tove Karlsson, Nina K. Bröker, Stefanie Barbirz, Marta Bally   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eighty Years Later–Persistence of World War II ‘Conflict Sands’ in the Beaches of Normandy, France

Quaternary
On 6 June 1944, more than 156,000 Allied troops landed along the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious assault in modern history.
Samuel M. Hudson, Erin A. L. Pemberton, Dallin Laycock, Glen Burridge, Kassandra Ramirez, Sydney Crockett, Cassidy Grover, Olivia J. Tatum, Julie Robinson, Austin Toner   +9 more
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Design of an Artificial Neural Network Algorithm for a Low-Cost Insole Sensor to Estimate the Ground Reaction Force (GRF) and Calibrate the Center of Pressure (CoP)

Sensors, 2018
As an alternative to high-cost shoe insole pressure sensors that measure the insole pressure distribution and calculate the center of pressure (CoP), researchers developed a foot sensor with FSR sensors on the bottom of the insole.
Ho Seon Choi, Chang Hee Lee, Myounghoon Shim, Jong In Han, Yoon Su Baek   +4 more
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An exploration of changes in plantar pressure distributions during walking with standalone and supported lateral wedge insole designs

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2021
Background Lateral wedge insoles (LWI), standalone or with medial arch support (supported‐LWI), have been thoroughly investigated for their effects on modifying gait biomechanics for people with knee osteoarthritis. However, plantar pressure distribution
Calvin T. F. Tse, Michael B. Ryan, Jason Dien, Alex Scott, Michael A. Hunt   +4 more
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik, İsmail Güderer, Yi Wang, Tayyaba Alvi, Prasoon Pandey, Handan Melike Dönertaş   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source