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A Portable Soft Robotic Glove with Fully Functional Thumb Assistance for Complex Dexterous Fine Motor Skills

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A portable, sensorized, and controlled dexterous thumb‐enhanced glove helps stroke survivors swipe phones, twist caps, and perform other tasks. It is based on a powerful continuously, segmented origami dual chamber actuator to achieve active thumb CMC and MCP joint assistance and passively extend the IP joint.
Disheng Xie, Zhen Wang, Zhongping Ye, Minghao Liu, Xiangqian Shi, Shuk Fan Tong, Jianbin Liu, Chuanbin Mao, Thomas W. Leung, Haitao Liu, Raymond Kai‐yu Tong   +10 more
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Evaluating key environmental variables in dust occurrence through artificial intelligence methods

Ecological Informatics
Dust storms in arid and semi-arid regions present a critical environmental challenge, arising from complex interactions between climatic patterns, landform features, and surface conditions.
Mohammad Mahdi Pourhanifeh, Hassan Khosravi, Tayebeh Mesbah Zadeh, Esmaeil Heydari Alamdarloo, Azam Abolhasani   +4 more
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From Folding Mechanics to Robotic Function: A Unified Modeling Framework for Compliant Origami

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A geometry‐consistent DDG framework captures compliant origami deformation from rigid‐like folding to soft panel bending. By tuning crease and panel stiffness, bistable snap‐through responses transform into smooth monostable deformation, enabling programmable stability and robot‐scale locomotion.
Bohan Zhang, Bo Wang, Huajiang Ouyang, Zhigang Wu, Haohao Bi, Jiawei Xu, Mingchao Liu, Weicheng Huang   +7 more
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A Rare De Novo Missense Mutation in IFT122 Confers a Genetic Susceptibility Factor of Idiopathic Pediatric Uveitis Via Trio‐based Whole‐Exome Sequencing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A rare de novo IFT122‐A773E variant is identified in idiopathic pediatric uveitis and shown to exacerbate retinal inflammation and barrier dysfunction. Mechanistically, the variant enhances IFT43 interaction, elevates calcium signaling, and activates the MEK/ERK/FRA1 axis, revealing a previously unrecognized cilia‐associated pathway that may increase ...
Qian Zhou, Jiaxing Huang, Yilin Wang, Xingran Li, Xianyang Liu, Lingyu Dai, Hongshun Li, Qingfeng Wang, Jiangyi Liu, Guannan Su, Wanyun Zhang, Yang Deng, Qingfeng Cao, Yujie Lai, Xiang Luo, Changwei Huang, Ling Chen, Shengping Hou, Peizeng Yang   +18 more
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Contrasting tree growth and soil organic carbon across stand densities in a Picea crassifolia plantation: associations with soil nitrogen

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionStand density can influence both tree growth and belowground carbon storage in plantations, but density conditions favorable for these two functions may not necessarily coincide.MethodsWe investigated a Picea crassifolia plantation in the ...
Xingpeng Zhao, Xin Jia, Hang Xiang, Hang Xiang, Dong Lv, Hu Zhao, Erwen Xu, Rong Zhou, Ming Zhao, Mengde Liu, Zhiwen Gao   +10 more
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3D Printed Meter‐Scale Soft Origami Robots Capable of Load‐Bearing Actuation Via Crease Stiffness Modulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Origami has inspired numerous soft deployable mechanisms for safe human‐robot interaction, while its intrinsic kinematic instability at arbitrary configurations limited their practical robotic application. This work presents a 3D printed meter‐scale origami robotic actuator capable of load‐bearing deformation through creaseline stiffness modulation.
Sung Yol Yu, Sang‐Joon Ahn, Wonchul Lee, Seunguk Moon, Hyun‐Jin Hong, Kyu‐Jin Cho   +5 more
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Linking the reversal of gestational insulin resistance to postpartum depression

BMC Medicine
Background Postpartum depression (PPD) constitutes a significant mental health disorder affecting almost one fifth of pregnancies globally. Despite extensive research, the precise etiological mechanisms underlying PPD remain elusive.
Minoli Vinoda Abeysekera, Duan Ni, Leah Gilbert, Emily Hibbert, Ralph Nanan   +4 more
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Nutrition, hydration and supplementation considerations for mountaineers in high-altitude conditions: a narrative review

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Staying and climbing in high mountains (>2,500 m) involves changes in diet due to poor access to fresh food, lack of appetite, food poisoning, environmental conditions and physiological changes.
Ewa Karpęcka-Gałka, Barbara Frączek
doaj   +1 more source

Potential of Nanoparticle‐Based Phototherapies for Future Treatment of Uveal Melanoma

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review evaluates nanoparticle‐based phototherapies for uveal melanoma, highlighting emerging strategies to enhance tumor targeting, light delivery, and treatment precision. Preclinical data indicate improved efficacy and reduced toxicity, supporting their potential to enhance localized treatment and future translational advances. (Generated by the
Emilie Lambert, Christophe Nguyen, Sean Edward Dunn, Magali Gary‐Bobo, Jérôme Lacombe, Justin Moser, Frédéric Zenhausern, Jean‐Olivier Durand, Frédérique Cunin   +8 more
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A Thickness‐Invariant Origami Robot With Integrated Actuation and Multimodal Locomotion

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A thickness‐invariant variation on the Yoshimura origami pattern is used as the basis of a robot, allowing power, actuation, and control systems to be embedded within the thickened panels of the pattern. The robot uses multiple kinematic branches to achieve distinct modes of locomotion, such as walking, running, galloping, and turning. ABSTRACT Origami
Davis Wing, Sam Bridge, William Bowler, Nathan Usevitch, Larry Howell   +4 more
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