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Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catheter ablation of premature ventricular contractions originating from kissing papillary muscles

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Very thick left ventricular papillary muscles (PAMs) may kiss each other and premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) can originate from the sides of the PAMs facing each other.
Takumi Yamada, Krittapoom Akrawinthawong
doaj   +1 more source

Miniaturized Magnetic Tip Design for Endoluminal Vine Robot Navigation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A magnetic tip mount is designed for a miniaturized 7 mm soft‐growing vine robot to enable wireless magnetic steering and onboard imaging, while preserving a 3 mm working channel. The internal–external ring magnets design balances magnetic attachment with low eversion pressure. Experiments demonstrate ±90° steering, 34 mm bending radius, and successful
Andrea Yanez Trujillo, Joshua Davy, James H. Chandler, James Avery, Pietro Valdastri   +4 more
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A Pollen‐Enhanced Bionic Mechanoreceptor Induced by Asymmetric Ionic Convection in Hydrogel for Sensory‐Augmented Prostheses

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work proposed a pollen‐enhanced bionic mechanoreceptor based on ionic convection. Leveraging the ion anchoring effect of the pollen particle, the output performance could be ∼12 times higher than the original state. By employing deep learning models as AI brains, the feasibility of a sensory‐augmented prosthesis consisting of a pollen‐enhanced ...
Zi Hao Guo, Jingyu Deng, Yanzhang Xu, Chenchen Zhou, Yangshi Shao, Xiong Pu, Munho Kim, Namjoon Cho   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peptide Antigen Modifications Influence the On-Target and Off-Target Antibody Response for an Influenza Subunit Vaccine

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: Peptide amphiphile micelles (PAMs) are an exciting nanotechnology currently being studied for a variety of biomedical applications, especially for drug delivery.
Megan C. Schulte, Adam C. Boll, Agustin T. Barcellona, Elida A. Lopez, Adam G. Schrum, Bret D. Ulery   +5 more
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Utility of Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling in R for the Study of Person Response Profiles in Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data [PDF]

Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology
Profile analysis using multidimensional scaling (PAMS) attempts to identify core profiles, which are the central response patterns from a group of person profiles.
Kim, Se-Kang, Kim, Donghoh
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Auto‐Downregulation of the Florigen FT Production Prevents Precocious Flowering in Plants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study shows that the leaf vein‐expressed FD complexes with the florigen FT to bind DNA motifs in FT promoter, which antagonizes CONSTANS‐mediated FT activation to feedback down‐regulate FT expression. This prevents an excessive induction of FT expression by inductive photoperiods, thereby precluding precocious transition to flowering in ...
Shu Tian, Xiao Luo, Bowen Cui, Yuehui He
wiley   +1 more source

African swine fever virus infection enhances CD14-dependent phagocytosis of porcine alveolar macrophages to promote bacterial uptake and apoptotic body-mediated viral transmission

Journal of Virology
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is an economically devastating pathogen that can cause fatal infections in both domestic pigs and wild boar, with monocytes and macrophages as its target cells.
Fengyang Shi, Zhen Xu, Peng Gao, Yajin Qu, Xinna Ge, Yongning Zhang, Jun Han, Xin Guo, Lei Zhou, Hanchun Yang   +9 more
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Electrolyte Additive Strategies in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries: Recent Advances and Prospects

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the current status and future development directions of AZIBs electrolyte additives in three aspects: stabilizing zinc anodes (uniform deposition, inhibition of dendritic crystals), protecting cathodes (structural stability, inhibition of dissolution), and enhancing electrolyte stability (wider ...
Yuanze Yu, Hongmin Liu, Long Fan, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou, Guoxiu Wang, Nana Wang, Zhongchao Bai   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao, Yiming Ma, Baihao Shao, Molly M. Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source