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Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in the Ericaceous and Afroalpine Belts of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia: Influence of Vegetation, Fire, and Topographic Factors

Soil Systems
Soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics in tropical montane ecosystems remain poorly understood, particularly regarding the relative importance of particulate versus mineral-associated fractions under varying disturbance regimes.
Zerihun Asrat, Mekbib Fekadu, Zerihun Woldu, Sebsebe Demissew, Betelhem Mekonnen, Lars Opgenoorth, Georg Miehe, Wolfgang Zech   +7 more
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Transport and retention of artificial and real wastewater particles inside a bed of settled aerobic granular sludge assessed applying magnetic resonance imaging

Water Research X, 2020
The removal or degradation of particulate organic matter is a crucial part in biological wastewater treatment. This is even more valid with respect to aerobic granular sludge and the impact of particulate organic matter on the formation and stability of ...
Florian Ranzinger, Maximilian Matern, Manuel Layer, Gisela Guthausen, Michael Wagner, Nicolas Derlon, Harald Horn   +6 more
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Advanced Manufacturing of Composite‐Based Systems for Energy Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Advanced manufacturing enables the integration of polymers, ceramics, metal oxides, and composites into architected microstructures with tailored transport pathways. By coupling material selection, manufacturing strategy, and structural design, multifunctional energy systems can simultaneously improve electrochemical performance, thermal management ...
Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Libin Yang, M. Taylor Sobczak, Anshul Kulkarni, Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Tiantian Li, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Jason J. Locklin, Yanyu Chen, Xianqiao Wang, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Kenan Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surrogate‐Optimized Flow‐Guided Miniature Condenser for Rapid Exhaled Glucose Detection

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A surrogate‐optimized miniature condenser guides humid exhaled flow toward cold surfaces to accelerate exhaled breath condensate collection. By improving vapor access within a compact footprint, the design increases sample yield. This enables post‐collection enrichment and rapid colorimetric glucose detection from dilute exhaled biomarkers within a 5 ...
Yiming Thomas Lu, Yamin Mansur, Sai Peri, Jiangyuan Wan, Amio Pronoy Das Ritwik, Emily L. Johnson, Jingcheng Ma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft Robotic Excretory Care Simulator for Nursing Education: Functional and Perceptual Biomimetics Approach

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa, Sota Suzuki, Shizuka Watanabe, Zebing Mao, Young Ah Seong, Toshinori Fujie, Tatsuhiro Horii, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Shingo Maeda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Photooxidation of Particulate Organic Matter, Carbon/oxygen Stoichiometry, and Related Photoreactions

, 2010
We investigated photoredox transformations of oxygen, carbon, peroxides, and iron that accompany “photodissolution” of suspended marine particulate organic carbon (POC), a sunlight-induced process that transfers POC to the dissolved organic carbon (DOC ...
Margaret L. Estapa, Lawrence M. Mayer, Estapa, Meg, Mayer, Lawrence   +3 more
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Copper‐Driven Epithelial Barrier Disruption: A Novel Mechanism of COPD Acute Exacerbations Mediated by the TNF‐α/ATP7A Axis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals a copper‐driven mechanism of COPD acute exacerbations mediated by the TNF‐α/ATP7A axis. TNF‐α suppresses the copper transporter ATP7A via competitive NF‐κB/CREB1/CBP signaling, resulting in intracellular copper accumulation, mitochondrial oxidative stress, and epithelial barrier disruption.
Xinru Xiao, Yongzhe Hao, Ziqi Ding, Zhipeng Wang, Yujia Shi, Yanhua Huang, Chunjian Qi, Qian Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Soft, Flexible Implant for Wireless Photothermal–Pyroelectric Neurostimulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A replication strategy is used to enlarge the exposed surface area of barium titanate within flexible films with embedded carbon nanotubes, enabling efficient photothermal‐pyroelectric stimulation. Polar crystalline nanosheets show superior performance in guiding neural progenitor cells toward neuronal differentiation.
Jiang Wu, Minmin Mao, Beltzane Garcia Cirera, Hao Ye, Xiangzhong Chen, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Ni Qin, Salvador Pané   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mind From Within: Visceral Roots of Human Cognition

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The physiological activity of visceral organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the gut, is surprisingly linked to many sophisticated mental operations, such as remembering the past, being aware of ourselves, making choices, and forging social bonds.
Alessandro Monti, Salvatore Maria Aglioti   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source