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Influence of the Rustic Bamboo Envelope Construction Technique on the Thermal Performance of Vernacular Housing in the Ecuadorian Coastal Region: The Case of El Carmen-Manabí

Buildings
Bamboo, particularly Guadua Angustifolia cane, offers significant thermal benefits for construction in warm, humid climates and has been a key material in Ecuador for over 9500 years due to its low cost, versatility, and low thermal conductivity.
Rodrigo Carpio, Fernanda Valarezo, Eduardo Aguirre-Maldonado, Cristian Balcázar-Arciniega   +3 more
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Agar‐Based Optical Sensing System With a Phosphorescent Grid Pattern for Measuring Stress Distributions of Root Growth Using the Sampling Moiré Method

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This paper presents an agar medium with a phosphorescent grid pattern that measures the stress distribution generated by growing plant roots. Using phosphorescence, the system optically separates the grid pattern from the root and extracts the grid deformation.
Gakuto Kagawa, Hidetoshi Takahashi
wiley   +1 more source

SOLAR CHIMNEY: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PASSIVE VENTILATION

Theory and Building Practice
The article explores the effective implementation of energy-efficient technologies in passive ventilation systems for residential buildings. As energy efficiency and environmental sustainability become more critical in construction, ensuring natural air exchange is essential for a comfortable indoor microclimate.
Vasyl Mizernyk, Khrystyna Myroniuk, Yurii Furdas, Vasyl Zhelykh   +3 more
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A Whole‐Head Finite Element Model for Electrical Neuromodulation via Visual Brain‐Machine Interfaces

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A multimodal, personalized head model is presented that integrates the entire visual pathway with surrounding tissues to simulate electrical stimulation of the optic nerve. In vivo validation in humans and goats, plus systematic component‐elimination analysis, demonstrates the high accuracy of the comprehensive model.
Shengjian Lu, Tonghe Yang, Yuan Geng, Huan Wu, Yangrui Huang, Te Zheng, Haodi Chen, Shurui Huang, Yi Cao, Jian Yang, Wentao Yan, Yikui Zhang, Wencan Wu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

CFD Simulation Supported Development of Wind Catcher Shape Topology in a Passive Air Conduction System (PACS)

Buildings, 2022
New studies and reports are published on a daily basis about the dangers of climate change and its main causes: humanity’s constantly growing population, the built environment and resource consumption. The built environment is responsible for approx. 40%
Ádám László Katona, István Ervin Háber, István Kistelegdi   +2 more
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Synchronization‐Dissipation in the Cardiorespiratory System

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By modeling central nervous coupling and viscoelastic interactions in the cardiorespiratory system we show that synchronization produces a 10% gain in cardiac efficiency in humans. It is surmised that respiratory sinus arrhythmia improves cardiac pumping efficiency by reducing dynamic stress and power dissipation in the pulmonary vasculature.
Joshua R. Border, Alain Nogaret, Andrew Lefevre, Vishal Jain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Macrophage‐to‐Myofibroblast Transdifferentiation Contributes to Pulmonary Fibrosis via the MERTK‐SPP1‐SRC‐TKS5 Signaling Axis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
MERTK is upregulated in fibrotic macrophages and regulates the expression and activity of SRC and TKS5 through SPP1, mediating transdifferentiation of macrophages‐to‐myofibroblasts (MMT) and promoting pulmonary fibrosis. The figure was created with BioRender.com.
Yungeng Wei, Hua Guo, Xiangsheng Yang, Xiao Xiao Tang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Crosswinds on the Aerothermal Behaviour of A Double-Skin Façade

Annals of West University of Timisoara: Physics
In double-skin facades, airflow is mainly induced by buoyancy forces due to temperature gradients and air compressibility. In practice, this passive system is also affected by ambient crosswind.
Ziari Saber, Belakroum Rassim, Khelifa Saif Elislam, Mansouri Hocine   +3 more
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Exploring the Implementation Path of Passive Heat-Protection Design Heritage in Lingnan Buildings

Buildings, 2023
To achieve indoor thermal comfort via natural ventilation, traditional buildings in South China’s Lingnan region have evolved distinct features tailored to the hot and humid climate conditions, involving site planning, function layout, and construction ...
Hui Ji, Shuqi Wu, Bishan Ye, Shuxi Wang, Yuqing Chen, Ji-Yu Deng   +5 more
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Making Sweat Measurable: Induction, Sampling, and Refreshment in Wearable Biofluid Sensing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Wearable sweat sensing relies not only on chemical detection but also on controlled biofluid management. This Review integrates sweat physiology, induction strategies, and microfluidic sampling architectures, demonstrating how flux, transport, and refreshment shape measurement reliability.
Soyoung Shin, Wei Gao
wiley   +1 more source