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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic status and self-reported oral health in Iranian adolescents: the role of selected oral health behaviours and psychological factors

, 2010
PhDHealth inequality according to socioeconomic status has been established. There is evidence for inequality for self-reported oral health outcomes. There has been interest in exploring the factors that explain general health inequality such as health
Ravaghi, Vahid
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening Beekeeping Value Chains Through Queen Bee Breeding: A Case Study of Fiji

Advances in Agriculture
Beekeeping is increasingly targeted as a means to stimulate sustainable rural development, yet interventions have high rates of attrition. Young queen bees with good genetics are critical to colony health and productivity. However, there has been limited
Cooper Nat Schouten, Rob Manning, Emily Grace, Ravnil Prasad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of incentives for R&D in the pharmaceutical industry with applications for neglected diseases

, 2011
PhDThis thesis is concerned with the development of incentives for pharmaceutical R&D, specifically for neglected diseases. The following approaches are adopted.
Trushin, Eshref
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Geometry Dictates Neuronal Bursting via Calcium Store Refill Rates and Exposes Selective Neuronal Vulnerability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The ER's continuous tubular network is maintained by ER‐shaping proteins whose mutation or dysregulation contributes to neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we show that ER morphology sets the speed of Ca2+ store replenishment between firing events. Disrupting ER continuity slows intra‐ER Ca2+ redistribution from extracellular refill (SOCE) sites, driving
Valentina Davi, Pierre Parutto, Yuyi Zhang, Tasuku Konno, Cecile Crapart, Raquel Pereira, John P. Franklin, Mosab Ali Awadelkareem, Daniel C Maddison, Michael J. Devine, Edgar R. Gomes, Joseph Chambers, Elena Koslover, Edward Avezov   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional characterisation of semen in honeybee queen (A.m.ligustica S.) spermatheca and efficiency of the diluted semen technique in instrumental insemination

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
Differences over time in the quality of semen present in the honey bee (Apis mellifera ligustica) queen spermatheca werestudied. An increase in the non-vital spermatozoa was shown to be evident (P>0.05) between the 12th and 24th month.The study of semen ...
Andrea Galli, Donatella Balduzzi, Marco Lodesani   +2 more
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Optimization of SWCNT‐FET Biosensors by Aptamer Engineering and Toehold‐Mediated Strand Displacement

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Aptamer‐based single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) field‐effect transistor (FET) biosensors are developed for label‐free, real‐time biomarker detection. Truncated DNA aptamers enhance sensitivity through improved conformational switching. A toehold‐mediated strand displacement (TMSD) strategy optimizes functionalization and simplifies fabrication. The
Haosen Miao, Tingting Zheng, Houlin Yu, Gririraj Manoharan, Gustavo Sant'Anna, Nicholas Bedfrod, Jorge L. Chávez, Chang‐Seuk Lee, Matteo Palma   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

NFYB Integrates Hormonal Signals into Tissue Allometry by Promoting Protein Biosynthesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In the American cockroach, NFYB acts as a spatiotemporin that translates distinct hormonal cues into tissue‐specific allometry. Juvenile hormone activates NFYB in the early fat body, while 20‐hydroxyecdysone induces it in late wing pads. NFYB then promotes protein biosynthesis via core translational machinery, driving differential growth across the ...
Fangfang Liu, Shiming Zhu, Sishi Xia, Xiaoshuai Zhang, Qin Li, Zhanquan Zeng, Yuqing Liu, Wanyin Liang, Guanyu Zhou, Erxia Du, Suning Liu, Sheng Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stoichiometric constraints on secondary production in a nutrient rich headwater stream food web

, 2012
PhDMost consumers maintain body tissue Carbon:Nitrogen:Phosphorus within narrow constraints, despite ratios often varying markedly among basal resources.
Lauridsen, Rasmus Bach
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