Use of health services by the Brazilian population with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis, National Health Survey, 2019. [PDF]
Dos Anjos Ribeiro Y+3 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang+7 more
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A Wireless Soft Optical Blood Sensor for Colonoscopy
This works presents an “add‐on” wireless soft optical blood sensor for the traditional colonoscopy. It can reliably detect bleeding behind the colonoscope's distal tip camera via optical absorption, without optical fibers, and wirelessly transmit data to the processor.
Kamin Palkawong‐Na‐Ayuddhaya+6 more
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Tau protein plays a critical role in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, utilizing extracellular vesicles (EVs) as a mechanism for intercellular transmission. This study develops a highly sensitive sandwich assay biosensor for detecting and quantifying tau‐associated EVs using surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).
Saqer Al Abdullah+6 more
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A study on the characteristics and influencing factors of public sports service demand among the population of rural older adults in China. [PDF]
Zhang HP, He CH, Lu WY.
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[Factors associated with the demand for health services by Brazilian adolescents: the National School Health Survey (PeNSE), 2012]. [PDF]
Max Moura de Oliveira+3 more
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This study evaluates the environmental trade‐offs of different rice husk management strategies using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. It compares biochar production for water treatment and soil improvement with direct incineration for energy generation.
José Lugo‐Arias+7 more
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Parents' perspective on children's access to healthcare services and associated factors: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Salimi N+4 more
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This review covers the mechanical forces experienced by immune cells through cell–cell and cell–extracellular matrix interactions and how these forces influence their receptors and functions. These relationships between forces and cellular functions can be exploited using engineering techniques to modify the physical properties of materials for novel ...
Yu‐Chang Chen+2 more
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Confronting the Crisis: Actions to Address Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Among Black Women in Rural Georgia. [PDF]
Robinson J, Screen J, Bayer CR.
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