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Shape‐Changing Multiphase Microparticles from Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline network (LCN) microparticles are prepared from single, double (Janus), and triple emulsions through a simple and scalable bulk‐emulsification strategy. Under heating, the particles exhibit robust, reversible, large‐amplitude deformations that depend both on the morphology and the liquid crystals director field configuration.
Marco Turriani, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella, Alberto Concellón   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI service robots in a 4-star hotel: enhancing guest and employee experiences

Research in Hospitality Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently become a vital technology affecting several sectors, including hospitality. The expanding use of AI robots in functions previously performed by humans raises important issues — which are currently unknown ...
Frederik Jan van der Meulen, Daniek Verhoeven, Juliet Chipumuro, Wilson Majee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Membrane Vesicles from Lacticaseibacillus Casei BL23 Exhibit Antimicrobial Activity Against Escherichia coli and Immunostimulatory Effects on Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Membrane vesicles derived from the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus casei BL23 demonstrate antimicrobial properties against Escherichia coli and a potential biological effect in improving the overall survival of C. elegans infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These vesicles stimulated immune responses in primary cells without causing toxicity. Our results
Cecilia L. D'Antoni, Leila Pourtalebi Jahromi, Lorenzo Sana, Ana Paula Domínguez Rubio, Maja Dorfner, Jennifer Munkert, Heike Danzer, Philipp Arnold, Mikhail Lebedev, Esther Zanin, Oscar E. Pérez, Gregor Fuhrmann   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ground robot technologies in wildfire risk reduction. The viewpoint of the fire service

Progress in Disaster Science
Background: Robots are not widely used in wildfire risk reduction. Firefighters do not commonly know how to use them and technology providers are not aware of key operational directions for improvements.
Pawel Gromek, Thomas Lowe
doaj   +1 more source

Machine intelligence and robotics: Report of the NASA study group. Executive summary [PDF]

A brief overview of applications of machine intelligence and robotics in the space program is given. These space exploration robots, global service robots to collect data for public service use on soil conditions, sea states, global crop conditions ...

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Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds to Engineer the Dormant Landscape of Microscopic Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Decellularized liver extracellular matrix scaffolds provide a platform to study dormant liver‐metastatic colorectal cancer. They induce reversible dormancy, in combination with nutrient depletion and low dose chemotherapy, through cell cycle arrest and chemotherapy resistance.
Sabrina N. VandenHeuvel, Lucia L. Nash, Abigail J. Clevenger, Claudia A. Collier, Oscar R. Benavides, Sanjana Roy, Brinlee Goggans, Aelita Salikhova, Anvitha Tharakesh, Svasti Haricharan, Amber N. Stratman, Scott Kopetz, Alex J. Walsh, Shreya A. Raghavan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geometrically Tunable Scaffold‐Free Muscle Bioconstructs for Treating Volumetric Muscle Loss

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Volumetric muscle loss is associated with traumatic muscle resulting in permanent functional impairment. Mold‐based, scaffold‐free, high‐density muscle tissue bioconstructs are developed in customizable geometric shapes and sizes. The transplanted rectangular solid‐shaped muscle bioconstructs improved muscle force recovery and tissue regeneration in ...
Bugra Ayan, Gaoxian Chen, Ishita Jain, Sha Chen, Gladys Chiang, Caroline Hu, Renato Reyes, Beu P. Oropeza, Ngan F. Huang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ascorbic Acid Modulates Collagen Properties in Glucocorticoid‐Induced Osteoporotic Bone: Insights into Chemical, Mechanical, and Biological Regulation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Osteoporosis from long‐term glucocorticoid (GIOP) use elevates susceptibility to fracture. This study shows GCs impair ascorbic acid (AA) metabolism in osteoblasts, collagen synthesis and extracellular matrix integrity. AA enhanced collagen biochemical and mechanical properties and restored osteoblast and endothelial function. These findings underscore
Micaila DE Curtis, Yoontae Kim, Rahul Patil, Xinran Zhang, Meth Jayatilake, Orelle Bulgin, Peter Lialios, Sana Surrency, Soraya Tarrah, Argyris K. Lazaris, Alison Grafton, James Williams IV, Seyedeh Boshra Nouraie, Maria Bizaki, Penelope Xeron, Edward Van Keuren, Jonathan E. Seppala, Evagelia C. Laiakis, Joanna B. Kitlinska, Stella Alimperti   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating sustainability in the design process of urban service robots. [PDF]

Front Robot AI, 2023
van der Schoor MJ, Göhlich D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source