Dynamic Current Routing in Conductive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Complex Deformation Actuators
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This work introduces a novel actuation control strategy in which electrical stimulation generates localized Joule heating in conductive liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) surfaces, enabling complex 3D deformations from a single homogeneous surface without preprogramming.
Gloria PouWai Lei +2 more
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Clusters of polymorphic transmembrane genes control resistance to schistosomes in snail vectors
eLife, 2020 Schistosomiasis is a debilitating parasitic disease infecting hundreds of millions of people. Schistosomes use aquatic snails as intermediate hosts.
Jacob A Tennessen +6 more
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Niche Preference of Escherichia coli in a Peri-Urban Pond Ecosystem
Life, 2021 Escherichia coli comprises diverse strains with a large accessory genome, indicating functional diversity and the ability to adapt to a range of niches.
Gitanjali NandaKafle +5 more
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Selección de presas por el caracolero (Rostrhamus sociabilis) en cuerpos de agua permanentes y temporarios del centro de Argentina. [PDF]
, 2011 – En este estudio se analizó el patrón de selección de presas del caracolero (Rostrhamus sociabilis) sobre el caracol de agua dulce Pomacea canaliculata en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kittlein, Marcelo Javier +1 more
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HDAC1 inhibition by MS-275 in mesothelial cells limits cellular invasion and promotes MMT reversal [PDF]
, 2018 Peritoneal fibrosis is a pathological alteration of the peritoneal membrane occurring in a variety of conditions including peritoneal dialysis (PD), post-surgery adhesions and peritoneal metastases.
Battistelli, Cecilia +14 more
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li +4 more
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Diet of schistosome vectors influences infection outcomes
EcosphereResource availability can alter infection outcomes through its impact on host immunity and on parasite reproduction. On one hand, enhanced nutrition could favor immunity, limiting the parasite, and on the other hand, it could favor establishment and ...
Joshua Trapp +7 more
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The potential for slug control with ferric phosphate [PDF]
, 2006 Slug and snail damage, especially on young plants can mean serious economic loss for growers. Organic growers have in the past had few, if any, effective products to use for their control.
Horgan, A R
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Modelling environmentally-mediated infectious diseases of humans: transmission dynamics of schistosomiasis in China. [PDF]
, 2010 Macroparasites of humans are sensitive to a variety of environmental variables, including temperature, rainfall and hydrology, yet current comprehension of these relationships is limited.
Remais, Justin
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A targeted metabologenomic strategy integrating genomic and metabolomic hallmarks enabled the discovery of two new thioamides, thiogochangamides A and B, from bacteria. Their absolute configurations, previously unresolved within the thioviridamide family, were fully assigned through various chemical derivatizations and computational analysis ...
Young Eun Du +18 more
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