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The correlation between speckle tracking echocardiography and coronary artery disease in patients with suspected stable angina pectoris

Indian Heart Journal, 2018
Background: To examine the value of speckle tracking echocardiography to detect the presence, extent and severity of coronary artery affection in patients with suspected stable angina pectoris. Methods: Two hundred candidates with suspected stable angina
Shaimaa Moustafa, Khalid Elrabat, Fathy Swailem, Alaa Galal   +3 more
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Biomass DNA: An Emerging Building Block for Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biomass DNA is rapidly emerging from its traditional role as a genetic blueprint to serve as a versatile abundant, highly programmable polymeric building block. This review highlights the transformation of macroscopic bulk biomass DNA into next generation of functional materials, spanning from dynamic hydrogels, sustainable bioplastics, and high ...
Yuwei Hu, Itamar Willner, Li Niu
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Mechanoactive Biomaterials for Cell–Matrix Mechanotransduction

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract shows how individual triggers (force, light, or temperature) and combined optothermal or receptor‐targeted actuation induce material responses at the tissue, cellular, and receptor scales. Their spatial (global or focused) and temporal (continuous or cyclic) modulation determines the resulting mechanical output.
Yi‐Tung Lu, Alison E. John, Marc A. Fernández‐Yagüe   +2 more
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Surface Functionalization Modulates Collective Cell Behavior Near Topological Defects Induced by Topographical Patterning

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Strongly adhered cells align with concentric circular ridges and exhibit predominantly tangential motion, whereas weakly adhered cells fail to follow topographical guidance and display enhanced radial inward motion. ABSTRACT Living cells establish long‐range orientational order through collective alignment, giving rise to topological defects whose ...
Prasoon Awasthi, Aniruddh Murali, Ellen Juel Pørtner, Adam Cohen Simonsen, Francesca Serra   +4 more
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Importance of three-dimensional speckle tracking in the assessment of left atrial and ventricular dysfunction in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2018
Introduction and Aim: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystem disease in which cardiac involvement is common. The aim of this study was to identify early changes in left atrial (LA) mechanics and left ventricular (LV) systolic function in ...
Henrique Guedes, Nuno Moreno, Rui Pontes dos Santos, Leonor Marques, Daniel Seabra, Adriana Pereira, Aurora Andrade, Paula Pinto   +7 more
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Toward Perception‐Native Electronic Skin: Bio‐Inspired In‐/Near‐Sensor and Neuromorphic Computing for Humanoid Robots

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Dense tactile streams from across the humanoid body converge on collide in a central wiring and data bottleneck. By relocating computation closer to and then into the skin itself, near‐ and in‐sensor architectures, together with neuromorphic computing, chart a path toward perception‐native electronic skin, in which the conversion of stimulus into ...
Mijin Kim, Chang‐Jae Beak, Jiyoung Park, Youngdo Jung, Sunjong Oh, Sin‐Hyung Lee, Bo‐Yeon Lee   +6 more
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WFSuite: a Python software suite for X-ray wavefront sensing and at-wavelength metrology

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
WFSuite is a Python-based software suite for X-ray wavefront sensing and at-wavelength metrology for synchrotron and X-ray free-electron laser applications. It integrates tools for both relative and absolute speckle-based measurements.
Xianbo Shi, Luca Rebuffi, Zhi Qiao, Yu-Chung Lin, Lahsen Assoufid   +4 more
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Unlocking Terahertz Steganography: Authentication of Hidden Images in Flexible Media

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Hidden information in multilayered devices, such as steganographic portraits, is detected and authenticated using reflection‐mode terahertz time‐domain imaging. Image reconstruction relies on a dedicated figure‐of‐merit obtained by integrating the signal intensity over the time‐window associated with the reflection from the metallic mirror backing the ...
Tiziana Ritacco, Francesca Vittorioso, Dimitrios C. Zografopoulos, Romeo Beccherelli, Walter Fuscaldo   +4 more
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Atria: A comprehensive evaluation with echocardiography

Heart Vessels and Transplantation, 2017
Left and right atria have gained interest from scientific community. Two or three- dimensional echocardiographic methods have been implemented for better understanding of atrial functions in both healthy persons and patients with various diseases. Atrial
Oben Baysan, Ezgi Polat Ocaklı, Tugba Kayhan Altuner, Sinan Altan Kocaman   +3 more
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Thermoresponsive Self‐Healing Carbon Nanotube‐Reinforced Dual‐Network Hydrogels for Wearable Sensors and Information Concealment

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A CNT‐reinforced dual‐network hydrogel combines ionic liquid‐mediated thermoresponsiveness, dynamic covalent crosslinking, and conductive nanostructures within a single adaptive material. The hydrogel exhibits ultrafast gelation, autonomous self‐healing, >1000% stretchability, reversible optical switching, and stable electromechanical sensing, enabling
Xia Qiu, Xiaolong He, Paul Morandi, Petra Rudolf, Rudy Folkersma, Vincent S. D. Voet, Katja Loos   +6 more
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