Intrinsic Cause–Effect Power: The Tradeoff Between Differentiation and Specification [PDF]
EntropyIntegrated information theory (IIT) starts from the existence of consciousness and characterizes its essential properties: every experience is intrinsic, specific, unitary, definite, and structured.
William G. P. Mayner +2 more
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CellsMultipotent vascular stem cells (MVSCs) are found in the vascular wall and surrounding tissues and possess the ability to differentiate into mesenchymal lineages.
Yujie Yan +5 more
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Acoustic cell patterning reveals geometry- and substrate-dependent vasculogenesis and human embryo model development [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPrecise spatial organization of cells is critical for engineering functional tissues and constructing human developmental models. Here, we report the development of acoustic cell patterning (ACP), an ultrasound-based method capable of rapidly generating ...
Zhaoyi Xu +11 more
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Concrete substrate moisture requirements for durable concrete repairs – a field study [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2022 In concrete repair specifications, the required moisture condition of the substrate, which can play an important role for bond development, and, ultimately, on the long-term repair / overlay durability, is generally ill-defined and addressed without due ...
Bissonnette Benoit +5 more
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HAZELNUT SEED LIPASE: EXTRACTION, PURIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION
Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 2012 Interest in lipases has markedly increased to their potential industrial applications. The most of lipases produced commercially are obtained from animal and microbial sources.
İsmail Kılıç, Ayten Sağıroğlu
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Matrix stiffness modulates tip cell formation through the p-PXN-Rac1-YAP signaling axis
Bioactive Materials, 2022 Endothelial tip cell outgrowth of blood-vessel sprouts marks the initiation of angiogenesis which is critical in physiological and pathophysiological procedures.
Yaru Guo +10 more
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Design of a Vitronectin-Based Recombinant Protein as a Defined Substrate for Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Hepatocyte-Like Cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Maintenance and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) usually requires culture on a substrate for cell adhesion. A commonly used substratum is Matrigel purified from Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm sarcoma cells, and consists of a complex mixture
Masato Nagaoka +4 more
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Sensors, 2021 Coatings or films are applied to a substrate for several applications, such as waterproofing, corrosion resistance, adhesion performance, cosmetic effects, and optical coatings.
Adam Jones +6 more
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Solving the inverse problem for determining the optical characteristics of materials
Discrete and Continuous Models and Applied Computational Science, 2020 The paper describes a methodology for determining the optical and physical properties of anisotropic thin film materials. This approach allows in the future designing multilayer thin-film coatings with specified properties.
Konstantin P. Lovetski +4 more
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Kinase Signaling in Dendritic Development and Disease
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 Dendrites undergo extensive growth and remodeling during their lifetime. Specification of neurites into dendrites is followed by their arborization, maturation, and functional integration into synaptic networks.
Kimya Nourbakhsh, Smita Yadav
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