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Lifetime history of indoor tanning in young people: a retrospective assessment of initiation, persistence, and correlates

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Despite educational and public health campaigns to convey the risks of indoor tanning, many individuals around the world continue to engage in this behavior.
Lostritto Karen, Ferrucci Leah M, Cartmel Brenda, Leffell David J, Molinaro Annette M, Bale Allen E, Mayne Susan T   +6 more
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Temporally Delayed Deployment of Photo‐Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks Toward Neural Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Deployable medical devices typically need external stimuli to trigger deployment. However, external stimuli are difficult to supply within tissues. Here, we describe a strategy to deploy small‐scale structures into soft tissues after insertion without the need for any stimulus. We demonstrate deployment within a tissue phantom.
Yeh‐Chia Tseng, Eleanor Nguyen Jeakle, Mahjabeen Javed, Rajasree Gopala Krishnan, Thomas J. Smith, Yoo Jin Lee, Sahana Dhananjayan, Sasha M. George, Manivannan Sivaperuman Kalairaj, Ali Hasan Zuaiter, Majed O. Althumayri, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, Joseph J. Pancrazio, Taylor H. Ware   +13 more
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Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
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Assessing the Feasibility and Effectiveness of Screening for Indoor Tanning in the Primary Care Setting: A Report of Preliminary Findings

AJPM Focus
Introduction: Indoor tanning is a major modifiable risk factor in the development of both melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers. Investigation of behavior-altering interventions is an area of active research.
Allison B. Robbins, MD, Mimi R. Borrelli, MBBS, PhD, Fatima N. Mirza, MD, MPH, Nicole A. Negbenebor, MD, Helena M. Kuhn, MD, Tiffany J. Libby, MD   +5 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Flexoelectrically Induced Polar Topology in Twisted SrTiO3 Membranes

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Twisted SrTiO3 bilayers host polar vortices of flexoelectric origin, revealed through combined experiment and theory. By reconstructing polarization from the toroidal moment of strain gradients, the work establishes a 3D chiral state with broken inversion and mirror symmetries.
Isabel Tenreiro, Hugo Aramberri, Víctor Rouco, Gabriel Sánchez‐Santolino, Mariona Cabero, Fernando Gallego, David Sánchez‐Manzano, José M. González‐Calbet, Federico Mompeán, Mar García‐Hernández, Alberto Rivera‐Calzada, Jorge Íñiguez‐González, Carlos León, Jacobo Santamaría   +13 more
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Biodegradability of leather: a crucial indicator to evaluate sustainability of leather

Collagen and Leather
Biodegradability is a crucial indicator to evaluate the sustainability of leather. Herein, a rapid method for biodegradation test in an aqueous medium by measuring biochemical oxygen demand was used to determine the biodegradability of leather from ...
Ya-nan Wang, Yuxin Zhang, Zhen Wang
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Cold Atmospheric Plasma‐Activated Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Gel as a Tumor‐Infiltrating Immunoactivation Platform for Post‐Surgical Cancer Immunotherapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An injectable cold atmospheric plasma‐activated decellularized tumor extracellular matrix hydrogel is introduced as a post‐surgical immunoactivation platform. The engineered gel attracts residual tumor cells and induces immunogenic cell death, reshaping the tumor microenvironment and eliciting systemic antitumor immunity. In combination with checkpoint
Tianxu Fang, Mo Chen, Yueyang Deng, Tianqin Ning, Tianwen Luo, Guojun Chen   +5 more
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Triply‐Twinned Metamaterials: Unraveling the Mechanics and Failure Pathways Through High‐Resolution XCT

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Triply‐twinned architected lattices transform deformation from bending to stretching of struts, delivering up to threefold increases in stiffness and strength across polymeric and metallic systems. High‐resolution synchrotron XCT and image‐based simulations reveal how meta‐grain architecture, defects, and AM build orientation govern failure pathways ...
David McArthur, George Maddison, Jaianth Vijayakumar, Paul Tafforeau, Kathy Christofidou, Peter David Lee, PJ Tan, Chu Lun Alex Leung   +7 more
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Ammonium Salts as Curing Agents to Obtain Ionic Epoxy Resins With a Thermoplastic‐to‐Thermoset Transition

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ionic epoxy networks are prepared using ammonium salts as hardeners, leading to a two‐stage curing process with a thermoplastic‐like intermediate. This uncommon behavior enables extrusion and fabrication of thermoplastic prepregs that can be cured into thermoset composites.
Izabela Kurowska, Leire Unanue, Itxaso Calafel, Dorleta Otaegui, Jorge L. Olmedo‐Martínez, Lourdes Irusta, Daniel Vinagre, Nora Aranburu, Nerea Casado, Ibon Odriozola, David Mecerreyes   +10 more
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