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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing Personalization Time and Energy Cost While Walking Outdoors with a Portable Exosuit

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Rapid Real‐World Optimization! An AF‐based human‐in‐the‐loop optimization strategy rapidly personalizes a portable hip extension exosuit for incline walking. Real‐time Bayesian optimization of assistive force significantly reduces metabolic energy—up to 16.2%—while converging in just 3 min 24 s.
Kimoon Nam, Saikat Sahoo, Yoosun Kim, Dongmin Go, Jeongho Choo, Cheonkyu Park, Seungtae Yang, Giuk Lee   +7 more
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Meeting the minimum standards of the Palermo Protocol: The case of South Africa [PDF]

, 2019
Magister Legum - LLMThis research is aimed at evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of the legal framework dealing with human trafficking in South Africa.
Shepherd, Robyn
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Energy Consumption Optimization in Trajectory Planning for Fuel Cell Hybrid Uavs Based On HMPC

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
The endurance limitation of multirotor drones is a critical challenge. This study adopts a hybrid power system of fuel cells and lithium‐ion batteries. Using Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, it integrates trajectory planning with energy management optimization.
Xindi Wang, Jianyang Dong, Yongming Yao, Kaijin Hu, Jianxiong Cui, Yikai Luo, Jiawen Zhang, Shichao Niu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combating trafficking in persons: a call to action for global health professionals. [PDF]

Glob Health Sci Pract, 2014
CdeBaca L, Sigmon JN.
europepmc   +1 more source

Challenges and Future Directions in Assessing the Quality and Completeness of Advanced Materials Safety Data for Re‐Usability: A Position Paper From the Nanosafety Community

Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
Nanosafety data provide a guiding example for establishing best practices in data management, aligning with FAIR principles and quality criteria. This review explores existing quality assessment approaches for reliability, relevance, and completeness, emphasizing the need for harmonization and adaptation to nanomaterials and advanced materials. The aim
Verónica I. Dumit, Irini Furxhi, Penny Nymark, Antreas Afantitis, Ammar Ammar, Monica J. B. Amorim, Dalila Antunes, Svetlana Avramova, Chiara L. Battistelli, Gianpietro Basei, Cecilia Bossa, Emil Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana Cimpan, Dmitri Ciornii, Anna Costa, Camilla Delpivo, Maria Dusinska, Ana Sofia Fonseca, Steffi Friedrichs, Vasile‐Dan Hodoroaba, Danail Hristozov, Panagiotis Isigonis, Nina Jeliazkova, Nikolay Kochev, Eva Kranjc, Dieter Maier, Georgia Melagraki, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Tomasz Puzyn, Hubert Rauscher, Katie Reilly, Araceli Sánchez Jiménez, Janeck J. Scott‐Fordsmand, Neeraj Shandilya, Hyun Kil Shin, Gergana Tancheva, Jeaphianne P. M. van Rijn, Egon L. Willighagen, Ewelina Wyrzykowska, Martine I. Bakker, Damjana Drobne, Thomas E. Exner, Martin Himly, Iseult Lynch   +43 more
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CD207‐Positive Dendritic Cells Promote Emphysema Through CD8+ T Cell Pathway in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
CD207+ dendritic cells (DCs) drive emphysema by promoting CD8⁺ T cell cytotoxicity via Birbeck granule‐dependent MHC‐I antigen presentation. This DC subset is expanded by cigarette smoke‐induced oxidative stress, which triggers granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) release from airway epithelium.
Shurui Xuan, Yunhui Wu, Feng Liu, Heng Fu, Yaqi Meng, Yingwei Ou, Xijing Yuan, Ian M. Adcock, Man Jia, Xiaoning Zeng, Xin Yao   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis [PDF]

, 2010
Ethnic conflicts and their links to international human trafficking have recently received a surge in international attention. It appears that ethnic conflicts exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and
Akee, Randall K. Q., Basu, Arnab K., Chau, Nancy H., Khamis, Melanie   +3 more
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RIG‐I Mediated Neuron‐Specific IFN Type 1 Signaling in FUS‐ALS Induces Neurodegeneration and Offers New Biomarker‐Driven Individualized Treatment Options for (FUS‐)ALS

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Using iPSC‐derived motoneurons and postmortem tissue from FUS‐ALS patients, it is demonstrated that increased mitochondrial transcription leads to elevated cytosolic double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA) levels. This aberrant accumulation activates a RIG‐I–dependent innate immune response leading to neurodegeneration, which is amenable for FDA‐ and EMA‐approved ...
Marcel Naumann, Theresa M. Wierschin, Stefanie Kretschmer, Banaja P. Dash, Aaron Held, Andrea Salzinger, Kevin Peikert, Anže Karlek, Hannes Glaß, Dajana Großmann, René Günther, Susanne Petri, Annekathrin Rödiger, David Brenner, Francisco Pan‐Montojo, Eleonora Aronica, Markus Kipp, Vitaly Zimyanin, Jared Sterneckert, Torsten Grehl, Noah D. Seebacher, Tobias M. Böckers, Alberto Catanese, Brian J. Wainger, Patrick Oeckl, Min Ae Lee‐Kirsch, Andreas Hermann   +26 more
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Trafficking in Persons and Human Development: Towards A More Integrated Policy Response [PDF]

Poverty is often regarded as the "root cause" of trafficking, but the linkages between poverty, lack of development and trafficking are complex. For example, there is some evidence to suggest that victims of cross-border trafficking are more likely to ...
Frank Laczko, Gergana Danailova-Trainor
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