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Introducing Value-Based Purchasing into TRICARE Reform.

Rand Health Q, 2017
Hosek SD, Sorbero ME, Martsolf G, Kandrack R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

In Situ Magnetic Ordering and Microfabrication of Liquid Crystal Networks with Discretized Alignment

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Miniaturizing liquid crystal network actuators typically demands costly laser writing or digital light processing. A low‐cost photolithography platform couples rotating photomasks with a Halbach magnetic array to discretize in‐plane molecular alignment down to 50 µm, producing programmable, light‐responsive grippers, checkerboards, and origami‐inspired
Matthew Gene Scarfo, Ramón S. Herrera Restrepo, Irving Hafed Tejedor Garcia, Hamed Shahsavan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetically Programmed Shape‐Morphing of Engineered Living Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Here, bacterial and mammalian engineered living materials (ELMs) are presented, in which living cells direct genetically programmed and enzymatically mediated shape‐morphing. The resulting deformation and shape‐recovery can be actuated in a genetically controlled manner by an ELM incorporating out‐of‐equilibrium counteracting biochemical reactions with
Jan Becker, Yuchen Liu, Miguel Baños, Rosanne Schmachtenberg, Mahmudul Hasan, Claudia Fink‐Straube, Luai R. Khoury, Wilfried Weber   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Letter in Response to "Questionable validity of the catheter-associated urinary tract infection metric used for value-based purchasing". [PDF]

Am J Infect Control, 2016
Halpin AL, Sinkowitz-Cochran R, Allen-Bridson K, Edwards JR, Pollock D, McDonald LC, Gould CV.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hopping‐Mediated Zero‐Bias Photocharge Retention in Solution‐Processed Van Der Waals Heterostructures

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid–liquid interface assembly enables the fabrication of solution‐processed MoS2 and WSe2 centimeter‐scale, nanometer‐thick type‐II heterostructures on paper. Interfacial charge separation and hopping‐limited recombination produce rectification and persistent photocharge retention at zero bias.
Aniello Pelella, Andrea Sessa, Yi‐Chen Tsai, Xuzhao Liu, Abdul Mannan, George Greaves, Yahya Saboon, Ben Spencer, Antonio Di Bartolomeo, Cinzia Casiraghi, Jessica Boland, Alessandro Grillo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sacrificial‐Layer‐Assisted Heat‐Affected‐Zone Suppression in Laser Patterning of PET for High‐Performance Flexible Devices

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A removable sacrificial polymer layer engineers the thermal boundary condition during nanosecond laser ablation of PET, suppressing heat‐affected‐zone formation without relying on costly ultrafast lasers. This strategy enables deep, high‐aspect‐ratio trenches with no detectable heat‐affected zone, templating silver‐filled mesh electrodes with record ...
Mehdi Zarei, Mirza Sahaluddin, Mostafa Bedewy, Paul W. Leu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nano Borophene as a Programmable 2D Scaffold for Organized DNA Assembly and Long‐Range Energy Transfer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Borophene is introduced as a programmable 2D bio‐interface that organizes DNA through dual boron–sulfur and nucleobase interactions. This molecular architecture enables efficient long‐range nanosurface energy transfer, establishing new design principles for functional nano–bio interfaces and amplification‐free optical biosensing.
Teresa Aditya, Pranay Saha, John M. Sansalone, Shraddha Krishnakumar, Matthew Molinaro, André J. van der Vlies, Nada Maher, Adrienne Griffiths, Zakhro Zakirova, Ketan Dighe, Narayana R. Aluru, Dipanjan Pan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The imperative of culture: a quantitative analysis of the impact of culture on workforce engagement, patient experience, physician engagement, value-based purchasing, and turnover. [PDF]

J Healthc Leadersh, 2017
Owens K, Eggers J, Keller S, McDonald A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Structure‐Property Relationships in Catecholamine Coatings for Broad Surface Functionalization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs), six catecholamine molecules with different molecular structure were systematically characterized and compared based on their ability to form homogeneous, reactive coatings. Highlighting candidates capable of balancing coating properties of interest, their successful use as primer layers for organic and ...
Caroline F. Harms, Qiming Li, Ye‐Sol Kim, Anish Tuteja, Jinsang Kim, Abdon Pena‐Francesch   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source