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Pre‐Curved Everting Robots With Embedded Steering Intelligence Fabricated by CO2 Laser Welding
Design and experimental demonstration of a laser welded growing robot for anatomically guided navigation. The robot follows an aortic arch phantom entering the branchiocephalic branch through steering by design. The figure shows the physical phantom setup, CAD defined weld geometry and full robot eversion.
Brandon Saldarriaga +5 more
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"The expression of grief has been a recurrent focus in Western art. Musical works as different as Josquin's Deploration sur la mort de Johan Okeghem or Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem possess unique expressive qualities that, at least in part, relate to ...
Composer: Carl Vine
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Young Lives Qualitative Research : Round 1 – Peru [PDF]
This report presents an initial analysis of some of the qualitative data collected in four of the 20 Young Lives sites in Peru between August and December 2007.
Ames, Patricia +2 more
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Hydraulic function of medullary bundles in a tropical root climber
Abstract Premise Medullary bundles, which are vascular bundles in the pith, have evolved multiple times. However, their functional significance remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated how medullary bundles are involved in the vascular architecture and hydraulic function in a tropical root climber, Adelobotrys scandens (Melastomataceae) to ...
Sandrine Isnard +2 more
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Tracking the Source of the Decline in GDP Volatility: An Analysis of the Automobile Industry [PDF]
Recent papers by Kim and Nelson (1999) and McConnell and Perez-Quiros (2000) uncover a dramatic decline in the volatility of U.S. GDP growth beginning in 1984.
Daniel J. Vine, Valerie A. Ramey
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ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah +3 more
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Toward Plastic‐Free Vineyards: The Role of Bioplastics in Sustainable Viticulture—A Review
ABSTRACT Agricultural value chains consume more than 12.5 Mt. of plastics annually, and vineyard systems are a notable source of short‐lived plastic waste. In viticulture, conventional plastics improve agricultural efficiency, crop protection, and wine quality, but their widespread use raises environmental and health concerns.
Damiano Rossi +6 more
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An Assessment of the Young Lives Sampling Approach in Peru [PDF]
Young Lives is a longitudinal research project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty. The study is tracking the development of 12,000 children in Ethiopia, Peru, India (Andhra Pradesh) and Vietnam through qualitative and quantitative ...
Flores, Eva, Escobal, Javier
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu +4 more
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Across all sampled ramets in a fragmented forest landscape, 83% were clonal, indicating that clonal expansion accounted for most of the present population structure of Wisteria floribunda. Compared with a continuous old‐growth forest, the fragmented forest showed substantially greater clonal dominance and spatial coverage by genets.
Hideki Mori, Takashi Kamijo
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