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3D morphological analysis of Fe-based metallic glass surfaces via laser powder bed fusion using a digital microscope
Surface microscopic characterization of additive manufacturing samples is necessary because of unavoidable defects in the as-printed components. However, the samples are inevitably damaged during characterizat...
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Glass Sponge-inspired Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials for Energy Absorption
The Auxetic Structure (AS) exhibits significant densification strain due to its concave cell architecture, functioning as an effective energy-absorbing metamaterial. However, its limited plateau stress hampers...
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Porous carbon nanosheets from coal tar pitch for zinc ion hybrid capacitor
As a by-product of coal chemical industry, it is very suitable to be used as carbon precursor to prepare carbon materials because of its rich aromatic hydrocarbons. However, the preparation of carbon materials...
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Open AccessMultiomics integration-based immunological characterizations of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma in relation to keratinization
Although adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (ACP) is a tumour with low histological malignancy, there are very few therapeutic options other than surgery. ACP has high histological complexity, and the unique f...
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Design and synthesis of novel factor XIa Inhibitors with bicyclic isoquinoline and naphthalene fragments
FXIa has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for treating thrombotic diseases. With the aim to replace the aniline motif of asundexian with novel P2’ fragments, bicyclic isoquinoline and naphthalene ring...
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Design, Testing and Control of a Magnetorheological Damper for Knee Prostheses
This study aims to develop a magnetorheological (MR) damper for semi-active knee prostheses to restore the walking ability of transfemoral amputees. The core dimensions of the MR damper were determined via the...
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Role of Multi-scale Hierarchical Structures in Regulating Wetting State and Wetting Properties of Structured Surfaces
Amplifying the intrinsic wettability of substrate material by changing the solid/liquid contact area is considered to be the main mechanism for controlling the wettability of rough or structured surfaces. Thro...
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Joint UAV trajectory and communication design with heterogeneous multi-agent reinforcement learning
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are recognized as effective means for delivering emergency communication services when terrestrial infrastructures are unavailable. This paper investigates a multi-UAV-assisted ...
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Open AccessSingle VHH-directed BCMA CAR-NK cells for multiple myeloma
Natural killer (NK) cells are promising alternatives for the production of “off-the-shelf” CAR products, posing a lower risk of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) than CAR-T cells. We synthesized four single VHH-...
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Open AccessA Selective-Response Hypersensitive Bio-Inspired Strain Sensor Enabled by Hysteresis Effect and Parallel Through-Slits Structures
A bio-inspired flexible strain sensor with hypersensitivity and highly selective frequency response is prepared by styrene–isoprene–styrene combined with monolayer graphene.
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An Optimization System for Intent Recognition Based on an Improved KNN Algorithm with Minimal Feature Set for Powered Knee Prosthesis
In this article, a new optimization system that uses few features to recognize locomotion with high classification accuracy is proposed. The optimization system consists of three parts. First, the features of ...
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Jumbo Bionic Trabecular Metal Acetabular Cups Improve Cup Stability During Acetabular Bone Defect Reconstruction: A Finite Element Analysis Study
The biomechanical effects of acetabular revision with jumbo cups are unclear. This study aimed to compare the biomechanical effects of bionic trabecular metal vs. titanium jumbo cups for the revision of acetabula...
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Open AccessGolden section criterion to achieve droplet trampoline effect on metal-based superhydrophobic surface
Clarifying the consecutive droplet rebound mechanisms can provide scientific inspirations to regulate dynamic wettability of superhydrophobic surface, which facilitates the practical applications on efficient ...
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Open AccessIntrinsic Kinematics of the Tibiotalar and Subtalar Joints during Human Walking based on Dynamic Biplanar Fluoroscopy
Accurate knowledge of the kinematics of the in vivo Ankle Joint Complex (AJC) is critical for understanding the biomechanical function of the foot and assessing postoperative rehabilitation of ankle disorders,...
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Fusion of infrared and visible images based on discrete cosine wavelet transform and high pass filter
A single visible image and an infrared image have specific limits in representing environmental information, combining the two can enhance the visual information in the image. The discrete wavelet transform (D...
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Open AccessObservation of nonlinear disclination states
Introduction of controllable deformations into periodic materials that lead to disclinations in their structure opens novel routes for construction of higher-order topological insulators hosting topological st...
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Open AccessBispecific antibodies targeting BCMA, GPRC5D, and FcRH5 for multiple myeloma therapy: latest updates from ASCO 2023 Annual Meeting
Several bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) targeting BCMA, GPRC5D, and FcRH5 are in clinical trials for heavily pretreated multiple myeloma (MM) patients. Teclistamab was approved for relapsed/refractory MM therapy...
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Discrete Differential Calculus on Simplicial Complexes and Constrained Homology
Let V be a finite set. Let \({\cal K}\) K be a simplicial complex with its ...
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Biological Vibration Dam** Strategies and Mechanisms
Excessive vibration in civil and mechanical systems can lead to structural damage or harmful noise. Structural vibration can be mitigated by reducing the energy of the vibration source or by isolating the exte...
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Compression Behavior and Failure Mechanisms of Bionic Porous NiTi Structures Built via Selective Laser Melting
Inspired by the crystal microstructure of metals and the bamboo, the bionic porous NiTi structures with the porosities in the range of 75.8%–84.9% were built via selective laser melting (SLM). The compression ...
