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Open AccessLysSYL: a broad-spectrum phage endolysin targeting Staphylococcus species and eradicating S. aureus biofilms
Staphylococcus aureus and its single or mixed biofilm infections seriously threaten global public health. Phage therapy, which uses active phage particles or phage-derived endolysins, has emerged as a promising a...
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Open AccessModeling and Simulation of Dynamics in Soft Robotics: a Review of Numerical Approaches
In this review, we briefly summarize the numerical methods commonly used for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of soft robotic systems. The underlying mechanical principles as well as the geometrical treatment ta...
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Portable smartphone-assisted highly sensitive detection of mercury ions based on gold nanoparticle-modified NH2-UiO-66 metal–organic framework
A novel portable smartphone-assisted colorimetric method was reported for the determination of Hg2+ with good analytical performance. A Zr(IV)-based metal–organic framework functionalized with amino groups (NH2-U...
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Open AccessTracking a spin-polarized superconducting bound state across a quantum phase transition
The magnetic exchange coupling between magnetic impurities and a superconductor induce so-called Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states which undergo a quantum phase transition (QPT) upon increasing the exchange intera...
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Open AccessMicrowave excitation of atomic scale superconducting bound states
Magnetic impurities on superconductors lead to bound states within the superconducting gap, so called Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states. They are parity protected, which enhances their lifetime, but makes it more ...
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Open AccessElectric control of spin transitions at the atomic scale
Electric control of spins has been a longstanding goal in the field of solid state physics due to the potential for increased efficiency in information processing. This efficiency can be optimized by transferr...
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Open AccessUniversal scaling of tunable Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states across the quantum phase transition
Quantum magnetic impurities give rise to a wealth of phenomena attracting tremendous research interest in recent years. On a normal metal, magnetic impurities generate the correlation-driven Kondo effect. On a...
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Flupirtine and antihistamines exert synergistic anti-nociceptive effects in mice
Drug combinations are commonly used in pain management, which can produce potent analgesic effects with reduced dosage and adverse effects.
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CCLSL: Combination of Contrastive Learning and Supervised Learning for Handwritten Mathematical Expression Recognition
Handwritten Mathematical Expressions differ considerably from ordinary linear handwritten texts, due to their two-dimentional structures plus many special symbols and characters. Hence, HMER(Handwritten Mathem...
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6N-DoF Pose Tracking for Tensegrity Robots
Tensegrity robots, which are composed of compressive elements (rods) and flexible tensile elements (e.g., cables), have a variety of advantages, including flexibility, low weight, and resistance to mechanical ...
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Strength and Failure Characteristics of an Irregular Columnar Jointed Rock Mass Under Polyaxial Stress Conditions
The special structure of a columnar jointed rock mass (CJRM) leads to its complex mechanical properties, and accurately gras** the strength and failure behaviors of CJRMs under different stress conditions is...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Superconducting quantum interference at the atomic scale
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Open AccessSuperconducting quantum interference at the atomic scale
A single spin in a Josephson junction can reverse the flow of the supercurrent by changing the sign of the superconducting phase difference across it. At mesoscopic length scales, these π-junctions are employe...
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A Converged Deep Graph Semi-NMF Algorithm for Learning Data Representation
Deep nonnegative matrix factorization (DMF) is a particularly useful technique for learning data representation in low-dimensional space. To further obtain the complex hidden information and keep the geometric...
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Visual Transformer-Based Models: A Survey
After Transformer was first proposed by Vaswani et al. [1] in 2017, Transformer model has revolutionized and become the dominant methods in the field of natural language processing (NLP) which has achieved signif...
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Trastuzumab Emtansine as Second-line Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in China
Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is the standard second-line option for the treatment of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer for its superior clinical efficacy in ...
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Stiffened and toughened polyacrylamide/polyanionic cellulose physical hydrogels mediated by ferric ions
High-strength hydrogels have recently attracted many attentions owing to their potential applications in various fields. Yet, how to relive the contradiction between strength and ductility is still a challenge...
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Publisher Correction: An electrically conductive silver–polyacrylamide–alginate hydrogel composite for soft electronics
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An electrically conductive silver–polyacrylamide–alginate hydrogel composite for soft electronics
Hydrogels offer tissue-like compliance, stretchability, fracture toughness, ionic conductivity and compatibility with biological tissues. However, their electrical conductivity (<100 S cm−1) is inadequate for dig...
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Open AccessNovel bone repairing scaffold consisting of bone morphogenetic Protein-2 and human Beta Defensin-3
Synthetic biomaterials assist in modulating the vascular response in an injured bone by serving as delivery vehicles of pro-angiogenic molecules to the site of injury or by serving as mimetic platforms which o...
