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Open AccessTargeting pro-inflammatory T cells as a novel therapeutic approach to potentially resolve atherosclerosis in humans
Atherosclerosis (AS), a leading cause of cardio-cerebrovascular disease worldwide, is driven by the accumulation of lipid contents and chronic inflammation. Traditional strategies primarily focus on lipid redu...
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Does supervisor mistreatment lead to subordinates’ incivility at work? Evidence from a cross-cultural daily diary
Employees all around the world are affected by the problem of workplace mistreatment. However, little is known about how people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds react to mistreatment. Adopti...
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Solution-processed memristors: performance and reliability
Memristive devices are gaining importance in the semiconductor industry for applications in information storage, artificial intelligence cryptography and telecommunication. Memristive devices fabricated by sol...
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Open AccessA laser-engraved wearable gait recognition sensor system for exoskeleton robots
As a reinforcement technology that improves load-bearing ability and prevents injuries, assisted exoskeleton robots have extensive applications in freight transport and health care. The perception of gait info...
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An Electromyographic Signal Acquisition System for Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia, characterized by age-related loss of strength and muscle mass, profoundly affects the elderly’s well-being. Currently, diagnosing sarcopenia requires the utilization of extensive and cumbersome tes...
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Optimal Sizing and Operation of Hybrid Renewable Energy System: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Residential Building Considering Seasonal Storage
Sizing and operational optimization are essential for a reliable and cost-effective hybrid renewable energy system (HRES). This study develops an optimization framework to improve the techno-economic performan...
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Stretchable graphene–hydrogel interfaces for wearable and implantable bioelectronics
Soft, stretchable and biocompatible conductors are required for on-skin and implantable electronics. Laser-induced graphene (LIG) can offer tuneable physical and chemical properties, and is of particular value...
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Effect of Soil-Cutterhead Interface Temperature on the Consolidation and Hardening of Mud Cake Under Multi-factor Conditions
When shield structures pass through cohesive ground, the cutterhead is often blocked by muck, which reduces the tunnelling speed. In addition, due to the continuous thrust of the cutterhead on the soil, the te...
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Open AccessTwisted moiré photonic crystal enabled optical vortex generation through bound states in the continuum
The twisted stacking of two layered crystals has led to the emerging moiré physics as well as intriguing chiral phenomena such as chiral phonon and photon generation. In this work, we identified and theoretica...
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A stability observer for human-robot and environment-robot interaction with variable admittance control
When the robot interacts with the environment or people, if the stiffness of the environment or people suddenly increases, the robot is prone to instability. Traditional solutions, such as the stability observ...
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Open AccessNon-invasive arterial blood pressure measurement and SpO2 estimation using PPG signal: a deep learning framework
Monitoring blood pressure and peripheral capillary oxygen saturation plays a crucial role in healthcare management for patients with chronic diseases, especially hypertension and vascular disease. However, cur...
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Open AccessSingle-nucleus chromatin landscapes during zebrafish early embryogenesis
Vertebrate embryogenesis is a remarkable process, during which numerous cell types of different lineages arise within a short time frame. An overwhelming challenge to understand this process is the lack of dyn...
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Open AccessDietary supplemental coated essential oils and organic acids mixture improves growth performance and gut health along with reduces Salmonella load of broiler chickens infected with Salmonella Enteritidis
Reducing Salmonella infection in broiler chickens by using effective and safe alternatives to antibiotics is vital to provide safer poultry meat and minimize the emergence of drug-resistant Salmonella and the spr...
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Open AccessHybrid 2D–CMOS microchips for memristive applications
Exploiting the excellent electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials to fabricate advanced electronic circuits is a major goal for the semiconductor industry1,2. However, most studies in this field ha...
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Open AccessIdentification of RAC1 in promoting brain metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma using single-cell transcriptome sequencing
This study aims to give a new perspective to the biomarkers in the lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) brain metastasis, pathways involved and potential therapeutics. We performed a comprehensive single-cell level tran...
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The compact Casπ (Cas12l) ‘bracelet’ provides a unique structural platform for DNA manipulation
CRISPR-Cas modules serve as the adaptive nucleic acid immune systems for prokaryotes, and provide versatile tools for nucleic acid manipulation in various organisms. Here, we discovered a new miniature type V ...
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Open AccessPretreatment with probiotics Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 11181 attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium-induced gut injury through modulating intestinal microbiome and immune responses with barrier function in broiler chickens
Preventing Salmonella infection and colonization in young birds is key to improving poultry gut health and reducing Salmonella contamination of poultry products and decreasing salmonellosis for human consumption ...
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Open AccessMultifunctional Flexible Humidity Sensor Systems Towards Noncontact Wearable Electronics
This report summarizes recent advances of flexible humidity sensors and their integrated systems.
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Differences in intestinal microbiome are associated with the mortality of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units
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Reversible strain-induced magnetic phase transition in a van der Waals magnet
Mechanical deformation of a crystal can have a profound effect on its physical properties. Notably, even small modifications of bond geometry can completely change the size and sign of magnetic exchange intera...
