All-polymer piezo-ionic-electric electronics by Tianpei Xu, Long Jin, Yong Ao, Jieling Zhang, Yue Sun, Shenglong Wang, Yuanxiao Qu, Longchao Huang, Tao Yang, Weili Deng, Weiqing Yang

“…However, they suffer from low electromechanical performance in all-organic piezoelectric systems due to the disordered and weakly-polarized interfaces. Here, we demonstrated an all-polymer piezo-ionic-electric electronics with PVDF/Nafion/PVDF (polyvinylidene difluoride) sandwich structure and regularized ion-electron interfaces. …”
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Laser-based 3D printing and optical characterization of optical micro-nanostructures inspired by nocturnal insects compound eyes by Bogdan Stefanita Calin, Roxana Cristina Popescu, Eugenia Tanasa, Irina Alexandra Paun

“…For example, the development of 3D micro-nanostructures that mimic nocturnal insect eyes (optimized for night vision), emerges as promising technology for detection in IR spectral region. Here, we report a proof of principle concerning the design and laser 3D printing of all ultrastructural details of nocturnal moth Grapholita Funebrana eyes, for potential use as microlens arrays for IR detection systems. …”
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Diagnostic ultrasound enhances, then reduces, exogenously induced brain activity of mice by Henry Tan, Devon J. Griggs, Devon J. Griggs, Lucas Chen, Kahte Adele Culevski, Kathryn Floerchinger, Alissa Phutirat, Gabe Koh, Nels Schimek, Pierre D. Mourad, Pierre D. Mourad

“…Transcranially delivered diagnostic ultrasound (tDUS) applied to the human brain can modulate those brains such that they became more receptive to external stimulation relative to sham ultrasound exposure. Here, we sought to directly measure the effect of tDUS on mouse brain activity subjected to an external stimulation—a blinking light. …”
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Steroid use for established bronchopulmonary dysplasia: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Roy K Philip, Joanna Seliga-Siwecka, Eduardo Villamor, Maria Pierro, Niazy Al Assaf, Sabina Strashun, Roberto Chioma, Kinga Zielińska, Krzysztof Włodarczyk

“…Moreover, a late timing for steroid treatment may show a more favourable safety profile in terms of neurodevelopment outcomes, considering the added postnatal brain maturation of these infants. Here, we report a protocol for a systematic review, which aims to determine the efficacy and long-term safety of postnatal steroids for the treatment of established BPD in preterm infants.Methods and analysis MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane databases and sources of grey literature for conference abstracts and trial registrations will be searched with no time or language restriction. …”
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Wearable microfluidic biosensors with haptic feedback for continuous monitoring of hydration biomarkers in workers by Julia C. Spinelli, Brandon J. Suleski, Donald E. Wright, Joseph L. Grow, Gabriel R. Fagans, Maura J. Buckley, Da Som Yang, Kaitao Yang, Steven M. Beil, Jessica C. Wallace, Thomas S. DiZoglio, Jeffrey B. Model, Shirley Love, David E. Macintosh, Alan P. Scarth, Matthew T. Marrapode, Corinna Serviente, Raudel Avila, Barrak K. Alahmad, Michael A. Busa, John A. Wright, Weihua Li, Douglas J. Casa, John A. Rogers, Stephen P. Lee, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Alexander J. Aranyosi

“…These metrics have been challenging to achieve with wearable sensors. Here we present a closed-loop electrochemical/biophysical wearable sensing device and algorithms that directly measure whole-body sweat loss, sweating rate, sodium concentration, and sodium loss with electrode arrays embedded in a microfluidic channel. …”
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Macrophage Dynamics During MASH in <i>Leptin</i>-Deficient Rats by Xiaoming Xin, Yaohua Ni, Jing Wang, Fenglin Wu, Meichen Liu, Lingjuan Wu, Jiaxing Dai, Chenglin Wu, Xiaolei Song, Wang Zhang, Guangrui Yang, Ruling Shen, Xianmin Zhu

“…However, little is known about their roles in rats. Here, we collected liver tissues at the postnatal week 16, when our previously characterized <i>Lep^{∆I14/∆I14}</i> rats developed MASH phenotypes. …”
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Pour une théorie de la réception du discours grammatical by Jean-Rémi Lapaire

“…This often results in what Vygotsky (1934: 148) calls “verbalism” - an “excessive abstractness and detachment” from common experience and understanding. The claim is made here that too wide a gap between grammatical concepts and everyday cognition is detrimental to the full comprehension and practical usefulness of smart grammatical talk. …”
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Development of a non-invasive heart rate measurement method for sea turtles with dense keratinous scutes through effective electrode placement by Ayaka Saito, Kino Sakai, Megumi Kawai, Lyu Lyu, Kazunari Kameda, Hiromi Kudo, Katsufumi Sato, Kentaro Q. Sakamoto

“…However, this method has only been applicable to sea turtles with sparse keratin on their shell surfaces, such as loggerhead turtles, and it is difficult to detect heartbeats in sea turtles with dense keratinous scutes, including green sea turtles. Here, we explored the electrode placements on the plastron that can be applied to ECG measurement in green turtles. …”
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Complications of Estimating Hatchery Introgression in the Face of Rapid Divergence: A Case Study in Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) by Bradley Erdman, Wesley Larson, Matthew G. Mitro, Joanna D. T. Griffin, David Rowe, Justin Haglund, Kirk Olson, Michael T. Kinnison

“…Fortunately, genetic and genomic tools have allowed researchers to investigate these questions, often through the use of clustering or assignment approaches that are predicated on identifiable and consistent divergence between native populations and hatchery sources. Here, we apply these methods to restriction‐site associated DNA (RAD) data from 643 brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) originating from 13 wild populations and an exogenous hatchery strain to investigate the extent of historical extirpations, hatchery contributions, and processes affecting population structure in a small area of the previously unglaciated Driftless Area of Wisconsin, USA. …”
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Optically levitated nanoparticles as receiving antennas for low frequency wireless communication by Zhenhai Fu, Jinsheng Xu, Shaochong Zhu, Chaoxiong He, Xunming Zhu, Xiaowen Gao, Han Cai, Peitong He, Zhiming Chen, Yizhou Zhang, Nan Li, Xingfan Chen, Ying Dong, Shiyao Zhu, Cheng Liu, Huizhu Hu

“…However, in conventional LF communication systems, their antenna size is required to be inversely proportional to the frequency, so that their mobility and flexibility are greatly limited. Here we introduce a novel prototype of LF receiving antennas based on optically levitated nanoparticles, which overcomes the size-frequency limitation to reduce the antenna size to the hundred-nanometer scale. …”
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Large Scale Experiments Representing a Containment Natural Circulation Loop during an Accident Scenario by R. Kapulla, G. Mignot, S. Paranjape, M. Andreani, D. Paladino

“…For the experiments considered here one lower PANDA-vessel represents the steam generator (SG) tower and the inaccessible area whereas the other vessel represents the outer room area. …”
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Switchable Adhesion of Hydrogels to Plant and Animal Tissues by Leah K. Borden, Morine G. Nader, Faraz A. Burni, Samantha M. Grasso, Irene Orueta‐Ortega, Mahima Srivastava, Paula Montero‐Atienza, Metecan Erdi, Sarah L. Wright, Rajabrata Sarkar, Anthony D. Sandler, Srinivasa R. Raghavan

“…One way to accomplish this is with an electric field, a phenomenon termed electroadhesion (EA). Here, it is shown that cationic gels can be adhered by EA to tissues across all of biology. …”
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Effects of soil management strategies based on different principles on soil microbial communities and the outcomes for plant health by Xing Zhou, Qian Zhang, Yuanyuan Yan, Jisong Qu, Jun Zhou, Jun Zhao, Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Chuanchao Dai, Xinqi Huang

“…However, how the microbial communities that are altered by these strategies respond to pathogen invasion and contribute to plant health remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the effects of representative chemical, physical, and biological strategies, namely, chemical fumigation (CF), heat disinfestation (HE), and reductive soil disinfestation (RSD), on soil microbial communities, pathogen invasion, and plant performance. …”
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Endothelial AGGF1 promotes retinal angiogenesis by coordinating TNFSF12/FN14 signalling by Ying Cheng, Man Zhang, Chenguang Li, Long Su, Lingli Fu, Shi Wu, Chaofei Xu, Bei Sun, Liming Chen

“…Abstract Abnormal angiogenesis is a key process associated with ischaemic retinopathies such as diabetic retinopathy, for which the underlying pathological mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we confirm that angiogenic factor 1 with a G patch and FHA domain (AGGF1) is elevated in the diabetics and induces retinal angiogenesis. …”
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Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review by Claire Goodman, Tom Dening, Neil H Chadborn, Maria Zubair, Lídia Sousa, John R F Gladman, Adam, L Gordon

“…Studies reported improved outcomes from CGA affecting resident satisfaction, prescribing, healthcare resource use and objective measures of quality of care.Conclusion The programme theory described here provides a framework for understanding how CGA could be effective in care homes. …”
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Fusion Model Using Resting Neurophysiological Data to Help Mass Screening of Methamphetamine Use Disorder by Chun-Chuan Chen, Meng-Chang Tsai, Eric Hsiao-Kuang Wu, Shao-Rong Sheng, Jia-Jeng Lee, Yung-En Lu, Shih-Ching Yeh

“…However, whether these abnormalities present without induction of drug-cue reactivity to enable separation between patients and healthy subjects remains unclear. Here, we propose a clinically comparable intelligent system using the fusion of 5&#x2013;channel EEG, HRV, and GSR data during resting state to aid in detecting MUD. …”
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Current Updates on Molecular Diagnostic Assays Used for Detection of <i>Candida auris</i>: A Systematic Review by River Chun-Wai Wong, Alfred Lok-Hang Lee, Ingrid Yu-Ying Cheung, Viola Chi-Ying Chow, Margaret Ip, Christopher Koon-Chi Lai

“…For real-time PCR, commercial molecular assays and LDTs showed sensitivity (ranging from 94.9% to 100% and 44% to 100%, respectively) and specificity (ranging from 98.2% to 100% and 92% to 100%, respectively). <b>Conclusions</b>: Here, we describe a useful summary to enlighten readers from clinical microbiology laboratories on the nucleic acid extraction protocols and performance of various molecular diagnostic assays used for the detection of <i>C. auris</i>.…”
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Optimizing AI models to predict esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk by incorporating small datasets of soft palate images by Kotaro Waki, Katsuya Nagaoka, Keishi Okubo, Masato Kiyama, Ryosuke Gushima, Kento Ohno, Munenori Honda, Akira Yamasaki, Kenshi Matsuno, Yoki Furuta, Hideaki Miyamoto, Hideaki Naoe, Motoki Amagasaki, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…However, there is currently no artificial intelligence (AI) system that utilizes oral images for ESCC risk assessment. Here, we evaluated three AI models and three fine-tuning approaches with regard to their ESCC predictive power. …”
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Time-series single-cell transcriptomic profiling of luteal-phase endometrium uncovers dynamic characteristics and its dysregulation in recurrent implantation failures by Dandan Cao, Yijun Liu, Yanfei Cheng, Jue Wang, Bolun Zhang, Yanhui Zhai, Kongfu Zhu, Ye Liu, Ye Shang, Xiao Xiao, Yi Chang, Yin Lau Lee, William Shu Biu Yeung, Yuanhua Huang, Yuanqing Yao

“…Abstract Understanding human endometrial dynamics in the establishment of endometrial receptivity remains a challenge, which limits early diagnosis and treatment of endometrial-factor infertility. Here, we decode the endometrial dynamics of fertile women across the window of implantation and characterize the endometrial deficiency in women with recurrent implantation failure. …”
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Hypoxia drives the formation of lung micropapillary adenocarcinoma-like structure through hypoxia-inducible factor-1α by Daisuke Umeda, Akikazu Harada, Daisuke Motooka, Shinichiro Tahara, Masako Kurashige, Kansuke Kido, Tsuyoshi Takashima, Hiroki Kiyokawa, Koto Ukon, Takahiro Matsui, Shinji Matsumoto, Yasushi Shintani, Daisuke Okuzaki, Akira Kikuchi, Satoshi Nojima, Eiichi Morii

“…However, the mechanism underlying its formation is poorly understood. Here we show that hypoxia is involved in MPC formation. …”
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