A Flexible Smart Healthcare Platform Conjugated with Artificial Epidermis Assembled by Three-Dimensionally Conductive MOF Network for Gas and Pressure Sensing by Qingqing Zhou, Qihang Ding, Zixun Geng, Chencheng Hu, Long Yang, Zitong Kan, Biao Dong, Miae Won, Hongwei Song, Lin Xu, Jong Seung Kim

“…Meticulously building bionic-sensitive moieties is vital for designing efficient electronic skin with advanced cognitive functionalities to pluralistically capture external stimuli. …”
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Quantifying the human wellbeing of the national wetland park: gross ecosystem product accounting of Shandong Mata Lake National Wetland Park by Jian Liu, Meng Xu, Ailing Wang, Tianxu Sun, Chuntao Zhang, Xue Chen, Peng Zhang

“…Taking the Shandong Mata Lake National Wetland Park (SMTNWP) in China as the example, and considering the characteristics of wetland parks, this research constructed the GEP accounting index system comprising 11 secondary subjects from the perspectives of regulation and socio-cultural functions. …”
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Innovative Design Method for Lingnan Region Veranda Architectural Heritage (Qi-Lou) Facades Based on Computer Vision by Qiang Tang, Liang Zheng, Yile Chen, Junming Chen, Shuai Yang

“…By collecting and processing 131 Qi-lou building facade samples, this study constructs a database covering various architectural styles, such as Gothic, Baroque, and Nanyang styles, and introduces a building exterior profile (BEP), a functional segmentation layout (FSL), and a three-stage hierarchical modeling approach for building elevation (BE) to achieve stylized facade generation. …”
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Analysis of microbial communities in allogeneic matured muskrat musk and natural musk by Chengli Zheng, Youhao Wu, Guijun Zhao, Dejun Zeng, Xiaolan Feng, Chenglu Zhang, Hang Jie, Jibin Zhu

“…According to PICRUSt2 analysis, energy metabolism and amino acid metabolism were the most prominently represented functional categories in D2. Additionally, functional changes were observed in S2 compared to D1. …”
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Validation of the Global Scale for Early Development (GSED) for children 0 to 36 months of age in the Pacific: protocol by S. Howells, B. Lam, D. Kakiakia, B. Temakei Tebano, R. Tekeraoi, R. Katokita, S.A. Brinkman

“…Validity testing will involve established steps: face validity, cultural and context neutrality, test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, construct validity and discriminant validity. We will evaluate measurement invariance including differential item functioning and differential test functioning to ensure that the GSED SF is fair and unbiased. …”
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Treatment Response to Oncolytic Virus in Patient-Derived Breast Cancer and Hypopharyngeal Cancer Organoids: Evaluation via a Microfluidics Organ-on-a-Chip System by Yu Sun, Jiaqi Liu, Li Zhu, Fang Huang, Yanbo Dong, Shuang Liu, Siyi Chen, Wei Ji, Jingjing Lu, Liangfa Liu, Shanhu Li

“…In this study, we constructed a novel recombinant oncolytic adenovirus, AD4-GHPE, and evaluated OOC systems and PDOs through various functional validations in hypopharyngeal and breast cancer organoids. …”
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All-dielectric coding metasurface designs for spin-selective beam shaping and multichannel optical vortex beam manipulation by Naeem Ullah, Ata Ur Rahman Khalid, Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Ismail Khan, Vijay Laxmi, Yibin Tian, Xiaoqing Tian

“…In addition, the convolution operations further augment the functionality of all-dielectric coding metasurfaces, enabling more complex and multichannel manipulations. …”
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Ultra high density imaging arrays in diffuse optical tomography for human brain mapping improve image quality and decoding performance by Zachary E. Markow, Jason W. Trobaugh, Edward J. Richter, Kalyan Tripathy, Sean M. Rafferty, Alexandra M. Svoboda, Mariel L. Schroeder, Tracy M. Burns-Yocum, Karla M. Bergonzi, Mark A. Chevillet, Emily M. Mugler, Adam T. Eggebrecht, Joseph P. Culver

“…Abstract Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has dramatically advanced non-invasive human brain mapping and decoding. …”
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Tailoring active chemical environment of naphthoquinone‐based cathodes with rapid kinetics for aqueous batteries by Jun Guo, Shuang Song, Zhenyu Hu, Li Lin, Lianshan Sun, Qingshuang Wang, Jianxun Zhao, Peng Chen, Xinwei Wang, Heng Liu, Wanqiang Liu, Wei Liu, Chunpeng Yang, Fang Wang

“…Density functional theory calculations have visualized the formation of “ion traps,” while in situ Raman spectra have tracked the reversible evolution of the active sites. …”
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Design of a wasp-inspired biopsy needle capable of self-propulsion and friction-based tissue transport by Jette Bloemberg, Suzanne van Wees, Suzanne van Wees, Vera G. Kortman, Aimée Sakes

“…This study aimed to combine these wasp-inspired functionalities into a single biopsy needle by changing the interconnection of the needle segments. …”
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Synthesis of Pore‐Wall‐Modified Stable COF/TiO2 Heterostructures via Site‐Specific Nucleation for an Enhanced Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide by Akkammagari Putta Rangappa, Dharani Praveen Kumar, Khai H. Do, Jinming Wang, Yuexing Zhang, Tae Kyu Kim

“…This will result in remarkably improved surface reactions, owing to the superior catalytic activity of TiO2 nanodots functionalized to COFs through strong NTiO bonds. Furthermore, density functional theory studies reveal that pore‐wall modification is beneficial for inducing strong interactions between the COF and TiO2 and results in a large energy transfer via the NTiO bonds. …”
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Conditional immortalization of olfactory ensheathing cells for intelligently regulating their proliferation state by Chengyi Zhang, Wanzhu Hao, Yubing Yang, Jiaxi Li, Qiongchi Zhang, Su’e Chang, Kun Yang, Xijing He

“…We comprehensively investigated its functional characteristics with or without tetracycline conditions by using immunofluorescence, qPCR, CCK-8, Scratch assay, and Transwell migration experiment. …”
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The Transcriptional Regulator DhyR Positively Modulates Daptomycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces roseosporus by Fuqiang He, Xinpeng Liu, Haiyi Wang, Xu Li, Yun Wu, Dan Zhang, Shufang Liang

“…A deletion mutant of dhyR was constructed using the CRISPR‐Cas9 tool to elucidate the biological role of DhyR thanks to functional and transcriptomic analyses. …”
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Coevolution of Lentiviral Vif with Host A3F and A3G: Insights from Computational Modelling and Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction by David Nicolas Giuseppe Huebert, Atefeh Ghorbani, Shaw Yick Brian Lam, Mani Larijani

“…This study investigates the structural and evolutionary dynamics of the double-domain restriction factors A3F and A3G and their viral inhibitor, Vif, across diverse primate species. By constructing 3D structural homology models and integrating ancestral sequence reconstruction (ASR), we identified patterns of sequence diversity, structural conservation, and functional adaptation. …”
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Preliminary Study of Differential circRNA Expression and Investigation of circRNA–miRNA–mRNA Competitive Endogenous Network in Rumen Acidosis of Holstein Cattle by Saeid Neysi, Jamal Fayazi, Hedayatollah Roshanfekr, Ikhide G. Imumorin

“…We constructed a competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network comprising 57 circRNAs, 14 miRNAs, and 22 mRNAs. …”
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Epigenomic and 3D genomic mapping reveals developmental dynamics and subgenomic asymmetry of transcriptional regulatory architecture in allotetraploid cotton by Xianhui Huang, Yuejin Wang, Sainan Zhang, Liuling Pei, Jiaqi You, Yuexuan Long, Jianying Li, Xianlong Zhang, Longfu Zhu, Maojun Wang

“…A comparison among subgenomes in the 12 tissues reveals widespread differences in the reorganization of 3D genome structures, with the Dt subgenome exhibiting a higher extent of dynamic chromatin status than the At subgenome. Moreover, we construct a comprehensive atlas of putative functional genome elements and discover that 37 cis-regulatory elements (CREs) have selection signals acquired during domestication and improvement. …”
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Assessment of changes occurring in biochar/zeolite substrates used in the vegetation-activated sludge process in the treatment of leachate from landfills by Aleksandra Wdowczyk, Agata Szymańska-Pulikowska, Jacek Chęcmanowski, Krzysztof Kierzek, Paweł Wiercik

“…FTIR spectra confirmed alterations in the functional groups and surface characteristics of zeolite and biochar, evidenced by shifts in the bands of functional groups due to absorption. …”
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The Development and Characterisation of A Porcine Large Intestinal Biological Scaffold by Perfusion Decellularisation by Murali Somasundaram, Karin V. Greco, Gauraang Bhatnagar, Simon Gabe, Paul Sibbons, Peter Friend, Tahera Ansari

“…The rising incidence of colorectal cancer and ulcerative colitis underscores an urgent need for regenerative solutions to address functional deficits after colectomy. However, the creation of clinically applicable large intestine scaffolds remains underdeveloped. …”
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Reprogrammable, Recyclable Origami Robots Controlled by Magnetic Fields by Gooyoon Chung, Jeong Woo Chae, Dong-Soo Han, Sang Min Won, Yoonseok Park

“…Furthermore, the paper‐based approach enables the incorporation of electronic functionality into magnetic actuators. By introducing conductive nanoparticles into magnetic paper, an electrically conductive substance is created. …”
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Light-powered phagocytic macrophage microrobot (phagobot): both in vitro and in vivo by Xing Li, Shuhan Zhong, Ting Pan, Jianyun Xiong, Guoshuai Zhu, Yang Shi, Hongbao Xin

“…However, their powerful innate immune functions, particularly the phagocytosis capabilities, remain a big challenge to fully leverage with the current designs of immune cell-based microrobots. …”
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