This paper presents a novel bio-inspired predictive model of visual navigation inspired by mammalian navigation. This model takes inspiration from specific types of neurons observed in the brain, namely place cells, grid cells and head direction cell...
The article describes a mathematical model of methanol steam reforming taking place at the anode of a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). An artificial neural network with an appropriate structure was subjected to a learning process on the data obtain...
There is currently growing interest in the creation of artificial microbial consortia, especially in the field of developing and applying various bioremediation processes. Heavy metals, dyes, synthetic polymers (microplastics), pesticides, polycyclic...
Throughout much of the history of biology, the cell membrane was functionally defined as a semi-permeable barrier separating aqueous compartments, and an anchoring site for proteins. Little attention was devoted to its possible regulatory role in int...
Introduction: The in vitro culture of primordial follicles is the only available option for preserving fertility in prepubertal girls with malignant tumors. The cultivation of primordial follicles in scaffolds as artificial ovaries is a promising app...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the direct effect of elements released from dental casting alloys on human gingival fibroblasts (HGF). Methods: Ten discs each of commercially pure titanium (Ti), silver-palladium (Ag-Pd), and nicke...
Bone injuries that arise from trauma, cancer treatment, or infection are a major and growing global challenge. An increasingly ageing population plays a key role in this, since a growing number of fractures are due to diseases such as osteoporosis, w...
Numerical simulation of propagation mechanisms of gaseous detonations in the inhomogeneous medium is studied by using the reactive Euler equations coupled with a two-step chemical reaction model. The inhomogeneity is generated by placing artificial t...
If mass cultivation of photoautotrophic microalgae is to gain momentum and find its place in the new “green future”, exceptional optimizations to reduce production costs must be implemented. Issues related to illumination should therefore...
Organs-on-chips (OoCs) are microfluidic devices that contain bioengineered tissues or parts of natural tissues or organs and can mimic the crucial structures and functions of living organisms. They are designed to control and maintain the cell- and t...
Lithium-ion cells are widely used in various applications. For optimal performance and safety, it is crucial to have accurate knowledge of the temperature of each cell. However, determining the temperature for individual cells is challenging as the c...
On the basis of the two-component pressure approach, we developed a numerical model to capture mixed transient flows in close conduit systems. To achieve this goal, an innovative Godunov finite-volume numerical scheme is proposed to suppress the spur...
The potential role of bottom-up Synthetic Cells (SCs) in the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) is discussed. In particular, this perspective paper focuses on the growing interest in networks of biological and/or artificial objects at the micro- and...
More than ten years ago, artificial restriction DNA cutters were developed by combining two pseudo-complementary peptide nucleic acid (pcPNA) strands with either Ce(IV)/EDTA or S1 nuclease. They have remarkably high site-specificity and can cut only...
The design of a metasurface with low radar cross section (RCS) property is presented in this paper. The low scattering of the metasurface is achieved by applying the artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) unit cells in three different configurations. Tw...
In this review, recent progress in the engineering of the oxidative half-reaction of flavin-dependent oxidases and dehydrogenases is discussed, considering their current and future applications in bioelectrochemical studies, such as for the developme...
The greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) is a globally important aquaculture fish species belonging to the family Carangidae. However, current research on the ovarian development and regulation of the greater amberjack is limited, particularly with r...
Although numerous reports using methods such as molecular dynamics, cellular automata, and artificial chemistry have clarified the process connecting non-life and life on protocell simulations, none of the models could simultaneously explain the emer...
The leading cause of ventricular shunt failure in pediatric patients is proximal catheter occlusion. Here, we evaluate various types of shunt catheters to assess in vitro cellular adhesion and obstruction. The following four types of catheters were t...
The development of auditory sensors and systems is essential in smart materials of robotics and is placed at the strategic category of mutual communication between humans and robots. We designed prototypes of the rubber-made equilibrium and auditory...
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The ability of bacteria isolated from a fixed-film bioreactor to precipitate phosphate crystals for the treatment of domestic wastewater in both artificial and natural media was studied. When this was demonstrated in artificial solid media for crysta...
This paper will examine a methodology to enable the usage of Human Digital Twins (HDTs) for Quality Assurance in the aerospace manufacturing domain. Common-place hardware and infrastructure, including cloud-based facility security cameras, cloud-base...
Cyanobacteria are promising platforms for bioenergy, carbon sequestration, and bioproduct synthesis, but their photosynthetic efficiency is limited by suboptimal light utilization, electron transport constraints, and environmental stress. Titanium di...
The process of obtaining Agave L. fibers dates back to pre-Hispanic times, and although humans have obtained different products from this crop, to date, the impact of humans (artificial selection, domestication and intensive cultivation) on these spe...
The present article focuses on the characterization of the new biocomposites of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) with fillers of plant origin such as onion peels (OP) and durum wheat bran WB (Triricum durum) subjected to composting and artificial aging...
From 2015 to 2021, we optimized mass cultivation of diatoms in our own developed vertical column airlift photobioreactors using natural and artificial light (LEDs). The project took place at the ferrosilicon producer Finnfjord AS in North Norway as a...
So far, much effort has been made to understand evolution and life phenomena. However, the more we know, the more new puzzles appear. This article introduces some new approaches to understanding what drives evolution. Organism evolution has been exam...
In this study, we demonstrate the viability of applying artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to conduct inspections at the OLED cell level using simulated data. The implementation of AI technologies necessitates training data, which we addressed b...
Flight-by-feel (FBF) is an approach to flight control that uses dispersed sensors on the wings of aircraft to detect flight state. While biological FBF systems, such as the wings of insects, often contain hundreds of strain and flow sensors, artifici...
An evaluation was conducted of the colonization of Pseudomonas protegens MP12, a plant-growth promoting and antagonistic strain, inoculated in vine plants during a standard process of grapevine nursery propagation. Three in vivo inoculation protocols...
Different strategies have been employed to provide adequate nutrients for engineered living tissues. These have mainly revolved around providing oxygen to alleviate the effects of chronic hypoxia or anoxia that result in necrosis or weak neovasculari...
Background: Dry eye disease is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface and/or tear film. It is one of the leading causes of ocular morbidity worldwide. Current therapy primarily consists of topical application of artificial tears and anti-infl...
The purpose of this study resides in the design and deposition of several types of bioactive interfaces with complex composition, targeting a superior osseointegration of bone implants. The experimental approach is framed by two oxide systems, SiO2‒C...
In this work, a microstrip antenna array that consists of 16 elements is designed at a frequency of 28 GHz, with a dimension of 35 mm × 33.5 mm and an operational bandwidth of 27.7–28.3 GHz. The idea is putting two antenna arrays next to each other o...
Biomaterials play a central role in tissue engineering and regeneration by providing scaffolds that support cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation while modulating the surrounding microenvironment. They represent promising alternatives to t...
Paracoccus denitrificans is a strictly respiring bacterium with a core respiratory chain similar to that of mammalian mitochondria. As such, it continuously produces and has to cope with superoxide and other reactive oxygen species. In this work, the...
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most injured ligaments, with approximately 100,000 ACL reconstructions taking place annually in the United States. In order to successfully manage ACL rupture, it is of the utmost importance to under...
Supramolecular assemblies are vital for biological systems. This phenomenon in artificial materials is directly related to their numerous properties and their performance. Here, a simple approach to supramolecular assemblies is employed to fabricate...
Renewable energy sources will represent the only alternative to limit fossil fuel usage and pollution. For this reason, photovoltaic (PV) power plants represent one of the main systems adopted to produce clean energy. Monitoring the state of health o...
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are shifting from passive tissue replacement toward instructive platforms that regulate cellular behavior, immune responses, vascularization, and extracellular matrix remodeling. This review examines recen...
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the toughest obstacles in neuroscience and regenerative medicine due to both severe functional loss and limited healing ability. This article aims to provide a key integrative, mechanism-focused review of the m...
Metallodrugs have a potent application in various medical fields. In the current study, we used a novel Palladium(II) thiazolinyl picolinamide complex that was directly fabricated over the titanium implant to examine its potency in inhibiting dual-sp...
Bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) are antibodies with two binding sites directed at different antigens, enabling therapeutic strategies not achievable with conventional monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Since bispecific antibodies are regarded as promising t...
Undisturbed frozen samples can be efficiently obtained using the artificial ground freezing method. Thereafter, the restoration of in situ conditions, such as stress and density after thawing, is critical for laboratory testing. This study aims to ex...
Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is one of the most devastating apple diseases. The selection of cultivars of low susceptibility and the study of the genetic mechanisms of the disease play important roles in fire blight management. The susce...
Since ancient times humans observed animal and plants features and tried to adapt them according to their own needs. Biomimetics represents the foundation of many inventions from various fields: From transportation devices (helicopter, airplane, subm...
Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks (CNN-LSTM) are a variant of recurrent neural networks (RNN) that can extract spatial features in addition to classifying or making predictions from sequential data. In this paper, we analyzed the u...
The sliding wear of Ti-6Al-4V alloys coexisting with dental amalgam in a simulated temperature-controlled cell was evaluated. Disc-shaped samples of Ti-6Al-4V (n = 30) and spherical silver amalgam (n = 30) were prepared. Discs were subjected to wear...
Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that specifically infect and lyse bacterial cells. Since their discovery 110 years ago, they have held a unique place in microbiology, medicine, and agriculture as both scientific tools and potential therapeutic...
The majority of proteins are subjected to post-translational modifications (PTMs), regardless of whether they occur in or after biosynthesis of the protein. Capable of altering the physical and chemical properties and functions of proteins, PTMs are...
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