Lithium-ion batteries suffer from severe capacity fading and start-up failure at low temperatures owing to restricted Li+ transport and deteriorated interfacial kinetics. To enable rapid and safe activation under such conditions, this study designs a...
Cable-driven hip exosuits are designed to deliver assistive torques during locomotion. However, most studies focus on assistance in a single plane, even though hip mechanics are inherently multiplanar. This study investigates whether modulation of pr...
Twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) artificial muscles can exhibit unidirectional actuation similar to skeletal muscles. This paper presents a TCP driven artificial musculoskeletal actuation module that can be used in soft robots. This module can contra...
As renewable energy production grows, the photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing process has received worldwide attention. In 2019, the total sales of PV modules were 1.7 billion U.S. dollars, and 78.7% of PV modules were made in South Korea. However...
Due to the extremely high pressures in the deep sea, heavy ballast tanks and pressure compensating hydraulic tanks are typically required to support the operation of classic buoyancy controls. Buoyancy control systems driven by phase-change materials...
This review paper presents a comprehensive analysis of electroluminescence (EL) imaging techniques for photovoltaic (PV) module diagnostics, focusing on advancements from conventional indoor imaging to outdoor and daylight EL imaging. It examines key...
This paper presents the design and preliminary mechanical validation of a bistable switching module driven by shape memory alloy (SMA) springs for CubeSat reflector-panel applications. A pre-compressed curved compliant beam provides passive state ret...
Microalgal lipid production requires cultivation strategies that reduce freshwater demand while maintaining biomass productivity and improving the quality of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles for downstream applications. In this context, salini...
This paper introduces a novel diameter-varying spherical robot that locomotes by local shell deformation and rolling. The robot is based on a dodecahedron-inspired shell structure equipped with 12 movable outer modules driven by a central screw-drive...
This study investigated the effects of different types and ratios of plasticizers on the fabrication and properties of hot-melt-extruded filaments and fused deposition modeling (FDM) three-dimensional printed tablets containing theophylline (THEO). P...
Optical encryption based on single-pixel imaging (SPI) has made great advances with the introduction of deep learning. However, the use of deep neural networks usually requires a long training time, and the networks need to be retrained once the targ...
This work investigates the design of liquid-cooled heat sinks for IGBT modules via optimizing the Triple Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) structure. The performance of heat sinks with different porosity TPMS structures was compared through the finite...
Pedestrian inertial navigation technology plays an important role in indoor positioning technology. However, low-cost inertial sensors in smart devices are affected by bias and noise, resulting in rapidly increasing and accumulating errors when integ...
Currently, there is growing interest in the modeling of high concentrator photovoltaic modules, due to the importance of achieving an accurate model, to improve the knowledge and understanding of this technology and to promote its expansion. In recen...
In complex and extreme environments, such as pipelines and polluted waters, gait programming has great significance for multibody segment locomotion robots. The earthworm-like locomotion robot is a representative multibody bionic robot, which has the...
Spatially modulated full-polarization imaging enables the acquisition of full Stokes parameters in a single snapshot. However, at low carrier frequencies or in complex noise environments, conventional frequency-domain demodulation is susceptible to s...
In response to the growing complexity of modern process manufacturing systems, this paper proposes a novel simulation framework named the Process–Equipment–In-Process State (PEI) simulation method, which introduces a unified and structure...
Cervical cancer progression, particularly in the context of HPV infection, is driven by complex transcriptional alterations within the tumor microenvironment. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying HPV-induced immune evasion is crucial for...
A disconnect remains between high-fidelity physical-characteristic simulation and upper-level validation in RF system design. High-fidelity simulations can accurately characterize key physical effects, such as frequency response, noise, and nonlinear...
Inspired by the structure of human arms, a modular cable-driven human-like robotic arm (CHRA) is developed for safe human–robot interaction. Due to the unilateral driving properties of the cables, the CHRA is redundantly actuated and its stiffn...
This review focuses on the potential utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to deepen our understanding of probiotics, their mode of action, and technological characteristics such as survival. To that end, this review provides an overview...
Direct ink writing (DIW) deposits viscous, shear-responsive inks at low temperature, enabling hydrogels and cell-laden bioinks for biomedical fabrication. Access to DIW remains limited by the cost of dedicated systems and the complexity of custom mot...
Low-gravity and microgravity simulation devices for training astronauts to manipulate objects under terrestrial conditions are critical for improving operational performance and efficiency in extraterrestrial environments while minimizing risk. To th...
Allosteric modulation has emerged as a powerful strategy for achieving superior selectivity and safety in drug discovery and protein function regulation. Unlike highly conserved orthosteric sites, allosteric pockets are structurally diverse and less...
Membrane-targeted photoswitches are emerging as innovative tools to modulate cardiac excitability with high spatiotemporal precision. Ziapin2, a membrane-integrating azobenzene derivative, undergoes light-driven trans–cis isomerization that alt...
Cable-driven mechanisms are increasingly popular in applications requiring low-inertia operation. However, issues like cable loosening, which leads to reduced durability and stability with long-term use, have not been fully addressed in previous stud...
The simulation of the steady state and the non-linear stability of a load modulated power amplifier (LMPA) driven by a random modulated generator, fully performed in the frequency domain by harmonic balance (HB) techniques, is presented. The non-line...
Membrane distillation (MD) processes need a relatively mild temperature gradient as the driving force for desalination. In the field, it is reasonable to utilize solar energy as the heat source for the feed, and seawater as the infinite cold source f...
It has been reported that attending to stimuli in visual modality can spread to task-irrelevant but synchronously presented stimuli in auditory modality, a phenomenon termed the cross-modal spread of attention, which could be either stimulus-driven o...
Intervertebral disc (IVD) viscoelasticity is governed primarily by fluid transport driven by coupled osmotic and mechanical pressure gradients. Disc degeneration disrupts this balance through glycosaminoglycan loss and reduced cartilage endplate perm...
An exosuit is a wearable robot that assists the muscular strength of a human that wears it by using multiple wires with similar functions to human muscles. This study focuses on the development of a series elastic tendon actuator (SETA) for the actua...
Advancements in neuroimaging, particularly diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques and molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET), have significantly enhanced the early detection of biomarkers in neurodegenerative and neu...
The Hippo–Yorkie (Yki) signaling pathway is a conserved regulator of tissue growth, and its dysregulation leads to excessive growth and tumorigenesis. Although several microRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in Hippo pathway regulation, how the...
In recent years, passive cell manipulation in microfluidic devices has emerged as a crucial tool for biomedical and biotechnological applications, allowing control over cell positioning and behavior without the need for chemical labels or complex ext...
In this work, we put forward a prescription of achieving spin selective electron transfer by means of light irradiation through a tight-binding (TB) magnetic chain whose site energies are modulated in the form of well known Aubry–Andre–Harper (AAH) m...
Controlled germination has emerged as an effective and sustainable bioprocess to enhance the nutritional and functional quality of cereal grains, including sorghum, a climate-resilient crop widely cultivated in tropical and semi-arid regions. Germina...
Single-task construction robots (STCRs) have become a popular research topic for decades. However, there is still a gap in the ubiquitous application of STCRs for onsite construction due to various reasons, such as cost concerns. Therefore, cost–bene...
MYC is a proto-oncogene regulating a large number of genes involved in a plethora of cellular functions. Its deregulation results in activation of MYC gene expression and/or an increase in MYC protein stability. MYC overexpression is a hallmark of ma...
The present paper defines and assesses a new simplified method to represent the photovoltaic (PV) modules’ electrical behavior, based on the commonly used one diode and three parameters (1D + 3P) model, addressing two main objectives. The first one i...
This paper reports the results of field measurements of wave breaking modulations by dominant surface waves, taken from the Black Sea research platform at wind speeds ranging from 10 to 20 m/s. Wave breaking events were detected by video recordings o...
The electronic wedge brake system (EWB) used in the automotive industry is a new structure designed for brake-by-wire systems. This paper proposes a novel EWB system which is mainly composed of a screw-driven wedged inner brake pad, a fixed outer bra...
Oxygen vacancies are a key factor determining the efficiency of the CO2 hydrogenation reaction and play a crucial role in CO2 adsorption and activation. However, effectively regulating the concentration of oxygen vacancies to enhance the performance...
The presence of emerging organic contaminants in water and effluents, including antibiotics, poses significant environmental and health risks. Moreover, while photocatalysis is a promising approach for their removal, the inefficient utilization of na...
Terahertz Synthetic Aperture Radar (THz-SAR) is highly sensitive to platform vibrations and trajectory deviations, which introduce severe phase errors and limited resolution. Typically, platform vibrations and trajectory deviations are investigated i...
The human microbiome, a complex ecosystem of microorganisms residing in and on the body, plays a pivotal role in the regulation of a wide range of physiological processes, including digestion, immune responses, and metabolic functions. In recent year...
This paper provides a review of models commonly used over the years in the study of microscopic models of material corrosion mechanisms, data mining methods and the corrosion-resistant performance control of structural steels. The virtual process of...
Brain organoid technology has revolutionized in vitro modeling of human neurodevelopment and disease, providing unprecedented insights into cortical patterning, neural circuit assembly, and pathogenic mechanisms of neurological disorders. Critically,...
Ruxolitinib, a clinically approved JAK1/2 inhibitor used in the treatment of hematologic malignancies and inflammatory conditions, has been shown to interfere with the function of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Previous studies supported the involve...
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has emerged as a key regulator of metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative homeostasis, extending beyond its traditional function as an incretin hormone. This narrative review summarises the latest evidence from two decad...
Visual saliency modeling has achieved high predictive performance in natural image domains, yet its generalization to abstract art remains limited by the lack of explicit semantic structure and the scarcity of eye-tracking data. In such semantically...
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