Wearable pressure sensors, as essential components of flexible wearable electronics, may play important roles in early diagnosis and mortality prevention for cardiovascular healthcare. However, traditional self-powere...
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Wearable pressure sensors, as essential components of flexible wearable electronics, may play important roles in early diagnosis and mortality prevention for cardiovascular healthcare. However, traditional self-powered pressure sensors can hardly obtain both high sensitivity and wide pressure range, which makes perceiving both cardiac and vascular signals in a wearable self-powered way challenging as these physiological signals not only have imperceptible changes but also span a broad pressure range. Here, we develop a flexible hierarchical elastomer tuned self-powered pressure sensor, which achieves both high-sensitivity and wide pressure range, showing a high sensitivity of 7.989 V kPa(-1) and wide pressure range of 0.1-60 kPa simultaneously. Fast response (40 ms) and high signal noise ratio (38 db) with good stability are also achieved. We demonstrate that the self-powered pressure sensor can not only sensitively monitor pulse, artery and heart condition but also monitor the wide range blood pressure, which satisfies the diverse needs of wearable cardiovascular healthcare. As most of the pressure related to human interface is less than 50 kPa, we envision the sensor holds great potential in wearable electronics, mobile healthcare and human-machine interaction.
Porous hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds for bone tissue engineering were successfully prepared using 3D gel printing technology. The rheological properties of the HA ceramic slurry, the porosity and shrinkage of the scaf...
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Porous hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds for bone tissue engineering were successfully prepared using 3D gel printing technology. The rheological properties of the HA ceramic slurry, the porosity and shrinkage of the scaffold, and the mechanical properties and degradability of the scaffold were studied. The influence of printing speed on the formation of the scaffold was also investigated. HA ceramic slurry with a solid volume fraction of 55 vol% was used to prepare the scaffolds with an interconnected pore structure that can provide a channel for the adhesion, proliferation, and substance transportation of bone cells. The sintered scaffold had a pore size of about 350 mu m x 350 mu m. The porosity, and shrinkage in height and width were 52.26%, 16.2 +/- 0.2%, and 17.8 +/- 0.23%, respectively. The maximum compressive strength and compressive modulus of the sintered scaffolds were 16.77 +/- 0.38 and 492 +/- 11 MPa, respectively. The weight loss rate of the scaffold was 10.38% after degradation in Tris-HCI solution for 5 wk.
Dear Editor,The pandemic of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection has posed a serious threat to global public health and the *** to now,although several potentially effective antiviral drugs are under evaluating in ...
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Dear Editor,The pandemic of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection has posed a serious threat to global public health and the *** to now,although several potentially effective antiviral drugs are under evaluating in clinical trials around the world,1 there are still no specific antiviral countermeasures beyond supportive therapies have been *** herein report that the hydrophilic compound Salvianolic acid C(Sal-C)from Danshen,a traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),potently inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection by blocking the formation of six-helix bundle(6-HB)core of spike(S)protein.
Although natural latex mattresses have been increasingly used in our lives, its high fire risk could put occupants in big danger. Therefore, a series of experiments were carried out to investigate the fire behaviors o...
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Although natural latex mattresses have been increasingly used in our lives, its high fire risk could put occupants in big danger. Therefore, a series of experiments were carried out to investigate the fire behaviors of natural latex foam with single and laminated layers. Both single and laminated layer samples showed three burning stages: initial acceleration, stable and decaying stages. A fierce burning and bottom ignition were observed at the end of the stable stage for both types. It was known from the experiments that for laminated sample the shrinkage of the thin layers could increase the fire risk as it could accelerate the combustion process, while no obvious difference was found when the number of layers increases from 2 to 5. When comparing to the single layer sample, the laminated layer samples with at least 100 s shorter burning period showed 28.3% higher average flame height, 31.2% higher surface flame spread rate, 92.3% greater peak mass loss rate, and 43.4% higher fuel regression rate along the thickness direction. However, these two types showed a similar maximum flame height, indicating that the maximum flame height may be much dependent on the sample mass but not the shrinkage of the thin layers.
H3K27ac has been widely recognized as a representative epigenetic marker of active enhancer, while its regulatory mechanisms in pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) remain e...
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H3K27ac has been widely recognized as a representative epigenetic marker of active enhancer, while its regulatory mechanisms in pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) remain elusive. Here, a genome-wide comparative study on H3K27ac activities and transcriptome profiling in high fat diet (HFD)-induced MASLD model is performed. A significantly enhanced H3K27ac density with abundant alterations of regulatory transcriptome is observed in MASLD rats. Based on integrative analysis of ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq, TDO2 is identified as a critical contributor for abnormal lipid accumulation, transcriptionally activated by YY1-promoted H3K27ac. Furthermore, TDO2 depletion effectively protects against hepatic steatosis. In terms of mechanisms, TDO2 activates NF-kappa B pathway to promote macrophages M1 polarization, representing a crucial event in MASLD progression. A bovine serum albumin nanoparticle is fabricated to provide sustained release of Allopurinol (NPs-Allo) for TDO2 inhibition, possessing excellent biocompatibility and desired targeting capacity. Venous injection of NPs-Allo robustly alleviates HFD-induced metabolic disorders. This study reveals the pivotal role of TDO2 and its underlying mechanisms in pathogenesis of MASLD epigenetically and genetically. Targeting H3K27ac-TDO2-NF-kappa B axis may provide new insights into the pathogenesis of abnormal lipid accumulation and pave the way for developing novel strategies for MASLD prevention and treatment.
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted virus. The increasing emergence of drug-resistant viral strains has highlighted the crucial need for the development of new anti-HSV-2 dr...
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Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted virus. The increasing emergence of drug-resistant viral strains has highlighted the crucial need for the development of new anti-HSV-2 drugs with different mechanisms. Ion channels that govern a wide range of cellular functions represent attractive targets for viral manipulation. Here, we tried to identify novel compounds to suppress HSV-2 infection in vitro by screening a small library with ion channels modulators. We found that several T-type calcium channel blockers including benidipine, lercanidipine, lomerizine and mibefradil inhibited HSV-2 infection, while L-type calcium channel blockers nifedipine and nitrendipine showed no significant effect on HSV-2 infection. Furthermore, we found that benidipine exerted the antiviral effect by suppressing the expression of viral genes in the late stage of viral infection. In conclusion, our study suggested that T-type calcium channel blockers, which are clinically wide used, could effectively inhibit HSV-2 infection. These findings could shed light on the mechanism and pharmacological study for HSV-2 infection in the future.
The vitrified bond diamond grinding wheel composites were successfully prepared by gel casting (GC) with 3D printing molds. The effects of different solid content on the properties of vitrified bond/diamond abrasive s...
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The vitrified bond diamond grinding wheel composites were successfully prepared by gel casting (GC) with 3D printing molds. The effects of different solid content on the properties of vitrified bond/diamond abrasive slurry were researched in this study. The results show that when the solid content was 54 vol%, the green sample had a better flexural strength of about 13 MPa. After the sample was sintered at 760 degrees C, the relative density and flexural strength of sintered samples was about 80.0% and 78 MPa, respectively. The grinding ratio of the vitrified bond diamond grinding wheel composites prepared by gel casting with 3D printing molds was 1:152, and the removal rate was 2.92 g/min, which means that the performance of the diamond grinding wheel reached the traditional cold pressed sample.
In recent years, the construction of subway projects has flourished, and the flow of personnel in underground structures such as subway stations has also increased. Once earthquakes occur, they will bring a series of ...
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In recent years, the construction of subway projects has flourished, and the flow of personnel in underground structures such as subway stations has also increased. Once earthquakes occur, they will bring a series of unpredictable and malignant effects to the country. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the subway stations, etc. Research on earthquake resistance of underground structures. According to the research on the earthquake damage that has occurred, it is found that the underground structure damage such as the subway station is caused by the liquefaction caused by the earthquake. Based on the powerful functions of ABAQUS in solving nonlinear problems, this project establishes a two-dimensional liquefiable field-metro station finite element analysis model. The subway station form mainly adopts the commonly used two-story double-span island metro station structure. Based on the open secondary development port of ABAQUS embeds a sand constitutive subroutine that can describe the nonlinear characteristics of sand liquefaction dynamics, which provides a reference for a certain degree of reference for the difference of seismic response of metro stations in the future.
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