A suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis is implanted between the choroid and the sclera, offering the advantages of low surgical complexity and high stability. However, the relatively longer distance between electrodes an...
A suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis is implanted between the choroid and the sclera, offering the advantages of low surgical complexity and high stability. However, the relatively longer distance between electrodes and the retina leads to higher retinal ganglion cells (RGC) excitation threshold and lower spatial resolution. To maximize the advantages of suprachoroidal stimulation (SS), it is of great significance to explore additional strategies to lower the threshold and improve the spatial resolution. Temporal interference (TI) was reported to induce localized neural excitation in deep regions, indicating a promising avenue for enhancing suprachoroidal retinal stimulation. This study combines the advancements of TI and SS, resulting in the novel approach of Temporal Interference-Suprachoroidal Stimulation (TI-SS). The effect of electrode position and size on the distribution of the maximum electric potential (EP max ) generated by TI-SS was investigated by finite element modelling. Higher EP max values corresponds to lower RGC excitation threshold. In addition, the EP max distribution induced by TI-SS and SS were compared. Our simulation suggests a decrease in EP max value when stimulating electrodes are moved from cornea to sclera under TI-SS. And the EP max distribution exhibits a notable transition from a bimodal distribution to a unimodal distribution as the return electrodes are moved to the posterior of the eyeball and get closer. The EP max values induced by TI-SS is generally higher than those induced by SS, indicating that RGC excitation threshold triggered by TI-SS is lower compared to SS. This study offers preliminary evidence demonstrating the enhanced performance of TI-SS in comparison to conventional SS approach.
mRNA vaccines have emerged as promising alternative platforms to conventional *** ease of production,low cost,safety profile and high potency render them ideal candidates for prevention and treatment of infectious dis...
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mRNA vaccines have emerged as promising alternative platforms to conventional *** ease of production,low cost,safety profile and high potency render them ideal candidates for prevention and treatment of infectious diseases,especially in the midst of *** challenges that face in vitro transcribed RNA were partially amended by addition of tethered adjuvants or co-delivery of naked mRNA with an adjuvanttethered ***,it wasn’t until recently that the progress made in nanotechnology helped enhance mRNA stability and delivery by entrapment in novel delivery systems of which,lipid *** continuous advancement in the fields of nanotechnology and tissue engineering provided novel carriers for mRNA vaccines such as polymeric nanoparticles and *** studies have shown the advantages of adopting mRNA vaccines for viral diseases and cancer in animal and human ***-amplifying mRNA is considered today the next generation of mRNA vaccines and current studies reveal promising *** review provides a comprehensive overview of mRNA vaccines used in past and present studies,and discusses future directions and challenges in advancing this vaccine platform to widespread clinical use.
White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are crucial markers in brain magnetic resonance (MR) images, often quantified using the Fazekas score. This study presents a deep learning model to predict Fazekas scores in the per...
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Medical image segmentation is a critical yet challenging task, primarily due to the difficulty of obtaining extensive datasets of high-quality, expert-annotated images. Contrastive learning presents a potential but st...
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This study presented dosimetry analysis for therapeutic staff exposed to magnetic pulses from double cone and Halo-circular assembly (HCA) coils during deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) applications. The m...
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Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is one of the early rehabilitation methods to restore motor function in patients suffered from central nervous system disorder. To improve the stimulation efficiency of FES, stu...
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(数字)9798350354959
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(纸本)9798350354966
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is one of the early rehabilitation methods to restore motor function in patients suffered from central nervous system disorder. To improve the stimulation efficiency of FES, studies have been conducted on methods to stimulate the motor point (MP). Since the position of the MP on the skin changes with changes in muscle geometry during dynamic rehabilitation, this study proposes a MP tracking stimulation (MPTS) device to reduce muscle fatigue by accurately stimulating the MP by controlling electrode positions using a linear actuator. To deliver stimulation to the biceps brachii, the device follows and stimulates the MP by moving the stimulating electrode in accordance with the elbow joint angle measured by a rotary encoder. As an evaluation of this device, we compared the MPTS device with a conventional method of simultaneous 3-channel stimulation (SS). A muscle fatigue protocol was used to compare the effect of the two methods on muscle fatigue. The results showed that the rate of change in maximum voluntary contraction force (MVC) before and after the experiment was significantly smaller using MPTS than SS. MPTS has been indicated to be an effective method for reducing muscle fatigue associated with FES.
Magnesium(Mg)alloys can be regarded as the most promising biodegradable implant materials for orthopedic and stent applications due to their good biocompatibility and low Young’s modulus which is near to that of natu...
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Magnesium(Mg)alloys can be regarded as the most promising biodegradable implant materials for orthopedic and stent applications due to their good biocompatibility and low Young’s modulus which is near to that of natural ***,its applicability is hindered because it exhibits a high corrosion rate in the physiological *** this work,we fabricated Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4)/Fe bulk metallic glass composites via spark plasma sintering(SPS).We studied the influence of different contents of Fe on the properties of the *** results indicated that Fe was uniformly distributed on the surface of Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4) metallic glass(MG)as a second phase,which led to an improvement in the corrosion resistance and mechanical *** standard potential of Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4)/Fe bulk metallic glass(BMG)composites increased as compared to Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4),while their mechanical strength improved from 355 MPa to 616 ***,cytotoxicity was investigated via the CCK-8 assay and calcein-AM staining,which revealed that the extraction mediums diluted 6 times(EM×6)of the Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4) and Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4)/Fe did not cause cell toxicity on day 3 and 5,while the EM×6 of the Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4) showed cytotoxicity on day 1,3 and ***,Mg_(66)Zn_(30)Ca_(4)/Fe BMG composites exhibit significant potential for fabricating implants with good mechanical strength and corrosion resistance.
This paper presents a pulse-driven method for detecting Cardiac Troponin I using an electrical double-layer (EDL) capacitance sensing readout circuit and an on-chip pattern generator. The pattern generator is equipped...
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(数字)9798350361469
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(纸本)9798350361476
This paper presents a pulse-driven method for detecting Cardiac Troponin I using an electrical double-layer (EDL) capacitance sensing readout circuit and an on-chip pattern generator. The pattern generator is equipped with a slew rate-boosting driver circuit capable of handling EDL capacitance ranging up to 100 nF with a slew rate greater than 6.6 V /us while consuming only 13.5 µW. Additionally, the design achieves a dynamic range (DR) of 77.4 dB by implementing an oscillator-based readout circuit and a limit of detection (LoD) of 200 fg/mL in an undiluted PBS solution with a total power consumption of 120 µW.
Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks among the most prevalent tumors, particularly affecting men and women, with mouse models and imaging technologies like colonoscopy, endoluminal (eUBM), and transabdominal (tUBM) ultrasoun...
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(数字)9798350349085
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(纸本)9798350349092
Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks among the most prevalent tumors, particularly affecting men and women, with mouse models and imaging technologies like colonoscopy, endoluminal (eUBM), and transabdominal (tUBM) ultrasound biomicroscopy playing pivotal roles in exploring new treatment avenues. The evaluation of colon wall thickness (Wt), a significant marker of tumor presence, is feasible through eUBM or tUBM, contrasting with colonoscopy's limitations. This study scrutinizes the consistency of Wt measurements obtained via eUBM and tUBM in mice, with or without colon tumors induced by azoxymethane (AOM) and dextran sulfate sodium salt (DSS). UBM images were captured using both eUBM and tUBM instruments, with subsequent Wt measurements performed using ImageJ software. Comparison between Wt obtained from eUBM and tUBM images used the One-Way ANOVA, for normal distributed data, or the Kruskal-Wallis test otherwise. Local Ethics Committee for Animal Use in Research approved the work (protocol 014/20). In general, the results indicate a substantial median Wt disparity between control and tumor groups measured by both techniques (p<0.05). Notably, discrepancies in Wt findings between the two methods were observed in the control group (p<0.05), despite the excellent resolution of the images in delineating colon layers.
Computational models have been developed to help understand phenomena such as spasticity. In this study, we aim to develop a computational model using the Matlab-OpenSim interface to simulate the passive pendulum test...
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