The distinct structural properties and osteogenic capacity are important aspects to be taken into account when developing guided bone regeneration ***,inspired by the structure and function of natural periosteum,we de...
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The distinct structural properties and osteogenic capacity are important aspects to be taken into account when developing guided bone regeneration ***,inspired by the structure and function of natural periosteum,we designed and fabricated using electrospinning a fibrous membrane comprising(poly)-e-caprolactone(PCL),collagen-I(Col)and mineralized Col(MC).The three-layer membranes,having PCL as the outer layer,PCL/Col as the middle layer and PCL/Col/MC in different ratios(5/2.5/2.5(PCM-1);3.3/3.3/3.3(PCM-2);4/4/4(PCM-3)(%,w/w/w))as the inner layer,were *** physiochemical properties of the different layers were investigated and a good integration between the layers was *** three-layeredmembranes showed tensile properties in the range of those of natural ***,the membranes exhibited excellent water absorption capability without changes of the *** vitro experiments showed that the inner layer of the membranes supported attachment,proliferation,ingrowth and osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrowderived stromal *** particular cells cultured on PCM-2 exhibited a significantly higher expression of osteogenesis-related *** three-layered membranes successfully supported new bone formation inside a critical-size cranial defect in rats,with PCM-3 being the most *** membranes developed here are promising candidates for guided bone regeneration applications.
Understanding of the risk factors and underlying mechanisms of aortic dissection (AD) is critical for improved clinical management of the disease. As a prominent risk factor for AD, how aging impairs the dissection re...
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Oxygen vacancies play a key role in many energy-related applications, and the investigation of the thermodynamic forces driving their formation across different materials can be tackled through the use of ab initio me...
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Oxygen vacancies play a key role in many energy-related applications, and the investigation of the thermodynamic forces driving their formation across different materials can be tackled through the use of ab initio methods. In this context, however, computational studies targeting finite-temperature properties such as entropy remain scarce. Wider-ranging studies are of interest to deepen the understanding of the role of the entropy of oxygen vacancy formation and its different components in processes like the ones involved in solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) production, and to investigate the existence of common trends and differences between materials. In this work, we use density functional theory and harmonic phonon calculations to compute the vibrational entropy of oxygen vacancy formation (ΔSvib) for 10 different metal oxide compounds. The computation is carried out by taking the difference between the vibrational entropy of a vacancy-containing and a pristine structure, while the entropic contribution from the final gaseous state of the oxygen lost from the material is accounted for separately with a gas entropy term. We first examine the temperature dependence of ΔSvib and highlight the presence of an initial peak around room temperature, followed by a steady decrease resulting from the presence of an additional O atom (the one becoming vacant) in the defect-free structure. We then inspect the atomic contributions to ΔSvib, and highlight similarities and differences between compounds. Finally, we consider other significant sources of entropy, and find ΔSvib to provide a smaller, yet non-negligible, contribution to the total entropy of vacancy formation. We also compare the temperature dependence of ΔSvib to that of the gas entropy, and show that the two largely counterbalance each other at high temperatures.
The use of educational technologies is an important part of the learning process. The development of educational apps and software is one of the pillars of this evolution in teaching. Material selection is one of the ...
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The advancement of medicine is inextricably linked to the development of biomedicalmaterials. Hyperbranched polymers (HPBs), as a class of highly branched three-dimensional (3D) macromolecules, possess characteristic...
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In current genomic research, the widely used methods for predicting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) often rely on prior knowledge of known AMR genes or reference genomes. However, these methods have limitations, potent...
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A meta-optic platform for accelerating object classification is demonstrated. End-to-end design is used to co-optimize the optical and digital systems resulting in high-speed classifiers that are demonstrated for hand...
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The clinical application of nanoparticles(NPs)to deliver RNA for therapy has progressed rapidly since the FDA approval of Onpattro®in 2018 for the treatment of polyneuropathy associated with hereditary transthyre...
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The clinical application of nanoparticles(NPs)to deliver RNA for therapy has progressed rapidly since the FDA approval of Onpattro®in 2018 for the treatment of polyneuropathy associated with hereditary transthyretin *** emergency use authorization or approval and widespread global use of two mRNA-NP based vaccines developed by Moderna Therapeutics *** Pfizer-BioNTech in 2021 has highlighted the translatability of NP technology for RNA ***,in clinical trials,a wide variety of NP formulations have been found to extend the half-life of RNA molecules such as microRNA,small interfering RNA,and messenger RNA,with limited safety *** this review,we discuss the NP formulations that are already used in the clinic to deliver therapeutic RNA and highlight examples of RNA-NPs which are currently under evaluation for human *** also detail NP formulations that failed to progress through clinical trials,in hopes of guiding future successful translation of nanomedicine-based RNA therapeutics into the clinic.
Segregants are essential materials for forming the complexation or granular microstructure in thin films for magnetic recording media. One such film, FePt-BN, has a metallic L10 FePt main phase as its matrix, in addit...
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