Microneedle permits transdermal biosensing and drug delivery with minor ***,accurate microneedle transdermal positioning with minimal skin deformation remains a significant technical challenge due to inhomogeneous ski...
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Microneedle permits transdermal biosensing and drug delivery with minor ***,accurate microneedle transdermal positioning with minimal skin deformation remains a significant technical challenge due to inhomogeneous skin topology and discontinuous force applied to the ***,we introduce bioinspired rotation microneedles for in vivo accurate microneedle positioning as inspired by honeybees’*** demonstrate the benefits of rotation microneedles in alleviating skin resistance through finite element analysis,full-thickness porcine validations,and mathematical derivations of microneedleskin interaction stress *** max penetration force was mitigated by up to 45.7%and the force attenuation rate increased to 2.73 times in the holding stage after penetration.A decrease in max skin deflection and a faster deformation recovery introduced by rotation microneedles implied a more precise penetration ***,we applied the rotation microneedles in psoriasis mice,a monogenic disorder animal model,for minimally invasive biological sample extraction and proinflammatory cytokine *** ultrasensitive detection method is realized by using only one microneedle to achieve cytokine mRNA level determination compared to commonly required biopsies or blood ***,rotation microneedles permit a simple,rapid,and ultraminimal-invasive method for subcutaneous trace biological sample acquisition and subsequent point-of-care diagnostics with minimal damage to both microneedles and skins.
Human speech and animal vocalizations are important for social communication and animal *** in the auditory pathway are responsive to a range of sounds, from elementary sound features to complex acoustic sounds. For s...
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Human speech and animal vocalizations are important for social communication and animal *** in the auditory pathway are responsive to a range of sounds, from elementary sound features to complex acoustic sounds. For social communication, responses to distinct patterns of vocalization are usually highly specific to an individual conspecific call, in some species. This includes the specificity of sound patterns and embedded biological information. We conducted single-unit recordings in the amygdala of awake marmosets and presented calls used in marmoset communication, calls of other species and calls from specific marmoset individuals. We found that some neurons(47/262) in the amygdala distinguished 'Phee' calls from vocalizations of other animals and other types of marmoset vocalizations. Interestingly, a subset of Phee-responsive neurons(22/47) also exhibited selectivity to one out of the three Phees from two different 'caller' marmosets. Our findings suggest that, while it has traditionally been considered the key structure in the limbic system, the amygdala also represents a critical stage of socially relevant auditory perceptual processing.
In recent years, the increasing demand for electric vehicles, digital devices such as PCs and smartphones, and renewable energy storage systems has created a need for higher-performance batteries. Accordingly, the the...
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This study synthesizes three sequential steps: pretreatment, acid hydrolysis, and enzyme hydrolysis for bioethanol and hydrochar production from macroalga Gracilaria. The Taguchi method is employed separately in each ...
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The leading cause of perinatal mortality is fetal growth restriction (FGR), defined as in utero fetal growth below the 10th percentile. Insufficient exchange of oxygen and nutrients at the maternal-fetal interface is ...
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Elastography has long been used as a diagnostic tool in the clinic. This technique assesses tissue elasticity qualitatively or quantitatively in several pathologies, including liver fibrosis and some cancers. Most aco...
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Elastography has long been used as a diagnostic tool in the clinic. This technique assesses tissue elasticity qualitatively or quantitatively in several pathologies, including liver fibrosis and some cancers. Most acoustic elastography approaches are based on the overall evaluation of the region/organ of interest. In contrast, microelastography is a technique that enables quantification of the stiffness at microscale spatial resolution. Acoustic impedance, the main component responsible for ultrasound imaging, varies with bulk modulus and mass density; thus, it can be used to characterize the material properties. However, in situ, spatial mapping of tissue properties at the microscale has rarely been studied. In this work, we combined acoustic actuation, high spatiotemporal resolution imaging, and computer vision to enable quantitative mapping of the mechanical properties of agar tissue phantoms at the microscale. We used a customized electrodynamic resonant vibration actuator at 2065 Hz to generate Rayleigh waves in the tissue phantoms, which were recorded at 9501 frames per second (fps). The resulting videos were analyzed using computer vision tools to quantify the speed of the acoustic shear wave and determine the shear modulus and viscosity of agar with an input of density. To validate our microelastography measurements, we performed oscillatory rheology using a parallel plate rheometer from 0.1-100 Hz, quantified the dynamic viscoelastic properties of agar, and extrapolated the measurements to the acoustic microelastography working frequency. The results from the two methods are in good agreement, showing a difference of 4.7%. In the future, we will adapt this technique for the spatial evaluation of mechanical properties of heterogeneous cancerous tissues at higher resolutions. Such capability can enable effective diagnosis and development of patient-specific treatment regimens.
BACKGROUND: Membrane technology makes it more suitable for the treatment of environmental polluted organic wastewater. Membrane fouling is one of the major concerns in commercial membranes. To overcome this issue, pho...
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We demonstrated gold nanoclusters as color tunable emissive light converters for the application of white light emitting diodes (WLEDs). A blue LED providing 460 nm to excite gold nanoclusters mixed with UV curable ma...
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We demonstrated gold nanoclusters as color tunable emissive light converters for the application of white light emitting diodes (WLEDs). A blue LED providing 460 nm to excite gold nanoclusters mixed with UV curable material generates broad bandwidth emission at the visible range. Increasing the amount of gold nanoclusters, the correlated color temperature of WLEDs tuned from cold white to warm white, and also results in the variation of color rendering index (CRI). The highest CRI in the experiment is 92.
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