This paper introduces WeBikes, an open-source simulation element for the Webots robot simulation software that allows users to easily simulate the dynamics of bicycles and motorcycles. WeBikes allows users to configur...
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Aged individuals and astronauts experience bone loss despite rigorous physical *** mechanoresponse is in-part regulated by mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)that respond to mechanical *** delivery of low intensity vibration...
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Aged individuals and astronauts experience bone loss despite rigorous physical *** mechanoresponse is in-part regulated by mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)that respond to mechanical *** delivery of low intensity vibration(LIV)recovers MSC proliferation in senescence and simulated microgravity models,indicating that age-related reductions in mechanical signal delivery within bone marrow may contribute to declining bone *** answer this question,we developed a 3D bone marrow analog that controls trabecular geometry,marrow mechanics and external *** finite element(FE)models were developed to quantify strain environment within hydrogels during *** marrow analogs with gyroid-based trabeculae of scaffold volume fractions(SV/TV)corresponding to adult(25%)and aged(13%)mice were printed using polylactic acid(PLA).MSCs encapsulated in migration-permissive hydrogels within printed trabeculae showed robust cell populations on both PLA surface and hydrogel within a *** 14 days of LIV treatment(1 g,100 Hz,1 h/day),cell proliferation,type-I collagen(Collagen-I)and filamentous actin(F-actin)were quantified for the cells in the hydrogel *** LIV increased all measured outcomes,FE models predicted higher von Mises strains for the 13%SV/TV groups(0.2%)when compared to the 25%SV/TV group(0.1%).While LIV increased collagen-I volume 34%more in 13%SV/TV groups when compared to 25%SV/TV groups,collagen-I and F-actin measures remained lower in the 13%SV/TV groups when compared to 25%SV/TV counterparts,indicating that both LIV-induced strains and scaffold volume fraction(*** scaffold surface)affect cell behavior in the hydrogel ***,bone marrow analogs offer a robust and repeatable platform to study bone mechanobiology.
The present study is on the establishment of the kinetic and thermodynamic performance of the locally sourced calcium used in the zinc phosphating of mild steel substrates. Calcium oxide was obtained from the calcinat...
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The present study is on the establishment of the kinetic and thermodynamic performance of the locally sourced calcium used in the zinc phosphating of mild steel substrates. Calcium oxide was obtained from the calcination of periwinkle shells (at 800 °C for 4 h) and then applied as an additive in the zinc phosphating bath formulation. Metal samples were coated in the bath at different temperature (50 °C and 70 °C), different coating time durations (35, 50 and 65 min) and different CaO concentrations (0, 0.7, 1.4 and 2.0 g/L). The coated samples were subjected to 3.5wt.% NaCl solution, for corrosion test. The surface morphology of phosphate coatings was examined using SEM coupled with EDX to establish the quality and uniformity of the coating on the mild steel. The addition of calcium in the coating process significantly enhanced the corrosion resistance of mild steel relative to uncoated specimens, as justified by the lowest corrosion rate results when calcium was utilized at 70 °C, 65 min and 2.0 g/L CaO concentration. Higher positive value of the equilibrium adsorption constant, Kads, obtained (2.857) at 70 °C compared to the value (0.139) at 50 °C indicated a higher and stronger affinity of the calcium molecules for the adsorbent surface, with Langmuir isotherm fitness of R2 of 0.9319. The feasibility of the electrochemical process and the spontaneity of the adsorption process were affirmed by the negative values of the change in Gibbs free energy obtained (−592.69 kJ/mol of ΔG at 50 °C and −335.51 kJ/mol of ΔG at 70 °C). −3.271 kJ/mol of Δs (negative change in entropy) implied that the particles actually move from a disordered state (liquid) to an ordered state (solid) and forming a complex compound on the metal surface. 16.431 kJ/mol of the Enthalpy change (ΔH) revealed the amount of heat gained for the coating (adsorption) to take place. The significance of this study, as justified by the results obtained, is that the mass transfer coefficient, kf, is directly
Liquid biopsy,a noninvasive technique to obtain tumor information from body fluids,is an emerging technology for cancer diagnosis,prognosis,and monitoring,providing crucial support for the realization of precision ***...
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Liquid biopsy,a noninvasive technique to obtain tumor information from body fluids,is an emerging technology for cancer diagnosis,prognosis,and monitoring,providing crucial support for the realization of precision *** main biomarkers of liquid biopsy include circulating tumor cells,circulating tumor DNA,microRNA,and circulating tumor *** liquid biopsy detection methods include flow cytometry,immunoassay,polymerase chain reaction(PCR)-based methods,and next-generation sequencing(NGS)-based methods,which are time-consuming,labor-intensive,and cannot reflect cell ***-based microfluidics with high throughput,low contamination,high sensitivity,and single-cell/single-molecule/single-exosome analysis capabilities have shown great potential in the field of liquid *** review aims to summarize the recent development in droplet-based microfluidics in liquid biopsy for cancer diagnosis.
Experimentally and numerically, the thermal performance enhancement of counterflow twin-pipe heat exchanger with bumpers position variation was explored. A set of semicircular bumpers were positioned at varying distan...
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Traditional office hours are typically poorly attended for a variety of reasons, including the limitations imposed by faculty office space constraints in terms of simultaneous student participation. Virtual office hou...
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Transition metal phosphides(TMPs)have been regarded as alternative hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)and oxygen evolution reaction(OER)catalysts owing to their comparable activity to those of noble metal-based *** have ...
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Transition metal phosphides(TMPs)have been regarded as alternative hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)and oxygen evolution reaction(OER)catalysts owing to their comparable activity to those of noble metal-based *** have been produced in various morphologies,including hollow and porous nanostructures,which are features deemed desirable for electrocatalytic *** synthesis routes are often responsible for such *** paper reviews the latest advances and existing challenges in the synthesis of TMP-based OER and HER catalysts through templated methods.A comprehensive review of the structure-property-performance of TMP-based HER and OER catalysts prepared using different templates is *** discussion proceeds according to application,first by HER and further divided among the types of templates used-from hard templates,sacrificial templates,and soft templates to the emerging dynamic hydrogen bubble *** catalysts are then reviewed and grouped according to their ***,prospective research directions for the synthesis of hollow and porous TMP-based catalysts,such as improvements on both activity and stability of TMPs,design of environmentally benign templates and processes,and analysis of the reaction mechanism through advanced material characterization techniques and theoretical calculations,are suggested.
Among all causes of death, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading one. In the medical field, the phonocardiogram (PCG) signal is widely used due to its cost-effectiveness and simplicity. We propose a hybrid class...
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To emulate the functionality of the human retina and achieve a neuromorphic visual system,the development of a photonic synapse capable of multispectral color discrimination is of paramount ***,attaining robust color ...
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To emulate the functionality of the human retina and achieve a neuromorphic visual system,the development of a photonic synapse capable of multispectral color discrimination is of paramount ***,attaining robust color discrimination across a wide intensity range,even irrespective of medium limitations in the channel layer,poses a significant ***,we propose an approach that can bestow the color-discriminating synaptic functionality upon a three-terminal transistor flash memory even with enhanced discriminating *** incorporating the strong induced dipole moment effect at the excitation,modulated by the wavelength of the incident light,into the floating gate,we achieve outstanding RGB color-discriminating synaptic functionality within a remarkable intensity range spanning from 0.05 to 40 mW cm^(-2).This approach is not restricted to a specific medium in the channel layer,thereby enhancing its *** effectiveness of this color-discriminating synaptic functionality is demonstrated through visual pre-processing of a photonic synapse array,involving the differentiation of RGB channels and the enhancement of image contrast with noise ***,a convolutional neural network can achieve an impressive inference accuracy of over 94%for Canadian-Institute-For-Advanced-Research-10 colorful image recognition task after the *** proposed approach offers a promising solution for achieving robust and versatile RGB color discrimination in photonic synapses,enabling significant advancements in artificial visual systems.
This study developed a novel electrochemical glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) immunosensor. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was used as a substrate. After gold (Au) film sputtering on the PET surface, 1,6-hexanedithol...
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