Microdroplet-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Organoids from Primary Tissue Recapitulate Parental Physiology with High Reproducibility by Jiawei Li, Yiming Yang, Ziqi Yi, Yu Zhu, Haowei Yang, Baiming Chen, Peter E. Lobie, Shaohua Ma

“…However, current models struggle to fully recapitulate key features such as sarcomere structure, muscle fiber composition, and contractile function while also ensuring consistency and rapid production. …”
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Visualization of the hatching of brine shrimp eggs using ultrafast and high-resolution phase-contrast CTs by Rongbiao Tang, Yanan Fu, Ke Li, Feixiang Wang, Ke-Min Chen

“…We found that normal BSEs have an exclusively regular structure, making them easily identifiable. The use of ultrafast PCCT not only allowed for quick determination of BSE viability but also significantly reduced the amount of irradiation exposure to the eggs. …”
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Experimental study of a novel liquid air storage tank to mitigate oxygen enrichment during long-term energy storage by Chen Wang, Xiaolong Guo, Huiru Wang, Camila Barreneche, Yulong Ding, Xiaohui She, Peng Han

“…To address this issue, this study proposes a novel composite insulation structure that integrates a Vapor Cooling Shield (VCS) for cold energy recovery and a Thermodynamic Vent System (TVS) for promoting uniform mixing. …”
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Manipulating electronic band of NiO/NiMoO4–x nanosheets as robust bifunctional catalyst for water splitting by Qiyu Liu, Jintao Zhang, Jinjun He, Peng Zhang, Zujin Yang, Xihong Lu

“…The experimental results and density functional theory calculations confirm that the constructed heterostructure and oxygen vacancies optimize the electronic band structure of NiO/NiMoO4–x with more electronic states near the Fermi level, which not only enhances its conductivity, but also promotes exposure of the active sites. …”
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Octarepeat region flexibility impacts prion function, endoproteolysis and disease manifestation by Agnes Lau, Alex McDonald, Nathalie Daude, Charles E Mays, Eric D Walter, Robin Aglietti, Robert CC Mercer, Serene Wohlgemuth, Jacques van der Merwe, Jing Yang, Hristina Gapeshina, Chae Kim, Jennifer Grams, Beipei Shi, Holger Wille, Aru Balachandran, Gerold Schmitt‐Ulms, Jiri G Safar, Glenn L Millhauser, David Westaway

“…To examine the OR, we used structure‐directed design to make novel alleles, ‘S1’ and ‘S3’, locking this region in extended or compact conformations, respectively. …”
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Tuning the electronic states of Pd(II) defect-engineered metal-organic framework catalysts for efficient conversion of isocyanides by Shaoting Su, Yilei Cao, Yanwei Ren, Huanfeng Jiang, Wanqing Wu

“…When the Pd loading in defective Pd-UiO-67(N)x system was decreased to 0.37 mol %, the catalytic efficiency was significantly enhanced and the Pd turnover number (TON) increased to 232, which was 27 and 2.6 times higher than that of homogeneous Pd catalysts and defect-free Pd-UiO-67(N)0, respectively. The open pore structure of d-MOFs supports the adsorption of o-aminophenols. …”
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Urban Middle Schoolers’ Experiences of an Outdoor Adventure Education Program to Facilitate Social and Emotional Development by Cian L. Brown, Benjamin C. Heddy, Kanvarbir S. Gill, Jakob Gowell, Alison C. Koenka

“…Students completed weekly reflections to explore how students experienced this piloted program. A Structure Tabular-Thematic Analysis (ST-TA) approach was used to investigate thematic coding of reflections. …”
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Genetic characterization of Greek chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) germplasm collections in Parnon mountain by Ioannis MANTHOS, Lefkothea KARAPETSI, Thomas SOTIROPOULOS, Aliki XANTHOPOULOU, Panagiotis MADESIS

“…In this study, 56 trees from 3 different areas (Vamvakou, Varvitsa, Karyes) located in the west Parnon mountain region, were collected and subjected to genetic characterization with seven specific SSR molecular markers, in order to assess their genetic structure. The studied chestnuts exhibited a generally low level of genetic differentiation, with most of the genetic diversity residing within individual trees rather than being partitioned among different collection sites. …”
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Using Genetic Algorithms for Hardware Core Placement and Mapping in NoC-Based Reconfigurable Systems by Jonas Gomes Filho, Marius Strum, Wang Jiang Chau

“…In the last years, partial reconfigurable systems (PRSs) have included Networks-on-Chips (NoCs) as their communication structure, adding complexity to the problem of mapping. …”
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Study, development and related application of a miniature compact pulsed power supply with high repetition frequency by Zhangfei Wang, Jian Liu, Chunxia Yang, Baoming Li

“…This integrated PPS comes with a complete system configuration, a miniature compact structure, a high rate of repetition, and high power, with energy storage density exceeding 1.2 MJ/m3. …”
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Real-time magnetic resonance visualization of tumor acidosis as a precognition indicator of therapeutic efficacy by Mengyao Mu, Mengmeng Zhang, Jie Liu, Ke Ren, Hui Liu, Lixian Yip, Kai Guo, Feifei Teng, Jian Dong, Xueli Xu, David Tai Leong, Xiao Sun

“…Traditional antitumor strategies often require sufficient time to assess the effectiveness according to changes in tumor structure. Once ineffective, patients may miss the critical window for pursuing alternative treatment options. …”
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Premelting Theory‐Based Mechanism for Water Freezing in Saline Soil by Xusheng Wan, Jishuai Zhu, Ying Lai, Jianguo Lu, Zhongrui Yan

“…Additionally, through the integration of equivalent particle sizes, packing structure, and water film thickness, a calculation model is devised and verified for determining the unfrozen water content and residual water content within in freezing soil. …”
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Investigation of Biodegradation and Biocompatibility of Chitosan–Bacterial Cellulose Composite Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications by Somchai Yodsanga, Supattra Poeaim, Soranun Chantarangsu, Somporn Swasdison

“…Developing scaffolds with a three-dimensional porous structure and adequate mechanical properties remains a key challenge in tissue engineering of bone. …”
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Freeze drying and Lugol staining of human menisci reveal circumferential fibre volumes to guide meniscus implant design and virtual simulation by Anna-Christina Moser, Jennifer Fritz, Alexander Otahal, Andreas Kesselring, Florian Schüssler, Patrick Eisner, Karl Heinrich Schneider, Andreas Herbert Teuschl, Lukas Felix Reissig, Lydia Zopf, Stefan Nehrer

“…Based on this, a two-volumetric printable stereolithography (STL) model was created, with an inner volume representing 48% of the total structure. A custom Python script was developed to translate the G-code from this model into a two-volumetric finite element (FE) model -overcoming the limitations of conventional software. …”
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Ultrasonic regeneration of activated carbon with the addition of gas flushing by Zhiwei Wang, Bingjie Zhou, Zhendong Liu, Lu Li, Kemei Zhou, Tian Tian, Binbin Wu, Wanting Feng, Yuanxiang Shan, Hongqin Xue, Zheng Wang

“…Specific surface area analysis showed that the pore structure of the activated carbon is dominated by micropores, and the specific surface area of the carbon after regeneration at 40, 80 and 120 kHz was recovered by 5.19%, 7.33%, and 8.81%.…”
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Solution combustion synthesis of disordered spinel LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 cathode material using PVP fuel by M. Azari, S.M. Masoudpanah, S. Alamolhoda

“…Single-phase LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 powders with disordered spinel crystal structure (space group of Fd3m) were crystallized by calcination at 600 °C at the lowest fuel contents. …”
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Inverse Rashba Edelstein THz emission modulation induced by ferroelectricity in CoFeB/PtSe2/MoSe2//LiNbO3 systems by S. Massabeau, O. Paull, A. Pezo, F. Miljevic, M. Mičica, A. Grisard, P. Morfin, R. Lebrun, H. Jaffrès, S. Dhillon, J.-M. George, M. Jamet, M. Bibes

“…We rationalize these experimental results by using band structure and spin accumulation calculations that are consistent with an interfacial spin-to-charge conversion mediated by the inverse Rashba–Edelstein effect at the MoSe2/PtSe2 interface and being tuned by ferroelectricity in the adjacent LiNbO3 surface. …”
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Bioinspired Spatially Ordered Multicellular Lobules for Liver Regeneration by Jinglin Wang, Danqing Huang, Haozhen Ren, Yuanjin Zhao

“…These microfibers could highly resemble the cord-like structure of liver lobules, bringing about outstanding liver-like functions. …”
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Optimized expression of human interleukin-15 in Nicotiana benthamiana and in vitro assessment of its activity on human keratinocytes by Chalatorn Charnsatabut, Pipob Suwanchaikasem, Kaewta Rattanapisit, Iksen Iksen, Varisa Pongrakhananon, Christine Joy I. Bulaon, Waranyoo Phoolcharoen

“…Peptide mapping confirmed 97 % overall sequence coverage of the primary structure. Treatment with plant-produced hIL-15-Fc effectively promoted human keratinocyte HaCaT cell proliferation and migration in vitro. …”
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Development and Application of Releasable Cable Head in 10 000 m Ultra Deep Well by ZHANG Haijun, ZHANG Bingjun, SUN Jianwei, MA Jianghu, XU Rui, WANG Kun, GUO Shuai, CHEN Jisheng

“…In response to the problems of high temperature and high pressure, complex well conditions, and weak cable settings in ultra deep well cable logging, the mechanical structure and electrical control release device of the cable head are studied, and a circuit insulation bottle is matched to form a 260℃/210 MPa releasing cable head for ten thousand meter ultra deep wells. …”
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