Author(s): Younes GR; Heli B; Ajji A;

This work blends polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with poly-(lactic acid) (PLA) using polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) structures. The PHU is synthesized from mannitol biscarbonate and a short-chain PDMS-based diamine. The main objectives are, first, to explore the application of the PDMS-based PHU as an additive for PLA and, second, to enhance the flexibility and hy ...

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Author(s): Soontjens O; Busner J; Fortin M;

Introduction: The Achilles tendon (AT) plays a crucial role in force transmission and movement efficiency, and greater tendon stiffness may enhance elastic energy storage and improve performance in explosive movements. Shear-wave elastography (SWE) enables reliable, non-invasive assessment of tendon stiffness, yet its associations with other ultrasound (U ...

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Author(s): Narcross L; Pyne ME; Kevvai K; Siu KH; Dueber JE; Martin VJJ;

The benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) family of tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) comprises >2,500 members, including the pharmaceuticals morphine, codeine, and papaverine, as well as the antibiotics sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Agricultural cultivation can supply the demand for the BIAs that accumulate in plants, but broader access to the BIA family wou ...

Article GUID: 41779670

Author(s): Steindorff AS; Cai FM; Ding M; Jiang S; Atanasova L; Baker SE; Barbosa-Filho JR; Bayram Akcapinar G; Brown DW; Chaverri P; Chen P; Chenthamara K; Daum C; Drula E; Dubey M; Brandström Durling M; Flatschacher D; Ebner T; Emri T; Gao R; Geo ...

Trichoderma fungi support sustainable agriculture by suppressing plant diseases and improving crop performance. However, emerging pathogenicity of Trichoderma warrants further ecological and genetic characterization. Here we used machine learning to correlate genomic data from 37 Trichoderma stra ...

Article GUID: 41775999

Author(s): Woitow MA; Jang AI; Eppinger B; Nassar MR; Brass M; Rodriguez Buritica JM;

Humans learn not only from their own experiences but also by observing others. Prior research has shown that reward prediction errors (RPEs) - the difference between expected and received outcomes - guide both experiential and observational reinforcement learning. While RPEs from direct experience have been linked to memory formation, it remains unclear w ...

Article GUID: 41764305

Author(s): Baez A; Hazel K; Guertin Z; Fong E; Manus MM; Kaloyannis A; Helfield B;

Adoptive cell transfer (ACT)-based immunotherapy has emerged as a transformative approach for treating cancer, offering durable responses through the ex vivo expansion and reinfusion of antigen-specific immune cells. Despite remarkable clinical successes, most notably with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy, ACT remains limited by severe toxic ...

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Author(s): Alicia Estefania Antonio Figueroa

This work implements deep learning models to capture non-linear and complex data behavior in aluminum price data. Deep learning models include the long short-term memory (LSTM) and deep feedforward neural networks (FFNN). The support vector regression (SVR) is employed as a base model for comparison. Each predictive model is tuned by using two different o ...

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Author(s): Tran MH; Thuy Linh VT; Nhiem LT; Thinh Nguyen PK; Hoai Ta QT;

Electrocatalysis is central to the development of sustainable energy conversion technologies and environmental remediation systems, yet the rational design of high-performance, cost-effective, and durable electrocatalysts remains a fundamental challenge. In recent years, MXenes, a rapidly expanding family of two-dimensional transition-metal carbides, nitr ...

Article GUID: 41756169

Author(s): Maïano C; Swami V; Tylka TL; Aimé A;

Scholars are increasingly focused on women's positive, embodied "breasted experienced", which includes breast appreciation. This positive body image facet is assessed using the 9-item Breast Appreciation Scale (BrAS; Swami et al., 2022), but assessments of its psychometric properties in diverse cultural communities are limited. Here, we repo ...

Article GUID: 41740327

Author(s): Lord Z; Andrade C; Leroux L; Kadem L;

With the emergence of long-duration space travel, space exploration missions pose a major concern due to the heightened risk of medical emergencies, such as sudden cardiac arrest. While several cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) methods have been proposed for human spaceflight, their reliability and effectiveness remain uncertain, as these methods lack s ...

Article GUID: 41741473

Author(s): Kwok C; Sacco S; Lister NB; Alberga AS; Baur LA; Booij L; Carrière K; Garnett SP; Jebeile H;

Background: Pediatric obesity is associated with co-occurring psychosocial conditions, which may be impacted by obesity treatment. Past systematic reviews have shown positive effects for specific psychosocial outcomes following behavioral interventions. This review aimed to extend these findings ...

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