Koelewijn, Anne D. Ijspeert, Auke J.
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Humans control balance using different feedback loops involving the vestibular system, the visual system, and proprioception. In this article, we focus on proprioception and explore the contribution of reflexes based on force and length feedback to standing balance. In particular, we address the questions of how much proprioception alone could expl...
Benos, Lefteris Stanev, Dimitar Spyrou, Leonidas Moustakas, Konstantinos Tsaopoulos, Dimitrios E.
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The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) constitutes one of the most important stabilizing tissues of the knee joint whose rapture is very prevalent. ACL reconstruction (ACLR) from a graft is a surgery which yields the best outcome. Taking into account the complicated nature of this operation and the high cost of experiments, finite element (FE) simula...
Gao, Yu Pei, Yanbo Wei, Ming-Yuan
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Ward, Andrew C. Dubey, Prachi Basnett, Pooja Lika, Granit Newman, Gwenyth Corrigan, Damion K. Russell, Christopher Kim, Jongrae Chakrabarty, Samit Connolly, Patricia
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Chronic wound infections represent a significant burden to healthcare providers globally. Often, chronic wound healing is impeded by the presence of infection within the wound or wound bed. This can result in an increased healing time, healthcare cost and poor patient outcomes. Thus, there is a need for dressings that help the wound heal, in combin...
Wakida, Nicole M. Gomez-Godinez, Veronica Li, Huayan Nguyen, Jessica Kim, Edward K. Dynes, Joseph L. Othy, Shivashankar Lau, Alice L. Ding, Peng Shi, Linda
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The changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]) following laser-induced cell injury in nearby cells were studied in primary mouse astrocytes selectively expressing the Ca2+ sensitive GFAP-Cre Salsa6f fluorescent tandem protein, in an Ast1 astrocyte cell line, and in primary mouse astrocytes loaded with Fluo4. Astrocytes in these three s...
Du, Liang Lai, Yiwen Luo, Chunwang Zhang, Yong Zheng, Jun Ge, Xiaohong Liu, Yuangang
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3D printed metal crowns can be used for dental restorations. The main quality control challenge of these dental metal is the method of quality inspection. Electronic quality is a process by which the quality of the process and the parts produced can be checked online, thereby improving the process and reducing the time it takes for the entire proce...
Li, Ying Sun, Zhijie Xu, Ya Luan, Yaqi Xu, Jiasheng Liang, Quanfeng Qi, Qingsheng Wang, Qian
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Background As the greenhouse effect becomes more serious and carbon dioxide emissions continue rise, the application prospects of carbon sequestration or carbon-saving pathways increase. Previously, we constructed an EP-bifido pathway in Escherichia coli by combining Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway, pentose phosphate pathway and “bifid shunt” for hi...
López-Pérez, Óscar Badiola, Juan José Bolea, Rosa Ferrer, Isidro Llorens, Franc Martín-Burriel, Inmaculada
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Autophagy is a dynamic intracellular mechanism involved in protein and organelle turnover through lysosomal degradation. When properly regulated, autophagy supports normal cellular and developmental processes, whereas defects in autophagic degradation have been associated with several pathologies, including prion diseases. Prion diseases, or transm...
González-Colell, Marc Macía, Javier
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Over the last decade, the combining of newly developed molecular tools for DNA editing with engineering principles has allowed the creation of complex cellular devices, usually based on complex genetic circuits, for many different purposes. However, when the technological evolution of genetic circuitry is compared with previous technologies such as...
Damiano, Luisa Stano, Pasquale
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