Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Joy P. Ku, Ida Sim
Summary: Health applications for mobile and wearable devices are growing rapidly in both commercial and research sectors, but their full impact on healthcare is yet to be realized. Sharing data, software, and digital resources across organizations can help lower barriers and accelerate progress in mobile health.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Janice L. Huff, Ianik Plante, Steve R. Blattnig, Ryan B. Norman, Mark P. Little, Amit Khera, Lisa C. Simonsen, Zarana S. Patel
Summary: This article discusses the research and application of cardiovascular disease in NASA astronaut radiation risk assessment, proposing a dual-use risk assessment framework to support health risk management.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bianca Nogrady
Summary: AI and robotics solutions are being developed to tackle unmanageable clinical workloads, but experts raise concerns about ethical issues.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Elaine M. Brice, Meghan Halabisky, Andrew M. Ray
Summary: This study demonstrates the use of Landsat-based observations to enhance wetland monitoring, expanding the spatial and temporal extent of monitoring wetlands in Yellowstone National Park. By applying spectral mixture analysis, the researchers were able to analyze the seasonal variation in wetland surface water area over a 35-year period and classify the hydroperiod regimes of various wetlands in the park.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Rachel L. Sadowsky, Pranvera Sulejmani, Peter A. Lio
Summary: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common, chronic and recurring inflammatory skin disorder. The etiology of AD involves environmental, genetic, and immunologic factors. The gut microbiome, which plays a role in maintaining the homeostasis of several organ systems, has been suggested to have a role in AD pathogenesis but studies have shown conflicting evidence. This review discusses recent insights into the role of the gut microbiome in AD pathogenesis and its interplay among other complex systems that govern the current assessments of and treatments for AD.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Leah K. Roth, Endao Han, Heinrich M. Jaeger
Summary: Through experiments and simulations of objects intruding into granular media, it was found that the drag force initially depends on velocity right after impact, but then transitions to a purely depth-dependent behavior for all intrusion speeds. This transition is determined by the timescale for material to settle under gravity after being forced to well up at impact, challenging current models of granular drag.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Giuseppe Feola, Olga Vincent, Danika Moore
Summary: This paper emphasizes the importance of both making and unmaking processes in sustainability transformation, showcasing how the deconstruction of capitalism and the construction of post-capitalist realities are intertwined through an analysis of a sustainability transformation case in Colombia.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Peter M. Bourke, Jochem B. Evers, Piter Bijma, Dirk F. van Apeldoorn, Marinus J. M. Smulders, Thomas W. Kuyper, Liesje Mommer, Guusje Bonnema
Summary: Intercropping is a promising agricultural practice aimed at reducing negative environmental impacts while maintaining or increasing yields. Plant breeding for intercropping faces challenges in adapting specialized genotypes and accommodating inter-specific interactions. Combining plant growth modeling with genomic technologies may offer innovative solutions for bridging the gap between current monoculture breeding programs and more integrated breeding programs for the future.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Management
Thomas Y. Choi, Elsebeth Holmen
Summary: Tetrads are more suitable for studying the dynamic characteristics of supply networks compared to triads. The balance theory assumes equilibrium in the triadic structure, whereas relationships in networks are constantly changing. Tetrads help us understand how a network is embedded in a larger network, the functioning of factions or subgroups within networks, and the role of strong and weak ties in a network.
JOURNAL OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Sandra Escoffier, Philippe Audrain
Summary: An international effort has been made to validate modelling and simulation procedures for liquefaction phenomena. Tests were conducted on a saturated sand slope with different base shaking amplitudes and densities. The analysis showed that boundary effects became significant with lower relative density and higher base shaking amplitude. The results highlighted the effects of density and base shaking on the pervasiveness of liquefaction and soil behavior, while the validity of the generalized scaling law (GSL) approach needs further confirmation.
SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Gabrielle Larocque, Stephen J. Royle
Summary: Intracellular nanovesicles (INVs) are a newly discovered class of small transport vesicles that play vital roles in cellular compartment trafficking, particularly in cell migration and invasion. This review comprehensively describes INVs, including their involvement in transport processes such as integrin recycling, and identifies key questions for future research.
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Surgery
Christian Habib Ayoub, Jose M. El-Asmar, Suhaib Abdulfattah, Albert El-Hajj
Summary: Telemedicine utilizes telecommunications and digital relay to provide medical care, education, and knowledge sharing. It has played a significant role in urologic care through telementoring, telesurgery, and telerobotics. Despite challenges, the future of telemedicine, particularly telementoring, shows promise in bridging technological divides in urologic care.
FRONTIERS IN SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
F. Lindner, C. Aichele, A. Kalide, A. Scheffel, R. Mueller, V. Reichel, T. Tiess, K. Schuster, K. Wondraczek
Summary: This study focuses on the incorporation of chlorine into silica glass as an index adapting component in ultralow loss fibers for long-haul subsea applications. By using SiCl4 as a dopant and analyzing the exhaust species online, the researchers achieved a higher chlorine concentration than predicted by thermodynamic equilibrium calculations.
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zachary M. Wilmott, Jordan W. Raff
Summary: The bistability of the Cdk/Cyclin system allows cells to generate trigger waves or sweep waves, driving cells into mitosis in different ways with distinct consequences.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva
Summary: Traditional fuzzy logic uses and-operations to estimate experts' confidence in composite statements, but may ignore available information when considering multiple basic statements. This paper proposes going beyond traditional operations to find a natural estimate that takes all information into account for a more accurate estimate.
JOURNAL OF MULTIPLE-VALUED LOGIC AND SOFT COMPUTING
(2022)
