Video1_Integrated design of an aerial soft-continuum manipulator for predictive maintenance.WMV

This article presents an integrated concept of an aerial robot used for predictive maintenance in the construction sector. The latter can be remotely controlled, allowing the localization of cracks on wall surfaces and the adaptive deposit of the material for in situ repairs. The use of an aerial robot is motivated by fast intervention, allowing time and cost minimizing of overhead repairs without the need for scaffolding. It is composed of a flying mobile platform positioned in stationary mode to guide a soft continuum arm that allows to reach the area of cracks with different access points. Indeed, some constructions have complex geometries that present problems for access using rigid mechanical arms. The aerial robot uses visual sensors to automatically identify and localize cracks in walls, based on deep learning convolutional neural networks. A centerline representing the structural feature of the crack is computed. The soft continuum manipulator is used to guide the continuous deposit of the putty material to fill the microscopic crack. For this purpose, an inverse kinematic model-based control of the soft arm is developed, allowing to estimate the length of the bending tubes. The latter are then used as inputs for a neural network to predict the desired input pressure to bend the actuated soft tubes. A set of experiments was carried out on cracks located on flat and oblique surfaces, to evaluate the actual performances of the predictive maintenance mechatronic robot.</p

Additional file 1: of Periostin enhances adipose-derived stem cell adhesion, migration, and therapeutic efficiency in Apo E deficient mice with hind limb ischemia

is Figure S1 showing that P3 GFP-ADSCs were strongly double positive for GFP and the stem cell surface antigens CD44 and CD105, and negative for CD11b, CD31, CD34, CD45, CD133, and MHC-II. (TIFF 2302 kb

DataSheet1_The diversity of trophoblast cells and niches of placenta accreta spectrum disorders revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing.PDF

Placenta accreta spectrum disorders (PAS) are severe pregnancy complications that occur when extravillous trophoblast cells (EVTs) invade beyond the uterine inner myometrium and are characterized by hypervascularity on prenatal ultrasound and catastrophic postpartum hemorrhage. The potential mechanisms remain incompletely understood. With single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis on the representative invasive parts and the normal part obtained from the same PAS placenta, we profiled the pathological landscape of invasive PAS placenta and deciphered an intensified differentiation pathway from progenitor cytotrophoblasts (CTBs) to EVTs via LAMB4+ and KRT6A+ CTBs. In the absence of the decidua, the invasive trophoblasts of various differentiation states interacted with ADIRF+ and DES+ maternal stromal cells. The PAS-associated hypervascularity might be due to the enhanced crosstalk of trophoblasts, stromal cells and vascular endothelial cells. Finally, we presented an immune microenvironmental landscape of invasive PAS. The pathogenesis of PAS could be further explored with current resources for future targeted translational studies.</p

Water content, pH, polyphenol content, caffeine content, total free amino acid and theanine in the tea leaves during the fermentation process for Xiaguan Tuo Tea.

<p>Values are expressed as mean ± SD(n = 3).</p

The temperature of the pile of tea leaves during the fermentation process for Xiaguan Tuo Tea.

<p>Values are expressed as mean±SD(n = 3). Red arrow indicate turnover of the pile of tea leaves to control the temperature.</p

Diversity indices at the 97% OTU level of ITS gene fragments by NGS in each sample.

<p>Diversity indices at the 97% OTU level of ITS gene fragments by NGS in each sample.</p

Photomicrograph of microbes in tea fermentation.

<p>Scale bar represents 100μm.</p

The heatmap of microbial communities in fermentation of tea.

<p>The heatmap of microbial communities in fermentation of tea.</p

The number of microorganism during the fermentation of the pile of Xiaguan Tuo Tea.

<p>(A)analysis of the number of microorganisms by dilution plating method. (B)analysis of the number of microorganisms by FISH.</p

Photomicrographs of FISH stained samples.

<p>(A) DAPI stained. (B) Probe ITS targeted most of Fungi. (C) Probe Yeast targeted most of Yeast. (D) Probe EUB338 targeted most of Bacteria. Magnification = 200×, scale bar = 100 μm.</p