Technological advancements towards developing a robotic pruner for apple trees: A review

A Zahid, MS Mahmud, L He, P Heinemann… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Automation and robotics have been widely applied in many agricultural operations;
however, the production operations of apple trees are usually performed manually. Pruning …

On-chip construction of liver lobules with self-assembled perfusable hepatic sinusoid networks

S Ya, W Ding, S Li, K Du, Y Zhang, C Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although various liver chips have been developed using emerging organ-on-a-chip
techniques, it remains an enormous challenge to replicate the liver lobules with self …

Landfill leachate treatment by sequential combination of activated persulfate and Fenton oxidation

JE Silveira, JA Zazo, G Pliego, JA Casas - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
This work assesses the feasibility of sequential persulfate and Fenton oxidation for the
decolorization and mineralization of landfill leachate (5600 mg L− 1 TOC; pH 0: 8.6) in a …

Modeling Colorectal Cancer-Induced Liver Portal Vein Microthrombus on a Hepatic Lobule Chip

X Du, R Zou, K Du, D Huang, C Miao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors. At the advanced stage of
colorectal cancer, cancer cells migrate with the blood to the liver from the hepatic portal vein …

Aging and goal-directed cognition: Cognitive control, inhibition, and motivated cognition

L Yang, C Skrotzki - Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 2022 - Elsevier
With aging, our pool of cognitive resources becomes more restricted, and our life goals tend
to correspondingly shift from knowledge acquisition to pursuing emotional well-being. This …