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- Breathing in harm: current insights into the effects of air pollution on cardiorespiratory health.Vasiliki Michou, Dimitrios Tsamos, Aikaterini Itziou, Constantinos G. Tsanaktsidis · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Air pollution significantly contributes to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. This review critically examines the mechanisms linking air pollution to higher cardiometabolic risk and cardio…
- Nitric oxide in the occurrence and development of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.Tatiana Kh. Bogodvid, Dinara I. Silantyeva, Андрианов Вячеслав Вадимович, Гайнутдинов Халил Латыпович · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Since nitric oxide is a chemically highly reactive free radical that can act as both an oxidizing agent and a reducing agent, it is assumed that it has diverse effects on biological tissues. Nitric oxide is fundamentally important for the r…
- Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitric oxide: role in the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea.Antonio Fabozzi, Pasquale Tondo, Caterina Antonaglia, Alessia Steffanina et al. · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Obstructive sleep apnea is a prevalent sleep-related breathing disorder with recurrent episodes of upper airway collapse during sleep, leading to cyclic blood gas fluctuations. Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitric oxide play a crucial role in…
- Application of medical gases in prevention and treatment of electromagnetic radiation injury.Yun Xing, Fengxu Chen, Gonggeng Liu, Shijun Bao et al. · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
The widespread proliferation of electromagnetic technologies in communications, healthcare, and daily life poses increasing risks of radiation-induced tissue injury. Mitigating these deleterious effects remains a formidable challenge. Recen…
- Hypoxia-responsive supramolecular systems based on macrocycles and self-assembly structures.Farida B. Gabdrakhmanova, Ekaterina S. Churbanova, S. Е. Solovieva, Антипин Игорь Сергеевич · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Hypoxia is closely associated with tumor progression, metastasis, therapeutic resistance, and diagnostic challenges. The timely detection of hypoxia in live cancer cells is critical for early cancer diagnosis and for monitoring the effectiv…
- Medical gases and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: therapeutic mechanisms and research advances.Zhiguang Xu, Tian Geng, Di Zhou, Fuju Wu · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy pose a serious threat to the health of both mothers and infants, yet the range of available clinical treatments is limited. This review summarizes the mechanisms and recent advances in the use of medi…
- Therapeutic gases and the Nrf2/Keap1 pathway: direct thiol modification vs . indirect modulation.Te Xiao, Chao Xia, Lisha Huang, Yanqi Li et al. · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
The nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2/Kelch-like Ech-associated protein 1 (Nrf2/Keap1) pathway is a central homeostatic module that integrates oxidant, electrophilic, inflammatory, and metabolic signals into adaptive transcription…
- High levels of nitric oxide and peroxynitrite with protein nitration: a new therapeutic target for gliomas.Ying Yang, Qi Zhang, Yuchen Ma, Serge Yannick Ouédraogo et al. · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
The gap junction signaling pathway is a core hub mediating intercellular communication, which plays a vital role in maintaining tissue homeostasis, and its dysfunction is closely related to glioma. Nitroproteomics studies have shown that pr…
- Experimental evidence for the beneficial effects of low-concentration ozone.Flavia Carton, Carlo Pellicciari, Gabriele Tabaracci, Manuela Malatesta · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Ozone (O3), a molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms, is an unstable compound whose clinical application as a complementary therapy continues to expand. Although numerous clinical studies support its therapeutic potential, the molecular …
- Redox imbalance and depression: the emerging role of molecular hydrogen in neuroprotection.Francisco Javier Lievanos-Ruiz, Bertha Fenton-Navarro · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
- Nitric oxide signaling and mitophagy in Parkinson's disease: implications for aerobic exercise-related neuroprotection.Yang Zhou, Yongliang Wu · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Parkinson's disease is strongly associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired mitochondrial quality control, including defective mitophagy. Aerobic exercise is increasingly recognized as a safe and accessible intervention that can …
- Perioperative hyperbaric oxygen therapy: mechanisms, evidence, and clinical application.Takudzwa Gavaza, Nathanael Matei · PubMed Central · Jan 1, 2027
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers 100% oxygen at supra-atmospheric pressures, elevating plasma oxygen content and tissue oxygenation above normoxic levels. Once limited to decompression illness, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is gaining recogni…
- Transformación territorial en las subcuencas La Sabana y Tres Palos (Guerrero, México): Proyecciones al 2030 y 2050 mediante modelos predictivosArmando Jesús de la Colina Rodríguez, Orlando Novua Alvarez · OpenAlex · Dec 31, 2026
Territorial transformation in the La Sabana and Tres Palos sub-basins (Guerrero, Mexico): Projections for 2030 and 2050 using predictive models. Article published in Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio, Vol. 26, pp. 41-58 (2026), ISSN 1729-3…
- Transformación territorial en las subcuencas La Sabana y Tres Palos (Guerrero, México): Proyecciones al 2030 y 2050 mediante modelos predictivosArmando Jesús de la Colina Rodríguez, Orlando Novua-Álvarez · Zenodo (CERN European Organ... · Dec 31, 2026
Territorial transformation in the La Sabana and Tres Palos sub-basins (Guerrero, Mexico): Projections for 2030 and 2050 using predictive models. Article published in Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio, Vol. 26, pp. 41-58 (2026), ISSN 1729-3…
- RoadscapesQA: A Multitask, Multimodal Dataset for Visual Question Answering on Indian Roads[object Object], [object Object], [object Object] · CoRR 2026 · Dec 31, 2026
Understanding road scenes is essential for autonomous driving, as it enables systems to interpret visual surroundings to aid in effective decision-making. We present Roadscapes, a multitask multimodal dataset consisting of upto 9,000 images…
- RoadSceneVQA: Benchmarking Visual Question Answering in Roadside Perception Systems for Intelligent Transportation System[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] et al. · AAAI 2026 · Dec 31, 2026
Current roadside perception systems mainly focus on instance-level perception, which fall short in enabling interaction via natural language and reasoning about traffic behaviors in context. To bridge this gap, we introduce RoadSceneVQA, a …
- Prediction of Cognitive Flexibility Based on Attention Control, Working Memory, and Problem-Solving Skills in Adolescents Using CatBoostNegin Sanjarinia · Journal of Adolescent and Y... · Nov 10, 2026
Objective: The present study aimed to predict cognitive flexibility based on attention control, working memory, and problem-solving skills in adolescents using the CatBoost machine learning algorithm. Methods and Materials: This study was c…
- Research progress on hydrocarbon generation characteristics and analytical techniques of shales in saline lacustrine Basins in ChinaZHAO PEIRONG, Chuxiong Li, SHEN BAOJIAN, LI ZHIMING et al. · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Op... · Nov 1, 2026
As an important type of continental shale oil and gas resources, shale oil in saline lacustrine basins is subject to multiple controls such as sedimentation and diagenesis during its hydrocarbon generation process, showing remarkable comple…
- SwapBot: Tool-Centric Robot Manipulation via Interchangeable End-Effectors and Tactile SensingYunchu Zhang, Ray Song, Junhan Jiao, Liyiming Ke et al. · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
Robot manipulation in everyday environments inherently involves substantial tool usage. Seemingly simple household tasks, such as cooking pan-fried tofu, require forceful cutting, delicate brushing, and precise placement using different too…
- SymAnt: Grounding Long-Horizon Action Anticipation with Adaptable Symbolic PriorsFnu Aryan, Yaqi Xie, Joseph Campbell, Woojun Kim et al. · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
As robots and intelligent systems increasingly interact with humans, they must anticipate long sequences of future actions from only brief observations. While purely neural models typically require extensive observations to predict future a…
- A Conveyor Belt Mechanism for Repositionable Magnetic Coupling Between Continuum RobotsElla Walsh, Eric Diller, Jessica Burgner-Kahrs · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
This work proposes a novel conveyor belt mechanism enabling continuous, active repositioning of functional elements along the body of a tendon-driven continuum robot. Up to three conveyor belt mechanisms are integrated within a 9 mm diamete…
- Gym-Anything for Robotics: Scaling physical simulations with digital agentsPranjal Aggarwal, Sean Welleck · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
Realistic, fast robotics simulations could enable large-scale training of embodied AI models that transfer to the real world. However, despite decades of progress, available simulations cover only a narrow range of real-world tasks and phys…
- A Tutorial on Shape Servoing of Deformable Objects-Part I: FundamentalsIgnacio Cuiral-Zueco, Alessio Caporali, Miguel Aranda, Gianluca Palli et al. · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
In robotics, shape control (or shape servoing) refers to the automatic manipulation of a deformable object to achieve a desired shape. It involves a feedback loop that exploits the relation between robot motion and changes in the measured s…
- PhysVLMM: Interaction-Conditioned Physical Belief Maps for Articulated Objects in Robot Scene MapsDibyendu Ghosh · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
Mobile robots must open doors and drawers, yet their scene maps record what each object is and whether it has moved, not how it will respond to a pull. This paper proposes PhysVLMM, a method that maintains a physical belief for every articu…
- DAWN: Diffusion-based Alignment and unfastening Workflow NetworkHemant Kumar, Piyush Goenka, Nikhil Chopra · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
We present DAWN (Diffusion-based Alignment and unfastening Workflow Network), a hierarchical robotic framework designed to perform real-world, unfastening tasks through multi-modal sensory integration. Autonomous robotic unfastening is cruc…
- BURGER: Benchmarking and Understanding Robotic Generalization via Embodied DrawingXiangyu Xu, Bangshuai Peng, Ziyi Liu, Mengjie Zhao et al. · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
How effectively can vision-language-action (VLA) models learn diverse language-conditioned behaviors as training data scales? Investigating this question requires large and varied robot datasets, whose collection on physical robots remains …
- A Two-Wheeled Quadrotor with All-Clockwise Tilted Rotors for Level-Attitude Surface LocomotnionTakumi Ito, Satoshi Nakano · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
Conventional wheel-equipped quadrotor UAVs must tilt their bodies to generate lateral forces, limiting their ability to maintain a desired attitude during lateral motion. This paper proposes a wheeled quadrotor with all-clockwise tilted rot…
- Fundamental Limits of Sampling-Based Reachability: Geometry and Flow DistortionJixian Liu, Ihab Tabbara, Hussein Sibai, Enrique Mallada · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
Sampling-based reachability estimates reachable sets from finitely many simulated trajectory endpoints. Existing guarantees often control missed probability mass or approximation error relative to the convex hull of the reachable set, leavi…
- Adaptive search with path-constrained mobile sensors using multi-arm banditsAbraham P. Vinod, Parth K. Thaker, Gautam Dasarathy, Stefano Di Cairano · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
We study a constrained sequential decision problem for detecting regions of interest from noisy online measurements collected by a team of energy-constrained mobile sensors. The sensor motion is restricted to a precomputed set of feasible p…
- Improving Fine-Grained Manipulation through Demonstration Expansion and Execution DesignJingxu Gu, Dongze Lian · arXiv · Oct 29, 2026
Fine-grained manipulation requires a robot policy to follow instructions, remain robust to visual variations, and translate predicted actions into precise robot control. We present Demonstration Expansion and Execution Design (DEED), a fram…