Plaque biomarkers from high-frame rate vector flow imaging and shear wave elastography in mild carotid stenosis by Man Zhao, Jing Chen, Shiyao Gu, Haoqing Hu, Luni Zhang, Rong Wu, Caixia Jia

“…Wall shear stress, oscillatory shear index, and turbulence (Tur) index were quantified on both downstream and upstream plaque surfaces, and the Young modulus (YM) was measured for distinct plaque regions. …”
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Electrical Tissue Adhesives for Strain‐Insensitive In‐situ Biosensing by Tsz Hung Wong, Jiabin Liu, Yijie Cheng, Yilin Xie, Camryn Anway, Ruihao Lu, Chuwei Ye, Zhaohan Yu, Yuan Wang, Xinyue Liu, Shaoting Lin

“…In‐situ biosensing, a rapidly evolving field that focuses on the development of biosensors capable of on‐site detection of biomolecules directly from local tissue regions, holds the potential to revolutionize medicine through real‐time monitoring, personalized diagnosis, and targeted therapies. …”
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High throughput assessment of blueberry fruit internal bruising using deep learning models by Chenjiao Tan, Changying Li, Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Heeduk Oh, Rui Xu, Massimo Iorizzo

“…The captured images were first analyzed using the YOLO detection model to identify and isolate individual fruits with bounding boxes. …”
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Estimation of Stresses in a Plate with a Concentrator through Ultrasonic Measurements of Acoustic Anisotropy by D. A. Tretyakov, D. S. Osovik

“…However, the problem of timely detection and assessment of critical stresses caused by local concentrators through ultrasonic testing has not been solved. …”
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Extraction of cellulose from bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.) for bio-foam applications by Norhafizah Saari, Sitti Fatimah Mhd Ramle, Nur Salsabilla Zahidan, Nur Ayuni Ahmad, Zubaidah Aimi Abdul Hamid, Abdul Fattah Nongman, Nurul Fazita Mohamad Rawi

“…Among the samples, CBF with 10 % cellulose content exhibited the highest mechanical strength, with a Young’s modulus of 78.74 N/m², compared to 6.91 N/m² for 0 % and 59.71 N/m² for 20 %. …”
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Microbubble-based fabrication of resilient porous ionogels for high-sensitivity pressure sensors by Ziwei Yang, Jingxiao Wang, Xiao Wan, Hongcheng Xu, Chuanyu Zhang, Xiaoke Lu, Weixuan Jing, Chuanfei Guo, Xueyong Wei

“…The ultrahigh porosity of up to 95% endows the porous ionogel with superelasticity and a Young’s modulus near 7 kPa. Due to the superelastic compliance and iontronic electrical double-layer effect, the porous ionogel packaged into two electrodes endows the pressure sensor with high sensitivity (684.4 kPa−1) over an ultrabroad range (~1 MPa) and a high-pressure resolution of 0.46%. …”
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Investigation of the influence of thermal overloads on mechanical properties of S500 high-strength structural steel using electromagnetic testing technology by René Gansel, Moritz Braun, Sören Ehlers, Sebastian Barton

“…The resulting changes in microstructure, hardness, yield strength, tensile strength, elastic modulus, fatigue strength and electromagnetic signals were compared to the initial state. …”
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Development and validation of a semi-automated algorithm to analyze shear wave elastography clips in muscle tissue by Andreas Haueise, Gabriela F. Carvalho, Mehrin Azan, Dominic Gehring, Katrin Skerl, Angela V. Dieterich

“…The proportional bias is within the minimal detectable change and therefore clinically negligible. …”
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GENETIC PARAMETERS AND CORRELATIONS OF GROWTH AND WOOD PROPERTIES IN Peltophorum dubium by Eduardo Luiz Longui, Israel Luiz Lima, Ana Tereza Durão Galão, José Arimatéia Rabelo Machado, Mauricio Ranzini, Adriano Wagner Ballarin, Miguel Luiz Menezes Freitas, Alexandre Magno Sebbenn

“…Traits diameter (DBH) and height (H), and wood traits volumetric retraction (βv), anisotropy index (βt/βr), basic (ρbas) and apparent (ρpab) wood density, compressive strength (fc0), modulus of rupture (MOR), modulus of elasticity (MOE), shear parallel grain (fv0), vessel element length (VEL), vessel diameter (VDI), vessel density (VDE), fiber length (FL), fiber wall thickness (FWT), ray height (RH), ray length (RL), and ray frequency (RF) were used to estimate the  and  between traits aiming to select the best families for increase growth and wood quality. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Damage and Fracture Characteristics of Granite under Different Water Cooling Conditions by Zhuangzhuang Yao, Zhigang Zhang, Wenbin Wu, Jiang Wu

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Influence of the thickness of Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast on purification and final properties of bacterial cellulose by Federica Daus, Devis Montroni, Laura Pesavento, Martina Bruschi, Anna Liguori, Maria Letizia Focarete

“…As the SCOBY thickness increased, changes in morphology were observed, which influenced rehydration and mechanical properties, transitioning the material from rigid (Young modulus = 2572 ± 661 MPa) to soft (Young modulus = 282±140 MPa). …”
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Assessment of extensor hallucis brevis stiffness and microcirculation in diabetes: shear wave elastography and contrast-enhanced ultrasound by Fuqiang Yan, Mingli Cai, Meirong Li, Shanshan Huang, Jingyi Guo, Jinmiao Lin, Guorong Lyu

“…Shear wave elastography (SWE) measured EHB stiffness (mean Young’s modulus, Emean), while contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) assessed perfusion dynamics (transcapillary transit time [ΔAT], net enhancement intensity [ΔPI]). …”
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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) nanomechanical characterization of micro- and nanoplastics to support environmental investigations in groundwater by Massimiliano Galluzzi, Michele Lancia, Chunmiao Zheng, Viviana Re, Valter Castelvetro, Shifeng Guo, Stefano Viaroli

“…Multifrequency AFM allows the detection of MNPs up to the nanometric scale based on elastic modulus assessments. …”
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Experimental study on I/II/III mixed mode fracture characteristics of a combined rock mass under creep loading by Shuai Li, Chao Zheng, Peng Li, Shuo Zhang

“…The experimental results show that with the increase in the number of prefabricated intersecting joints, the uniaxial compressive strength and elastic modulus values of the sandstone specimens gradually decrease. …”
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Combined use of super-resolution ultrasound imaging and shear-wave elastography for differential diagnosis of breast masses by Yu-Meng Lei, Chen Liu, Chen Liu, Hai-Man Hu, Nan Li, Ning Zhang, Qi Wang, Shu-E Zeng, Shu-E Zeng, Hua-Rong Ye, Ge Zhang, Ge Zhang

“…This approach shows promise for early breast cancer detection, with the potential to reduce the need for unnecessary biopsies and improve patient outcomes.…”
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Influence of Aging and Diabetes on the Mechanical Properties of Mouse Skin by Sarah Miny, Gaël Runel, Julien Chlasta, Christelle Bonod

“…Methods: To investigate this, we used an Atomic Force Microscope (a type of local probe microscope used to visualize the surface topography of a sample) to measure the elastic modulus of each skin sample. The elastic modulus is a parameter that describes a tissue’s resistance to elastic deformation when stress is applied. …”
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Anti‐Motion Artifacts Iontronic Sensor for Long‐Term Accurate Fingertip Pulse Monitoring by Jia You, Mingyang Lu, Lamu Dazhen, Mengjie Gao, Ruiyan Zhang, Wendong Li, Fan Lei, Wei Ren, Guangxian Li, Junlong Yang

“…By regulating the local modulus of the encapsulation layer, this structure dissipates stretching stress, achieving an MAs suppression rate of up to 90%, significantly improving pulse signal accuracy and reliability. …”
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Effects of wet environment on physical, chemical and mechanical properties of four core buildup materials by Yuanyuan Chen, Qingsong Jiang, Yongjie Wei

“…This study systematically evaluates water sorption, solubility, flexural strength, elastic modulus, elution and fracture mode of four commercially available core buildup materials. …”
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Evaluation of Basalt Fibers on Wind Turbine Blades through Finite Element Analysis by V. García, L. Vargas, A. Acuña, J. B. Sosa, E. Durazo, R. Ballesteros, J. Ocampo

“…Material properties and mechanical tests were carried out to obtain the fiber volume fraction, density, Young’s modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson relation of polymeric matrix composites made using basalt and fiberglass. …”
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The Use of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Screening Method for Determination of Hydrolytic Stability of Poly(ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate) by Kevin Raheem, Anthony Betts, John Cassidy, Bernard Ryan

“…Results indicate that SA decreased the polymer film hydrolytic stability rapidly, resulting in a substantial drop in impedance modulus from ~10 kΩcm² to ~10 Ωcm² at 100 Hz due to electrolyte ingress, whilst the PA-containing film modulus also diminished from ~4 MΩcm² to ~1 kΩcm² at 100 Hz. …”
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