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Medulla Tetrapanacis Water Extract Ameliorates Dextran Sulfate Sodium‐Induced Ulcerative Colitis by Reprogramming Macrophage Polarization and Maintaining Intestinal Barrier Integrity Open

Yanfen Cheng, Carsten Tsun‐Ka Kwok, Ziwen Yang, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Gph Leung , et al. · 2025

Medulla Tetrapanacis (MT) is traditionally consumed as herbal soup to manage mastitis. Although scientific evidence supports its anti‐inflammatory effect, no study has investigated its effect on ulcerative colitis (UC). This study aimed to…

Multiscale modeling of cell–substrate adhesion dynamics: effects of integrin activation, clustering and internalization Open

Huiyan Liang, Wei Fang, Xindong Chen, Bo Li, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2025

Cell adhesion is a fundamental biological process that governs cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, and tissue development. Cells adhere to the extracellular matrix through specialized transmembrane proteins, whose structures an…

Chemo-mechanotherapy of fibrosis: dynamic control of biological materials through tissue-architecture-dependent crosslink disruption Open

Wei Kong, Meiyue Song, Xiangjun Peng, Lu Bai, Jianan Zeng , et al. · 2025

Extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness drives cell fate, but tissues are nonlinear and difficult to modify chemically without harming patients. Here, we show that nonlinear mechanical responses of fibrous and porous tissues can be controlled…

Optimizing space heating efficiency in sustainable building design a multi criteria decision making approach with model predictive control Open

Zheng Qi, Nan Zhou, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Sama Abdolhosseinzadeh · 2025

Efficient space heating is vital for sustainable building design, offering opportunities to reduce energy consumption and costs while maintaining thermal comfort. This study examines the optimization of space heating in a nearly-zero energ…

Influences of structural helicity of aortic dissection on endovascular repair Open

Shi-Cheng Jin, Zilong Zhao, Xuyang Zhang, Peng Lv, Yan Cheng , et al. · 2025

Stanford type B aortic dissections often exhibit helical morphology. However, the influences of structural helicity on periprocedural and mid-to long-term adverse events after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) remain unclear. In …

Adaptive cytoskeletal responses to extracellular environment viscosity modulate cell migration Open

Lin Zhong, Xindong Chen, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2025

Cell migration is a pivotal process in metastasis, allowing cancer cells to invade surrounding tissues and disseminate to distant organs. While extracellular environment (ECE) viscosity serves as a critical modulator of cell motility, its …

Quantifying the Effects of Geometric Parameters on the Elastic Properties of Multilayer Graphene Platelet Films Open

Penghao Qi, Xindong Chen, Hanxing Zhu, Yongtao Lyu, Bu Zhang , et al. · 2025

Multilayer graphene platelet films (MGPFs) are widely studied for their exceptional mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. The elastic properties and deformation mechanisms of MGPFs are highly sensitive to their geometric paramet…

Synergistic Optimization and Risk Control: Integrated Price Forecasting Models Open

Mingshen Xu, Tianxiang Hu, Boyi Zhang, Hanrui Zhang, William Ka Kei Wu , et al. · 2025

This paper presents a hybrid intraday electricity price forecasting model—Info-VMD-iTransformer-CNN-LSTM—tailored for high-dimensional, non-stationary price series. First, variational mode decomposition (VMD) adaptively separates price sig…

Toughening and strengthening mechanisms of biological materials: A review Open

Xi‐Qiao Feng, Zi-Long Zhao, Yi Yan, Hongping Zhao · 2025

A convergent approach to resorcinolic macrolides to expand structural diversity Open

Jesus M. Madrigal Lombera, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Xiaokun Shu, Ian B. Seiple · 2025

The resorcinolic macrolide (RM) class of natural products is characterized by a resorcinolic ester core linked to a 10-14-membered macrocyclic lactone, encompassing over 50 members with diverse biological activities. Among the most notable…

High-Performance B-Doped Na0.44MnO2 Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries Open

Zhuohao Liu, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Haoxiang Zhao, X. Han, Zi Ye , et al. · 2025

Na_0.44MnO₂ (NMO) is a promising cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to its unique tunnel structure and derived sodium storage property. In this study, we prepared the doped cathode material Na_0.4…

Unveiling Hidden Features of Acoustic Radiation Forces in Soft Tissues Via Physics-Informed Neural Network-Based Full Shear Wave Inversion Open

Zhaoyi Zhang, Shiyu Ma, Ziying Yin, Jian‐Ding Qiu, Zhongtao Hu , et al. · 2025

A Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Simulating Creep Buckling in Growing Viscoelastic Biological Tissues Open

Zhongya Lin, Jinshuai Bai, Shuang Li, Xindong Chen, Haijie Wang , et al. · 2025

A Comprehensive Survey on Contactless Vital Signs Monitoring Using Vision-Based, Radio-Based, and Fusion Approaches Open

Zichen Li, Xiaoting Wu, Constantino Álvarez Casado, V. Lindholm, Kristina Mikkonen , et al. · 2025

Synthesis and antimicrobial applications of α-peptoid polymers Open

Jiayang Xie, Weilong Hu, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Zixin Liu, Min Zhou , et al. · 2025

This perspective summarizes recent advances in α-peptoid polymers from synthesis to antimicrobial applications, and discusses current challenges and future directions in the development of antimicrobial poly(α-peptoid)s.

3d Differential Decomposition for Video Deepfake Detection with Identity Suppression Open

Jie Gao, Marco Micheletto, Giulia Orrù, Gian Luca Marcialis, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2025

Critical Cell Spacing Drives Phase Transition in Matrix-Mediated Tissue Condensation Open

Xiangjun Peng, Yuxuan Huang, Wenyu Kong, Yanan Du, Elliot L. Elson , et al. · 2024

Biological tissues exhibit phase transitions governed by mechanical feedback between cells and their extracellular matrix (ECM). We demonstrate through bio-chemo-mechanical modeling that this emergent behavior arises from competing physica…

Energy-based physics-informed neural network for frictionless contact problems under large deformation Open

Jinshuai Bai, Zhongya Lin, Yizheng Wang, Jiancong Wen, Yinghua Liu , et al. · 2024

Numerical methods for contact mechanics are of great importance in engineering applications, enabling the prediction and analysis of complex surface interactions under various conditions. In this work, we propose an energy-based physics-in…

Artificial intelligence for partial differential equations in computational mechanics: A review Open

Yizheng Wang, Jinshuai Bai, Zhongya Lin, Qimin Wang, Cosmin Anitescu , et al. · 2024

In recent years, Artificial intelligence (AI) has become ubiquitous, empowering various fields, especially integrating artificial intelligence and traditional science (AI for Science: Artificial intelligence for science), which has attract…

Mechanical properties of intercellular tunneling nanotubes formed by different mechanisms Open

Yanli Sun, Huikai Zhang, И. Б. Заводник, Hucheng Zhao, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2024

A robust radial point interpolation method empowered with neural network solvers (RPIM-NNS) for nonlinear solid mechanics Open

Jinshuai Bai, Gui-Rong Liu, Timon Rabczuk, Yizheng Wang, Xi‐Qiao Feng , et al. · 2024

In this work, we proposed a robust radial point interpolation method empowered with neural network solvers (RPIM-NNS) for solving highly nonlinear solid mechanics problems. It is enabled by neural network solvers via minimizing an energy-b…

Unlocking the potential of transdermal drug delivery Open

Shuang Li, Jianhao Wu, Xiangjun Peng, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2024

Transdermal drug delivery (TDD) has gained clinical approval over several decades, with extensive research dedicated to novel drug and device development. Despite notable research progress, the market adoption of TDD devices has not met an…

Study on the mechanism of stone column pile formation Open

Zeneng Cheng, Shijie Han, Xi‐Qiao Feng, J Zhang, Fu‐Ming Wang , et al. · 2024

This study focuses on the construction mechanism of stone column piles at an iron ore base in China. A theoretical model that describes the stone column pile formation process during sinking was proposed. The calculation formula for the ai…

Mechanochemical dynamics of collective cells and hierarchical topological defects in multicellular lumens Open

Pengyu Yu, Yue Li, Wei Fang, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Bo Li · 2024

Collective cell dynamics is essential for tissue morphogenesis and various biological functions. However, it remains incompletely understood how mechanical forces and chemical signaling are integrated to direct collective cell behaviors un…

Basal actomyosin pulses expand epithelium coordinating cell flattening and tissue elongation Open

Shun Li, Zong-Yuan Liu, Hao Li, Sijia Zhou, Jiaying Liu , et al. · 2024

Actomyosin networks constrict cell area and junctions to alter cell and tissue shape. However, during cell expansion under mechanical stress, actomyosin networks are strengthened and polarized to relax stress. Thus, cells face a conflictin…

On the Notch Sensitivity of Nacre: A Large-Scale Numerical Investigation Open

Yi Yan, Xiao Dong Chen, Yuan Gao, Zichen Deng, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2024

A Multiscale Dynamic Model of Cell–Substrate Interfaces Open

Huiyan Liang, Wei Fang, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2024

Multi-Metal Substituted Fe-Based Prussian Blue as High-Capacity Cathode Material for Potassium Ion Batteries Open

Shujie Yang, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Xin Min, Bin Ma, yan'gai liu , et al. · 2024

Directional Soft Jumper by Harnessing Asymmetric Snapping of a Semi-Open Shell Open

Min Li, Huikai Zhang, Wei Fang, Jian Wu, Xi‐Qiao Feng · 2024

A Finite Deformation Constitutive Theory of Shape Memory Polymers Based on Reversible Constraint and Their Soft Actuators Open

Huijie Cao, Weitong Chen, Qitao Wang, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Keh-Chih Hwang , et al. · 2024

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