Abstract Stimuli‐triggered in‐situ morphological transformation of peptide nanomaterials may enhance the on‐site accumulation and retention imaging agent cargos in stimuli‐rich regions, thus enabling precise, sensitive, prolonged diseases. Moreover, this strategy permits co‐delivery contrast agents drugs with smart “turn‐on” ability, allowing for efficient disease theranostics. In light signifi...

Several studies have been published which show that it is possible to decode semantic representations directly from brain responses. This has repeatedly successful when the stimuli used were pictures of objects. However, there a distinct scarcity decoding responses orthographic stimuli, particularly those employing time-sensitive imaging methods. We use examples our own research highlight chall...

This study investigated the functional significance of the N2 response to novel stimuli. In one condition, background, target, and deviant stimuli were simple geometric figures. In a second condition, all stimulus types were unfamiliar/unusual figures. In a third condition, background and target stimuli were unusual figures and deviant stimuli were simple shapes. Unusual figures, whether they w...

   The objective of the present study is to develop and investigate the swelling behavior of pH-sensitive Superporous Hydrogel (SPH) and SPH composite (SPHC). A novel superporous hydrogel containing poly (methacrylic acid-co-acrylamide) was synthesized from methacrylic acid and acrylamide through the aqueous solution polymerization, using N,N-methylenebisacrylamide as a crosslinker and ammonium...

Animals can discriminate among many different types of foods. This discrimination process involves multiple sensory systems, but the sense of taste is known to play a central role. We asked how the taste system contributes to the discrimination of different "bitter" taste stimuli in Manduca sexta caterpillars. This insect has approximately eight bilateral pairs of taste cells that respond selec...

Stimuli-sensitive biomaterials that are activated by light in need of formulations stable under indoor lighting yet can be direct sunlight. Carbene-based bioadhesives a new generation film-forming polymers rapidly with low-energy UVA light, but have never been evaluated sunlight exposure. Previous investigations evolved two flexible carbene-based platforms, where aryl-diazirine is grafted on to...

Background: We compared the wave amplitude of visually evoked potential (VEP) between patients with esotropic and anisometropic amblyopic eyes and a normal group.Methods: The wave amplitude of VEP was documented in 2 groups of persons with amblyopia (15 with esotropia and 28 with anisometropia) and 1 group of individuals with normal visual acuity (n, 15). The amplitude of P100 was recorded mono...

objective: fetal development of the central nervous system is an important and sensitive stage which is affected by many external and internal stimuli. this study aimed to investigate effect of musical stimuli on fetal rat brain. materials and methods: in this experimental study, twelve female wistar rats were selected and evenly assigned to control and musical groups. the females were mated wi...