This year I am helping us laugh and possibly learn by making one of my humorous books available to download for free in this year’s first six columns. The fourth book is Logical Thoughts at 4:00 am.

This paper explores pole placement techniques for the 4 th order C1 DC-to-DC Buck converter focusing on optimizing various performance metrics. Refinements were made to existing ITAE (Integral of Time ...

aDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China bChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China cDepartment of Clinical ...

Complement may drive the pathology of hypertension through effects on innate and adaptive immune responses. Recently an injurious role for the anaphylatoxin receptors C3aR (complement component 3a ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. CRISPR-Cas12a nucleases have expanded the toolbox for targeted genome engineering in a ...

Nup358, a protein of the nuclear pore complex, facilitates a nuclear positioning pathway that is essential for many biological processes, including neuromuscular and brain development. Nup358 ...

Electroencephalography (EEG) is increasingly used for repetitive and prolonged applications like neurofeedback, brain computer interfacing, and long-term intermittent monitoring. Dry-contact ...

Many of the exciting wave phenomena found in acoustic metamaterials arise as a result of the collective response of subwavelength resonators. To widen the frequency range of these phenomena, it is ...

Impaired myocardial conduction is the underlying mechanism for re-entrant arrhythmias. Carbon nanotube fibers (CNTfs) combine the mechanical properties of suture materials with the conductive ...