Publications by authors named "M Dickey"
To quantify how the viscosities of silicone oil (SO) and liquid metal (LM) relate to emulsion-formation (LM-in-SO SO-in-LM), a process was developed to produce LM pastes with adjustable viscosity and minimal oxide and bubbles. Increased LM viscosity allows greater silicone oil intake and/or intake of higher-viscosity silicone oils.
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- Communication technologies expose us to electromagnetic fields (EMF), which may pose health risks, especially for vulnerable groups like pregnant women.
- We developed a triboelectric ferrofluid fiber (TFF) that can detect EMF and generates its own charge, making it flexible and suitable for integration into fabrics.
- This smart fabric can provide environmental warnings and real-time health monitoring, specifically designed for the safety and healthcare needs of at-risk populations.
Background: Stressful large-scale events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, impact birthing individuals' postpartum experiences and their mental health. Resultant changes in government assistance, housing, and employment may further exacerbate these impacts, with differences experienced by varying income levels and races. This study aimed to examine maternal depression and anxiety in postpartum individuals by income and race during a stressful large-scale event, and the mediating role of government assistance, housing, and employment.
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- Native oxides significantly reduce the surface tension of gallium-based liquid metal alloys, dropping it from 724 to 10 mN/m, making them effective like surfactants.
- Unlike traditional surfactants, native oxides naturally form on metals and are much more efficient at lowering surface tension, facilitating better adhesion to surfaces.
- The unique interfacial properties of these oxides not only stabilize liquid metal structures but also enable the creation of oxide-filled bubbles and thin oxide films, with potential applications across various metals and their oxides.
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- Early life stress (ELS) in mice leads to cognitive issues and changes in dopamine receptor expression in the male offspring's anterior cingulate cortex (ACC).
- Fragmented maternal care during a critical neonatal period resulted in elevated D2R and suppressed D4R, impairing performance on visual attention tasks, but this could be reversed in adulthood through pharmacological interventions.
- ELS male mice also exhibited increased hypothalamic orexin and disrupted sleep patterns, pointing to sleep loss as a possible underlying factor for cognitive deficits, a correlation that extends to attention issues observed in children who experienced early adversity.