Flexible Strain-Sensitive Silicone-CNT Sensor for Human Motion Detection.

This article describes the manufacturing technology of biocompatible flexible strain-sensitive sensor based on Ecoflex silicone and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The sensor demonstrates resistive behavior. Structural, electrical, and mechanical characteristics are compared.

An attachment-based intervention for patients with cardiovascular disease and their partners: A proof-of-concept study.

Unlabelled: Couple distress is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, whereas support is associated with heart-healthy behaviors and better CVD outcomes.

Objective: To assess the clinical benefit of the Healing Hearts Together (HHT) intervention, an attachment-based relationship enhancement program for couples in which 1 partner has CVD, on relationship quality, mental health, and quality of life (QoL).

Method: Patients from a tertiary cardiac care center and their partners (N = 78; 39 couples) attended the 8-session HHT group.

Microbial Processes and Microbial Communities in the Water Column of the Polar Meromictic Lake Bol'shie Khruslomeny at the White Sea Coast.

Microbiological, molecular ecological, biogeochemical, and isotope geochemical research was carried out at the polar Lake Bol'shie Khruslomeny at the coast of the Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea in March and September 2017. The uppermost mixolimnion was oxic, with low salinity (3-5%). The lower chemocline layer was brown-green colored, with very high content of particulate organic matter (up to 11.

Learning a new way of living together: a qualitative study exploring the relationship changes and intervention needs of patients with cardiovascular disease and their partners.

Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) not only affects the patient, but has implications for the partner. Emerging evidence suggests that supportive couple relationships enhance CVD outcomes and reduce patient and partner distress. To date, however, little research has been done to address the couple relationship as a potentially important component of cardiac care.

Sharp water column stratification with an extremely dense microbial population in a small meromictic lake, Trekhtzvetnoe.

Located on the shore of Kandalaksha Bay (the White Sea, Russia) and previously separated from it, Trekhtzvetnoe Lake (average depth 3.5 m) is one of the shallowest meromictic lakes known. Despite its shallowness, it features completely developed water column stratification with high-density microbial chemocline community (bacterial plate) and high rates of major biogeochemical processes.