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To identify requirements for human-in-the-loop simulation capabilities and improve their utility in predicting and optimizing soldier-systems integration.

Technological development rates within the military are rapidly increasing. Emergent technologies often exclude in-depth consideration of human-system interactions until the physical prototyping phase. Human-in-the-loop simulation tools can allow for earlier consideration of humans in the development process; however, use remains limited.

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants to yield perspectives on current human-in-the-loop simulation capabilities and utility specific to the military. An inductive approach to thematic analysis was used to extract critical themes from transcribed interview data. A scoping review was completed to supplement the data obtained from interviews and summarize knowledge regarding requirements for human-in-the-loop simulation and analysis capabilities targeted to the military.

Interviews were conducted with five experts representing the sectors of Vehicle/Equipment Design, Simulation, and Army Research. A total of 2274 sources were identified, and 64 papers were retained for the scoping review. Thematic analysis of the combined data sources yielded six important themes to consider with respect to requirements for future human-in-the-loop simulation capabilities targeting soldier-systems integration.

This study has identified eight key requirements to support the use of human-in-the-loop simulation tools to predict and optimize soldier-systems integration and performance.

Addressing key requirements will improve the ability of current human-in-the-loop simulation tools to accommodate the military's need for human consideration early in the design process.
Addressing key requirements will improve the ability of current human-in-the-loop simulation tools to accommodate the military's need for human consideration early in the design process.The repair of abdominal wall defects often requires the use of polypropylene (PP) as the main material. EN450 concentration After a PP mesh is implanted in the body, contact with the intestine can cause adhesions between the intestine and the mesh, leading to serious complications such as intestinal fistula. In this study, we used electrostatic spinning technology to coat one side of PP meshes with an electrostatically spun isolating layer of acellular dermal matrix (ADM)/silk fibroin (SF) hybrid material. These meshes were used to repair abdominal wall defects in model rats and were compared with polycaprolactone (PCL) composite polypropylene meshes and PP meshes. The results showed that the adhesion score and area of ADM/SF-PP meshes were smaller than those of PCL-PP and PP meshes. Immunohistochemical assessment revealed that the ADM/SF meshes could effectively reduce the inflammatory response at the contact surface between the meshes and abdominal organs. The tissues regenerated on the abdominal side were rich in new blood vessels. Furthermore, the ADM/SF meshes could effectively reduce the expression levels of the inflammation-related factors IL-6 and TNF-α. The expression levels of tissue regeneration-related factors, such as VEGF and PAX-7, were also higher after ADM/SF-PP mesh-mediated repair than after PCL-PP mesh and PP mesh repair. Thus, ADM/SF-PP meshes can effectively reduce the inflammatory response at the contact surface between the meshes and abdominal organs and quickly promote regeneration of abdominal surface tissue to prevent and reduce abdominal adhesion and support restoration of the abdominal wall.Implant infection is a serious complication resulting in pain, mortality, prolonged recovery, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Reducing the risk-of-infection associated with tissue implants require imminent attention, where pure silver (Ag) offers enormous potential. However, the printability, mechanical performance nor microbial resistance of additively manufactured (AM) pure Ag is unavailable in literature. This is critical as Ag is thought to play a vital role in the development of AM patient-specific infection resistant implants in the decade to come. The study therefore additively manufactured 99.9% pure-Ag through selective laser melting (SLM) and systematically investigates its mechanical performance. The validated SLM process parameters were then used to conceive two fully porous bone scaffold each at approximately 68 and 90% (wt.) porosity. While the study brings to attention the potential defects in SLM pure-Ag through X-ray nanotomography (X-ray nCT), the mechanical properties of porous Ag scaffolds were found to be similar to cancellous bone. The study achieved the highest SLM pure-Ag density of 97% with Young's modulus (E), elastic limit (σe), yield strength (σy), ultimate strength (σult) and ultimate strain (εult) in the range of 15.5-17.8 GPa, 50.7-57.7 MPa, 57.6-67.2 MPa, 82.4-95.9 MPa and 0.07-0.10 respectively. The antimicrobial efficacy of printed silver was tested against the common implant infection-causing Staphylococcus aureus and led to 90% and 99.9% kill in 4 and 14 h respectively. The study, therefore, is a first step towards achieving a new generation Ag-based AM infection resistant porous implants.Two parallel anaerobic digesters (8500 m3 capacity each), combined with thermal hydrolysis (TH) pretreatment, co-digesting dewatered sewage sludge, dewatered human feces, and food wastewater were monitored over a 12-month period from start-up to explore the feasibility of field application of the combined process. The waste mixtures before and after pretreatment and the feed and digestate of each digester were taken semimonthly (i.e., 48 samples in total) for analysis of the feed characteristics, process parameters, and digester microbial community structure. The TH pretreatment proved effective in improving the bioavailability of the waste mixture. The solubilization efficiency tended to increase with the particulate organic fraction in the raw mixture. Although fluctuations in the feed characteristics and loading significantly influenced the process and microbial behaviors, the digesters maintained stable performance during the study period. Our results demonstrate that the TH-anaerobic digestion process can achieve an effective and robust treatment of the waste mixture.
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