Soft Actuators | List of Frontiers open access articles

Review

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Research progress and controversies in the treatment of functional constipation-related depression with probiotics and prebiotics: a narrative review

in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Pharmacology

Qiuhua Dai
Zhongyu Duan
Chao Fang
Rong Chen

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2026.1735614

376 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Comparative performance assessment of ecological restoration techniques for transmission line slopes: integrating geotechnical stability and ecological indicators

in Models in Ecology and Evolution

Qi Zhang
Ya-Fang Zhao
Ou Zhang
Wei-Mao Xu
Xue Jiang

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1732033

343 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Early screening of childhood ASD at primary care hospitals in western China: a multi-center study in Chengdu, Sichuan Province

in Health Economics

Wenxu Yang
Ying Zhang
Ping Yang
Chunxia Zhao
Chunhua Du
Junni He
Yanmei Cao
Jia Shang
Li Li
Yan Liu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1758181

345 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the U-box gene family in poplar under salt stress

in Plant Physiology

Zhi Dong
Jun Li
Yinchen Gong
Shaoran Li
Tiandong Wu
Yibo An
Lian Luo

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1767843

351 views

Study Protocol

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial on the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an integrated psychoeducational intervention for transition-age youths in acute psychiatric settings

in Public Mental Health

Giulio Longo
Laura Orsolini
Alessandra Premici
Umberto Volpe

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1768016

299 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Long-term associations between perinatal factors and white matter microstructure at 8–10 years

in Brain Imaging and Stimulation

Injoong Kim
Omar Azrak
Mark Foster
Emil Cornea
Sang Kyoon Park
Yoonmi Hong
Martin Styner
John H. Gilmore

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

doi 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1729276

363 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Modeling and forecasting Saudi banking stability using ARIMA and exponential smoothing technique

in AI in Finance

Abdulaziz Alnajjar
Hamzeh F. Assous
Hazem Al-Najjar

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

doi 10.3389/frai.2026.1702414

472 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Synergistic effects of Bacillus spp. and graphene oxide on nutrient cycling and soil health in peach tree rhizospheres

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Shuyi Chen
Bingliang Liu
Sumin Chen
Xin Yu
Jie Tang
Qiang Li

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1712181

554 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

An integrative analysis of cardiac autonomic neuropathy and nephropathy risk assessed with SUDOSCAN in individuals with type 2 diabetes

in Cardiovascular Endocrinology

Claudiu Cobuz
Mădălina Ungureanu-Iuga
Maricela Cobuz

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1712085

391 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Phage isolation and functional characterization reveal strong antibiofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a cystic fibrosis sputum model

in Antibiotic Resistance and New Antimicrobial drugs

Madeline Bowder
Hannah Kapoor
Steven J Carrell
Lia Danelishvili

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1753740

495 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Lightweight plant phenotypic feature extraction via transferable attention head pruning in Vision Transformers

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Yongsheng Xie
Xiaoxiao Zeng
Rifeng Wang
Wenxin Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1747598

417 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Construction and evaluation of a diagnostic prediction model for bacterial meningitis based on clinical and laboratory data

in Artificial Intelligence in Neurology

Xiaotong Shen
Lidan Xing
Shichao Gao
Yaomeng Huang
Xinhui Yu
Zheng Zhang

Frontiers in Neurology

doi 10.3389/fneur.2026.1747753

284 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Metabolomics identifies chenodeoxycholic acid as a protective factor in diabetic foot ulcers

in Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms

Ying Li
Ran Guo
Lu Lv
Tao Jiang
Chenning Zhang
Jiangying Chang
KeYan Hu
Huifang Peng
Lulu Chen
Ran Chen

Frontiers in Endocrinology

doi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1754743

295 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

The relationship between digital health literacy and health anxiety among Chinese older adults: the role of aging attitudes and physical activity

in Aging and Public Health

Changzhou Chen
Xingyi Li
Sen Li

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1751272

296 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Closing the denitrification gap: applying the 15N gas flux method with an artificial atmosphere in conventional and regenerative agriculture

in Biogeochemical Dynamics

Gianni Micucci
Fotis Sgouridis
Jonathan Leake
Sami Ullah

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1750986

490 views

Review

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Microbiome dysbiosis and therapeutic restoration in atopic dermatitis

in Extra-intestinal Microbiome

Ling Zhong
Xiyuan Zhou
Jia Su
Yue Zhang
Dingding Zhang
Huiying Wan

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1693905

453 views

Articles

Research progress and controversies in the treatment of functional constipation-related depression with probiotics and prebiotics: a narrative review

Comparative performance assessment of ecological restoration techniques for transmission line slopes: integrating geotechnical stability and ecological indicators

Early screening of childhood ASD at primary care hospitals in western China: a multi-center study in Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the U-box gene family in poplar under salt stress

Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial on the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an integrated psychoeducational intervention for transition-age youths in acute psychiatric settings

Long-term associations between perinatal factors and white matter microstructure at 8–10 years

Modeling and forecasting Saudi banking stability using ARIMA and exponential smoothing technique

Synergistic effects of Bacillus spp. and graphene oxide on nutrient cycling and soil health in peach tree rhizospheres

An integrative analysis of cardiac autonomic neuropathy and nephropathy risk assessed with SUDOSCAN in individuals with type 2 diabetes

Phage isolation and functional characterization reveal strong antibiofilm activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a cystic fibrosis sputum model

Lightweight plant phenotypic feature extraction via transferable attention head pruning in Vision Transformers

Construction and evaluation of a diagnostic prediction model for bacterial meningitis based on clinical and laboratory data

Metabolomics identifies chenodeoxycholic acid as a protective factor in diabetic foot ulcers

The relationship between digital health literacy and health anxiety among Chinese older adults: the role of aging attitudes and physical activity

Closing the denitrification gap: applying the 15N gas flux method with an artificial atmosphere in conventional and regenerative agriculture

Microbiome dysbiosis and therapeutic restoration in atopic dermatitis

Long-term associations between perinatal factors and white matter microstructure at 8–10 years