Behavior of polyimides based on bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic dianhydride under thermal treatment by Petr Sysel, Pavla Nekvapilová, Jakub Havlín

“…This finding supports the application of a retro Diels–Alder reaction during the decomposition of the structure coming from bicyclo[2.2.2]oct‑7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic dianhydride including radical formation as intermediate products at temperatures above 350 °C, whereby the present oxygen inhibits this process very effectively. …”
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Evaluation of thermal and mechanical properties of demonstration wall utilizing phase change cementitious materials by Jan Červenka, Michaela Herzfeldt, Antonio Caggiano, Eduardus Koenders

“…Also modelling of wind resistance of the layered structure is included. The developed wall design and PoroPCM material will be tested and verified by a large scale test in the final year of the project.…”
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Optical properties and dynamics of direct and spatially and momentum indirect excitons in AlGaAs/AlAs quantum wells by Dąbrówka Biegańska, Maciej Pieczarka, Krzysztof Ryczko, Maciej Kubisa, Sebastian Klembt, Sven Höfling, Christian Schneider, Marcin Syperek

“…This interpretation has been based on the optical pumping density-dependent, temperature-dependent and spatially-resolved photoluminescence measurements, which provided the characterization of the structure, crucial in potential system’s applications. …”
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Preparation of Microporous Carbon from Sargassum horneri by Hydrothermal Carbonization and KOH Activation for CO2 Capture by Ganning Zeng, Sa Lou, Huijuan Ying, Xi Wu, Xin Dou, Ning Ai, Jiawei Wang

“…In addition, the high CO2 uptake is mainly attributed to the presence of abundant narrow microporous. The macroporous structure of hydrochar (HC) played an important role in the production of microporous carbon with high adsorption properties. …”
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Early diabetes screening via red blood cell mechanics using microfluidic chip integration by Yibo Feng, Bingchen Che, Yonggang Liu, Cangmin Zhang, Jiameng Niu, Jiangcun Yang, Guangyin Jing, Dan Sun, Xiaobo Gong, Ce Zhang

“…We developed a microfluidic chip with a symmetrical hyperbolic structure. By periodically altering the state of the valve membrane, we generate a reciprocating shear flow field that repeatedly acts on groups of RBCs. …”
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Improving Few-Shot Named Entity Recognition with Causal Interventions by Zhen Yang, Yongbin Liu, Chunping Ouyang, Shu Zhao, Chi Zhu

“…Building upon the foundational structure of prototypical networks, our method strategically intervenes in the context to obstruct the indirect association between the context and the label. …”
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Strain Distribution in a Kennedy Class I Implant Assisted Removable Partial Denture under Various Loading Conditions by Reza Shahmiri, John M. Aarts, Vincent Bennani, Raj Das, Michael V. Swain

“…Unilateral loading resulted in a twisting of the structure and generated a strain mismatch between the metal and acrylic surfaces. …”
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Advancing the Monitoring of Traditional Meadow Orchards: Current Approaches and Future Directions by P. Joseph, S. Pflüger, M. Petersen, A. Siegmund, A. Siegmund

“…Metrics such as canopy structure and spectral information such as NDVI were extracted, indicating high vitality (99%) but low maintenance (only 28% well maintained). …”
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Clinical and etiological features of peadiatric facial neuropathy and their role in predicting outcomes by M. A. Irikova, E. Yu. Skripchenko, V. B. Voitenkov, N. V. Marchenko, N. V. Skripchenko, O. V. Goleva, I. B. Petrov

“…Also, their correlation with the outcomes and duration of the disease were assessed.Results: in the etiological structure infectious FP are more common in children under 12 years of age, with a predominance of herpesviruses and enteroviruses, whereas, more than half of the cases in children over the age of 12 years are idiopathic (Bell’s palsy), less often herpesviruses. …”
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Valorization of Waste from Lavender Distillation Through Optimized Encapsulation Processes by Nikoletta Solomakou, Dimitrios Fotiou, Efthymia Tsachouridou, Athanasia M. Goula

“…The work introduced a mild-processing approach applied innovatively to the valorization of lavender distillation waste through structurally stable phenolic delivery systems. By systematically benchmarking two distinct encapsulation strategies under equivalent formulation conditions, this study advanced current understanding in bioactive microencapsulation and offers new tools for developing functional ingredients from aromatic plant by-products.…”
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Immunometabolism in the Aging Heart by Kranti A. Mapuskar, Barry London, Zeb R. Zacharias, Jon C.D. Houtman, Bryan G. Allen

“…Structural, functional, and molecular‐level changes in the aging heart are influenced by a dynamic interplay between immune signaling and cellular metabolism that is referred to as immunometabolism. …”
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Risk-Aware Suicide Detection in Social Media: A Domain-Guided Framework with Explainable LLMs by Farzaneh Lashgari, Mehran Pourvahab, António Sousa, Anilson Monteiro, Sebastião Pais

“…It also enables the design of a structure that is generalizable to the linguistic and mental health domains. …”
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A multiscale mesoscopic model for investigating the evolution characteristics of tunnel lining cracks and the variation of local bearing capacity by Zhi Lin, Xiang Chen, XiLin Lü, Hongyun Yang, Wanlin Feng, ZhangLong Xu

“…Differences exist in the crack propagation stages under different loading paths; the strength of horizontal constraints is positively correlated with the height of the compression zone and the plastic hinge region of the structure. In Γ-type crack stage, the residual bearing capacity decreases sharply, the crack width increases rapidly and penetrates. …”
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The value of chest x-ray in the diagnosis of aortic coarctation by I. Z. Korobkova, N. V. Buldakova, A. Yu. Matchina, O. V. Stukalova, S. A. Gaman

“…Classical X-ray examination is still the leader in the structure of radiation studies in the Russian Federation, it is performed frequently, therefore, knowledge of the X-ray semiotics of this rare congenital defect will contribute to its earlier detection.…”
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Progressive Guided Fusion Network With Multi-Modal and Multi-Scale Attention for RGB-D Salient Object Detection by Jiajia Wu, Guangliang Han, Haining Wang, Hang Yang, Qingqing Li, Dongxu Liu, Fangjian Ye, Peixun Liu

“…The depth map contains abundant spatial structure cues, which makes it extensively introduced into saliency detection tasks for improving the detection accuracy. …”
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Evolution of the Inner Accretion Flow and the White Dwarf Spin Pulse during the 2023 Outburst in GK Persei by Mariko Kimura, Takayuki Hayashi, Yuuki Wada, Wataru Iwakiri, Shigeyuki Sako, Martina Veresvarska, Simone Scaringi, Noel Castro-Segura, Christian Knigge, Keith C. Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian

“…The irradiated vertically thick structure at the disk may generate optical quasi-periodic oscillations with a period of ∼5700 s.…”
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Sb recovery from an As pre-removed lead anode slime using a ZnS-Na2CO3 smelting reduction by Dong Z.-Q., Zhang R., Sun Y.-X., Gu Z.-D., Guo X.-Y., Li Lei, Wang S.-S.

“…Considering this fact, ZnS was creatively used as an additive in this study to destroy the stable structure of Na3SbO4 and increase Sb reduction, and meanwhile ZnS was reduced to volatile Zn (g) and recycled. …”
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Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test m... by Zhen-hai LI, Xiu-liang JIN, Hai-long LIU, Xin-gang XU, Ji-hua WANG

“…Finally, some parameters, which improve the model's structure and the accuracy of the process simulation, should not be ignored when maturity output as an objective variable is studied.…”
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Kingdom-specific lipid unsaturation calibrates sequence evolution in membrane arm subunits of eukaryotic respiratory complexes by Pooja Gupta, Sristi Chakroborty, Arun K. Rathod, K. Ranjith Kumar, Shreya Bhat, Suparna Ghosh, Pallavi Rao T, Kameshwari Yele, Raman Bakthisaran, R. Nagaraj, Moutusi Manna, Swasti Raychaudhuri

“…Molecular Dynamics simulation suggests contrasting LPIs of structurally superimposable but sequence-wise diverged IMM-exposed helices of Complex I (CI) subunit Ndufa1 from human and Arabidopsis depending on kingdom-specific unsaturation of cardiolipin fatty acyl chains. in cellulo assays consolidate inter-kingdom incompatibility of Ndufa1-helices due to the lipid-exposed amino acids. …”
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Statistical analysis of hematological and biochemical parameters in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients across diverse populations: a cross-sectional observational study by S. Qurat ul Ain, Khalid Ul Islam Rather, Suhani Sajad

“…The following results are based on simulated data and serve to demonstrate the structure and expected outcomes of the proposed study.…”
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