Water Reservoirs in the Lower Mantle Beneath Northeastern Asia by Shiwen Li, Junhao Guo, Yanhui Zhang, Yabin Li, Zikun Zhou, Wenliang Xu, Geeth Manthilake, Aihua Weng

“…Here we report an electrical structure consisting of two stepped high‐conductivity anomalies crossing the 660‐km interface beneath northeastern Asia. …”
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BloomDT - An improved privacy-preserving decision tree inference scheme by Sean Lalla, Rongxing Lu, Yunguo Guan, Songnian Zhang

“…In this paper, we propose BloomDT, a privacy-preserving scheme for decision tree inference, which uses Bloom filters to hide the original decision tree's structure, the threshold values of each node, and the order in which features are tested while maintaining reliable classification results that are secure even if the cloud servers collude. …”
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Active Dual-Wavelength Optical Switch-Based Plasmonic Demultiplexer Using Metal-Kerr Nonlinear Material-Metal Waveguide by Yan Kong, Rong Lin, Wenchao Qian, Qi Wei, Cheng Liu, Shouyu Wang

“…To realize active light control with a compact structure, a nanoscale optical switch-based plasmonic demultiplexer is proposed. …”
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A Model Based on Neural Network to Predict Surface Settlement During Subway Station Construction: A Case Study of the Dongba-Zhongjie Station in Beijing, China by Jiaqi Zhang, Hua Jiang, Jinsen Wang, Jili Feng

“…As excavation progressed through the second underground floor and bottom plate, the settlement at the maximum settlement point began to rebound, and the structure tended to stabilize. At this stage, construction of the comprehensive utility tunnel above the station can proceed concurrently.…”
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High-Capacity Near-Infrared Optical Vortex Sorting and Detection by Nonlinear Dammann Vortex Grating by Hui Zhao, Ruwei Zhao, Qilu Liu, Yan Sheng, Tianxiang Xu

“…By incorporating a forked structure into the nonlinear Dammann grating, the resulting nonlinear Dammann vortex grating is capable of converting near-infrared Gaussian light into a visible vortex array. …”
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A Hybrid Algorithm with a Data Augmentation Method to Enhance the Performance of the Zero-Inflated Bernoulli Model by Chih-Jen Su, I-Fei Chen, Tzong-Ru Tsai, Yuhlong Lio

“…The zero-inflated Bernoulli model, enhanced with elastic net regularization, effectively handles binary classification for zero-inflated datasets. This zero-inflated structure significantly contributes to data imbalance. …”
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Recent Advances in MXene-Based Electrochemical Sensors by Ziyi Zhao, Jiayi Cao, Boyu Zhu, Xinru Li, Lin Zhou, Bin Su

“…MXene is a new family of two-dimensional nanomaterials with outstanding electrical conductivity, tunable structure, biocompatibility, and a large surface area. …”
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A Review of Flow Mechanism and Inversion Methods of Fracture Network in Shale Gas Reservoirs by Luoyi Huang, Guanglong Sheng, Su Li, Gang Tong, Siyao Wang, Xiaoyin Peng, Deng Liu, JiaTing Chen, LiYuan Xin, Zhouxiang Hu

“…The pore structure of shale gas reservoirs has strong heterogeneity, and the flow mechanism in multiscale media is complex. …”
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A Highly Sensitive SPR Sensors Based on Two Parallel PCFs for Low Refractive Index Detection by Famei Wang, Chao Liu, Zhijie Sun, Tao Sun, Banghua Liu, Paul K. Chu

“…Based on two parallel photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with D-shape structure, a novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor with low refractive index (RI) detection at near-infrared wavelengths is described. …”
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Age-related decline in retinal function in marmosets by Takahiko Noro, Xiaoli Guo, Rika Kikuchi, Kenya Sato, Kazuhiko Namekata, Youichi Shinozaki, Chikako Harada, Terumi Yurimoto, Nanako Hashimoto, Keiko Moriya-Ito, Tadashi Nakano, Erika Sasaki, Takayuki Harada

“…We found that the retinal response deteriorated along with the retinal structure in aged marmosets and the retinal peripheral region was more susceptible to aging. …”
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Spreading of the Amazon River Plume by Morozov Eugene, Zavialov P, Zamshin V, Moller O, Frey D, Zuev Oleg, Seliverstova Anna, Bulanov Alexey, Lipinskaya Nadezhda, Salyuk Pavel, Chvertkova Olga, Nemirovskaya Inna, Krechik Viktor, Chultsova Anna

“…The horizontal and vertical structure of the thermohaline fields indicates the presence of a well-pronounced river plume about 15 m thick. …”
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Lipoma of Piriform Sinus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Gilberto Acquaviva, Theodoros Varakliotis, Stefano Badia, Francesco Casorati, Alberto Eibenstein, Gianluca Bellocchi

“…The symptoms can vary both in dimension and in location, semiobstructing the aerodigestive tract or exerting compression on adjacent structure. In this case, the lesion, which originated from the piriform sinus, was removed endoscopically urgently due to obvious signs of tissue suffering caused by stretching of the pedicle as a result of displacement of the mass. …”
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Cellulose Acetate Based Material with Antibacterial Properties Created by Supercritical Solvent Impregnation by Stoja Milovanovic, Tijana Adamovic, Ksenija Aksentijevic, Dusan Misic, Jasna Ivanovic, Irena Zizovic

“…In addition, cellulose acetate beads containing 6.0–33.6% of carvacrol were shown to have a porous structure with submicron pores which is of interest for the controlled delivery applications.…”
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Single-cell RNA sequencing: new insights for pulmonary endothelial cells by Ying Yang, Mengyuan Wang, Xiao Qiu, Rui Yang, Chengfang Yao, Chengfang Yao

“…This technology provides critical insights into the phenotypic diversity and distinct molecular signatures of PECs, underscoring their substantial heterogeneity in structure, function and gene expression, which is contingent upon their spatial localization within the lung microenvironment. …”
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Novel Gysel Power Dividers with Negative Group Delay Characteristics by Zihui Zhu, Zhongbao Wang, Jianhao Zhou, Te Shao, Shaojun Fang, Hongmei Liu

“…To verify the proposed structure, an NGD Gysel power divider is designed and fabricated. …”
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Effect of chloride concentration on the performance of impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) for reinforced concrete: Experimental research versus numerical modelling by Debaene Robin, Van Belleghem Bjorn, Craeye Bart

“…The design of an impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system is influenced by the distribution of current and potential towards the different reinforcement layers of a reinforced concrete (RC) structure. To enhance ICCP efficiency, numerical simulations are crucial for predicting current distribution and optimizing the system performance, material use, and costs. …”
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CDK-mediated phosphorylation of PNKP is required for end-processing of single-strand DNA gaps on Okazaki fragments and genome stability by Kaima Tsukada, Rikiya Imamura, Tomoko Miyake, Kotaro Saikawa, Mizuki Saito, Naoya Kase, Lingyan Fu, Masamichi Ishiai, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Mikio Shimada

“…This phosphorylation allows recruitment to the gapped DNA structure found in single-strand DNA (ssDNA) nicks and/or gaps between Okazaki fragments (OFs) during DNA replication. …”
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Plasma‐assisted fabrication of multiscale materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage by Chen Li, Tengfei Zhang, Zhong Qiu, Beirong Ye, Xinqi Liang, Xin Liu, Minghua Chen, Xinhui Xia, Chen Wang, Wangjun Wan, Yongqi Zhang

“…This article summarizes the structure–performance relationships of electrochemical energy conversion and storage materials (ECSMs) that have been prepared or modified by plasma. …”
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Analysis of a Silicon Dual-Coupled-Ring Resonator Modulator Based on Push–Pull Coupling Tunings by Zhen Zhou, Li Shuang Feng

“…The basic idea of this scheme is to construct a dual-coupled-ring resonator structure in which the coupling coefficients of all coupling regions are tunable through Mach–Zehnder interferometers operated in push–pull modes. …”
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Binding the flows: Why trade is central for a global plastics treaty by Maria Ivanova, Jamel Zarrouk

“…By integrating trade governance into the plastics treaty, negotiators can build an agreement that is both environmentally ambitious and structurally sound.…”
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