Dealing With Heterogeneous Information in Multi-Criteria Group Decision-Making Problems: A Comprehensive Design Framework by Matheus Pereira Liborio, Petr Ekel, Marcos Flavio Silveira Vasconcelos D'Angelo, Luis Martinez, Witold Pedrycz

“…Second, a standardization scheme is introduced to define the name of the preference format when it has many names and establish a standard naming structure for all formats. Third, an easy-to-follow framework for categorizing existing and new formats is studied to facilitate an understanding of the structure of each format. …”
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First Detection of the Molecular Cloud Population in the Extended Ultraviolet Disk of M83 by Jin Koda, Linda Watson, Françoise Combes, Monica Rubio, Samuel Boissier, Masafumi Yagi, David Thilker, Amanda M Lee, Yutaka Komiyama, Kana Morokuma-Matsui, Celia Verdugo

“…The common cloud mass structure also justifies the use of high- J CO transitions to trace the total gas mass of clouds, or galaxies, even in the high- z universe. …”
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Concurrent invasive disseminated Nocardia farcinica and Candida infections in a patient undergoing long-term glucocorticoid therapy for autoimmune thrombocytopenia: a case report by Naiju Zhang, Hehe Dou, Pu Guo, Jiangtao Sun, Fan Zhang, Tianping Chen, Chunming Gao, Zhenjie Wang

“…She presented with a 40-day history of high-grade fevers (40℃), cough, headache, and multiple abscesses in the skin structure. N. farcinica was found in her skin structure, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood, and C. albicans was cultured in cerebrospinal fluid, sputum, and urine. …”
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The distribution of minerals in eluvio-iluvial horizon of agro soddy-podzolic soil by N. P. Chizhikova, E. B. Skvortsova, E. B. Varlamov, N. A. Churilin, A. E. Churilina, K. N. Abrosimov, A. V. Yudina, K. A. Romanenko

“…The structure of micromonoliths from eluvial horizon (EL), transitional horizon (BEL) and iluvial horizon (BT1) of agro soddy-podzolic soil developed on clay loam mantle, underlain by non-calcareous moraine was studied. …”
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Surface-Engineered MoO_x/CN Heterostructures Enable Long-Term SF₆ Photodegradation via Suppressed Fluoridation by Wenhui Zhou, Boxu Dong, Ziqi Si, Yushuai Xu, Xinhua He, Ziyi Zhan, Yaru Zhang, Chaoyu Song, Zhuoqian Lv, Jiantao Zai, Xuefeng Qian

“…Sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆), the strongest greenhouse gas, has great challenges in degradation because of its stable structure, posing significant environmental concerns. …”
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Enhancing the Catalytic Performance of PdNPs for Cr(VI) Reduction by Increasing Pd(0) Content by Hongfei Lai, Ling Tan, Zhenkun Shi, Shiyi Huang, Wenjia Yu, Guotong Wei, Jianping Xie, Shuang Zhou, Chaoyu Tian

“…This study explores the primary factor influencing the catalytic performance of PdNPs in Cr(VI) reduction by investigating the crystal structure and composition of PdNPs in fungal-based catalysts. …”
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Traceability between microbial community and environmental microbial Community in Maotai-flavor Daqu by Lijuan Gong, Shuai Qin, Xinrong Zheng, Jinsong Zhao, Minmin Liu, Minhui Zhao

“…The microbial community structure in the soil in the external environment was quite different from that of other samples, and its contribution to the community in Daqu was small. …”
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Arachidonic Acid Metabolism Down-Regulation-Mediated Tumor Necrosis Factor Signaling Contributes to Cutaneous Fibrosis and Skull Hyperplasia in Goldfish Hoods by Liang-Liang Li, Qi-Lin Xu, Wen-Jing Yi, Di-Di Ma, Hui Jin, De-Zheng Fu, Xiao-Li Yang, Yang Wang, Zhi Li, Zhong-Wei Wang, Xi-Yin Li, Meng Lu, Xiao-Juan Zhang, Li Zhou, Jian-Fang Gui, Peng Yu

“…Despite a longstanding hypothesis that the hood is a type of tumor, the details of their composition, structure, and the mechanism of its formation have remained enigmatic. …”
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Metagenomic analysis reveals the diversity of the vaginal virome and its association with vaginitis by Xiang Lu, Qiang Lu, Rong Zhu, Mingzhong Sun, Hongmei Chen, Zhihu Ge, Yuchen Jiang, Zhipeng Wang, Lingzhi Zhang, Wen Zhang, Ziyuan Dai

“…Compared to healthy controls, the vaginitis group exhibited significantly reduced alpha diversity and greater beta diversity dispersion, indicating altered viral community structure. Anelloviruses, detected in both groups, showed extensive lineage diversity, frequent recombination, and pronounced phylogenetic divergence. …”
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AT 2020nov: Evidence for Disk Reprocessing in a Rare Tidal Disruption Event by Nicholas Earl, K. Decker French, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Katie Auchettl, Sandra I. Raimundo, Kyle W. Davis, Megan Masterson, Iair Arcavi, Wenbin Lu, Vivienne F. Baldassare, David A. Coulter, Thomas de Boer, Maria R. Drout, Hannah Dykaar, Ryan J. Foley, Christa Gall, Hua Gao, Mark E. Huber, David O. Jones, Danial Langeroodi, Chien-Cheng Lin, Eugene A. Magnier, Brenna Mockler, Margaret Shepherd, Margaret E. Verrico

“…The lack of strong active galactic nuclei signatures in the host galaxy, combined with the quiescent disk structure, highlights AT 2020nov as a rare example of a TDE occurring in a galaxy with a dormant but extended preexisting accretion structure.…”
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Practical and Compact Guided Mode Resonance Sensing System for Highly Sensitive Real-Time Detection by Yen-Song Chen, Devesh Barshilia, Chia-Jui Hsieh, Hsun-Yuan Li, Wen-Hsin Hsieh, Guo-En Chang

“…In addition, finite element method simulations were performed to optimize the GMR sensor structure parameter. The GMR sensor chip consists of three main components: a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) substrate with a one-dimensional grating structure of a period of ~295 nm, a height of ~100 nm, and a ~130 nm thick TiO₂ waveguide layer that enhances the light confinement; an integrated COC microfluidic module featuring a microchannel; and flexible tubes for efficient sample handling. …”
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Efficient production of bispecific antibody by FAST-IgTM and its application to NXT007 for the treatment of hemophilia A by Hikaru Koga, Takashi Yamano, Juan Betancur, Satoko Nagatomo, Yousuke Ikeda, Kazuki Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Nabuchi, Kazuki Sato, Yuri Teranishi-Ikawa, Motohiko Sato, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Akira Hayasaka, Takuya Torizawa, Kenta Haraya, Zenjiro Sampei, Hirotake Shiraiwa, Takehisa Kitazawa, Tomoyuki Igawa, Taichi Kuramochi

“…Among these, we selected a design (C3) that allowed us to separate the mis-paired species with an unintended pharmacological profile using ion-exchange chromatography. Crystal structure analysis demonstrated that the C3 design did not affect the overall structure of both Fabs. …”
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Theoretical Investigation of Tensile-Strained GeSn/SiGeSn Multiple Quantum Well Laser Wrapped in Si 3N4 Liner Stressor by Yan Liu, Cizhe Fang, Xi Gao, Genquan Han, Qingfang Zhang, Yao Shao, Jincheng Zhang, Yue Hao

“…The boosting effects of tensile strain on the threshold current density <italic>J</italic>_th and optical gain in GeSn/SiGeSn lasers are attributed to the modulation of energy band structure and carrier distribution in the GeSn wells. …”
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Non-Parker Spiral Interplanetary Magnetic Field Configurations Observed in Near-Earth Space: Statistical Features of Their Occurrence and Solar Wind Conditions by Jong-Sun Park, Quanqi Shi, Jungjoon Seough, Hui Zhang, Tao Tang, Ruilong Guo, Kyung-Suk Cho, Dong-Hun Lee, Khan-Hyuk Kim

“…Moreover, our results suggest that spacecraft missions to various areas in interplanetary space are needed to better understand spatiotemporal evolutions of the solar-originated magnetic field structure in the heliosphere.…”
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Simplified synthesis of oxidized phospholipids on alkyl-amide scaffold by Olga V. Oskolkova, Bernd Gesslbauer, Valery Bochkov

“…However, studying the structure-activity relationships of OxPLs and their signaling mechanisms is challenging due to the complexity of the chemical synthesis of structurally distinct lipid species. …”
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The effect of Fe content on the microstructure and properties of Cu–3Ti alloy by Di Wang, Qingjuan Wang, Bofan Xu, Kuaishe Wang, Wen Wang, Fengming Qiang, Ke Qiao

“…In the forged state, the alloy exhibits an equiaxed grain structure. When the Fe content is 0.1 wt%, the grain size increases to 31.39 μm, and when the Fe content is 0.6 wt%, the grain size decreases to 13.76 μm. …”
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Impact of single domain configuration on photocatalytic dye removal in cerium-substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles by Dede Djuhana, Candra Kurniawan, Adiana Musadewi, Nurdiyantoro Putra Prasetya, Utari, Suharno, Dong-Hyun Kim, Budi Purnama

“…ICDD 22–1086 showed a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure with a space group of Fd-3 m, which is the pristine crystalline structure of cobalt ferrite. …”
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Large-scale patterns of benthic marine communities in the Brazilian Province. by Anaide W Aued, Franz Smith, Juan P Quimbayo, Davi V Cândido, Guilherme O Longo, Carlos E L Ferreira, Jon D Witman, Sergio R Floeter, Bárbara Segal

“…As marine ecosystems are influenced by global and regional processes, standardized information on community structure has become crucial for assessing broad-scale responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances. …”
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Green synthesis of ultrafine zinc oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye: Optimization and kinetic studies by Muthusamy Kandasamy, Santhanakrishnan Suresh, Perumal Rameshkumar, Rajendran Jayasree, Panneerselvam Sathishkumar, Prem Gunnasegaran, Niraj S Topare, Sekar Thambidurai, Jemini Arumugam, Rajendran Jothilakshmi, Nalandhiran Pugazhenthiran

“…X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the development of ZnO NPs with hexagonal wurtzite structure. Rietveld refinement analysis disclosed consistency of lattice parameters (a and c) and cell volume with hexagonal wurtzite structure. …”
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First Evidence for a Quasiperiodic Oscillation Triplet and Its Relativistic Precession Origin in RE J1034+396 by Ruisong Xia, Yongquan Xue, Jialai Wang, Hao Liu

“…Quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) provide a powerful tool for probing the structure of the innermost accretion flow and corona around supermassive black holes. …”
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