Creation and characterization of warm dense matter isochorically heated by an intense laser-driven proton beam to temperatures exceeding 100 eV by M. Bailly-Grandvaux, S. Bolaños, J. Kim, J. Saret, C. McGuffey, K. Bhutwala, P. M. Nilson, T. Filkins, W. Theobald, A. Haid, S. Ivancic, F. N. Beg

“…This study utilizes an intense proton beam generated by the kilojoule EP laser further focused and guided by a curved foil and cone structure to efficiently heat a thin copper sample. …”
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Vibration-Based Adaptive Novelty Detection Method for Monitoring Faults in a Kinematic Chain by Jesus Adolfo Cariño-Corrales, Juan Jose Saucedo-Dorantes, Daniel Zurita-Millán, Miguel Delgado-Prieto, Juan Antonio Ortega-Redondo, Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios, Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso

“…This approach aims to cover some of the challenges presented when condition monitoring is applied under a continuous learning framework. The structure of the method is divided into two recursive stages: first, an offline stage for initialization and retraining of the feature reduction and novelty detection modules and, second, an online monitoring stage to continuously assess the condition of the machine. …”
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Embryonic zeolite-directed synthesis of ZSM-34 and SSZ-13 zeolites by Lingxue Tang, Kok-Giap Haw, Diandian Shi, Yuming Guo, Qianrong Fang, Shilun Qiu, Valentin Valtchev

“…The use of an organic structure-directing agent (OSDA) makes zeolite synthesis expensive and environmentally non-friendly. …”
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Leveraging Advanced Mathematical Methods in Artificial Intelligence to Explore Heterogeneity and Asymmetry in Cross-Border Travel Satisfaction by Yan Xu, Huajie Yang, Zibin Ye, Xiaobo Ma, Lei Tong, Xinyi Yu

“…The results show prevalent asymmetric relationships between factors and cross-border travel satisfaction, with the factor structure exhibiting heterogeneity across different groups. …”
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Future of Telepresence Services in the Evolving Fog Computing Environment: A Survey on Research and Use Cases by Dang Van Thang, Artem Volkov, Ammar Muthanna, Andrey Koucheryavy, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody

“…This study presents the concepts of fog computing and its basic structure. We analyze Cisco’s model and propose an alternative model to improve its weaknesses. …”
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Highly conductive polymer with vertical phase separation for enhanced bioelectronic interfaces by Jiahuan Qiu, Yuyao Lu, Xinyuan Qian, Junxian Yao, Chengcan Han, Ziliang Wu, Hui Ye, Guorong Shan, Qiang Zheng, Kaichen Xu, Miao Du

“…By adjusting thickness and doping solvents, a thicker PEDOT: PSS film with a strong VPS structure was achieved, featuring a higher PSS/PEDOT ratio on the surface and a lower ratio at the bottom. …”
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Children’s narratives about play in the context of transition from pre-school to the first elementary school year by Letícia Joia de Nois, Aline Sommerhalder, Luana Zanotto

“…The study was indicative of a less stimulating structure in the elementary school facility than in the kindergarten space in the elements: available playtime, playful environments and possibilities for experiences with symbolic games or with the whole body. …”
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Monitored Reconstruction: Computed Tomography as an Anytime Algorithm by Konstantin Bulatov, Marina Chukalina, Alexey Buzmakov, Dmitry Nikolaev, Vladimir V. Arlazarov

“…Computed tomography is an important technique for non-destructive analysis of an object’s internal structure, relevant for scientific studies, medical applications, and industry. …”
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Biomass distribution of sympatric mammals in a European temperate forest by Andro Pleskalt, Sebastião Farias, Toni Vicedo, Jose Manuel Álvarez-Martínez, José Valentín Roces-Díaz, Carlo Meloro, Soraia Pereira, Antonio Cruz, Jesús García, Pablo Gómez, María Ángel Lamillar, Elena Marsella, Manuel Jesús Varas, Elena Álvarez, Fredrik Dalerum

“…We suggest that the observed biomass distribution both among mammals and between mammals and plants provide an example of trophic downgrading, and highlight the radical effects human activities might have on the structure of terrestrial ecosystems.…”
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Recent Advances in MXene-Based Flame Retardants for Enhancing Fire Safety in Thermoplastic Resins by Qinhe Guo, Yao Yuan, Lulu Xu, Wei Wang

“…MXenes, a newly emerging class of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, have recently attracted significant attention for their application in flame-retardant polymer composites because of their multilayered structure and exceptional versatility. This review comprehensively explores the state-of-the-art advancements in flame-retardant thermoplastic resins, focusing on the use of MXenes and MXene-based materials to meet high-performance requirements, including mechanical strength, thermal stability, flame retardancy, electromagnetic interference (EMI) properties, and multifunctionality. …”
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A Single-Phase Five-Level Switched-Capacitor Boost Inverter With Improving Voltage Gain by Duc-Tri Do, Thuan-Thien Vu, Khai M. Nguyen, Vinh-Thanh Tran

“…With switched-capacitor (SC) structure used in this topology, boost factor is increased to twice that in existing ISIs, and capacitor voltages are self-balanced. …”
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Physical and magnetic properties of iron oxide nanoparticles with a different molar ratio of ferrous and ferric by Azza M. Mazrouaa, Manal G. Mohamed, Mohamed Fekry

“…The crystallographic and phase structure of prepared iron oxides nanoparticles were investigated by employing Wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), Particle size and zeta potential, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM). …”
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Coniontins, lipopetaibiotics active against Candida auris identified from a microbial natural product fractionation library by Xuefei Chen, Kalinka Koteva, Sommer Chou, Allison Guitor, Daniel Pallant, Yunjin Lee, David Sychantha, Shawn French, Dirk Hackenberger, Nicole Robbins, Michael A. Cook, Eric D. Brown, Lesley T. MacNeil, Leah E. Cowen, Gerard D. Wright

“…Identification of its hybrid polyketide synthase–nonribosomal peptide synthetase biosynthetic gene cluster facilitates discovering structurally diverse lipopeptaibiotics. Here, we show that natural product prefractionation enables the discovery of previously hidden bioactive scaffolds and introduces coniotins as candidates for combating multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens.…”
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Estimation of carbon sequestration capacity of urban green infrastructure by fusing multi-source remote sensing data by Jiahui Chang, Zhenfeng Shao, Jinyang Wang, Zhu Mao, Tao Cheng, Xiaodi Xu, Qingwei Zhuang

“…Additionally, the spatial arrangement and structure of tree species within green infrastructure notably affected carbon storage heterogeneity. …”
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An Empirical Evaluation of the Critical Population Size for “Knowledge Spillover” Cities in China: The Significance of 10 Million by Xiaohui Gao, Qinghua Chen, Ya Zhou, Siyu Huang, Yi Shi, Xiaomeng Li

“…This study analyses China’s employment population structure to identify the critical population size required for the formation of “knowledge spillover” cities. …”
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Flexible high-entropy functional ceramics by Lvye Dou, Bingbing Yang, Xiaoyuan Ye, Yang Zhang, Wenqing Zhu, Huiling Chen, Yingjie Jiang, Ben Fang, Shun Lan, Qian Li, Yiqian Liu, Penghui Li, Xuan Zhang, Shuchang Li, Yujun Zhang, Wei Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Liang Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Xiaoding Wei, Zhiyang Yu, Ce-Wen Nan, Yuan-Hua Lin

“…The crystalline/amorphous structure enables the production of a flexible dielectric capacitor with high permittivity (~35), good temperature stability and durability. …”
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Construction of Polyamine Modified Soy Protein/Graphene Oxide Composite Aerogel and Mechanism by Which It Efficiently Removes Saccharin by XIONG Yanshu, WEI Wei, LI Mei, WANG Jiaxin, LU Haiqin, LI Wen, LI Kai

“…PSPI-GO exhibited a highly porous structure and excellent renewability. Multiple quantum chemical theory calculations including electrostatic potential (ESP), frontier molecular orbital (FMO), independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition (IGMH), and Hirshfeld surface analysis (HSA) further elucidated that electrostatic attraction, hydrogen bonding, and inter-molecular interactions dominate the adsorption process. …”
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Ultrabright LaB6 nanoneedle field emission electron source with low vacuum compatibility by Mingkai Gou, Shuai Tang, Kai Huang, Haokun Guan, Runze Zhan, Chaolun Liang, Chengcheng Chen, Yan Shen, Shaozhi Deng

“…The ultrahigh brightness and small energy spread are attributed to the sharp, robust structure and low work function of LaB6 nanoneedle made by focused ion beam.…”
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TANGO2 binds crystallin alpha B and its loss causes desminopathy by Maike Stentenbach, Laetitia A. Hughes, Samuel V. Fagan, Blake Payne, Danielle L. Rudler, Stefan J. Siira, Tim McCubbin, Anaëlle Chopin, Kara L. Perks, Judith A. Ermer, James Hendry, Teagan S. Er, Shanti Balasubramaniam, Joel A. Eliades, Livia C. Hool, Nicolle H. Packer, Edward S. X. Moh, Benjamin S. Padman, Oliver Rackham, Aleksandra Filipovska

“…We identify that loss of TANGO2 impairs intermediate filament structure, resulting in fragmented mitochondrial networks and formation of cup-like mitochondria. …”
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PhyloScape: interactive and scalable visualization platform for phylogenetic trees by Jiajia Wang, Bo Zhang, Linglu Zheng, Yan Chen, Chunyang Zhang, Guojiao Lin, Zhen Meng, Xuezhi Wang, Yuanchun Zhou

“…PhyloScape extensions include views of amino acid identity, geometry, and protein structure, which are applicable to various areas such as microbial taxonomy, pathogen phylogeny, and plant conservation. …”
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