Event Discrimination of Fiber Disturbance Based on Filter Bank in DMZI Sensing System by Xiangdong Huang, Yuedong Wang, Kun Liu, Tiegen Liu, Chunyu Ma, Qinnan Chen

“…Moreover, we also derive the closed-form formula of the filter coefficients and, thus, design a pipeline structure for the filter bank, which brings the advantages of high accuracy, high flexibility, great rapidity, and low cost. …”
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High resolution assessment of air quality and health in Europe under different climate mitigation scenarios by Enrico Pisoni, Stefano Zauli-Sajani, Claudio A. Belis, Sasha Khomenko, Philippe Thunis, Corrado Motta, Rita Van Dingenen, Bertrand Bessagnet, Fabio Monforti-Ferrario, Joachim Maes, Luc Feyen

“…We model P M 2.5 concentrations at high spatial resolution and then combine it with population data and regional age structure and total mortality, to calculate attributable deaths. …”
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Effect of functional groups on tribological properties of lubricants and mechanism investigation by Hongxiang Yu, Haijie Chen, Zhiwen Zheng, Dan Qiao, Dapeng Feng, Zhenbin Gong, Guojun Dong

“…Lubricant molecules with high adsorption energy are more likely to adsorb on substrates and form a vertical monolayer, which can maintain a regular molecular brush structure during friction and bring a low friction coefficient. …”
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Analysis of Parameterized Quantum Circuits: On the Connection Between Expressibility and Types of Quantum Gates by Yu Liu, Kazuya Kaneko, Kentaro Baba, Jumpei Koyama, Koichi Kimura, Naoyuki Takeda

“…While much research has explored the relationship between expressibility and learning performance, as well as the number of layers in PQCs, the connection between expressibility and PQC structure has received comparatively less attention. …”
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Autonomous Behavior Selection For Self-driving Cars Using Probabilistic Logic Factored Markov Decision Processes by Héctor Avilés, Marco Negrete, Alberto Reyes, Rubén Machucho, Karelly Rivera, Gloria de-la-Garza, Alberto Petrilli

“…The behavior selection module is composed of a two-level structure of four action policies obtained from PL-fMDPs. …”
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Ultrastructure of Plant Leaf Cuticles in relation to Sample Preparation as Observed by Transmission Electron Microscopy by Paula Guzmán, Victoria Fernández, Mohamed Khayet, María Luisa García, Agustín Fernández, Luis Gil

“…Attending to the different cuticle layers and inner structure, plant cuticles have been grouped into six general morphological types. …”
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Role of Substitution Patterns in Four Regioisomeric Tetraphenylethylene–Thiophene Derivatives by Shuai Hou, Hanxiao Tian, Ruiyao Li, Zishuai Huang, Dongyuan Zhu, Fan Xiao, Yunmeng Zhao, Jingjing Xu

“…Further single-crystal structure analyses show that the key factor impacting the PLQY is the dihedral angles of the TPE subunit, which determines the degree of intramolecular twisting. …”
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THE 'INBETWEENERS’ IN THE BANKING UNION: INSIGHTS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF ECB-CNB CLOSE COOPERATION by Marta Božina Beroš, Ivana Parać, Ivana Bajakić

“…In light of this, the paper examines the most significant changes to the CNB's institutional and legal framework, such as legislative and administrative amendments to empower its sanctioning role, the (ongoing) organizational overhaul in line with SSM's internal structure, and the CNB's institutional re-positioning within the national economic policy sphere in response to the narrowing of its monetary policy toolkit as a result of ERM II participation. …”
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Nonreciprocal surface plasmonic neural network for decoupled bidirectional analogue computing by Xiaomeng Li, Haochen Yang, Enzong Wu, Xincheng Yao, Ying Li, Fei Gao, Hongsheng Chen, Zuojia Wang

“…This decoupling achieves independent control and signal isolation within the same structure, effectively emulating the unidirectional transmission of biological networks. …”
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Fire ecology database for documenting plant responses to fire events in Australia by José Rafael Ferrer-Paris, Ada Sánchez-Mercado, William K. Cornwell, Mark Ooi, Mark Tozer, Berin D. E. Mackenzie, Renee Woodward, Andrew J. Denham, Tony D. Auld, David A. Keith

“…Abstract An understanding of fire-response traits is essential for predicting how fire regimes structure plant communities and for informing fire management strategies for biodiversity conservation. …”
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Allocation of Interline Power Flow Controller-Based Congestion Management in Deregulated Power System by Muhammad Safdar Sial, Qinghua Fu, Talles Vianna Brugni

“…The main aim of the IPFC’s optimal location is to achieve an appropriate structure for congestion management in restructured power systems. …”
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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TODAY: A PROBLEM AREA FOR OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES OF PEDAGOGICAL ADAPTATION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF A HIGHER SCHOOL) by Yulia M. Grishaeva, Irina V. Wagner, Zinaida N. Tkacheva, Alexander M. Lugovskoy, Platon N. Moro

“…The aim of this study is to structure the problem areas of pedagogical adaptation of the content of the concept of sustainable development into the practice of Russian higher education. …”
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Radiation Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of Sub-Eddington Circumbinary Disk around an Equal-mass Massive Black Hole Binary by Vishal Tiwari, Chi-Ho Chan, Tamara Bogdanović, Yan-Fei Jiang, Shane W. Davis, Simon Ferrel

“…These findings underscore the crucial role of radiation on the structure and observational properties of CBDs around massive black hole binaries and have implications for detecting electromagnetic counterparts to Laser Interferometer Space Antenna gravitational-wave precursors, and for heavier binaries that are Pulsar Timing Array sources.…”
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Selective photoelectrochemical synthesis of adipic acid using single-atom Ir decorated α-Fe2O3 photoanode by Shenghe Si, Yuyin Mao, Ying-Ao Liu, Jun Ma, Weiyi Jiang, En-Dian Zhao, Kepeng Song, Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang, Dong Liu, Yujie Xiong

“…The single-atom Ir promotes the photogenerated carrier separation and transfer, while regulating the electronic structure of Ti-doped α-Fe2O3 photoanode to optimize its adsorption strength of OH– and cyclohexanone. …”
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Strong antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling induced by small additions of Re to an Ir interlayer in synthetic antiferromagnetic systems by Yoshiaki Saito, Tufan Roy, Shoji Ikeda, Masafumi Shirai, Hiroaki Honjo, Hirofumi Inoue, Tetsuo Endoh

“…The observed Ir–Re interlayer would be one of the promising interlayer materials for MTJs with the synthetic AF structure and be useful for future nonvolatile high-speed memories and logic circuits.…”
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1-(Pyrrolidin-1-yl)naphtho[1,2-<i>d</i>]isoxazole by Ioannis E. Gerontitis, Abdul kadar Shaikh, Dimitrios Alivertis, Panteleimon G. Takis, Anastassios N. Troganis, Petros G. Tsoungas, George Varvounis

“…Based on previous studies in our laboratory, we proposed that the reactions proceed via the formation of an <i>o</i>-naphthoquinone nitrosomethide intermediate; 1D and 2D NMR, HRMS, IR, and UV-VIS spectra provided information that supported the structure of the products.…”
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Unleashing phosphorus mononitride by Simon Edin, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Nathan J. Yutronkie, Zoltan Takacs, Fabrice Wilhelm, Andrei Rogalev, Balazs Pinter, Kasper S. Pedersen, Anders Reinholdt

“…Quantum chemical calculations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy unveil a cumulenic [OsIV=N=P] electronic structure comprising orthogonal Os=N and N=P π-bonding. …”
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A novel Gly436Glu variant in the LPL gene identified in a Saudi Arabian patient with severe hypertriglyceridemia and recurrent pancreatitis by Dena A. Nuwaylati, Hussam Daghistani, Noor Ahmad Shaik, Zuhier A. Awan

“…Bioinformatics analysis predicted this variant to be deleterious, potentially disrupting the structure and stability of the LPL enzyme and impairing its ability to hydrolyze dietary fats. …”
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Characterization of odor markers associated with aging in old ICR mice by Ji Eun Kim, Tae Ryeol Kim, Eun Seo Park, Ki Ho Park, Hee Jin Song, Ayun Seol, Su Jeong Lim, Su Ha Wang, Dae Youn Hwang

“…Abstract To identify and characterize the novel odor markers associated with aging in mice, alterations in the concentration of odorants in the urine, expression of metabolic enzymes, the histopathological structure of the sweat glands, and the expression of regulatory factors in sweat secretion were analyzed in ICR mice of four different ages (2, 6, 8 and 10-month-old). …”
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Study on the susceptibility of geological disasters in loess tableland area of northern Shaanxi based on GIS and information quantity model by Junwei Qiao, Yi Jiang, Feng Lv, Dandan Yuan, Mohammad Fahim Bakhtari, Hui Zhang, Razzaq Atif

“…In this paper, the information quantity model method is proposed, seven factors including slope angle, slope height, slope shape, slope direction, slope structure, geomorphic unit type and engineering geological rock group are selected as the susceptibility evaluation index, and the geological hazard susceptibility of Xunyi County, a typical loess tableland, is comprehensively evaluated by GIS platform. …”
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