Optimization of micronizing zeolite grinding using artificial neural networks by Nikolić V., Trumić M., Tanikić D., Trumić M.S.

“…The aim of the experiment was to determine the optimal grinding conditions to obtain a powder with appropriate physico-chemical and microstructural characteristics that would find its potential application as a binder and ion exchanger in structural composites. The analysis of specific size classes of zeolite e after micronization was performed by grinding kinetics. …”
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Synthesis and Anti-microbial Activities Investigation of New Mixed Ligand Complexes by Elaf A. Mousa, Basim I. Al-Abdaly

“…      Transition ion complexes have various commercial and technical uses, including antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer medications and catalysts; their characteristics are critical regarding their kinetic impact. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Three Active Forms of Vitamin B12 In Situ Produced During Fermentation by LC-MS/MS by Zhihao Fan, Yajie Li, Xia Fan, Pei Wang, Runqiang Yang, Chong Xie

“…Meanwhile, the quantitative result of this method is not affected by pseudo-VB12 because the selected ion channels include fragments of active VB12. Maintaining light-shielding during extraction and purification is essential, as light exposure during the process can decrease the content of detected VB12 by about 30%. …”
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CLAIRE: a contrastive learning-based predictor for EC number of chemical reactions by Zishuo Zeng, Jin Guo, Jiao Jin, Xiaozhou Luo

“…Here, we introduce CLAIRE (Contrastive Learning-based AnnotatIon for Reaction’s EC), a novel framework leveraging contrastive learning, pre-trained language model-based reaction embeddings, and data augmentation to address these limitations. …”
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Cathepsin C Is Involved in Macrophage M1 Polarization via p38/MAPK Pathway in Sudden Cardiac Death by Jialin Dai, Jiangjin Liu, Qiong Zhang, Yang An, Bing Xia, Changwu Wan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yanni Yu, Jie Wang

“…This included a total of 265 differential proteins which were involved in SCD-related processes, such as inflammation, muscle system process regulation, metal ion transport, and lysosomal pathway. Western blotting was carried out to measure the expressions of cathepsin C (CTSC), focal adhesion kinase (FAK), p-FAK, and proteins related to the p38/MAPK signaling pathway, whereas immunohistochemistry was performed to determine the localization and expression of CTSC, TNF-α, and CD206 in arterial tissues. …”
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Structure and Electrochemical Behavior of Minor Mn-Doped Olivine LiMnxFe1−xPO4 by Le Thanh Nguyen Huynh, Pham Phuong Nam Le, Viet Dung Trinh, Hong Huy Tran, Van Man Tran, My Loan Phung Le

“…In the recent years, olivine LiFePO4 has been considered as a prospective cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. However, low conductivity is an obstacle to the commercialization of LiFePO4; doping the transition metal such as Mn and Ni is one of the solutions for this issue. …”
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Urban Stock-Demography Approach to Uncover Electric Vehicle Battery and Embedded Lithium Stock across 366 Cities in China by Chenyang Wang, Peng Wang, Linchang Zheng, Wei Chen, Yuqi Hu, Rui Jing, Yi Ding, Xiaojie Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen

“…Limited primary lithium resources has urged China to expand the secondary sources through recycling lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to support its electric passenger vehicles (EPVs) ambitions. …”
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Matrix-free human 2D organoids recapitulate duodenal barrier and transport properties by Kopano Valerie Masete, Dorothee Günzel, Jörg-Dieter Schulzke, Hans-Jörg Epple, Nina A. Hering

“…Results We characterized these monolayers phenotypically regarding polarization, tight junction formation and cellular composition, and functionally regarding uptake of nutrients, ion transport and cytokine-induced barrier dysfunction. …”
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Evaluation of variable MHD flow with Nernst-Planck model under the effect of entropy generation and chemical reactions by Maria Altaib Badawi, Waris Khan, Wajid Ullah Jan, Fethi Mohamed Maiz, Adel Thaljaoui, Rashid Iqbal

“…This work looks at the important part that convective ion transport plays in two-dimensional electro-viscous fluid flow that is caused by pressure and changes in magnetic fields. …”
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Effect of spherical Mo metal particles on microstructure and properties of 316L stainless steel during laser powder bed fusion by Hao Zhang, Lijun Yang, Zhenmeng Zhang, Zhihao Chen, Ziliang Song, Chenyang Wang, Xihui Wu, Xiebin Zhu

“…Aiming at the performance defects of 316L stainless steel (316LSS), such as low surface hardness, low strength, and poor resistance to chloride ion pitting, Mo/316L particle-reinforced metal matrix composites (PRMMCs) were prepared in this paper using the laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) process. …”
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Potential Clinical Application of Analysis of Bisphenols in Pericardial Fluid from Patients with Coronary Artery Disease with the Use of Liquid Chromatography Combined with Fluores... by Tomasz Tuzimski, Szymon Szubartowski, Janusz Stążka, Kamil Baczewski, Daria Janiszewska, Viorica Railean, Bogusław Buszewski, Małgorzata Szultka-Młyńska

“…Quantitative analysis of bisphenols in the samples was then performed by LC–MS/MS on a triple quadrupole (QqQ) mass spectrometer and electrospray ionization (ESI-/ESI+) was applied in the negative and positive ion modes, respectively. The LODs and LOQs ranged from 0.04 ng/mL to 0.37 ng/mL and 0.12 ng/mL to 1.11 ng/mL, respectively. …”
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Inter- and intra-varietal clonal differences influence the aroma compound profiles of wines analyzed by GC–MS and GC-IMS by Huawei Chen, Shijian Bai, Bowei Yang, Ruihua Ren, Zizhu Tang, Zhenwen Zhang, Qingqing Zeng

“…To investigate the impact of genetic factors on wine aroma, wines made from 22 clones of five grape varieties (Vitis vinifera L.) were used to analyze the volatile compounds by headspace solid phase microextraction gas chromatography mass spectrometer (HS-SPME-GC–MS) and headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS). Results showed that 52 and 49 aroma compounds were identified from 22 clones of wines by two technologies, respectively. …”
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Natural Antioxidant-Isoliquiritigenin Ameliorates Contractile Dysfunction of Hypoxic Cardiomyocytes via AMPK Signaling Pathway by Xiaoyu Zhang, Ping Zhu, Xiuying Zhang, Yina Ma, Wenguang Li, Ji-Mei Chen, Hui-Ming Guo, Richard Bucala, Jian Zhuang, Ji Li

“…The glucose uptake was determined by 2-deoxy-D-glucose-3H accumulation. The IonOptix System measured the contractile function of isolated cardiomyocytes. …”
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Oriented wide-bandgap perovskites for monolithic silicon-based tandems with over 1000 hours operational stability by Yuxin Yao, Biao Li, Degong Ding, Chenxia Kan, Pengjie Hang, Daoyong Zhang, Zechen Hu, Zhenyi Ni, Xuegong Yu, Deren Yang

“…We find that the (111) facet, which owned higher ion-migration activation energy and lower diffusion constant, endured instability better than the (100) facet in multi-component 1.68 eV perovskites under electron beam or light irradiations, where excess charge carriers facilitate halide migrations and thereafter phase segregations. …”
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Towards large-scale quantum optimization solvers with few qubits by Marco Sciorilli, Lucas Borges, Taylor L. Patti, Diego García-Martín, Giancarlo Camilo, Anima Anandkumar, Leandro Aolita

“…In turn, for m = 2000, experiments with n = 17 trapped-ion qubits feature MaxCut approximation ratios estimated to be beyond the hardness threshold 0.941. …”
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Synthesis of dendritic silver nano powder using pulsing electrolysis in ammonia solution by Soltanzadeh A., Shahini S., Rashchi F., Saba M.

“…In this paper the effects of potential, ammonia concentration (NH3), silver ion concentration [Ag+], total time, Ton, Toff and Trev on this process were studied. …”
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A Stability-Indicating HPLC-DAD Method for Determination of Stiripentol: Development, Validation, Kinetics, Structure Elucidation and Application to Commercial Dosage Form by Hany W. Darwish, Ali S. Abdelhameed, Mohamed I. Attia, Ahmed H. Bakheit, Nasr Y. Khalil, Abdulrahman A. Al-Majed

“…This degradation product was characterized by 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy as well as ion trap mass spectrometry. The results demonstrated that the method would have a great value when applied in quality control and stability studies for stiripentol.…”
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Antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Hypsizygus ulmarius polysaccharide on alcoholic liver injury in rats by Sudha Govindan, Angu Jayabal, Jayasakthi Shanmugam, Prasanna Ramani

“…In antioxidant scavenging assay, HUP showed moderate DMPD radical scavenging activity, cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity and inhibitory effect against lipid peroxidation in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Co(II) and Cd(II) Complexes Derived from Heterocyclic Schiff-Bases: Synthesis, Structural Characterisation, and Biological Activity by Riyadh M. Ahmed, Enaam I. Yousif, Mohamad J. Al-Jeboori

“…These studies revealed the formation of four-coordinate complexes in which the geometry about metal ion is tetrahedral. Biological activity of the ligands and their metal complexes against gram positive bacterial strain Bacillus (G+) and gram negative bacteria Pseudomonas (G−) revealed that the metal complexes become less resistive to the microbial activities as compared to the free ligands.…”
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Modulating synaptic plasticity with metal−organic framework for information-filterable artificial retina by Seongchan Kim, Ohchan Kwon, Seonkwon Kim, Seonmin Jang, Seungho Yu, Choong Hoo Lee, Yoon Young Choi, Soo Young Cho, Ki Chul Kim, Cunjiang Yu, Dae Woo Kim, Jeong Ho Cho

“…It is demonstrated that small pore diameters enhance short-term properties, while large pores, which are characterized by increased ion affinity, sustain long-term properties. Moreover, we demonstrated a 6 × 6 pixel artificial retina by incorporating both short-term and long-term artificial synapses with a signal-integration device. …”
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