Resistive pulse sensing of pre-nucleation activities during single-entity lysozyme crystallization on single nanopipettes by Yusuff Balogun, Ruoyu Yang, Gangli Wang

“…For structural determination of biomacromolecules, neutron crystallography holds unique advantages in resolving hydrogen/proton over other structure determination techniques but faces technical obstacles in requiring large high-quality single crystals and preferentially hydrogen-deuterium exchanges. …”
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Structural and Economic Approach to the Selection of Peak Regulating Capacities at Thermal Power Plants by E. V. Bohdan, M. B. Karnitski

“…The output of power unit No 2 of the Belarusian NPP to the level of neutron power development of 100 % of the nominal level has changed the structure of generation of the Unified Energy System (UES) of Belarus. …”
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Micromechanical models and experiments for diffractive elastic constants of TATB-based polymer-bonded explosives by Hua-peng Liu, Qian-qian Wen, Wei Tang, Hong Wang, Xi-lin Yan

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Multiple Gamma-Ray Detection Capability of a CeBr3 Detector for Gamma Spectroscopy by A. A. Naqvi, F. Z. Khiari, F. A. Liadi, Khateeb ur-Rehman, M. Raashid, A. A. Isab

“…Multigamma-ray detection capability of a cylindrical 75 mm × 75 mm (diameter × height) CeBr3 detector has been tested by analyzing the chlorine concentration in water samples using eight chlorine prompt gamma rays over 517 to 8578 keV energies utilizing a D-D portable neutron generator-based PGNAA setup and measuring the corresponding minimum detection limit (MDC) of chlorine. …”
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Multiobjective Core Reloading Pattern Optimization of PARR-1 Using Modified Genetic Algorithm Coupled with Monte Carlo Methods by Nadeem Shaukat, Ammar Ahmad, Bukhtiar Mohsin, Rustam Khan, Salah Ud-Din Khan, Shahab Ud-Din Khan

“…., to maximize the keff or maximum thermal neutron flux while maintaining low power peaking factor. …”
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Study of an ADS Loaded with Thorium and Reprocessed Fuel by Graiciany de Paula Barros, Claubia Pereira, Maria A. F. Veloso, Antonella L. Costa

“…The aim of this paper is to investigate the nuclear fuel evolution and the neutronic parameters of a lead-cooled accelerator-driven system used for fuel breeding. …”
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Study on the Extraction of Mo(VI) in Nitric Acid by Ionic Liquid Cyphos IL 101 by Weidian WANG, Yuxuan WU, Rulei WU, Lei YANG, Yao LI, Haolin DONG, Xueqin XIANG, Jixin LIANG

“…Solvent extraction is one of the feasible methods for separating fission 99Mo from neutron-irradiated 235U targets in reactor. In this work，the extraction behavior of Mo(VI) in nitric acid system by ionic liquid Cyphos IL 101 was studied. …”
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High Energy Solar Particle Events and Their Relationship to Associated Flare, CME and GLE Parameters by C. O. G. Waterfall, S. Dalla, O. Raukunen, D. Heynderickx, P. Jiggens, R. Vainio

“…Analysis of the SEP events in this time period over three high energy channels is performed, and SEP properties are compared to flare and CME parameters. In addition, neutron monitor (NM) observations are examined for the relevant GLE events. …”
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Phase separation of a microtubule plus-end tracking protein into a fluid fractal network by Mateusz P. Czub, Federico Uliana, Tarik Grubić, Celestino Padeste, Kathryn A. Rosowski, Charlotta Lorenz, Eric R. Dufresne, Andreas Menzel, Ioannis Vakonakis, Urs Gasser, Michel O. Steinmetz

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Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Novel Technological Advances in Hadron Therapy by Manjit Dosanjh PhD, Alberto Degiovanni PhD, Maria Monica Necchi PhD, Elena Benedetto PhD

“…Advances in accelerator-driven Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), image-guided hadron beams delivery, clinical trials and immunotherapy, together with the recent interest and advances in FLASH therapy, which is currently an experimental treatment modality that involves ultrahigh-dose rate delivery, are just a few examples of innovation that may eventually help to provide access to a larger number of patients.…”
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Multimessengers from Core-Collapse Supernovae: Multidimensionality as a Key to Bridge Theory and Observation by Kei Kotake, Tomoya Takiwaki, Yudai Suwa, Wakana Iwakami Nakano, Shio Kawagoe, Youhei Masada, Shin-ichiro Fujimoto

“…The only means to get direct information about the supernova engine is from observations of neutrinos emitted by the forming neutron star, and through gravitational waves which are produced when the hydrodynamic flow or the neutrino flux is not perfectly spherically symmetric. …”
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Optimization progress of large-scale radiation shielding Monte Carlo simulation software based on AIS variance reduction technique system: MCShield by Wu Jiajun, Wu Zhen, Hu Ankang, Hao Yisheng, Pu Yanheng, Zhang Hui, Qiu Rui, Li Junli

“…MCShield, developed by the Radiation Protection and Environmental Protection Laboratory at Tsinghua University, is a Monte Carlo program designed for coupled neutron/photon/electron transport in radiation shielding calculations. …”
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Some Movement Mechanisms and Characteristics in Pebble Bed Reactor by Xingtuan Yang, Yu Li, Nan Gui, Xinlong Jia, Jiyuan Tu, Shengyao Jiang

“…The pebblebed-type high temperature gas-cooled reactor is considered to be one of the promising solutions for generation IV advanced reactors, and the two-region arranged reactor core can enhance its advantages by flattening neutron flux. However, this application is held back by the existence of mixing zone between central and peripheral regions, which results from pebbles’ dispersion motions. …”
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Avoided Crossing Phonons Realizes High‐Performance Single‐Crystalline β‐Zn4Sb3 Thermoelectrics by I‐Lun Jen, Cheng‐Yen Lin, Kuang‐Kuo Wang, Chun‐Ming Wu, Chi‐Hung Lee, Hsin‐Jay Wu

“…Abstract This study reveals the mechanisms behind the ultralow lattice thermal conductivity κL in β‐Zn4Sb3 single crystals through inelastic neutron scattering (INS). Analyzing phonon behaviors and the interaction between acoustic phonons and rattling modes, the first experimental evidence of avoided crossing in β‐Zn4Sb3 is provided. …”
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Longitudinal Dependence of Heavy Ion Composition in the 2021 October 28 Ground Level Enhancement Event by C. M. S. Cohen, G. M. Mason, E. R. Christian, A. C. Cummings, G. A. de Nolfo, M. I. Desai, J. Giacalone, M. E. Hill, A. W. Labrador, R. A. Leske, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt Jr, D. G. Mitchell, J. G. Mitchell, G. D. Muro, J. S. Rankin, N. A. Schwadron, M. M. Shen, M. E. Wiedenbeck, Z. G. Xu, G. C. Ho, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingrüber

“…The 2021 October 28 solar energetic particle (SEP) event was a rare ground level enhancement (GLE) event, where secondary particles from the interactions of SEPs with the Earth’s atmosphere were detected by neutron monitors on the ground. A number of papers have examined the solar signatures, neutron monitor observations, and the characteristics of the SEP protons and electrons for this event. …”
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Investigation of the Atomic Structure of Ge-Sb-Se Chalcogenide Glasses by M. Fabian, N. Dulgheru, K. Antonova, A. Szekeres, M. Gartner

“…. %) have been synthesized. Neutron and X-ray diffraction techniques were used to study the atomic glassy structure, and Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) simulations were applied to model the 3-dimensional atomic configurations and thorough mapping of the atomic parameters, such as first and second neighbour distances, coordination numbers, and bond-angle distributions. …”
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Investigating skyrmion stability and core polarity reversal in NdMn2Ge2 by Samuel K. Treves, Victor Ukleev, Andreas Apseros, Jamie Robert Massey, Kai Wagner, Paul Lehmann, Aki Kitaori, Naoya Kanazawa, Jeffrey A. Brock, Simone Finizio, Joakim Reuteler, Yoshinori Tokura, Patrick Maletinsky, Valerio Scagnoli

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Impact of Strontium and Krypton Release from Ghana’s MNSR following a Conjectural Accident Scenario by S. A. Birikorang, R. G. Abrefah, H. K. Obeng, K. Gyamfi

“…This paper provides a comprehensive insight report on an account of a research investigation carried out in addressing a radiological safety issue of Ghana’s Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) during its core conversion project. …”
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Design of a small-scale and failure-resistant IaaS cloud using OpenStack by Samuel Heuchert, Bhaskar Prasad Rimal, Martin Reisslein, Yong Wang

“…Design/methodology/approach – To demonstrate these enablement goals of resiliency and elasticity in IaaS and PaaS, the authors design a private distributed system cloud platform using OpenStack and its core services of Nova, Swift, Cinder, Neutron, Keystone, Horizon and Glance on a five-node deployment. …”
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In-situ synthesize of Ag NPs/SiO2 nanocomposite by gamma ray and its application as catalyst in decolorization of dyes by M. Bagherzadeh, M.H. Choopan Dastjerdi, J. Mokhtari, F. Abadian-Naeini, M. Mohsennia

“…The cell was designed to allow gamma radiation to samples without neutron collisions and prevent the samples from becoming radioactive. …”
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