CAF: Cluster Algorithm and A-Star with Fuzzy Approach for Lifetime Enhancement in Wireless Sensor Networks by Yali Yuan, Caihong Li, Yi Yang, Xiangliang Zhang, Lian Li

“…Secondly, the combined methods of fuzzy inference and A-star algorithm are adopted, taking into account the factors such as the remaining power, the minimum hops, and the traffic numbers of nodes. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method has significant effectiveness in terms of balancing energy consumption as well as maximizing the network lifetime by comparing the performance of the A-star and fuzzy (AF) approach, cluster and fuzzy (CF)method, cluster and A-star (CA)method, A-star method, and SEP algorithm under the same routing criteria.…”
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CD4 Cell Counts at HIV Diagnosis among HIV Outpatient Study Participants, 2000–2009 by Kate Buchacz, Carl Armon, Frank J. Palella, Rose K. Baker, Ellen Tedaldi, Marcus D. Durham, John T. Brooks

“…It is unclear if CD4 cell counts at HIV diagnosis have improved over a 10-year period of expanded HIV testing in the USA. Methods. We studied HOPS participants diagnosed with HIV infection ≤6 months prior to entry into care during 2000–2009. …”
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Nano-Pr2O3 Doped PVA + Na3C6H5O7 Polymer Electrolyte Films for Electrochemical Cell Applications by J. Ramesh Babu, K. Ravindhranath, K. Vijaya Kumar

“…With increase in temperature, the conductivity is increasing and it is attributed to the hopping of interchain and intrachain ion movements and furthermore decrease in microscopic viscosity of the films. …”
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Association of moderate beer consumption with the gut microbiota by Zhaoxi Liu, Jinming Shi, Lushan Wang, Jianjun Dong, Junhong Yu, Min Chen

“…Beer is a fermented beverage prepared from water, malted barley, hops, and yeast that has been around for centuries. …”
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High-performance solid-state proton gating membranes based on two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded organic framework composites by Dandan Lei, Yixiang Wang, Qixiang Zhang, Shuqi Wang, Lei Jiang, Zhen Zhang

“…Density functional theory calculations reveal that the reversible formation and disruption of humidity-induced water bridges within the frameworks facilitates the switching of proton transport mode from the adsorption site hopping to the Grotthuss mechanism. This transition, coupled with the introduction of bacterial cellulose to enhance desorption/adsorption of water clusters, enables us to achieve a superior proton gating ratio of up to 5740, surpassing state-of-the-art solid-state gating devices. …”
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Predictive Trajectory-Based Mobile Data Gathering Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks by Fan Chao, Zhiqin He, Renkuan Feng, Xiao Wang, Xiangping Chen, Changqi Li, Ying Yang

“…Tradition wireless sensor networks (WSNs) transmit data by single or multiple hops. However, some sensor nodes (SNs) close to a static base station forward data more frequently than others, which results in the problem of energy holes and makes networks fragile. …”
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New insights into structural, optical, electrical and thermoelectric behavior of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 single crystals by G. Jagło, Kamila Kluczewska-Chmielarz, J. Suchanicz, A. Kruk, A. Kania, D. Sitko, M. Nowakowska-Malczyk, M. Łapiński, G. Stachowski

“…The activation energy values determined from the conductivity data, the imaginary part of the electric impedance and the modulus indicate that the relaxation process in the high-temperature range is attributable to both single and double ionized oxygen vacancies, in combination with the hopping of electrons between Ti4+ and Ti3+. P-type electrical conductivity was also found. …”
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Peculiarities of Charge Transfer in SiO2(Ni)/Si Nanosystems by Egor Yu. Kaniukov, Dzmitry V. Yakimchuk, Victoria D. Bundyukova, Alena E. Shumskaya, Abdulkarim A. Amirov, Sergey E. Demyanov

“…In the low temperatures (~100–20 K), the variable range hopping conduction between pores on the SiO2/Si boundary, containing localized states, dominates.…”
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Enhanced bulk and interfacial charge transfer in Fe:VOPO4 modified Mo:BiVO4 photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting by Bing He, Yu Cao, Kaijie Lin, Mingjie Wu, Yunhai Zhu, Xun Cui, Liang Hu, Yingkui Yang, Xueqin Liu

“…Systematic studies have demonstrated that the hopping activation energy of small polarons is significantly reduced due to the Mo doping, resulting in accelerated bulk charge transfer. …”
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Floquet topological phase transitions in 2D Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model: interplay between time reversal symmetry breaking and dimerization by Adrian Pena, Bogdan Ostahie, Cristian Radu

“…We analytically show that TRS breaking is forbidden in the absence of second order neighbors hopping. In the absence of light irradiation, we identify a symmetry-protected degeneracy and prove the appearance of a flat band along a specific direction in the momentum space. …”
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Sequential addition of cations increases photoluminescence quantum yield of metal nanoclusters near unity by Xue Wang, Yuan Zhong, Tingting Li, Kunyu Wang, Weinan Dong, Min Lu, Yu Zhang, Zhennan Wu, Aiwei Tang, Xue Bai

“…This benefits from the shrinkage of the total structure that speeds up the shell-core electron transition, and in particular, the Tb3+ provides a hopping platform for the excited electrons as their intrinsic ladder-like energy level structure. …”
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Three-dimensional mapping of the altermagnetic spin splitting in CrSb by Guowei Yang, Zhanghuan Li, Sai Yang, Jiyuan Li, Hao Zheng, Weifan Zhu, Ze Pan, Yifu Xu, Saizheng Cao, Wenxuan Zhao, Anupam Jana, Jiawen Zhang, Mao Ye, Yu Song, Lun-Hui Hu, Lexian Yang, Jun Fujii, Ivana Vobornik, Ming Shi, Huiqiu Yuan, Yongjun Zhang, Yuanfeng Xu, Yang Liu

“…Tight-binding model analysis indicates that the large altermagnetic splitting arises from strong third-nearest-neighbor hopping mediated by Sb ions. The large band/spin splitting near Fermi level in metallic CrSb, together with its high T N (up to 705 K) and simple spin configuration, paves the way for exploring emergent phenomena and spintronic applications based on altermagnets.…”
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Exploring Structural, Magnetic, and Electric Transport Properties of Sol–Gel Derived Nd0.65Ca0.35MnO3 by Bhupendra Singh, Gaurav Joshi, Sudha Tomar, D. S. Raghav, Raj Kumar, Upendra Kumar, Lalit Kumar

“…Instead, the PM state in the sample shows conduction via variable range hopping.…”
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Modulation and Multiple Access for Beyond 6G Electromagnetic Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band by Pankaj Singh, Sung-Yoon Jung

“…Unlike previous surveys, our focus is on the physical layer, emphasizing rate-division and time-hopping strategies, including pulse position and pulse amplitude modulation techniques. …”
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An industrial Internet-of-things URLLC system via cross-layer design for anti-jamming by WANG Xiang, ZHAO Peiyi, ZENG Qi, ZHONG Jun, ZHANG Xing, SU Jingru

“…Hamming coding + mini-slot hopping HARQ were utilized by this scheduling strategy to effectively reduce the amount of retransmissions, which aim to enhance the real-time transmission among IIoT nodes. …”
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Ionospheric Response to the M‐ and X‐Class Solar Flares of 28 October 2021 Over the African Sector by John Bosco Habarulema, Mpho Tshisaphungo, Zama Thobeka Katamzi‐Joseph, Tshimangadzo Merline Matamba, Rendani Nndanganeni

“…In response, mid latitude ionosonde data showed that there were no echoes from the E and F1 layers for about 2 hr during ≈1025–1225 UT, restricting complex modes of HF communication such as double hops (1F1E) utilizing a combination of more than one ionospheric layer.…”
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Unravelling Lithium Interactions in Non-Flammable Gel Polymer Electrolytes: A Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics Study by Nasser AL-Hamdani, Paula V. Saravia, Javier Luque Di Salvo, Sergio A. Paz, Giorgio De Luca

“…These findings offer insights into the Li⁺ transport mechanism at the molecular scale in the GPE by suggesting that lithium-ion transport does not occur by hopping between polymer functional groups but by diffusion into the solvent/counter anion system. …”
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Motor competence of children with different levels of physical activity by Gojko Škundrić, Draženka Mačak, Snežana Damjanović, Boris Popović

“…After adjusting for age, gender, and BMI effects, we found small to medium significant mean differences (p<0.05, d [95%CI]) between the groups in hopping for height tests (d=0.78 [0.41, 1.16]), jumping sideways (d=0.79 [0.42, 1.17]), moving sideways (d=0.68 [0.32, 1.06]), and walking backward (d=0.44 [0.07, 0.81]). …”
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Behaviours preceding suicides at railway and underground locations: a multimethodological qualitative approach by Lisa Marzano, Jay-Marie Mackenzie, Jo Borrill, Emily Hawkins, Bob Fields, Ian Kruger, Ian Noonan

“…Data were gathered from several sources, including interviews with individuals who survived a rail suicide attempt (n=9), CCTV footage of individuals who died by rail suicide (n=16) and qualitative survey data providing views from rail staff (n=79).Results Our research suggests that there are several behaviours that people may carry out before a suicide or suicide attempt at a rail location, including station hopping and platform switching, limiting contact with others, positioning themselves at the end of the track where the train/tube approaches, allowing trains to pass by and carrying out repetitive behaviours.Conclusions There are several behaviours that may be identifiable in the moments leading up to a suicide or suicide attempt on the railways which may present opportunities for intervention. …”
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ECC-Based Authentication Protocol for Military Internet of Drone (IoD): A Holistic Security Framework by Hyeon Choe, Dongsu Kang

“…During this process, timestamps and hops are transmitted to enable position verification through Ultra-Wideband, ensuring secure communication even in environments where GPS signals are restricted. …”
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