Influence of Crucible Thermal Conductivity on Crystal Growth in an Industrial Directional Solidification Process for Silicon Ingots by Zaoyang Li, Lijun Liu, Yunfeng Zhang, Genshu Zhou

“…Based on the numerical simulations, some discussions on designing and choosing the crucible thermal conductivity are presented.…”
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A theoretical model for predicting the Peak Cutting Force of conical picks by Gao Kuidong, Du Changlong, Jiang Hongxiang, Liu Songyong

“…The results of this work could provide some guidance for studying the rock cutting theory of conical pick and designing the cutting mechanism.…”
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Unobtrusive Behavioral and Activity-Related Multimodal Biometrics: The ACTIBIO Authentication Concept by A. Drosou, D. Ioannidis, K. Moustakas, D. Tzovaras

“…Several shortcomings of existing biometric recognition systems are addressed within this project, which have helped in improving existing sensors, in developing new algorithms, and in designing applications, towards creating new, unobtrusive, biometric authentication procedures in security-sensitive, Ambient Intelligence environments. …”
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De novo biosynthesis of quercetin in Yarrowia Lipolytica through systematic metabolic engineering for enhanced yield by Yuxing Dong, Wenping Wei, Mengfan Li, Tao Qian, Jiayun Xu, Xiaohe Chu, Bang-Ce Ye

“…This study aims to address this gap by engineering the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to achieve high yields of these flavonoids. We designed a kaempferol biosynthetic pathway by integrating multiple-copy fusion enzyme expression modules, F3H-(GGGGS)2-FLS, into the genome with an optimized linker (GGGGS)2 to enhance kaempferol production from naringenin. …”
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A select inhibitor of MORC2 encapsulated by chimeric membranecoated DNA nanocage target alleviation TNBC progression by Xiaohan Su, Yunbo Luo, Yali Wang, Peng Qu, Jun Liu, Shiqi Han, Cui Ma, Shishan Deng, Qi Liang, Xiaowei Qi, Panke Cheng, Lingmi Hou

“…Furthermore, the biomimetic nanodrug delivery system (PMD) was designed by encapsulating tetrahedral DNA nanostructures with biomimetic cell membrane, and it can efficiently evade the phagocytosis of immune system and target TNBC tissue. …”
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Finite-Time Synchronization of Fractional-Order Complex-Valued Multi-Layer Network via Adaptive Quantized Control Under Deceptive Attacks by Lulu Xu, Juan Yu, Cheng Hu, Kailong Xiong, Tingting Shi

“…Under the framework of the given sign function and quantization function, an adaptive quantized control scheme with or without deception attacks is designed. According to the finite-time theorem, Lyapunov function, and graph theory methods, some sufficient criteria for realizing finite-time synchronization in complex-valued fractional-order multi-layer networks have been obtained. …”
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Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease: New and Emerging Targets for Refractory Motor and Nonmotor Symptoms by Dustin Anderson, Grayson Beecher, Fang Ba

“…Studies of alternative DBS targets for PD are ongoing, the majority of which have shown some clinical benefit; however, more carefully designed and controlled studies are needed. In the present review, we discuss the role of these new and emerging DBS targets in treating refractory axial motor symptoms and other motor and nonmotor symptoms (NMS).…”
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Computation of Graph Fourier Transform Centrality Using Graph Filter by Chien-Cheng Tseng, Su-Ling Lee

“…There are two kinds of designs of graph filters to be studied. One is the graph-aware method; the other is the graph-unaware method. …”
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Enhancement of Lamb Wave Imaging Resolution by Step Pulse Excitation and Prewarping by Shangchen Fu, Lihua Shi, Yinghui Zhou, Zhikai Fu

“…A narrowband signal warped with a preselected distance is then designed, and the dispersion in the response of this prewarping signal will be greatly reduced. …”
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The “Ants of Cyprus” website: a dynamic, online awareness raising and conservation tool by Jakovos Demetriou, Christos Georgiadis, Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Mathias Dillen, Quentin Groom, Evan Economo, Helen Roy, Angeliki Martinou

“…This dynamic, user-friendly website has been designed for use by the scientific community, conservation officers and the wider public and it will be regularly updated as new information and data are generated. …”
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Integrating Spatial Self-Attention and Convolution Networks for Improved Car-Sharing Demand Forecasting by Shengjun Qin, Jiaying Qin, Zhi Liu

“…By introducing the self-attention module, SG-SCINet effectively analyzes spatial and functional interactions, improving the prediction of car-sharing demand. This series of designs significantly improves the model’s adaptability in complex spatio-temporal environments. …”
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Polyethylene oxide matrix tablet swelling evolution: The impact of molecular mass and tablet composition by Draksler Petra, Mikac Urša, Laggner Peter, Paudel Amrit, Janković Biljana

“…This article describes the designing of matrix tablets composed of polyethylene oxides (PEOs) with relative molecular masses of 1 × 106, 2 × 106, and 4 × 106. …”
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Method Framework for Developing Enterprise Architecture Security Principles by Sara Larno, Ville Seppänen, Jarkko Nurmi

“…Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) offers a holistic approach for managing different dimensions of an organization, and can be conceived as a coherent and consistent set of principles that guide how the enterprise must be designed. This article contributes with a method framework for integrating information security with EAM, aimed at providing support for the decision-making related to formulating context-aware EA security principles. …”
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Pharmacological Correction of Stress-Induced Gastric Ulceration by Novel Small-Molecule Agents with Antioxidant Profile by Konstantin V. Kudryavtsev, Anna O. Markevich, Oleksandr V. Virchenko, Tetyana M. Falalyeyeva, Tetyana V. Beregova, Lyudmyla I. Ostapchenko, Dmitry V. Zabolotnev, Nikolay S. Zefirov

“…This study was designed to determine novel small-molecule agents influencing the pathogenesis of gastric lesions induced by stress. …”
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Soil-Pile Interaction in the Pile Vertical Vibration Based on Fictitious Soil-Pile Model by Guodong Deng, Jiasheng Zhang, Wenbing Wu, Xiong Shi, Fei Meng

“…Based on the obtained solutions, the influence of parameters of pile end soil on the dynamic response is studied in detail for different designing parameters of pile. Lastly, the fictitious soil-pile model and other pile end soil supporting models are compared. …”
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Incorporation of Amphipathic Diblock Copolymer in Lipid Bilayer for Improving pH Responsiveness by Tian Xia, Weiju Hao, Yazhuo Shang, Shouhong Xu, Honglai Liu

“…Diblock copolymers (mPEG-b-PDPA), which were designed to possess pH-sensitivity as well as amphipathy, were used as an intelligent lock in the liposomal membrane. …”
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Prestress Loss of CFL in a Prestressing Process for Strengthening RC Beams by Xinyan Guo, Dong Liu, Peiyan Huang, Xiaohong Zheng

“…A prestressing system was designed to strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) beams with prestressed carbon fiber laminate (CFL). …”
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Identify and prioritize architectural and cultural indicators based on the application of technology in the age of globalization (Case Study: Tehran City) by Mino lafafchi, Mozian Dahashi Sharif, Iraj Etesam

“…Technological innovations are known to be effective parameter in developing and designing architectural spaces in metropolis; however the impact of technology on the architecture of different communities in the world is not the same. …”
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BONE REGENERATION MATERIALS IN SUBSTANCE LOSS by Chiriac Marta, Mușat Mihaela, Vizitiu Oana, Tibeica Andreea, Radu Ioan Alexandru, Norina Forna

“…Functionalization strategies designed to overcome the negative properties, and facilitate space maintenance, osteoblast proliferation and differentiation, progenitor cell migration and differentiation, mineralization, vascularization, immunoregulation-induced osteogenesis, and anti-infective functionality. …”
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Hierarchical Classification of Variable Stars Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Mahdi Abdollahi, Nooshin Torabi, Sadegh Raeisi, Sohrab Rahvar

“…We consider most of the classes and subclasses of variable stars in OGLE-IV database and show that using Hierarchical Classification technique and designing appropriate preprocessing can increase accuracy of predicting smaller classes, ACep and T2Cep. …”
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