Observed Sprite Streamer Growth Rates by H. C. Stenbaek‐Nielsen, M. G. McHarg, N. Y. Liu

“…Abstract Sprites have been recorded at ∼100,000 frames per second. One hundred and sixty five essentially vertically propagating streamers, 110 downward and 55 upward, have been selected for analysis. …”
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Email outreach attracts the US policymakers’ attention to climate change but common advocacy techniques do not improve engagement by Riley N. Loria, Jessica Pugel, Matthew H. Goldberg, Deborah A. Halla, Rebecca Bascom, J. Taylor Scott, Max Crowley, Elizabeth C. Long

“…In a series of four rapid-cycle randomized controlled email trials (N = 6642–7620 per trial), we test three common and theoretically derived advocacy tactics to increase U.S. policymaker engagement with a climate change fact sheet sent via email (i.e., a norms manipulation, a number focused manipulation, and emotional language manipulation). …”
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Wide FOV metalens for near-infrared capsule endoscopy: advancing compact medical imaging by Moghaddasi Mojtaba, Perez Coca Erik Edilson, Ye Danni, Flores Diego Alejandro, Wu Xudong, Jalal Abdul, Ren Ziming, Abrinaei Fahimeh, Hu Bin

“…The metalens achieved a 165° FOV with a high modulation transfer function (MTF) of 300 lines per millimeter (lp/mm) across the entire FOV, operating in the near-infrared (NIR) narrow-bandpass imaging at 940 nm. …”
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Demonstration of high-reconfigurability and low-power strong physical unclonable function empowered by FeFET cycle-to-cycle variation and charge-domain computing by Taixin Li, Xinrui Guo, Franz Müller, Sukhrob Abdulazhanov, Xiaoyang Ma, Hongtao Zhong, Yongpan Liu, Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Huazhong Yang, Kai Ni, Thomas Kämpfe, Xueqing Li

“…Remarkably, our PUF achieves near-ideal reconfigurability and ultra-low 1.89fJ per bit readout energy, significantly outperforming the state-of-the-art PUFs. …”
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Effects of the land use change on ecosystem service value by J. Zhou, L. Sun, S.Y. Zang, K. Wang, J.Y. Zhao, Z.X. Li, X.M. Liu, X.R. Liu

“…Ecosystem services value of per capita decreased 23.52%. The sensitivity coefficient of eco-service values of all types of land utilization to their value coefficients were all less than 1 in Daqing area. …”
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DBSCAN inspired task scheduling algorithm for cloud infrastructure by S.M.F D Syed Mustapha, Punit Gupta

“…Cloud computing in today's computing environment plays a vital role, by providing efficient and scalable computation based on pay per use model. To make computing more reliable and efficient, it must be efficient, and high resources utilized. …”
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Rapid Decarbonization Roadmap for India Based on Photovoltaic Systems by Om Shankar Dev, Ilija Batas Bjelic, Rhythm Singh

“…Currently, India has a fossil fuel dominated power system with a rapid increase in renewable energy installations, namely photovoltaic, in the amount of 10 GW per year. India aims to reach 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. …”
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Peripheral Nerve Repair with Cultured Schwann Cells: Getting Closer to the Clinics by Maria Carolina O. Rodrigues, Antonio Antunes Rodrigues, Loren E. Glover, Julio Voltarelli, Cesario V. Borlongan

“…Peripheral nerve injuries are a frequent and disabling condition, which affects 13 to 23 per 100.000 persons each year. Severe cases, with structural disruption of the nerve, are associated with poor functional recovery. …”
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Analysis of Water Loss Management Performance of Water Utilities and Development of Basic Performance Indicator Analysis Tool by Mahmut Fırat, Cansu Orhan, Salih Yılmaz, Özgür Özdemir

“…This tool basically includes volumetric and percentage indicators, service connection and per line length indicators, administrative and physical loss, economic and cost, failure and network rehabilitation indicators. …”
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Modeling and Numerical Prediction on Mechanical Behaviors of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bio Composites Using Fuzzy Logic Algorithm by Vinoth Viswanathan, Sathiyamurthy Subbarayan, Ananthi Narayanaswamy, Devi Panneerselvam, Prabhakaran Jayasankar

“…The experiments were planned as per the design of experiments, the selected input parameters were fiber length (mm), NaOH treatment (%), and fiber weight (%) and the output parameters were tensile, flexural, and impact strength conditions. …”
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Study energy consumption, evaporation rate of the blue swimming crab hatchery system by Thongplu Suwapitchakorn, Jiamrittiwong Prayut, Puangngernmak Nutdechatorn

“…The study also finds that energy consumption for incubating crab eggs at 2 l/min is 0.025 kWh per crab, which is significantly lower (24.24% reduction) than at 3 l/min. …”
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Digital Words of Wisdom? Milia (AppleTree), An Online Platform for Digital Storytelling by Spanoudakis Manolis, Nakou Alexandra, Meliadou Eni, Gouscos Dimitris, Meimaris Michalis

“…Applications of the platform can be found in storytelling per se, in education, in publishing and, more generally, in the creation and publication of collaborative digital works. …”
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An Institutional Perspective on the Number of Stent Retriever Pass and Rate of Recanalization in Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: When to Stop? by Bheru Dan Charan, Shailesh B Gaikwad, Savyasachi Jain, Ajay Garg, Leve Joseph Devarajan Sebastian, MV Padma Srivastava, Rohit Bhatia, Awadh Kishore Pandit, Shashank Sarad Kale

“…The recanalization rate per stent retrieval attempt was the highest in 1st attempt (28.84%) and no recanalization was observed with the 3rd, 5th, and 6th attempts (p<0.001). …”
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Alternative locations feasibility for development of final disposal site (TPA) in Semarang Regency by Anggraini Pratamanintyas, Nur Fadilah Hasna, Astuti Kristiana Dwi, Yesiana Reny, Septiarani Bintang

“…The TPA Blondo facility was built in 2009 and should only be used for a period of 10 years by processing 523 tons of waste per day. This study aims to provide alternative final disposal site in accordance with SNI 03-3241-1994 standards concerning Procedures for Selecting Final Disposal Site. …”
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A Successful Pregnancy by Utilization of Gradually Increasing Low Dose Gonadotrophin Stimulation in a Modified Natural Cycle in Vitro Fertilization Procedure: Case Report by Serkan Kahyaoğlu, Ayşe Seval Erdinç, Nafiye Karakaş Yılmaz, Mahmut Nedim Çiçek

“…Acceptable pregnancy rates per embryo transfer, low medication cost, relatively low risk of complications and higher patient acceptability are the main advantages of MNC-IVF treatment as a feasible treatment option especially for poor responder patients. …”
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Ocean submesoscale fronts induce diabatic heating and convective precipitation within storms by Félix Vivant, Lia Siegelman, Patrice Klein, Hector S. Torres, Dimitris Menemenlis, Andrea M. Molod

“…Additionally, ocean submesoscale fronts, with temperature gradients of 5 °C per 10 km, induce a secondary circulation reaching 4 km within the troposphere, which enhances diabatic processes and convective precipitations within storms. …”
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A deep learning-based integrated analytical system for tumor exosome on-chip isolation and automated image identification by Yunxing Lu, Haihui Wang, Zhou Zeng, Jianan Hui, Jiangyu Ji, Hongju Mao, Qiang Shi, Xiaoyue Yang

“…We also implement YOLO v8-based image identification for sensitive and automatic detection, reducing the limit of detection (LOD) to 8.65 per microliter while minimizing manual measurement errors. …”
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Prevalence and Infection’s Degree of Gastrointestinal Nematode Worm in Friesian Holstein Dairy Cows at KUTT Suka Makmur Pasuruan Regency by Kinanti Putri Utami, Kuncoro Puguh Santoso, Lucia Tri Suwanti, Poedji Hastutiek, Dian Ayu Permatasari, Agus Sunarso

“…Positive samples were further examined by McMaster methods to determine the number of worm eggs per gram feces. The type of worms were Oesophagostomum sp. (24%), Haemonchus sp. (20%), Mecistocirrus sp. (13%), Trichuris sp. (8%), Ostertagia sp. (6%), Trichostrongylus sp. (6%), Nematodirus sp. (3%), and Strongyloides sp. (3%). …”
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Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Human Herpesvirus 6 in the Quebec City Area by Louise Deschênes, Jean R Joly, Michel Couillard, Gilles Richer

“…Serum samples were collected from 177 females and 126 males ranging in age from two months to 88 years. Ninety-nine per cent (300 of 303) of this population had an antibody titre of at least 1:10, whereas 75% had a titre of at least 1:80. …”
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Metal foaming by powder metallurgy process: investigation of different parameters on the foaming efficiency by Ioannis Papantoniou, Helena Kyriakopoulou, Dimitrios Pantelis, Dimitrios Manolakos

“…Finally, compression tests were per­formed on the foamed specimens with the higher foaming efficiency in order to investigate their s-e response. …”
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