Giese-type alkylation of dehydroalanine derivatives via silane-mediated alkyl bromide activation by Perry van der Heide, Michele Retini, Fabiola Fanini, Giovanni Piersanti, Francesco Secci, Daniele Mazzarella, Timothy Noël, Alberto Luridiana

“…Cheap and widely available building blocks like organohalides can be converted into alkyl radicals by means of photoinduced silane-mediated halogen-atom transfer (XAT) to offer a mild and straightforward methodology of alkylation. …”
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Single-Path High-Resolution Digital PWM Architectures With Cascadability of Delay Lines by Marziyeh Hajiheidari, Joel Fushekati, Mohammad Emad, Bas J. D. Vermulst, Jeroen van Duivenbode, Henk Huisman

“…Additionally, a GaN-based synchronous buck converter is designed and implemented to evaluate the performance of the proposed HRDPWM architectures in a real application. …”
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Angioedema due to enalapril. A case report by Belkis Barrios Romero, Ana María Ramos Cedeño, Yeny Dueñas Pérez, Mirtha Amarilis Hernández López

“…Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are used by more than 40 million people worldwide for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Optimal transmission for scalable video coded streaming in cellular wireless networks with the cooperation of local peer-to-peer network by Guangsheng Feng, Junyu Lin, Qian Zhao, Huiqiang Wang, Hongwu Lv, Bingyang Li, DongDong Su

“…To optimize the cellular and peer-to-peer transmission arrangement, we first formulate it as a mixed integer nonlinear programming problem, which becomes more complicated when the number of user equipments increases. Then, we convert it to a quasi-convex optimization problem by approximating the indicator function with a continuous step function, and it can be solved by a centralized approach. …”
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State-of-the-Art of CSR Design for Novel Applications Trend by Valdecir J. De Paris, Marco di Benedetto, Gierri Waltrich, Alessandro Lidozzi, Luca Solero

“…Among the converters currently employed for ac–dc conversion, diode rectifiers (DRs) and voltage source rectifiers are the most prevalent due to their accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency. …”
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SQL Injection Detection Based on Lightweight Multi-Head Self-Attention by Rui-Teng Lo, Wen-Jyi Hwang, Tsung-Ming Tai

“…The model is based on a novel Natural Language Processing (NLP) technique, where a tokenizer for converting SQL queries into tokens is adopted as a pre-processing stage for detection. …”
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Aqueous Ammonia Sensor with Neuromorphic Detection by Kateryna Vyshniakova, Mohammad Javad Mirshojaeian Hosseini, Huiwen Bai, Masoome Fatahi, Victor Marco Rocha Malacco, Shawn S Donkin, Richard M Voyles, Robert A. Nawrocki

“…A neuromorphic circuit converts the analog change of ammonia concentration expressed as a change of sensor impedance to the digitized frequency of spikes. …”
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A Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Evaluation of Two Brands of Enalapril 20 mg Tablets in Healthy Human Volunteers by Wael Abu Dayyih, Mohammed Hamad, Ahmad Abu Awwad, Eyad Mallah, Zainab Zakarya, Alice Abu Dayyih, Tawfiq Arafat

“…Enalapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor used for treatment of hypertension and chronic heart disease. …”
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Intelligent Fault Diagnosis of Aeroengine Sensors Using Improved Pattern Gradient Spectrum Entropy by Huihui Li, Linfeng Gou, Hua Zheng, Huacong Li

“…Firstly, raw fault signals are converted into spectral entropy images by introducing pattern gradient spectral entropy (PGSE), which is used as the input of CNN, because of the great advantage of CNN in processing images and the simple and rapid calculation of the modal gradient spectral entropy. …”
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Hydrophobicity and performance analysis of beverage and agricultural waste torrefaction for high-grade bio-circular solid fuel by Napat Kaewtrakulchai, Sutthipoj Wongrerkdee, Benjapon Chalermsinsuwan, Namfon Samsalee, Chao-Wei Huang, Kanit Manatura

“…Torrefaction is recognized as a high-performance technology for converting raw biomass into high-grade solid biofuel. …”
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Available land for cellulosic biofuel production: a supply chain centered comparison by E G O’Neill, T J Lark, Y Xie, S Kim, B E Dale, G P Robertson, B Basso, C T Maravelias

“…Typical studies of the scale, cost, and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential of cellulosic biofuel take a land-centered approach which may neglect to account for the trade-offs between establishing bioenergy crops and the supply chain design decisions needed to allow those crops to be converted to liquid fuel. A mathematical programming approach is used to minimize the total annualized cost of a large-scale field-to-product system producing bioethanol in the USA midwest. …”
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Feature Extraction and Selection Scheme for Intelligent Engine Fault Diagnosis Based on 2DNMF, Mutual Information, and NSGA-II by Peng-yuan Liu, Bing Li, Cui-e Han, Feng Wang

“…In the phase of feature extraction, the S transform technique is firstly utilized to convert the engine vibration signals to time-frequency domain, which can provide richer information on engine operating conditions. …”
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Proton response and neutron spectrum unfolding by solution-grown trans-stilbene scintillator by Nguyen Duy Quang, H. J. Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Sinchul Kang, Phan Quoc Vuong, Phan Bao Quoc Hieu, Nguyen Kien Cuong, Y. S. Yoon, Uk-Won Nam

“…A new approach was applied to obtain 1.3 ns full width at half maximum timing resolution in the Time-of-Flight experiment when using a 500 Mega samples per second analog to digital converter. The unfolding was performed using the iterative Bayesian method without any constraints, smoothness, or assumption of prior knowledge of original spectra. …”
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Phthalocyanine aggregates as semiconductor-like photocatalysts for hypoxic-tumor photodynamic immunotherapy by Hao Liu, Ziqing Li, Xiaojun Zhang, Yihui Xu, Guoyan Tang, Zhaoxin Wang, Yuan-Yuan Zhao, Mei-Rong Ke, Bi-Yuan Zheng, Shuping Huang, Jian-Dong Huang, Xingshu Li

“…Herein, a concept emphasizing on transition from molecular PSs into semiconductor-like photocatalysts is proposed, which converts the PSs from type II photoreaction to efficient type I photoreaction. …”
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Metal ion-crosslinking multifunctional hydrogel microspheres with inflammatory immune regulation for cartilage regeneration by Zhuoming Xu, Zhuoming Xu, Jun Ma, Hanyin Hu, Hanyin Hu, Jintao Liu, Jintao Liu, Haiyang Yang, Haiyang Yang, Jiayi Chen, Hongwei Xu, Xinyu Wang, Huanhuan Luo, Gang Chen

“…Due to the complex pathogenesis of OA, multifaceted therapies that modulate inflammatory and immune microenvironmental disturbances while promoting cartilage regeneration are key to control the progression of OA.MethodsHerein, a multifunctional nanoparticle (DIC/Mg-PDA NPs) was constructed successfully by the metal chelation effect between Mg2+ and catecholamine bond from dopamine, followed by the amidation with diclofenac (DIC), which was then prepared into an injectable hydrogel microsphere (DIC/Mg-PDA@HM) with immune-regulating and cartilage-repairing abilities through microfluidic technology for the treatment of osteoarthritis.Results and discussionThe sustained release of Mg2+ from the composite hydrogel microspheres achieved inflammatory immune regulation by converting macrophages from M1 to M2 and promoted cartilage regeneration through the differentiation of BMSCs. …”
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Effect of grid‐following VSCs on frequency distribution of power grid by Qingyuan Ma, Lei Chen, Luyang Li, Yong Min, Yudan Shi

“…Abstract The increasing penetration of grid‐following voltage source converters (GFL‐VSCs) in the power grid has changed the frequency dynamics of the system. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel Nanoparticles: Biological and Photocatalytic Properties by Fadliah Fadliah, Indah Raya, Ahyar Ahmad, Paulina Taba, Muhammad Burhanuddinnur, Maming Gaffar, Tri Widayati Putri, Arfiani Nur, Andi Nur Fitriani Abubakar, Rachmin Munadi, Ahmad Fudhail Majid, Irham Pratama, M. Yasser, Sulistiani Jarre, Harningsih Karim

“…Phytochemicals derived from bacteria, microorganisms, and plant leaf extracts can convert nickel ions (Ni2+) into nickel nanoparticles. …”
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Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of Seismic Behavior for RC Columns Subjected to Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Qing Qin, Shansuo Zheng, Lei Li, Liguo Dong, Yixin Zhang, Sha Ding

“…Thus, a numerical model considering uneven distribution of freeze-thaw damage was proposed by utilizing the results of Petersen’s test for relative dynamic modulus of elasticity (RDME) for different depths of concrete sample and based on Berto’s method which was proved to be effective to convert the numbers of FTCs under different freeze-thaw conditions. …”
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Application of DC distributed bus bar power systems on ships by Bezhik A. S., Lebedev A. K., Romanovsky V. V., Vlasov A. B.

“…Methods for troubleshooting semiconductor elements included in the frequency converter have been considered. Probable errors in the operation of the nacelle position monitoring system have been presented. …”
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Design of Shadow Filter Using Low-Voltage Multiple-Input Operational Transconductance Amplifiers by Montree Kumngern, Fabian Khateb, Tomasz Kulej, Natchayathorn Wattikornsirikul

“…The MI-OTA is designed to provide multiple-input differential terminals using the multiple-input bulk-driven MOS transistor (MIBD-MOST) technique, allowing differential input signals to be converted into current output through its transconductance gain. …”
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