Pulsed Electromagnetic Field-Assisting Reduced Graphene Oxide-Incorporated Nanofibers for Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Juo Lee, Sungmin Lee, Iksong Byun, Myung Chul Lee, Jungsil Kim, Hoon Seonwoo

“…The morphology and orientation of the fibers were confirmed through electron microscopy. …”
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Interfacial Microstructure and Cladding Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel/Carbon Steel Clad Plates at Different Rolling Reduction Ratios by Jie Chen, Yixin Zhu, Xia Chen, Xiaoli Ma, Bin Chen

“…The ferrite microstructure on the CS side has greater stress distribution and greater local orientation deviation, and deformed grains are dominant. …”
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Can the African weaver ant be used as a vector of entomopathogenic fungi to bolster the biological control of tephritid fruit fly pests? by Thibault Nève de Mévergnies, Samba Diop, Massamba Diakhaté, Claire Detrain, Frédéric Bouvery, Thierry Brévault, Anaïs Chailleux

“…The arboreal weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda, known for its beneficial predatory role in production crops, could be used as a vector of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae to bolster control of the invasive oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis. In this study, we set up a series of experiments under laboratory and mesocosm conditions to investigate the feasibility of using this ant as an entomovector. …”
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Adsorptive removal of toxic heavy metal and dyes from wastewater by rice husk (lignocellulosic biomass) derived activated biochar: A fixed-bed column adsorption study by Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Mohd. Maniruzzaman, Nor ealam, Parvej Mahmud, Sumiya Khatun, Md. Kaowsar Hossain, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Al-amin, Bijoy Chandra Ghos

“…As per the findings it has been stated that the synthesized FRHBC adsorbents have possessed a promizing 2D honeycomb-like well-oriented mesoporous surface microstructure with a larger surface area around 36.84 m2/g. …”
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Influence of bio-filter configurations on hydraulic aspects while enhancing the sustainable self-purification of agricultural drainage water by Raid Alrowais, Raid Alrowais, Ashraf Jatwary, Marcela Bindzarova Gergelova, Mohammad Akrami, Bandar Alwushayh, Elsayed Elkamhawy, Elsayed Elkamhawy

“…Additionally, the number and orientation of shapes in the bio-filter inlet impact relative heading-up, with varying effects predicted based on the inclination angle. …”
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Modeling the digital transformation of industrial holdings by A. E. Miller, N. S. Rudenko

“…The methodology of using economic models under consideration made it possible to identify the target orientation and the main tasks of digital transformation. …”
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Measuring Chinese negative emotion towards climate change: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Climate Change Anxiety Scale by Sam SS Lau, Kubi Appiah, Cherry CY Ho, Marco CH Cheng, Bo-Yi Yang

“…The Chinese CCAS version demonstrated high levels of reliability estimates and significant, albeit weak, correlations with the relevant constructs of well-being, anxiety and depression, environmental orientation, self-efficacy and belief denial. Conclusion: Overall, the Chinese CCAS version has good reliability and validity, and it can be used as a valid assessment tool for climate change anxiety screening with Chinese individuals, thus providing a foundation for better understanding various climate change–related emotions through an anxiety lens in the Chinese context.…”
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Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Reinforced Electrospun Alginate-Based Nanofibrous Scaffolds with Improved Physical Properties by R. T. De Silva, M. M. M. G. P. G. Mantilaka, K. L. Goh, S. P. Ratnayake, G. A. J. Amaratunga, K. M. Nalin de Silva

“…SEM images revealed the spinnability of the complex composite nanofibrous scaffolds, showing randomly oriented, ultrafine, and virtually defects-free alginate-based/MgO nanofibrous scaffolds. …”
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Design and fabrication of {111}-textured nanotwinned silver coating for enhancing surface wear resistance of depleted uranium by Kunming Yang, Xiaobo Wang, Shengfa Zhu, Yawen Zhao, Qingdong Xu, Yiyun Wei, Chao Lu, Zhiyuan Wen, Tongxiang Fan, Mingyu Gong, Anyi Yin, Wenhua Luo

“…Microstructural characterizations showed that at the optimized bias voltage of −400 V, the sputter-deposited Ag coating exhibited {111}-oriented texture with high-density nanoscale twins and also well-bonded Ag/DU interface with an UO2 interlayer, thus endowing the Ag coating highly stable wear resistance with low mass wear rate of ∼1.37 × 10−7 g/(N·s). …”
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Flux Synthesis of A‐site Disordered Perovskite La0.5M0.5TiO3 (M═Li, Na, K) Nanorods Tailored for Solid Composite Electrolytes by Tao Wang, Jiyoung Ock, X. Chelsea Chen, Fan Wang, Meijia Li, Matthew S. Chambers, Gabriel M. Veith, Lauren B. Shepard, Susan B. Sinnott, Albina Borisevich, Miaofang Chi, Amit Bhattacharya, Raphaële J. Clément, Alexei P Sokolov, Sheng Dai

“…The flux media promotes the oriented growth of nanorods, prevents nanorods from sintering, and provides multiple alkali metal ion doping at M sites to stabilize the cubic phase. …”
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Lessons learnt from a scientific peer-review training programme designed to support research capacity and professional development in a global community by Ella August, Tamrat Endale, Julie M Buser, Kirby L Morris, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Yolanda R Smith

“…All programme evaluation respondents agreed that the orientation helped them gain a better understanding of their role as a peer reviewer at Pre-Publication Support Service. …”
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Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Pregnant Adolescents: A Case-Control Study by Danny Salazar-Pousada, Dalton Arroyo, Luis Hidalgo, Faustino R. Pérez-López, Peter Chedraui

“…In light of the findings of the present study, programs oriented at giving adolescents support before, during, and after pregnancy should be encouraged.…”
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Exploring Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds through Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models by Duo Xu, Jenna Karcheski, Chi-Yan Law, Ye Zhu, Chia-Jung Hsu, Jonathan C. Tan

“…We present a machine learning approach using denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) to estimate magnetic field strength from synthetic observables such as column density, orientation angles of the dust continuum polarization vector, and line-of-sight (LOS) nonthermal velocity dispersion. …”
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Economic Evaluations of Health Service Interventions Targeting Patients with Multimorbidities: A Scoping Literature Review by Lucia Ferrara, Vittoria Ardito, Valeria D. Tozzi, Rosanna Tarricone

“…Interventions were categorized as organizational-type versus patient-oriented. The selected studies often targeted patients with one chronic disease, associated with a mental disorder, like depression or anxiety. …”
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SpaceCAM: A 16 nm FinFET Low-Power Soft-Error Tolerant TCAM Design for Space Communication Applications by Itay Merlin, Benjamin Zambrano, Marco Lanuzza, Alexander Fish, Avner Haran, Leonid Yavits

“…The Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) is a crucial component of satellite communication systems. Space-oriented TCAMs face unique challenges, as they must operate within a very limited energy budget and are susceptible to high Soft Error Rates (SER) due to ionizing particle radiation. …”
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Investigating automated accounting and auditing in the Blockchain platform with a fuzzy Delphi approach by Payam Noori Doabi, Fereydon Rahnamay Roodposhti, Hamidreza Kordlouie, Hashem Nikoomaram, Ghodratollah Talebnia

“…Purpose: With the aim of understanding and analyzing the current situation and identifying strategic factors of development, performance, and future changes, this research has investigated the features, capabilities, and factors of the blockchain platform and determined the probability of occurrence and its impact on accounting and auditing as an automatic information system.Methodology: This research is interdisciplinary and is based on an event approach in technology-oriented futurology, which is structured with a new point of view arising from theoretical foundations and effective and affected components. …”
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IoT-Based Multisensors Fusion for Activity Recognition via Key Features and Hybrid Transfer Learning by Ahmad Jalal, Danyal Khan, Touseef Sadiq, Moneerah Alotaibi, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Hanan Aljuaid, Hameedur Rahman

“…Key features are extracted using techniques such as ORB (Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF), MSER (Maximally Stable Extremal Regions), DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), and KAZE for image data, and LPCC (Linear Predictive Cepstral Coefficients), PSD (Power Spectral Density), AR Coefficient, and entropy for sensor data. …”
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Determinants of Malaria Prevention and Treatment Seeking Behaviours of Pregnant Undergraduates Resident in University Hostels, South-East Nigeria by Anthonia Ukamaka Chinweuba, Noreen Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, JaneLovena Enuma Onyiapat, Chidimma Egbichi Israel, Clementine Ifeyinwa Ilo, Joyce Chinenye Arinze

“…Health education on malaria prevention and dangers of drug abuse should form part of orientation lectures for all freshmen. University health centres should be upgraded to provide basic antenatal care services.…”
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A Dual-Band Dual-Polarized Antenna for Harvesting in Cellular and Digital Terrestrial Television Bands by Khatereh Nadali, Neeraj Kumar Maurya, Patrick McEvoy, Max J. Ammann

“…The antenna’s integration with a rectifier circuit demonstrates its ability to convert ambient RF energy into electrical power, regardless of the source antenna orientation. This integrated antenna development significantly reduces battery dependency in low-power IoT devices, paving the way for more sustainable and versatile wireless networks. …”
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Anthropometrics Analysis of Mental Foramen and Accessory Mental Foramen in Zambian Adult Human Mandibles by Balakrishnan Subramanian, Severine N. Anthony, Lumamba Mubbunu, Chitinti Hachombwa, Majuto S. Mlawa, Mudhihiri M. Majambo, Rajab M. Sasi

“…The foramens were mostly oval in shape and their most common position was between the second premolar and first molar and the most common orientation was posterior-superior. The comparative analysis of mandibular anthropometrics showed significant variations (p<0.05) with different ethnic groups. …”
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