Facile Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots with High Product Yield Using a Solid-Phase Strategy by Haitao Ren, Fan Qi, Xiangbo Feng, Jiaxiang Liu, Yuzhen Zhao

“…The liquid-phase method is the most commonly utilized strategy for synthesizing fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs). …”
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Refined prognostication of pathological complete response in breast cancer using radiomic features and optimized InceptionV3 with DCE-MRI by Satyabrata Pattanayak, Tripty Singh, Rishabh Kumar

“…To optimize the model’s performance, we experimented with different combinations of loss functions, optimizer functions, and activation functions. …”
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Supply chain management and optimization in transportation logistics by Saoussen Krichen

“…In addition, the efficient planning of activities can be profitable for product development, sourcing, logistics and all flows that can link those activities. …”
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Defining the role of Hmu and Hus systems in Porphyromonas gingivalis heme and iron homeostasis and virulence by Michał Śmiga, Paulina Ślęzak, Michał Tracz, Patryk Cierpisz, Mateusz Wagner, Teresa Olczak

“…It utilizes Hmu and Hus systems for heme uptake, including HmuY and HusA hemophore-like proteins and their cognate HmuR and HusB TonB-dependent outer membrane heme receptors. …”
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Automatic Filling Optimization Design of Filler Bodies in Umbilical Cross-Section Based on Quasi-Physical Algorithm by YIN Xu, CAO Donghui, TIAN Geng, YANG Zhixun, FAN Zhirui, WANG Gang, LU Yucheng, WANG Hui

“…Due to the mutual constraints between functional components, the optimized cross-section will have large gap. …”
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Leveraging prior mean models for faster Bayesian optimization of particle accelerators by Tobias Boltz, Jose L. Martinez, Connie Xu, Kathryn R. L. Baker, Zihan Zhu, Jenny Morgan, Ryan Roussel, Daniel Ratner, Brahim Mustapha, Auralee L. Edelen

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OGC API: Ldproxy, an Updated and Contemporary Approach to Geodata Provision in Disaster Mapping by L. F. P. Sulaeman, F.-J. Behr

“…The functionalities of the webGIS enable users to retrieve OSM and GEE data and examine the impact of the disasters. …”
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A deep learning based intrusion detection system for CAN vehicle based on combination of triple attention mechanism and GGO algorithm by Hongwei Yang, Mehdi Effatparvar

“…Within the initial phase, the major features have been extracted, and TAN functions as a descriptor of feature. Then, the discriminating categorizer classifies the current features. …”
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RTide: Automating the Tidal Response Method by Thomas Monahan, Tianning Tang, Stephen Roberts, Thomas A. A. Adcock

“…Moreover, specialized approaches impose problem‐specific functional forms and rely on auxiliary data, limiting their applicability across different nonstationary tidal processes. …”
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Quasi-synchronous thermocompensation for ISFET-based ionometric devices. Part 2: Implementation by Alexey Pavluchenko, Aleksandr Kukla

“…This paper is a continuation of the previously published work by the same authors, where general principles of the ionometric transducer design utilizing solid-state ion-sensitive electrodes (ion-sensitive field effect transistors, ISFETs) that can simultaneously serve as temperature sensors were laid out. …”
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Systematic characterization of plant-associated bacteria that can degrade indole-3-acetic acid. by Lanxiang Wang, Yue Liu, Haoran Ni, Wenlong Zuo, Haimei Shi, Weixin Liao, Hongbin Liu, Jiajia Chen, Yang Bai, Hong Yue, Ancheng Huang, Jonathan Friedman, Tong Si, Yinggao Liu, Moxian Chen, Lei Dai

“…Some of the IAA degraders could utilize IAA as their carbon and energy source. In planta, most of the IAA degrading strains mitigated Arabidopsis and rice seedling root growth inhibition (RGI) triggered by exogenous IAA. …”
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MaskMyPy: python tools for performing and analyzing geographic masks by David Swanlund, Nadine Schuurman

“…Results MaskMyPy is an open-source Python package that includes functions for performing geographic masks, including donut, street, location swapping, and Voronoi masks. …”
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Celastrol-loaded ginsenoside Rg3 liposomes boost immunotherapy by remodeling obesity-related immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in melanoma by Hongyan Zhang, Jingyi Huang, Yujie Li, Wanyu Jin, Jiale Wei, Ninghui Ma, Limei Shen, Mancang Gu, Chaofeng Mu, Donghang Xu, Yang Xiong

“…Obesity usually exacerbates the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITME), hindering CD8+ T cell infiltration and function, which further represents a significant barrier to the efficacy of immunotherapy. …”
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IvoryOS: an interoperable web interface for orchestrating Python-based self-driving laboratories by Wenyu Zhang, Lucy Hao, Veronica Lai, Ryan Corkery, Jacob Jessiman, Jiayu Zhang, Junliang Liu, Yusuke Sato, Maria Politi, Matthew E. Reish, Rebekah Greenwood, Noah Depner, Jiyoon Min, Rama El-khawaldeh, Paloma Prieto, Ekaterina Trushina, Jason E. Hein

“…In this work, we introduce IvoryOS – an open-source orchestrator that automatically generates web interfaces for Python-based SDLs. …”
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Honeybee colony soundscapes: Decoding distance-based cues and environmental stressors by Nayan Di, Chunjing Zhu, Zongwen Hu, Muhammad Zahid Sharif, Baizhong Yu, Fanglin Liu

“…Honey bees play a crucial role in agricultural productivity and ecological stability, yet their interactions with environmental stressors, particularly volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and pollutants, pose significant challenges to their cognitive functions and behavior. This study investigates the effects of VOCs on the acoustic communication within honeybee colonies and foraging behavior, specifically focusing on how these compounds influence distance-related cues conveyed through colony sounds. …”
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Wearable MXene-enhanced organic Bio-FET paper patch for glucose detection in sweat with pH and temperature calibration by Milad Farahmandpour, Zoheir Kordrostami

“…The wearable glucose sensor utilizes a composite of copper oxide (CuO), carboxyl-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-COOH), and Ti₃C₂ MXene (Ti₃C₂ MXene/CuO/MWCNT) as the channel material in its FET structure, enhancing its sensitivity and performance. …”
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Molecular characterization of the evolution of phagosomes by Jonathan Boulais, Matthias Trost, Christian R Landry, Régis Dieckmann, Emmanuel D Levy, Thierry Soldati, Stephen W Michnick, Pierre Thibault, Michel Desjardins

“…Abstract Amoeba use phagocytosis to internalize bacteria as a source of nutrients, whereas multicellular organisms utilize this process as a defense mechanism to kill microbes and, in vertebrates, initiate a sustained immune response. …”
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Much More Than the Malady: The Promise of a Web-Based Digital Platform Incorporating Self-Report for Research and Clinical Care in Mild Cognitive Impairment by Andrew McGarry, MD, Oliver Roesler, PhD, Jackson Liscombe, PhD, Michael Neumann, PhD, Hardik Kothare, PhD, Abhishek Hosamath, MBM, Lakshmi Arbatti, MS, Anusha Badathala, MD, Stephen Ruhmel, BS, MPH, Bryan J. Hansen, PhD, Madeline Quall, BA, Sandrine Istas, MBio, Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD, David Suendermann-Oeft, PhD, Vikram Ramanarayanan, PhD, Ira Shoulson, MD

“…Traditional clinical trials in neurodegenerative disorders have utilized combinations of examination-based outcomes, global assessments by investigators and participants, and scales aimed at function, some of which are patient-reported outcomes. …”
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A Spin–Orbit Torque Knob to Tailor Stochasticity for Physically Secured Applications by Hao‐Kai Chang, Meng‐Chi Yang, Ssu‐Yuan Wang, Chih‐Huang Lai, Chao‐Yao Yang

“…Increasing Hx suppresses this oblique dendritic domain growth, allowing for controllable domain propagation and reducing stochasticity. By utilizing Hx as an external knob to tailor the stochasticity at the intermediate state, the high stochastic state can be employed as an ideal entropy source for an SOT‐based random number generator.…”
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EPri-MDAS: An efficient privacy-preserving multiple data aggregation scheme without trusted authority for fog-based smart grid by Jinjiao Zhang, Wenying Zhang, Xiaochao Wei, Huimin Liu

“…For the sake of providing adequate functionality for the power grid, various schemes have been proposed. …”
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