A new fluorescent probe based on BODIPY for testing NO2 released from propellants by Ying-cui Cui, De-bin Xia, Zhong-yu Cui, Yu-jing Li, Jian Zhang, Ping Wang, Ting Guo, Kai-feng Lin, Yu-lin Yang

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Control of Clostridioides difficile virulence and physiology by the flagellin homeostasis checkpoint FliC-FliW-CsrA in the absence of motility by Duolong Zhu, Katherine J. Wozniak, Firas Midani, Shaohui Wang, Xingmin Sun, Robert A. Britton

“…Furthermore, disruption of the fliC-fliW-csrA network results in significant changes in carbon source utilization and sporulation. This work highlights that key proteins involved in flagellar biosynthesis retain their regulatory roles in C. difficile pathogenesis and physiology independent of their functions in motility.IMPORTANCEClostridioides difficile is a leading cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea in developed countries with many known virulence factors. …”
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Prediction of Water Quality in Agricultural Watersheds Based on VMD-GA-LSTM Model by Yuxuan Luo, Xianglan Meng, Yutong Zhai, Dongqing Zhang, Kaiping Ma

“…The VMD-GA-LSTM model utilizes the variational mode decomposition technique to decompose the time series data into multiple intrinsic mode functions and then uses the optimized LSTM network to predict each component to improve the accuracy of water quality prediction. …”
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PENGARUH PARAFFIN WAX SEBAGAI LAPISAN TANKI PADA AIR CONDITIONER WATER HEATER (ACWH) by Chandra Amirsyah Putra Siregar, A M Siregar, R D W Lubis, Arya Rudi, Irham Rosyadi

“…Currently air conditioner (AC) has been widely developed, one of which is the development of functions into two functions, namely air conditioning and providing hot water for bathing needs. …”
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A path towards high lithium-metal electrode coulombic efficiency based on electrolyte interaction motif descriptor by Ruhong Li, Xiaoteng Huang, Haikuo Zhang, Jinze Wang, Yingzhu Fan, Yiqiang Huang, Jia Liu, Ming Yang, Yuan Yu, Xuezhang Xiao, Yuanzhong Tan, Hao Bin Wu, Liwu Fan, Tao Deng, Lixin Chen, Yanbin Shen, Xiulin Fan

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Atmospheric Turbulence-Controlled Cryptosystems by Ivan B. Djordjevic

“…The proposed encryption scheme employs the traditional scheme to utilize the atmospheric turbulence as the common source of randomness only in the initialization stage to determine the common parameters to be used in the proposed encryption scheme. …”
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Building sustainable ecosystems through community education by Richard Hennery,  Ochen Mayaini, Isabelle Voorspuy

“…Many of the current generation of pastoralists believe that the degraded rangelands in their landscape are normal, not realizing that the rangelands should be covered with grass that would retain moisture, sequester carbon, secure water sources, and support biodiversity, if properly utilized and the livestock carrying capacity were reduced to the ideal balance. …”
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Editorial by Teddy Surya Gunawan

“…Contributions on flexible antenna designs, mobile applications for dyslexic learners, and modified grey relational analysis further showcase how electronics and AI are increasingly embedded in daily societal functions. In Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, the research on MSW-derived biochar for iron production and voltage-induced void formation in boiler tubes exemplifies innovation in resource utilization and reliability of industrial systems. …”
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Mobility Matrix of a Thin Circular Plate Carrying Concentrated Masses Based on Transverse Vibration Solution by Desheng Li, Junhong Zhang

“…Transverse vibration mode functions are worked out by utilizing the structural circumferential periodicity of the inertia excitation produced by the concentrated masses. …”
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Cellular Solutions: Evaluating Single-Cell Proteins as Sustainable Feed Alternatives in Aquaculture by Korale Kankanamge Dinuka Chamodi, Nguyen Thanh Vu, Jose A. Domingos, Jiun-Yan Loh

“…The rapid expansion of the global population has intensified the demand for protein-rich food sources, positioning aquaculture as a crucial sector in the endeavor to alleviate global hunger through the provision of high-quality aquatic protein. …”
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The mechanism of acetyl-CoA synthase through the lens of a nickel model system by Shounak Nath, Leonel Griego, Liviu M. Mirica

“…Abstract Given the urgent need to develop new methods of CO2/CO utilization, understanding the mechanism of acetyl-CoA synthase (ACS)—a primordial nickel-containing enzyme that converts these gases into a source of cellular energy—is crucial; however, conflicting hypotheses and a dearth of well-characterized bioorganometallic intermediates have hindered a proper understanding of its mechanism. …”
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Reinforcement learning-based vehicle travel path reconstruction from sparse automatic licence plate recognition data by Qiuping Li, Hui Meng, Li Zhuo

“…Finally, the Q-learning algorithm is utilized to reconstruct vehicle travel paths between adjacent ALPR sensors based on the comprehensive reward function. …”
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Plant-based chitosan for the development of biodegradable packaging materials by Adity Bahndral, Rafeeya Shams, Pintu Choudhary

“…Chitosan, a cationic carbohydrate polymer derived from animal or marine sources, as well as from agricultural waste such as mushrooms or various fungi possesses excellent properties such as film formation, mechanical strength, non-toxicity, biodegradability, edibility, UV-blocking ability, antioxidant activity, and antibacterial functionality, justifying its potential as packaging/coating material for fresh agricultural products. …”
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The potential of biogas production and effects of alfalfa silage under the synergistic influence of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Rosa roxburghii pomace waste on the fermentation q... by Maoya Li, Jiachuhan Wang, Qiming Cheng, Zhongfu Long, Chao Chen, Yixiao Xie, Yao Lei, Yulian Chen, Yuanyuan Zhao, Xiangjiang He, Wei Yan, Zhijun Wang

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Thickness and Wavelength Optimizations of a High-Performance SPR Sensor Employing a Silver Layer and Black Phosphorus in Principal Directions by Jakub Chylek, Dalibor Ciprian, Petr Hlubina

“…In this paper, we propose an innovative approach based on the wavelength optimization of a light source for a simple, high-performance surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor utilizing comprehensive reflectance analysis in the angular domain. …”
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CFD investigation and ANN prediction of heat transfer coefficient for fully developed turbulent air flow around double V-baffle turbulators by Abdulaziz Alasiri, H.E. Fawaz

“…This paper presents a numerical study of periodic fully developed turbulent airflow in a rectangular channel with double upstream V-baffles installed on the upper and lower walls of the channel in an in-line manner. Utilizing the OpenFOAM open-source software, this numerical research investigates the impact of Re from 10,000 to 40,000 and BR from 0.3 to 0.5 on flow structure and heat transfer performance. …”
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Investigation of Darcy Forchheimer (DF) phenomena on the heat transfer in radiated nanofluid using SWCNTs nanomaterial by Adnan, Azhar Rasheed, Sami Ullah Khan, Zafar Mahmood, Refka Ghodhbani, Yasir Khan, Iskander Tlili

“…The purpose of this research is to investigate the enhanced thermal transport in hybrid (C 2 H 6 O 2 /H 2 O) by utilizing SWCNTs and joint contribution of internal and external physical constraints like solar radiations, heating source, Forchheimer effects and unsteady flow phenomena. …”
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Replacement of soybean meal with fermented rapeseed meal in broiler diets: impacts on growth performance, gut health, and nutrient digestibility by Behrouz Dastar, Amin Ashayerizadeh, Fatemeh Sharifi, Vahid Jazi

“…Although FRSM did not fully match the growth performance achieved with SBM, it improved nutrient utilization and gastrointestinal health. These findings suggest that FRSM may serve as a functional alternative protein source to SBM by promoting gut integrity and supporting physiological health in broiler chickens.…”
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MergeBot: A platform of semi-structured merge conflict resolution for C/C++ code by Hua He, Xiaofan Liu, Lei Xu, Guanghui Mei, Jifeng Xuan

“…In software version control systems, like Git, merge conflicts typically arise when multiple developers edit the same segment of a source file from different branches. Detecting merge conflicts can be automated; however, resolving merge conflicts is tedious and demanding. …”
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Identification of multiple power quality disturbances in hybrid microgrid using deep stacked auto-encoder based bi-directional LSTM classifier by Ravi Kumar Jalli, Lipsa Priyadarshini, P.K. Dash, Ranjeeta Bisoi

“…In recent years microgrid technology has created widespread interest for the integration of renewable energy sources into main utility grid to supply clean energy to the end users. …”
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