Enhanced Transformation of Atrazine by High Efficient Visible Light-Driven N, S-Codoped TiO2 Nanowires Photocatalysts by Yanlin Zhang, Honghai Wu, Peihong Liu

“…The N, S-codoped TiO2 nanowires at the calcination of 600°C obtained by a facile hydrothermal method revealed the best photocatalytic performance for the degradation of atrazine under visible light irradiation compared to N, S-codoped TiO2 nanoparticles and S-doped TiO2 nanowires. …”
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Technique of Coaxial Frame in Reflection for the Characterization of Single and Multilayer Materials with Correction of Air Gap by Zarral Lamia, Djahli Farid, Ndagijimana Fabien

“…Finally, electromagnetism simulations showed that the best results can be obtained.…”
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Synergy of the Combination of Titanate Nanotubes with Titania Nanoparticles for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from Water-Methanol Mixture Using Simulated Sunlight by Marco Serra, Hermenegildo Garcia

“…One salient change in the formation of titanate nanotubes is the observation of an extended visible absorption band up to 550 nm, responsible for their brown colour. …”
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Urban Resilience Assessment on Earthquake (Case Study: District 1 of Tabriz City) by Nazli Pakru, Mir saeid Moosavi

“…Using the SUM, AND, GUMMA operators, the final layers were generated, which was evaluated using the Band Collection Statistics tool, the gamma layer 0.9 was selected as the best output. based on the scenario of gamma 0.9 in the study area, about 26% of the area has very low and low resilience. …”
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Nonsecretory Multiple Myeloma Presenting as an Intestinal Tumor by Diana Triantafyllopoulou, Stuart Mellor, Catherine Cargo, Ioannis Gkikas, Jagdish Adiyodi, Ayub Ali Bin, Neil Sahasrabudhe, Margaret Rokicka

“…From the protein electrophoresis, no monoclonal band or free light chains were detected nor was urinary Bence Jones protein present. …”
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Improvement of Citrus Yield Prediction Using UAV Multispectral Images and the CPSO Algorithm by Wenhao Xu, Xiaogang Liu, Jianhua Dong, Jiaqiao Tan, Xulei Wang, Xinle Wang, Lifeng Wu

“…However, for fruit quality prediction, the RF model performed best when only the VIs were used, with an R² = 0.787 and an RMSE = 20.0 kg. …”
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Transconjunctival correction of involutional entropion: A video demonstration by Neelam Pushker, B. Mounica, Sahil Agrawal

“…The presence of the following signs is suggestive of weakness, that is, higher eyelid resting in primary gaze, eyelid fails to retract on down gaze (normal excursion of the lower eyelid is 3–4 mm), increase in the depth of inferior fornix, and presence of white infratarsal band of retractors separated from the lower tarsal border by a pinkish orbicularis band. …”
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A Wideband and Polarization-Independent Metasurface Based on Phase Optimization for Monostatic and Bistatic Radar Cross Section Reduction by Jianxun Su, Yao Lu, Zengrui Li, Rongrong Zhang, Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang

“…Metasurfaces are composed of two types of electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) lattice, which is a subarray with “0” or “π” phase responses, arranged in periodic and aperiodic fashions. …”
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Novel techniques for efficient PAPR reduction in NOMA systems for future wireless networks by Inam Abousaber, Amira A. Mohamed, Haitham F. Abdallah

“…This creates nonlinear distortion, reduces power amplifier efficiency, and increases out-of-band radiation, making it less useful in 5G and B5G networks. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity and Characterization of Carbon-Modified Titania for Visible-Light-Active Photodegradation of Nitrogen Oxides by Chun-Hung Huang, Yu-Ming Lin, I-Kai Wang, Chun-Mei Lu

“…The catalyst modified with cyclohexanol exhibited the best activities of 62%, 62%, 59%, and 54% for the total NOx removal under UV, blue, green, and red light irradiation, respectively. …”
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The Multiple Effects of Precursors on the Properties of Polymeric Carbon Nitride by Wendong Zhang, Qin Zhang, Fan Dong, Zaiwang Zhao

“…Considering the cost, toxicity, and yield of the precursors and the properties of g-C3N4, the best precursor for preparation of g-C3N4 was melamine. …”
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Imaging and Spectral Fitting of Bright Gamma-Ray Sources with the COSI Balloon Payload by Jarred M. Roberts, Steven Boggs, Thomas Siegert, John A. Tomsick, Marco Ajello, Peter von Ballmoos, Jacqueline Beechert, Floriane Cangemi, Savitri Gallego, Pierre Jean, Chris Karwin, Carolyn Kierans, Hadar Lazar, Alex Lowell, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Sean Pike, Clio Sleator, Yong Sheng, Hiroki Yoneda, Andreas Zoglauer

“…Cygnus X-1 was also observed during this flight, and we obtain a measured flux of (1.4 ± 0.2) × 10 ^3 ph cm ^−2 s ^−1 in the same energy band and a best-fit result (including data from NuSTAR, Swift-BAT, and INTEGRAL/IBIS) was a cutoff power law with a high-energy cutoff energy of 138.3 ± 1.0 keV and a photon index of Γ = 1.358 ± 0.002. …”
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Disturbance Robust Generalized Predictive Control Applied to an EV Charger Grid Converter by Jefferson S. Costa, Angelo Lunard, Luis F. Normandia Lourenco, Lucas Rodrigues, Alfeu J. Sguarezi Filho

“…Electric vehicles (EVs) are the best solution to tackle the critical challenge of reducing carbon emissions in the transportation sector. …”
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Patellar Transskeletal Traction for the Treatment of Chronic Patellar Pseudoarthrosis by José Leonardo Rocha de Faria, Dieno Mol Souza Portella, Victor Elias Titonelli, Naasson Trindade Cavanellas, Rodrigo Pires e Albuquerque, Eduardo Branco de Sousa, João Maurício Barretto

“…There is no consensus regarding the best treatment for such cases. This study is aimed at describing a rare case of patellar pseudoarthrosis in a patient who underwent two-step surgical treatment comprising transskeletal patellar traction followed by osteosynthesis with a tension band. …”
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Predicted thermodynamic structural and elastic properties of SrCuP and SrCuSb for thermoelectric applications by N. Bioud, N. Benchiheub, A. Benamrani, M. A. Ghebouli, M. Fatmi, Faisal Katib Alanazi, R. Yekhlef

“…The absence of virtual phonon frequencies indicates high dynamic stability in both materials, with a band gap about 1 THz between optical and acoustic phonons in SrCuP and SrCuSb.…”
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Basal ganglia components have distinct computational roles in decision-making dynamics under conflict and uncertainty. by Nadja R Ging-Jehli, James F Cavanagh, Minkyu Ahn, David J Segar, Wael F Asaad, Michael J Frank

“…Behavioral choices and response time distributions were best characterized by a modified DDM in which the decision boundary collapsed over time, but where the onset and shape of this collapse varied with conflict. …”
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Fine-scale forest classification with multi-temporal sentinel-1/2 imagery using a temporal convolutional neural network by Rongfei Duan, Chunlin Huang, Peng Dou, Jinliang Hou, Ying Zhang, Juan Gu

“…Spring imagery and the short-wave infrared band play key roles in accurate vegetation classification. …”
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Power and data simultaneous transmission using double-clad fibers towards 6G by Letícia Carneiro de Souza, Felipe Batista Faro Pinto, Tomas Powell Villena Andrade, Arismar Cerqueira Sodré Junior

“…Abstract To the best of our knowledge, this work represents the first report in the literature on the implementation of a radio- and power-over-fiber (RPoF) system utilizing double-clad fiber (DCF) aimed at the sixth generation of mobile communications networks (6G) operating in millimeter-waves (mm-waves). …”
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Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration from Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurement over Lake Tana, Ethiopia by Zelalem R. Womber, Fasikaw A. Zimale, Mebrahtom G. Kebedew, Bekalu W. Asers, Nikole M. DeLuca, Christian D. Guzman, Seifu A. Tilahun, Benjamin F. Zaitchik

“…Secchi disc depth (SDD) found the best fit for a power relation with NIR band reflectance (r2 = 0.74). …”
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On the Stability of Graphene-Based Aqueous Dispersions and Their Performance in Cement Mortar by Teresa Gerace, Sebastiano Candamano, Simone Bartucci, Carlo Poselle Bonaventura, Alfonso Policicchio, Raffaele Giuseppe Agostino, Milena Marroccoli, Antonio Telesca, Mariano Davoli, Andrea Scarcello, Lorenzo S. Caputi, Daniela Pacilè

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