Chiral phase-imaging meta-sensors by Erturan Ahmet M., Liu Jianing, Roueini Maliheh A., Malamug Nicolas, Tian Lei, Paiella Roberto

“…An order-of-magnitude polarization selectivity with respect to phase gradient is demonstrated with both devices. …”
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Effect of Artesunate on Behavioral Functions in Experimental Model of Alzheimer’s Disease by Chaitali Pattanayak, Sunil Kumar Patanaik, Vartika Srivastava, Mangala Charana Das, Sougata Sarkar

“…A total of 36 albino Wistar rats weighing 150–200 gms were selected for the study and divided into six groups containing six rats each. …”
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Strategies Aimed at Nox4 Oxidase Inhibition Employing Peptides from Nox4 B-Loop and C-Terminus and p22phox N-Terminus: An Elusive Target by Gábor Csányi, Patrick J. Pagano

“…Our findings demonstrate that Nox4 inhibition is not achieved by preincubation with this comprehensive array of peptides derived from previously identified active regions. …”
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The Centre of Attention: A Powerful Radio Galaxy Pinpoints a Near-infrared-dark Protocluster at z ∼ 3.9 by A. J. Hedge, N. Seymour, J. W. Broderick, A. Gupta, J. Afonso, L. Ighina, M. Lehnert, G. Noirot, S. Shabala, D. Stern, R. J. Turner

“…We report the discovery of a z ∼ 3.9 protocluster identified from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Band 3 spectral scans of a bright radio source selected from the Galactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array (GLEAM) survey. …”
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Polyacrylic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles could be a useful tool for tracking inflammatory monocytes by Manuela Giraldo-Villegas, Jeaneth Urquijo, Oscar L Arnache-Olmos, Mauricio Rojas-López

“…Cytokines by Cytokine bead array and the intracellular amount of iron by atomic absorption spectrometry. …”
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Sliding Mode Control and Immersion & Invariance Observer for Grid-Tied Inverters in Photovoltaic Applications: Continuous Operation for Power Quality Enhancement by Manuel Flota-Bañuelos, Homero Miranda-Vidales, Braulio Cruz, Jaime Aviles-Viñas, Luis Ricalde, Jorge Medina

“…The objective of the proposed control scheme is to be applied to a three-phase grid-tied inverter, which could operate as a shunt active power filter when the photovoltaic array is not generating power (night-time operation). …”
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Towards a spectrally multiplexed quantum repeater by Tanmoy Chakraborty, Antariksha Das, Hedser van Brug, Oriol Pietx-Casas, Peng-Cheng Wang, Gustavo Castro do Amaral, Anna L. Tchebotareva, Wolfgang Tittel

“…Here we demonstrate the concurrent employment of (1) spectrally multiplexed cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal; (2) a virtually-imaged phased array that enables mapping of spectral modes onto distinct spatial modes for frequency-selective detection; and (3) a cryogenically-cooled Tm3+:LiNbO3 crystal that allows spectral filtering in an approach that anticipates its use as a spectrally-multiplexed quantum memory. …”
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Effect of Airfoil Concavity on Wind Turbine Blade Performances by Jianlong Ma, Yafan Duan, Ming Zhao, Wenchun Lv, Jianwen Wang, Qilao Meng Ke, Yongfeng Ren

“…Subsequently, its effects on the sound pressure level within the wake flow field were investigated using an acoustic array, and the results suggested that the sound pressure level was reduced by 9.6–15.8%. …”
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A Simple HPLC-DAD Method for the Analysis of Melamine in Protein Supplements: Validation Using the Accuracy Profiles by Domenico Montesano, Oriella Gennari, Carmen Festa, Franco Zollo, Serenella Seccia, Stefania Albrizio

“…The study presents a fully validated simple high-performance liquid chromatography method with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD), able to accurately determine the melamine, fraudulently added, in protein supplements, commonly used from healthy adults to enhance exercise or sport performance. …”
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Development of a multiplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for differential detection of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by dipstick DNA chr... by Mwangala L. Akapelwa, Thoko F. Kapalamula, Lavel C. Moonga, Precious Bwalya, Eddie S. Solo, Joseph Y. Chizimu, Jeewan Thapa, Kyoko Hayashida, Bernard M. Hang'ombe, Musso Munyeme, Aki Tamaru, Takayuki Wada, Shiomi Yoshida, Takuya Kodera, Mistuo Kawase, Stephen V. Gordon, Keiko Yamada, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki

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Views on ‘human dignity’ in the Netherlands by J. Arie Biemond, Job van Exel

“…In the light of this broad spectrum of lay views on the meaning of a dignified life, inspired by a wide array of philosophical and theological thought, it is advisable to always clarify what is meant when someone makes an appeal to human dignity in a public debate.…”
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Copper-catalyzed enantioselective three-component radical 1,4-perfluoroalkylamination of 1,3-dienes by Xiaoyan Shangguan, Lihan Zhu, Yingzi Zhang, Yan Li, Qian Zhang

“…More importantly, the limited examples of enantioselective three-component aminative difunctionalization of 1,3-dienes with anilines only showed 1,2-selectivity; and the corresponding 1,4-regioselectivity remains unknown. …”
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An effective lossless compression method for attitude data with implementation on FPGA by Fangxing Lyu, Zekang Xiong, Fei Li, Ying Yue, Nan Zhang

“…This approach leverages the slowly varying characteristics of MWD tool attitude data, employing frame residual prediction to reduce data volume and selecting optimal bit widths for encoding transmission data. …”
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Eco-Friendly and Efficient Extraction of Parabens from Cream Products Using Magnetic Cellulose Nanoparticles: A Promising Analytical Method by Faady Siouri, Feras Abujaber, Mohammad Jaradat, Asem Mubarak

“…Following the sample preparation stage, high-performance liquid chromatography with a photo-diode array detector was implemented. The intra and inter-day (n=5) precision were below 8.7%. …”
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Sustainable Cutting Environment Evaluation for Drilling of Aluminum A380 Foam Produced by Semisolid Recycling by Igor Ćulum, Sonja Jozić, Dražen Bajić, Marijana Kalajžić

“…Minimum quantity lubrication and cold compressed air cooling were selected as two sustainable, alternative cutting environments. …”
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Integrated CAD/CAM Approach for Parametric Design and High-Precision Microfabrication of Planar Functional Structures Comprising Radially Oriented V-Grooves by Jonas T. Churchill-Baird, O. Remus Tutunea-Fatan, Evgueni V. Bordatchev

“…V-groove structures are commonly used in surface engineering for diverse applications. Selecting the optimal V-groove shape, array, and fabrication method is crucial for achieving the desired performance. …”
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Silver Nanostructures for Determination of FKBP12 Protein by Cosimo Bartolini, Martina Tozzetti, Stefano Menichetti, Gabriella Caminati

“…To this end, the QCM sensor was coated with a compact array of AgNPs that were further functionalized with a Self–Assembled–Monolayer containing a synthetic receptor, GPS–SH1, designed and synthesized specifically to selectively bind FKBP12. …”
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MAFONN-EP: A Minimal Angular Feature Oriented Neural Network based Emotion Prediction system in image processing by L.B. Krithika, G.G. Lakshmi Priya

“…In recent days, facial emotion recognition techniques are considered important and critical due wide array of application domains use facial emotion as part of their workflow and analytics gathering. …”
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Characterisation of turbulent flow and the wake of a tidal stream turbine in proximity to ridges of differing length by Sulaiman Hurubi, Tim Stallard, Peter Stansby, Hannah Mullings, Pablo Ouro

“…Turbine operating point is selected to yield a constant tip-speed ratio based on the disc-averaged velocity at each location obtained from a precursor simulation run without turbines. …”
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Fetal Hydrops: Genetic Dissection of an Unspecific Sonographic Finding—A Comprehensive Review by Gioia Mastromoro, Daniele Guadagnolo, Alessandro De Luca, Mauro Ciro Antonio Rongioletti, Antonio Pizzuti

“…In the literature, the data are extremely heterogeneous, due to the differences in these indications and the limitation of study to a select group of genes. The identification of the underlying cause is crucial, as prognostic information and even therapy options are becoming increasingly available for a wide and growing array of genetic conditions. …”
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