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Simultaneous Direct Holographic Fabrication of Photonic Cavity and Graded Photonic Lattice With Dual Periodicity, Dual Basis, and Dual Symmetry
This article demonstrates the digital, holographic fabrication of graded, super-basis photonic lattices with dual periodicity, dual basis, and dual symmetry.
Synthesis of uniform single layer tungsten disulfides for tunable photoluminescence
This article explores single-layer tungsten disulfides (WS₂) because of their unique tunable bandgap. The authors report the scalable synthesis of uniform single-layer WS2 film by a two-step chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method followed by a laser thinning process.
Enhancing elevated temperature strength of copper containing aluminum alloys by forming L1₂ Al₃Zr precipitates and nucleating θ" precipitates on them
This article presents a new approach in designing an Al-based alloy through solid state precipitation route.
An experimental design to study decommitment in a collaborative multi-agent system in a scheduling domain
This article describes the theoretical background and experimental design of new research based on previous multi-agent research on collaborative agents. The research extends the concept of agent decommitment into a resource scheduling domain. The problem is no longer time constrained, however, the number of agents is increased dramatically. The actual experimentation is yet to be performed. The authors state that results of the experimentation will be reported in a future article.
Development and Application of Wood Flour-Filled Polylactic Acid Composite Filament for 3D Printing
This article presents the development of wood flour (WF)-filled polylactic acid (PLA) composite filaments for a fused deposition modeling (FDM) process with the aim of application to 3D printing.
Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Cancer
Article introducing a special issue discussing the link between the metabolic syndrome and the development and progression of cancer. The role of inflammation in these diseases and identification of new therapeutic targets are of great significance. This special issue contributes original research papers and review articles that motivate the continuous efforts to comprehend the mechanisms, production, and management related to cancers associated with the metabolic syndrome.
Corrigendum to “Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Cancer”
Corrigendum to the article titled “Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Cancer”.
Recent Development of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Their Applications
This article reviews the recent progress in 2D materials beyond graphene and includes mainly transition metal dichalcogenides.
Permeability Study of Austenitic Stainless Steel Surfaces Produced by Selective Laser Melting
In this article, permeability properties and surface roughness of stainless steel (SS316L) surfaces were evaluated through experimentation with three different laser scanning patterns (chessboard, meander, and stripe), and different sloping angles between the fabricated surface and the laser beam incident on the process. Results showed that for each scanning pattern, the roughness decreased as the sloping angle increased consistently in all experimental trials.
Effect of Ni-Content on the Transformation Temperatures in NiTi-20 at. % Zr High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys
This article investigates the effect of Ni-content on phase transformation behavior of NiTi-20 at. % Zr high temperature shape memory alloy.
Strengthening strategy for a ductile metastable β-titanium alloy using low-temperature aging
This article demonstrates that low-temperature aging (LTA) treatments for short time periods can in fact enhance the yield strength while preserving substantial elongation-to-failure in ω containing β titanium alloys.
Rapid Fabrication of Disposable Micromixing Arrays Using Xurography and Laser Ablation
This article presents a novel split-and-recombine (SAR) array design adapted for interfacing standardized dispensing (handheld micropipette) and sampling (microplate reader) equipment.
Experimental Study of Back Wall Dross and Surface Roughness in Fiber Laser Microcutting of 316L Miniature Tubes
This article uses extensive experimentation to evaluate the effect of fiber laser micro-cutting parameters over average surface roughness and back wall dross in AISI 316L stainless steel mixture tubes.
Technology Development of Glycosyl Resins for Wood Composites
This article reviews synthesis methods for renewable and eco-friendly glycosyl adhesives.
Effect of Cr Addition on γ-γ' Cobalt-Based Co-Mo-Al-Ta Class of Superalloys: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study
This article deals with effect of Cr addition (10 at.%) on the partitioning behavior and the consequent effect on mechanical properties for tungsten-free γ-γ' cobalt-based superalloys with base alloy compositions of Co–30Ni–10Al–5Mo–2Ta (2Ta) and Co–30Ni–10Al–5Mo–2Ta–2Ti (2Ta2Ti).
Out of School and into STEM: Supporting Girls of Color Through Culturally Relevant Enrichment
This article explains how teachers can adapt traditional STEM enrichment activities to support girls of color through culturally relevant institutional practices.
Inkjet printing of liquid-exfoliated, highly conducting graphene/poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) nanosheets for organic electronics
In this article, highly dispersive graphene inks are demonstrated by liquid-phase exfoliation of the bulk graphite crystal in the solvent N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP).
Investigation of structural morphology and electrical properties of graphene-C₆₀ hybrids
This article reports on the electrophoretic deposition of C₆₀ on graphene. The results suggest that graphene based C₆₀ structures are attractive as flexible transparent electrodes and are excellent electron accepting/charge transport materials for the construction of efficient photovoltaic devices.
Polydimethylsiloxane and polyisoprene-based graphene composites for strain-sensing
In this article, different composite materials have been developed and characterized for different applications in the health science field and as optoelectromechanical sensors.
Multi-Objective Response to Co-Resident Attacks in Cloud Environment
This article introduces a novel multi-objective attack response system.
Modelling HIV Intervention among Most-at-Risk/Key Population: Case Study of FWSS in Nigeria
This article discusses a novel risk equation for estimating new infections among Females who Sell Sex (FWSS), their clients, and communities.
Additive Manufacturing of Metals: A Brief Review of the Characteristic Microstructures and Properties of Steels, Ti-6al-4v and High-Entropy Alloys
This article presents a brief review of the microstructures and mechanical properties of selected metallic alloys processed by additive manufacturing (AM).
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Nanocrystal Formation and Tensile Deformation of TiAl Alloy
This article provides fundamental understanding of the nanocrystalline formation of undercooling TiAl melt and the deformation mechanisms in the nanocrystalline TiAl at the atomic scale.
Interfacial Properties of Bamboo Fiber-Reinforced High-Density Polyethylene Composites by Different Methods for Adding Nano Calcium Carbonate
This article describes a study observing the effect of nano calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) modification methods on bamboo fiber (BF) used in BF-reinforced high-density polyethylene composites manufactured by extrusion molding.
A Novel Topology Link-Controlling Approach for Active Defense of Nodes in Networks
This article proposes a novel topology link control technique and mitigation attacks in real-time environments.
Security and Privacy in Emerging Wireless Networks
Introduction to a special issue of the journal Security and Communication Networks covering security and privacy in emerging wireless networks.
Potential Toxicity and Underlying Mechanisms Associated with Pulmonary Exposure to Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Conflicting Literature and Unclear Risk
This review article will focus on known risks following iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) exposure supported by human, animal, and cell culture-based studies, the potential challenges intrinsic to IONPs toxicity assessment, and how these may contribute to the poorly characterized IONPs toxicity profile.
Combined effects of ZnO particle deposition and heat treatment on dimensional stability and mechanical properties of poplar wood
This article proposes a one-step wood modification method by combining the deposition of ZnO particles on wood surface and heat treatment.
If No Media Were Allowed inside the Venue, Was Anybody Allowed?
This paper presents a framework to understand negation in positive terms.
Experimental Investigation and Design Method for the Shear Strength of Self-Piercing Rivet Connections in Thin-Walled Steel Structures
This article presents an experimental investigation on the shear strength of self-piercing rivet connections used in thin-walled steel structures.
Impact of Mobility on Convergence Rate in a Wireless Sensor Network
This paper shows that introducing mobility increases the rate of convergence in partially connected and disconnected wireless sensor networks (WSN).
Determining Whether and When People Participate in the Events They Tweet About
This paper describes an approach to determine whether people participate in the events they tweet about.
PositionRank: An Unsupervised Approach to Keyphrase Extraction from Scholarly Documents
This paper proposes PositionRank, an unsupervised model for keyphrase extraction from scholarly documents that incorporates information from all positions of a word's occurrences into a biased PageRank.
Finding Patterns in Noisy Crowds: Regression-based Annotation Aggregation for Crowdsourced Data
This paper presents an aggregation approach that learns a regression model from crowdsourced annotations to predict aggregated labels for instances that have no expert adjudications.
Atomic Simulations of Twist Grain Boundary Structures and Deofrmation Behaviors in Aluminum
This article investigates twist grain boundaries with molecular dynamic simulations to reveal their atomic structures, energy and interactions with dislocations.
Interfacial Structures and Energetics of the Strengthening Precipitate Phase in Creep-Resistant Mg-Nd-Based Alloys
This article discusses the study of two interfaces– {112}β1/{1100}Mg and {111}β1/{1120}Mg– that are commensurate with β1/hcp-Mg orientation relationship via first principles calculations.
An Efficient Code-Based Threshold Ring Signature Scheme With a Leader-Participant Model
This paper proposes a novel code-based threshold ring signature scheme with a leader-participant model.
Improvement of Scratch and Wear Resistance of Polymers by Fillers Including Nanofillers
This article reviews approaches for improvement of tribological properties of polymers based on inclusion of fillers.
Biocompatible, large-format, inkjet printed heterostructure molybdenum disulfide-graphene photodetectors on conformable substrates
This article describes an inkjet printed, biocompatible, heterostructure photodetector that was constructed using inks of photo-active molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and electrically conducting graphene which facilitated charge collection of the photocarriers. The importance of such devices stems from their potential utility in age-related-macular degeneration, which is a condition where the photosensitive retinal tissue degrades with aging, eventually compromising vision. The absence of effective therapeutic remedies for patients with this disorder has motivated the development of such devices to restore some degree of visual function.
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Observation of Phonon Condensate
This article discusses results showing that the effective radius of these phonon quasi-bound states, the real-space distribution of phonon standing wave amplitudes, the scattering phase shifts, and the nonlinear intermode coupling strongly depend on the presence of defect-induced scattering resonance.
Enhanced Strength and Ductility in a Friction Stir Processing Engineered Dual Phase High Entropy Alloy
This article presents a strong and ductile non-equiatomic high-entropy alloy obtained after friction stir processing.
Exceptional increase in the creep life of magnesium rare-earth alloys due to localized bond stiffening
Article describes study in which researchers attribute the 600% increase in creep life in a prototypical Mg–rare earth (RE)–Zn alloy to multiple mechanisms caused by RE–Zn bonding—stabilization of a large volume fraction of strengthening precipitates on slip planes, increase in vacancy diffusion barrier, reduction in activated cross-slip, and enhancement of covalent character and bond strength around Zn solutes along the c-axis of Mg using atomic-scale characterization and first principles calculations.
Rapid Synthesis of Nanoporous Conformal Coatings via Plasma-Enhanced Sequential Infiltration of a Polymer Template
This article reports a plasma-enhanced sequential infiltration synthesis (PE SIS) as a new platform toward deposition of nanoporous inorganic films.
GaussianCpG: a Gaussian model for detection of CpG island in human genome sequences
The article discusses crucial markers in identifying biological elements and processes in mammalian genomes, CpG islands (CGI) that play important roles in DNA methylation, gene regulation, epigenetic inheritance, gene mutation, chromosome inactivation and nuclesome retention. A novel Gaussian model, GaussianCpG, is developed for detection of CpG islands on human genome. Their Gaussian model aims to simplify the complex interaction between nucleotides.
Decellularization Strategies for Regenerative Medicine: From Processing Techniques to Applications
This review compares the advantages and disadvantages of decellularization methods in terms of their ability to retain desired extracellular matrix characteristics for particular tissues and organs.
Durable, High Conductivity, Superhydrophobicity Bamboo Timber Surface for Nanoimprint Stamps
This article discusses the fabrication of superhydrophobic bamboo timber by magnetron sputtering and nanoimprint stamps. It was expected that this work could promote the applications of superhydrophobic and conductive bamboo products.
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