Novel denial-of-service attacks against cloud-based multi-robot systems by Xu, Yuan, Deng, Gelei, Zhang, Tianwei, Qiu, Han, Bao, Yungang

“…Massive computation resources and services from the cloud make modern multi-robot systems more efficient and powerful. However, the introduction of cloud servers to multi-robot systems can also incur potential Denial-of-Service (DoS) threats, where an adversary can utilize the shared cloud resources to degrade or bring down the robot systems. …”
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An analytic end-to-end collaborative learning algorithm by Li, Sitan, Cheah, Chien Chern

“…However, most current deep learning methods are black-box approaches that are more focused on empirical studies. Recently, some results have been obtained for convergence analysis of end-to end deep learning based on non-smooth ReLU activation functions, which may result in chattering for control tasks. …”
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Who inadvertently shares deepfakes? Analyzing the role of political interest, cognitive ability, and social network size by Saifuddin Ahmed

“…The findings suggest that those with higher political interests are more likely to share deepfakes inadvertently. Those with lower cognitive ability are also more likely to share deepfakes inadvertently. …”
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Malaria parasite stress tolerance is regulated by DNMT2-mediated tRNA cytosine methylation by Hammam, Elie, Sinha, Ameya, Baumgarten, Sebastian, Nardella, Flore, Liang, Jiaqi, Miled, Samia, Bonhomme, Frédéric, Erdmann, Diane, Arcangioli, Benoit, Arimondo, Paola B., Dedon, Peter, Preiser, Peter, Scherf, Artur

“…This resulted in a significant shift in parasite metabolism, priming KO parasites for being more sensitive to various types of stress. Importantly, nutritional stress made tRNAAsp (GTC) sensitive to cleavage by an unknown nuclease and increased gametocyte production (>6-fold). …”
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Rule-based meta-analysis reveals the major role of PB2 in influencing influenza A virus virulence in mice by Ivan, Fransiskus Xaverius, Kwoh, Chee Keong

“…For this, we documented more than 500 records of IAV infections in mice, whose viral proteins could be retrieved and the mouse lethal dose 50 or alternatively, weight loss and/or survival data, was/were available for virulence classification. …”
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Activity and stability optimization of RuₓIr₁₋ₓO₂ nanocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction by tuning the synthetic process by Nguyen, Tam Duy, Nguyen, Hai Hong, Dai, Chencheng, Wang, Jingxian, Scherer, Günther G.

“…These values are higher than those for the one-step (Ir0.5+Ru0.5)O2 NPs (obtained by contemporaneously adding both Ru and Ir precursors), which are 19.5 and 15.5 μA cm−2 at the same measuring conditions, respectively. Additionally, with more IrO2 component distributed on the particle surface, the two-step Ru0.5Ir0.5O2 NPs show better OER catalytic stability than RuO2 NPs.…”
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Choice of DLVO approximation method for quantifying the affinity between latex particles and membranes by Lay, Huang Teik, Ong, Chi Siang, Wang, Rong, Chew, Jia Wei

“…For cross-flow filtration tests in organic solvents, LSA also out-performed the P–B equation in providing more accurate predictions of membrane fouling. The results here highlight the shortcomings in the commonly used P–B equation and are expected to be potentially valuable in the development of better approximations for quantifying interfacial interaction energies.…”
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High-precision wavelength tuning of GeSn nanobeam lasers via dynamically controlled strain engineering by Kim, Youngmin, Joo, Hyo-Jun, Chen, Melvina, Son, Bongkwon, Burt, Daniel, Shi, Xuncheng, Zhang, Lin, Ikonic, Zoran, Tan, Chuan Seng, Nam, Donguk

“…The method changes the GeSn crystal structure in a region far away from the gain medium by inducing Sn segregation in a dynamically controllable manner, enabling the emission wavelength tuning of more than 10 nm without degrading the laser emission properties such as intensity and linewidth. …”
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Mitoxantrone targets both host and bacteria to overcome vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis by da Silva, Ronni A. G., Wong, Jun Jie, Antypas, Haris, Choo, Pei Yi, Goh, Karlyn, Jolly, Shreya, Liang, Cui, Tay, Leona Kwan Sing, Veleba, Mark, Hu, Guangan, Chen, Jianzhu, Kline, Kimberly A.

“…MTX also synergizes with vancomycin against VRE, rendering the resistant strains more permeable to MTX. In a murine wound infection model, single-dose MTX treatment effectively reduces VRE numbers, with further reduction when combined with vancomycin. …”
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Quantifying uncertainties in tropical cyclone wind hazard assessment due to synthetic track stochastic variability for Southeast Asia by Jian, Wei, Lo, Edmond Yat-Man, Stojanovski, Pane, Pan, Tso-Chien

“…This ensures proper quantification and communication of full model uncertainties for more rigorous TC risk assessment and in subsequent risk mitigation.…”
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Meta-analysis indicates better climate adaptation and mitigation performance of hybrid engineering-natural coastal defence measures by Huynh, Lam Thi Mai, Su, Jie, Wang, Quanli, Stringer, Lindsay C., Switzer, Adam D., Gasparatos, Alexandros

“…Soft and hybrid measures are more cost-effective than hard measures, while hybrid measures provide the highest hazard reduction among all measures. …”
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Another decade of photoacoustic imaging by Das, Dhiman, Sharma, Arunima, Rajendran, Praveenbalaji, Pramanik, Manojit

“…In this review we focus on the development and progress of the technology in the last decade (2010-2020). From becoming more and more user friendly, cheaper in cost, portable in size, photoacoustic imaging promises a wide range of applications, if translated to clinic. …”
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Life is too short to be small: an experiment on mortality salience and prosocial behavior by Bao, Te, Li, Xun, Xia, Congling

“…We found that the priming made subjects think bigger, and become more concerned with the overall social welfare, though it did not necessarily make them care more about their opponents' well-being per se. …”
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Cation influence on carrier dynamics in perovskite solar cells by Solanki, Ankur, Yadav, Pankaj, Turren-Cruz, Silver-Hamill, Lim, Swee Sien, Saliba, Michael, Sum, Tze Chien

“…By suppressing the defect density, PCEs around 20% are obtained along with more balanced charge carrier diffusion length and comparable photoluminescence quantum yield in quaternary-cation perovskites. …”
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Extraordinary catalysis induced by titanium foil cathode plasma for degradation of water pollutant by Li, Chaojiang, Rao, Yuhan, Zhang, Bowei, Huang, Kang, Cao, Xun, Peng, Dongdong, Wu, Junsheng, Xiao, Longqiang, Huang, Yizhong

“…In fact, this bifunctional plasma discharge process to the degradation of water pollutant provides an insight into more applications such as chemical conversion, water purification and dust pollution.…”
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A functionally arranged phononic crystal rod enabling ultra-wideband vibration attenuation and orderly frequency distillation by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Yang, Jie, Zhang, Aibing, Du, Jianke

“…Our study underscores the advantages of employing constituent materials with a higher impedance ratio in obtaining a more compact topological structure while preserving the broadband required for vibration attenuation. …”
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Receding horizon control of a 3 DOF helicopter using online estimation of aerodynamic parameters by Mehndiratta, Mohit, Kayacan, Erdal

“…Moreover, this system has cross-couplings that make the control of the system even more complicated. What is more, according to our simulation scenario, the system has a time-varying dynamical model because it has time-varying parameters which are estimated online using NMHE and the extended Kalman filter (EKF) throughout the control. …”
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Extended truncated-differential distinguishers on round-reduced AES by Bao, Zhenzhen, Guo, Jian, List, Eik

“…While the distinguishers do not threaten the security of the AES, they try to shed more light on its properties.…”
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Biodegradable polymer-coated multifunctional graphene quantum dots for light-triggered synergetic therapy of pancreatic cancer by Yang, Chengbin, Chan, Kok Ken, Xu, Gaixia, Yin, Ming-jie, Lin, Guimiao, Wang, Xiaomei, Lin, Wei-Jen, Muhammad Danang Birowosuto, Zeng, Shuwen, Ogi, Takashi, Okuyama, Kikuo, Permatasari, Fitri Aulia, Iskandar, Ferry, Chen, Chih-Kuang, Yong, Ken-Tye

“…The resulting nanocomplexes have demonstrated high stability in physiologically mimicking media, excellent K-ras downregulation activity, and effective bioactivity inhibition for MiaPaCa-2 cells. More importantly, laser light was used to generate heat for the nanocomplexes via the photothermal effect to damage the cells, which was further employed to trigger the release of payloads from the nanocomplexes. …”
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Photodynamic bubble-generating microneedles for enhanced transdermal cancer therapy by Ning, Xiaoyu, Chen, Si, Yang, Yating, Hwang, Jangsun, Wiraja, Christian, Zhang, Chi, Liu, Wei, Liu, Linbo, Xu, Chenjie

“…Active bubble-generating microneedles (MNs) upon skin interstitial fluid (ISF) contact facilitate deeper and more efficient delivery of intradermal therapeutics. …”
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