Development and implementation of a 3d-HDR brachytherapy program for cervical cancer in a sub-Saharan African centre by Joseph, A, Balogun, O, Adegboyega, B, Salako, O, Irabor, OC, Ajose, A, Adeneye, S, Alabi, A, Ohazurike, E, Ogamba, CF, Oladipo, A, Fagbemide, O, Habeebu, M, Puthoff, D, Onitilo, A, Ngwa, W, Nwachukwu, C

“…Our objective is to provide a guide for teams and centers in similar resource-restricted settings to implement 3D-HDR brachytherapy services, by leveraging our shared experience and lessons learned.…”

Al2O3-Cu hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in the duct with various triangular rib configurations by Togun, Hussein, Homod, Raad Z., Sultan Aljibori, Hakim S., Abed, Azher M., Alias, Hajar, Hussein, Ahmed Kadhim, Biswal, Uddhaba, Al-Thamir, Mohaimen, Mahdi, Jasim M., Mohammed, Hayder I., Ahmadi, Goodarz

“…Key findings include: (1) the 60° rib configuration produced the highest local heat transfer coefficient, with the maximum occurring at the rib centers. (2) Increasing nanofluid concentration and Reynolds number enhanced heat transfer but reduced skin friction. (3) The optimal performance was achieved with 2 vol.% Al2O3–Cu at Re = 60,000. (4) Velocity contours revealed larger recirculation zones for 60° ribs compared to 45° and 90° configurations. (5) Turbulent kinetic energy was highest for 60° ribs, contributing to enhanced thermal performance. …”

From emissions to resources: mitigating the critical raw material supply chain vulnerability of renewable energy technologies by Mertens, Jan, Dewulf, Jo, Breyer, Christian, Belmans, Ronnie, Gendron, Corinne, Geoffron, Patrice, Goossens, Luc, Fischer, Carolyn, Du Fornel, Elodie, Hayhoe, Katharine, Hirose, Katsu, Le Cadre-Loret, Elodie, Lester, Richard, Maigné, Fanny, Maitournam, Habibou, de Miranda, Paulo Emilio Valadão, Verwee, Peter, Sala, Olivier, Webber, Michael, Debackere, Koenraad

“…Despite the presence of ample geological reserves, ensuring sustainable access to these materials is crucial for the successful transition to clean energy, taking into account the environmental and social impacts. The commentary centers on four renewable energy technologies namely solar photovoltaics, wind turbines, Li-ion batteries, and water electrolysers. …”
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New challenges in oxygen reduction catalysis: a consortium retrospective to inform future research by Stevens, Michaela Burke, Anand, Megha, Kreider, Melissa E., Price, Eliza K., Zeledón, José Zamara, Wang, Liang, Peng, Jiayu, Li, Hao, Gregoire, John M., Hummelshøj, Jens, Jaramillo, Thomas F., Jia, Hongfei, Nørskov, Jens K., Roman-Leshkov, Yuriy, Shao-Horn, Yang, Storey, Brian D., Suram, Santosh K., Torrisi, Steven B., Montoya, Joseph H.

“…However, we also hope to illustrate both the potential impact of a collaborative strategy with the hopes of inspiring a higher degree of Industry-Academia-National Laboratory collaboration and encourage other centers and consortiums to distill and share their findings in a similar perspective-type article. …”
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LACS: Learning-Augmented Algorithms for Carbon-Aware Resource Scaling with Uncertain Demand by Bostandoost, Roozbeh, Lechowicz, Adam, Hanafy, Walid A., Bashir, Noman, Shenoy, Prashant, Hajiesmaili, Mohammad

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Two complementary features of humoral immune memory confer protection against the same or variant antigens by Van Beek, Matthew, Nussenzweig, Michel C, Chakraborty, Arup K

“…Upon infection or vaccination, B cells undergo a Darwinian evolutionary process in germinal centers (GCs), resulting in the production of antibodies and memory B cells. …”
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Amorphous Fe-Ni-P-B-O nanocages as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction by Ren, Hao, Sun, Xiaoli, Du, Chengfeng, Zhao, Jin, Liu, Daobin, Fang, Wei, Kumar, Sonal, Chua, Rodney, Meng, Shize, Kidkhunthod, Pinit, Song, Li, Li, Shuiqing, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Yan, Qingyu

“…The FNPBO nanocages composed of multicomponent elements can weaken the metal–metal bonds, thus rearranging the electron density around the catalytic metal atom centers and reducing the energy barrier for intermediate formation. …”
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Two clustering problems in analyzing next generation sequencing data by Ye, Tian

“…We developed a three-dimensional rank method to pre-cluster the CpG sites, which considers CpG density, distance between centers and fluctuation of differences between two biological groups. …”
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Optimizing mechanical ventilation: Personalizing mechanical power to reduce ICU mortality ‐ a retrospective cohort study by Alkhalifah, AS, Rumindo, K, Brincat, E, Blanchard, F, Helleberg, J, Clarke, D, Popoff, B, Duranteau, O, Mohamed, ZU, Senosy, A

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted using the Amsterdam University Medical Centers Database (AmsterdamUMCdb) data. The study included patients aged 18 and older who needed at least 48 hours of pressure-controlled mechanical ventilation. …”

Clinical outcomes of patients with unsuccessful mechanical thrombectomy versus best medical management of medium vessel occlusion stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory by Faizy, TD, Yedavalli, V, Salim, HA, Lakhani, DA, Musmar, B, Adeeb, N, Essibayi, MA, Daraghma, M, El Naamani, K, Henninger, N, Sundararajan, SH, Kuhn, AL, Khalife, J, Ghozy, S, Scarcia, L, Yeo, LL, Tan, BY, Regenhardt, RW, Heit, JJ, Cancelliere, NM, Rouchaud, A, Fiehler, J, Sheth, SA, Puri, AS, Dmytriw, AA

“…Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study using data from 37 academic centers across North America, Asia, and Europe between September 2017 and July 2021. …”

The prognostic impact of minimally invasive esophagectomy on survival after esophagectomy following a delayed interval after chemoradiotherapy; a secondary analysis of the DICE stu... by Markar, SR, Sgromo, B, Evans, R, Griffiths, EA, Alfieri, R, Castoro, C, Gronnier, C, Gutschow, CA, Piessen, G, Capovilla, G, Grimminger, PP, Low, DE, Gossage, J, Gisbertz, SS, Ruurda, J, van Hillegersberg, R, D'journo, XB, Phillips, AW, Rosati, R, Hanna, GB, Maynard, N, Hofstetter, W, Ferri, L, Berge Henegouwen, MI, Owen, R

“…<p><strong> Methods: </strong></p> This was an international multi-center cohort study involving seventeen tertiary centers, including patients who received CRT followed by surgery between 2010-2020. …”

Free-standing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes-graphene foam composite electrode for high power rechargeable Zn-air battery by Cai, Xiaoyi

“…In third part of the thesis, the N,P-doped vertically aligned carbon nanotubes was decorated with Fe and Co sub-nanometer moieties as catalytical active centers for bifunctional oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reaction. …”
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Measuring coastal absolute sea-level changes using GNSS interferometric reflectometry by Peng, Dongju, Feng, Lujia, Larson, Kristine M., Hill, Emma Mary

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Adjoint-state traveltime tomography for azimuthally anisotropic media in spherical coordinates by Chen, Jing, Chen, Guoxu, Nagaso, Masaru, Tong, Ping

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Overcoming thermal quenching in X-ray scintillators through multi-excited state switching by Wang, Min, Zhang, Zhongbo, Lyu, Jing, Qiu, Jian, Gu, Chang, Zhao, He, Wang, Tao, Ren, Yiwen, Yang, Shuo-Wang, Xu, Guo Qin, Liu, Xiaogang

“…The structure of perovskite provides a platform to modulate the luminescence centers. The rigid framework constructed by this perovskite structure stabilized its triplet states, resulting in TpyBiCl5 exhibiting an approximately 12 times higher (45 % vs. 3.8 %) photoluminescence quantum yield of room temperature phosphorescence than that of its organic ligand (Tpy). …”
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Effect of dopant solubility and excess doping on the superconducting properties of doped Nb3Sn prepared by field assisted sintering technique by Srivastava, N, Matthews, GAB, Liu, J, Speller, SC, Grovenor, CRM, Santra, S

“…Meanwhile, excessive Y plays an important role in the formation of additional&nbsp;flux pinning&nbsp;centers. The critical current density (J_c) shows a significant increase for all the Y-doped Nb₃Sn alloys by a factor of 29 % due to the formation of Y₂O₃&nbsp;from the residual Y, which is assumed to serve as additional&nbsp;flux pinning&nbsp;center. …”

Repeatability, reproducibility, and observer variability of body composition assessment with single-slice lumbar MRI by Nowak, M, Núñez, L, Hill, CE, Davis, T, Cardiel, LF, Schooler, GR, Mermekli, A, Salvati, R, Thomaides Brears, H, Pansini, M, Robson, MD

“…Methods: The technical performance of single-slice (L3) MRI body composition measurements was assessed in a prospective, single-center study of 12 participants, focusing on scan-rescan repeatability, cross-scanner reproducibility, and analyst variability. …”

In-situ infrared spectroscopy studies of surface reactions over irradiated photocatalysts by Gong, Dangguo

“…Oxygen acts as a charge-recombination center and rapidly quenches the electron spectrum in a reversible manner. …”
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and Reiki therapy on adolescents with depressive disorders inTehran, Iran by Charkhandeh, Mansoureh

“…The eligible adolescents referred to these health centers recruited for the study from June to September 2010. …”
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Single-molecule diagnostics to support curative interventions for tuberculosis and HIV by Dougan, Tyler J.

“…We developed a new digital ELISA platform, called Molecular On-bead Signal Amplification for Individual Counting (MOSAIC), that performs the final readout step with a flow cytometer, bringing digital ELISA within reach of many hospitals and other health care centers. In addition to reducing instrumentation and cost, MOSAIC also allows for greater sensitivity and higher-order multiplexing than Simoa. …”
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