Water molecules mute the dependence of the double-layer potential profile on ionic strength by Limaye, Aditya, Suvlu, Dylan, Willard, Adam P.

“…We analyze these simulations by computing the electrostatic potential profile of the electric double-layer region and find it to be nearly independent of ionic concentration, in stark contrast to the predictions of standard continuum-based theories. …”
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Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in a Polariton and Photon Laser by Ohadi, H., Kammann, E., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Lagoudakis, K. G., Kavokin, A. V., Lagoudakis, P. G.

“…Below threshold, the polarization noise does not exceed 10%, while above threshold we observe a total polarization of up to 50% after each excitation pulse, while the polarization averaged over the ensemble of pulses remains nearly zero. In both polariton and photon lasing regimes, the stochastic polarization buildup is accompanied by the buildup of spatial coherence. …”
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Modulation of spin-orbit torque efficiency by thickness control of heavy metal layers in Co/Pt multilayers by Sethi, Pankaj, Krishnia, Sachin, Li, Sihua, Lew, Wen Siang

“…Doubling the Pt spacer layer thickness reduces the SHA by nearly 1.4 times, due to partial cancellation of SOT by bottom layer Pt, negating the increase from the top Co/Pt interface. …”
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Coherent perfect absorption in deeply subwavelength films in the single-photon regime by Roger, Thomas, Vezzoli, Stefano, Bolduc, Eliot, Valente, Joao, Heitz, Julius J. F., Jeffers, John, Soci, Cesare, Leach, Jonathan, Couteau, Christophe, Zheludev, Nikolay I., Faccio, Daniele

“…We show that while the absorption of photons from a travelling wave is probabilistic, standing wave absorption can be observed deterministically, with nearly unitary probability of coupling a photon into a mode of the material, for example, a localized plasmon when this is a metamaterial excited at the plasmon resonance. …”
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Projection of older population in Malaysia by physical disability status by Muhammad Aziz, Mohd Azmi Haron, Zailan Siri, Noriszura Ismail

“…By 2040, it is anticipated that Malaysia will have nearly 1.7 million disabled older persons experiencing at least two of the six physical limitations delineated in the National Health Morbidity Survey 2019. …”
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Cognitive impairment at older ages among 8000 men and women living in Mexico City: a cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study by González-Carballo, C, Kuri-Morales, P, Chiquete, E, Rojas-Russell, M, Santacruz-Benitez, R, Ramirez-Reyes, R, Garcilazo-Ávila, A, Berumen, J, Trichia, E, Friedrichs, LG, Orellana, P, Ochoa-Rosales, C, O’Donovan, G, Emberson, JR, Tapia-Conyer, R, Aguilar-Ramirez, D, Alegre-Díaz, J

“…Results: Of the 9,288 participants aged 50–89 years at the 2015–2019 resurvey with complete data, 8,197 reported having at least some years of formal education. …”

The epidemiology of periportal fibrosis and relevance of current Schistosoma mansoni infection within the context of repeated mass drug administration: a population-based, cross-se... by Ajayi, S, Nabatte, B, Mpooya, S, Tinkitina, B, Opio, CK, Kabatereine, NB, Chami, G

“…Periportal fibrosis likelihood linearly increased with age from age 5 years to age 25 years, non-linearly increased from age 26 years to age 45 years, attenuated or remained unchanged from age 46 years to age 60 years, and steadily decreased past 60 years of age. …”

The Battle for ‘Trayvon Martin’: Mapping a Media Controversy Online and Offline by Graeff, Erhardt

“…One of the biggest news stories of 2012, the killing of Trayvon Martin, nearly disappeared from public view, initially receiving only cursory local news coverage. …”
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Deep mutation, insertion and deletion scanning across the Enterovirus A proteome reveals constraints shaping viral evolution by Bakhache, W, Symonds-Orr, W, McCormick, L, Dolan, PT

“…We engineered approximately 45,000 insertions, 6,000 deletions and 41,000 amino acid substitutions across the nearly 2,200 coding positions of the Enterovirus A71 proteome, quantifying their effects on viral fitness by population sequencing. …”

China & the Middle East: Tilting Towards Iran? by James, Michael Dorsey

“…President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Middle East, the first by a Chinese leader in seven years, saw the signing of billiions of dollars worth of agreements with Saudi Arabia and Egypt and a ten-fold expansion of trade with Iran over the next ten years. …”
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Pneumococcal carriage and disease in adults in England, 2011–2019: the importance of adults as a reservoir for pneumococcus in communities by El Safadi, D, Hitchins, L, Howard, A, Aley, P, Bowman, J, Bertran, M, Collins, A, Colin-Jones, R, Elterish, F, Fry, NK, Gordon, SB, Gould, K, Hinds, J, Horn, E, Hyder-Wright, A, Kandasamy, R, Ladhani, S, Litt, D, Mitsi, E, Murphy, A, Pollard, AJ, Plested, E, Pojar, S, Ratcliffe, H, Robertson, MC, Robinson, H, Snape, MD, Solórzano, C, Voysey, M, Begier, E, Catusse, J, Lahuerta, M, Theilacker, C, Gessner, BD, Tiley, KS, Ferreira, DM

“…For some serotypes carried by adults aged ≥65 years, other adults may be an important reservoir for transmission. …”

A survey on family reading by Low, Eik Sin.

“…This study on the current family reading practices by parents and caregivers who visit the public libraries under the National Library Board system and Community Children's Libraries in Singapore, specifically investigated the following: (i) the practice of parent-child reading for children aged 12 years old and below, and especially for the pre-school group below 7 years old (ii) the profiles of non-reading families. …”
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Human metapneumovirus in Singapore : epidemiology, fusion-attachment protein interaction and virus-like particle assembly by Loo, Liat Hui

“…At the same time, it was also revealed that this virus had been circulating in the human population for at least 50 years. In the years that followed, an increasing number of research groups began to publish work on various aspects of HMPV. …”
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Search for top squark pair production in a final state with at least one hadronically decaying tau lepton in proton-proton collisions at √𝑠 = 13 TeV by Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., Damanakis, K., Dragicevic, M., Escalante Del Valle, A., Hussain, P. S., Jeitler, M., Krammer, N., Lechner, L., Liko, D., Mikulec, I., Paulitsch, P., Schieck, J., Schöfbeck, R.

“…The results probe top squark masses up to 1150 GeV for a nearly massless neutralino. This search covers a relatively less explored parameter space in the context of supersymmetry, and the exclusion limit is the most stringent to date for the model considered here.…”
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Engineering bunched Pt-Ni alloy nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction in practical fuel cells by Tian, Xinlong, Zhao, Xiao, Su, Ya-Qiong, Wang, Lijuan, Wang, Hongming, Dang, Dai, Chi, Bin, Liu, Hongfang, Hensen, Emiel J. M., Lou, David Xiong Wen, Xia, Bao Yu

“…We report one-dimensional bunched platinum-nickel (Pt-Ni) alloy nanocages with a Pt-skin structure for the oxygen reduction reaction that display high mass activity (3.52 amperes per milligram platinum) and specific activity (5.16 milliamperes per square centimeter platinum), or nearly 17 and 14 times higher as compared with a commercial platinum on carbon (Pt/C) catalyst. …”
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Does everyone have the potential to achieve their ideal body weight? Lay theories about body weight and support for price discrimination policies by Li, Kevin Shaobo, Kokkoris, Michail D., Savani, Krishna

“…Six studies identified a novel lay theory—whether people believe that nearly everyone (the universal belief) or only some people (the nonuniversal belief) can achieve their ideal body weight. …”
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Bio-catalyzed oxidation self-charging zinc-polymer batteries by Pan, Jun, Liu, Yanhong, Yang, Jian, Wu, Jiawen, Fan, Hong Jin

“…The battery can discharge for 12 min (0.5 C) after 50 self-charging/discharge cycles, while there is nearly no discharge capacity in the absence of Hb. …”
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Breaking barriers with memes: how memes bridge political cynicism to online political participation by Ahmed, Saifuddin, Masood, Muhammad

“…While numerous studies have explored the participatory benefits of social media use for political participation, the empirical literature on the mobilizing role of political memes is nearly absent. In addition, most of the attention has been on Western democratic contexts. …”
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Black Phosphorus Nanosheets: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications by Eswaraiah, Varrla, Zeng, Qingsheng, Long, Yi, Liu, Zheng

“…The bandgap tunability of BP enables a wide range of ultrafast electronics and high frequency optoelectronic applications ranging from telecommunications to thermal imaging covering the nearly entire electromagnetic spectrum, whereas no other 2D material has this functionality. …”
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Theoretical Modelling and Facile Synthesis of a Highly Active Boron-Doped Palladium Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Wang, Jingbo, Poon, Kee Chun, Tan, Desmond Chun Long, Khezri, Bahareh, Webster, Richard David, Su, Haibin, Sato, Hirotaka

“…Our theoretical modelling reveals that B-doped Pd (Pd-B) weakens the absorption of ORR intermediates with nearly optimal binding energy by lowering the barrier associated with O2 dissociation, suggesting Pd-B should be highly active for ORR. …”
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