Flexural-torsional buckling behaviour and resistances of fixed-ended press-braked S690 high strength steel angle section columns by Zhang, Lulu, Liang, Yating, Zhao, Ou

“…The results of the evaluation revealed that all the codified design rules yield excessively conservative and scattered flexural-torsional buckling resistance predictions for fixed-ended press-braked S690 high strength steel angle section columns, while the DSM-based design approach leads to substantially improved resistance predictions, owing to the rational consideration of the length-dependent characteristic of flexural-torsional buckling and the interaction of flexural-torsional buckling with minor-axis flexural buckling.…”
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Performance risk assessment in public–private partnership projects based on adaptive fuzzy cognitive map by Chen, Hongyu, Zhang, Limao, Wu, Xianguo

“…High complexity exists underlying public–private partnership (PPP) projects due to their huge scale, large investment, and long-term relationships among various participants, leading to difficulty in managing PPP project performance risk. …”
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Improved fuzzy Bayesian network-based risk analysis with interval-valued fuzzy sets and D-S evidence theory by Pan, Yue, Zhang, Limao, Li, ZhiWu, Ding, Lieyun

“…A comparison of risk analysis based upon the hybrid improved D-S, classical D-S, and arithmetic average method is illustrated to show the outstanding performance of the developed approach in fusing multisource information with ubiquitous uncertainty and conflicts in an efficient manner, leading to more reliable risk evaluation. It is concluded that the proposed risk analysis provides a deep insight on risk control, especially for complex project environment, which enables to not only reduce the likelihood of failure ahead of time but also mitigate risk magnitudes to some degree after the occurrence of a failure.…”
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An integrated intelligent system for breast cancer detection at early stages using IR images and machine learning methods with explainability by Aidossov, Nurduman, Zarikas, Vasilios, Zhao, Yong, Mashekova, Aigerim, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Mukhmetov, Olzhas, Mirasbekov, Yerken, Omirbayev, Aldiyar

“…The novelties of our methodology include: (i) the construction of a diagnostic tool with high accuracy from a small number of images for training; (ii) the features extracted from the images are found to be the appropriate ones leading to very good diagnosis; (iii) our expert model exhibits interpretability, i.e., one physician can understand which factors/features play critical roles for the diagnosis. …”
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Mechanical characterization of co-extruded short fiber reinforced thermoplastic with UV curable thermoset by Zhao, Zhilong

“…As carbon fiber increasingly replaces traditional metal alloys, enhancing SCFR could unlock more potential, leading to new, high-value carbon fiber products. …”
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Development of novel monitors for early detection of fouling in reverse osmosis systems by Sim, Victor Siang Tze

“…Today, the leading technology for new desalination installations uses reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. …”
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Investigation of electric field driven crystallization of phase change materials by Yeow, Susan Su Yi

“…Nuclei were predominantly observed at the interface which leads to the surface roughness investigation. It was proposed that rougher surfaces could boost crystallization by the electric field enhancement. …”
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Indefinite metamaterials for optical applications by Bisht, Ankit

“…The hyperlens generates a band of flat hyperbolic dispersions in spherical coordinates, which in turn supports the propagation of high wave-vector spatial harmonics leading to far-field super-resolution imaging. Using full-wave Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations with diffraction limited trimer, quadrumer and ringed objects etched on thin perfect electric conductor (PEC) films, we show that the hyperlens model can achieve magnification factors of up to 10X in the far-field (~4.5λ from object’s surface) under a light source with a wavelength of 1 μm, with successful resolution down to 220 nm (~λ/5). …”
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Supported lipid bilayer platforms for investigating complement activation, termination and regulation by Saziye Yorulmaz Avsar

“…Within this scope, four different experimental studies were conducted, leading to new insights into the mechanisms by which lipid membranes influence complement activation. …”
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Sustainable product family design and a platform strategy by Kim, Samyeon

“…With awareness of environmental concerns growing at an ever-increasing rate, environmental regulations are becoming more stringent which is leading product designers to factor-in an extra feature into their designs: sustainability. …”
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Simultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell disease by Papageorgiou, Dimitrios P., Abidi, Sabia Z., Chang, Hung-Yu, Li, Xuejin, Kato, Gregory J., Karniadakis, George E., Suresh, Subra, Dao, Ming

“…These findings offer insights into possible mechanistic pathways leading to vasoocclusion crisis. They also elucidate the processes underlying the onset of occlusion that may involve circulating reticulocytes, which are more abundant in hemolytic anemias due to robust compensatory erythropoiesis.…”
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Response to Infant Cry in Clinically Depressed and Non-Depressed Mothers by Esposito, Gianluca, Manian, Nanmathi, Truzzi, Anna, Bornstein, Marc H.

“…Conclusions: Clinical depression affects maternal responsiveness during infant cry, leading to patterns of action that appear poorly attuned to infant needs.…”
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A network-based approach to interpreting pore blockage and cake filtration during membrane fouling by Han, Qi, Li, Weiyi, Trinh, Thien An, Liu, Xin, Chew, Jia Wei

“…This study proposes a network-based approach, in which the membrane is discretized and each particle is individually monitored, to explore the underlying fouling mechanisms leading to pore blockage and cake growth during a membrane filtration process. …”
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Wetting transition of sessile and condensate droplets on copper-based superhydrophobic surfaces by Zhao, Yugang, Zhang, Hui, Wang, Wei, Yang, Chun

“…Exploiting the coupling effects of surface topography and wetting behaviors can open up existing vistas on surface engineering, leading to durable and sustainable surface design for diverse applications such as dropwise condensation and boiling heat transfer.…”
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NMDA receptor activation enhances inhibitory GABAergic transmission onto hippocampal pyramidal neurons via presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms by Xue, Jiu Gang, Masuoka, Takayoshi, Gong, Xian Di, Chen, Ken-Shiung, Yanagawa, Yuchio, Law, Alex Sai Kit, Konishi, Shiro

“…This profound increase in the sIPSC frequency and amplitude was markedly suppressed by the sodium channel blocker TTX, whereas the frequency and mean amplitude of miniature IPSCs were not significantly affected by NMDA, suggesting that NMDA elicits repetitive firing in GABAergic interneurons, thereby leading to GABA release from multiple synaptic sites of single GABAergic axons. …”
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Mesoporous Co3O4 and CoO@C topotactically transformed from chrysanthemum-like Co(CO3)0.5(OH)·0.11H2O and their lithium-storage properties by Xiong, Shenglin, Chen, Jun Song, Lou, David Xiong Wen, Zeng, Hua Chun

“…Furthermore, carbon can be added onto the spinel oxide by a chemical-vapor-deposition method using acetylene, which leads to the generation of carbon-sheathed CoO nanowire arrays (CoO@C). …”
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An optimum closed loop supply chain network model in a stochastic product life cycle context. by Madadi, Najmeh

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Applying liquisolid technique to enhance curcumin solubility: a central composite design study by Aghajanpour, Sareh, Yousefi Jordehi, Shabnam, Farmoudeh, Ali, Negarandeh, Reza, Lam, Matthew, Ebrahimnejad, Pedram, Nokhodchi, Ali

“…However, curcumin’s clinical effectiveness is significantly limited by its hydrophobic nature, leading to poor bioavailability. This study aims to enhance the solubility and bioavailability of curcumin through the development of liquisolid compact dispersion formulations. …”
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Structured population models for macrophage heterogeneity in early atherosclerosis by Chambers, KL

“…<p>Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the artery wall and a leading cause of death. A particular danger is the asymptomatic nature of its early stages of development. …”

Darwin-scepticism and mass persuasion: an examination of propaganda in the Evolution Wars by Aechtner, T

“…To assess this premise, a robust amalgam of propaganda analysis methodologies are employed to examine mass communications produced from 2009-2011 by three of the Evolution Wars’ leading Darwin-sceptic organisations. These groups include the Institute for Creation Research, Answers in Genesis, and Center for Science and Culture.…”