Unexpected anthropogenic emission decreases explain recent atmospheric mercury concentration declines by Feinberg, Aryeh, Selin, Noelle E., Braban, Christine F., Chang, Kai-Lan, Custódio, Danilo, Jaffe, Daniel A., Kyllönen, Katriina, Landis, Matthew S., Leeson, Sarah R., Luke, Winston, Molepo, Koketso M., Murovec, Marijana, Nerentorp Mastromonaco, Michelle G., Aspmo Pfaffhuber, Katrine, Rüdiger, Julian, Sheu, Guey-Rong, St. Louis, Vincent L.

“…Many factors can obscure the link between anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric Hg concentrations, including trends in the reemissions of previously released anthropogenic (“legacy”) Hg, atmospheric sink variability, and spatial heterogeneity of monitoring data. …”
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Wireless Communication Electronics by Example / by Sobot, Robert, author 596634

“…Fully-solved, tutorial-like examples are used to put into practice major topics and to understand the underlying principles of the main sub-circuits required to design an RF transceiver and the whole communication system. …”

Understanding Chromatin Organization and Dynamics with Coarse-Grained Modeling by Liu, Shuming

“…Our CG simulations reveal that the chromatin fiber behaves like an elastic spring under forces no more than 3 pN, while it dramatically unstacks and unwraps at approximately 4 pN. …”
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Secure Computation in Decentralized Systems by Zyskind, Guy

“…Decentralized systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum are real-world examples of secure distributed systems deployed at scale. …”
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Light-induced paramagnetism in colloidal Ag+-doped CdSe nanoplatelets by Najafi, Arman, Sharma, Manoj, Delikanli, Savas, Bhattacharya, Arinjoy, Murphy, Joseph R., Pientka, James, Sharma, Ashma, Quinn, Alexander P., Erdem, Onur, Kattel, Subash, Kelestemur, Yusuf, Kovalenko, Maksym V., Rice, William D., Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Petrou, Athos

“…Both ΔEZ and PX have a Brillouin-function-like dependence on B and T, verifying the presence of paramagnetism in Ag+-doped CdSe NPLs. …”
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Synthesis of metal nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases and their applications in electrocatalysis by Liu, Jiawei

“…First, phase-controlled synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) Au nanostructures, including the square-like 2H/face-centered cubic (fcc) Au nanosheets, square-like 2H Au nanosheets and triangular fcc Au nanoplates, is achieved via facile wet-chemical methods. …”
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Exfoliation and alignment of h-BN for thermal application by Teo, Jing Xiang

“…Emerging nonmetal two-dimensional boron nitride (BN) shows great promise for heat spreader thanks to its very high thermal conductivity and excellent electrical insulation. BN is a graphene-like materials in sheet form, resulting in intrinsically high surface area that is important for heat speeder. …”
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A hand-targeted auxiliary personal protective equipment for intervention of fomite transmission of viruses by Tan, Justin Kok Soon, Song, Shang Wei, Zeng, Jialiu, Lo, Chih Hung

“…It serves primarily as a barrier to microbial contamination like conventional gloves, but with augmented comfort and inconspicuousness to encourage a higher public adoption rate. …”
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Acoustic resolution photoacoustic microscopy imaging enhancement: learning based and model based approaches by Zhang, Zhengyuan

“…Variable splitting techniques, like the HQS method, can be employed to solve this problem, iterative schemes are developed to enhance the AR-PAM image with deep PnP prior. …”
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Ammonia-dependent reducing power redistribution for purple phototrophic bacteria culture-based biohydrogen production by Huang, Peitian, Chen, Yun, Li, Zong, Zhang, Baorui, Yu, Siwei, Zhou, Yan

“…On the other hand, other pathways like carbon fixation and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) formation could compete reducing power with H2 production. …”
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Intelligent database design for microgrids in low voltage distribution systems-I GUI and database design by Ng, Pei Fen

“…Renewable resources are preferable as it reduces the usage of fossil fuels. [50] Renewable resources are wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal. Renewable resources like solar, wind and hydro energy do not pollute the air and are available at no cost. …”
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Quantitative imaging using ultrasonic tomography based on full waveform inversion by Rao, Jing

“…This thesis discusses the reconstruction accuracy of FWI on plate-like structures by using simulations as well as experiments. …”
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The theoretical direct-band-gap optical gain of Germanium nanowires by Xiong, Wen, Wang, Jian-Wei, Fan, Weijun, Song, Zhigang, Tan, Chuan Seng

“…When taking into account free-carrier absorption loss, the calculated results show that a positive net peak gain is most likely to occur in the heavily doped nanowires with smaller diameters. …”
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Estimating building vulnerability to volcanic ash fall for insurance and other purposes by Jenkins, Susanna F., Magill, C. R., Wilson, T. M., McMullan, K., Kandlbauer, J., Blong, R. J., Grasso, P.

“…Ash fall vulnerability curves or functions, which relate the magnitude of ash fall to likely damage, are the most developed for buildings, although there have been important recent advances for agriculture and infrastructure. …”
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Greater rate of weight loss predicts paediatric hospital admission in adolescent typical and atypical anorexia nervosa by Brennan, Cliona, Cini, Erica, Illingworth, Sarah, Chapman, Simon, Simic, Mima, Nicholls, Dasha, Chapman, Victoria, Simms, Conor, Hayes, Ellen, Fuller, Sarah, Orpwood, Jade, Tweedy, Nichola, Baksh, Tahmida, Astaire, Emma, Bhakta, Dee

“…Underweight adolescents with AN were equally likely to be admitted as non-underweight adolescents with AAN. …”
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Unveiling student perspectives on online presentations by Siti Ainun Jariyah, Hassan, Hamizah, Zahari, Ezihaslinda, Ngah

“…These platforms support features like screen sharing, video recording, and audience interaction, making them versatile for educational purposes.…”
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DO ENGINEERING STUDENTS FEAR THE BLANK PAGE? by Rosnani, Ismail, Nurul Nadia, Muhammad, Siti Norzaimalina, Abd Majid

“…For many Diploma engineering students, writing essays in English feels like the ultimate battle. The authors explore deeper into this anxiety-ridden world of academic writing, shedding light on why these tech-savvy minds struggle when it comes to penning their thoughts onto paper.…”
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Cooperative Coevolutionary Spatial Topologies for Autoencoder Training by Hemberg, Erik, O'Reilly, Una-May, Toutouh, Jamal

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Learning Sim-to-Real Robot Parkour from RGB Images by Jenkins, Andrew

“…Advancements in quadrupedal robot locomotion have yielded impressive results, achieving dynamic maneuvers like climbing, ducking, and jumping. These successes are largely attributed to depth-based visual locomotion policies, known for their robust transferability between simulated and real-world environments (sim-to-real). …”
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Effects of the US Capitol Attack on political views in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile by Garcia III, George Reuben

“…Some previous literature has found international attitude effects from major events like terrorism or environmental disasters. In this study, I take advantage of the fact that the insurrection took place in the middle of a set of surveys administered to bureaucrats in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. …”
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