Room-temperature continuous-wave vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers based on 2D layered organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites by Zhang, Hongbo, Hu, Yuzhong, Wen, Wen, Du, Bowen, Wu, Lishu, Chen, Yu, Feng, Shun, Zou, Chenji, Shang, Jingzhi, Fan, Hong Jin, Yu, Ting

“…We used the exfoliated (PEA)2PbI4 thin flake as the gain medium to construct a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), showing robust single-mode CW lasing operation with an ultra-low threshold of 5.7 W cm−2 at room temperature, attributed to strong optical confinement in the high-Q cavity. Our findings provide a strategy to design and fabricate solution-based 2D perovskite VCSELs and mark a significant step toward the next-generation of coherent light sources.…”
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Mxene titanium carbide-based biosensor : strong dependence of exfoliation method on performance by Chia, Hui Ling, Mayorga-Martinez, Carmen C., Antonatos, Nikolas, Sofer, Zdeněk, Gonzalez-Julian, Jesus J., Webster, Richard David, Pumera, Martin

“…Chronoamperometric studies demonstrate that the proposed biosensing system exhibits high selectivity and excellent electrocatalytic activity toward the detection of glucose, spanning over wide linear ranges of 50-27 750 μM and possess a low limit of detection of 23.0 μM. The findings reported in this study conceptually proves the probable applications of pristine MXenes toward the field of biosensors and pave ways for the future developments of highly selective and sensitive electrochemical biosensors for biomedical and food sampling applications.…”
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HLO : half-kernel laplacian operator for surface smoothing by Pan, Wei, Lu, Xuequan, Gong, Yuanhao, Tang, Wenming, Liu, Jun, He, Ying, Qiu, Guoping

“…Given a vertex v, HLO first finds all pairs of its neighboring vertices and divides each pair into two subsets (called half windows); then computes the uniform Laplacians of all such subsets and subsequently projects the computed Laplacians to the full-window uniform Laplacian to alleviate flipping and degeneration. …”
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Gadolinium and polythiophene functionalized polyurea polymer dots as fluoro-magnetic nanoprobes by Karabacak, Soner, Palaniappan, Alagappan, Tsang, Tony Siu Hon, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Gulyás, Balázs, Padmanabhan, Parasuraman, Yildiz, Ümit Hakan

“…Magnetic levitation experiments indicated that the Gd3+-Pdots could be easily manipulated via an external magnetic field. These findings illustrate that the dua- functional Gd3+-Pdots could be potentially utilized as fluorescent reporters that can be magnetically manipulated for bioimaging applications.…”
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The interaction effect of parental rejection and oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism on depression: a cross-cultural study in non-clinical samples by Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Venuti, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Rosanio, Vittorio, Nasti, Carla, Neoh, Michelle Jin-Yee, Maresca, Marzia, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Among Italians, OXTR rs2254298 A-carriers showed resilience to negative early parental care, whereas among Japanese, OXTR rs53576 non-A-carriers showed resistance to negative early paternal care. These findings align with expected relations between perceived acceptance-rejection and an individual's psychological adjustment, as proposed by interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory, and indicate the need for future studies adopting a multicultural and multilevel approach to better understand how the effects of parental rejection extend into adulthood.…”
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Exploring the limitations of osmotically assisted reverse osmosis: membrane fouling and the limiting flux by Peters, Christian D., Li, Dan, Mo, Zijing, Hankins, Nicholas P., She, Qianhong

“…All in all, the presented findings provided significant implications for OARO operation and fouling control.…”
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Research on electric vehicle charging safety warning model based on back propagation neural network optimized by improved gray wolf algorithm by Zhang, Liang, Gao, Tian, Cai, Guowei, Koh, Leong Hai

“…Finally, case analysis is performed using daily charging data from both rapid and slow charging. The findings reveal that the proposed early warning model based on the IGWO-BP algorithm can reliably recognize the abnormal state of EV charging voltage and issue timely warnings.…”
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Impact of bioconvection and chemical reaction on MHD nanofluid flow due to exponential stretching sheet by Asjad, Muhammad Imran, Sarwar, Noman, Ali, Bagh, Hussain, Sajjad, Sitthiwirattham, Thanin, Reunsumrit, Jiraporn

“…Thus, thermal transportation enhances with the inclusion of nano entities and the bioconvection of microorganisms. The findings are useful for heat exchangers working in various technological processors. …”
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Asymmetric prefrontal cortex activation associated with mutual gaze of mothers and children during shared play by Azhari, Atiqah, Bizzego, Andrea, Balagtas, Jan Paolo Macapinlac, Leng, Kelly Sng Hwee, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Multivariate linear regression analyses revealed that neural asymmetry occurred during mother–child mutual gaze, where mothers showed a deactivation of prefrontal activity whereas children showed an activation instead. Findings suggest that mothers and children may employ divergent prefrontal mechanisms when engaged in symmetrical behaviours such as mutual gaze. …”
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Cell-derived nanovesicles from mesenchymal stem cells as extracellular vesicle-mimetics in wound healing by Neupane, Yub Raj, Handral, Harish K., Syed Abdullah Alkaff, Chng, Wei Heng, Venkatesan, Gopalakrishnan, Huang, Chenyuan, Lee, Choon Keong, Wang, Jiong-Wei, Sriram, Gopu, Dienzo, Rhonnie Austria, Lu, Wen Feng, Yusuf Ali, Czarny, Bertrand, Pastorin, Giorgia

“…Of note, MSC-CDNs enhanced angiogenesis in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells in a 3D PEG-fibrin scaffold and animal model, accelerating wound healing in vitro and in vivo. These findings suggest that MSC-CDNs could replace both whole cells and EVs in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration.…”
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Presence of IgG antibodies is not a reliable marker of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral mice by Lignereux, Louis, Tong, Wen Han, Tan, Sijie, Vyas, Ajai, O'handley, Ryan

“…The question of the biological mechanisms allowing the chronic infection of wild mice in the absence of a measurable humoral immune response remains. Our findings indicate that serological studies should not be used to measure the level of exposure to T.gondii in feral house mice.…”
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Enhancing implant performance: 20% reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial initial formation with Cu₀.₇₅Ti₀.₂₅O₂ coating by Yadav, Abhishek, Pradhan, Soumen, Khokholva, M., El Khaloufi, Oualyd, Khong, Nicole Zi Jia, Lai, Soak-Kuan, Fouchet, Arnaud, David, Adrian, Lüders, Ulrike, Li, Hoi-Yeung, Rao, Mamidanna Sri Ramachandra, Prellier, Wilfrid

“…The results revealed a 20% reduction in bacterial growth on Cu0.75Ti0.25O2-coated samples, as determined by calculating the biomass of the biofilm. These findings were further discussed in relation to the copper content present on the surface of the coating. …”
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Judging a book by its cover: cultural differences in inference of the inner state based on the outward appearance by Ji, Li-Jun, Lee, Albert, Zhang, Zhiyong, Li, Ye, Wang, Xin-Qiang, Torok, Debra, Rosenbaum, Sam

“…By focusing on the assumed relationship between the outward appearance and inner state, these findings provide a unique angle for understanding cross-cultural phenomena and have practical implications in daily life.…”
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On the robustness of average losses for partial-label learning by Lv, Jiaqi, Liu, Biao, Feng, Lei, Xu, Ning, Xu, Miao, An, Bo, Niu, Gang, Geng, Xin, Sugiyama, Masashi

“…Experimentally, we have two promising findings: ABS using bounded losses can match/exceed state-of-the-art performance of IBS using unbounded losses; after using robust APLLs to warm start, IBS can further improve upon itself. …”
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Physics-informed neural network for fast prediction of temperature distributions in cancerous breasts as a potential efficient portable AI-based diagnostic tool by Mukhmetov, Olzhas, Zhao, Yong, Mashekova, Aigerim, Zarikas, Vasilios, Ng, Eddie Yin Kwee, Aidossov, Nurduman

“…The utilization of deep learning and physical principles in a diagnostic tool provides a non-invasive and safer alternative for breast self-examination compared to traditional methods such as mammography. These findings hold promise for the ongoing development of a new portable Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool for the early detection of breast cancer in breast self-examination as promoted by WHO, which is crucial for reducing mortality rates of breast cancer in the world.…”
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Suppressing condensation frosting using micropatterned ice walls by Zuo, Zichao, Zhao, Yugang, Li, Kang, Zhang, Hua, Yang, Chun

“…The proposed surface shows reasonable durability when exposed to varying substrate supercooling, and frost coverage may increase due to covering and fracturing of the out-of-plane growth of feather-like ice clusters at large substrate supercooling. Our findings provide an effective anti-frosting surface design that doesn't require any chemical or mechanical modifications on the targeted surfaces, showing great advantages compared to conventional icephobic surface designs.…”
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Weakly confined organic–inorganic halide perovskite quantum dots as high-purity room-temperature single photon sources by Wang, Bo, Lim, Melvin Jia Wei, Loh, Siow Mean, Mayengbam, Rishikanta, Ye, Senyun, Feng, Minjun, He, Huajun, Liang, Xiao, Cai, Rui, Zhang, Qiannan, Kwek, Leong Chuan, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Mhaisalkar, Subodh Gautam, Blundell, Steven A., Sum, Tze Chien

“…Theoretical calculations utilizing a combination of the Bethe-Salpeter (BSE) and k⋅p approaches point towards the modulation of the dielectric constants by the organic cations. Importantly, our findings provide valuable insights into an additional lever for engineering facile-synthesized room-temperature PQD single photon sources.…”
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MTOR modulation induces selective perturbations in histone methylation which influence the anti-proliferative effects of mTOR inhibitors by Kim, HaEun, Lebeau, Benjamin, Papadopoli, David, Jovanovic, Predrag, Russo, Mariana, Avizonis, Daina, Morita, Masahiro, Afzali, Farzaneh, Ursini-Siegel, Josie, Postovit, Lynne-Marie, Witcher, Michael, Topisirovic, Ivan

“…Notably, the ability of mTOR inhibitors to induce H3K27me3 levels was positively correlated with their anti-proliferative effects. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that both activation and inhibition of mTOR selectively increase H3K27me3 by distinct mechanisms, whereby the induction of H3K27me3 may potentiate the anti-proliferative effects of mTOR inhibitors.…”
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Does the peer review mode make a difference? An exploratory look at undergraduates' performances and preferences in a writing course by Hsieh, Yi-Chin, Leong, Alvin Ping, Lin, Yu-Ju, Aryadoust, Vahid

“…Focus group discussions (FGDs) were administered to investigate students’ perceptions of the peer review modes, including their perceived usefulness of the feedback and the review processes. The findings show that the students’ writing performances significantly improved after the peer review session in all three peer review modes, with the anonymous CMPR and the blended mode showing stronger effectiveness as compared to the F2F mode. …”
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Low-velocity impact response of sandwich structures with cores made from entangled metallic wire material - silicone rubber composites by Zheng, Xiaoyuan, Xiao, Zhongmin, Ren, Zhiying, Zi, Bao, Bai, Hongbai, Wu, Yiwan, Yao, Liming

“…Finally, the superiority of the EMWM-SRC sandwich structure in enhancing impact resistance was validated by comparing it with individual EMWM and SR sandwich structures. These findings of this work offer valuable guidance for designing novel sandwich structures with excellent impact resistance.…”
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