Wide-bandgap perovskite-inspired materials: defect-driven challenges for high-performance optoelectronics by Grandhi, GK, Hardy, D, Krishnaiah, M, Vargas, B, Al-Anesi, B, Suryawanshi, MP, Solis-Ibarra, D, Gao, F, Hoye, RH, Vivo, P

“…The remarkable success of lead halide perovskites (LHPs) in photovoltaics and other optoelectronics is significantly linked to their defect tolerance, although this correlation remains not fully clear. …”

Beyond symbolism: the roles of action planning and case-making in immigrant integration policymaking by Allen, WL, Broadhead, J

“…This serves as a micro-foundation for the action planning mechanism, which links symbolic statements about immigrant integration with substantive intended actions.…”

Exploring crystal methamphetamine use among school-going learners: a qualitative case study in South African schools by Singwane, Thembinkosi Peter, Ramoshaba, Dillo Justin

“…Persistent substance abuse among students is linked to various negative outcomes, including poor academic performance, strained relationships, physical injuries, violence, heightened sexual activity, and suicidal ideation. …”
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Overall quality of life perception among occupants of green and non-green office buildings in Malaysia by Laiche, Abdelfatah Bousbia, Dahlan, Nur Dalilah, Shari, Zalina, Zaky Jaafar, Mohamad Fakri

“…Several missing factors linked to the Green Building Index (GBI) criteria were significantly correlated with the QoL experience of occupants.…”
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Preserving Mojiang Hani hand weaving techniques: understanding complexity for culture and sustainable development by Mingquan, Liu, Yahaya, Siti Rohaya, Chunli, Guo, Yan, Huang

“…The findings illuminate that the gradual disappearance of these techniques is intricately linked to their inherent complexity, manifesting across five dimensions: classification, materials, process, patterns, and forms. …”
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Challenges and applications to operando and in situ TEM imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in a cryogenic temperature range by Tyukalova, Elizaveta, Vas, Joseph Vimal, Ignatans, Reinis, Mueller, Aaron David, Medwal, Rohit, Imamura, Masaaki, Asada, Hironori, Fukuma, Yasuhiro, Rawat, Rajdeep Singh, Tileli, Vasiliki, Duchamp, Martial

“…Such studies are promising for studying the pinning of the ferroelectric and magnetic domains versus temperature, spin-polarized current, and externally applied magnetic field to better manipulate the domain walls. …”
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Notes on Thermodynamics : Hot Oolong Cools / by Kang, Hway Chuan, author 655469, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…The book draws upon the idea of microstates where that clarifies the macroscopic ideas: entropy of mixing of gases is linked to Boltzmann and Gibbs' entropy formulations, thus motivating the formulation of the chemical potential of non-ideal systems in terms of their activities. …”
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How Stories Change Us : A Developmental Science of Stories from Fiction and Real Life / by Reese, Elaine, author 655966

“…Likewise, imagined stories and imagined friendships can promote learning, creativity, and well-being, but at the extremes, imaginative processes can be linked to psychopathology. The gender differences observed in women's and men's fiction reading may be due in part to individual differences in mental imagery from practices dating back to early childhood. …”
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The stalks of the motor A1A0 ATP synthase come into the focus : structural insight into subunits E, F and H by Gayen, Shovanlal

“…NMR analysis together with cross-linking and mutagenesis experiments has shown that subunit H is divided into a C-terminal coiled-coil domain and an N-terminal domain formed by adjacent helices. …”
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Extreme Water Uptake of Hygroscopic Hydrogels through Maximized Swelling‐Induced Salt Loading by Graeber, Gustav, Díaz‐Marín, Carlos D, Gaugler, Leon C, Zhong, Yang, El Fil, Bachir, Liu, Xinyue, Wang, Evelyn N

“…By tuning the salt concentration of the swelling solutions and the cross‐linking properties of the gels, hygroscopic hydrogels with extremely high salt loadings are synthesized, which enable unprecedented water uptakes of 1.79 and 3.86 gg<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup> at relative humidity (RH) of 30% and 70%, respectively. …”
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On Power: How Colombia’s National Oil Company Can Support the Country’s Energy Transition by Beron, David

“…I show how the power supply crisis of 1992 revealed inseparable links between climate, energy, capital, and policy. …”
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Exploring the Internet Celebrity City: Social Media and Urban Space in China by Chen, Yufei

“…The term "Internet celebrity," or wanghong in Chinese, is utilized in modern Chinese media to refer to celebrities and the specific cultural and consumption trends linked to them. This concept has surfaced alongside the growth of e-commerce platforms, with the recognition that wanghong often engages in promoting products, services, or lifestyles to their followers. …”
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Controlling the thermally-driven crystallization of DNA-coated nanoparticles with formamide by Hueckel, Theodore, Woo, Seungyeon, Macfarlane, Robert J

“…While various design handles such as particle size, DNA design, and salt concentration influence the stability of the DNA duplexes linking PAEs in a lattice, their influence on the system's melting temperature (Tm) often follows complicated trends that make rational tuning of self-assembly challenging. …”
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Microfluidic Hanging Droplet as a Programmable Platform for Mammalian Egg Vitrification by Feng, Haidong, Katsikis, Georgios, Napier, India, Du, Gong, Lim, Josh, Doyle, Joseph, Manalis, Scott R, Griffith, Linda G

“…In addition, our platform performs real-time microscopy of the egg thereby enabling future studies where its morphology may be linked to functional outcomes. Our study contributes to the ongoing efforts to enhance the automation of embryology techniques towards broader applications in reproductive medicine both for clinical and research purposes.…”
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Dual layer composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes for low-pressure water softening by Setiawan, Laurentia, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…A positively charged NF-like selective layer was developed by a simple polyelectrolyte cross-linking using polyallylamine (PAAm). The newly developed (PAI-PAAm)-PES dual layer hollow fiber membranes show a salt water permeability of 15.8 L/m2.h.bar and high Mg2+ and Ca2+ rejections of 94.2% and 92.3%, respectively, at operating pressure of 2 bar using a 3000 ppm TDS feed solution. …”
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Asymmetries in the effects of drivers of brand loyalty between early and late adopters and across technology generations by Lam, Shun Yin, Shankar, Venkatesh

“…We propose a conceptual framework linking mobile device brand loyalty (repurchase intention) to its drivers including perceived value, brand satisfaction, brand attachment and trust, and develop hypotheses about the moderating roles of adopter type and mobile technology generation in some of these linkages. …”
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Grounding referring expressions in images by variational context by Zhang, Hanwang, Niu, Yulei, Chang, Shih-Fu

“…We focus on grounding (i.e., localizing or linking) referring expressions in images, e.g., 'largest elephant standing behind baby elephant'. …”
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The role of Holocene relative sea-level change in preserving records of subduction zone earthquakes by Dura, Tina, Engelhart, Simon E., Vacchi, Matteo, Horton, Benjamin Peter, Kopp, Robert E., Peltier, William Richard, Bradley, Sarah

“…The length and completeness of prehistoric earthquake records is intrinsically linked to the accommodation space provided by gradually rising (<3 mm/year) Holocene RSL. …”
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Synthesis, modification and application of fish skin gelatin-based hydrogel as sustainable and versatile bioresource of antidiabetic peptide by Munawaroh, Heli Siti Halimatul, Pratiwi, Riska Nur, Gumilar, Gun Gun, Aisyah, Siti, Rohilah, Siti, Nurjanah, Anisa, Ningrum, Andriati, Susanto, Eko, Pratiwi, Amelinda, Arindita, Ni Putu Yunika, Martha, Larasati, Chew, Kit Wayne, Show, Pau-Loke

“…In conclusion, SG and TG cross-linked GA 0.05 % have the potential as an antidiabetic agent and as a useful option over mammalian-derived gelatin.…”
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Functional analysis of pro-apoptotic activity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) : role of BcL2 homology domain 3 (BH3) in HBV DNA polymerase and HBX by Chen, William Wei Ning.

“…Despite its widely accepted non-cytolytic nature, HBV proteins have been linked to apoptosis. However, little is known about the conditions under which HBV included apoptosis of host hepatocytes following natural infection and whether or how it may counteract apoptosis. …”
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