Periodontitis associates with species-specific gene expression of the oral microbiota by Belstrøm, Daniel, Constancias, Florentin, Drautz-Moses, Daniela Isabel, Schuster, Stephan Christoph, Veleba, Mark, Mahé, Frédéric, Givskov, Michael

“…While oral site was the main determinant of taxonomic composition as well as bacterial gene expression, periodontitis was significantly associated with a reduction of carbohydrate metabolism of the oral microbiota at three oral sites (subgingival plaque, tongue, and saliva). …”
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Ideal type-II Weyl points in topological circuits by Li, Rujiang, Lv, Bo, Tao, Huibin, Shi, Jinhui, Chong, Yidong, Zhang, Baile, Chen, Hongsheng

“…Weyl points (WPs), nodal degenerate points in three-dimensional (3D) momentum space, are said to be 'ideal' if they are symmetry-related and well-separated, and reside at the same energy and far from nontopological bands. …”
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Site-specific protein modifications by an engineered asparaginyl endopeptidase from Viola canadensis by Chen, Yu, Zhang, Dingpeng, Zhang, Xiaohong, Wang, Zhen, Liu, Chuan-Fa, Tam, James P.

“…Vc1c is useful for protein engineering applications, including labeling of DARPins and cell surface MCF-7, as well as producing cyclic protein sfGFP. Together, our work validates the importance of LADs for AEP ligase activity and provides valuable tools for site-specific modification of proteins and biologics.…”
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Elucidating the strain–vacancy–activity relationship on structurally deformed Co@CoO nanosheets for aqueous phase reforming of formaldehyde by Qian, Kaicheng, Yan, Yong, Xi, Shibo, Wei, Tong, Dai, Yihu, Yan, Xiaoqing, Kobayashi, Hisayoshi, Wang, Sheng, Liu, Wen, Li, Renhong

“…The experimental quantifications of lattice strain and oxygen vacancy concentration on CoO, as well as the charge transfer across the Co-CoO interface are all linearly correlated to the catalytic activity toward the aqueous phase reforming of formaldehyde to produce hydrogen. …”
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Nonlinear polariton parametric emission in an atomically thin semiconductor based microcavity by Zhao, Jiaxin, Fieramosca, Antonio, Bao, Ruiqi, Du, Wei, Dini, Kevin, Su, Rui, Feng, Jiangang, Luo, Yuan, Sanvitto, Daniele, Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Xiong, Qihua

“…Parametric nonlinear optical processes are at the heart of nonlinear optics underpinning the central role in the generation of entangled photons as well as the realization of coherent optical sources. …”
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Structural performance and design of stainless steel gusset plate connections by Khine Myint Myat Thein

“…From the results discussion, it was concluded that high eccentricity leads to a higher secondary bending moment of the stainless steel connection, which triggers a lower resistance of the connection as well. Furthermore, increasing connection length L0 allows better rigidity and robustness of the connection which increased the ultimate resistance of the connection. …”
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Dynamic resource management to defend against advanced persistent threats in fog computing: a game theoretic approach by Feng, Shaohan, Xiong, Zehui, Niyato, Dusit, Wang, Ping

“…In the lower-level, we formulate an evolutionary subgame to analyze the provider's defense and cyber-insurance subscription strategies as well as the attacker's attack strategy. In the upper-level, the cyber-insurer optimizes its premium strategy, taking into account the evolutionary equilibrium at the lower-level evolutionary subgame. …”
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Picosecond charge localization dynamics in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ perovskite probed by infrared-activated vibrations by Stallhofer, Klara, Nuber, Matthias, Cortecchia, Daniele, Bruno, Annalisa, Kienberger, Reinhard, Deschler, Felix, Soci, Cesare, Iglev, Hristo

“…Hybrid metal halide perovskites exhibit well-defined semiconducting properties and efficient optoelectronic performance considering their soft crystal structure and low-energy lattice motions. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the diploid blueberry Vaccinium darrowii provides insights into its subtropical adaptation and cuticle synthesis by Cui, Fuqiang, Ye, Xiaoxue, Li, Xiaoxiao, Yang, Yifan, Hu, Zhubing, Overmyer, Kirk, Brosché, Mikael, Yu, Hong, Salojärvi, Jarkko

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An accuracy controllable and memory efficient method for computing high-quality geodesic distances on triangle meshes by Adikusuma, Yohanes Yudhi, Du, Jie, Fang, Zheng, He, Ying

“…Our method empirically produces [Formula presented] windows and scales well to deal with large-scale models. Though the parameter ɛ in DGG-VTP is not a guaranteed error bound, it acts as an intuitive guide for the user to set the desired accuracy. …”
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Dataset of parent-child hyperscanning functional near-infrared spectroscopy recordings by Bizzego, Andrea, Gabrieli, Giulio, Azhari, Atiqah, Lim, Mengyu, Esposito, Gianluca

“…The dataset presented here can be used to design, implement, and test novel fNIRS analysis techniques, new hyperscanning analysis tools, as well as investigate the PFC activity in participants of different ages when they engage in passive viewing tasks and active interactive tasks.…”
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Is self-explanation better than explaining to a fictitious student when learning from video lectures? by Pi, Zhongling, Zhang, Yi, Shi, Dongyuan, Guo, Xin, Yang, Jiumin

“…Students in the conditions that included self-explanations showed higher internal attention, as well as better immediate and delayed performance than those in the instructional explanations condition. …”
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Choice of DLVO approximation method for quantifying the affinity between latex particles and membranes by Lay, Huang Teik, Ong, Chi Siang, Wang, Rong, Chew, Jia Wei

“…The Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) model, as well as the extended model (XDLVO), is popularly employed to quantify the interfacial interactions underlying membrane fouling. …”
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High transparency Pr:Y₂O₃ ceramics: a promising gain medium for red emission solid-state lasers by Li, Qing, Wang, Ying, Wang, Jun, Ma, Jie, Ni, Meng, Lin, Hui, Zhang, Jian, Liu, Peng, Xu, Xiaodong, Tang, Dingyuan

“…The selection of suitable pre-sintering temperatures and right microstructures before HIP was critical to obtain high density of the final sintered bodies. The well-densified ceramics had pore-free microstructures with an average grain size of about 1 µm. …”
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Phylogenomic analysis of the plastid genome of the Peruvian purple maize zea mays subsp. mays cv. 'INIA 601' by Montenegro, Juan D., Julca, Irene, Chumbe-Nolasco, Lenin D., Rodríguez-Pérez, Lila M., Panizo, Ricardo Sevilla, Medina-Hoyos, Alicia, Gutiérrez-Reynoso, Dina L., Guerrero-Abad, Juan Carlos, Guerra, Carlos A. Amasifuen, García-Serquén, Aura L.

“…It is generally accepted that the Peruvian purple maize originated from a single ancestral landrace 'Kculli', but it is not well understood. To study the origin of the Peruvian purple maize, we assembled the plastid genomes of the new cultivar 'INIA 601' with a high concentration of anthocyanins, comparing them with 27 cultivars/landraces of South America, 9 Z. mays subsp. parviglumis, and 5 partial genomes of Z. mays subsp. mexicana. …”
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Near infrared-II photothermal and colorimetric synergistic sensing for intelligent onsite dietary myrosinase profiling by Qiao, Ling, Lang, Wenchao, Sun, Caixia, Huang, Yining, Wu, Ping, Cai, Chenxin, Xing, Bengang

“…Moreover, simple, rapid, and real-time visual Myr identification in actual food-sourced samples could also be readily achieved by smartphone readout processing, with the promising advantages of anti-interference, high accuracy, and low cost as well as labor-saving and intelligence engagement, thus providing great feasibility for precise measurement in complex and dynamic dietary sample analysis. …”
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Hot-carrier physics of transition-metal carbides and nitrides: insight from electronic structure by Liu, Tingting, Hu, Jun, Luo, Yu, Li, Xiaofeng

“…We investigate the complete hot-carrier behavior from the microscopic dynamics (e.g., generation, transport, and injection) of hot carriers to the macroscopic responses (e.g., device responsivity) of the photodetectors. It is found that a well-manipulated electronic structure can greatly improve the performance of hot-carrier photodetectors. …”
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Two sources of uncertainty in estimating tephra volumes from isopachs: perspectives and quantification by Yang, Qingyuan, Jenkins, Susanna F.

“…For the model uncertainty, we propose (i) a better-informed and stricter way to report and evaluate goodness-of-fit, and (ii) that uncertainty estimations be based on the envelope defined by different well-fitted curves, rather than volumes estimated from individual curves. …”
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Recent advances in alkenyl sp² C-H and C-F bond functionalizations: scope, mechanism, and applications by Lu, Ming-Zhu, Goh, Jeffrey, Maraswami, Manikantha, Jia, Zhenhua, Tian, Jie-Sheng, Loh, Teck-Peng

“…This review includes the scope, limitations, mechanistic studies, stereoselective control (using directing groups as well as metal-migration strategies), and their applications to complex molecule synthesis where appropriate. …”
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The effect of graphene and graphene oxide induced reactive oxygen species on polycaprolactone scaffolds for bone cancer applications by Hou, Yanhao, Wang, Weiguang, Bartolo, Paulo

“…However, limited research has been conducted on utilising graphene-based nanomaterials for both bone regeneration and bone cancer treatment, and there is no systematic study into the material- and dose-dependent effects, as well as the working mechanism on 3D scaffolds to realise these functions. …”
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