Academic Articles & Research Papers

Accretion Power in Astrophysics

Accretion Power in Astrophysics examines accretion as a source of energy in both binary star systems containing compact objects, and in active galactic nuclei. Assuming a basic knowledge of physics, the authors describe the physical process...

A millifluidic study of cell-to-cell heterogeneity in growth-rate and cell-division capability in populations of isogenic cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

To address possible cell-to-cell heterogeneity in growth dynamics of isogenic cell populations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we developed a millifluidic drop-based device that not only allows the analysis of populations grown from single ce...

A Model of Social Distancing for Interacting Age-Distributed Multi-Populations: An Analysis of Students’ In-Person Return to Schools

Because of the current scenario of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in Brazil, whose vaccination campaign is in the initial stage, government authorities have pointed out towards the complete reopening of the economy. And recently for the...

Advancing sovereign ESG performance in China through renewable energy industrialization and government effectiveness

Abstract This study examines the relationship between renewable energy use, industrialization, governance effectiveness, population growth, and technological innovation, and sovereign environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance,...

Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Resources is a numerate and quantitative text covering the full range of renewable energy technologies and their implementation worldwide. Energy supplies from renewables (such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, w...

Lifecycle Environmental Impact Assessment of an Overtopping Wave Energy Converter Embedded in Breakwater Systems

Overtopping breakwater systems are among the most promising technologies for exploiting wave energy to generate electricity. They consist in water reservoirs, embedded in piers, placed on top of ramps, higher than sea-level. Pushed by wave ...

Mechanism-oriented design of magnetic COF adsorbents for efficient extraction of phenoxy acid herbicides: Insights from DFT calculations and molecular dynamics simulations.

Ratiometric near-infrared fluorescence probes for quantitative monitoring of mitochondrial pH dynamics in Drosophila melanogaster and HeLa cells during metformin treatment.

Expressibility and trainability of parametrized analog quantum systems for machine learning applications

Parametrized quantum evolution is the main ingredient in variational quantum algorithms for near-term quantum devices. In digital quantum computing, it has been shown that random parametrized quantum circuits are able to express complex dis...

Collective dynamics in holographic fractonic solids

Abstract Fractonic phases of matter, a class of states in which collective excitations with constrained mobility exist, were originally discovered in the study of quantum error-correcting codes in solvable lattice spin models such as Haah’s...

Structure and Dynamics of Burkholderia pseudomallei OXA-57, a Distinctive Low-Efficiency Class D β-Lactamase with Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Activity.

Canonical quantization of a memristive leaky integrate-and-fire neuron circuit

We present a theoretical framework for a quantized memristive Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (LIF) neuron, uniting principles from neuromorphic engineering and open quantum systems. Starting from a classical memristive LIF circuit, we apply canon...

Exploiting subspace constraints and ab initio variational methods for quantum chemistry

Variational methods offer a highly promising route to exploiting quantum computers for chemistry tasks. Here we employ methods described in a sister paper to the present report, entitled exploring ab initio machine synthesis of quantum circ...

Dynamics of superconducting qubit relaxation times

Abstract Superconducting qubits are a leading candidate for quantum computing but display temporal fluctuations in their energy relaxation times T 1. This introduces instabilities in multi-qubit device performance. Furthermore, autocorrelat...

Quantum circuit simulation of superchannels

Quantum simulation is one of the central discipline to demonstrate the power of quantum computing. In recent years, the theoretical framework of quantum superchannels has been developed and applied widely as the extension of quantum channel...

Solid-State Materials for Opto-Spintronics: Focus on Ferromagnets and 2D Materials

Opto-spintronics is an emerging field that focuses on harnessing light to manipulate and analyze electron spins to develop next-generation electronic devices. This paper explores recent progress and the role of solid-state materials in opto...

Atomic heat transfer in nanoscale contacts mediated by van der Waals interactions

Abstract Van der Waals-interfacial heat transfer is a key element in thermal problems in atomic-scale devices including quantum computing devices, solid-state batteries, and solar power generation devices. However, its characterization rema...

Neural Network-Based Discriminators for Single-Shot Readout of Superconducting Qubits in Non-Gaussian Conditions

Single-shot dispersive readout of superconducting qubits is a very important part of real-time quantum feedback and quantum error correction (QEC). Conventional discriminators such as thresholding and matched filtering are optimal under Gau...

Distinct Shifts in Microbiota Composition during Drosophila Aging Impair Intestinal Function and Drive Mortality

Alterations in the composition of the intestinal microbiota have been correlated with aging and measures of frailty in the elderly. However, the relationships between microbial dynamics, age-related changes in intestinal physiology, and org...

The human lung microbiome progressively diminishes in the distal alveolar regions

Abstract Extensive investigations with sequencing methods demonstrate a large and diverse microbiome even in profound areas of the lung. However, there is still substantial lack of cultivation-based evidence and of the viability of the resi...