Academic Articles & Research Papers

Extraction and Energy Management of Solar Photovoltaic, Fuel Cell, and Battery Systems Using a Novel Multi Port Power Converter for DC Microgrid Applications

In DC microgrids, efficient power extraction and an effective energy management strategy (EMS) are crucial when integrating multiple power sources. This study presents a novel Four-Port Converter (FPC) configuration designed to extract powe...

Concurrent frequency–voltage stabilization for hybrid microgrid with virtual inertia support

Abstract This paper presents a novel control scheme for combined frequency and voltage stabilization of an islanded multi‐generator hybrid microgrid (IHμG). The control concept incorporates an improved virtual inertia support scheme (IVIS) ...

District Heating Tariffs, Economic Optimisation and Local Strategies during Radical Technological Change

This paper addresses economic aspects of heat savings in the context of strategic heat planning. The analysis uses the city of Aalborg, Denmark, as a case where municipalisation through a recent acquisition of a coal-fired cogeneration of h...

Laser-induced porous graphene electrodes from polyketimine membranes for paracetamol sensing

The development of cost-effective materials for fabricating electrodes is crucial for drug, pharmaceutical and environmental applications. This paper presents the synthesis and characterization of a novel polyketimine (PKI) membrane obtaine...

Loss of Dead end1 induces testicular teratomas from primordial germ cells that failed to undergo sexual differentiation in embryonic testes

Abstract Spontaneous testicular teratomas (STTs) are tumours comprising a diverse array of cell and tissue types, which are derived from pluripotent stem-like cells called embryonal carcinoma cells (ECCs). Although mouse ECCs originate from...

Establishment of a Pre-vascularized 3D Lung Cancer Model in Fibrin Gel—Influence of Hypoxia and Cancer-Specific Therapeutics

Lung cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide and the one that causes the highest mortality. In order to understand the disease and to develop new treatments, in vitro human lung cancer model systems which imitate the physio...

Liquid lithium wettability studies on novel zirconium-alloyed porous tungsten

Liquid lithium wettability has been investigated on novel zirconium-alloyed porous tungsten fabricated by the place-holder spark plasma sintering technique. This paper investigates the wetting properties of liquid lithium on the substrates ...

Study on the preparation of multifunctional bacterial cellulose-based wound dressings and their in vitro hemostatic performance

Abstract Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a favored material for medical wound dressings due to its biocompatibility and water-holding capacity, yet it lacks inherent antibacterial and hemostatic capabilities. To enhance its functionality, a nov...

Artificial Intelligence-Powered Materials Science

The advancement of materials has played a pivotal role in the advancement of human civilization, and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered materials science heralds a new era with substantial potential to tackle the escala...

A novel fabrication technique for three-dimensional concave nanolens arrays

A novel facile technique is proposed for fabricating three-dimensional (3D) concave nanolens arrays on a silicon substrate. The technique leverages an inherent characteristic of the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) resist during inductively c...

Phase prediction, microstructure and high hardness of novel light-weight high entropy alloys

Guided by CALPHAD modeling, low-density and multiphase three novel High Entropy Alloys (HEAs), Al40Cu15Cr15Fe15Si15, Al65Cu5Cr5Si15Mn5Ti5 and Al60Cu10Fe10Cr5Mn5Ni5Mg5 were produced by large scale vacuum die casting. A mixture of simple and ...

Material Science and Engineering

Material Science and Engineering presents novel and fundamental advances in the field of material science and engineering. This proceedings collects the comprehensive and worldwide research results on Metallic Materials and Applications, Ch...

Thermal Phase Behavior, Structure, Acidity, and Quantum Chemical Insights into Novel Hydroxylamine Hydrochloride (HACl)-Methanesulfonic Acid (MSA) Deep Eutectic Solvents.

A quantum fuzzy logic-enhanced evolutionary framework for energy-latency optimization in 6G Edge-IioT

Abstract The transition toward 6G-enabled Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) requires strict Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC), creating a fundamental trade-off with energy consumption. Orchestrating resources in dense, hyp...

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...

Pattern Recognition with Artificial Intelligence in Space Experiments

The application of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in astroparticle experiments represents a major advancement in both data analysis and experimental design. As space missions become increasingly complex, integrating AI too...

CircUCK2(2,3) promotes cancer progression and enhances synergistic cytotoxicity of lenvatinib with EGFR inhibitors via activating CNIH4–TGFα–EGFR signaling

Abstract Background Circular (circ)RNAs have emerged as crucial contributors to cancer progression. Nonetheless, the expression regulation, biological functions, and underlying mechanisms of circRNAs in mediating hepatocellular carcinoma (H...

Genomic Recombination and Genetic Diversity of Emerging Novel Duck Orthoreovirus in China, 2018-2023.

P2′ Site Scanning of Snake Kunitz-Type Toxin Analogue BF9-N17H with Unique P1 Site Histidine Highlights Novel XIa Inhibitory Peptides Without Plasmin Inhibitory Activity

Kunitz-type peptides from venomous and blood-sucking animals represent an important natural molecular resource for anticoagulant development towards XIa, a new target for antithrombotic drug discovery. However, the plasmin-inhibitory activi...

A maladaptive ER stress response triggers dysfunction in highly active muscles of mice with SELENON loss

Selenoprotein N (SELENON) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein whose loss of function leads to human SELENON-related myopathies. SelenoN knockout (KO) mouse limb muscles, however, are protected from the disease, and display no major alt...