Academic Articles & Research Papers

Brassinosteroid-lipid membrane interaction under low and high temperature stress in model systems

Abstract Background In earlier studies [1], we indicated that applying brassinosteroids (BRs) to lipids that had been isolated from plants altered the physicochemical properties of the monolayers. A continuation of these dependencies using ...

Mikania micrantha genome provides insights into the molecular mechanism of rapid growth

Mikania micrantha is an extremely fast-growing invasive plant species that can cause serious damage to natural ecosystems. Here, the authors assemble its chromosome-scale reference genome and explore possible mechanisms that contribute to i...

Time-domain image processing using photonic reservoir computing

Photonic computing has attracted much attention due to its great potential to accelerate artificial neural network operations. However, the processing of a large amount of data, such as image data, basically requires large-scale photonic ci...

Impact of solvents on doctor blade coatings and bathocuproine cathode interlayer for large-area organic solar cell modules

Efforts to commercialize organic solar cells (OSCs) by developing roll-to-roll compatible modules have encountered challenges in optimizing printing processes to attain laboratory-level performance in fully printable OSC architectures. In t...

Exercise Training and Circulating Small Extracellular Vesicles: Appraisal of Methodological Approaches and Current Knowledge

In response to acute exercise, an array of metabolites, nucleic acids, and proteins are enriched in circulation. Collectively termed “exercise factors,” these molecules represent a topical area of research given their speculated contributio...

Progress and Prospects of Non-Canonical NF-κB Signaling Pathway in the Regulation of Liver Diseases

Non-canonical nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway regulates many physiological and pathological processes, including liver homeostasis and diseases. Recent studies demonstrate that non-canonical NF-κB signaling pathway plays an...

Beyond Lymphocytic Inflammation: Immune Architecture as a Determinant of Renal Outcomes

Perspective on the Therapeutics of Anti-Snake Venom

Snakebite envenomation is a life-threatening disease that was recently re-included as a neglected tropical disease (NTD), affecting millions of people in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Improvement in the therapeutic approaches...

Lactobacillus brevis 23017 Relieves Mercury Toxicity in the Colon by Modulation of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Through the Interplay of MAPK and NF-κB Signaling Cascades

Aims:Lactobacillus strains have protective effects against heavy metals while relieving oxidative stress and modulating the immune response. Mechanisms that ameliorate heavy metal toxicity and the relationship between probiotics and gut bar...

Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoselective Construction of 1,3-Stereocenters Displaying Axial and Central Chirality via Asymmetric Alkylations

The concurrent construction of 1,3-stereocenters remains a challenge. Herein, we report the development of stereoselective union of a point chiral center with allenyl axial chirality in 1,3-position by Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allenylic alky...

RCS reduction of wide-band, high-gain antenna array based on asymmetric transmission metasurfaces

Abstract In this paper, an ultra-wideband stealth antenna with high gain on the basis of asymmetric transmission metasurface (ATMS) is proposed. ATMS can convert an incident y-polarised sphere wave into an x-polarised plane wave at the fron...

Characterization of low-nitrogen quantum diamond for pulsed magnetometry applications

Ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are versatile quantum sensors with broad applications in the physical and life sciences. The concentration of neutral substitutional nitrogen ([Ns0]) strongly influences NV electronic sp...

Special Issue on Enabling Technology in Optical Fiber Communications: From Device, System to Networking

It is well known that optical fiber communications support the global communication networks nowadays, which originates from Charles K [...]...

Synthesis of ultra‐high molecular weight core cross‐linked star (CCS) polymer using high molecular weight spherical nanoparticles and arm‐first method

Abstract P (N,N‐Dimethylacrylamide) ‐b‐P (2‐methoxyethyl acrylate) (PDMA‐b‐PMEA) and Poly (poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) ‐b‐P (2‐methoxyethyl acrylate) (PPEGMA‐b‐PMEA) di‐block copolymer nanoparticles are prepared by RAF...

Optimizing the Design of Airfoil and Optical Buffer Problems Using Spotted Hyena Optimizer

This paper presents the contemporary metaheuristic optimization algorithm named the Spotted Hyena Optimizer (SHO). The proposed technique is based on the law of gravitation and simulates the social behavior of spotted hyenas. The three basi...

Developing an Interferogram-Based Module with Machine Learning for Maintaining Leveling of Glass Substrates

In this research, we propose a method that utilizes machine learning to maintain the parallelism of the resonant cavity in a Fabry–Perot interferometer designed specifically for glass substrates. Based on the optical principle and theory, w...

Impact of prolonged obstructive sleep apnea syndrome disease course on retinal-choroidal microcirculation: a WF-SS-OCTA study

Purpose: This study used wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (WF-SS-OCTA) to evaluate changes in macular vascular density in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) at different stages of disease d...

Ultra-Bend-Resistant 4-Core Simplex Cable Used for Short-Reach Dense Spatial Division Multiplexing Optical Transmission

We optimized and fabricated an ultra-bend-resistant 4-core simplex cable (SXC) employing 4-core multicore fiber (MCF) suitable for short-reach dense spatial division multiplexing (DSDM) optical transmission in the O-band. The characteristic...

Imaging with Diffractive Axicons Rapidly Milled on Sapphire by Femtosecond Laser Ablation

We show that single-pulse burst fabrication will produce a flatter and smoother profile of axicons milled on sapphire compared to pulse overlapped fabrication which results in a damaged and much rougher surface. The fabrication of large-are...

Swept source intraoperative OCT angiography

To accurately guide surgical instruments during ophthalmic procedures, some necessary intraoperative depth perception is required, which standard surgical microscopes supply limitedly. Intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT), com...