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Environmental Sciences
Qi-Cheng Yang, Gen-Fu Feng, Chun-Ping Chang, Quan-Jing Wang
Summary: The study finds long-term bi-directional relationships between environmental protection expenditure and environmental performance, with no short-term links, and a unidirectional relationship from environmental performance to environmental expenditure in OECD countries. Policymakers need to better reallocate environmental expenditure to improve environmental performance.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Eirini Myrovali, Kyrillos Papadopoulos, Georgia Charalampous, Paraskevi Kesapidou, George Vourlias, Thomas Kehagias, Makis Angelakeris, Ulf Wiedwald
Summary: Magnetic particle hyperthermia (MPH) is a promising cancer treatment method that uses magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to generate localized heating. The MNPs are subjected to an alternating magnetic field to heat the cancer cells while minimizing side effects on healthy tissues. The size of the MNPs is crucial for maximizing heating efficiency and minimizing toxicity, and various synthetic controls have been developed to achieve the optimal size for MPH treatment.
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Wanying Zhong, Zhantao Wang, Wei-Dong Yu, Ning Wang, Fan Fu, Jun Wang, He Zhao, Die Liu, Zhilong Jiang, Pingshan Wang, Mingzhao Chen
Summary: In the field of metallo-supramolecular assemblies, supramolecular macrocycles with guest recognition and catalytic properties have attracted attention. This study presents a novel strategy for constructing giant hollow macrocyclic structures using a bi-directional geometric constraint strategy. By designing two terpyridine-based tetratopic organic ligands with different angles, the mutual interaction between the ligands promotes the formation of giant hollow macrocyclic supramolecular architectures. The self-assembly mechanism and hierarchical self-assembly of the giant supramolecular macrocycles are characterized by NMR, ESI-MS, and TEM experiments.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Teng Li, Ya Jiang, Chi Lin, Mohammad S. S. Obaidat, Yulong Shen, Jianfeng Ma
Summary: Propose DeepAG, a framework that utilizes system logs to detect threats and predict attack paths. DeepAG leverages transformer models to detect APT attack sequences and utilizes LSTM network for bi-directional attack path prediction. It also constructs attack graphs and offers mechanisms for adapting to new attack patterns.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEPENDABLE AND SECURE COMPUTING
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
E. Zhang, M. Abdel-Mottaleb, P. Liang, B. Navarrete, Y. Akin Yildirim, M. Alberteris Campos, I. T. Smith, P. Wang, B. Yildirim, L. Yang, S. Chen, I. Smith, G. Lur, T. Nguyen, X. Jin, B. R. Noga, P. Ganzer, S. Khizroev
Summary: The in vitro study demonstrates wireless control of neural activity using magnetoelectric nanoparticles with a sub-25-msec temporal response. The study shows that magnetoelectric nanoparticles can wirelessly induce calcium transients in neural cells, synchronized with magnetic pulses. This research provides a new approach to modulate neural activity, which is important for future applications in neuroscience.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xue Luo, Donglou Ren, Rui Zhang, Yunpeng Wang, Shuo Chen, Michel Cathelinaud, Yang Xu, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianghua Zhang, Xianping Fan
Summary: Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) is a promising candidate material for photovoltaic and photoelectric devices, but its low electrical conductivity and charge carrier density present practical challenges. To overcome these challenges, a Bi/Sb strategy was used to prepare Bi-doped Sb2Se3 semiconductors. The doped crystals exhibited improved electrical conductivity and photoresponse due to an increased carrier concentration. A solar cell based on (BixSb1-x)2Se3 achieved a 62% improvement in device efficiency compared to one based on pure Sb2Se3, showcasing the effectiveness of the Bi/Sb substitution strategy.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Vu Anh Truong, Ya-Hui Lin, Nuong Thi Kieu Nguyen, Mu-Nung Hsu, Nam Ngoc Pham, Yi-Hao Chang, Chin-Wei Chang, Chih-Che Shen, Hsiang-Sheng Lee, Po-Liang Lai, Yelena Parfyonova, Mikhail Menshikov, Jaw-Ching Wu, Yu-Han Chang, Yu-Chen Hu
Summary: This study demonstrates the potential of the CRISPR-BiD system in bi-directional regulation of cell fate, particularly in transforming adipogenic differentiation into chondrogenic differentiation, thus improving calvarial bone healing. The findings suggest the application of this system in regenerative medicine.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
J. Prakash, Dharmendra Tripathi, Nevzat Akkurt, O. Anwar Beg
Summary: This paper presents a theoretical study of bioconvection flow of a tangential hyperbolic nanofluid under mutually orthogonal electrical and magnetic fields. Various factors, such as thermal radiation, Joule heating, and heat source/sink effects, are considered. The study also implements non-Fourier and non-Fickian models with thermal and solutal relaxation. The results show the effects of different parameters on the flow properties, such as velocity, density of microorganisms, and temperature.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Yichi Zhang, Par Johansson, Angela Sasic Kalagasidis
Summary: With the increasing need for cooling building environments in Europe due to warmer climate conditions, efficient solutions are required to meet heating and cooling demands. The bidirectional fifth generation district heating and cooling (5GDHC) system has been proposed, integrating renewable and waste energy sources. However, the extent and suitable areas for implementing 5GDHC remain unclear.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jiaming Fan, Xia Chen, Xiao Liang
Summary: This paper proposes a UAV trajectory planning method based on a bi-directional APF-RRT* algorithm with goal-biased. By addressing the slow convergence rate and large randomness of search range issues, the proposed method achieves better trajectory planning results through optimizing the convergence speed, search range, and path optimization.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Gwo-Jen Hwang, Shao-Chen Chang
Summary: Based on the findings, the bi-directional peer-assessment-based concept mapping system can enhance students' learning achievement and the completeness of their concept mapping. It also improves their critical thinking tendency and the feedback quality of their peer assessment.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Javier Ortega-Julia, Daniel Ortega, Jonathan Leliaert
Summary: Understanding and predicting the heat released by magnetic nanoparticles is crucial for magnetic hyperthermia treatment planning. We conducted a computational analysis to examine the heat released by nanoparticle aggregates with different sizes and fractal geometry factors. Our findings show that the average heat released per particle stabilizes from moderately small aggregates, allowing for estimates of heat release for larger aggregates. We also investigated the heating performance of particle aggregates with various fractal parameters and compared it with non-interacting nanoparticles to quantify the reduction in heating power after injection into tissues.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yuzhen Huang, Kai Zhang, Xiaoshuang Chen, Xiaohui Yan, Jiaoyan Qiu, Yu Zhang, Lin Han
Summary: This study introduces an electric field-driven bi-directional mass transport strategy for accurate and sensitive electrochemical zinc ion chip. By exploring process parameters and experimental results, the chip achieves high sensitivity and selectivity, providing new insights for mobile environmental detection and biomedical monitoring.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Mechanics
Abbas Barati, Amin Hadi, Mohammad Zamani Nejad, Reza Noroozi
Summary: This article investigates the transverse vibrations of bi-directional functionally graded nanobeams subjected to a longitudinal magnetic field. The nonlocal elasticity theory and the generalized differential quadrature method are used to obtain the equations of motion and boundary conditions, and the effect of different parameters on vibration is studied.
MECHANICS BASED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES AND MACHINES
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Peng-fei Meng, Shuang-cheng Jia, Qian Li
Summary: In this paper, an improved CRNN network CRNN-RES is proposed to address the shortcomings of CRNN in handling wide characters and long dense small characters, which reduces the number of network parameters and improves accuracy. Comparing with the original CRNN network, CRNN-RES achieved higher recognition accuracy on public datasets IC03, IC13, IIIT5k, and SVT.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
