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Ken Zeichner
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Geography
Ron Johnston
Summary: In response to commentaries, Ron Johnston reflects on the origins of Geography and Geographers, and its relevance to the changing practices within human geography over the last forty years.
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Cyril Chelle-Michou, Anders McCarthy, Jean-Francois Moyen, Peter A. Cawood, Fabio A. Capitanio
Summary: The term 'subduction' has been broadly used with weakened meanings in the scientific discourse, leading to obstacles in discussing tectonic processes. This paper discusses the impacts of using ill-defined terms on scientific discussions and proposes a new framework focusing on two parameters to summarize different end-member modes of foundering.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Riccardo E. Marioni
Summary: The article discusses how the publication of Horvath's epigenetic clock has impacted research on aging, rejuvenation, and epigenetic epidemiology.
NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
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Review
Plant Sciences
Ana L. Rodas, Edelin Roque, Rim Hamza, Concepcion Gomez-Mena, Jose Pio Beltran, Luis A. Canas
Summary: The SUPERMAN (SUP) gene was originally described in Arabidopsis thaliana and plays a crucial role in regulating stamen and carpel number in flowers. In this article, we summarize the research on SUP orthologs in plant species other than Arabidopsis, with a focus on the legume Medicago truncatula. The MtSUP gene in M. truncatula is involved in the complex genetic network controlling compound inflorescence and flower development in legumes, providing new insights into these processes.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Arghya Mukherjee, Tyler Moore
Summary: Exchanges play a crucial role in the cryptocurrency ecosystem but also face the risk of closure. This paper examines 822 cryptocurrency exchanges and finds that 40% of them shut down. The study reveals that security breaches and the operational structure of exchanges are significant factors contributing to their closure.
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Marian Fabian, Vicente Montesinos
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Environmental Sciences
Tunga Salthammer
Summary: TVOC has been used as an important parameter in indoor air sciences for over 40 years, but its definition and application have been subject to controversy. It has been recognized early on that TVOC is not suitable for health-related and odor-related issues. However, TVOC continues to be widely used, leading to scientific discussions and legal disputes.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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History & Philosophy Of Science
Jobst Landgrebe, Barry Smith
Summary: Artificial intelligence research had a period of excitement in the 1970s and 80s, followed by frustration when useful applications did not materialize; today, with the success of deep neural networks, there is renewed enthusiasm in the field; the paper highlights serious issues in current views of AI and proposes an alternative approach with a role for philosophy in language-centric AI.
Proceedings Paper
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Heidi Howard, Richard Mortier
Summary: This paper examines the approach of Paxos algorithm in solving the consensus problem, particularly re-evaluating the requirement of quorum intersection and proposing the possibility of weakening it.
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Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
Zhe Wang, Chenggang Wu, Yinqian Zhang, Bowen Tang, Pen-Chung Yew, Mengyao Xie, Yuanming Lai, Yan Kang, Yueqiang Cheng, Zhiping Shi
Summary: This article introduces a new information hiding technique called SafeHidden, which continuously re-randomizes the locations of safe areas to prevent attackers from inferring the memory layout and obtaining the addresses of sensitive data. By utilizing thread-private memory mechanism and cache side-channel defense, SafeHidden effectively protects critical data with low performance overhead.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEPENDABLE AND SECURE COMPUTING
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Marc D. Walter
Summary: The conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia is important biologically and industrially, but modeling this process on a molecular level is difficult. A biomimetic model has provided new insights into functionalizing a nitrido ligand to form NH3 using either H-2 or H+/e(-).
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chris Woolston
Summary: Researchers express their longing for a return to lab lunches and field trips, hoping for a future free of lockdowns.
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Kenny Zhuoran Wu, Christabella Adine, Aleksandr Mitriashkin, Benjamin Jun Jie Aw, N. Gopalakrishna Iyer, Eliza Li Shan Fong
Summary: Patient-derived in vitro tumor models are too simple and do not capture important characteristics of the tumor microenvironment (TME), limiting their use for personalized drug testing. In vivo models are costly and time-consuming. Ex vivo patient-derived tumor explant (PDE) cultures retain the intact TME but have low throughput and viability. However, with growing recognition of the importance of patient-specific TME, there is an urgent need to improve and utilize PDE cultures for personalized medicine in cancer patients.
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jae Seong Lee, Gao-Feng Han, Jong-Beom Baek
Summary: Hydrogen, as a clean energy source and alternative to fossil fuels, has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions. However, the transportation and storage of hydrogen pose significant challenges for realizing a hydrogen economy. Ammonia, with its high hydrogen content and easy liquefaction, is considered a promising hydrogen carrier. The traditional method of ammonia production, the thermocatalytic Haber-Bosch process, requires high temperature and pressure, limiting its production to centralized systems. Mechanochemical ammonia synthesis offers an alternative method under near ambient conditions, connecting with localized sustainable energy systems. This perspective introduces the state-of-the-art mechanochemical ammonia synthesis processes and discusses the challenges and opportunities it presents for a hydrogen economy.