Effect of P doped bimetallic FeCo catalysts on carbon matrix for oxygen reduction in alkaline media by Yuqi Ma, Hyo-Jin Ahn

“…The P0.025-FeCo/C catalyst demonstrated outstanding ORR activity, including an ECSA of 1954.3 cm2, a limited current density of -3.98 mA/cm2, an E1/2 of ~0.84 V, and an Eonset of ~0.94 V. After 5000 cycles, the P0.025-FeCo/C catalyst demonstrated remarkable enduring stability. …”
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Monodispersed Iron Selenide Nanoparticles United with Carbon Nanotubes for Highly Reversible Zinc–Air Batteries by Hua Zhang, Tong Zeng, Jiale Ma, Yue Jiang, Yang Huang, Yuxin Cheng, Haifeng Ye, Cuiyun Zeng, Chenghui Zeng, Minshen Zhu, Shuiliang Chen

“…As a result, the heterogeneous catalyst exhibits superior activity for both oxygen reduction (E1/2 = 0.88 V) and oxygen evolution (η = 360 mV@10 mA cm−2) and excellent stability of negligible degradation over 5000 cycles. …”
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Indirect Electrochemical Analysis of Crocin in Phytochemical Sample by Riyaz Ahmad Dar, Pradeep Kumar Brahaman, Sweety Tiwari, Krishna Sadashiv Pitre

“…However, cysteine in 0.02 M NaCl, pH=5.2±0.01 produces a well defined wave/peak with E1/2/Ep= –0.47/–0.45 V vs. Ag/AgCl. On recording polarograms of a set of solution containing a fixed concentration of cysteine and varying concentrations of crocin under aforesaid experimental conditions a gradual decrease in peak height/diffusion current and a negative shift in peak potential was observed. …”
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Probability-Based Sensitivity of Service Life of Chloride-Attacked Concrete Structures with Multiple Cover Concrete Repairs by Aruz Petcherdchoo

“…Four groups of probabilistic parameters are determined, i.e., (1) time-dependent chloride content, (2) mean and median of corrosion initiation and repair application times, (3) percent confidence of repairs, and (4) total expected number of repairs. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Replacing Normal Aggregate by Porcelinite on the Behaviour of Layered Steel Fibrous Self-Compacting Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Uniform Load by Ahmed S. D. AL-Ridha, Ali A. Abbood, Ali F. Atshan

“…The experimental work consists of two groups “NWA” and “LWA,” each group consists of three slab specimens (having an aspect ratio equal to the golden ratio, i.e., 1.618), the thickness of each slab is divided into two equal layers, the top layer is free from steel fibers, while the steel fibers exist only in the bottom layer with three volume fractions (0%, 0.4%, and 0.8%). …”
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Antituberculosis Drugs (Rifampicin and Isoniazid) Induce Liver Injury by Regulating NLRP3 Inflammasomes by Qiang Su, Wei Kuang, Weiyi Hao, Jing Liang, Liang Wu, Chunmei Tang, Yali Wang, Tao Liu

“…Additionally, the levels IL-33, IL-18, IL-1β, NLRP3, ASC, and cleaved-caspase 1 expression in the liver tissues were also determined. NAT2 and CYP2E1 expression were identified by QRT-PCR analysis. …”
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A dataset for large prismatic lithium-ion battery cells (CALB L148N58A): Comprehensive characterization and real-world driving cyclesCALB L148N58A testing campaign by Simone Fasolato, Nicola Blasuttigh, Giacomo Galuppini, Davide M. Raimondo

“…The cell-level testing procedures include fixed Constant Current Constant Voltage (CCCV) charging and Constant Current (CC) discharging at low current rates, Hybrid Pulse Power Characterization (HPPC) tests at various C-rates (i.e., 1C and C/3), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) at different State of Charge (SOC) levels, and three distinct driving cycles (WLTP, UDDS and US06). …”
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Assessment of the nitrogen fertilizer split-application on maize grain yield and profitability on Nitisols of South-Kivu, Eastern D.R. Congo by Patient M. Zamukulu, Espoir M. Bagula, Jean M. Mondo, Géant B. Chuma, Gisèle M. Bulonza, Sarah Mwaluke, Yannick Mugumaarhahama, Céphas B. Mwimangire, Eloïs L. Cinyabuguma, Antoine K. Lubobo, Gustave N. Mushagalusa

“…The benefit–cost ratio analysis showed that single application was more profitable, i.e. 1.63 USD kg−1 of fertilizer compared to two (0.6 USD kg−1) and three splits (0.22 USD kg−1 of fertilizer), though dependent on used varieties. …”
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Synthesis of Cu-BTC Metal-Organic Framework for CO2 Capture via Solvent-free Method: Effect of Metal Precursor and Molar Ratio by Pui San Ho, Kok Chung Chong, Soon Onn Lai, Sze Sin Lee, Woei Jye Lau, Shih-Yuan Lu, Boon Seng Ooi

“…Its CO2 adsorption capacity was comparable with those fabricated using the solvent-based method, i.e., 1.7 mmol g−1 at 30°C and 1 bar. The results also showed that the synthesized Cu-BTC exhibited regenerative ability up to five adsorption-desorption cycles.…”
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The Function of SUMOylation and Its Role in the Development of Cancer Cells under Stress Conditions: A Systematic Review by Qi Zhao, Ying Ma, Zugui Li, Kexin Zhang, Minying Zheng, Shiwu Zhang

“…Some studies have already begun to treat tumors by inhibiting the expression of SUMOylation family members, including SUMO E1 or E2. The tumor cells become more aggressive under internal and external stresses. …”
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Fast Task Scheduling With Model Predictive Control Integrating a Priority-Based Heuristic by Francesco Liberati, Manuel Donsante, Chiara Maria Francesca Cirino, Andrea Tortorelli

“…The algorithm shall suggest to the planning operators an optimized scheduling of the activities, i.e., one which minimizes the total completion time (the makespan), while satisfying all the applicable constraints. …”
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Estudo da utilização do bambu na composição do concreto by Carlos Maviael de Carvalho, Normando Perazzo Barboza, Ulisses Targino Bezerra, Tarciso Binoti Simas, Ana Clara Oliveira, Gustavo Magalhães

“…São avaliadas as resistências à compressão simples, à tração na flexão e por compressão diametral de concretos produzidos em laboratórios, com teores em peso de 0%, 0,5% e 1,0% de fibras. Os resultados indicam que o acréscimo no teor de fibras diminui a trabalhabilidade, bem como a facilidade de aplicação e de adensamento do concreto; no estado endurecido não houve alteração significativa na resistência à compressão aos 28 dias, porém pequeno decréscimo para idade de 63 dias; nos ensaios de resistência à tração as fibras mostraram boa interação com a matriz cimentícia. …”
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Etiology, Clinical Features, and Diagnosis of Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus: A Scoping Review by Nilanchali Singh, Prafull Ghatage

“…The presentation is bimodal, i.e., one in prepubertal girls (average age: 7.6 years) and the other in peri- and postmenopausal women (average age: 52.6 years). …”
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Discrete vulnerability to pharmacological CDK2 inhibition is governed by heterogeneity of the cancer cell cycle by Vishnu Kumarasamy, Jianxin Wang, Michelle Roti, Yin Wan, Adam P. Dommer, Hanna Rosenheck, Sivasankar Putta, Alec Trub, John Bisi, Jay Strum, Patrick Roberts, Seth M. Rubin, Costakis Frangou, Karen McLean, Agnieszka K. Witkiewicz, Erik S. Knudsen

“…The expression of P16INK4A and cyclin E1 determines this sensitivity to CDK2 inhibition. …”
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Reparameterization Invariant Model of a Supersymmetric System: BRST and Supervariable Approaches by A. Tripathi, B. Chauhan, A. K. Rao, R. P. Malik

“…The CF-type restriction is universal in nature as it turns out to be the same for the SUSY and non-SUSY reparameterization (i.e., 1D diffeomorphism) invariant models of the (non-)relativistic particles.…”
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Piperazine sulfonamides as DPP-IV inhibitors: Synthesis, induced-fit docking and in vitro biological evaluation by Khalaf Reema Abu, Alwarafi Ebtisam, Sabbah Dima

“…Additionally, meta-substitution is disfavored (1b, 1e, 1g). Induced-fit docking studies suggested that the targeted compounds 1a-i occupy the binding domain of DPP-IV and form H-bonding with the backbones of R125, E205, E206, F357, K554, W629, Y631, Y662 and R669.…”
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Towards the praxis of a sustainable knowledge‑based economy by Agnieszka Klimska

“…Implementation of the preferred directions of development, requires not so much efficient, but proper management, i.e. one which would translate itself onto the plane of decision-making and, subsequently, that of application. …”
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Plant Compounds Inhibit the Growth of W12 Cervical Precancer Cells Containing Episomal or Integrant HPV DNA; Tanshinone IIA Synergizes with Curcumin in Cervical Cancer Cells by Linda Saxe Einbond, Jing Zhou, Kunhui Huang, Mario R. Castellanos, Emeka Mbazor, Michael Balick, Hongbao Ma, James A. DeVoti, Stephen Redenti, Hsan-au Wu

“…RT-PCR analysis showed that tanshinone IIA activated the expression of p53, while repressing the expression of HPV16 E1, E2, E4, E6, and E7 viral transcripts in W12 (type 1 and 2) integrant cells. …”
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Polysaccharide extract from Rosa laevigata fruit attenuates inflammatory obesity by targeting redox balance and gut interface in high-fat diet-fed rats by Xuejiao Zhang, Chenzhong Jin, Han Liu, Yihong Hu, Yunyun Zhou, Weiguo Wu, Si Qin

“…RNA-seq revealed that the effect of RLPs was partially attributed to its regulation on PPARs signaling by increasing the expressions of Scd, Acox3 and Hmgcs2, and on other redox-related pathways by decreasing the expressions of Cyp2e1, Il1-r1 and Lbp. Moreover, 16S rRNA sequencing coupled with metagenome sequencing showed that RLPs had significantly reduced the ratio of Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes from 8.01 to 2.37, and significantly increased the relative abundances of Alistipes, Prevotella, and Akkermansia from 0.36 %, 1.10 % and 2.61 % to 0.65 %, 2.37 % and 4.42 %, respectively. …”
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Laboratory Rotational Spectroscopy Leads to the First Interstellar Detection of Singly Deuterated Methyl Mercaptan (CH2DSH) by Hayley A. Bunn, Silvia Spezzano, Laurent H. Coudert, Jean-Claude Guillemin, Yuxin Lin, Christian P. Endres, Brant Billinghurst, Olivier Pirali, Jes Jørgensen, Valerio Lattanzi, Paola Caselli

“…We report an extensive rotational spectroscopic analysis of singly deuterated methyl mercaptan (CH _2 DSH) using both millimeter and far-infrared synchrotron spectra to achieve a global torsional analysis of the three lowest torsional substates ( e _0 , e _1 , and o _1 ) of this nonrigid species. A fit including 3419 millimeter-wave transitions along with 43 infrared torsional subband centers was performed with rms deviations of 0.233 MHz and 0.270 cm ^−1 , respectively, resulting in 68 fit parameters. …”
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