Dynamics of spatial phase coherence in a dissipative Bose–Hubbard atomic system by Vatré, Rémy, Bouganne, Raphaël, Bosch Aguilera, Manel, Ghermaoui, Alexis, Beugnon, Jérôme, Lopes, Raphael, Gerbier, Fabrice

“…We investigate the loss of spatial coherence of one-dimensional bosonic gases in optical lattices illuminated by a near-resonant excitation laser. Because the atoms recoil in a random direction after each spontaneous emission, the atomic momentum distribution progressively broadens. …”
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Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Oropharyngeal Candida Species Isolated from People Living with HIV in the Era of Universal Test and Treat Policy in Uganda. by Musinguzi, Benson, Turyamuhika, Laban, Mwesigwa, Alex, Nalumaga, Pauline Petra, Kabajulizi, Immaculate, Njovu, Israel Kiiza, Mwebesa, Edson, Luggya, Tonny, Ocheng, Francis, Kateete, David Patrick, Itabangi, Herbert, Mboowa, Gerald, Obondo, James Sande, Achan, Beatrice

“…Oropharyngeal swabs were collected and cultured on Sabouraud Dextrose agar to isolate Candida species identified using the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. …”
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Microscale bone interlocking enhances osseointegration strength on the rough surface of 3D-printed titanium implants: experimental and finite element analysis by Tianyu Shu, Haoyu Shi, Meng Li, Yu-Chia Lin, Ang Li, Dandan Pei

“…Methods Experimental 3D-printed titanium implants were fabricated via selective laser melting (SLM), and conventional sandblasted and acid-etched titanium implants (CNC-SLA) served as the control group. …”
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Merck Open Global Health Library in vitro screening against Schistosoma mansoni identified two new substances with antischistosomal activities for further development by Monique Evelyn Ueberall, Martina Berchthold, Cécile Häberli, Sven Lindemann, Thomas Spangenberg, Jennifer Keiser, Christoph G. Grevelding

“…The effects of the two lead structures were investigated in more detail by confocal laser scanning microscopy and 5-ethynyl 2´-deoxyuridine (EdU) assays to assess morphological effects and stem cell effects. …”
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Additively manufactured biodegradable Zn metamaterials with tunable Poisson’s ratio and enhanced mechanical properties by Yixuan Shi, Jiaqi Gao, Xuan Li, Zui Tao, Chengcong Huang, Shangyan Zhao, Yuzhi Wu, Youwen Yang, Yabin Yang, Yageng Li, Lu-Ning Wang

“…This study introduces a novel reinforced unit cell, optimised in 3D to retain NPR characteristics while significantly enhancing scaffold strength. Using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), we fabricated these Zn metamaterials and assessed their mechanical properties through simulations and compression tests. …”
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Stretchable plasmonic metasurfaces for deformation monitoring by Li Peiyang, Gao Kaikai, Ma Ruize, Pan Kai, Li Dong, Liu Feng, Li Peng, Gan Xuetao, Zhao Jianlin, Wen Dandan

“…This metasurface can generate different point cloud patterns under varying stretch ratios when illuminated by a laser beam. By collecting and analyzing the patterns, we can precisely reconstruct the deformation of the metasurface. …”
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Commissioning of ThomX Compton source subsystems and demonstration of 10^{10} x-rays/s by Muath Alkadi, Manuel Alves, Manar Amer, Loic Amoudry, Didier Auguste, Jean-Luc Babigeon, Michel Baltazar, Alain Benoit, Alexandre Blin, Marco Bonanzingamarco, Jean Bonenfant, Julien Bonis, Jean-Pierre Brasile, Kevin Cassou, Jean-Noël Cayla, Thomas Chabaud, Iryna Chaikovska, Sophie Chance, Vincent Chaumat, Ronic Chiche, Patrick Cornebise, Olivier Dalifard, Nicolas Delerue, Remy Dorkel, Denis Douillet, Illya Drebot, Jean-Phillipe Dugal, Kevin Dupraz, Noureddine El Kamchi, Mohamed El Khaldi, Ezgi Ergenlik, Pierre Favier, Marco Fernandez, Alexis Gamelin, Jean-Francois Garaut, Luca Garolfi, Philippe Gauron, Frédéric Gauthier, Alexandre Gonnin, Denis Grasset, Eric Guerard, Hayg Guler, Jacques Haissinski, Emmanuel Herry, Gregory Iaquaniello, Marie Jacquet, Didier Jehanno, Eric Jules, Viacheslav Kubytskyi, François Labaye, Mickaël Lacroix, Marc Langlet, Titouan Lebarillec, Jean-François Ledu, Damien Le Guidec, Bruno Leluan, Pierre Lepercq, Frédéric Letellier-cohen, Rodolphe Marie, Jean-Claude Marrucho, Aurélien Martens, Christophe Mageur, Gabriel Mercadier, Bruno Mercier, Eric Mistretta, Hugues Monard, Alexandre Moutardier, Viktor Mytrochenko, Olivier Neveu, Daniele Nutarelli, Maher Omeich, Yann Peinaud, Antoine Pérus, Yannick Petrilli, Marc Pichet, Bernard Pieyre, Eric Plaige, Christophe Prévost, Thomas Roulet, Raphael Roux, Philippe Rudnicky, Viktor Soskov, Monique Taurigna-Quéré, Stéphane Trochet, Cynthia Vallerand, Alessandro Variola, Olivier Vitez, François Wicek, Guy Wormser, Sébastien Wurth, Fabian Zomer, Patrick Alexandre, Rachid Ben el Fekih, Philippe Berteaud, Sébastien Bobault, Yazid Bouanani, François Bouvet, Lodovico Cassinari, Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, Renaud Cuoq, Helder Dias, Yannick Dietrich, Massamba Diop, Eric Dupuy, Moussa El Ajjouri, Christian Herbeaux, Nicolas Hubert, Marie Labat, Alain Lestrade, Antoine Letrésor, Robert Lopes, Alexandre Loulergue, Patrick Marchand, Fabrice Marteau, Didier Muller, Amor Nadji, Laurent Nadolski, Ryutaro Nagaoka, Dominique Pedeau, Sylvain Petit, Jean Pierre Pollina, Fernand Ribeiro, Manuel Ros, Julien Salvia, Mourad Sebdaoui, Rajesh Sreedharan, Jean Susini, José Veteran, Cyril Bruyere, Alain Cobessi, William Del Net, Jean-Louis Hazemann, Jean-Louis Hodeau, Philippe Jacquet, Philippe Jeantet, Grigor Kapoujyan, Jérôme Lacipière, Eric Lahéra, Gilles Perroux, Olivier Proux, Emmanuel Roy, Philippe Walter, Alberto Bravin, Hélène Elleaume, François Estève, Harold Bzyl, Christophe Chapelle, Jean-Michel Horodynski, Pierre Robert, Eric Cormier, Jérôme Degallaix, Christophe Michel, Laurent Pinard, Philippe Balcou, Jérôme Lhermite, Sébastien Montant, Marie-Christine Nadeau, Stéphane Petit, Nikolay Artemiev, Marica Biagini, Romain Czarny, Pascal Girault, Sophie Muller, Serge Sierra, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Said Bouaziz, Chamseddine Benabderrahmane, Géraldine Le Duc, Xing Liu

“…The machine uses a small electron storage ring and an intense laser pulse stored in a high-finesse optical cavity. …”
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Selective phase growth of ultra-smooth Ti2O3 and TiO2 thin films at low growth temperature controlled by the oxygen partial pressure by Jiayi Tang, Okkyun Seo, Jaemyung Kim, Ibrahima Gueye, L.S.R. Kumara, Ho Jun Oh, Wan-Gil Jung, Won-Jin Moon, Yong Tae Kim, Satoshi Yasuno, Tappei Nishihara, Akifumi Matsuda, Osami Sakata

“…Thin films are generally prepared by pulsed laser deposition under high temperatures, but it is challenging to obtain a smooth surface. …”
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Target Detection Using Fused Unidentical Photonics-Based LFM Sub-Band Radar Signals With an Adaptive Feed Forward Network Equalizer by Bikash Nakarmi, S. M. Rezwanul Islam, Hum Nath Parajuli, Ikechi Augustine Ukaegbu, Aigerim Ashimbayeva, Carlo Molardi, T. D. Subash, Xiangchuan Wang, Shilong Pan

“…We demonstrate this using optical injection in a semiconductor laser to generate Ph-LFM signals at different IEEE X-KA radar sub-bands: 19.25–23.94 GHz and 24.06–28.31 GHz (bandgap 0.12 GHz), 19.69–23.06 GHz and 23.625–27 GHz (bandgap 0.56 GHz), and 8–11.5 GHz and 12.75–17 GHz (bandgap 1.25 GHz). …”
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Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest by Zhiliang Yao, Xia Pan, Xin Yang, Xiaona Shao, Bin Wang, Yun Deng, Zhiming Zhang, Qiaoming Li, Luxiang Lin

“…We also quantified microhabitat variation by quantifying canopy structure heterogeneity with airborne laser scanning on 20 1-ha subtropical forest plots. …”
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Overcoming hypoxia-induced breast cancer drug resistance: a novel strategy using hollow gold-platinum bimetallic nanoshells by Lian-Ying Zhang, Xiao-Tong Chen, Rong-Tian Li, Wei Meng, Guo-Qin Huang, Yong-Jian Chen, Feng-Jun Ge, Qun Zhang, Yu-Jun Quan, Cai-Tao Zhang, Yi-Fei Liu, Ming Chen, Jin-Xiang Chen

“…The photothermal effect, induced by the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) from the Au-Pt shell under near infrared-II (NIR-II) laser irradiation, not only directly causes tumor cell death through photothermal therapy (PTT), but also significantly enhances the catalase-like activity between Pt nanoparticles and endogenous H2O2. …”
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The transcription factor combination MEF2 and KLF7 promotes axonal sprouting in the injured spinal cord with functional improvement and regeneration-associated gene expression by Callan L. Attwell, Inés Maldonado-Lasunción, Ruben Eggers, Bastiaan A. Bijleveld, Ward M. Ellenbroek, Natascha Siersema, Lotte Razenberg, Dédé Lamme, Nitish D. Fagoe, Ronald E. van Kesteren, August B. Smit, Joost Verhaagen, Matthew R. J. Mason

“…To determine whether they could activate the RAG program we carried out gene expression profiling on laser-dissected dorsal root ganglion neurons specifically expressing these TF combinations, and of DRG neurons that had been axotomized. …”
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Effect of electroacupuncture on vascular remodeling in rats with cerebral ischemia by regulating irisin based on VEGF/Akt/eNOS signaling pathway by Lu Cao, Wenchao Ding, Yashuo Feng, Chong Guan, Li Liu, Hongyu Xie, Kewei Yu, Dongyan Xu, Lijuan Zhao, Xuan Sha, Xiaoman Deng, Santian Wu, Yangrui Wang, Yi Wu, Tingting Zhang, Nianhong Wang

“…Neurobehavioral function was evaluated using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and behavioral experiments, while vascular remodeling was evaluated using laser speckle blood flow imaging, and the expressions of irisin and vascular remodeling-related factors were measured by ELISA and Western blotting. …”
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Key experimental technologies and their development directions for the exploration and production of deep coalbed methane by Xia YAN, Fengyin XU, Xianyue XIONG, Feng WANG, Chunhu LI, Jiyuan ZHANG, Borui XU, Qianhui CHENG, Xiong HU, Xueguang ZHU, Wei LIANG, Pu YUAN, Yanqing FENG, Zhenji WEI

“…ProspectsThis study posits seven development directions for deep CBM production and in-situ coal conversion experiments: (1) Clear, direct observation techniques for micropores (< 2 nm) in deep coal seams with ultra-low porosity and permeability, full-scale pore size splicing technology for multiscale pore structure characterized by abundant micropores, a few mesopores, and many macropores, and assessment techniques for pore-fracture connectivity. (2) Isothermal adsorption test technologies for raw coals considering the effects of deep coal seam wettability, fracturing fluid invasion, and high total dissolved solids (TDS) under high-temperature, high-pressure in-situ conditions; (3) Sealed coring devices and in-situ pressure-retaining coring technologies featuring high pressure retaining success rates, heat preservation rates, and traceable gas volume. (4) Nanoscience-based assessment technologies for gas and water occurrence in micropores in deep coal seams under high-temperature and high-pressure multi-field coupling, and experimental technologies for desorption, diffusion, and seepage across nano-micro-millimeter scales. (5) Techniques for developing and testing multifunctional mechanical experiment equipment applicable to in-situ conditions of deep coal seams featuring high stress, low modulus of elasticity, and high Poisson's ratio. (6) Experimental techniques for the purpose of enhancing CBM recovery of deep coal seams, including reservoir stimulation (microwaves, laser, and electric heating), stimulation for permeability enhancement (electromagnetic pulses, pulsed ultrasonic waves, and controlled shockwaves), displacement via CO2 injection, and mechanical pulsation with supercritical CO2. (7) Experimental techniques for in-situ coal conversion and utilization, including pyrolysis, underground coal gasification (UCG), geothermal utilization, and CO2 geological storage. …”
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Resonant analogue configurations in atomic condensates by Muñoz de Nova, Juan Ramón, Fernández Palacios, Pablo, Alcázar Guerrero, Pedro , Zapata, Ivar, Sols, Fernando

“…Finally, we study the physics of black-hole lasers as further examples of resonant analogue structures, distinguishing three stages in its time evolution. …”
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