A Nonlinear Model for Prediction of Dynamic Coefficients in a Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing by Jerzy T. Sawicki, T. V. V. L. N. Rao

“…The dynamic coefficients are functions of bearing displacement and velocity perturbations. …”
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Caractérisation biophysique des milieux situés à l’amont des seuils en rivière : l’écotone retenue de seuil by Francesco Donati, Laurent Touchart, Pascal Bartout, Quentin Choffel

“…Indeed, weir pools and ecotones are controlled by environmental gradients and seem to have the same functionalities, such as the ability to filter matter, to store and redistribute substances and to provide a real habitat for different types of organisms. …”
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Constructing bioinspired graded metal/ceramic composites through sedimentation-assisted freeze casting and pressure infiltration by Li-Kai Yang, Jin-Hua He, Qiao-Li Lin, Ping Shen

“…Bioinspired metal/ceramic composites with functionally graded properties were fabricated using sedimentation-assisted freeze casting coupled with pressure infiltration. …”
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PCPS – an R-package for exploring phylogenetic eigenvectors across metacommunities by Vanderlei Julio Debastiani, Leandro da Silva Duarte

“…<p>PCPS is an R package for exploring phylogenetic eigenvectors across metacommunities. It offers a set of functions for analyzing principal coordinates of phylogenetic structure (PCPS), allowing analysis of phylogenetic signal in ecological traits of species at the metacommunity level, and the association between each PCPS and environmental, spatial and historical factors. …”
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Temperature Dependence of the Steering Angles of a Silicon Photonic Optical Phased Array by Pedro Andrei Krochin Yepez, Ulrike Scholz, Andre Zimmermann

“…In highly integrated systems, consisting of several photonic components, in which laser sources and control electronics are directly integrated on top of the photonic IC, heat dissipated by active components leads to temperature gradients and offsets, affecting the functionality of the photonic system. …”
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Foucault–Barker Mask: Nonconventional Schlieren Technique by Cristina M. Gómez-Sarabia, Jorge Ojeda-Castañeda

“…We revisit the use of effective transfer functions, which emphasize the role of symmetries in the design of coded masks. …”
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The Origins of Africa's Upper Mantle Discontinuities by Jean‐Joel Legre, Tolulope Olugboji

“…However, most studies rely on S‐to‐P receiver functions, raising concerns about resolution. In this study, we enhance the depth‐resolution of mantle discontinuities using high‐resolution P‐to‐S receiver functions that are free from crustal reverberations. …”
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Drought resistance of Camellia oleifera under drought stress: Changes in physiology and growth characteristics. by Xiaosan He, Linchu Xu, Chang Pan, Chun Gong, Yujuan Wang, Xinliang Liu, Yuanchun Yu

“…To investigate the growth, physiological changes and mechanism of drought resistance of Camellia oleifera GWu-2 under drought stress conditions, changes in the main growth and physiological indices of GWu-2 under different water gradients were studied. Factor analysis was used to study the differences between indicators under different water gradients, and correlation analysis was implemented to analyze the relationship between different factors. …”
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Another Six-Node Triangular Element for Structural Analysis by Lan HOANG THAT TON

“…With this approach, the approximation functions of the interpolation strategy are given by using the double interpolation procedure, which includes nodal values as well as averaged nodal gradients. …”
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Bridging the gap between remotely sensed phenology and the underlying ecophysiological processes: The SWELL model by Sofia Bajocco, Carlo Ricotta, Simone Bregaglio

“…However, current methods for extracting phenological metrics from NDVI data often fail to capture their biological and physiological significance, as they are predominantly based on statistical fitting functions. This study presents SWELL (Simulated Waves of Energy, Light, and Life), a process‐based phenology model that simulates the temporal NDVI profile, from leaf unfolding to dormancy release, based on species‐specific photothermal response functions. …”
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Shaker/Kv1 potassium channel SHK-1 protects against pathogen infection and oxidative stress in C. elegans. by Longjun Pu, Jing Wang, Lars Nilsson, Lina Zhao, Chloe Williams, Guanqiao Chi, Jonathan D Gilthorpe, Simon Tuck, Johan Henriksson, Yi-Quan Tang, Sun Nyunt Wai, Changchun Chen

“…SHK-1 is predominantly expressed and functions in body wall muscle to maintain glycogen storage and mitochondrial homeostasis. …”
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Data-Driven Networked Optimal Iterative Learning Control for Discrete Linear Time-Varying Systems with One-Operation Bernoulli-Type Communication Delays by Yan Geng, Xiaoe Ruan, Hyo-Sung Ahn

“…By means of deriving gradients of two types of objective functions that express the optimal approximation of the system matrix and the minimal tracking error, the strategy approximates the system matrix and upgrades the control inputs in an interact mode as the iteration evolves. …”
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A rapid deployment valve option for failing Medtronic Freestyle full root: a single centre experience by Solveig Moss Kolseth, Sahrai Saeed, Pirjo-Riitta Salminen, Vegard Skalstad Ellensen, Venny Lise Kvalheim, Abukar Mohamed Ali, Rune Haaverstad

“…Postoperative echocardiography showed well-functioning valve prostheses with no paravalvular leaks and acceptable pressure gradients. …”
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Connecting the ruminant microbiome to climate change: insights from current ecological and evolutionary concepts by A. Nathan Frazier, Matthew R. Beck, Matthew R. Beck, Heidi Waldrip, Jacek A. Koziel

“…In this review, we describe current knowledge of the factors driving ruminant microbial assembly, how this relates to functionality, and how CH4 mitigation approaches influence ecological and evolutionary gradients. …”
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Trade-Offs of Plant Biomass by Precipitation Regulation Across the Sanjiangyuan Region of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Mingxue Xiang, Gang Fu, Junxi Wu, Yunqiao Ma, Tao Ma, Kai Zheng, Zhaoqi Wang, Xinquan Zhao

“…Climate change alters plant biomass allocation and aboveground–belowground trade-offs in grassland ecosystems, potentially affecting critical functions such as carbon sequestration. However, uncertainties persist regarding how precipitation gradients regulate (1) responses of aboveground biomass (AGB), belowground biomass (BGB), and total biomass in alpine grasslands, and (2) precipitation-mediated AGB-BGB allocation strategies. …”
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Optimal control of thermal and mechanical loads in activation processes of mechanical components by Nicolai Friedlich, Hanno Gottschalk, Georg Vossen

“…The results for the optimal control as functions of the rotation speed and external gas temperature over time are computed by sequential quadratic programming, where gradients are computed using finite differences. …”
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Internal Standards for Quantitative Analysis of Chemical Warfare Agents by the GC/MS Method: Nerve Agents by Tomas Capoun, Jana Krykorkova

“…Corresponding response factors were determined as a ratio of gradients of the linear functions of the peak area and compound concentration. …”
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A spatial matrix factorization method to characterize ecological assemblages as a mixture of unobserved sources: An application to fish eDNA surveys by Letizia Lamperti, Olivier François, David Mouillot, Laëtitia Mathon, Théophile Sanchez, Camille Albouy, Loïc Pellissier, Stéphanie Manel

“…Abstract Understanding how ecological assemblages vary in space and time is essential for advancing our knowledge of biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem functioning. Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) is an efficient method for documenting biodiversity changes in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Confronting power in low places: historical analysis of medical dominance and role-boundary negotiation between health professions in Nigeria by Seye Abimbola, Okikiolu Badejo, Helen Sagay, Sara Van Belle

“…But while interprofessional interaction can be collaborative, professional hierarchies and discipline-specific patterns of socialisation can result in unhealthy rivalry and conflicts which disrupt health system functioning. A better understanding of interprofessional dynamics is necessary to avoid such negative consequences. …”
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Engineered single‐ and multi‐cell chemotaxis pathways in E. coli by Shalom D Goldberg, Paige Derr, William F DeGrado, Mark Goulian

“…In addition, by taking advantage of a ‘hitchhiker’ effect in which cells producing the ligand can induce chemotaxis of neighboring cells lacking enzymatic activity, we were able to design a more complex system that functions as a simple microbial consortium. The result effectively introduces a logical ‘AND’ into the system so that the population only swims towards the combined gradients of two attractants.…”
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