Investigation of <italic>&#x03C7;</italic>⁽²⁾-Translated Optical Frequency Combs Tunability in Gallium Phosphide-on- Insulator Resonators by Pengzhuo Wu, Weiren Cheng, Ning Ding, Xingyu Tang, Zhaoting Geng, Zhenyu Liu, Mingjian You, Xiaolun Yu, Yi Li, Qiancheng Zhao

“…We apply this approach to the burgeoning GaP-OI platform and demonstrate that a 50 &#x03BC;m-radius ring resonator with a cross-section of 555 nm &#x00D7; 600 nm has an intracavity second harmonic (SH) generation efficiency as high as 71.5&#x0025;&#x002F;W, 3 times larger compared to the state-of-the-art designs. …”
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Spectral Radiative Properties of a Liquid n-Octane Droplet in the Midinfrared Region by Liang Zhao, Chaoyu Jing, Yu Jin, Jiangping Chen, Ke Yin, Sujun Yang, Bingqing Liu, Xiao Han, Jianyu Tan

“…With increasing droplet radius, the absorption efficiency factor increases within the studied wavelength range, except for certain absorption peaks, but the scattering efficiency factor tends to decrease. …”
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Multiobjective Hydraulic Design and Performance Analysis of a Vortex Pump Based on Orthogonal Tests by Hui Quan, Yongkang Wu, Ying Guo, Kai Song, Yanan Li

“…The weight of structure parameters such as the blade installation angle (α), the blade deflecting angle (β), the position of blade deflecting point (L), the radius (r) of smoothing arc at the deflecting point, the wedge type (W) of blade, to the lift head, the flow rate, and the efficiency of the pump is investigated, through multiparameter optimizations. …”
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Occurrence and Behavior Analysis of <i>Duponchelia fovealis</i> on Strawberry Plants: Insights for Integrated Pest Management by Rodrimar Barboza Gonçalves, Maria Aparecida Cassilha Zawadneak, Taciana Melissa de Azevedo Kuhn, Thales Fernando Moreno Gulinelli, Ida Chapaval Pimentel, Alex Sandro Poltronieri, Joatan Machado da Rosa, José Manuel Mirás-Avalos, Emily Silva Araujo

“…Our results determined that <i>D. fovealis</i> spread within a 400 km radius from the site in which it was first recorded in Paraná, and the infested area reached 68.2% by the end of the survey. …”
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Remotely Sensed Spectral Indices as Proxies of the Structure of Urban Bird Communities by Vasileios J. Kontsiotis, Stavros Chatzigiovanakis, Evangelos Valsamidis, Eleftherios Nalmpantis, Panteleimon Xofis, Vasilios Liordos

“…We estimated the abundance, taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of the bird community at each of 18 50 m radius survey stations in the urban core area of Kavala, Greece. …”
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The correlation of bandgap with the crystallite size using the quantum confinement effect for wastewater treatment by Khadijah MohammedSaleh Katubi, Alizah Jabeen, Z.A. Alrowaili, Imran Shakir, M.S. Al-Buriahi, Muhammad Farooq Warsi

“…The metal oxides blended with 2-D porous materials can be used as an efficient photo-catalyst for the treatment of polluted water. …”
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Study on diffusion patterns of multi-component systems in porous media of carbonate gas storage by ZHANG Ruihan, HU Bo, PENG Xian, ZHANG Fei, WANG Yongchao, ZHAO Yulong

“…In this study, carbonate rock samples from the Upper Carboniferous Huanglong Formation (upper member) of the Wolonghe gasfield were examined, and the distribution of pore-throat radius were characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance and high-pressure mercury intrusion experiments. …”
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Study on pH-Responsive Delayed, Cross-Linking and Weighted Fracturing Fluid by Hao Bai, Fujian Zhou, Xinlei Liu, Xiaozhi Xin, Huimin Zhao, Zhiyuan Ding, Yunjin Wang, Xin Wang, Xingting Li, Wei Li, Erdong Yao

“…Overall, this research provides low-friction solutions for the efficient development of deep reservoirs.…”
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Effect of layered fertilizer strategies on rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) productivity and soil macropore characteristics under mechanical direct-sowing by Liping Gao, Chuanqi Wang, Anyang Wu, Hui Chen, Qingxi Liao, Yitao Liao

“…Notably, compared with other treatments, the macroscopic porosity, equivalent pore diameter, hydraulic radius and roundness of FM treatment are significantly improved, and it effectively improves the yield and quality of rapeseed. …”
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Connection between Nonaxisymmetric Structures and Neutral Gas Distribution in Disk Galaxies by Ze-Zhong Liang, Jing Wang, Hua Gao, Luis C. Ho, E. Athanassoula

“…In this regard, nonaxisymmetric structures inducing stronger torque forces appear to be more efficient in these processes.…”
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Semi-analytical modeling and multi-objective optimization of horizontal-well deep borehole heat exchangers by Zhiwei Wang, Xuemei Zhang, Hui Zhang, Hangyu Liu, Shangkuan Yang, Zheng Qian, Jianguo Feng

“…This study develops a high-efficiency semi-analytical model to predict the long-term thermal behavior of horizontal-well deep borehole heat exchangers (DBHEs). …”
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Calcium-Phosphate Nanoparticles — a System for Drug Delivery to the Anterior Eye Chamber by O. V. Beznos, V. E. Tikhomirova, E. V. Popova, T. A. Pavlenko, O. A. Kost, N. B. Chesnokova

“…Particles containing superoxide dismutase 1 had average hydrodynamic radius of 220–450 nm and negative ζ-potential of –4 mV. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization Research Based on NSGA-II and Experimental Study of Triplex-Tube Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage System by Yi Zhang, Haoran Yu, Yingzhen Hou, Neng Zhu

“…A multi-objective optimization method based on the elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) was utilized to optimize the geometric dimensions (inner tube radius <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>r</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, casing tube radius <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>r</mi><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and outer tube radius <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>r</mi><mn>3</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>), focusing on heat transfer efficiency (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>ε</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>), heat storage rate (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>P</mi><mi>t</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>), and mass (<i>M</i>). …”
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Prediction of spatial yield strength distribution in Al–Mg–Sc alloy fabricated by coaxial laser wire directed energy deposition by Xianyue Liu, Yuelan Di, Gang Wang, Longcen Ji, Yining Yuan, Yiming Rong

“…A non-isothermal precipitation model was proposed to calculate the radius and volume fraction of Al3Sc precipitates during thermal cycles. …”
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Aerodynamic optimization for stability improvement of a centrifugal compressor using arbitrary-shape volute design by Richard Amankwa Adjei, Chengwei Fan, Salman Ijaz, Hao Zou

“…Data mining results showed that the distortion index was strongly influenced by the throat area, exit diffuser cone variation, and the tongue radius. The reduction in area to radius ratio distribution and progressive change in volute cross-sectional profile downstream of the tongue was found to be the most sensitive to static pressure rise and total pressure loss. …”
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Physics-informed modeling and process optimization of friction stir welding of AA7075-T6 with a zinc interlayer by Dejene Alemayehu Ifa, Dame Alemayehu Efa, Naol Dessalegn Dejene, Sololo Kebede Nemomsa

“…The optimum FSW parameters were shown to be: a tool speed of 600 rpm, a pin radius of 5.71 mm, a shoulder radius of 20 mm, and a plunge force of 6369.48 N, with a predicted peak temperature value of 675.71 K. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Bike-Sharing–Conventional Bus Intermodal Trip Distribution by Yang Chenyang, Tang Wenyun, Ma Jianxiao, Yin Chaoying, Wang Hanbin

“…Trips within this radius accounted for approximately 17.1% of all bike-sharing trips. …”
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Blast-Resistant Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Auxetic-Shaped Reinforcement Layout by Oğuz Kağan Genç, Zhengyi Kong, Behrooz Keshtegar, Duc-Kien Thai

“…It has been proved that the proposed auxetic reinforcement layout significantly reduces the spalling radius and increases the energy absorption capacity of panels. …”
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Distant Excitation of Rotating Surface Waves in Bodies with Cylindrical and Spherical Surface as Applied to Ultrasonic Control by A. R. Baev, A. V. Vorobei, A. L. Mayorov, M. V. Asadchaya, N. V. Delenkovsky

“…Increasing the efficiency of ultrasonic diagnostics and objects with curved surfaces, including cylindrical, spherical, etc., is an important scientific and technical task. …”
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Early prediction of CKD from time series data using adaptive PSO optimized echo state networks by Thangadurai Anbazhagan, Balamurugan Rangaswamy

“…To address this, APSO optimizes these hyperparameters dynamically, ensuring a balanced trade-off between stability and computational efficiency. Moreover, Random Matrix Theory (RMT) is integrated into APSO to regulate the spectral radius, enhancing the ESN’s capability to handle long-term dependencies while maintaining stability in training. …”
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