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- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Chiral soft mode transition driven by strain in ferroelectric bubble domains
Abstract Chirality in solids is attracting growing attention as a potential ferroic order, yet virtually no paradigmatic example of a soft-mode achiral-to-chiral phase transition has been firmly established to date. Here we identify ferroelectric bubble domains as a model system...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract Background Immunisation forms a cornerstone of public health policy. However, uptake rates of routine vaccines offered in adolescence are sub-optimal. In 2023/24, for example, HPV uptake in England, for example, was 72.9% of girls and 67.7% of boys in school year 8 (aged...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
HDAC4 drives ferroptosis and fibrosis by inhibiting Foxo3a-GPX4 axis during AKI–CKD progression
Abstract Histone deacetylase 4 (HDAC4) modifies both histone and non-histone proteins, but its role in the transition from acute kidney injury (AKI) to chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains unclear. Here, we investigated the function and mechanism of HDAC4 in ischemia–reperfusion...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
ABSTRACT Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays a central role in intracellular compartmentalization and gene regulation. Although optogenetic optoDroplet systems are widely used to study LLPS in living cells, the mechanisms underlying the transition from dynamic liquid‐like...
- BiologyOpen access
The progressive aggregation of amyloid beta (Aβ) monomers into oligomers is a critical factor in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Although mutated forms of Aβ have been shown to display altered aggregation dynamics, the specific effects of deamidated Aβ on microglial functi...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
To reduce computation times of simulations involving gas fueled internal combustion engines (ICEs), a model is developed that determines non-ideal nozzle exit conditions to spare expensive simulations of internal injector flows. The model, to which we will refer as the Global Con...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
GENERIC Formulation and Small-Angle Limit for Kinetic Wave Equations
Abstract In this paper, we formulate the three-wave and four-wave kinetic equations into the GENERIC framework and formally derive a small-angle limit for the four-wave equation. This limit is akin to the well-known grazing limit from the kinetic Boltzmann equation to the kinetic...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Does a 360° VR nature environment augment relaxation during a MBSR breathing meditation?
Abstract This study investigated whether immersive 360° virtual reality (VR) nature environments enhance the relaxation effects of a guided mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) breathing meditation. In a randomized controlled trial, 100 healthy adults were assigned to one of...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background: Dementia is underdiagnosed, particularly in primary care settings where most people receive their healthcare. These is a need for tools to assist with the diagnosis of dementia by primary care clinicians, who greatly outnumber specialists. Objective: To describe the c...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Anoikis is an apoptotic cell death program triggered upon detachment from surrounding extracellular structures. However, the ability to evade cell death by anoikis in the presence of apoptosis-inducing stimuli is necessary for the formation of malignant tumors and progre...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Solution-processed flexible neutron converter foils
Abstract The cost increase of helium-3 has sparked the development of alternative detection technologies, specifically the use of boron carbide converters is one of the pillars of next-generation neutron detectors. While producing high-quality films, sputter-coating is limited in...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Abstract Decentralized energy systems can significantly enhance living circumstances in remote areas without a grid connection. This paper formulates a hybrid renewable energy model for a rural Egyptian village. The system includes PV, wind, biomass generator, battery storage, an...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
As the core component of the vehicle hydrogen supply cycle system, the performance of the hydrogen recovery efficiency of the ejector directly affects the hydrogen cycle utilization rate and the operation stability of the whole system. The ejector coefficient is a key indicator t...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Limits at Infinity for Functions in Fractional Sobolev Spaces
Abstract We establish optimal results on limits at infinity for functions in fractional Sobolev spaces.
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
A new partial-equilibrium approach to approximating the welfare effects of market power and taxes
The traditional deadweight-loss (DWL) formula rests on a usually unstated, strong assumption: that all other markets are undistorted. We extend the DWL formula to cases where the surplus in other markets is non-zero. It involves an additional term of the same order of magnitude a...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Intra-variability in presidents’ letters: location obfuscation in times of crisis?
Purpose This study analyzes whether/how managers systematically place information in different locations of presidents' letters. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines the intra-document variability (each president's letter is divided into three parts: first, middle, and...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Autoparallelity of quantum statistical manifolds in light of quantum estimation theory
In this paper we study the autoparallelity w.r.t. the e-connection for an information-geometric structure called the SLD structure, which consists of a Riemannian metric and mutually dual e- and m-connections, induced on the manifold of strictly positive density operators. Unlike...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Physics by Constraint: From Consistency Conditions to Physical Claims
Physics by Constraint: From Consistency Conditions to Physical Claims is a source-bound comparative study of how theoretical-physics programmes use consistency conditions and how bounded formal outputs connect to physical claims. "Physics by constraint" is descriptive vocabulary,...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Continuous logistic Gaussian random measure fields for spatial distributional modelling
Abstract We study Spatial Logistic Gaussian Process (SLGP) models for non-parametric estimation of probability density fields using scattered samples of heterogeneous sizes. SLGPs are examined from the perspective of random measures and their densities, investigating the relation...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Cette these s’inscrit dans l'approche Sciences-Technologies-Societe et dans le cadre de l'education au developpement durable. Elle contribue a l'etude d'une question scientifique socialement vive : l'interaction biodiversite-plantes genetiquement modifiees (PGM). Le terrain d'ana...