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Room‐Temperature High‐Performance Photodetector and Phototransistor Based on PdSe2/ZnIn2S4 Alloy Heterojunctions
Authors: Li Mingchao , Guan Wei , Liu Cihui , Xing Fangjian , Zheng Yubin , Di Yunsong , Cao Guiyuan , Wei Shibiao , Wang Ying , Yang Guofeng , Yu Liyan , Gan Zhixing 
Published: April 2024

AbstractVarious semiconductor devices have been developed based on 2D heterojunction materials owing to their distinctive optoelectronic properties. However, to achieve efficient charge transfer at their interface remains a major challenge. Herein, an alloy heterojunction concept is proposed. The sulfur vacancies in ZnIn2S4 are filled with selenium atoms of PdSe2. This chemically bonded heterojunction can significantly enhance the separation of photocarriers, providing notable advantages in the field of photoelectric conversion. As a demonstration, a two‐terminal photodetector based on the PdSe2/ZnIn2S4 heterojunction materials is fabricated. The photodetector exhibits stable operation in ambient conditions, showcasing superior performance in terms of large photocurrent, high responsivity (48.8 mA W−1) and detectivity (1.98 × 1011 Jones). To further validate the excellent optoelectronic performance of the heterojunction, a tri‐terminal phototransistor is also fabricated. Benefiting from gate voltage modulation, the photocurrent is amplified to milliampere level, and the responsivity is increased to 229.14 mA W−1. These findings collectively demonstrate the significant potential of the chemically bonded PdSe2/ZnIn2S4 alloy heterojunction for future optoelectronic applications.
In Situ Formed Robust Solid Electrolyte Interphase with Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Layer for Stable Zn Metal Anode
Authors: Lin Congjian , Li Tian Chen , Wang Pinji , Xu Yongtai , Li Dong‐Sheng , Sliva Arlindo , Yang Hui Ying 
Published: April 2024

AbstractStabilizing the Zn anode/electrolyte interface is critical for advancing aqueous zinc ion storage technologies. Addressing this challenge helps minimize parasitic reactions and controls the formation of Zn dendrites, which is fundamental to achieving highly reversible Zn electrochemistry. In this study, 2% by volume of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is introduced into the baseline zinc sulfate (ZS) electrolyte, which acts as an efficient regulator to form a robust solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) on the Zn anode. This innovative approach enables uniform Zn deposition and does not substantially modify the Zn2+ solvation structure. The Zn||Zn symmetric cell exhibits an extended cycle life of nearly one calendar year (>8500 h) at a current density of 0.5 mA cm−2 and an areal capacity of 0.5 mAh cm−2. Impressive full cell performance can be achieved. Specifically, the Zn||VS2 full cell achieves an areal capacity of 1.7 mAh cm−2, with a superior negative‐to‐positive capacity ratio of 2.5, and an electrolyte‐to‐capacity ratio of 101.4 µL mAh−1, displaying remarkable stability over 1000 cycles under a high mass loading of 11.0 mg cm−2 without significant degradation. This innovative approach in electrolyte engineering provides a new perspective on in situ SEI design and furthers the understanding of Zn anode stabilization.
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in four surgically treated Japanese Spitz dogs
Authors: Toh Celine Siew Lin , Tuan Jayson 
Published: April 2024

AbstractFour Japanese Spitz dogs between 5 and 11 months old were presented for acute dyspnoea. Thoracic radiographs and CT identified bilateral pneumothorax and pulmonary cavitary lesions. The median lesion size was 30 mm (range 7‒50 mm). After initial stabilisation, one dog underwent median sternotomy, while three dogs underwent intercostal thoracotomy. Surgical exploration found grossly haemorrhagic pulmonary bullous lesions in all cases. Histopathology revealed blood‐filled cavities with interstitial fibrosis and pneumocyte hyperplasia. Dyspnoea recurred in all dogs postoperatively, with recurrence of lesions confirmed either radiographically or via CT in three of four cases. The median time from surgery to recurrence of pneumothorax was 9 days (range 5‒15 days). The mortality rate was 100%, and the median postoperative survival time was 22 days (range 5‒558 days). This report aims to raise awareness of this group of dogs presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax at a young age and with high recurrence rates despite surgery, contrary to the literature.
Globalisation Versus Deglobalisation in the Fashion Industry
Authors: Bowen Gordon , Bowen Richard 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThe phenomenon of globalisation is an enhanced driver of fashion sales globally. Nevertheless, its continual growth will slow due to geopolitical factors. Globalisation has contributed to many successes in the fashion industry, but political opinion is slowing this process down. The question is whether globalisation becomes deglobalisation and how this will affect the fashion industry from supply chain, operations and marketing to logistics. The impact of deglobalisation on the value chain in the fashion industry will require a new perspective. Deglobalisation is about refining globalisation so that cultural and social issues feature more prominently in the globalisation construct; a fashion industry that reflects on this will help to resolve inequalities and improve the wages and rights of the people that work in developing countries. However, cultural change will require the fashion industry to accept the premises of deglobalisation and incorporate ethical leadership centralised on morality and fairness. Industry 4.0 has tools and applications that would help the industry on its journey so that all actors gain positive outcomes. With Gen Z and other consumers making purchase decisions influenced by the responsibility of the brand (suppliers, production and fashion retailers), there is momentum to move the dial on the fashion industry from sluggishness to change.
Characteristics of Nutrition and Metabolism in Dogs and Cats
Authors: Li Peng , Wu Guoyao 
Published: April 2024

AbstractDomestic dogsand cats have evolved differentially in some aspects of nutrition, metabolism, chemical sensing, and feedingbehavior. The dogs have adapted to omnivorous dietscontaining taurine-abundant meat and starch-rich plant ingredients. By contrast, domestic catsmust consumeanimal-sourced foodsfor survival, growth, and development. Both dogsand catssynthesize vitamin C and many amino acids (AAs, such as alanine, asparagine, aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, glycine, proline, and serine), but have a limited ability to form de novo arginineand vitamin D3. Compared with dogs, cats have greater endogenousnitrogen losses and higher dietary requirements for AAs (particularly arginine, taurine, and tyrosine), B-complex vitamins (niacin, thiamin, folate, and biotin), and choline; exhibit greater rates of gluconeogenesis; are less sensitive to AA imbalances and antagonism; are more capable of concentrating urine through renal reabsorption of water; and cannot tolerate high levels of dietary starch due to limited pancreatic α-amylase activity. In addition, dogs can form sufficient taurinefrom cysteine(for most breeds); arachidonic acidfrom linoleic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid from α-linolenic acid; all-trans-retinol from β-carotene; and niacinfrom tryptophan. These synthetic pathways, however, are either absent or limited in all cats due to (a) no or low activities of key enzymes (including pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase, cysteinedioxygenase, ∆6-desaturase, β-carotene dioxygenase, and quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase) and (b) diversion of intermediates to other metabolic pathways. Dogs can thrive on one large meal daily, select high-fat over low-fat diets, and consume sweet substances. By contrast, cats eat more frequently during light and dark periods, select high-protein over low-protein diets, refuse dryfood, enjoy a consistent diet, and cannot taste sweetness. This knowledge guides the feeding and care of dogsand cats, as well as the manufacturing of their foods. As abundant sources of essentialnutrients, animal-derivedfoodstuffs play important roles in optimizing the growth, development, and health of the companionanimals.
Wie informieren sich Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher am Point of Sale? Eine Untersuchung zur Wahrnehmung von Kommunikationsmaßnahmen und Labels
Authors: Gier-Reinartz Nadine R. , Harms Regina , Kenning Peter , Neubig Christina , Oehlmann Malte , Roosen Jutta 
Published: April 2024

ZusammenfassungInformationen am Point of Sale zur landwirtschaftlichen Nutztierhaltung können das Kauf-, Konsum- und Kommunikationsverhalten von Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern unterschiedlich stark beeinflussen. Um Verbraucherinformation effektiv und effizient gestalten zu können, braucht es Kenntnis über Kommunikationsmaßnahmen, die das Verhalten von Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern beeinflussen können und für diese besonders relevant sind. Vor diesem Hintergrund fokussiert dieser Beitrag (a) welche Kommunikationsinhalte am Point of Sale (nicht) genutzt und als (un)wichtig erachtet werden, (b) welche Veränderungen hinsichtlich des Informationsbedarfs bestehen, (c) welche Kommunikationsträger als potenzielle Informationsquelle am Point of Sale genutzt werden, und (d) welche Labels, die im Bereich der landwirtschaftlichen Nutztierhaltung zur Produktkennzeichnung verwendet werden, hinreichend bekannt und vertrauensvoll sind. Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass insbesondere Kommunikationsinhalte zum Preis und zur Haltbarkeit, aber auch zur Haltung der Nutztiere sowie die Kommunikationsträger „Verpackung“ und „Label“ durch Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher am Point of Sale genutzt werden. Dabei deuten sich bei aktuellen Produktkennzeichnungen und verwendeten Labels für landwirtschaftliche Nutztierhaltung teilweise große Bekanntheitsunterschiede an, wobei wenn Personen ein Label kennen keines der untersuchten Labels im Vergleich einen Vertrauensvorsprung zu haben scheint. Ein konstant wachsender Bedarf an weiteren Informationen zur Tierhaltung (z. B. zu Tiergesundheitsindikatoren) ist jedoch erkennbar. Dieser scheint jedoch durch aktuell bekannte Kommunikationsmaßnahmen am Point of Sale nicht gedeckt zu sein. Durch verstärkte Aufklärung mittels bereits genutzter Kommunikationsträger zur Tierhaltung, wie z. B. das Verpackungslabel „Haltungsform“, könnten bestehende Lücken geschlossen werden.
Social Acceptance Scale—development of an instrument for the differentiated measurement of social acceptance in agricultural livestock farming
Authors: Gier-Reinartz Nadine R. , Harms Regina 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis paper presents the development and validation of the Social Acceptance Scale (SAS), an instrument designed to measure social acceptance, particularly in transformative sectors like agricultural livestock farming. Recognizing the need for a nuanced acceptance scale, various facets of acceptance across a three-level continuum were delineated, spanning from opposition to commitment, encompassing eight distinct items. The SAS's creation and validation process included the conceptual and empirical testing of four validity types: content validity, face validity, construct validity, and criterion validity. Content and face validity involved construct definition, item generation, iterative review, and pilot testing to ensure theoretical soundness. Empirical testing encompassed construct validity through statistical validation and assessments of factorial and convergent validity. Furthermore, criterion validity was explored by examining associations with related constructs, enhancing the SAS's external applicability. In conclusion, this paper introduces the SAS as a tool to measure social acceptance within transformative sectors. It underscores the necessity for a comprehensive acceptance scale, offering a detailed account of its development and validation. The discussion section acknowledges limitations and outlines potential directions for future research in this domain.
Network and attribute-based clustering of tennis players and tournaments
Authors: D’Urso Pierpaolo , De Giovanni Livia , Federico Lorenzo , Vitale Vincenzina 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis paper aims at targeting some relevant issues for clustering tennis players and tournaments: (i) it considers players, tournaments and the relation between them; (ii) the relation is taken into account in the fuzzy clustering model based on the Partitioning Around Medoids (PAM) algorithm through spatial constraints; (iii) the attributes of the players and of the tournaments are of different nature, qualitative and quantitative. The proposal is novel for the methodology used, a spatial Fuzzy clustering model for players and for tournaments (based on related attributes), where the spatial penalty term in each clustering model depends on the relation between players and tournaments described in the adjacency matrix. The proposed model is compared with a bipartite players-tournament complex network model (the Degree-Corrected Stochastic Blockmodel) that considers only the relation between players and tournaments, described in the adjacency matrix, to obtain communities on each side of the bipartite network. An application on data taken from the ATP official website with regards to the draws of the tournaments, and from the sport statistics website Wheelo ratings for the performance data of players and tournaments, shows the performances of the proposed clustering model.
Brain structural covariances in the ageing brain in the UK Biobank
Authors: Dong Chao , Thalamuthu Anbupalam , Jiang Jiyang , Mather Karen A. , Sachdev Perminder S. , Wen Wei 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThe morphologic properties of brain regions co-vary or correlate with each other. Here we investigated the structural covariances of cortical thickness and subcortical volumes in the ageing brain, along with their associations with age and cognition, using cross-sectional data from the UK Biobank (N = 42,075, aged 45–83 years, 53% female). As the structural covariance should be estimated in a group of participants, all participants were divided into 84 non-overlapping, equal-sized age groups ranging from the youngest to the oldest. We examined 84 cortical thickness covariances and subcortical covariances. Our findings include: (1) there were significant differences in the variability of structural covariance in the ageing process, including an increased variance, and a decreased entropy. (2) significant enrichment in pairwise correlations between brain regions within the occipital lobe was observed in all age groups; (3) structural covariance in older age, especially after the age of around 64, was significantly different from that in the youngest group (median age 48 years); (4) sixty-two of the total 528 pairs of cortical thickness correlations and 10 of the total 21 pairs of subcortical volume correlations showed significant associations with age. These trends varied, with some correlations strengthening, some weakening, and some reversing in direction with advancing age. Additionally, as ageing was associated with cognitive decline, most of the correlations with cognition displayed an opposite trend compared to age associated patterns of correlations.
A mean field game model for optimal trading in the intraday electricity market
Authors: Coskun Sema , Korn Ralf 
Published: April 2024

AbstractIn this study, we provide a simple one period mean-field-games setting for the joint optimal trading problem for electricity producers in the electricity markets. Based on the Markowitz mean-variance approach from stock trading, we consider a decision problem of an electricity provider when determining the optimal fractions of production that should be traded in the day-ahead and in the intraday markets. Moreover, all such providers are related by a ranking criterion and each one wants to perform as good as possible in this ranking. We first start with a simple model where only the price risk in the intraday market is present and subsequently extend the problem to the cases involving either production and/or demand uncertainty. The key technique is to reduce the optimality conditions to a first order non-linear ordinary differential equation. We will illustrate our findings by various numerical examples. Our findings will in particular be important for electricity producers using renewable resources.
Of Rarity and Symbolism: Understanding Human Perceptions of Charismatic Color Morphs
Authors: Williams Tyus D. , Kreling Samantha E. S. , Stanton Lauren A. , Wilkinson Christine E. , Estien Cesar O. , Schell Christopher J. , Carlen Elizabeth J. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractColoration in wildlife serves numerous biological purposes, including sexual selection signaling, thermoregulation, and camouflage. However, the physical appearance of wildlife also influences the ways in which humans interact with them. Wildlife conservation has largely revolved around humans’ propensity to favor charismatic megafauna, but human perceptions of wildlife species extend beyond conservation measures into our everyday interactions with individual wildlife. Our aesthetic appreciation for different species interplays with culture, lore, and the economic interest they carry. As such, one characteristic that may underpin and interact with social drivers of perception is the coloration of a particular individual. We provide case studies illustrating the dynamism in interactions people have with conspicuously colored wildlife – i.e., individuals that vary from their species-typical coloration. We focus on melanism, leucism, and albinism across four species commonly thought of as pests in the United States: coyotes (Canis latrans), eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and black-tailed deer (O. hemionus).
Lagrangian dynamics of the spring zooplankton community in a large river
Authors: Hromova Yuliia , Brauns Mario , Kamjunke Norbert 
Published: April 2024

AbstractZooplankton may represent a considerable part of plankton in large rivers, but little is known about the factors that control it. We hypothesized that (1) significant longitudinal increase of zooplankton abundance, biomass, taxonomic richness, and diversity will occur along a free-flowing river section; (2) the residence time of water is more important for zooplankton population growth than environmental variables such as water temperature, oxygen saturation, and food concentration; and (3) the influence of tributaries on the longitudinal dynamics of zooplankton is insignificant or only has a local effect. A Lagrangian survey was applied in the free-flowing section of the River Elbe (Germany) in spring 2022. The abundances and biomass of the dominant rotifers as well as of cladocerans and copepods increased significantly downstream due to the population growth of zooplankton. The water residence time was the most important factor for zooplankton increment. One of the tributaries increased zooplankton abundance and biomass in the River Elbe, while other tributaries did not but the introduction of new species increased taxonomic richness and decreased the evenness of zooplankton in the main river so that diversity remained nearly constant.
The synergy between the PscC subunits for electron transfer to the P840 special pair in Chlorobaculum tepidum
Authors: Lyratzakis Alexandros , Daskalakis Vangelis , Xie Hao , Tsiotis Georgios 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThe primary photochemical reaction of photosynthesis in green sulfur bacteria occurs in the homodimer PscA core proteins by a special chlorophyll pair. The light induced excited state of the special pair producing P840+ is rapidly reduced by electron transfer from one of the two PscC subunits. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are combined with bioinformatic tools herein to provide structural and dynamic insight into the complex between the two PscA core proteins and the two PscC subunits. The microscopic dynamic model involves extensive sampling at atomic resolution and at a cumulative time-scale of 22µs and reveals well defined protein–protein interactions. The membrane complex is composed of the two PscA and the two PscC subunits and macroscopic connections are revealed within a putative electron transfer pathway from the PscC subunit to the special pair P840 located within the PscA subunits. Our results provide a structural basis for understanding the electron transport to the homodimer RC of the green sulfur bacteria. The MD based approach can provide the basis to further probe the PscA-PscC complex dynamics and observe electron transfer therein at the quantum level. Furthermore, the transmembrane helices of the different PscC subunits exert distinct dynamics in the complex.
Does Bankruptcy Identify a Type Of Real Estate Agent or a Stress-Induced Change in Performance?
Authors: Bikmetova Natalya , Turnbull Geoffrey K. , Zahirovic-Herbert Velma 
Published: April 2024

AbstractReal estate agent experience, characteristics, selling strategies, and the structure of incentives affect sales performance. This paper also considers how stressful events in private life, like bankruptcy and criminal records, affect productivity. The empirical approach accounts for the simultaneity of price and liquidity in search markets. Full sample and repeat sales analyses sort out the extent to which these events identify different types of agents versus temporary changes in behavior as well as specific responses in terms of choice of clients versus how those clients are served. The analysis pays particular attention to differences in listing and selling agents. Bankruptcy and crime reports are different types of events and have different effects on agents. The results indicate that bankruptcy (or crime report) signals a certain type of agent with particular business practices who also change their behavior during temporary periods of stress.
Energy efficiency and performance analysis of a legacy atomic scale materials modeling simulator (VASP)
Authors: Nieves-Pérez Isidoro , Muñoz Alfonso , Almeida Francisco , Blanco Vicente 
Published: April 2024

Abstract
This work tackles the performance and energy consumption analysis of a legacy scientific application, the VASP (Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package), an application commonly used by physicists and chemists for modeling materials at the atomic scale. Many of these scientific applications have been implemented in Fortran, where energy metrics instrumentation is not straightforward. We obtained performance figures (execution time and energy consumption) by instrumenting the source code using EML. This energy measurement library has been modified to introduce Fortran interfaces for these metrics. The analysis was carried out using different matrix algebra libraries, parallelization techniques, and hardware platforms, emphasizing on the MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA parallel implementations of the algorithms used in VASP. We employ various material specifications (atomic structures) and molecular sizes of a silicon-based crystal to create a set of benchmarks for these specifications, leading to some recommendations for final users regarding performance improvements. The proposed benchmarking technique assists the user in selecting the right combination of problem size, compilers, and parallelization options available in VASP. For a given system platform, the user will be able to determine not only the architecture to use (GPU or multicore processors), but also the appropriate library and parallelization according to the atomic structure and molecular size.