bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Attraction of second‐stage juveniles of Meloidogyne species to fluopyram
Authors: Oka Yuji 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBACKGROUNDSeveral benzenoid aromatic compounds were found to attract second‐stage juveniles (J2) of Meloidogyne species in previous studies. Here, the attraction of Meloidogyne J2 to the nematicides fluopyram and fluensulfone, with and without aromatic attractants, was evaluated on agar plates and in sand.RESULTSFluensulfone mixed with 2‐methoxybenzaldehyde, carvacrol, trans‐cinnamic acid, and 2‐methoxycinnamaldehyde, attracted Meloidogyne javanica J2 on an agar plate, whereas fluensulfone alone did not. In contrast, fluopyram alone attracted J2 of M. javanica, Meloidogyne hapla, and Meloidogyne marylandi, although higher numbers of M. javanica J2 were attracted to the nematicide with the aromatic compounds. Trap tubes loaded with 1 and 2 μg fluopyram attracted M. javanica, Meloidogyne incognita, M. hapla, and M. marylandi J2 in the sand. Fluopyram‐treated tubes attracted 4.4–6.3 times higher numbers of M. javanica and M. marylandi J2 than fluensulfone. Potassium nitrate (KNO3), a Meloidogyne J2 repellent, did not abolish fluopyram's attractiveness to M. marylandi. These results indicate that high numbers of Meloidogyne J2 near fluopyram on an agar plate or in sand are caused by the attractiveness of the nematicide and not by the accumulation of dead J2 after their random encounter with the nematicide.CONCLUSIONAromatic attractants have the potential to attract Meloidogyne J2 to nematicides; however, fluopyram itself was attractive to Meloidogyne J2. The attractiveness of fluopyram to Meloidogyne J2 might contribute to its high control efficacy, and elucidation of the attraction mechanism could be useful for nematode‐control strategies. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
Wiener predistorter for nonlinear satellite downlinks
Authors: Mehboob Azam , Layton Kelvin J. , Lechner Gottfried , Cowley William G. 
Published: March 2023

SummaryThe nonlinear power amplifier and the analogue output channel filter with nonconstant group delay add nonlinear and linear distortions to the satellite transmitted signal, respectively. Recently, there has been growing interest in using Wiener predistorters, consisting of separate nonlinear and linear components, to compensate for these distortions in the satellite downlinks. The Wiener predistorter has been shown to effectively deal with signal distortions and has lower complexity compared to other state‐of‐the‐art methods. In this paper, we argue that fully compensating the nonconstant group‐delay distortion degrades the overall performance of the Wiener predistortion systems. This is primarily due to the increased peak‐to‐average power ratio of the signal at the output of the linear predistorter. We show that the overall performance of the Wiener predistorter can be improved by undercompensating the group‐delay distortion. We propose two optimizations to address the PAPR growth problem and show using simulations that our approach leads to significant improvement in predistortion performance. Using our Wiener predistorter, the total degradation gap to the ideal limiter channel can be reduced to merely 0.34 dB for 64‐APSK modulated signals.
Magnetically and Electrically Responsive Soft Actuator Derived from Ferromagnetic Bimetallic Organic Framework
Authors: Sambyal Pradeep , Mahato Manmatha , Taseer Ashhad Kamal , Yoo Hyunjoon , Garai Mousumi , Nguyen Van Hiep , Ali Syed Sheraz , Oh Il‐Kwon 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe advancement in smart devices and soft robotics necessitates the use of multiresponsive soft actuators with high actuation stroke and stable reversibility for their use in real‐world applications. Here, this work reports a magnetically and electrically dual responsive soft actuator based on neodymium and iron bimetallic organic frameworks (NdFeMOFs@700). The ferromagnetic NdFeMOFs@700 exhibits a porous carbon structure with excellent magnetization saturation (166.96 emu g−1) which allows its application to a dual functional material in both magnetoactive and electro‐ionic actuations. The electro‐ionic soft actuator, which is fabricated using NdFeMOFs@700 and PEDOT‐PSS, demonstrates 4.5 times higher ionic charge storage capacity (68.21 mF cm−2) and has excellent cycle stability compared with the PEDOT‐PSS based actuator. Under a low sinusoidal input voltage of 1 V, the dual‐responsive actuator displays bending displacement of 15.46 mm and also generates deflection of 10 mm at 50 mT. Present results show that the ferromagnetic bimetallic organic frameworks can open a new way to make dual responsive soft actuators due to the hierarchically porous structures with its high redox activity, superior magnetic properties, and larger electrochemical capacitance. With the NdFeMOFs@700 based soft actuators, walking movement of a starfish robot is demonstrated by applying both the magnetic and electric fields.
Modification of Two‐Dimensional Tin‐Based Perovskites by Pentanoic Acid for Improved Performance of Field‐Effect Transistors
Authors: Wang Shuanglong , Bidinakis Konstantinos , Haese Constantin , Hasenburg Franziska H. , Yildiz Okan , Ling Zhitian , Frisch Sabine , Kivala Milan , Graf Robert , Blom Paul W. M. , Weber Stefan A. L. , Pisula Wojciech , Marszalek Tomasz 
Published: March 2023

AbstractUnderstanding and controlling the nucleation and crystallization in solution‐processed perovskite thin films are critical to achieving high in‐plane charge carrier transport in field‐effect transistors (FETs). This work demonstrates a simple and effective additive engineering strategy using pentanoic acid (PA). Here, PA is introduced to both modulate the crystallization process and improve the charge carrier transport in 2D 2‐thiopheneethylammonium tin iodide ((TEA)2SnI4) perovskite FETs. It is revealed that the carboxylic group of PA is strongly coordinated to the spacer cation TEAI and [SnI6]4− framework in the perovskite precursor solution, inducing heterogeneous nucleation and lowering undesired oxidation of Sn2+ during the film formation. These factors contribute to a reduced defect density and improved film morphology, including lower surface roughness and larger grain size, resulting in overall enhanced transistor performance. The reduced defect density and decreased ion migration lead to a higher p‐channel charge carrier mobility of 0.7 cm2 V−1 s−1, which is more than a threefold increase compared with the control device. Temperature‐dependent charge transport studies demonstrate a mobility of 2.3 cm2 V−1 s−1 at 100 K due to the diminished ion mobility at low temperatures. This result illustrates that the additive strategy bears great potential to realize high‐performance Sn‐based perovskite FETs.
Multi‐Targeted and On‐Demand Non‐Coding RNA Regulation Nanoplatform against Metastasis and Recurrence of Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer
Authors: Song Linjiang , Yang Jin , Qin Zeyi , Ou Chunqing , Luo Rui , Yang Wen , Wang Li , Wang Ning , Ma Shuang , Wu Qinjie , Gong Changyang 
Published: March 2023

AbstractDysregulation of microRNAs (miRs) is the hallmark of triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is closely involved with its growth, metastasis, and recurrence. Dysregulated miRs are promising targets for TNBC therapy, however, targeted and accurate regulation of multiple disordered miRs in tumors is still a great challenge. Here, a multi‐targeting and on‐demand non‐coding RNA regulation nanoplatform (MTOR) is reported to precisely regulate disordered miRs, leading to dramatical suppression of TNBC growth, metastasis, and recurrence. With the assistance of long blood circulation, ligands of urokinase‐type plasminogen activator peptide and hyaluronan located in multi‐functional shells enable MTOR to actively target TNBC cells and breast cancer stem cell‐like cells (BrCSCs). After entering TNBC cells and BrCSCs, MTOR is subjected to lysosomal hyaluronidase‐induced shell detachment, leading to an explosion of the TAT‐enriched core, thereby enhancing nuclear targeting. Subsequently, MTOR could precisely and simultaneously downregulate microRNA‐21 expression and upregulate microRNA‐205 expression in TNBC. In subcutaneous xenograft, orthotopic xenograft, pulmonary metastasis, and recurrence TNBC mouse models, MTOR shows remarkably synergetic effects on the inhibition of tumor growth, metastasis, and recurrence due to its on‐demand regulation of disordered miRs. This MTOR system opens a new avenue for on‐demand regulation of disordered miRs against growth, metastasis, and recurrence of TNBC.
All‐MXene‐Printed RF Resonators as Wireless Plant Wearable Sensors for In Situ Ethylene Detection
Authors: Li Xin , Sun Rujing , Pan Jingying , Shi Zhenghan , Lv Jingjiang , An Zijian , He Yan , Chen Qingmei , Han Ray P.S. , Zhang Fenni , Lu Yanli , Liang Hao , Liu Qingjun 
Published: March 2023

AbstractPrinted flexible electronics have emerged as versatile functional components of wearable intelligent devices that bridge the digital information networks with biointerfaces. Recent endeavors in plant wearable sensors provide real‐time and in situ insights to study phenotyping traits of crops, whereas monitoring of ethylene, the fundamental phytohormone, remains challenging due to the lack of flexible and scalable manufacturing of plant wearable ethylene sensors. Here the all‐MXene‐printed flexible radio frequency (RF) resonators are presented as plant wearable sensors for wireless ethylene detection. The facile formation of additive‐free MXene ink enables rapid, scalable manufacturing of printed electronics, demonstrating decent printing resolution (2.5% variation), ≈30000 S m−1 conductivity and mechanical robustness. Incorporation of MXene‐reduced palladium nanoparticles (MXene@PdNPs) facilitates 1.16% ethylene response at 1 ppm with 0.084 ppm limit of detection. The wireless sensor tags are attached on plant organ surfaces for in situ and continuously profiling of plant ethylene emission to inform the key transition of plant biochemistry, potentially extending the application of printed MXene electronics to enable real‐time plant hormone monitoring for precision agriculture and food industrial management.
Laser‐Induced Cavitation‐Assisted True 3D Nano‐Sculpturing of Hard Materials
Authors: Hua Jian‐Guan , Ren Hang , Huang Jiatai , Luan Mei‐Ling , Chen Qi‐Dai , Juodkazis Saulius , Sun Hong‐Bo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractFemtosecond lasers enable flexible and thermal‐damage‐free ablation of solid materials and are expected to play a critical role in high‐precision cutting, drilling, and shaping of electronic chips, display panels, and industrial parts. Although the potential applications are theoretically predicted, true 3D nano‐sculpturing of solids such as glasses and crystals, has not yet been demonstrated, owing to the technical challenge of negative cumulative effects of surface changes and debris accumulation on the delivery of laser pulses and subsequent material removal during direct‐write ablation. Here, a femtosecond laser‐induced cavitation‐assisted true 3D nano‐sculpturing technique based on the ingenious combination of cavitation dynamics and backside ablation is proposed to achieve stable clear‐field point‐by‐point material removal in real time for precise 3D subtractive fabrication on various difficult‐to‐process materials. As a result, 3D devices including free‐form silica lenses, micro‐statue with vivid facial features, and rotatable sapphire micro‐mechanical turbine, all with surface roughness less than 10 nm are readily produced. The true 3D processing capability can immediately enable novel structural and functional micro‐nano optics and non‐silicon micro‐electro‐mechanical systems based on various hard solids.
Non‐Stop Switching Separation of Superfine Solid/Liquid Dispersed Phases in Oil and Water Systems Using Polymer‐Assisted Framework Fiber Membranes
Authors: Zhang Yue , Zhang Guohua , Li Bao , Wu Lixin 
Published: March 2023

AbstractFabricating filtration membranes with wide applicability and high efficiency is always a challenge in the precise separation of small colloidal particles under mild conditions. For this purpose, a strategy mixing supramolecular framework fiber with polymer is adopted. The fibrous assembly in the gel state provides uniform nanopores for both channel and interception and controlled wettability for lyophilic/lyophobic switching. The used polymer fills the gaps between fiber assemblies and improves the mechanical property. The composite membrane shows both under‐oil superhydrophobic and underwater superoleophobic nature, which allows the conversions via in situ modulation of joystick solvents. Based on surface wetting and size‐sieving, ultrafine hard nanoparticles dispersing in both hydrophobic organic solvents and water are selectively sieved. In addition, on‐demand separation of water‐in‐oil and oil‐in‐water microemulsions without and with surfactants as systems containing soft droplets are realized. The smallest cut‐off size of ≈3 nm is achieved for both hard and soft emulsions, while separation efficiency maintains during sustained in situ reversible switches.
Coacervate Microdroplets as Synthetic Protocells for Cell Mimicking and Signaling Communications
Authors: Wang Zefeng , Zhang Min , Zhou Yan , Zhang Yanwen , Wang Kemin , Liu Jianbo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractSynthetic protocells are minimal systems that mimic certain properties of natural cells and are used to research the emergence of life from a nonliving chemical network. Currently, coacervate microdroplets, which are formed via liquid–liquid phase separation, are receiving wide attention in the context of cell biology and protocell research; these microdroplets are notable because they can provide liquid‐like compartment structures for biochemical reactions by creating highly macromolecular crowded local environments. In this review, an overview of recent research on the formation of coacervate microdroplets through phase separation; the design of coacervate‐based stimuli‐responsive protocells, multichamber protocells, and membranized protocells; and their cell mimic behaviors, is provided. The simplified protocell models with precisely defined and tunable compositions advance the understanding of the requirements for cellular structure and function. Efforts are then discussed to establish signal communication systems in protocell and protocell consortia, as communication is a fundamental feature of life that coordinates matter exchanges and energy fluxes dynamically in space and time. Finally, some perspectives on the challenges and future developments of synthetic protocell research in biomimetic science and biomedical applications are provided.
Development of thin layer chromatographic densitometric method for simultaneous quantification of Ivabradine HCl and Bisoprolol fumarate
Authors: Patel Mansi , Chhalotiya Usmangani K , Shah Dimal A , Tandel Jinal N , Kachhiya Hetaben M 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe literature review reveals that no thin‐layer chromatographic method has been developed for the simultaneous estimation of Bisoprolol fumarate and Ivabradine HCl in the combined dosage form. A sensitive, precise, accurate, and robust thin‐layer chromatographic method was developed and validated for the simultaneous quantification of a newer combination of Bisoprolol fumarate and Ivabradine HCl used in the treatment of angina, according to the International Council for Harmonization Q2 (R1) guideline. The stationary phase was pre‐coated silica gel aluminum plate 60 F254and toluene‒methanol‐triethylamine (9:1:0.1, v/v/v) was used as the mobile phase. A common detection wavelength of 279 nm was selected for the simultaneous quantification of Bisoprolol fumarate and Ivabradine HCl. The method was validated for different parameters like linearity, precision, accuracy, robustness, the limit of detection, and the limit of quantification as per the International Council for Harmonization guidelines. The correlation coefficients (r2) for Bisoprolol fumarate and Ivabradine HCl were found to be 0.9976 and 0.9965, respectively. The mean percentage recoveries for Bisoprolol fumarate and Ivabradine HCl were found to be 99.19%–101.70% and 98.71%–101.86%, respectively. As per the International Council for Harmonization Q2 (R1) guideline, the proposed TLC method was repeatable and selective as per statistical analysis and it can be used for simultaneous estimation of Bisoprolol fumarate and Ivabradine HCl in bulk and formulation.
Complete recovery of a cyclophosphamide overdose after vincristine administration in a dog
Authors: Ferrer‐Jorda Elena , Rodriguez‐Piza Ignacio 
Published: March 2023

AbstractA 4‐year‐old, entire, male boxer diagnosed with a T‐cell multicentric lymphoma was referred for managing cyclophosphamide overdose complications after a prescription mistake during a 19‐week WM‐CHOP rescue protocol (vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicine, prednisolone). Adverse events included myelosuppression with grade IV neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, fever, haematuria, rectorrhagia and petechiae. With supportive care and the use of granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor, the patient recovered completely 23 days after the overdose. Once recovered, the protocol continued with doxorubicin as a single agent. The dog was euthanased due to lymphoma relapse without overdose sequelae. This case report describes for the first time, a recovery after cyclophosphamide intoxication produced immediately after the administration of vincristine in a cancer patient. Therefore, vincristine at therapeutic dose did not seem to add toxicity synergistically in this patient. Security strategies have to be put in place in all the centres to minimise the risk from these life‐threatening accidents.
“I Was a Stranger and You Invited Me in”: A Christian Perspective on the Humanitarian Crisis at the Poland–Belarus Border
Authors: Durajska Katarzyna Marianna 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis essay examines the humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Byelorussian border in late 2021. Violating the principle of non-refoulement, the Polish border guards forced refugees back into Belarus, making it impossible to launch their asylum claims in Poland. Activists and volunteers provided humanitarian, legal, and medical assistance to people outside the state-of-emergency zone, while local residents provide help within the zone. The solidarians are seen as “empathizers,” “utopian humanitarians” or even discursively or physically attacked. The author looks at the role played by Christian values, perceived as meaningful by the government and society in Poland. The chapter is based on author’s reflections resulting from her own activism at the border, analysis of (social) media coverage, and research about people providing help to refugees in Cieszyn, at Polish-Czech border.
OCAC for Fuel Conversion Without CO2 Capture
Authors: Duan Lunbo , Li Lin 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAs a new concept, oxygen carrier aided combustion (OCAC) technology proposed in 2013 by Chalmers University of Technology’s group, can alleviate the problem of uneven distribution of oxygen in the reactors. In the past 10 years,various research institutions, including Chalmers University of Technology, University of Cambridge, Tsinghua University, Friedrich-Alexander University and University of Nottingham, have conducted a series of studies on OCAC technology. It is worth mentioning that Chalmers University of Technology has complied with most of these studies from laboratory to industry scales. In particular, they carried out a serious of semi-industrial scale experiments in the 12 MWthCFB boiler, which is well-known research boiler. OCAC technology is comprehensively introduced from six aspects: combustion characteristics, NOx/SOx emission, ash-related issues, aging of oxygen carrier, oxygen carrier recovery and physicochemical characteristics of oxygen carrier. In this chapter, allsummarized studies were performed under traditional air-combustion conditions without much consideration of CO2 capture.
OCAC Technology in Oxy-Fuel Combustion for Carbon Capture
Authors: Duan Lunbo , Li Lin 
Published: March 2023

AbstractOxy-fuel combustion is regarded as one of the most promising carbon capture and storage technologies to mitigate the climate change, which has been widely studied and demonstrated in academia and industry. In the oxy-fuel process, a mixture of recycled flue gas and pure O2 obtained from an air separation unit is introduced into the combustion chamber to replace air as oxidant gas. Therefore, high concentration of CO2 can be obtained in flue gas, which is suitable for the subsequent carbon storage and utilization. It also has other advantages, such as low NOx emission, easy scale-up, and applicability in existing power plant. However, the intensive energy consumption associated with the ASU is the bottleneck limiting its further commercialization. The OCAC process has a proven advantage of burning fuel at lower oxygen-fuel ratio compared to conventional FBCs. Therefore, the combination of oxy-fuel combustion and the OCAC technology, i.e. oxygen-carrier-aided oxy-fuel combustion (oxy-fuel-OCAC), can be expected to improve the utilization of O2, leading to less energy consumption from the ASU.
Perspectives on Future Research
Authors: Duan Lunbo , Li Lin 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe OCAC concept has been validated by operation of FB boilers on lab-scale, semi-industrial scale and full industrial scale. Based on the current progress in the development of OCAC technology, it has been proven that the OCAC is a feasible technology showing obvious benefits in the applications on a CFB boiler. However, there are still challenges remaining for more perspectives, includes fundamentals regarding transport phenomena and chemical reactions, more testing and application of OCAC, techno-economic analysis of OCAC technology, process scale-up and optimization, etc. This chapter puts forward the future research directions from the above aspects in detail, have been paid special attention and discussed thoroughly.
Malting quality and preharvest sprouting traits are genetically correlated in spring malting barley
Authors: Rooney Travis E. , Sweeney Daniel W. , Kunze Karl H. , Sorrells Mark E. , Walling Jason G. 
Published: March 2023

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Key message
Malt for craft “all-malt” brewing can have high quality, PHS resistance, and malted in normal timeframes. Canadian style adjunct malt is associated with PHS susceptibility.

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Expansion of malting barley production into non-traditional growing regions and erratic weather has increased the demand for preharvest sprouting (PHS) resistant, high quality malting barley cultivars. This is hindered by the relatively unknown relationships between PHS resistance and malting quality. Here we present a three-year study of malting quality and germination at different after-ripening durations post physiological maturity. Malting quality traits alpha amylase (AA) and free amino nitrogen (FAN) and germination rate at six days post PM shared a common association with a SNP in HvMKK3 on chromosome 5H in the Seed Dormancy 2 (SD2) region responsible for PHS susceptibility. Soluble protein (SP) and soluble over total protein (S/T) both shared a common association with a marker in the SD2 region. Significant genetic correlations between PHS resistance and the malting quality traits AA, FAN, SP, S/T were detected across and within HvMKK3 allele groups. High adjunct malt quality was related to PHS susceptibility. Selection for PHS resistance led to a correlated response in malting quality traits. Results strongly suggest pleiotropy of HvMKK3 on malting quality traits and that the classic “Canadian-style” malt is caused by a PHS susceptible allele of HvMKK3. PHS susceptibility appears to benefit the production of malt intended for adjunct brewing, while PHS resistance is compatible with all-malt brewing specifications. Here we present our analysis on the effect of combining complexly inherited and correlated traits with contrasting goals to inform breeding practice in malting barley, the general principles of which can be extended to other breeding programs.