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Building Better Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries—A Reassessment of the Working Mechanism
Authors: Tan Jian , Li Xuanyang , Shen Jianfeng 
Published: December 2022

AbstractLithium‐sulfur (Li−S) batteries have captured global attention and in‐depth research interest. Nevertheless, its massive commercialization has been bothered by the “shuttle effect” caused by the soluble Li polysulfides (LiPSs) and unremitted growth of Li dendrites originated from unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) film. Over the few decades have witnessed the remarkable progress of Li−S batteries, while several controversial views on the working mechanism have emerged in recent three years, which are challenging for previous related research. In this perspective, we give a brief review on the latest studies and reassess the working mechanism of Li−S batteries. With this regard, we start with a simple introduction to emphasize the significance of developing Li metal batteries. Then, we specifically elucidate the formation process and composition of SEI film. Next, we detailly discuss LiPSs cation as the dominant species in Li−S battery. Subsequently we review the case that contend no LiPSs intermediates formation in Li−S battery using γ‐S as the cathode. Afterwards, we conduct a discussion between dry SEI film vs. wet SEI film on the surface of Li metal anode, followed by the strategies to design rational electrolytes for engineering stable Li metal anodes. Finally, we propose personal insights and perspectives on the development direction of Li−S batteries. We hope this timely perspective will be of great interest to the numerous scientific researchers focusing on Li−S batteries.
Unraveling the Influence of Li+‐cation and TFSI−‐anion in Poly(ionic liquid) Binders for Lithium‐Metal Batteries
Authors: Del Olmo Rafael , Guzmán‐González Gregorio , Santos‐Mendoza Ilda O. , Mecerreyes David , Forsyth Maria , Casado Nerea 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIon transport in composite electrodes plays a key role in the electrochemical performance of lithium‐metal batteries (LMBs), particularly at high current densities, and hence, some works have suggested the use of ionic conducting polymers as binders. Herein, in order to assess the importance of the type of ion conduction in binders, two poly(ionic liquid) polymers were analyzed as binders in LiFePO4 (LFP) cathodes: poly(lithium 1‐[3‐(methacryloyloxy)propylsulfonyl]‐1‐(trifluoromethane sulfonyl) imide) (PMTFSI−Li), and poly(diallyldimethylammonium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide) (PDADMA−TFSI). Their functionalities allow modulating the individual transport of their counter‐ions, Li+ and TFSI−, respectively; in comparison with conventional PVDF binder. Thus, LFP−C‐Binder cathodes, namely C−PVDF, C−PDADMA−TFSI and C−PMTFSI−Li, were evaluated in LMBs. C−PMTFSI−Li exhibited the best performance reaching the theoretical specific capacity (170.3±0.8 mAh g−1) at C/10, an outstanding capacity at 10 C (100.6±0.5 mAh g−1), and long lifespan (>500 cycles at 1 C). C−PDADMA−TFSI showed good long‐term cycling and high performance at high C‐rate, while C−PVDF ended up fading before reaching 500 cycles. Surprisingly, it was observed that the presence of ionic binders into the cathode formulation influenced on Li0 metal deposition morphology, leading to a more homogeneous plating (specially PMTFSI−Li) in comparison with PVDF; and therefore, exhibiting a mitigation of mossy lithium growth.
Techno‐economic analysis of biochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels and platform chemicals
Authors: Hakeem Ibrahim Gbolahan , Sharma Anita , Sharma Tanima , Sharma Abhishek , Joshi Jyeshtharaj B. , Shah Kalpit , Ball Andrew S. , Surapaneni Aravind 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBiomass is the most versatile feedstock for renewable energy and chemical production. Biochemical techniques such as fermentation and biomethanation have been developed extensively for converting biomass into bioethanol, biogas, and high‐value platform chemicals. However, the techno‐economic feasibility of the various biochemical techniques for the production of a range of biofuels and chemicals has not been fully consolidated in a review. This paper reviews the techno‐economic studies of biochemical conversion of biomass in a comparative fashion between feedstocks, treatment methods, and product types. The review starts with an overview of various biomass treatment approaches and the need for pre‐treatment for processing second‐generation feedstocks. This is followed by a review of the main biochemical conversion processes, offering insights into process stages, product yields and quality, as well as commercialization prospects and challenges. The various techno‐economic aspects of biomass conversion via biochemical techniques, such as conversion efficiency, production capacity, minimum selling price, capital cost, unit production cost, and profitability metrics, are critically reviewed. It was found that bioethanol and biogas are the most commercially viable products from the biochemical processing of biomass. The production of other biofuels and chemicals such as biobutanol, biohydrogen, furfural, volatile fatty acids, succinate, levulinic acid, and sugar alcohols via biochemical techniques is still largely limited by low conversion, frail microbial strains, cost of enzymes, and separation, and refining challenges. Overcoming these technical bottlenecks, and addressing the issues of feedstock price and supply security, are crucial for enhancing the overall techno‐economic attractiveness of biochemical processes for fuels and chemical production from biomass resources. © 2023 Society of Industrial Chemistry and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Techno‐economic modeling and assessment of cultivated meat: Impact of production bioreactor scale
Authors: Negulescu Patrick G. , Risner Derrick , Spang Edward S. , Sumner Daniel , Block David , Nandi Somen , McDonald Karen A. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIncreases in global meat demands cannot be sustainably met with current methods of livestock farming, which has a substantial impact on greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water consumption, and farm animal welfare. Cultivated meat is a rapidly advancing technology that produces meat products by proliferating and differentiating animal stem cells in large bioreactors, avoiding conventional live‐animal farming. While many companies are working in this area, there is a lack of existing infrastructure and experience at commercial scale, resulting in many technical bottlenecks such as scale‐up of cell culture and media availability and costs. In this study, we evaluate theoretical cultivated beef production facilities with the goal of envisioning an industry with multiple facilities to produce in total 100,000,000 kg of cultured beef per year or ~0.14% of the annual global beef production. Using the computer‐aided process design software, SuperPro Designer®, facilities are modeled to create a comprehensive analysis to highlight improvements that can lower the cost of such a production system and allow cultivated meat products to be competitive. Three facility scenarios are presented with different sized production reactors; ~42,000 L stirred tank bioreactor (STR) with a base case cost of goods sold (COGS) of $35/kg, ~211,000 L STR with a COGS of $25/kg, and ~262,000 L airlift reactor (ALR) with a COGS of $17/kg. This study outlines how advances in scaled up bioreactors, alternative bioreactor designs, and decreased media costs are necessary for commercialization of cultured meat products.
A randomised controlled trial of a cognitive behaviourally informed intervention for changing violent sexual attitudes among adult sexual offenders in prison
Authors: Ede Moses Onyemaechi , Okeke Chinedu Ifedi , Onah Sebastian O. 
Published: December 2022

AbstractBackgroundPredatory sexual acts by adults cause concern worldwide. Patterns of distorted thinking and weakened self‐control are among the leading explanations. Amidst growing concerns about sexual offences in Nigeria, it might be that more psychologically informed interventions in prison could reduce the risks of further harm compared with the standard prison regime.AimsTo test the effectiveness of a cognitive behaviourally informed intervention (CBII) in reducing violent sexual attitudes among men in prison in Nigeria for a sexual offence.MethodsIn a randomised controlled trial, men in two prisons who responded to in‐prison advertising about the trial were screened for nature of offence and willingness to participate. Those nearing their sentence end or in other psychological therapy were excluded. Sample size was confirmed by power calculation. The Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Inventory (CSBI‐22) and the Hypersexual Behaviour Inventory (HBI) were administered before, immediately after and 3 months after completion of a 12‐session (18 h) Cognitive Behavioural Informed Intervention or equivalent periods of ‘treatment as usual’ (TAU) alone. The CBII was designed to change sexual attitudes, and delivered by trained cognitive therapists to the men, as a group, in one of the prisons while the controls received only TAU in the other.ResultsBefore the intervention, the 39 men in each group had similar psychosocial histories and sexual attitude scores. Following CBII, the intervention group showed a significant reduction in scale scores that was sustained, whereas the TAU group showed no significant change in scores. An ANCOVA analysis confirmed between‐group differences immediately after the intervention and 3 months later.ConclusionsThis randomised controlled trial adds to existing knowledge in the field because prior studies have been from high income countries, where interventions are generally delivered in more privacy and at greater length. Given that our study had to be limited to change in sexual attitudes as the main outcome, future research must focus on the extent to which such change maps on to changes in interpersonal behaviour among such men. If these findings can be extended in this way and replicated, this could pave the way for more cost‐efficient interventions in higher income countries too.
Preliminary Evaluation of the Heating and Cooling Capability of an Insulating Glass Unit
Authors: Möckel Maximilian , Weller Bernhard , Schmidt Thomas , Buning Markus 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIn order to achieve maximum transparency of the buildings, architects plan large facades and large window areas. These glass surfaces have the disadvantage that they form a cold surface in winter and the sun heats the room in summer. It is desirable to use the potential of the huge surfaces of the glass for controlled heating and cooling. To be able to use an insulating glass unit as a heater, the temperature must be distributed uniformly over the glass. Existing solutions rely on heating wires between the panes of a laminated glass, but these are visible for the user. To create an invisible system, the cavity of the insulating glass can be used. The idea is to fill the cavity with helium instead of argon or krypton. Due to the good thermal conductivity of helium, temperatures in the cavity can be distributed over the whole glass. Content of this paper is the basics research, experimental research of the gas tightness with helium in the cavity and the first functional tests for heating and cooling with helium. The results give a first look at the heating and cooling capability of and insulating glass unit and include the basics for further researches on this topic. These are the first results of a current research project of the Institute of Building Construction at the TU Dresden.
Innovative recycling approaches to enable new material loops for AAC
Authors: Thome Volker , Shamshafshejani Taban 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThis paper shows different approaches to save mineral resources or energy for the production of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) using secondary materials. The goal is to implement new recycling routes in the building industry and to establish new material loops. It could be shown, that AAC can act as a sink for fine fractions from building rubble consisting of waste concrete and calcium silicate masonry units (CSU) by replacing the primary quartz sand. By choosing secondary raw materials like rice husk ash with a higher solubility than quartz, it is even possible to achieve AAC with the desired properties at lower autoclaving temperatures. After the end of life, AAC can be treated with the patented approach “ENSUBA,” a wet‐chemical washing procedure, which enables the complete removal of sulfate ions, which usually cause problems in the recycling of AAC. After this treatment waste AAC can easily be brought back to the material cycle and for example be used as a raw material for cement production. Most importantly, this ENSUBA approach can be combined sensibly with a carbon capture technique like the chilled ammonia process. This process captures CO2 from the cement production in an ammonia solution, leading to the precipitation of ammonium carbonate, which is needed for the ENSUBA process.
Belite cement clinker from autoclaved aerated concrete waste – A contribution towards CO2‐reduced circular building materials
Authors: Stemmermann Peter , Ullrich Angela , Beuchle Günter , Garbev Krassimir , Schweike Uwe 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe processing of belite cement clinker in a rotary kiln at about 1000oC is a new recycling option for autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) waste that otherwise must be landfilled. The clinker produced can partially substitute ordinary portland cement (OPC) in AAC production. Waste quantities and landfill costs are minimized, while at the same time CO2 emissions and the primary resource consumption of AAC production are reduced. The technology is currently under development. New analytical possibilities and modeling have made it possible to optimize the process conditions to such an extent that the use of belite cement clinker in aerated concrete production has already been technically tested. Particularly large effects on CO2 emissions can be achieved through the electrical heating of the rotary kiln and the coupled sequestration of the released CO2 in other secondary products such as recycled aggregate for concrete production from waste concrete. Comparable concepts for the AAC cycle are currently being worked on together with the industry partner Xella. Although decentralized plant concepts would be useful in order to minimize transportation, small plants are currently not economical according to initial estimates. In the long term, emission‐free product cycles are aimed at.
Transition‐Metal‐Free Synthesis of Polyfluoro‐Polyarylmethanes via Direct Cross‐Coupling of Polyfluoroarenes and Benzyl Chlorides
Authors: Zhou Yu , Hu Dandan , Zhang Yuting , Cen Qiyou , Dong Zhi‐Bing , Zhang Jun‐Qi , Ren Hongjun 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThe transition‐metal‐free direct cross‐coupling between polyfluoroarenes and benzyl chlorides is reported. In this strategy, a variety of polyfluoro di‐, tri‐ and tetra‐arylmethanes was efficiently prepared with good to excellent yields in the presence of Mg turnings via a one‐pot procedure. Significantly, this method provides a general approach for the synthesis of polyfluorinated polyarylmethanes.
A Facile Cation‐Exchange Strategy for ZnS‐SnS‐Sb2S3@C Submicron Box as Advanced Anode for Li‐Ion Batteries
Authors: Chen Miao‐Ling , Chen Yi‐Zhao , Wang Ling‐Zhi , Cao Jing‐Ru , Huang Xing‐Wen , Li Yue‐Zhu , Wang Rui‐Bin , Liu Yi‐Dong , Hu Jun‐Qi , Liao Song‐Yi , Min Yong‐Gang 
Published: December 2022

AbstractIn this work, a hierarchical ZnS‐SnS‐Sb2S3@C (ZTAS@C) submicron box has been successfully prepared via a facile cation‐exchange strategy and is used as advanced anode for Li‐ion batteries. The composition and morphology of the as‐prepared samples are measured by XRD, SEM and TEM, respectively. In addition, the as‐synthesized hollow ZTAS@C architecture delivers a rate capability of 1001, 862, 765, 621, and 419 mAh g−1 at 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 A g−1, respectively, and maintains reversible specific capacity of 581 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 1.0 A g−1 with the high CE value around almost 100%. Since 1 mol Sb2S3 could hold 4.8 times more Li+ ions than ZnS, the as‐synthesized ZTAS@C delivers 2∼3 times more specific capacity than the un‐treated ZnS‐SnS@C sample without cation‐exchange during electrochemical testing. Moreover, the cycled ZTAS@C could maintain a relatively complete microscopic morphology of the submicron box with a lower electrode expansion rate of ∼131%. Owing to synergistic effects between ZnS‐SnS‐Sb2S3, such as stable structure from ZnS, faster ionic conductivity from SnS and higher capacity from Sb2S3 (theoretically 947 mAh/g), ZTAS@C anode showed excellent electrochemical enhancements as using for LIBs anode. Therefore, the cation exchange strategy should be a facile way to improve the rate performance and cycle stability of multi‐metals sulfide composites.
Pharmacokinetic Interaction of Chiglitazar with CYP3A4 Inducer or Inhibitor: An Open‐Label, Sequential Crossover, Self‐Control, 3‐Period Study in Healthy Chinese Volunteers
Authors: Yuan Fei , Li Jing , Li Xuening , Li Hui , Chen Weili , Yang Mengjie , Chen Hanjing , Sheng Lei , Liu Chao , Wu Yujia , Xu Hongrong 
Published: December 2022

AbstractChiglitazar, a pan agonist of non‐thiazolidinedione peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor, has the potential to regulate blood sugar, improve lipid metabolism, and reduce cardiovascular complications. This study aimed to examine the effect of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inhibitors/inducers on the in vivo metabolism of chiglitazar and provide a reference for the clinical combination use of chiglitazar. A single‐center, open‐label, sequential crossover, and self‐control study was carried out in 24 healthy subjects to determine the pharmacokinetics of chiglitazar dosed with and without CYP3A4 inhibitors and inducers. The findings showed that the CYP3A4 inhibitor itraconazole had no apparent pharmacokinetic drug interaction with chiglitazar, whereas rifampicin did. When combined with rifampicin after continuous dosing, chiglitazar exposure was not theoretically reduced but increased compared to a single dose of chiglitazar. The possible explanation may be the transporters of bile salt export pump, but this needs to be confirmed. The safety of chiglitazar in single or combination doses was well tolerated. The findings of this study provide a basis for clinical combinations of chiglitazar with CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers.
Cross‐domain sentiment classification using decoding‐enhanced bidirectional encoder representations from transformers with disentangled attention
Authors: Singh Rahul Kumar , Sachan Manoj Kumar , Patel Ram Bahadur 
Published: December 2022

SummaryCross‐domain sentiment classification is a significant task of sentiment analysis that objectives to predict the opinion orientation of text documents in the target domain by using the source domain's learned classifier. Most of the existing approaches of domain‐adaptation in sentiment classification focus on sharing low‐dimensional features across the domain using domain independent and specific features to mitigate the gap between domains. Earlier cross‐domain sentiment classification approaches mainly focused on document level and sentence level, they cannot consider the full impact of aspect words, position of the words, and long‐term dependencies. To address this concern, we propose a model for cross‐domain sentiment classification, which is based on decoding‐enhanced BERT with disentangled attention (DeBERTa). DeBERTa is a pretrained language model based on transformer architecture. In this article, we perform sentence and aspect embedding to mine wordpiece information from text document. DeBERTa language‐model utilize disentangled attention mechanism and an enhanced mask decoder to understand the expression features. Disentangled attention mechanism is used to encode each word into two vectors (i.e., content and position vector). In order to predict the masked tokens during model pretraining, an enhanced mask decoder is employed, which incorporates absolute positions in the decoding layer. Finally, experiments are conducted on the benchmark dataset that demonstrates the superiority of fine‐tuned DeBERTa model for cross‐domain sentiment classification tasks.
Diversity achieving full‐duplex DF relaying with joint relay‐antenna selection under Nakagami‐m fading environment
Authors: Shirzadian Gilan Mahsa , Maham Behrouz 
Published: December 2022

SummaryOne of the main imperfections degrading the performance of full‐duplex (FD) relaying systems is the outage floor. In this work, a power scaling method is proposed, which overcomes this effect even when there does not exist a direct channel between source and destination nodes. The system is composed of
decode‐and‐forward (DF) FD relays over the Nakagami‐m fading environment. To promote system performance, joint antenna and relay selection methods are employed in the FD relaying systems. Each FD relay is equipped with multiple antennas for receiving and the other for transmitting the information. The transmitting and receiving antennas are chosen based on the instantaneous channel variations, and one relay is selected to improve the signal‐to‐interference and noise ratio (SINR) of the FD relaying system. The performance of the proposed design is investigated. Moreover, the closed‐form equations of the ergodic capacity and outage probability are attained. The analytical results are confirmed by different simulations. Results indicate that the proposed design achieves an additional spatial diversity gain because of using the antenna selection at the relay nodes. Moreover, by power scaling (PS) method, the system performance is effectively improved compared to the conventional FD relaying structures.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A diagnostic challenge on thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology
Authors: Agnihotri Mona , Boral Sayan , Kothari Kanchan 
Published: December 2022

AbstractThyroid gland involvement by Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is extremely rare. A 28‐year‐old woman with a history of polyuria, polydipsia and amenorrhoea presented with a diffuse thyroid swelling of 2 months duration. Clinical diagnosis was diabetes insipidus. Endocrine profile was normal. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from thyroid revealed numerous large histiocytes with prominent nuclear grooves against an inflammatory background rich in eosinophils. A diagnosis of LCH was made and immunocytochemistry with CD1a confirmed the same. Subsequent skin biopsy also showed LCH. FNAC diagnosis of LCH in thyroid is challenging. The diagnostic pitfalls range from thyroiditis due to the presence of inflammatory cells in the background to papillary thyroid carcinoma due to grooved nuclei. Additional material should be collected at FNAC for ancillary studies to confirm the diagnosis.