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A jigsaw-structured artificial solid electrolyte interphase for high-voltage lithium metal batteries
Authors: Chen Luyi , Lai Jiawei , Li Zhongliang , Zou Hanqin , Yang Jianghong , Ding Kui , Cai Yue-Peng , Zheng Qifeng 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe practical application of lithium-metal batteries is hindered by insufficient lithium Coulombic efficiency and uncontrolled dendrite growth, bringing a challenge concerning how to create robust solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs) that can regulate Li+transport and protect reactive lithium-metal. Here, we present the rational construction of a multi-component jigsaw-like artificial SEI by the integration of fluorine-containing silane and polyether-containing silane. The fluorine-donating group prevents the parasitic reaction and yields a dense structure for homogeneous lithium deposition. Additionally, the lithophilicity of ethylene glycol backbone facilitates the rapid transport of Li+and the cross-linked network increases mechanical robustness of the SEI. With this artificial SEI, we show highly reversible lithium plating and stripping cycling for more than 500 hours. Moreover, we also demonstrate stable operation of high-voltage LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2cathode in both coin and pouch cells under high loading, limiting excess lithium, and lean electrolyte conditions, holding great prospects for the practical application of high-voltage lithium-metal batteries.
Enhancement-Optionen nach Linsen- und refraktiver Hornhautchirurgie
Authors: Feldhaus Lukas , Luft Nikolaus , Mayer Wolfgang 
Published: February 2023

ZusammenfassungGelegentlich kommt es trotz aller Sorgfalt und präziser Operationstechnik in der Katarakt- und Refraktivchirurgie zu unbefriedigenden refraktiven und visuellen Ergebnissen. In diesen Fällen ist eine nachträgliche Korrektur erforderlich, um das beste endgültige visuelle Ergebnis zu erzielen. Dieser Beitrag zeigt die Möglichkeiten zur Behandlung residualer Refraktionsfehler nach Linsen- und refraktiver Hornhautchirurgie auf.
Continuous Myocardial Perfusion during Distal Anastomosis of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Authors: Ou Chia-Yu , Hu Hsiang-Wei , Lin Ting-Wei , Roan Jun-Neng , Hu Yu-Ning , Wang Yi-Cheng , Tsai Meng-Ta 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
Background The effect of continuous myocardial perfusion (CMP) on the surgical results of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) remains unclear.
Methods From January 2017 to March 2022, 141 patients who underwent ATAAD (90.8%) or intramural hematoma (9.2%) surgery were reviewed. Fifty-one patients (36.2%) received proximal-first aortic reconstruction and CMP during distal anastomosis. Ninety patients (63.8%) underwent distal-first aortic reconstruction and were placed in traditional cold blood cardioplegic arrest (CA; 4°C, 4:1 blood-to-Plegisol) throughout the procedure. The preoperative presentations and intraoperative details were balanced using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW). Their postoperative morbidity and mortality were analyzed.
Results The median age was 60 years. The incidence of arch reconstruction in the unweighted data was higher in the CMP compared with the CA group (74.5 vs 52.2%, p = 0.017) but was balanced after IPTW (62.4 vs 58.9%, p = 0.932, standardized mean difference = 0.073). The median cardiac ischemic time was lower in the CMP group (60.0 vs 130.9 minutes, p < 0.001), but cerebral perfusion time and cardiopulmonary bypass time were similar. The CMP group did not demonstrate any benefit in the reduction of the postoperative maximum creatine kinase-MB ratio (4.4 vs 5.1% in CA, p = 0.437) or postoperative low cardiac output (36.6 vs 24.8%, p = 0.237). Surgical mortality was comparable between groups (15.5% in CMP vs 7.5% in the CA group, p = 0.265).
Conclusion Application of CMP during distal anastomosis in ATAAD surgery, irrespective of the extent of aortic reconstruction, reduced myocardial ischemic time but did not improve cardiac outcome or mortality.
Optical interference on the measurement of film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy and a correction approach
Authors: Lu Guanyu , Shen Zichao , Wang Hong , Bu Laju , Lu Guanghao 
Published: February 2023

Organic thin films usually feature vertical phase segregation, and film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy is an emerging characterization method to study the vertical phase separation of active layer films in organic electronics field. However, the interference effects on thin films can lead to optical errors in their characterization results. In this work, the interference effects on fluctuations of peak intensity and peak position of film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy are investigated. Subsequently, a numerical method based on inverse transfer matrix is proposed to obtain the optical constants of the active layer through the film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy. The extinction coefficient error in the non-absorbing wavelength range caused by interference effect is reduced by ∼95% compared with the traditional film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy measurement. Thus, the optical properties of the thin film and quantitative spectrographic analysis based on these optical constants largely avoid the effects of interference including fluctuations of peak intensity and peak position. It is concluded that for many morphologically homogenously films, the spatial (film-depth) resolution of this film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy can be optimized to be &lt;1 nm. Subsequently, this modified film-depth-dependent light absorption spectroscopy approach is employed to simulate the local optical properties within devices with a multilayer architecture.
Histamine H
2
receptor deficit in glutamatergic neurons contributes to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia
Authors: Ma Qianyi , Jiang Lei , Chen Han , An Dadao , Ping Yiting , Wang Yujia , Dai Haibin , Zhang Xiangnan , Wang Yi , Chen Zhong , Hu Weiwei 
Published: February 2023

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder, and existing antipsychotic drugs show limited efficacy and cause unwanted side effects. The development of glutamatergic drugs for schizophrenia is currently challenging. Most functions of histamine in the brain are mediated by the histamine H
1
receptor; however, the role of the H
2
receptor (H
2
R) is not quite clear, especially in schizophrenia. Here, we found that expression of H
2
R in glutamatergic neurons of the frontal cortex was decreased in schizophrenia patients. Selective knockout of the H
2
R gene (
Hrh2
) in glutamatergic neurons (

CaMKIIα-Cre; Hrh2
fl/fl

) induced schizophrenia-like phenotypes including sensorimotor gating deficits, increased susceptibility to hyperactivity, social withdrawal, anhedonia, and impaired working memory, as well as decreased firing of glutamatergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in in vivo electrophysiological tests. Selective knockdown of H
2
R in glutamatergic neurons in the mPFC but not those in the hippocampus also mimicked these schizophrenia-like phenotypes. Furthermore, electrophysiology experiments established that H
2
R deficiency decreased the firing of glutamatergic neurons by enhancing the current through hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. In addition, either H
2
R overexpression in glutamatergic neurons or H
2
R agonism in the mPFC counteracted schizophrenia-like phenotypes in an MK-801-induced mouse model of schizophrenia. Taken together, our results suggest that deficit of H
2
R in mPFC glutamatergic neurons may be pivotal to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and that H
2
R agonists can be regarded as potentially efficacious medications for schizophrenia therapy. The findings also provide evidence for enriching the conventional glutamate hypothesis for the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and improve the understanding of the functional role of H
2
R in the brain, especially in glutamatergic neurons.
Video-rate Raman-based metabolic imaging by Airy light-sheet illumination and photon-sparse detection
Authors: Dunn Lochlann , Luo Haokun , Subedi Nava R. , Kasu Ramachandran , McDonald Armando G. , Christodoulides Demetrios N. , Vasdekis Andreas E. 
Published: February 2023

Despite its massive potential, Raman imaging represents just a modest fraction of all research and clinical microscopy to date. This is due to the ultralow Raman scattering cross-sections of most biomolecules that impose low-light or photon-sparse conditions. Bioimaging under such conditions is suboptimal, as it either results in ultralow frame rates or requires increased levels of irradiance. Here, we overcome this tradeoff by introducing Raman imaging that operates at both video rates and 1,000-fold lower irradiance than state-of-the-art methods. To accomplish this, we deployed a judicially designed Airy light-sheet microscope to efficiently image large specimen regions. Further, we implemented subphoton per pixel image acquisition and reconstruction to confront issues arising from photon sparsity at just millisecond integrations. We demonstrate the versatility of our approach by imaging a variety of samples, including the three-dimensional (3D) metabolic activity of single microbial cells and the underlying cell-to-cell variability. To image such small-scale targets, we again harnessed photon sparsity to increase magnification without a field-of-view penalty, thus, overcoming another key limitation in modern light-sheet microscopy.
Control of tissue oxygenation by S-nitrosohemoglobin in human subjects
Authors: Reynolds James D. , Posina Kanna , Zhu Lin , Jenkins Trevor , Matto Faisal , Hausladen Alfred , Kashyap Vikram , Schilz Robert , Zhang Rongli , Mannick Joan , Klickstein Lloyd , Premont Richard T. , Stamler Jonathan S. 
Published: February 2023

S-Nitrosohemoglobin (SNO-Hb) is unique among vasodilators in coupling blood flow to tissue oxygen requirements, thus fulfilling an essential function of the microcirculation. However, this essential physiology has not been tested clinically. Reactive hyperemia following limb ischemia/occlusion is a standard clinical test of microcirculatory function, which has been ascribed to endothelial nitric oxide (NO). However, endothelial NO does not control blood flow governing tissue oxygenation, presenting a major quandary. Here we show in mice and humans that reactive hyperemic responses (i.e., reoxygenation rates following brief ischemia/occlusion) are in fact dependent on SNO-Hb. First, mice deficient in SNO-Hb (i.e., carrying C93A mutant Hb refractory to S-nitrosylation) showed blunted muscle reoxygenation rates and persistent limb ischemia during reactive hyperemia testing. Second, in a diverse group of humans—including healthy subjects and patients with various microcirculatory disorders—strong correlations were found between limb reoxygenation rates following occlusion and both arterial SNO-Hb levels (n = 25;
P
= 0.042) and SNO-Hb/total HbNO ratios (n = 25;
P
= 0.009). Secondary analyses showed that patients with peripheral artery disease had significantly reduced SNO-Hb levels and blunted limb reoxygenation rates compared with healthy controls (n = 8 to 11/group;
P
< 0.05). Low SNO-Hb levels were also observed in sickle cell disease, where occlusive hyperemic testing was deemed contraindicated. Altogether, our findings provide both genetic and clinical support for the role of red blood cells in a standard test of microvascular function. Our results also suggest that SNO-Hb is a biomarker and mediator of blood flow governing tissue oxygenation. Thus, increases in SNO-Hb may improve tissue oxygenation in patients with microcirculatory disorders.
The right ear advantage – a perspective from speech perception in noise test
Authors: Sendesen Eser , Colak Hasan , Korkut Yagız , Yalcınkaya Eda , Sennaroglu Gonca 
Published: February 2023

Objective:
So far, binaural summation for speech stimuli has been less evaluated in the literature, without the head shadow effect and spatial release from masking. Moreover, the right ear advantage has been shown mostly in the dichotic listening situation, but with conflicting results in the monaural/binaural listening condition. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate binaural hearing advantage utilizing only binaural summation without other factors and to evaluate the right ear advantage in the monaural listening situation.

Methods:
Thirty-seven participants with normal hearing in the range of 0.125–20 kHz participated current study. Evaluation of speech perception in noise (SPIN) performances were conducted by Matrix test. Participants assessed in three different conditions including the right ear condition, the left ear condition and the binaural condition. Test order of the ears was counterbalanced and noises presented ipsilateral for monaural conditions.

Results:
The lowest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values needed for understanding speech in noise were statistically significantly lower in binaural listening conditions compared to monaural listening conditions. In monaural listening conditions, the SNR value needed to understand speech in noise in the right ear was statistically significantly lower than in the left ear.

Conclusion:
The results showed that the rehabilitation/habilitation of hearing-impairment patient should consider binaural amplification options to improve SPIN. In case of the symmetric hearing loss with the encountering compulsory situations which bring about the necessity to use only one ear, then right ear preference for amplification devices can provide better SPIN performance.
A comparative study on the characteristics of nanosecond laser ablation zinc and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene targets
Authors: Xu Yongfeng , Yang Liang , Zhou Dongjian , Li Qingwei , Shi Wenbo , Jin Yuqi 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
In this study, the influence of laser energy and pressure on propulsion performance of zinc and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is investigated by impulse measurement, fast exposure images, spectral diagnostics and target ablation. A Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with the wavelength of 1064 nm and pulse width of 6 ns is employed. The impulse and coupling coefficient generated by laser ablation ABS are greater than that of Zn, and they exhibit a similar variation trend with pressure. However, at higher pressure levels, the change in impulse versus laser energy is not completely coincident between Zn and ABS samples. The target property plays a significant role in the generation and propagation of plume related to the plasma parameters such as electron density and temperature. The temporal evolution images indicate that the plasma plume of laser-induced Zn presents a faster decay in comparison with that of ABS, which is ascribed to the fact that the gas temperature of ABS is higher than the electron temperature of Zn plasma in the local thermodynamical equilibrium. Also, the electron density is lower for Zn due to the rapid heat diffusion and higher ablation threshold of metal. It is found that the surface absorption is dominant for metal because the ablated crater of Zn performs larger diameter and shallower depth. On the contrary, the shrinkage in diameter but enhancement in depth of crater is observed from ABS surface, and the ablation mass is larger, suggesting the obvious volume absorption for polymer. The results reveal that the target property can engender an important effect on the energy conversion between laser, target and plasma.
Field-induced second-harmonic generation induced by distorted soft chiral crystal
Authors: Chen Hui-Yu , Araoka Fumito , Lee Fang-Yu , Lee Chi , Chen Jui Jiun 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The nonlinear optical response of soft chiral crystal system-blue-phase (BP) liquid crystals was studied experimentally using a second-harmonic-generation (SHG) microscope. With the aid of the SHG microscope (SHM), the internal coupling between the polarization and structural deformation was visualized in a short time. In this study, a fringing field, formed at the electrode edges, causes lattice deformation of the cubic BPs, which contributes to the flexoelectric-optic response and field-induced SHG at low frequencies. Using the SHM, we can observe the spatial distribution of the induced polarization in the BPs, and the mean SHG intensity of the cubic BP depends quadratically on the strength of the electric field at a lower value. As the applied electric field increases, the structure of the BPs transfers to the chiral nematic phase (N*), and then the SHG intensity remains constant. Compared to the mean intensities of the SHG signal in N* and the different BPs in the low electric field, the SHG signal caused by the lattice deformation in BPs is weaker in N* and depends on the cubic structure of the BPs. The experimental results demonstrate that through the SHM, the influence of the inhomogeneous electric field on the BPs can be exhibited clearly because the response of the SHG signal in BPs is sensitive to field-induced lattice deformation and phase transitions between the BPs and chiral nematic. This will help us elucidate the mechanism of the secondary electro-optical response in BPs and for further improvement and development of high-performance photonic devices using BPs.
Synapse with versatility based on the Pt /LaMnO3/Pt heterojunction
Authors: Ma Lu , Yin Yanfeng , Jia Caihong , Zhang Weifeng 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The realization of highly efficient neuromorphic computing necessitates the development of fast artificial synaptic devices. Mott insulator artificial synapses, in particular, provide tremendous potential for ultrafast neuromorphic devices. In this work, based on Pt/LaMnO3/Pt heterostructures, a variety of synaptic plasticity has been realized, including paired-pulse facilitation/depression, spike rate-dependent plasticity (SRDP) and four types of spike time-dependent plasticity. Furthermore, Bienenstock–Cooper–Munro learning rules with a sliding frequency threshold have been found from SRDP. These findings make a significant contribution to brain-like neuromorphic computing.
World beyond the nearest neighbors
Authors: Egami Takeshi , Ryu Chae Woo 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The structure beyond the nearest neighbor atoms in liquid and glass is characterized by the medium-range order (MRO). In the conventional approach, the MRO is considered to result directly from the short-range order (SRO) in the nearest neighbors. To this bottom–up approach starting with the SRO, we propose to add a top–down approach in which global collective forces drive liquid to form density waves. The two approaches are in conflict with each other, and the compromise produces the structure with the MRO. The driving force to produce density waves provides the stability and stiffness to the MRO, and controls various mechanical properties. This dual framework provides a novel perspective for description of the structure and dynamics of liquid and glass.
The local dark matter distribution in self-interacting dark matter halos
Authors: Rahimi Elham , Vienneau Evan , Bozorgnia Nassim , Robertson Andrew 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
We study the effects of dark matter self-interactions on the local dark matter distribution in selected Milky Way-like galaxies in the EAGLE hydrodynamical simulations. The simulations were run with two different self-interacting dark matter models, a constant and velocity-dependent self-interaction cross-section.
We find that the local dark matter velocity distribution of the Milky Way-like halos in the simulations with dark matter self-interactions and baryons are generally similar to those extracted from cold collisionless dark matter simulations with baryons. In both cases, the local dark matter speed distributions agree well with their best fit Maxwellian distributions. Including baryons in the simulations with or without dark matter self-interactions increases the local dark matter density and shifts the dark matter speed distributions to higher speeds. To study the implications for direct detection, we compute the dark matter halo integrals obtained directly from the simulations and compare them to those obtained from the best fit Maxwellian velocity distribution. We find that a Maxwellian distribution provides a good fit to the halo integrals of most halos, without any significant difference between the results of different dark matter self-interaction models.
Simulating neutrino echoes induced by secret neutrino interactions
Authors: Carpio Jose Alonso , Murase Kohta 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
New neutrino interactions beyond the Standard Model (BSM) have been of much interest in not only particle physics but also cosmology and astroparticle physics. We numerically investigate the time delay distribution of astrophysical neutrinos that interact with the cosmic neutrino background. Using the Monte Carlo method, we develop a framework that enables us to simulate the time-dependent energy spectra of high-energy neutrinos that experience even multiple scatterings en route and to handle the sharp increase in the cross section at the resonance energy. As an example, we focus on the case of secret neutrino interactions with a scalar mediator.
While we find the excellent agreement between analytical and simulation results for small optical depths, our simulations enable us to study optically thick cases that are not described by the simplest analytic estimates.
Our simulations are used to understand effects of cosmological redshifts, neutrino spectra and flavors.
The developments will be useful for probing BSM neutrino interactions with not only current neutrino detectors such as IceCube and Super-Kamiokande but also future neutrino detectors such as IceCube-Gen2 and Hyper-Kamiokande.
Beyond linear neural envelope tracking: a mutual information approach
Authors: De Clercq Pieter , Vanthornhout Jonas , Vandermosten Maaike , Francart Tom 
Published: February 2023

Abstract

Objective. The human brain tracks the temporal envelope of speech, which contains essential cues for speech understanding. Linear models are the most common tool to study neural envelope tracking. However, information on how speech is processed can be lost since nonlinear relations are precluded. Analysis based on mutual information (MI), on the other hand, can detect both linear and nonlinear relations and is gradually becoming more popular in the field of neural envelope tracking. Yet, several different approaches to calculating MI are applied with no consensus on which approach to use. Furthermore, the added value of nonlinear techniques remains a subject of debate in the field. The present paper aims to resolve these open questions. Approach. We analyzed electroencephalography (EEG) data of participants listening to continuous speech and applied MI analyses and linear models. Main results. Comparing the different MI approaches, we conclude that results are most reliable and robust using the Gaussian copula approach, which first transforms the data to standard Gaussians. With this approach, the MI analysis is a valid technique for studying neural envelope tracking. Like linear models, it allows spatial and temporal interpretations of speech processing, peak latency analyses, and applications to multiple EEG channels combined. In a final analysis, we tested whether nonlinear components were present in the neural response to the envelope by first removing all linear components in the data. We robustly detected nonlinear components on the single-subject level using the MI analysis. Significance. We demonstrate that the human brain processes speech in a nonlinear way. Unlike linear models, the MI analysis detects such nonlinear relations, proving its added value to neural envelope tracking. In addition, the MI analysis retains spatial and temporal characteristics of speech processing, an advantage lost when using more complex (nonlinear) deep neural networks.