bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Direct Prediction of Fluid‐Fluid Displacement Efficiency in Ordered Porous Media Using the Pore Structure
Authors: Lan Tian , Hu Ran , Guo Wei , Wei Guan‐Ju , Chen Yi‐Feng , Zhou Chuang‐Bing 
Published: June 2022

AbstractFluid‐fluid displacement in porous media is common in many natural and engineering settings. Extensive studies investigated the transition of displacement patterns, but the direct prediction of the displacement efficiency using the pore structure is lacking. Here, we propose a method to directly predict the displacement efficiency with no need to solve the Navier‐Stokes and the Hagen‐Poiseuille equations in ordered porous media. The predictive method origins from the pore‐scale filling events, which can be divided into two directions such as the bulk flow direction and the transverse direction. The pore‐filling event (burst) dominates the fluid invasion for the bulk flow direction, and the invading phase forms a thin fingering channel. For the transverse direction, we introduce three invasion modes (compact, taper, and widen) to quantify fluid invasion. We can predict the finger width in each column, and the displacement efficiency can be predicted through the weighted average of the predicted finger width. We evaluate the predictive method using microfluidic experiments and pore‐network simulations, confirming that the predictive method can reasonably predict the displacement efficiency in ordered porous media. Our method can also be applicable for disorder porous media when the disorder is smaller than a critical value. The predictive method can directly predict fluid invasion according to pore structure, thus greatly improving the computational efficiency and is of significance in multiphase flow control.
Glacially Induced Stress Across the Arctic From the Eemian Interglacial to the Present—Implications for Faulting and Methane Seepage
Authors: Vachon R. , Schmidt P. , Lund B. , Plaza‐Faverola A. , Patton H. , Hubbard A. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractStrong compressive and shear stresses generated by glacial loading and unloading have a direct impact on near‐surface geological processes. Glacial stresses are constantly evolving, creating stress perturbations in the lithosphere that extend significant distances away from the ice. In the Arctic, periodic methane seepage and faulting have been recurrently associated with glacial cycles. However, the evolution of the Arctic glacial stress field and its impact on the upper lithosphere have not been investigated. Here, we compute the evolution in space and time of the glacial stresses induced in the Arctic lithosphere by the North American, Eurasian and Greenland ice sheets during the latest glaciation. We use glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) methodology to investigate the response of spherical, viscoelastic Earth models with varying lithospheric thickness to the ice loads. We find that the GIA‐induced maximum horizontal stress (σH) is compressive in regions characterized by thick ice cover, with magnitudes of 20–25 MPa in Fennoscandia and 35–40 MPa in Greenland at the last glacial maximum. Simultaneously, a tensile regime with σH magnitude down to −16 MPa dominates across the forebulges with a mean of −4 MPa in the Fram Strait. At present time, σH in the Fram Strait remains tensile with an East‐West orientation. The evolution of GIA‐induced stresses from the last glaciation to present could destabilize faults along tensile forebulges, for example, the west‐coast of Svalbard. A more tensile stress regime as during the Last Glacial Maximum would have more impact on pre‐existing faults that favor gas seepage from gas reservoirs.
Enhanced Deposition of Atmospheric Soluble Iron by Intrusions of Marine Air Masses to East Antarctica
Authors: Winton V. H. L. , Bowie A. R. , Curran M. A. , Moy A. D. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractBio‐essential iron can relieve nutrient limitation and stimulate marine productivity in the Southern Ocean. The fractional iron solubility of aerosol iron is an important variable determining iron availability for biological uptake. However, estimates of dissolved iron (dFe; iron < 0.2 μm) and the factors driving the variability of fractional iron solubility in pristine air masses are largely unquantified. To constrain inputs of fractional iron solubility to remote East Antarctic waters, dFe, total dissolvable iron (TDFe), trace elements and refractory black carbon were analyzed in a 9‐year‐old snow pit (2005–2014) from a new ice core site at Aurora Basin North (ABN) in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Extremely low annual dFe deposition fluxes were estimated (0.2 × 10−6 g m−2 y−1), while annual TDFe deposition fluxes (70 × 10−6 g m−2 y−1) were comparable to other Antarctic sites. TDFe is dominantly sourced from mineral dust. Unlike coastal Antarctic sites where the variability of fractional iron solubility in modern snow is explained by a mixture of dust and biomass burning sources, dFe deposition and fractional iron solubility at ABN (ranging between 0.1% and 6%) is enhanced in episodic high precipitation events from synoptic warm air masses. Enhanced fractional iron solubility reaching the high elevation site at ABN is suggested through the mechanism of cloud processing of background mineral dust that modifies the dust chemistry and increases iron dissolution during long‐range transport. This study highlights a complex interplay of sources and processes that drive fractional iron solubility in pristine air masses.
Rest-activity rhythms and tract specific white matter lesions in older adults at risk for cognitive decline
Authors: Palmer Jake R. , Wang Chenyu , Kong Dexiao , Cespedes Marcela , Pye Jonathon , Hickie Ian B. , Barnett Michael , Naismith Sharon L. 
Published: June 2022

AbstractWhite matter lesions (WMLs) are common in older adults and represent an important predictor of negative long-term outcomes. Rest-activity rhythm disturbance is also common, however, few studies have investigated associations between these factors. We employed a novel AI-based automatic WML segmentation tool and diffusion-weighted tractography to investigate associations between tract specific WML volumes and non-parametric actigraphy measures in older adults at risk for cognitive decline. The primary non-parametric measures of interest were inter-daily stability (IS), intra-daily variability and relative amplitude, with the anterior thalamic radiation (ATR), superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) and inferior longitudinal fasciculus (ILF) selected as tracts of interest. One hundred and eight participants at risk for cognitive decline (classified as experiencing subjective or objective cognitive decline) were included (mean age = 68.85 years, SD = 8.91). Of the primary non-parametric measures of interest, results showed that lower IS was associated with a greater likelihood of higher WML burden in the ATR (OR = 1.82, 95% CI [1.12,3.15]). Analysis of secondary non-parametric measures revealed later onset of the least active period to be associated with greater likelihood of high WML burden in the SLF (OR = 1.55, 95% CI [1.00,2.53]) and increased activity during the least active 5-h period to be associated with a greater likelihood of high whole-brain WML burden (OR = 1.83, 95% CI [1.06,3.47]). This study shows integrity of the ATR and SLF, and overall WML burden is linked to altered rest-activity rhythms in older adults at risk for cognitive decline, with those demonstrating altered rest-activity rhythms showing 50%-80% higher odds of having high WML burden.
Orthogonal interlayer coupling in an all-antiferromagnetic junction
Authors: Zhou Yongjian , Liao Liyang , Guo Tingwen , Bai Hua , Zhao Mingkun , Wan Caihua , Huang Lin , Han Lei , Qiao Leilei , You Yunfeng , Chen Chong , Chen Ruyi , Zhou Zhiyuan , Han Xiufeng , Pan Feng , Song Cheng 
Published: June 2022

AbstractIn conventional ferromagnet/spacer/ferromagnet sandwiches, noncollinear couplings are commonly absent because of the low coupling energy and strong magnetization. For antiferromagnets (AFM), the small net moment can embody a low coupling energy as a sizable coupling field, however, such AFM sandwich structures have been scarcely explored. Here we demonstrate orthogonal interlayer coupling at room temperature in an all-antiferromagnetic junction Fe2O3/Cr2O3/Fe2O3, where the Néel vectors in the top and bottom Fe2O3 layers are strongly orthogonally coupled and the coupling strength is significantly affected by the thickness of the antiferromagnetic Cr2O3 spacer. From the energy and symmetry analysis, the direct coupling via uniform magnetic ordering in Cr2O3 spacer in our junction is excluded. The coupling is proposed to be mediated by the non-uniform domain wall state in the spacer. The strong long-range coupling in an antiferromagnetic junction provides an unexplored approach for designing antiferromagnetic structures and makes it a promising building block for antiferromagnetic devices.
Magneto-optical Kerr effect in surface engineered 2D hexagonal boron nitride
Authors: Torkashvand Ziba , Mirabbaszadeh Kavoos , Shayeganfar Farzaneh , Lee Changgu 
Published: June 2022

AbstractMagnetism in atomically thin functional materials can be an important phenomenon for exploring two-dimensional magneto-optics. Magneto-optical experimental data have revealed significant Kerr signals in insulator thin films. Here, the magneto-optical Kerr effect of oxygen functionalized and doped hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has been investigated by performing first-principles calculations. We calculated Kerr angle and Kerr ellipticity for functionalized hBN as an attention-drawn material. Moreover, increasing of oxygen doping percentage leads to the introduction of surface plasmon to hBN. Our findings show that the functionalized hBN can tolerate high-temperature conditions, keeping oxygen atoms bridge-bonded. These giant opto/magnetic responses of insulating 2D materials provide a platform for the potential designing of magneto-optical devices.
A time-reversed model selection approach to time series forecasting
Authors: Sibeijn Max , Pequito Sérgio 
Published: June 2022

AbstractIn this paper, we introduce a novel model selection approach to time series forecasting. For linear stationary processes, such as AR processes, the direction of time is independent of the model parameters. By combining theoretical principles of time-reversibility in time series with conventional modeling approaches such as information criteria, we construct a criterion that employs the backwards prediction (backcast) as a proxy for the forecast. Hereby, we aim to adopt a theoretically grounded, data-driven approach to model selection. The novel criterion is named the backwards validated information criterion (BVIC). The BVIC identifies suitable models by trading off a measure of goodness-of-fit and a models ability to predict backwards. We test the performance of the BVIC by conducting experiments on synthetic and real data. In each experiment, the BVIC is examined in contrast to conventionally employed criteria. Our experimental results suggest that the BVIC has comparable performance as conventional information criteria. Specifically, in most of the experiments performed, we did not find statistically significant differences between the forecast error of the BVIC under certain parameterizations and that of the different information criteria. Nonetheless, it is worth emphasizing that the BVIC guarantees are established by design where the model order penalization term depends on strong mathematical properties of time-reversible time series forecasting properties and a finite data assessment. In particular, the penalization term is replaced by a weighted trade-off between functional dimensions pertaining to forecasting.That said, we observed that the BVIC recovered more accurately the real order of the underlying process than the other criteria, which rely on a static penalization of the model order. Lastly, leveraging the latter property we perform the assessment of the order model (or, memory) of time series pertaining to epileptic seizures recorded using electrocorticographic data. Our results provide converging evidence that the order of the model increases during the epileptic events.
Damage law and mechanism of coal-rock joint structure induced by liquid nitrogen at low temperature
Authors: Li Hewan , Sun Siyang , Wang Laigui , Liu Jian , Zhang Ziheng 
Published: June 2022

AbstractThe width and degree of connectivity of coal-rock joints directly affect the seepage capacity of flow energy such as gas. To study the damage law and mechanism of the coal-rock joint structure under the action of liquid nitrogen, two methods of liquid nitrogen unloaded and liquid nitrogen freeze–thaw were used to carry out damage modification experiments on coal-rock with different water saturation. Using OLS4000 laser confocal microscope and MH-25 universal testing machine to conduct electron microscope scanning and uniaxial compression test, measure the joint width expansions and Young's modulus of the coal-rock surface before and after the test, establish a physical and mechanical model of freeze–thaw damage to analyze the ice-wedge expansion stress influence on the damage of coal-rock joint structure and establish damage criterion. The research results show that the ice-wedge expansion stress, confining pressure, and temperature stress in the joint jointly affect the structural damage of coal-rock joints, and the ice-wedge expansion stress contributes the most. With the increase of water saturation, the damage to the coal-rock joint structure intensifies, and the ice-wedge expansion stress under the water saturation state has the most obvious influence on the damage to the coal-rock joint structure. The damage criterion constructed by the freeze–thaw damage physical–mechanical model can reveal the damage mechanism of the effect of ice-wedge expansion stress on the coal-rock joint structure. This paper has certain practical significance for the safety and stability evaluation of rock engineering in cold and arid regions and provides new ideas for effectively extracting clean energy such as coalbed methane and preventing rock bursts.
Potential metabolic and genetic interaction among viruses, methanogen and methanotrophic archaea, and their syntrophic partners
Authors: Wang Long , Wang Yinzhao , Huang Xingyu , Ma Ruijie , Li Jiangtao , Wang Fengping , Jiao Nianzhi , Zhang Rui 
Published: June 2022

Abstract
The metabolism of methane in anoxic ecosystems is mainly mediated by methanogens and methane-oxidizing archaea (MMA), key players in global carbon cycling. Viruses are vital in regulating their host fate and ecological function. However, our knowledge about the distribution and diversity of MMA viruses and their interactions with hosts is rather limited. Here, by searching metagenomes containing mcrA (the gene coding for the α-subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase) from a wide variety of environments, 140 viral operational taxonomic units (vOTUs) that potentially infect methanogens or methane-oxidizing archaea were retrieved. Four MMA vOTUs (three infecting the order Methanobacteriales and one infecting the order Methanococcales) were predicted to cross-domain infect sulfate-reducing bacteria. By facilitating assimilatory sulfur reduction, MMA viruses may increase the fitness of their hosts in sulfate-depleted anoxic ecosystems and benefit from synthesis of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine. Moreover, cell-cell aggregation promoted by MMA viruses may be beneficial for both the viruses and their hosts by improving infectivity and environmental stress resistance, respectively. Our results suggest a potential role of viruses in the ecological and environmental adaptation of methanogens and methane-oxidizing archaea.
Performance analysis of IRS‐aided cooperative NOMA‐MEC system
Authors: Li Xuehua , Liu Ziwei , Dong Xiequn , Yue Xinwei , Tang Wanwei 
Published: June 2022

AbstractIn this paper, an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted cooperative non‐orthogonal multiple access and mobile edge computing (NOMA‐MEC) system is proposed, where a base station sends signals to users through the virtue of the IRS. When the direct links between the base station and the user are blocked, the offloading tasks will be refracted to the near‐end user through the IRS and forwarded to the remote user, where the near‐end user is equipped with an MEC server working at full duplex or half duplex mode. To evaluate the potential performance of IRS aided cooperative NOMA‐MEC, new closed‐form expressions of the offloading outage probability is deduced for a pair of users. The asymptotic expressions of offloading outage probability are provided in the high signal‐to‐noise ratio regime. Simulation results are presented to substantiate the analyses and demonstrate that: (i) The offloading outage behaviors of IRS‐aided cooperative NOMA‐MEC systems are superior to that of NOMA‐MEC without IRS and IRS‐aided OMA‐MEC; (ii) As the value of parameter Q increases, the IRS‐aided NOMA‐MEC system is capable of achieving the enhanced offloading outage performance; (iii) By comparing with NOMA‐MEC without IRS and IRS‐aided OMA‐MEC, the energy efficiency and system throughput of IRS‐aided NOMA‐MEC has obvious advantages in delay‐limited transmission mode.
Dynamic changes of serum cytokines in acute paraquat poisoning and changes in patients' immune function
Authors: Yuan Huimin , Liu Qian , Yu Yulan 
Published: June 2022

AbstractAcute paraquat poisoning is due to the extremely severe toxicity of paraquat. After paraquat enters the human body, it will cause rapid changes in the human body system. Since paraquat poisoning will quickly invade the organs of the whole body, it may cause damage to the functions of multiple organs in the poisoned patient. The liver organ is the most important detoxification site for the human body, so the damage to the liver of the patient is more obvious. This article discovers and observes the structure of paraquat and the dynamic changes of serum cytokines in patients with paraquat poisoning through the clinical phenomenon of paraquat poisoning, and the related changes of human serum cells after the subjects took paraquat and the changes of cell dynamic factors after different doses of paraquat entered the human body were analysed. At the same time, the changes in the immune function of the body of different groups of people were also observed. The experimental results in this article show that according to the intake of paraquat, the severity of poisoning patients will be mild, moderate, severe and outbreak poisoning. Among them, the dose for adults who cannot be treated for prognosis is 10 ml.
Electron dynamics in small magnetospheres
Authors: Lavorenti Federico , Henri Pierre , Califano Francesco , Deca Jan , Aizawa Sae , André Nicolas , Benkhoff Johannes 
Published: June 2022

Context. The planet Mercury possesses a small but highly dynamic magnetosphere in which the role and dynamics of electrons are still largely unknown.
Aims. We aim to model the global dynamics of solar-wind electrons impinging on Mercury’s magnetosphere. Particular relevance is given to local acceleration processes and the global circulation patterns.
Methods. The goals of this work are pursued by means of three-dimensional, fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations modeling the interaction of the solar wind with the Hermean magnetosphere. This method allows a self-consistent representation of the plasma dynamics from the large planetary scale down to the electron kinetic scale. We carried out numerical simulations using two different solar-wind conditions: purely northward or purely southward interplanetary magnetic field direction.
Results. We find a high plasma current (of the order of few μA m−2) flowing at the magnetospheric boundaries (bow shock and magnetopause) dominated by electrons. This current is driven by the small-scale electron physics resolved in our model. Furthermore, we observe strong electron acceleration up to tens of keV as a consequence of magnetic reconnection when the interplanetary magnetic field is directed southward. Such energetic electrons are partially trapped in the dipolar magnetic field of the planet mainly at nightside. Finally, by studying the distribution of electrons in our simulations along Mariner10 and BepiColombo first-Mercury-flyby trajectories, we propose that both spacecraft observed this energetic quasi-trapped electron population around closest approach.
Parenchymsparende Operationen oder anatomische Resektionen bei
Lebermetastasen des kolorektalen Karzinoms?
Authors: Ghamarnejad Omid , Stavrou Gregor Alexander 
Published: June 2022

ZusammenfassungDarmkrebs ist eine der häufigsten Todesursachen in der westlichen Welt. Die
Hälfte der Patienten entwickelt kolorektale Lebermetastasen (CRLM), dabei weisen
weniger als 30% der Patienten zum Zeitpunkt der Diagnose eine chirurgisch
resektable Metastasierung auf. Im Falle einer Resektabilität bietet die
klassische anatomische (Major-)Hepatektomie eine hohe R0-Resektionsrate,
allerdings bei gleichzeitig erhöhter Morbidität und Mortalität. In den letzten 2
Jahrzehnten wurden die potenziellen Vorteile der parenchymsparenden Hepatektomie
(PSH) in Bezug auf die onkologischen Gesamtergebnisse, das Überleben und die
Re-Resektion im Falle eines Rezidivs („Salvageability“) nachgewiesen. Der
Beitrag fasst die aktuellen Erkenntnisse zur PSH als chirurgische Therapieoption
zusammen und diskutiert den aktuellen „state of the art“ in verschiedenen
Szenarien.
Recent Advances in Thianthrenation/Phenoxathiination Enabled Site-Selective Functionalization of Arenes
Authors: Wang Peng , Chen Xiao-Yue , Wu Yichen 
Published: June 2022

AbstractSite-selective functionalization of simple arenes remains a paramount challenge due to the similarity of multiple C–H bonds in the same molecule with similar steric environment and electronic properties. Recently, the site-selective thianthrenation/phenoxathiination of arenes has become an attractive solution to reach this challenging goal and it has been applied in the late-stage functionalization of various bioactive molecules. This short review aims to summarize recent advances in the site-selective C–H functionalization of arenes via aryl thianthrenium salts, as well as mechanistic insights in the remarkable site-selectivity obtained in thianthrenation step.1	Introduction2	Site-Selective Thianthrenation of Arenes and Mechanistic Insight3	Thianthrenation-Enabled Site-Selective Functionalization of Arenes3.1	Thianthrenation-Enabled C(sp
2)–C Bond Formation Reaction3.2	Thianthrenation-Enabled C(sp
2)–X Bond Formation Reaction4	Conclusion and Outlook