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Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is an attractive thermal-control material exhibiting low thermal hysteresis and excellent temperature cycling performance. However, the deficiencies including weak spectral shift and narrow-band ab...

Abstract The inherently low thermal conductivity of phase change materials (PCMs) stills a major limitation for their use in latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) units, as it significantly reduces the charging proc...

The rapid increase in electric-vehicle (EV) adoption across emerging economies is challenged by weak-grid conditions, high ambient temperatures, and limited investment capacity, making conventional charging infrastructur...

The efficiency and longevity of photovoltaic (PV) systems are fundamentally constrained by excessive operating temperatures, which reduce electrical output and accelerate material degradation. To address this issue, this...

Structural colors generated by optical micro-/nanostructures offer a notable advantage over traditional chemical pigments, including higher purity, greater brightness, resistance to fading, and enhanced environmental fri...

These lecture notes explain the classification of some simple fermionic topological phases of matter in a pedestrian manner, with an aim to be maximally pedagogical = doing things in excruciating detail. We focus on a ma...

Abstract Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a rare disorder associated with fractures and deformities. FD lesions produce excess phosphaturic hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), leading to hyperphosphaturia in most patie...

The South American water rat Nectomys squamipes is a wild mammal reservoir of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil. In the present study, wild rodents were collected in the field and categorized into two groups: infected and un...

The Chubut River is a Patagonian river that flows from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean, and is interrupted by a dam built at the middle valley. To investigate the sedimentary history of the lower river basin, a sediment ...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of piglets in the nursery phase submitted to activation of immune system with vaccine against Haemophilus parasuis and to different levels of metabolizable energ...

Background Experiencing a pandemic can be very unsettling and may have a negative impact on the mental health of frontline healthcare workers (HCWs). This may have serious consequences for the overall well-being of HCWs,...

BackgroundRamadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. Ramadan fasting, which lasts from sunrise to sunset, significantly affects eating habits, physical activity, daytime sleepiness, and quality of life. In thi...

Abstract Objective To determine whether menstrual-cycle (MC) phase is associated with changes in pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function, focusing on myoelectric excitation (intravaginal sEMG) at rest and during standardized ...

Forests play an important role in water and carbon cycles in semiarid regions such as the Mediterranean ecosystems. Previous research in the Chilean Mediterranean forests revealed a break point in 1980 in regional tree-r...

The impact of rhamnolipids (RL) biosurfactants presence on the phase-separation equilibrium, micellar properties and partitioning behavior of systems containing the aliphatic non-ionic surfactant Tergitol 15-S-7 (Tg7) wa...

This paper presents design and simulation of a switchable radiative cooler that exploits phase transition in vanadium dioxide to turn on and off in response to temperature. The cooler consists of an emitter and a solar r...

Fluvial basins located on the NE side of the Sierra de Aconquija and facing the Tafí valley (NW Argentina) enable a study of the sedimentary records of valleys and alluvial fans that have been subject to glacial and per...

Zhenzhen Li,1,* Cong Sun,2,* Qing Zhang,1,* Lifan Ji,3 Yiting Zhang,1 Shuo Li,1 Mengmeng Gu,1 Jie Gao,1 Zhihui Huang,1 Meng Wang,1 Junshan Zhou,1 Lin Zhu,1 Teng Jiang,1 Qing Zhou,4 Qiwen Deng1 1De...

A new numerical model to describe the microstructural evolution of a eutectic nodular cast iron during its cooling is presented. In particular, equiaxial solidification assuming an independent nucleation of austenite and...

The control of information is a defining feature of the information age, and the optical modulator likewise has a crucial role in optical networks. The transmission, processing, and storage of data have demanded low ener...

Optical metasurfaces, planar subwavelength nanoantenna arrays with the singular ability to sculpt wavefront in almost arbitrary manners, are poised to become a powerful tool enabling compact and high-performance optics w...

Fast modulation of optical signals that carry multidimensional information in the form of wavelength, phase or polarization has fueled an explosion of interest in integrated photonics. This interest however masks a signi...

A novel modular positive-sequence estimation algorithm for phasor measurement units (PMUs) is described in this paper with a focus on the restrictions imposed by the IEEE C37.118.1-2011 standard. The first stage consists...

Abstract Background Babesia canis infection induces a marked acute phase response (APR) that might be associated with alteration in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and disease prognosis. Hypothesis Dogs with B. canis‐...