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MDPI will be attending the 19th National Youth Conference on Catalysis (19NYCC), hosted by the Catalysis Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society and Nanjing University, which will be held from 9 to 13 April 2023 in Nanjing, China. The conference will be held at the Nanjing International Youth Conference Hotel, 8 Yecheng Road, Jianye District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. More than 100 outstanding young scholars in catalysis science and technology and related fields are invited to make conference reports, keynote reports, and invitation reports. A total of 1200 delegates are expected to attend.

The theme of this conference is “Youth Catalysis in the Two-Carbon Era - From Science to Application”. The conference establishes a platform for young catalysis workers in China (under the age of 45) to learn and communicate. It aims to show the latest progress and achievements of young Chinese catalysis workers in basic and applied research in the field of catalysis science as well as technology and discuss the opportunities, challenges, and future development directions faced by the catalysis field. It also aims to further promote the development of catalytic science and technology in China.

The main topics of the conference include the following: catalytic mechanism and theoretical calculation; new catalytic materials; catalytic advanced characterization; heterogeneous catalytic reactions; photo/electrocatalysis; small-molecule catalytic conversion; green catalysis; environmental catalysis; and industrial catalysis.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Catalysts;
• Molecules;
• Symmetry;
• Environments;
• Sustainable Chemistry;
• Chemistry.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference and our booth, please visit https://www.chemsoc.org.cn/meeting/19NYCCC/.

1. “Recent Advances in Surrogate Modeling Methods for Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation”
by Chong Wang, Xin Qiang, Menghui Xu and Tao Wu
Symmetry 2022, 14(6), 1219; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14061219
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/6/1219

2. “A Motion Planning Method for Automated Vehicles in Dynamic Traffic Scenarios”
by Bo Peng, Dexin Yu, Huxing Zhou, Xue Xiao and Chen Xie
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 208; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020208
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/208

3. “Overview: State-of-the-Art in the Energy Harvesting Based on Piezoelectric Devices for Last Decade”
by Ivan A. Parinov and Alexander V. Cherpakov
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 765; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040765
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/765

4. “Heat Flow Characteristics of Ferrofluid in Magnetic Field Patterns for Electric Vehicle Power Electronics Cooling”
by Seong-Guk Hwang, Kunal Sandip Garud, Jae-Hyeong Seo and Moo-Yeon Lee
Symmetry 2022, 14(5), 1063; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14051063
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/1063

5. “Improving the Statistical Qualities of Pseudo Random Number Generators”
by Rafael Álvarez, Francisco Martínez and Antonio Zamora
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 269; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020269
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/269

6. “Position-Aware Guided Hiding Data Scheme with Reversibility and Adaptivity for Dual Images”
by Chin-Chen Chang, Guo-Dong Su, Chia-Chen Lin and Yung-Hui Li
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 509; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030509
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/3/509

7. “Exploration of Temperature Distribution through a Longitudinal Rectangular Fin with Linear and Exponential Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity Using DTM-Pade Approximant”
by Ravikumar Shashikala Varun Kumar, Rangaswamy Naveen Kumar, Ganeshappa Sowmya, Ballajja Chandrappa Prasannakumara and Ioannis E. Sarris
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 690; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040690
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/690

We are pleased to announce that we have selected the highly cited review papers published in 2021, which you are welcome to read.

1. “Collider Searches for Dark Matter through the Higgs Lens”
by Spyros Argyropoulos, Oleg Brandt and Ulrich Haisch
Symmetry 2021, 13(12), 2406; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13122406
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/12/2406

2. “Review of Shape Phase Transition Studies for Bose-Fermi Systems: The Effect of the Odd-Particle on the Bosonic Core”
by M. Böyükata, C. E. Alonsom, J. M. Arias, L. Fortunato and A. Vitturi
Symmetry 2021, 13(2), 215; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13020215
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/2/215

3. “Strong-Interaction Matter under Extreme Conditions from Chiral Quark Models with Nonlocal Separable Interactions”
by Daniel Gómez Dumm, Juan Pablo Carlomagno and Norberto N. Scoccola
Symmetry 2021, 13(1), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13010121
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/121

4. “Digital Twins-Based Smart Design and Control of Ultra-Precision Machining: A Review”
by Lei Wu, Jiewu Leng and Bingfeng Ju
Symmetry 2021, 13(9), 1717; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091717
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/9/1717

5. “Interplay between Spacetime Curvature, Speed of Light and Quantum Deformations of Relativistic Symmetries”
by Angel Ballesteros, Giulia Gubitosi and Flavio Mercati
Symmetry 2021, 13(11), 2099; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13112099
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/11/2099

6. “Atomic Structure Calculations of Helium with Correlated Exponential Functions”
by Vladimir A. Yerokhin, Vojtěch Patkóš and Krzysztof Pachucki
Symmetry 2021, 13(7), 1246; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13071246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/7/1246

7. “Evolution of Heavy Ion Beam Probing from the Origins to Study of Symmetric Structures in Fusion Plasmas”
by Alexander Melnikov
Symmetry 2021, 13(8), 1367; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13081367
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1367

8. “Entropy-Like Properties and Lq-Norms of Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials: Degree Asymptotics”
by Jesús S. Dehesa
Symmetry 2021, 13(8), 1416; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13081416
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1416

9. “Acyl(imidoyl)ketenes: Reactive Bidentate Oxa/Aza-Dienes for Organic Synthesis”
by Ekaterina A. Lystsova, Ekaterina E. Khramtsova and Andrey N. Maslivets
Symmetry 2021, 13(8), 1509; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13081509
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1509

10. “A Unified Mathematical Formalism for First to Third Order Dielectric Response of Matter: Application to Surface-Specific Two-Colour Vibrational Optical Spectroscopy”
by Christophe Humbert and Thomas Noblet
Symmetry 2021, 13(1), 153; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13010153
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/153

11. “Atypical Brain Asymmetry in Human Situs Inversus: Gut Feeling or Real Evidence?”
by Guy Vingerhoets, Robin Gerrits and Helena Verhelst
Symmetry 2021, 13(4), 695; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13040695
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/695

12. “Actual Symmetry of Symmetric Molecular Adducts in the Gas Phase, Solution and in the Solid State?”
by Ilya G. Shenderovich
Symmetry 2021, 13(5), 756; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050756
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/5/756

13. “Model Membrane Systems Used to Study Plasma Membrane Lipid Asymmetry?”
by Haden L. Scott, Kristen B. Kennison, Thais A. Enoki, Milka Doktorova, Jacob J. Kinnun, Frederick A. Heberle and John Katsaras
Symmetry 2021, 13(8), 1356; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13081356
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1356

14. “Jacobi Multipliers in Integrability and the Inverse Problem of Mechanics?”
by José F. Cariñena and José Fernández-Núñez
Symmetry 2021, 13(8), 1413; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13081413
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1413

15. “Progress on the Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral Molecules Based on Metal-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols with Lipases?”
by Raffaella Ferraccioli
Symmetry 2021, 13(9), 1744; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091744
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/9/1744

16. “Lattice Constraints on the QCD Chiral Phase Transition at Finite Temperature and Baryon Density”
by Owe Philipsen
Symmetry 2021, 13(11), 2079; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13112079
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/11/2079

17. “Symmetry Transformations in Metazoan Evolution and Development”
by Valeria V. Isaeva and Nickolay V. Kasyanov
Symmetry 2021, 13(2), 2915; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13020160
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/2/160

18. “Recent Developments of the Lauricella String Scattering Amplitudes and Their Exact SL(K + 3,C) Symmetry”
by Sheng-Hong Lai, Jen-Chi Lee and Yi Yang
Symmetry 2021, 13(3), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13030454
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/3/454

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Conference: 11th National Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Date: 25–27 February 2023
Place: Guangzhou, China

MDPI will be attending the 11th National Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (CCBSB2023) as the exhibitor. The National Academic Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology has been successfully held for ten sessions since its first session in 1998. It is a national event with the highest academic level and the greatest influence in the field of bioinformatics research in China. The theme of the conference is "The Latest Frontier Research of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology and Their Applications", and the topics cover translational informatics and data sharing security, biomedical data mining and computing, genome informatics, artificial intelligence and life sciences, group bioinformatics and integrated biology, non-coding RNA and RNA informatics, network biology, major disease omics informatics, biological macromolecular structure prediction and simulation, bioinformatics algorithm research, biological data resources, bioinformatics and drugs discovery, computational synthetic biology, agricultural and forestry informatics and other bioinformatics, and other frontier directions.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Genes;
• JPM;
• Cardiogenetics;
• Bioengineering;
• Biomolecules;
• Metabolites;
• Cells;
• Symmetry;
• Biomedicines;
• Computers;
• COVID;
• Epigenomes.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://ccbsb2022.casconf.cn/.

We are pleased to announce that we have selected the highly cited articles published in 2021 and 2022, which you are welcome to read.

1. “On Sombor Index”
by Kinkar Chandra Das, Ahmet Sinan Çevik, Ismail Naci Cangul and Yilun Shang
Symmetry 2021, 13(1), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13010140
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/140  

2. “On the Hybrid Fractional Differential Equations with Fractional Proportional Derivatives of a Function with Respect to a Certain Function”
by Mohamed I. Abbasa and Maria Alessandra Ragusa
Symmetry 2021, 13(2), 264; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13020264
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/2/264

3. “Determination of Objective Weights Using a New Method Based on the Removal Effects of Criteria (MEREC)”
by Mehdi Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Maghsoud Amiri, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Zenonas Turskis and Jurgita Antucheviciene
Symmetry 2021, 13(4), 525; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13040525
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/525

4. “Numerical Investigation of Fractional-Order Swift–Hohenberg Equations via a Novel Transform”
by Kamsing Nonlaopon, Abdullah M. Alsharif, Ahmed M. Zidan, Adnan Khan, Yasser S. Hamed and Rasool Shah
Symmetry 2021, 13(7), 1263; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13071263
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/7/1263

5. “Different Faces of Generalized Holographic Dark Energy”
by Shin’ichi Nojiri, Sergei D. Odintsov and Tanmoy Paul
Symmetry 2021, 13(6), 928; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13060928
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/6/928

6. “Study of Cascading Failure in Multisubnet Composite Complex Networks”
by Gengxin Sun, Chih-Cheng Chen and Sheng Bin
Symmetry 2021, 13(3), 523; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13030523
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/3/523

7. “On the Arcsecant Hyperbolic Normal Distribution. Properties, Quantile Regression Modeling and Applications”
by Mustafa Ç. Korkmaz, Christophe Chesneau and Zehra Sedef Korkmaz
Symmetry 2021, 13(1), 117; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13010117
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/117

8.“New Hermite–Hadamard Inequalities in Fuzzy-Interval Fractional Calculus and Related Inequalities”
by Muhammad Bilal Khan, Pshtiwan Othman Mohammed, Muhammad Aslam Noor and Y. S. Hamed
Symmetry 2021, 13(4), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13040673
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/673

9. “Fuzzy Differential Subordinations Based upon the Mittag-Leffler Type Borel Distribution”
by Hari Mohan Srivastava and Sheza M. El-Deeb
Symmetry 2021, 13(6), 1023; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13061023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/6/1023

10. “Applications of the q-Srivastava-Attiya Operator Involving a Certain Family of Bi-Univalent Functions Associated with the Horadam Polynomials”
by Hari Mohan Srivastava, Abbas Kareem Wanas and Rekha Srivastava
Symmetry 2021, 13(7), 1230; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13071230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/7/1230

11. “General Fractional Integrals and Derivatives of Arbitrary Order”
by Yuri Luchko
Symmetry 2021, 13(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050755
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/5/755

12. “Condensing Functions and Approximate Endpoint Criterion for the Existence Analysis of Quantum Integro-Difference FBVPs”
by Shahram Rezapour, Atika Imran, Azhar Hussain, Francisco Martínez, Sina Etemad and Mohammed K. A. Kaabar
Symmetry 2021, 13(3), 469; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13030469
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/3/469

13. “A New Analysis of Fractional-Order Equal-Width Equations via Novel Techniques”
by Muhammad Naeem, Ahmed M. Zidan, Kamsing Nonlaopon, Muhammad I. Syam, Zeyad Al-Zhour and Rasool Shah
Symmetry 2021, 13(5), 886; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050886
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/5/886

14. “Applications of Certain Conic Domains to a Subclass of q-Starlike Functions Associated with the Janowski Functions”
by Bilal Khan, Hari Mohan Srivastava, Nazar Khan, Maslina Darus, Qazi Zahoor Ahmad and Muhammad Tahir
Symmetry 2021, 13(4), 574; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13040574
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/574

15. “Neutral Delay Differential Equations: Oscillation Conditions for the Solutions”
by Omar Bazighifan, Hammad Alotaibi and Abd Allaah A. Mousa
Symmetry 2021, 13(1), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13010101
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/1/101

16. “Three Symmetrical Systems of Coupled Sylvester-like Quaternion Matrix Equations”
by Mahmoud Saad Mehany and Qing-Wen Wang
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030550
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/3/550

17. “A Novel Numerical Approach in Solving Fractional Neutral Pantograph Equations via the ARA Integral Transform”
by Aliaa Burqan, Rania Saadeh and Ahmad Qazza
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/50

18. “Fractional View Analysis of Kuramoto–Sivashinsky Equations with Non-Singular Kernel Operators”
by Azzh Saad Alshehry, Muhammad Imran, Adnan Khan, Rasool Shah
Symmetry 2021, 13(4), 525; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13040525
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/525

19. “Novel Oscillation Theorems and Symmetric Properties of Nonlinear Delay Differential Equations of Fourth-Order with a Middle Term”
by Barakah Almarri, S. Janaki, V. Ganesan, Ali Hasan Ali, Kamsing Nonlaopon and Omar Bazighifan
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030585
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/3/585

20. “Timelike Circular Surfaces and Singularities in Minkowski 3-Space”
by Yanlin Li, Fatemah Mofarreh and Rashad A. Abdel-Baky
Symmetry 2022, 14(9), 1914; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14091914
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/9/1914

21. “The Numerical Investigation of a Fractional-Order Multi-Dimensional Model of Navier–Stokes Equation via Novel Techniques”
by Safyan Mukhtar, Rasool Shah and Saima Noor
Symmetry 2022, 14(6), 1102; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14061102
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/6/1102

22. “On Odd Perks-G Class of Distributions: Properties, Regression Model, Discretization, Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Estimation, and Applications”
by Ibrahim Elbatal, Naif Alotaibi, Ehab M. Almetwally, Salem A. Alyami and Mohammed Elgarhy
Symmetry 2022, 14(5), 883; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14050883
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/883

23. “A Comparative Study of the Fractional Coupled Burgers and Hirota–Satsuma KdV Equations via Analytical Techniques”
by Humaira Yasmin and Naveed Iqbal
Symmetry 2022, 14(7), 1364; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14071364
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/7/1364

24. “The Characterizations of Parallel q-Equidistant Ruled Surfaces”
by Yanlin Li, Süleyman Şenyurt, Ahmet Özduran and Davut Canlı
Symmetry 2022, 14(9), 1879; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14091879
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/9/1879

25. “The Dual Expression of Parallel Equidistant Ruled Surfaces in Euclidean 3-Space”
by Sümeyye Gür Mazlum, Süleyman Şenyurt and Luca Grilli
Symmetry 2022, 14(5),1062; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14051062
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/1062

26. “An Exact Solution to a Quaternion Matrix Equation with an Application”
by Long-Sheng Liu, Qing-Wen Wang, Jiang-Feng Chen and Yu-Zhu Xie
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 375; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020375
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/375

27. “A Comparative Analysis of Fractional-Order Kaup–Kupershmidt Equation within Different Operators”
by Nehad Ali Shah, Yasser S. Hamed, Khadijah M. Abualnaja, Jae-Dong Chung, Rasool Shah and Adnan Khan
Symmetry 2022, 14(5), 986; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14050986
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/986

28. “Some Fuzzy Riemann–Liouville Fractional Integral Inequalities for Preinvex Fuzzy Interval-Valued Functions”
by Muhammad Bilal Khan, Hatim Ghazi Zaini, Jorge E. Macías-Díaz, Savin Treanțǎ and Mohamed S. Soliman
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020313
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/313

29. “Generating Soft Topologies via Soft Set Operators”
by A. A. Azzam, Zanyar A. Ameen, Tareq M. Al-shami and Mohammed E. El-Shafei
Symmetry 2022, 14(5), 914; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14050914
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/5/914

30. “Sustainable and Robust Home Healthcare Logistics: A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”
by Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard, Abbas Ahmadi and Behrooz Karimi
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020193
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/193

31.“Electromagnetic Flow of SWCNT/MWCNT Suspensions in Two Immiscible Water- and Engine-Oil-Based Newtonian Fluids through Porous Media”
by Ahmad Zeeshan, Nasir Shehzad, Muhammad Atif, Rahmat Ellahi and Sadiq M. Sait
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 406; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020406
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/406

32. “Multivalent Prestarlike Functions with Respect to Symmetric Points”
by Daniel Breaz, Kadhavoor R. Karthikeyan and Alagiriswamy Senguttuvan
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/20

33. “Fast Computation of Highly Oscillatory ODE Problems: Applications in High-Frequency Communication Circuits”
by Sakhi Zaman, Latif Ullah Khan, Irshad Hussain and Lucian Mihet-Popa
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 115; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010115
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/115

34. “Guidance Image-Based Enhanced Matched Filter with Modified Thresholding for Blood Vessel Extraction”
by Sonali Dash, Sahil Verma, Kavita, Savitri Bevinakoppa, Marcin Wozniak, Jana Shafi and Muhammad Fazal Ijaz
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020194
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/194

35. “Inferences for Alpha Power Exponential Distribution Using Adaptive Progressively Type-II Hybrid Censored Data with Applications”
by Refah Alotaibi, Ahmed Elshahhat, Hoda Rezk and Mazen Nassar
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 651;https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040651
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/651

36. “Third-Order Differential Subordination Results for Analytic Functions Associated with a Certain Differential Operator”
by Amal Mohammed Darweesh, Waggas Galib Atshan, Ali Hussein Battor and Alina Alb Lupaş
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 99; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010099
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/99

37. “Optimal Plan of Multi-Stress–Strength Reliability Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Methods for the Alpha Power Exponential Model Using Progressive First Failure”
by Ehab M. Almetwally, Refah Alotaibi, Aned Al Mutairi, Chanseok Park and Hoda Rezk
Symmetry 2022, 14(7), 1306; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14071306
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/7/1306

38. “A New Class of Bertrand Curves in Euclidean 4-Space”
by Yanlin Li, Ali Uçum, Kazım İlarslan and Çetin Camcı
Symmetry 2022, 14(6), 1191; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14061191
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/6/1191

39. “Analytical Investigation of Fractional-Order Korteweg–De-Vries-Type Equations under Atangana–Baleanu–Caputo Operator: Modeling Nonlinear Waves in a Plasma and Fluid”
by Nehad Ali Shah, Haifa A. Alyousef, Samir A. El-Tantawy, Rasool Shah and Jae Dong Chung
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 739; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040739
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/739

40. “Fractional Calculus for Convex Functions in Interval-Valued Settings and Inequalities”
by Muhammad Bilal Khan, Hatim Ghazi Zaini, Savin Treanțǎ, Gustavo Santos-García, Jorge E. Macías-Díaz and Mohamed S. Soliman
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020341
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/2/341

41. “Impact of Brownian Motion on the Analytical Solutions of the Space-Fractional Stochastic Approximate Long Water Wave Equation”
by Farah M. Al-Askar, Wael W. Mohammed and Mohammad Alshammari
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 740; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040740
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/740

42. “Extended Approach to the Asymptotic Behavior and Symmetric Solutions of Advanced Differential Equations”
by Omar Bazighifan, Ali Hasan Ali, Fatemah Mofarreh and Youssef N. Raffoul
Symmetry 2022, 14(4), 686; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14040686
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/4/686

43. “Exploiting the Pascal Distribution Series and Gegenbauer Polynomials to Construct and Study a New Subclass of Analytic Bi-Univalent Functions”
by Ala Amourah, Basem Aref Frasin, Morad Ahmad and Feras Yousef
Symmetry 2022, 14(1), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14010147
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/1/147

MDPI will be attending the XII Reunión del grupo de física de la materia condensada de la RSEF (GEFES 2023) in Salamanca, Spain, which will take place from 1 to 3 February 2023. The GEFES 2023 is the annual meeting of GEFES, the Condensed Matter Physics Division of the Spanish Royal Physics Society. The theme of GEFES 2023 is to review the condensed matter physics research achievements of the society in the past year and discuss the opportunities and challenges in the field.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Electronics;
• Nanomaterials;
• Energies;
• Materials;
• Symmetry;
• Electronic Materials;
• Physics;
• Condensed Matter.

If you are attending this conference, please visit our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://gefes2023.es/.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Symmetry (ISSN: 2073-8994) 2022 Young Investigator Award—Prof. Dr. Yao Chen.

Prof. Dr. Yao Chen was born in 1986, obtaining his bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. at the Southeast University in 2007 and 2014, respectively. He then became an Associate Professor of Southeast University in 2017 and a Full Professor in 2020. During these years, he has made academic visits to the University of Cambridge, Tokyo University, MIT, Caltech, etc., and obtained the Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2018–2020. Currently, he is a committee member of IASS WG6, WG13, and ASCE/EMI. His research interests include advanced structures (e.g., tensegrity, origami, kirigami, deployable structures), computational symmetry methods (e.g., group theory, graph products), computational mechanics, and the mechanics of materials.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Yao Chen for his outstanding achievements.

We would like to thank the award committee for their excellent work in the hard task of selecting a winner from such a large number of excellent candidates. We also thank all the nominees from various fields for their participation. We will continue to reward young scientists with the Young Investigator Award and wish them every success in their careers.

For more information about Symmetry awards, please refer to the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/awards.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Yao Chen:

1. What does your current research concern and why did you choose this field?

My current research project is about novel design and folding behavior of origami-inspired structures, which has been supported by the NSFC of China and the Humboldt Research of Germany. Because origami neatly describes the mathematics and mechanics of an ancient art about folding paper in China and Japan, it exhibits remarkable geometric transformations, periodic symmetry, programmable stiffness, negative Poisson's Ratio, etc. Owing to these characters, origami structures and metamaterials can be extensively applied into different fields, including engineering structures, solar panels, mechanisms and robotics, and flexible electronics.

2. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?

Robust and intelligent design using AI, 3D printing, novel structures and materials.

3. Have you ever encountered any difficulties when conducting your research? How did you overcome them?

Yes. There will always be certain difficulties in our scientific research. Do not lose heart, do not be timid. Just investigate carefully and seek comments and suggestions from others. Then, analyze and solve the problem.

4. What qualities do you think young scientists need today?

We need qualified scientists with carefulness, strictness, professional responsibility, team-spirit and the ability to cooperate, plan short and long-term, etc.

5. Symmetry is an Open Access journal. How do you think Open Access journals impact authors?

Symmetry is a well-renowned international journal. I’ve known about this journal for 12 years and noticed many well-known researchers and experts from Symmetry who published their work in this journal. In my view, Open Access journals are much more conducive to reading, citing and sharing. Thus, new research results published by OA journals can be efficiently and easily noticed. However, it is necessary to strictly control the quality of submitted manuscripts and pay attention to the improvement of the overall reputation for each OA journal.