337 Results Found

In this work, we present new evidence of the physical mechanism behind the generation of low-frequency noise with high interface-trap density by measuring the low-frequency noise magnitudes of partially depleted (PD) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) NMOSFE...

Classifying blue basin trap captures of Tropinota hirta according to environmental conditions can support timely and data-driven management of this flower-feeding pest in almond orchards; however, imbalanced class distributions pose important challen...

Parts of the retaining wall might produce displacement under different load conditions. The moveable wall could impact the adjacent fixed wall, mainly reflecting on the variation of earth pressure and formation of the soil arching effect. This paper...

Human–machine interaction (HMI) has become a central issue in autonomous driving because partial automation can degrade, rather than improve, human performance during takeover, handover, and out-of-the-loop transitions. Similar interaction risk...

Apolygus lucorum is a major piercing–sucking pest in viticulture, yet its seasonal dynamics and outbreak risk in semi-arid wine-grape regions remain insufficiently understood. This study was conducted in a semi-arid wine-grape region of northwe...

Memantine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist approved for treating Alzheimer’s disease, has a good safety profile and is increasingly being studied for possible use in a variety of non-dementia psychiatric disorders. There is a...

The stress-induced leakage current (SILC) degradation of partially depleted silicon in insulator (PDSOI) devices under constant voltage stress (CVS) was studied. Firstly, the behaviors of threshold voltage degradation and SILC degradation of H-gate P...

The highly focused laser beam is capable of confining micro-sized particle in its focus. This is widely known as optical trapping. The Janus particle is composed of two hemispheres with different refractive indexes. In a linearly polarized optical tr...

Sugar–acetic acid–ethanol–water mixture (SAEWM) trapping has initially shown the potential efficacy for monitoring or trapping insects. It is unknown how SAEWM-baited traps affect field number of oriental fruit moth (OFM), Grapholit...

Partially coherent sources with non-conventional coherence properties present unusual behaviors during propagation, which have potential application in fields like optical trapping and microscopy. Recently, partially coherent sources exhibiting circu...

An engineering approach was applied to modify the core layers of charge-trapping flash (CTF) memory—the blocking layer, charge-trapping layer, and tunneling layer. The doping of Ti in the charge-trapping layer and the use of Si-doped HfO₂ for t...

Mass trapping of adult mosquitoes is increasingly promoted as an environmentally friendly alternative to insecticide-based vector control, yet quantitative evidence for its long-term population-level effects remains limited. We analyzed adult Aedes m...

Oxygen post annealing is a promising method for improving the quality of the SiC metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) interface without the introduction of foreign atoms. In addition, a low oxygen partial pressure annealing atmosphere would prevent the ad...

The scanning photocurrent microscopy (SPCM) method is applied to pentacene field-effect transistors (FETs). In this technique, a modulated laser beam is focused and scanned along the channel of the transistors. The resulting spatial photocurrent prof...

Concurrence of aromaticity and hydrogen trapping potential of some atomic clusters has drawn the attention of scientific community, although in a few cases it has been reported that the partial charges on the constituent atoms of the clusters are pro...

Certain insects affect cultivations in a detrimental way. A notable case is the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae (Rossi)), that in Europe alone causes billions of euros in crop-loss/per year. Pests can be controlled with aerial and ground bait pestic...

Locusta migratoria manilensis causes frequent locust outbreaks in China. This study addresses technical barriers to developing monitoring and control methods based on optical traps. We examined the synergistic effects of spectral light and linear pol...

This study investigates the influence of inside-trapped water and remedial grouting on the vertical bearing behaviour of suction bucket foundations in sand through 1 g laboratory model tests. The tests were designed to compare the relative responses...

Many games in which chance plays a role can be simulated as a random walk over a graph of possible configurations of board pieces, cards, dice or coins. The end of the game generally consists of the appearance of a predefined winning pattern; for ran...

A quantum memristor combines the memristive dynamics with the quantum behavior of the system. We analyze the idea of a quantum memristor based on ultracold ions trapped in a Paul trap. Corresponding input and output memristor signals are the ion elec...

Polymorphisms in genes involved in the oxidative stress response may partially explain the documented heterogeneous associations between traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) exposure and asthma and allergies in children. We investigated whether the G...

Nematode-trapping fungi are natural antagonists of nematodes. These predatory fungi are capable of switching their lifestyle from a saprophytic to predatory stage in the presence of nematodes by developing specialized trapping devices to capture and...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) connect environmental cues to fungal development, but the functions of many candidate receptors in nematode-trapping fungi remain unresolved. We combined reference-genome mining, public transcriptome analysis and f...

Organic citrus production in semi-arid Mediterranean regions is increasingly challenged by water scarcity, soil degradation, and rising phytosanitary pressure associated with climate change. This study evaluated different sustainable management strat...

Ce³⁺-activated Gd₃(Al,Ga)₅O₁₂:Ce scintillation ceramics have been widely studied due to their excellent scintillation properties. However, the relatively long radiative lifetime and slow decay components limit their applications in X-ray imaging. To...

This paper addresses problems of reservoir fluid migrations in the process of CO₂ sequestration in a partially depleted petroleum reservoir. A detailed analysis of the migrations is required to obtain fundamental characteristics of a sequestration st...

Spongospora subterranea is a soil-borne plant pathogen responsible for the economically significant root and powdery scab diseases of potato. However, the obligate biotrophic nature of S. subterranea has made the detailed study of the pathogen proble...

We used continuous wave photoinduced absorption (PIA) spectroscopy to investigate long-lived polarons in a blend of PbS quantum dot and regio-regular poly (3-hexylthiophene) (RR-P3HT). The charge transfer from RR-P3HT to PbS as well as from PbS to RR...

Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are a leading vector for gene therapy, yet their clinical utility is limited by the lack of robust quality control methods to distinguish between empty (AAV_empty), partially loaded (AAV_partial), and fully DNA loaded (A...

Wetland diversity and associated wildlife is declining globally. The Szaporca Old-Drava oxbow, one of Hungary’s first wetlands designated under the Ramsar Convention, has been threatened by desiccation, prompting the implementation of water rep...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that play a mostly post-transcriptional regulatory role in gene expression. Using RAW264.7 pre-osteoclast cells and genome-wide expression analysis, we identified a set of miRNAs that are involved in osteo...

In the global fight against malaria, standard vector control methods such as indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are intended to protect inside residential structures and sleeping spaces. However, these methods can stil...

In this study, we present a detailed analysis of trapping characteristics at the Al_xGa_1−xN/GaN interface of Al_xGa_1−xN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with reliability assessments, demonstrating how the composition of the Al...

This paper presents a modified Levy particle swarm optimization (MLPSO) to improve the capability of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) under various partial shading conditions. This method is aimed primarily at resolving the tendency to trap at the...

This review presents an up-dated summary of the fundamentals and applications of optoelectronic photovoltaic tweezers for trapping and manipulation of nano-objects on the surface of lithium niobate crystals. It extends the contents of previous review...

Hydrogen diffusion plays a central role in the susceptibility of steels to hydrogen embrittlement, yet reported diffusivity values often exhibit significant variability due to differences in experimental methodology. Gaseous hydrogen permeation exper...

Leishmaniasis, a sandfly-transmitted protozoan infection, is a neglected health threat in Thailand and the information on its vector is scarce. This study aimed to identify sandfly distribution, abundance, and environmental conditions of natural bree...

The effect of partial Ti substitution by Mn, Fe, Co, or Cu on the NOx storage capacity (NSC) of a BaTi_0.8B_0.2O₃ lean NOx trap (LNT) catalyst has been analyzed. The BaTi_0.8B_0.2O₃ catalysts were prepared using the Pechini’s sol–gel method f...

A rapid response optimization technique for photovoltaic maximum power point tracking (MPPT) under partial shading conditions (PSCs) is proposed in this study. To improve the solar MPPT tracking speed for rapidly-changing environmental conditions and...

There is only little and partially contradicting knowledge on the variation of pollen abundance at different altitudes in mountainous regions. The aim of this work is to gain new insights on the influence of wind and surrounding trees on the depositi...

Severe forms of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease are caused by an exaggerated systemic inflammatory response and subsequent inflammation-related coagulopathy. Anti-inflammatory treatment with low dose dexamethasone has been shown to reduce mortali...

The intensity distribution of a partially coherent beam with a nonconventional correlation function, named the multi-Gaussian Schell-model (MGSM) beam, focused by an axicon was investigated in detail. Our numerical results showed that an optical need...

This paper studies the vibration of a body with a hole (trap), which is caused by a plane acoustic wave. We assume that the body contains a periodic microstructure of small inclusions, which can partially reflect acoustic waves, and consider the scat...

This study shows that a silicon–aluminum oxide–hafnium aluminum oxide-silicon oxide–silicon capacitor device with a high temperature pre-metal-anneal-treated and partially-nanocrystallized hafnium aluminum oxide, (hereafter PNC-SAHA...

The manipulation of trap states plays a crucial role in the development of efficient photocatalysts. An ultrathin-shelled Zn-AgIn₅S₈/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) photocatalyst was synthesized via in situ growth using a low-temperature hydrothermal method....

Urea-derived graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) underwent chemical treatment in a strongly oxidizing H₂SO₄/HNO₃/H₂O₂ environment, followed by dialysis against water. XRD and SEM measurements revealed significant disruption of the layered polymeric fra...

Vibration frequencies and modes for the thickness-shear vibrations of infinite partially-electroded circular AT-cut quartz plates are obtained by solving the two-dimensional (2D) scalar differential equation derived by Tiersten and Smythe. The Mathie...

Localized optical absorption by nanoscale inclusions can profoundly alter energy deposition in optical traps, giving rise to nonlinear and long-timescale dynamics. Recent experiments have reported the formation of expanding optically darkened regions...

The examination of the mutual influence of the two main trapping scenarios, which are characterized by B and D and which in isolation yield the known ${sech}^4$ ($D=0$) and Gaussian ($B=0$) electron holes, show generalized, two-parametric solitary wave soluti...

We studied the neutralisation of Sri Lankan Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) and Australian mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) venom-induced myotoxicity by Indian (Vins and Bharat) and Australian (Seqirus) polyvalent antivenoms, using the in v...