@article{14363,
  abstract     = {Mitochondrial networks remodel their connectivity, content, and subcellular localization to support optimized energy production in conditions of increased environmental or cellular stress. Microglia rely on mitochondria to respond to these stressors, however our knowledge about mitochondrial networks and their adaptations in microglia in vivo is limited. Here, we generate a mouse model that selectively labels mitochondria in microglia. We identify that mitochondrial networks are more fragmented with increased content and perinuclear localization in vitro vs. in vivo. Mitochondrial networks adapt similarly in microglia closest to the injury site after optic nerve crush. Preventing microglial UCP2 increase after injury by selective knockout induces cellular stress. This results in mitochondrial hyperfusion in male microglia, a phenotype absent in females due to circulating estrogens. Our results establish the foundation for mitochondrial network analysis of microglia in vivo, emphasizing the importance of mitochondrial-based sex effects of microglia in other pathologies.},
  author       = {Maes, Margaret E and Colombo, Gloria and Schoot Uiterkamp, Florianne E and Sternberg, Felix and Venturino, Alessandro and Pohl, Elena E. and Siegert, Sandra},
  issn         = {2589-0042},
  journal      = {iScience},
  number       = {10},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Mitochondrial network adaptations of microglia reveal sex-specific stress response after injury and UCP2 knockout}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.isci.2023.107780},
  volume       = {26},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14364,
  abstract     = {We introduce extension-based proofs, a class of impossibility proofs that includes valency arguments. They are modelled as an interaction between a prover and a protocol. Using proofs based on combinatorial topology, it has been shown that it is impossible to deterministically solve -set agreement among  processes or approximate agreement on a cycle of length 4 among  processes in a wait-free manner in asynchronous models where processes communicate using objects that can be constructed from shared registers. However, it was unknown whether proofs based on simpler techniques were possible. We show that these impossibility results cannot be obtained by extension-based proofs in the iterated snapshot model and, hence, extension-based proofs are limited in power.},
  author       = {Alistarh, Dan-Adrian and Aspnes, James and Ellen, Faith and Gelashvili, Rati and Zhu, Leqi},
  issn         = {1095-7111},
  journal      = {SIAM Journal on Computing},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {913--944},
  publisher    = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics},
  title        = {{Why extension-based proofs fail}},
  doi          = {10.1137/20M1375851},
  volume       = {52},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14378,
  abstract     = {Branching morphogenesis is a ubiquitous process that gives rise to high exchange surfaces in the vasculature and epithelial organs. Lymphatic capillaries form branched networks, which play a key role in the circulation of tissue fluid and immune cells. Although mouse models and correlative patient data indicate that the lymphatic capillary density directly correlates with functional output, i.e., tissue fluid drainage and trafficking efficiency of dendritic cells, the mechanisms ensuring efficient tissue coverage remain poorly understood. Here, we use the mouse ear pinna lymphatic vessel network as a model system and combine lineage-tracing, genetic perturbations, whole-organ reconstructions and theoretical modeling to show that the dermal lymphatic capillaries tile space in an optimal, space-filling manner. This coverage is achieved by two complementary mechanisms: initial tissue invasion provides a non-optimal global scaffold via self-organized branching morphogenesis, while VEGF-C dependent side-branching from existing capillaries rapidly optimizes local coverage by directionally targeting low-density regions. With these two ingredients, we show that a minimal biophysical model can reproduce quantitatively whole-network reconstructions, across development and perturbations. Our results show that lymphatic capillary networks can exploit local self-organizing mechanisms to achieve tissue-scale optimization.},
  author       = {Ucar, Mehmet C and Hannezo, Edouard B and Tiilikainen, Emmi and Liaqat, Inam and Jakobsson, Emma and Nurmi, Harri and Vaahtomeri, Kari},
  issn         = {2041-1723},
  journal      = {Nature Communications},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Self-organized and directed branching results in optimal coverage in developing dermal lymphatic networks}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41467-023-41456-7},
  volume       = {14},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14379,
  abstract     = {We report on a simple surfactant/template free chemical route for the synthesis of semi-polycrystalline polyaniline-graphite (SPani-graphite) composite and its application as an electroactive material in electrochemical charge storage. The synthesized material exhibits well-defined poly-crystallographic lattices in high resolution transmission electron micrographs and sharp peaks in x-ray diffraction spectra suggesting crystalline nature of the material. The specific capacitance computed from the galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) data obtained from 3-electrode cell configuration using 1 M aq. Na2SO4 as an electrolyte was 111.4 F g−1 at a current density of 0.1 A g−1 which rises to 269 F g−1 at an elevated current density of 1.0 A g−1. A similar pattern of increase in the specific capacitance values with an increase in the current density was observed in the results obtained from 2-electrode symmetric device configuration using polymer gel electrolyte (xanthan gum in 1 M aq. Na2SO4). The specific capacitance computed from the GCD data obtained from the device configuration was 20 F g−1 at the current density of 1.0 A g−1. The device delivers an energy density of 1.7 Wh kg−1 and a power density of 2.48 kWh kg−1 at an applied current density of 0.5 A g−1 suggesting an excellent rate capability and power management. In addition, the device exhibits ⁓92 % specific capacitance retention up to 8000 continuous GCD cycles and ⁓80 % coulombic efficiency up to 10,000 continuous GCD cycles indicating excellent cycling stability. The unique feature of increasing specific capacitance with respect to applied current density is attributed to the presence of semi-polycrystalline phases in the SPani-graphite matrix. The material behaves as a surface redox supercapacitor and its unique mechanism of charge storage is discussed in detail in the article.},
  author       = {Mahato, Neelima and Singh, Saurabh and Faisal, Mohammad and Sreekanth, T. V.M. and Majumder, Sutripto and Yoo, Kisoo and Kim, Jonghoon},
  issn         = {0379-6779},
  journal      = {Synthetic Metals},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Polycrystalline phases grown in-situ engendering unique mechanism of charge storage in polyaniline-graphite composite}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.synthmet.2023.117463},
  volume       = {299},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14401,
  abstract     = {Background: 
Pro-apoptotic BAX is a central mediator of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death after optic nerve damage. BAX activation occurs in two stages including translocation of latent BAX to the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) and then permeabilization of the MOM to facilitate the release of apoptotic signaling molecules. As a critical component of RGC death, BAX is an attractive target for neuroprotective therapies and an understanding of the kinetics of BAX activation and the mechanisms controlling the two stages of this process in RGCs is potentially valuable in informing the development of a neuroprotective strategy.
Methods:
The kinetics of BAX translocation were assessed by both static and live-cell imaging of a GFP-BAX fusion protein introduced into RGCs using AAV2-mediated gene transfer in mice. Activation of BAX was achieved using an acute optic nerve crush (ONC) protocol. Live-cell imaging of GFP-BAX was achieved using explants of mouse retina harvested 7 days after ONC. Kinetics of translocation in RGCs were compared to GFP-BAX translocation in 661W tissue culture cells. Permeabilization of GFP-BAX was assessed by staining with the 6A7 monoclonal antibody, which recognizes a conformational change in this protein after MOM insertion. Assessment of individual kinases associated with both stages of activation was made using small molecule inhibitors injected into the vitreous either independently or in concert with ONC surgery. The contribution of the Dual Leucine Zipper-JUN-N-Terminal Kinase cascade was evaluated using mice with a double conditional knock-out of both Mkk4 and Mkk7.
Results:
ONC induces the translocation of GFP-BAX in RGCs at a slower rate and with less intracellular synchronicity than 661W cells, but exhibits less variability among mitochondrial foci within a single cell. GFP-BAX was also found to translocate in all compartments of an RGC including the dendritic arbor and axon. Approximately 6% of translocating RGCs exhibited retrotranslocation of BAX immediately following translocation. Unlike tissue culture cells, which exhibit simultaneous translocation and permeabilization, RGCs exhibited a significant delay between these two stages, similar to detached cells undergoing anoikis. Translocation, with minimal permeabilization could be induced in a subset of RGCs using an inhibitor of Focal Adhesion Kinase (PF573228). Permeabilization after ONC, in a majority of RGCs, could be inhibited with a broad spectrum kinase inhibitor (sunitinib) or a selective inhibitor for p38/MAPK14 (SB203580). Intervention of DLK-JNK axis signaling abrogated GFP-BAX translocation after ONC.
Conclusions:
A comparison between BAX activation kinetics in tissue culture cells and in cells of a complex tissue environment shows distinct differences indicating that caution should be used when translating findings from one condition to the other. RGCs exhibit both a delay between translocation and permeabilization and the ability for translocated BAX to be retrotranslocated, suggesting several stages at which intervention of the activation process could be exploited in the design of a therapeutic strategy.},
  author       = {Maes, Margaret E and Donahue, Ryan J. and Schlamp, Cassandra L. and Marola, Olivia J. and Libby, Richard T. and Nickells, Robert W.},
  issn         = {1750-1326},
  journal      = {Molecular Neurodegeneration},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{BAX activation in mouse retinal ganglion cells occurs in two temporally and mechanistically distinct steps}},
  doi          = {10.1186/s13024-023-00659-8},
  volume       = {18},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14402,
  abstract     = {Alpha oscillations are a distinctive feature of the awake resting state of the human brain. However, their functional role in resting-state neuronal dynamics remains poorly understood. Here we show that, during resting wakefulness, alpha oscillations drive an alternation of attenuation and amplification bouts in neural activity. Our analysis indicates that inhibition is activated in pulses that last for a single alpha cycle and gradually suppress neural activity, while excitation is successively enhanced over a few alpha cycles to amplify neural activity. Furthermore, we show that long-term alpha amplitude fluctuations—the “waxing and waning” phenomenon—are an attenuation-amplification mechanism described by a power-law decay of the activity rate in the “waning” phase. Importantly, we do not observe such dynamics during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep with marginal alpha oscillations. The results suggest that alpha oscillations modulate neural activity not only through pulses of inhibition (pulsed inhibition hypothesis) but also by timely enhancement of excitation (or disinhibition).},
  author       = {Lombardi, Fabrizio and Herrmann, Hans J. and Parrino, Liborio and Plenz, Dietmar and Scarpetta, Silvia and Vaudano, Anna Elisabetta and De Arcangelis, Lucilla and Shriki, Oren},
  issn         = {2211-1247},
  journal      = {Cell Reports},
  number       = {10},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Beyond pulsed inhibition: Alpha oscillations modulate attenuation and amplification of neural activity in the awake resting state}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113162},
  volume       = {42},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14404,
  abstract     = {A light-triggered fabrication method extends the functionality of printable nanomaterials},
  author       = {Balazs, Daniel and Ibáñez, Maria},
  issn         = {1095-9203},
  journal      = {Science},
  number       = {6665},
  pages        = {1413--1414},
  publisher    = {AAAS},
  title        = {{Widening the use of 3D printing}},
  doi          = {10.1126/science.adk3070},
  volume       = {381},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14405,
  abstract     = {We introduce hypernode automata as a new specification formalism for hyperproperties of concurrent systems. They are finite automata with nodes labeled with hypernode logic formulas and transitions labeled with actions. A hypernode logic formula specifies relations between sequences of variable values in different system executions. Unlike HyperLTL, hypernode logic takes an asynchronous view on execution traces by constraining the values and the order of value changes of each variable without correlating the timing of the changes. Different execution traces are synchronized solely through the transitions of hypernode automata. Hypernode automata naturally combine asynchronicity at the node level with synchronicity at the transition level. We show that the model-checking problem for hypernode automata is decidable over action-labeled Kripke structures, whose actions induce transitions of the specification automata. For this reason, hypernode automaton is a suitable formalism for specifying and verifying asynchronous hyperproperties, such as declassifying observational determinism in multi-threaded programs.},
  author       = {Bartocci, Ezio and Henzinger, Thomas A and Nickovic, Dejan and Oliveira da Costa, Ana},
  booktitle    = {34th International Conference on Concurrency Theory},
  isbn         = {9783959772990},
  issn         = {1868-8969},
  location     = {Antwerp, Belgium},
  publisher    = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik},
  title        = {{Hypernode automata}},
  doi          = {10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2023.21},
  volume       = {279},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14406,
  abstract     = {Recently, a concept of generalized multifractality, which characterizes fluctuations and correlations of critical eigenstates, was introduced and explored for all 10 symmetry classes of disordered systems. Here, by using the nonlinear sigma-model (
NL
σ
M
) field theory, we extend the theory of generalized multifractality to boundaries of systems at criticality. Our numerical simulations on two-dimensional systems of symmetry classes A, C, and AII fully confirm the analytical predictions of pure-scaling observables and Weyl symmetry relations between critical exponents of surface generalized multifractality. This demonstrates the validity of the 
NL
σ
M
 for the description of Anderson-localization critical phenomena, not only in the bulk but also on the boundary. The critical exponents strongly violate generalized parabolicity, in analogy with earlier results for the bulk, corroborating the conclusion that the considered Anderson-localization critical points are not described by conformal field theories. We further derive relations between generalized surface multifractal spectra and linear combinations of Lyapunov exponents of a strip in quasi-one-dimensional geometry, which hold under the assumption of invariance with respect to a logarithmic conformal map. Our numerics demonstrate that these relations hold with an excellent accuracy. Taken together, our results indicate an intriguing situation: the conformal invariance is broken but holds partially at critical points of Anderson localization.},
  author       = {Babkin, Serafim and Karcher, Jonas F. and Burmistrov, Igor S. and Mirlin, Alexander D.},
  issn         = {2469-9969},
  journal      = {Physical Review B},
  number       = {10},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Generalized surface multifractality in two-dimensional disordered systems}},
  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevB.108.104205},
  volume       = {108},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14409,
  abstract     = {We present a photon- and metal-free approach for the radical fluorination of aliphatic oxalate-activated alcohols. The method relies on the spontaneous generation of the N-(chloromethyl)triethylenediamine radical dication, a potent single electron oxidant, from Selectfluor and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine. The protocol is easily scalable and provides the desired fluorinated products within only a few minutes reaction time.},
  author       = {Baunis, Haralds and Pieber, Bartholomäus},
  issn         = {1099-0690},
  journal      = {European Journal of Organic Chemistry},
  number       = {42},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Formal radical deoxyfluorination of oxalate-activated alcohols triggered by the selectfluor-DMAP charge-transfer complex}},
  doi          = {10.1002/ejoc.202300769},
  volume       = {26},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14410,
  abstract     = {This paper focuses on the implementation details of the baseline methods and a recent lightweight conditional model extrapolation algorithm LIMES [5] for streaming data under class-prior shift. LIMES achieves superior performance over the baseline methods, especially concerning the minimum-across-day accuracy, which is important for the users of the system. In this work, the key measures to facilitate reproducibility and enhance the credibility of the results are described.},
  author       = {Tomaszewska, Paulina and Lampert, Christoph},
  booktitle    = {International Workshop on Reproducible Research in Pattern Recognition},
  isbn         = {9783031407727},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  location     = {Montreal, Canada},
  pages        = {67--73},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{On the implementation of baselines and lightweight conditional model extrapolation (LIMES) under class-prior shift}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-40773-4_6},
  volume       = {14068},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14411,
  abstract     = {Partially specified Boolean networks (PSBNs) represent a promising framework for the qualitative modelling of biological systems in which the logic of interactions is not completely known. Phenotype control aims to stabilise the network in states exhibiting specific traits.
In this paper, we define the phenotype control problem in the context of asynchronous PSBNs and propose a novel semi-symbolic algorithm for solving this problem with permanent variable perturbations.},
  author       = {Beneš, Nikola and Brim, Luboš and Pastva, Samuel and Šafránek, David and Šmijáková, Eva},
  booktitle    = {21st International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology},
  isbn         = {9783031426964},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  location     = {Luxembourg City, Luxembourg},
  pages        = {18--35},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Phenotype control of partially specified boolean networks}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-42697-1_2},
  volume       = {14137},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14417,
  abstract     = {Entropic risk (ERisk) is an established risk measure in finance, quantifying risk by an exponential re-weighting of rewards. We study ERisk for the first time in the context of turn-based stochastic games with the total reward objective. This gives rise to an objective function that demands the control of systems in a risk-averse manner. We show that the resulting games are determined and, in particular, admit optimal memoryless deterministic strategies. This contrasts risk measures that previously have been considered in the special case of Markov decision processes and that require randomization and/or memory. We provide several results on the decidability and the computational complexity of the threshold problem, i.e. whether the optimal value of ERisk exceeds a given threshold. In the most general case, the problem is decidable subject to Shanuel’s conjecture. If all inputs are rational, the resulting threshold problem can be solved using algebraic numbers, leading to decidability via a polynomial-time reduction to the existential theory of the reals. Further restrictions on the encoding of the input allow the solution of the threshold problem in NP∩coNP. Finally, an approximation algorithm for the optimal value of ERisk is provided.},
  author       = {Baier, Christel and Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Meggendorfer, Tobias and Piribauer, Jakob},
  booktitle    = {48th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science},
  isbn         = {9783959772921},
  issn         = {1868-8969},
  location     = {Bordeaux, France},
  publisher    = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik},
  title        = {{Entropic risk for turn-based stochastic games}},
  doi          = {10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2023.15},
  volume       = {272},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14425,
  abstract     = {Water adsorption and dissociation processes on pristine low-index TiO2 interfaces are important but poorly understood outside the well-studied anatase (101) and rutile (110). To understand these, we construct three sets of machine learning potentials that are simultaneously applicable to various TiO2 surfaces, based on three density-functional-theory approximations. Here we show the water dissociation free energies on seven pristine TiO2 surfaces, and predict that anatase (100), anatase (110), rutile (001), and rutile (011) favor water dissociation, anatase (101) and rutile (100) have mostly molecular adsorption, while the simulations of rutile (110) sensitively depend on the slab thickness and molecular adsorption is preferred with thick slabs. Moreover, using an automated algorithm, we reveal that these surfaces follow different types of atomistic mechanisms for proton transfer and water dissociation: one-step, two-step, or both. These mechanisms can be rationalized based on the arrangements of water molecules on the different surfaces. Our finding thus demonstrates that the different pristine TiO2 surfaces react with water in distinct ways, and cannot be represented using just the low-energy anatase (101) and rutile (110) surfaces.},
  author       = {Zeng, Zezhu and Wodaczek, Felix and Liu, Keyang and Stein, Frederick and Hutter, Jürg and Chen, Ji and Cheng, Bingqing},
  issn         = {2041-1723},
  journal      = {Nature Communications},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Mechanistic insight on water dissociation on pristine low-index TiO2 surfaces from machine learning molecular dynamics simulations}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41467-023-41865-8},
  volume       = {14},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14426,
  abstract     = {To meet the physiological demands of the body, organs need to establish a functional tissue architecture and adequate size as the embryo develops to adulthood. In the liver, uni- and bipotent progenitor differentiation into hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells (BECs), and their relative proportions, comprise the functional architecture. Yet, the contribution of individual liver progenitors at the organ level to both fates, and their specific proportion, is unresolved. Combining mathematical modelling with organ-wide, multispectral FRaeppli-NLS lineage tracing in zebrafish, we demonstrate that a precise BEC-to-hepatocyte ratio is established (i) fast, (ii) solely by heterogeneous lineage decisions from uni- and bipotent progenitors, and (iii) independent of subsequent cell type–specific proliferation. Extending lineage tracing to adulthood determined that embryonic cells undergo spatially heterogeneous three-dimensional growth associated with distinct environments. Strikingly, giant clusters comprising almost half a ventral lobe suggest lobe-specific dominant-like growth behaviours. We show substantial hepatocyte polyploidy in juveniles representing another hallmark of postembryonic liver growth. Our findings uncover heterogeneous progenitor contributions to tissue architecture-defining cell type proportions and postembryonic organ growth as key mechanisms forming the adult liver.},
  author       = {Unterweger, Iris A. and Klepstad, Julie and Hannezo, Edouard B and Lundegaard, Pia R. and Trusina, Ala and Ober, Elke A.},
  issn         = {1545-7885},
  journal      = {PLoS Biology},
  number       = {10},
  publisher    = {Public Library of Science},
  title        = {{Lineage tracing identifies heterogeneous hepatoblast contribution to cell lineages and postembryonic organ growth dynamics}},
  doi          = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3002315},
  volume       = {21},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14427,
  abstract     = {In the paper, we establish Squash Rigidity Theorem—the dynamical spectral rigidity for piecewise analytic Bunimovich squash-type stadia whose convex arcs are homothetic. We also establish Stadium Rigidity Theorem—the dynamical spectral rigidity for piecewise analytic Bunimovich stadia whose flat boundaries are a priori fixed. In addition, for smooth Bunimovich squash-type stadia we compute the Lyapunov exponents along the maximal period two orbit, as well as the value of the Peierls’ Barrier function from the maximal marked length spectrum associated to the rotation number 2n/4n+1.},
  author       = {Chen, Jianyu and Kaloshin, Vadim and Zhang, Hong Kun},
  issn         = {1432-0916},
  journal      = {Communications in Mathematical Physics},
  pages        = {1--50},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Length spectrum rigidity for piecewise analytic Bunimovich billiards}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s00220-023-04837-z},
  volume       = {404},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14428,
  abstract     = {Suppose we have two hash functions h1 and h2, but we trust the security of only one of them. To mitigate this worry, we wish to build a hash combiner Ch1,h2 which is secure so long as one of the underlying hash functions is. This question has been well-studied in the regime of collision resistance. In this case, concatenating the two hash function outputs clearly works. Unfortunately, a long series of works (Boneh and Boyen, CRYPTO’06; Pietrzak, Eurocrypt’07; Pietrzak, CRYPTO’08) showed no (noticeably) shorter combiner for collision resistance is possible.
In this work, we revisit this pessimistic state of affairs, motivated by the observation that collision-resistance is insufficient for many interesting applications of cryptographic hash functions anyway. We argue the right formulation of the “hash combiner” is to build what we call random oracle (RO) combiners, utilizing stronger assumptions for stronger constructions.
Indeed, we circumvent the previous lower bounds for collision resistance by constructing a simple length-preserving RO combiner C˜h1,h2Z1,Z2(M)=h1(M,Z1)⊕h2(M,Z2),where Z1,Z2
 are random salts of appropriate length. We show that this extra randomness is necessary for RO combiners, and indeed our construction is somewhat tight with this lower bound.
On the negative side, we show that one cannot generically apply the composition theorem to further replace “monolithic” hash functions h1 and h2 by some simpler indifferentiable construction (such as the Merkle-Damgård transformation) from smaller components, such as fixed-length compression functions. Finally, despite this issue, we directly prove collision resistance of the Merkle-Damgård variant of our combiner, where h1 and h2 are replaced by iterative Merkle-Damgård hashes applied to a fixed-length compression function. Thus, we can still subvert the concatenation barrier for collision-resistance combiners while utilizing practically small fixed-length components underneath.},
  author       = {Dodis, Yevgeniy and Ferguson, Niels and Goldin, Eli and Hall, Peter and Pietrzak, Krzysztof Z},
  booktitle    = {43rd Annual International Cryptology Conference},
  isbn         = {9783031385445},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  location     = {Santa Barbara, CA, United States},
  pages        = {514--546},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Random oracle combiners: Breaking the concatenation barrier for collision-resistance}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-38545-2_17},
  volume       = {14082},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14434,
  abstract     = {High entropy alloys (HEAs) are highly suitable candidate catalysts for oxygen evolution and reduction reactions (OER/ORR) as they offer numerous parameters for optimizing the electronic structure and catalytic sites. Herein, FeCoNiMoW HEA nanoparticles are synthesized using a solution‐based low‐temperature approach. Such FeCoNiMoW nanoparticles show high entropy properties, subtle lattice distortions, and modulated electronic structure, leading to superior OER performance with an overpotential of 233 mV at 10 mA cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup> and 276 mV at 100 mA cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>. Density functional theory calculations reveal the electronic structures of the FeCoNiMoW active sites with an optimized d‐band center position that enables suitable adsorption of OOH* intermediates and reduces the Gibbs free energy barrier in the OER process. Aqueous zinc–air batteries (ZABs) based on this HEA demonstrate a high open circuit potential of 1.59 V, a peak power density of 116.9 mW cm<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>, a specific capacity of 857 mAh g<jats:sub>Zn</jats:sub><jats:sup>−1</jats:sup><jats:sub>,</jats:sub> and excellent stability for over 660 h of continuous charge–discharge cycles. Flexible and solid ZABs are also assembled and tested, displaying excellent charge–discharge performance at different bending angles. This work shows the significance of 4d/5d metal‐modulated electronic structure and optimized adsorption ability to improve the performance of OER/ORR, ZABs, and beyond.},
  author       = {He, Ren and Yang, Linlin and Zhang, Yu and Jiang, Daochuan and Lee, Seungho and Horta, Sharona and Liang, Zhifu and Lu, Xuan and Ostovari Moghaddam, Ahmad and Li, Junshan and Ibáñez, Maria and Xu, Ying and Zhou, Yingtang and Cabot, Andreu},
  issn         = {1521-4095},
  journal      = {Advanced Materials},
  keywords     = {Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, General Materials Science},
  number       = {46},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{A 3d‐4d‐5d high entropy alloy as a bifunctional oxygen catalyst for robust aqueous zinc–air batteries}},
  doi          = {10.1002/adma.202303719},
  volume       = {35},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14441,
  abstract     = {We study the Fröhlich polaron model in R3, and establish the subleading term in the strong coupling asymptotics of its ground state energy, corresponding to the quantum corrections to the classical energy determined by the Pekar approximation.},
  author       = {Brooks, Morris and Seiringer, Robert},
  issn         = {1432-0916},
  journal      = {Communications in Mathematical Physics},
  pages        = {287--337},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{The Fröhlich Polaron at strong coupling: Part I - The quantum correction to the classical energy}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s00220-023-04841-3},
  volume       = {404},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14442,
  abstract     = {In the presence of an obstacle, active particles condensate into a surface “wetting” layer due to persistent motion. If the obstacle is asymmetric, a rectification current arises in addition to wetting. Asymmetric geometries are therefore commonly used to concentrate microorganisms like bacteria and sperms. However, most studies neglect the fact that biological active matter is diverse, composed of individuals with distinct self-propulsions. Using simulations, we study a mixture of “fast” and “slow” active Brownian disks in two dimensions interacting with large half-disk obstacles. With this prototypical obstacle geometry, we analyze how the stationary collective behavior depends on the degree of self-propulsion “diversity,” defined as proportional to the difference between the self-propulsion speeds, while keeping the average self-propulsion speed fixed. A wetting layer rich in fast particles arises. The rectification current is amplified by speed diversity due to a superlinear dependence of rectification on self-propulsion speed, which arises from cooperative effects. Thus, the total rectification current cannot be obtained from an effective one-component active fluid with the same average self-propulsion speed, highlighting the importance of considering diversity in active matter.},
  author       = {Rojas Vega, Mauricio Nicolas and De Castro, Pablo and Soto, Rodrigo},
  issn         = {1292-895X},
  journal      = {The European Physical Journal E},
  number       = {10},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Mixtures of self-propelled particles interacting with asymmetric obstacles}},
  doi          = {10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00354-y},
  volume       = {46},
  year         = {2023},
}