Publications by authors named "J A Lederer"

While machine learning (ML) models have been able to achieve unprecedented accuracies across various prediction tasks in quantum chemistry, it is now apparent that accuracy on a test set alone is not a guarantee for robust chemical modeling such as stable molecular dynamics (MD). To go beyond accuracy, we use explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) techniques to develop a general analysis framework for atomic interactions and apply it to the SchNet and PaiNN neural network models. We compare these interactions with a set of fundamental chemical principles to understand how well the models have learned the underlying physicochemical concepts from the data.

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The low thickness of plastic films poses a challenge when using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy as it affects the spectral quality and classification. This research focuses on offering a solution to the challenge of classifying multilayer plastic film materials with a focus on polyolefin multilayer plastics. It presents the importance of spectral quality on accurate classification.

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  • - The EU aims to boost recycling targets for packaging materials, including metals and glass, as part of fostering a circular economy and exploring the potential of recovering metals from incineration bottom ashes (IBA).
  • - An industrial-scale experiment evaluated the recoverable amounts of aluminum, magnetic ferrous metals, and glass over 4 mm from different types of IBA, highlighting that fluidized bed IBA significantly outperformed grate IBA in recoverable glass content and metal separation.
  • - Enhanced treatment methods can recover over 95% of aluminum and magnetic ferrous metals from IBA, indicating that adopting advanced processing techniques, particularly for fluidized bed IBA, can effectively contribute to recycling efforts and the transition to a circular economy. *
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is prototypical autoimmune disease driven by pathological T cell-B cell interactions. Expansion of T follicular helper (T) and T peripheral helper (T) cells, two T cell populations that provide help to B cells, is a prominent feature of SLE. Human T and T cells characteristically produce high levels of the B cell chemoattractant CXCL13 (refs.

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