GO@β-AgMoO Composite: One-Step Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Performance against RhB Dye.

The combination of materials to improve properties of interest has become one of the strategies widely used for numerous applications, including new catalysts, over the last few decades. In this study, silver molybdate (β-AgMoO) microcrystals were efficiently obtained by the hydrothermal method, obtaining composites with different amounts of graphene oxide (GO) (1, 2.5, 5, 7.

Multifunctional Metasurface with PIN Diode Application Featuring Absorption, Polarization Conversion, and Transmission Functions.

The objective of this paper is to explore the potential of integrating three distinct functionalities into a thin, single-layer metasurface. Specifically, the study introduces a metasurface design that combines absorption, polarization conversion, and transmission capabilities. The proposed structure consists of a double square loop disposed on a dielectric substrate, which is covered by a superstrate.

Relationship between white-coat hypertension and office isolated systolic or diastolic hypertension: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring study.

This study investigated the prevalence of white-coat hypertension (WCH) among individuals with office isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH), and systolic-diastolic hypertension (SDH). We evaluated 9122 individuals [57.0 ± 14.

The Synergic Effect of -MoO, α-MoO, and β-MoO Phase Mixture as a Solid Catalyst to Obtain Methyl Oleate.

Extensive research in the last few decades has conclusively demonstrated the significant influence of experimental conditions, surfactants, and synthesis methods on semiconductors' properties in technological applications. Therefore, in this study, the synthesis of molybdenum oxide (MoO) was reported by the addition of 2.5 (MoO_2.

Cutoffs for white-coat and masked blood pressure effects: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring study.

The values used to define white-coat and masked blood pressure (BP) effects are usually arbitrary. This study aimed at investigating the accuracy of various cutoffs based on the differences (ΔBP) between office BP (OBP) and 24h-ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) to identify white-coat (WCH) and masked (MH) hypertension, which are phenotypes coupled with adverse prognosis. This cross-sectional study included 11,350 [Derivation cohort; 45% men, mean age = 55.

Solvent Effect on the Structural, Optical, Morphology, and Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Phosphate Microcrystals by Conventional Hydrothermal Method.

The design of particle size and morphology are a promising approach to investigating the properties exhibited by different types of materials. In the present study, the silver phosphate microcrystals (AgPO) were first time synthesized using the hydrothermal and solvothermal method by combination of the solvents water/isopropyl alcohol (SP-IA), water/acetone (SP-AC), water/ammonium hydroxide (AP-AH), all in a ratio of 1:1 (v/v). The synthesized materials were structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rietveld refinement, and Raman vibrational spectroscopy, where it was confirmed that the pure phase was achieved for all prepared samples.

First-Principle Validation of Fourier's Law: One-Dimensional Classical Inertial Heisenberg Model.

The thermal conductance of a one-dimensional classical inertial Heisenberg model of linear size is computed, considering the first and last particles in thermal contact with heat baths at higher and lower temperatures, Th and Tl (Th>Tl), respectively. These particles at the extremities of the chain are subjected to standard Langevin dynamics, whereas all remaining rotators (i=2,⋯,L-1) interact by means of nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic couplings and evolve in time following their own equations of motion, being investigated numerically through molecular-dynamics numerical simulations. Fourier's law for the heat flux is verified numerically, with the thermal conductivity becoming independent of the lattice size in the limit L→∞, scaling with the temperature, as κ(T)∼T-2.

Synthesis of CaNbO with a Rynersonite-like Structure: Morphology, Rietveld Refinement, Optical, and Vibrational Properties.

In this study, we report the easy and low-cost synthesis of calcium niobate (CaNbO) with the isomorphic structure of the Rynersonite mineral for CaTaO. The samples were prepared by the ball milling method at room temperature at a synthesis time of 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 h.

Non-Additive Entropic Forms and Evolution Equations for Continuous and Discrete Probabilities.

Increasing interest has been shown in the subject of non-additive entropic forms during recent years, which has essentially been due to their potential applications in the area of complex systems. Based on the fact that a given entropic form should depend only on a set of probabilities, its time evolution is directly related to the evolution of these probabilities. In the present work, we discuss some basic aspects related to non-additive entropies considering their time evolution in the cases of continuous and discrete probabilities, for which nonlinear forms of Fokker-Planck and master equations are considered, respectively.

Antifungal activity of sustainable histone deacetylase inhibitors against planktonic cells and biofilms of Candida spp. and Cryptococcusneoformans.

The limited therapeutic options for fungal infections and the increased incidence of fungal strains resistant to antifungal drugs, especially Candida spp., require the development of new antifungal drugs and strategies. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi), like vorinostat, have been studied in cancer treatment and have antifungal effects, acting alone or synergistically with classical antifungals.

Entropic form emergent from superstatistics.

The Beck-Cohen superstatistics became an important theory in the scenario of complex systems because it generates distributions representing regions of a nonequilibrium system, characterized by different temperatures T≡β^{-1}, leading to a probability distribution f(β). In superstatistics, some classes have been most frequently considered for f(β), like χ^{2}, χ^{2} inverse, and log-normal ones. Herein we investigate the superstatistics resulting from a χ_{η}^{2} distribution through a modification of the usual χ^{2} by introducing a real index η (0<η≤1).

Study of Metakaolinite Geopolymeric Mortar with Plastic Waste Replacing the Sand: Effects on the Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, and Efflorescence.

In this study, the production of a mortar was proposed in which plastic waste replaced sand by 0%, 50%, and 100% in order to create a sustainable alternative for construction. The performance of the mortars was tested with two types of activators, one with NaOH, as a simple activator, and the other with NaOH and NaSiO, as a compound activator. The effects of the LDPE plastic bag waste and the activators on compressive strength, porosity, microstructure analysis, and efflorescence formation were correlated and discussed.

Effect of the Deposition Time on the Structural, 3D Vertical Growth, and Electrical Conductivity Properties of Electrodeposited Anatase-Rutile Nanostructured Thin Films.

TiO time-dependent electrodeposited thin films were synthesized using an electrophoretic apparatus. The XRD analysis revealed that the films could exhibit a crystalline structure composed of ~81% anatase and ~6% rutile after 10 s of deposition, with crystallite size of 15 nm. AFM 3D maps showed that the surfaces obtained between 2 and 10 s of deposition exhibit strong topographical irregularities with long-range and short-range correlations being observed in different surface regions, a trend also observed by the Minkowski functionals.

Finite-size scaling of quasi-stationary-state temperature.

We numerically study, from first principles, the temperature T_{QSS} and duration t_{QSS} of the longstanding initial quasi-stationary state of the isolated d-dimensional classical inertial α-XY ferromagnet with two-body interactions decaying as 1/r_{ij}^{α} (α≥0). It is shown that this temperature T_{QSS} (defined proportional to the kinetic energy per particle) depends, for the long-range regime 0≤α/d≤1, on (α,d,U,N) with numerically negligible changes for dimensions d=1,2,3, with U the energy per particle and N the number of particles. We verify the finite-size scaling T_{QSS}-T_{∞}∝1/N^{β} where T_{∞}≡2U-1 for U≲U_{c}, and β appears to depend sensibly only on α/d.

Symptom-based clusters of hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory illness by SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil.

Background: COVID-19 has shown a broad clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic to mild, moderate, and severe infections. Many symptoms have already been identified as typical of COVID-19, but few studies show how they can be useful in identifying clusters of patients with different severity of illness. This interpretation may help to recognize the different profiles of symptoms of COVID-19 expressed in a population at certain time.

Spatial Analysis of the Sociodemographic Characteristics, Comorbidities, Hospitalization, Signs, and Symptoms Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases in the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

After more than 1 year from the beginning of the pandemic, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached all continents. The number of infected people is still increasing, and Brazil is among the countries with the highest number of registered cases in the world. In this study, we investigated the profile of hospitalized COVID-19 cases and the eventual clusters of similar areas, using geographic information systems.

External Stimuli on Neural Networks: Analytical and Numerical Approaches.

Based on the behavior of living beings, which react mostly to external stimuli, we introduce a neural-network model that uses external patterns as a fundamental tool for the process of recognition. In this proposal, external stimuli appear as an additional field, and basins of attraction, representing memories, arise in accordance with this new field. This is in contrast to the more-common attractor neural networks, where memories are attractors inside well-defined basins of attraction.

Criticality in the duration of quasistationary state.

The duration of the quasistationary states (QSSs) emerging in the d-dimensional classical inertial α-XY model, i.e., N planar rotators whose interactions decay with the distance r_{ij} as 1/r_{ij}^{α} (α≥0), is studied through first-principles molecular dynamics.

Quasi-stationary-state duration in the classical d-dimensional long-range inertial XY ferromagnet.

A classical α-XY inertial model, consisting of N two-component rotators and characterized by interactions decaying with the distance r_{ij} as 1/r_{ij}^{α} (α≥0) is studied through first-principle molecular-dynamics simulations on d-dimensional lattices of linear size L (N≡L^{d} and d=1,2,3). The limits α=0 and α→∞ correspond to infinite-range and nearest-neighbor interactions, respectively, whereas the ratio α/d>1 (0≤α/d≤1) is associated with short-range (long-range) interactions. By analyzing the time evolution of the kinetic temperature T(t) in the long-range-interaction regime, one finds a quasi-stationary state (QSS) characterized by a temperature T_{QSS}; for fixed N and after a sufficiently long time, a crossover to a second plateau occurs, corresponding to the Boltzmann-Gibbs temperature T_{BG} (as predicted within the BG theory), with T_{BG}>T_{QSS}.

The impact of changing home blood pressure monitoring cutoff from 135/85 to 130/80 mmHg on hypertension phenotypes.

This study investigated the impact of changing abnormal home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) cutoff from 135/85 to 130/80 mmHg on the prevalence of hypertension phenotypes, considering an abnormal office blood pressure cutoff of 140/90 mmHg. We evaluated 57 768 individuals (26 876 untreated and 30 892 treated with antihypertensive medications) from 719 Brazilian centers who performed HBPM. Changing the HBPM cutoff was associated with increases in masked (from 10% to 22%) and sustained (from 27% to 35%) hypertension, and decreases in white-coat hypertension (from 16% to 7%) and normotension (from 47% to 36%) among untreated participants, and increases in masked (from 11% to 22%) and sustained (from 29% to 36%) uncontrolled hypertension, and decreases in white-coat uncontrolled hypertension (from 15% to 8%) and controlled hypertension (from 45% to 34%) among treated participants.