A Photonic Crystal Slab Laplace Differentiator

We introduce an implementation of a Laplace differentiator based on a photonic crystal slab that operates at transmission mode. We show that the Laplace differentiator can be implemented provided that the guided resonances near the $\Gamma$ point exhibit an isotropic band structure. Such a device may facilitate nanophotonics-based optical analog computing for image processing.Comment: Primary text 6 pages, 5 figures; Supplementary material 5 pages, 3 figure

Research methods on the role of financial inclusion, energy efficiency and energy R&D: Evidence from G7 economies

Countries around the globe are rapidly targeting energy efficiency goal achievement due to the unproductive and inefficient use of traditional energy sources. Several factors are discovered that are critical for energy efficiency in the region. Still, there are many economic, financial, energy, and research and development factors that could influence energy efficiency and remained ignored in the scholarly research, which is important from economic growth as well as environmental sustainability perspective. This research contributes to the existing literature by providing novel factors affecting energy efficiency in the developed nations. Specifically, the current study investigates the influence of financial inclusion, energy R&D, political- economic-financial risk index, and the energy-related inflation on the energy efficiency of G7 economies covering the period from 2004 to 2020. This study employed the slope heterogeneity and cross-section dependence test, which led to using the second-generation unit root test. For empirical estimations, the current study utilizes the panel Quantile regression, and the outcomes reveal that all the considered variables positively influence the energy efficiency in the region. However, the influence of these variables increases except for the energy-related inflation when moving from lower quantile Q0.25 to medium Q0.50 to higher quantile Q0.75, respectively. The estimated results are found robust, confirmed by the FMOLS estimator. Based on the empirical findings, it is recommended that financial inclusion and energy-related research and development be enhanced to achieve the region’s energy efficiency

3-Phenyl-2-(piperidin-1-yl)-3,5,6,8-tetra­hydro-4H-thio­pyrano[3′,4′:2,3]thieno[5,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one

In the title compound, C20H21N3OS2, the piperidinyl ring has a distorted chair conformation. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into centrosymmetric dimers. The crystal packing exhibits short inter­molecular S⋯S distances of 3.590 (2) Å

Computational Simulations to Predict Creatine Kinase-Associated Factors: Protein-Protein Interaction Studies of Brain and Muscle Types of Creatine Kinases

Creatine kinase (CK; EC 2.7.3.2) is related to several skin diseases such as psoriasis and dermatomyositis. CK is important in skin energy homeostasis because it catalyzes the reversible transfer of a phosphoryl group from MgATP to creatine. In this study, we predicted CK binding proteins via the use of bioinformatic tools such as protein-protein interaction (PPI) mappings and suggest the putative hub proteins for CK interactions. We obtained 123 proteins for brain type CK and 85 proteins for muscle type CK in the interaction networks. Among them, several hub proteins such as NFKB1, FHL2, MYOC, and ASB9 were predicted. Determination of the binding factors of CK can further promote our understanding of the roles of CK in physiological conditions

catena-Poly[[(1,12,15,26-tetra­aza-5,8,19,22-tetra­oxa-3,4:9,10:17,18:23,24-tetra­benzocyclo­octa­cosane-κ4 N 1,N 12,N 15,N 26)nickel(II)]-μ-terephthalato-κ2 O 1:O 4]

In the title compound, [Ni(C8H4O4)(C36H44N4O4)]n, the NiII atom is coordinated in a distorted octa­hedral geometry by the four N atoms of the 1,12,15,26-tetra­aza-5,8,19,22-tetra-oxa-3,4:9,10:17,18:23,24-tetra­benzocyclo­octa­cosane ligand and two O atoms from the terephthalate dianions. The NiII atoms, which lie on inversion centres, are linked via terephthalate ligands to form a chain structure along [101]. The structure is stabilized by three intra­molecular and one inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds