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Amidst the ongoing evolution and substantial reforms within the electric power market, the development of an auxiliary service pricing model grounded in game theory emerges as crucial. This study delineates the construction of an electricity auxiliary service pricing model, utilizing a dual mechanism approach: a cooperative game-based electricity price formation mechanism and a Stackelberg game-based time-sharing pricing mechanism. Furthermore, it incorporates demand response technology to conduct a detailed analysis of optimization results and the applicability of the proposed electricity service pricing model. The pricing scheme designated as Scheme 4, derived from the proposed model, demonstrates notable superiority in terms of economic efficiency and environmental sustainability when juxtaposed with three alternative schemes. Specifically, Scheme 4 yields a net profit of $13,267.6, achieves clean energy utilization amounting to 89.67 MWh, and minimizes wind abandonment to 17.35 MWh, outperforming all other considered scenarios in these metrics. Operational analysis reveals that the model's execution time varies between 15 and 50 seconds across different sample sizes, exhibiting minimal fluctuations. Additionally, the Monte Carlo simulations consistently produce values inferior to the objective function value of the developed model, with the discrepancy narrowing from 38 to 20, indicating the model's robust adaptability.

Herein, a facile hydrothermal method is utilized to prepare a (NH4)2V7O16/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite. In an aqueous electrolyte, the obtained (NH4)2V7O16/rGO exhibits superior lithium storage characteristics compared to pure (NH4)2V7O16 in both the three‐electrode configuration and full cell. This improvement can be ascribed to the synergistic effects of incorporation of defective oxygen and rGO modification. The present study proposes a feasible strategy for enhancing the electrochemical properties of (NH4)2V7O16 and demonstrates the potential of the (NH4)2V7O16/rGO composite for aqueous rechargeable lithium‐ion batteries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unstable Zn interface with serious detrimental parasitic side‐reactions and uncontrollable Zn dendrites severely plagues the practical application of aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. The interface stability was closely related to the electrolyte configuration and Zn2+ depositional behavior. In this work, a unique Zn‐ion anchoring strategy is originally proposed to manipulate the coordination structure of solvated Zn‐ions and guide the Zn‐ion depositional behavior. Specifically, the amphoteric charged ion additives (denoted as DM), which act as zinc‐ion anchors, can tightly absorb on the Zn surface to guide the uniform zinc‐ion distribution by using its positively charged −NR4+ groups. While the negatively charged −SO3− groups of DM on the other hand, reduces the active water molecules within solvation sheaths of Zn‐ions. Benefiting from the special synergistic effect, Zn metal exhibits highly ordered and compact (002) Zn deposition and negligible side‐reactions. As a result, the advanced Zn||Zn symmetric cell delivers extraordinarily 7000 hours long lifespan (0.25 mA cm−2, 0.25 mAh cm−2). Additionally, based on this strategy, the NH4V4O10||Zn pouch‐cell with low negative/positive capacity ratio (N/P ratio=2.98) maintains 80.4 % capacity retention for 180 cycles. A more practical 4 cm*4 cm sized pouch‐cell could be steadily cycled in a high output capacity of 37.0 mAh over 50 cycles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scoring habits of experts are embodied in expert evaluation scale (EES). We show that many inaccurate consensus and ranking results can occur in group decision making (GDM) problems without considering EES. To remove the impacts of EESs, we propose the definition of EES and the uniform EES (UEES) strategy. Then, we prove the influence of the selection of UEES strategy on two consistency measures and two aggregation operators. In real-world GDM problems, a decision maker (DM) usually hopes that the final scores of alternatives are subject to his/her desired distribution. Therefore, a novel ranking method by UEES strategy is proposed to obtain DM's desired final scores. Finally, a numerical example is used to clarify the effectiveness of the proposed method, and a simulation experiment shows that the proposed method is more suitable for large sample cases but the accuracy is still at a high level under small sample cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aqueous Zn‐ion batteries with mild acidic electrolytes are considered the promising energy storage solutions due to their outstanding merits of high energy density and cost‐effectiveness. However, the rampant dendrite growth and severe parasitic reactions caused by a series of factors such as irregular Zn2+ transport pathway and pH variation would result in poor cycling stability. Herein, a self‐regulated interface strategy implemented by ammonium persulfate ((NH4)2S2O8, denoted as APS) multifunctional additive is proposed to simultaneously address the above issues. The zincophilic NH4+ preferentially adsorbs on the Zn protuberance to exclude water molecules and shield the "tip effect," thus inhibiting side‐reactions and inducing uniform Zn deposition. Moreover, NH4+ and S2O82− can dynamically adjust H+ and OH− concentrations in a pH self‐buffer manner, thus effectively mitigating hydrogen evolution reaction and formation of by‐products. Consequently, with the existence of APS additive, Zn anode exhibits ultrahigh coulombic efficiency (CE) of 99.9% over 9000 cycles and ultra‐long lifespan of 4300 h at 5 mA cm−2. Furthermore, even under high NH4V4O10 mass loading (9.4 mg cm−2) and thin zinc foil (10 µm), the assembled NH4V4O10//Zn pouch cell with APS additive can still maintain stably over 210 cycles, demonstrating its excellent value for application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Conventional adhesives often emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which have a negative impact on human health. In this paper, an environmentally‐friendly supramolecular adhesive PD which has high adhesive and low VOCs emission is prepared by the reaction between polyethyleneimine (PEI) and 3,4‐dihydroxybenzaldehyde (DBA). PD containing abundant catechol groups exhibit excellent adhesion to wood substrates and is able to reach a maximum shear strength of 5.20 ± 0.39 MPa. One factor is attributed to multiple reactions between PEI, and DBA and oxidation of DBA. These reactions construct a complex three‐dimensional cross‐linked structure which is very helpful to improve the bonding performance of the adhesive. Another reason refers to the fact that a large number of catechol groups in PD can form a lot of hydrogen bonds with the amino group in PEI and the hydroxyl group in the wood substrate. These hydrogen bonds play an important role in enhancing shear strength. PD adhesives have a stronger bond strength than commercial chloroprene rubber (CR, Pattex‐PXL) and polyvinyl acetate adhesives (PVAc, JUJU‐8708) and have lower emissions of VOCs. As an environmentally‐friendly adhesive for wood‐based substrates, this adhesive may have potential applications in the wood processing industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is increasingly becoming the primary reason for death in women, which sounded the alarm. Thus, finding a novel management target for BC is imminent. Materials and Methods: The data on gene expression and clinicopathological characteristics were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The expression of GNPNAT1 in 40 paired breast cancer and adjacent tissues was measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Univariate and Multivariate logistic regression methodology was applied to analyze the prognostic factors for lymph node metastasis (LNM). Based on the status of breast cancer-relative receptors, patients were distributed into six groups, and then the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis with a Log rank test was applied to investigate the involvement among the expression of GNPNAT1 and overall survival (OS). Results: We found higher expression of GNPNAT1 was connected with poor survival in breast cancer by COX regulation analysis. GO, KEGG, and GSEA analysis prompted that GNPNAT1 was connected with the defense mechanism of cells, cell proliferation, and division. Immunization infiltration analysis showed that high GNPNAT1 was negatively connected with 16 immunization infiltration cell types and positively connected with four immunization infiltration cell types. Conclusion: As a whole, our results indicated that GNPNAT1 might be a probable biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis in breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dendritic growth and severe side reactions remain challenging problems for advancing aqueous zinc‐ion batteries. Those critical issues are closely related to the interfacial chemistry, solvation structure, and transportation kinetics of zinc ions. Herein, a regulated ion‐conductive electrode–electrolyte interface (PVA‐Zn(CF3SO3)2‐Si3N4, denoted as PZS) on Zn metal has been in situ constructed, which simultaneously solves the above‐mentioned issues. PZS can effectively accelerate ion transportation and extrude interfacial water, thus endowing dendrite‐free Zn deposition and eliminating side reactions. Benefiting from these features, the PZS‐Zn exhibits stable and reversible Zn stripping/plating with an ultralong cycling life of 3800 h, and an ultrahigh Coulombi efficiency of 99.8%. The full cell paired with the NH4V4O10 cathode runs stably over 1000 cycles at 5 A g−1 with near 100% capacity retention and is demonstrated to cycle up to 200 times along with 71.94% capacity retention in a practical cathode‐anode coupling configuration pouch cell. With this interfacial design, the assembled zinc batteries display excellent cycling stability, paving a practical way for aqueous Zn‐storage systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) etiopathogenesis highlights the contributions of overproduction of CD4+ T cells and loss of immune tolerance. However, the involvement of CD8+ T cells in SLE pathology and disease progression remains unclear. Here, the comprehensive immune cell dysregulation in total 263 clinical peripheral blood samples composed of active SLE (aSLE), remission SLE (rSLE) and healthy controls (HCs) is investigated via mass cytometry, flow cytometry and single‐cell RNA sequencing. This is observed that CD8+CD27+CXCR3− T cells are increased in rSLE compare to aSLE. Meanwhile, the effector function of CD8+CD27+CXCR3− T cells are overactive in aSLE compare to HCs and rSLE, and are positively associated with clinical SLE activity. In addition, the response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) is monitored to interleukin‐2 stimulation in aSLE and rSLE to construct dynamic network biomarker (DNB) model. It is demonstrated that DNB score‐related parameters can faithfully predict the remission of aSLE and the flares of rSLE. The abundance and functional dysregulation of CD8+CD27+CXCR3− T cells can be potential biomarkers for SLE prognosis and concomitant diagnosis. The DNB score with accurate prediction to SLE disease progression can provide clinical treatment suggestions especially for drug dosage determination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Realizing compact dendrite‐free zinc (Zn) plating is crucial to avoiding premature battery failure caused by internal short‐circuits, which is highly determined by the interface electric field (ψi) distribution. Herein, a concept of "potential compensating" is shown on Zn anodes to stimulate its self‐smoothing deposition behavior for durable batteries. A homogeneous ψi with elevated potential intensity is successfully built at the Zn/electrolyte interface via the selective adsorption of highly polarized propylene glycol (PG) molecules, which facilitate the formation of dense and uniform Zn electroplating patterns. Moreover, the PG additive can simultaneously reshape the structure of Zn2+‐solvation sheath and immobilize the H‐bonding networks in bulk electrolyte, enabling Zn anodes with exceptional electrochemical reversibility (99.6%) and ultralong calendar life (3500 h), as revealed by joint spectroscopic and electrochemical analyses. More importantly, full cells with PG safeguard can deliver desirable cycling stability even at an elevated temperature (50 °C) and low N/P ratios (cathode mass loading up to 14.38 mg cm−2). This study presents new insight into the rational design of stable practical electrolytes and interfacial chemistry regulation for sustainable zinc batteries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]