IJTPP, Vol. 4, Pages 35: Metamodel-Assisted Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Radial Compressor International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power doi: 10.3390/ijtpp4040035 Authors: Mohamed H. Aissa Tom Verstraete Kriging is increasingly used in metamodel-assisted design optimization. For expensive simulations; however, one can afford only a few samples to build the Kriging model, which consequently lacks prediction accuracy. We propose a bounded Kriging able to...
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IJGI, Vol. 8, Pages 496: An Ontology-driven Cyberinfrastructure for Intelligent Spatiotemporal Question Answering and Open Knowledge Discovery ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information doi: 10.3390/ijgi8110496 Authors: Li Song Tian The proliferation of geospatial data from diverse sources, such as Earth observation satellites, social media, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has created a pressing demand for cross-platform data integration, interoperation, and intelligent...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6126: A Sustainable Development Perspective on Cooperative Culture, Knowledge Flow, and Innovation Network Governance Performance Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216126 Authors: Yaya Sun Tao Wang Xin Gu The contemporary sustainable development imperative sees enterprises seeking competitive advantages in innovation networks, the distinguishing features of which are continuous interaction and knowledge flow between participants. As an informal governance...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1041: Towards Repayment Prediction in Peer-to-Peer Social Lending Using Deep Learning Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111041 Authors: Kim Cho Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending transactions take place by the lenders choosing a borrower and lending money. It is important to predict whether a borrower can repay because the lenders must bear the credit risk when the borrower defaults, but it is difficult to design feature extractors with very complex information about...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2300: Projections of Future Climate Change in Singapore Based on a Multi-Site Multivariate Downscaling Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w11112300 Authors: Xin Li Ke Zhang Vladan Babovic Estimates of the projected changes in precipitation and temperature have great significance for adaption planning in the context of climate change. To obtain the climate change information at regional or local scale, downscaling approaches are required to downscale the coarse global...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4267: The Association between Difficulty Seeing and Physical Activity among 17,777 Adults Residing in Spain International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214267 Authors: Guillermo F. López-Sánchez Igor Grabovac Damiano Pizzol Lin Yang Lee Smith This is the first representative population-based study exploring the association between difficulty seeing (i.e., low vision) and physical activity in Spain. Cross-sectional...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1040: Generalized F-Contractions on Product of Metric Spaces Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111040 Authors: Nicolae Adrian Secelean Mi Zhou Our purpose in this paper is to extend the fixed point results of a ψ F -contraction introduced by Secelean N.A. and Wardowski D. ( ψ F -Contractions: Not Necessarily Nonexpansive Picard Operators, Results. Math.70(3), 415–431 (2016)) defined on a metric space X into itself to the...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4782: Magnetic-Map-Matching-Aided Pedestrian Navigation Using Outlier Mitigation Based on Multiple Sensors and Roughness Weighting Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214782 Authors: Yong Hun Kim Min Jun Choi Eung Ju Kim Jin Woo Song This research proposes an algorithm that improves the position accuracy of indoor pedestrian dead reckoning, by compensating the position error with a magnetic field map-matching technique, using multiple magnetic sensors and an outlier...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1039: Comparing Direct and Indirect Transmission in a Simple Model of Veterinary Disease Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111039 Authors: Yagci Sokat Edlund Clarkson Kaufman Foodborne diseases are a longstanding worldwide public health concern. Modeling the transmission pathways of foodborne pathogens accurately and effectively can aid in understanding the spread of pathogens and facilitate decision making for intervention. A new compartmental model...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6125: A Novel Evaluation Model for Urban Smart Growth Based on Principal Component Regression and Radial Basis Function Neural Network Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216125 Authors: Lianyan Li Xiaobin Ren Smart growth is widely adopted by urban planners as an innovative approach, which can guide a city to develop into an environmentally friendly modern city. Therefore, determining the degree of smart growth is quite significant. In this paper, sustainable...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3606: Evaluation of Peri-Implant Bone Grafting Around Surface-Porous Dental Implants: An In Vivo Study in a Goat Model Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213606 Authors: Fahad Alshehri Mohammed Alshehri Terrence Sumague Abdurahman Niazy John Jansen Jeroen van den Beucken Hamdan Alghamdi Dental implants with surface-porous designs have been recently developed. Clinically, peri-implant bone grafting is expected to promote early osseointegration and bone...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4681: Earthquake-Induced Pounding of Medium-to-High-Rise Base-Isolated Buildings Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214681 Authors: Hosein Naderpour Payam Danaeifard Daniel Burkacki Robert Jankowski During earthquakes, out-of-phase vibrations in adjacent buildings with limited distance may cause pounding between them. In recent years, the use of seismic isolation has expanded considerably as an effective approach to reduce seismic damage. However,...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1038: Exact and Nonstandard Finite Difference Schemes for Coupled Linear Delay Differential Systems Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111038 Authors: María Ángeles Castro Miguel Antonio García José Antonio Martín Francisco Rodríguez In recent works, exact and nonstandard finite difference schemes for scalar first order linear delay differential equations have been proposed. The aim of the present work is to extend these previous results to systems of coupled...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4781: A Comprehensive Review of Microfluidic Water Quality Monitoring Sensors Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214781 Authors: Swapna A. Jaywant Khalid Mahmood Arif Water crisis is a global issue due to water contamination and extremely restricted sources of fresh water. Water contamination induces severe diseases which put human lives at risk. Hence, water quality monitoring has become a prime activity worldwide. The available monitoring procedures are inadequate as...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1037: Modified Halpern Iterative Method for Solving Hierarchical Problem and Split Combination of Variational Inclusion Problem in Hilbert Space Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111037 Authors: Bunyawee Chaloemyotphong Atid Kangtunyakarn The purpose of this paper is to introduce the split combination of variational inclusion problem which combines the concept of the modified variational inclusion problem introduced by Khuangsatung and Kangtunyakarn and the...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3604: Antimicrobial Activity of Hybrids Terpolymers Based on Magnetite Hydrogel Nanocomposites Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213604 Authors: Reem K. Farag Ahmed Labena Sahar H. Fakhry Gehan Safwat Ayman Diab Ayman M. Atta In the past few years, the development of hydrogel properties has led to the emergence of nanocomposite hydrogels that have unique properties that allow them to be used in various different fields and applications such as drug delivery,...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4780: Comparison of Measurements with Finite-Element Analysis of Silicon-Diaphragm-Based Fiber-Optic Fabry–Perot Temperature Sensors Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214780 Authors: Rongkun Wang Xuejian Xie Xiangang Xu Xiufang Chen Longfei Xiao Silicon-diaphragm-based fiber-optic Fabry–Perot sensors with different intracavity pressures were fabricated by anodic bonding and microelectromechanical techniques. The thermal stress and thermal expansion...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4779: Internet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—A Multilayer Low-Altitude Airspace Model for Distributed UAV Traffic Management Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214779 Authors: Nader S. Labib Grégoire Danoy Jedrzej Musial Matthias R. Brust Pascal Bouvry The rapid adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) has encouraged the integration of new connected devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to the ubiquitous network. UAVs promise a pragmatic solution to the limitations...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1036: Foldness of Bipolar Fuzzy Sets and Its Application in BCK/BCI-Algebras Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111036 Authors: Young Bae Jun Seok-Zun Song Recent trends in modern information processing have focused on polarizing information, and and bipolar fuzzy sets can be useful. Bipolar fuzzy sets are one of the important tools that can be used to distinguish between positive information and negative information. Positive information, for example, already...
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Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1362: Discrete Quantum Harmonic Oscillator Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym11111362 Authors: Alina Dobrogowska David J. Fernández C. In this paper, we propose a discrete model for the quantum harmonic oscillator. The eigenfunctions and eigenvalues for the corresponding Schrödinger equation are obtained through the factorization method. It is shown that this problem is also connected with the equation for Meixner polynomials.
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6124: Analysis of the Performance of Transporting Soybeans from Mato Grosso for Export: A Case Study of the Tapajós-Teles Pires Waterway Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216124 Authors: Breno Tostes de Gomes Garcia Diana Mery Messias Lopes Ilton Curty Leal Junior José Carlos Cesar Amorim Marcelino Aurélio Vieira da Silva Vanessa de Almeida Guimarães The inefficiency of Brazil’s logistics system to handle the outflow of farm products...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1035: Holomorphic Approximation on Certain Weakly Pseudoconvex Domains in Cn Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111035 Authors: Shaban Khidr The purpose of this paper is to study the Mergelyan approximation property in L p and C k -scales on certain weakly pseudoconvex domains of finite/infinite type in C n . At the heart of our results lies the solvability of the additive Cousin problem with bounds as well as estimates of the ∂...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6119: A Conceptual Framework for Urban Commoning in Shared Residential Landscapes in the UK Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216119 Authors: Aimee Felstead Kevin Thwaites James Simpson This paper uses ideas central to the notion of urban commoning to develop a conceptual framework that can be used to inform the design and management of shared residential landscapes in the UK. Shared residential landscapes provide an important backdrop for everyday...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1034: Duality for Unified Higher-Order Minimax Fractional Programming with Support Function under Type-I Assumptions Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111034 Authors: Ramu Dubey Vishnu Narayan Mishra and Rifaqat Ali This article is devoted to discussing the nondifferentiable minimax fractional programming problem with type-I functions. We focus our study on a nondifferentiable minimax fractional programming problem and formulate a higher-order dual model....
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Entropy, Vol. 21, Pages 1077: Modeling and Analysis of Self-Organizing UAV-Assisted Mobile Networks with Dynamic On-Demand Deployment Entropy doi: 10.3390/e21111077 Authors: Denis Horvath Juraj Gazda Eugen Slapak Taras Maksymyuk Attempts to develop flexible on-demand drone-assisted mobile network deployment are increasingly driven by cost-effective and energy-efficient innovations. The current stage opens up a wide range of theoretical discussions on the management of swarm...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3605: Fatigue Life of 7475-T7351 Aluminum After Local Severe Plastic Deformation Caused by Machining Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213605 Authors: Petra Ohnistova Miroslav Piska Martin Petrenec Jiri Dluhos Jana Hornikova Pavel Sandera The fatigue properties of thermo-mechanically treated and machined aluminum alloy 7475-T7351 have been studied. The applied advanced machining strategy induced intensive plastic deformation on the machined surface under...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6122: Urban Regeneration Process: The Case of a Residential Complex in a Suburb of Rome, Italy Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216122 Authors: Alessandra Battisti Asia Barnocchi Silvia Iorio With the aim of promoting biological, social and psychological well-being, a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary action-research process was developed for the regeneration of a large residential complex in Rome, Italy. A methodology with a community-based...
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Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1361: Generalized Truncation Positive Normal Distribution Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym11111361 Authors: Héctor J. Gómez Diego I. Gallardo Osvaldo Venegas In this article we study the properties, inference, and statistical applications to a parametric generalization of the truncation positive normal distribution, introducing a new parameter so as to increase the flexibility of the new model. For certain combinations of parameters, the model includes both symmetric...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6123: Are Emotionally Intelligent People More Creative? A Meta-Analysis of the Emotional Intelligence–Creativity Link Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216123 Authors: Xiaobo Xu Wenling Liu Weiguo Pang Although emotional intelligence (EI) is positively associated with beneficial outcomes such as higher job performance and better psychological well-being, its relationship with creativity is uncertain. To assess an overall correlation between EI and creativity,...
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Algorithms, Vol. 12, Pages 229: Special Issue on “Algorithm Engineering: Towards Practically Efficient Solutions to Combinatorial Problems” Algorithms doi: 10.3390/a12110229 Authors: Mattia D’Emidio Daniele Frigioni The purpose of this special issue of Algorithms was to attract papers presenting original research in the area of algorithm engineering. In particular, submissions concerning the design, analysis, implementation, tuning, and experimental evaluation of discrete algorithms...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4777: Detecting IoT User Behavior and Sensitive Information in Encrypted IoT-App Traffic Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214777 Authors: Alanoud Subahi George Theodorakopoulos Many people use smart-home devices, also known as the Internet of Things (IoT), in their daily lives. Most IoT devices come with a companion mobile application that users need to install on their smartphone or tablet to control, configure, and interface with the IoT device. IoT devices send information...
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Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1360: A Robust and High Capacity Data Hiding Method for H.265/HEVC Compressed Videos with Block Roughness Measure and Error Correcting Techniques Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym11111360 Authors: Kusan Biswas Recently, the H.265/HEVC video coding has been standardised by the ITU-T VCEG and the ISO/IEC MPEG. The improvements in H.265/HEVC video coding structure (CTU, motion compensation, inter- and intra-prediction, etc.) open up new possibilities to realise better data...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5472: The Blood–Brain Barrier and Its Intercellular Junctions in Age-Related Brain Disorders International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215472 Authors: Laura Costea Ádám Mészáros Hannelore Bauer Hans-Christian Bauer Andreas Traweger Imola Wilhelm Attila E. Farkas István A. Krizbai With age, our cognitive skills and abilities decline. Maybe starting as an annoyance, this decline can become a major impediment to normal daily...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4778: Noncontact Detection of Respiration Rate Based on Forward Scatter Radar Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214778 Authors: Fan Yang Zhiming He Yuanhua Fu Liang Li Kui Jiang Fangyan Xie Bioradar-based noncontact breathing detection technology has been widely studied due to its superior detection performance. In this paper, a breath detection mechanism based on the change in radar cross section (RCS) is proposed by using a forward scatter radar and the...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 608: ‘An Unstoppable Force for Good’?: How Neoliberal Governance Facilitated the Growth of Australian Suburban-Based Pentecostal Megachurches Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110608 Authors: Mairead Shanahan Hillsong Church has received significant scholarly attention, which has observed the church’s rapid local and global growth. Several other Australian-based Pentecostal churches demonstrate a similar growth trajectory to Hillsong Church, namely: C3 Church,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3975: Automated Stopped-Flow Fluorimetric Sensor for Biologically Active Adamantane Derivatives Based on Zone Fluidics Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213975 Authors: Paraskevas D. Tzanavaras Sofia Papadimitriou Constantinos K. Zacharis A zone-fluidics (ZF) based automated fluorimetric sensor for the determination of pharmaceutically active adamantine derivatives, i.e., amantadine (AMA), memantine (MEM) and rimantadine (RIM) is reported. Discrete zones...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6120: Sustainable BIM-Based Construction Engineering Education Curriculum for Practice-Oriented Training Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216120 Authors: Sanghyo Lee Joosung Lee Yonghan Ahn The latest IT technology integration movements, such as building information modeling (BIM), have engendered changes in the technology and participatory organizations in the construction industry, which have resulted in process innovations and productivity gains....
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4776: Porous Silicon Optical Biosensors: Still a Promise or a Failure? Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214776 Authors: Luca De Stefano Even if the first published article on a porous silicon (PSi)-based biosensor dates back to more than twenty years ago, this technology still attracts great attention from many research groups around the world. In this brief review, the pros and cons of porous silicon-based optical biosensors will be highlighted on the basis of some recent...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2633: Food Addiction in Eating Disorders and Obesity: Analysis of Clusters and Implications for Treatment Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112633 Authors: Susana Jiménez-Murcia Zaida Agüera Georgios Paslakis Lucero Munguia Roser Granero Jéssica Sánchez-González Isabel Sánchez Nadine Riesco Ashley N Gearhardt Carlos Dieguez Gilda Fazia Cristina Segura-García Isabel Baenas José M Menchón Fernando Fernández-Aranda Food addiction...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6121: Stakeholder Roles and Perspectives on Sedimentation Management in Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Ethiopia Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216121 Authors: Zerihun Anbesa Gurmu Henk Ritzema Charlotte de Fraiture Mekonen Ayana Irrigated agriculture, particularly small-scale irrigation (SSI), is a mainstay for sustainable livelihoods in the developing world. In Ethiopia, SSI sustainability is threatened mainly due to excessive sedimentation....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3973: A Generic Method for Fast and Sensitive Detection of Adeno-Associated Viruses Using Modified AAV Receptor Recombinant Proteins Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213973 Authors: Mengtian Cui Yabin Lu Can Tang Ran Zhang Jing Wang Yang Si Shan Cheng Wei Ding Adeno-Associated Viruses (AAV) are widely used gene-therapy vectors for both clinical applications and laboratory investigations. The titering of different AAV preparations is important...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3974: Morphological, Physicochemical and FTIR Spectroscopic Properties of Bee Pollen Loads from Different Botanical Origin Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213974 Authors: Sara Castiglioni Paola Astolfi Carla Conti Elga Monaci Mariassunta Stefano Patricia Carloni Bee pollen loads generally have a homogeneous and monospecific pollen content and assume a typical form and color, due to the typical bee foraging habits, thus having a typical composition...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4775: Investigations of Different Ion Intercalations on the Performance of FBG Hydrogen Sensors Based on Pt/MoO3 Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214775 Authors: Gaopeng Wang Shiwen Yang Jixiang Dai Yutang Dai Tong Zou Johannes Roths Minghong Yang α-MoO3 has been used as a hydrogen sensing material due to its excellent properties and unique crystalline layer structure. However, the low repeatability of α-MoO3 based hydrogen sensor...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2632: A Sustainable Wholesome Foodstuff; Health Effects and Potential Dietotherapy Applications of Yacon Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112632 Authors: Mary R. Yan Robert Welch Elaine C. Rush Xuesong Xiang Xin Wang A sustainable food supply is an ever-growing public and planetary health concern influenced by food culture, food practices, and dietary patterns. Globally, the consumption of plant foods that offer physiological and biochemical benefits is...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 543: Bioactivity-Guided Fractionation and NMR-Based Identification of the Immunomodulatory Isoflavone from the Roots of Uraria crinita (L.) Desv. ex DC Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110543 Authors: Ping-Chen Tu Chih-Ju Chan Yi-Chen Liu Yueh-Hsiung Kuo Ming-Kuem Lin Meng-Shiou Lee Uraria crinita is used as a functional food ingredient. Little is known about the association between its immunomodulatory activity and its metabolites. We applied a precise strategy...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6118: Understanding Construction Logistics in Urban Areas and Lowering Its Environmental Impact: A Focus on Construction Consolidation Centres Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216118 Authors: Cindy Guerlain Samuel Renault Francesco Ferrero A lot of attention has been paid in the last years to urban freight transport (UFT) activities generated by specific market segments such as food, retail, or home deliveries, while relatively little attention has...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6117: Utility of Digital Technologies for the Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Korea Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216117 Authors: Seulah Kim Dong-uk Im Jongoh Lee Heejae Choi The importance of preserving intangible cultural heritage (ICH) for sustainable development has been widely acknowledged by the international society. Various forms of cooperation have taken place to prevent deterioration and destruction due to its...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 542: Characterization of Listeria Monocytogenes Originating from the Spanish Meat-Processing Chain Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110542 Authors: Rosa Capita Amanda Felices-Mercado Camino García-Fernández Carlos Alonso-Calleja Using agglutination techniques, 118 Listeria monocytogenes isolates from red meat and poultry were serotyped. Strains were ascribed to the serotypes 4b/4e (44.1% of the strains), 1/2 (a, b or c; 28.0%), 4c (6.8%), 4d/4e (5.9%) and 3 (a,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6116: Integrating UAV Technology in an Ecological Monitoring System for Community Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216116 Authors: Lazaro J. Mangewa Patrick A. Ndakidemi Linus K. Munishi Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have recently emerged as a new remote sensing aerial platform, and they are seemingly advancing real-time data generation. Nonetheless, considerable uncertainties remain in the extent to which wildlife...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6115: The Customer Orientation of Salesperson for Performance in Korean Market Case: A Relationship between Customer Orientation and Adaptive Selling Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216115 Authors: Chankoo Yeo Chung Hur Seonggoo Ji The role of the salesperson has been more highlighted in recent research for company profits and sustainable relationship with customers. This study attempts to classify sales behaviors into a conceptual structure of customer...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6114: Sustainable Tourism in the Open Innovation Realm: A Bibliometric Analysis Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216114 Authors: Valentina Della Corte Giovanna Del Gaudio Fabiana Sepe Fabiana Sciarelli This study evaluates bibliometric analysis of sustainable tourism in the open innovation realm, depicts emerging themes, and offers critical discussion for theory development and further research. Through the use of bibliometrix, this paper investigates...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1558: Peptide-Mediated Immobilization on Magnetoferritin for Enzyme Recycling Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111558 Authors: Zhang Dong Zhou Hu Li Wang Ferritin possess favorable properties because its exterior and interior surface can be applied to generate functional nanomaterials, which make them possible for enzyme immobilization and recycling. Here, we report the noncovalent immobilization of a genetically modified β-glucosidase...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1858: Analysis of Perioperative Platelet Indices and Their Prognostic Value in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Surgery and Postoperative Radiotherapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111858 Authors: Jank Haas Dunkler Campion Brkic Heiduschka Kadletz Objectives: Activated platelets might play an important role in tumor progression. Mean platelet volume (MPV) has been used as a surrogate marker...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2631: Early Lifestyle Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Pediatric Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112631 Authors: Zhang Kelly Du Welch Santacruz Rhoades Kamins Dreyer Scheurer Patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) experience rapid weight gain during treatment and increases in weight are maintained throughout treatment and beyond. Without prompt interventions, altered...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 216: Assessment of Immunogenicity and Efficacy of a Zika Vaccine Using Modified Vaccinia Ankara Virus as Carriers Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040216 Authors: López-Camacho Kim Abbink Larocca Huiskonen Barouch Reyes-Sandoval Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that has spread to more than 70 countries worldwide since 2015. Despite active research, there are currently no licensed vaccines or therapeutics. We...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4774: A Study on the Gaze Range Calculation Method During an Actual Car Driving Using Eyeball Angle and Head Angle Information Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214774 Authors: Keiko Sakurai Hiroki Tamura Car operation requires advanced brain function. Currently, evaluation of the motor vehicle driving ability of people with higher brain dysfunction is medically unknown and there are few evaluation criteria. The increase in accidents by elderly drivers is a social problem...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1715: Conversion Surgery with HIPEC for Peritoneal Oligometastatic Gastric Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111715 Authors: Mielko Rawicz-Pruszyński Skórzewska Ciseł Pikuła Kwietniewska Gęca Sędłak Kurylcio Polkowski Peritoneal metastases (PM) of gastric cancer (GC) are characterized by a particularly poor prognosis, with median survival time of 6 months, and virtually no 5-year survival reported. Conversion therapy for...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 264: Seasonal Variations and Interspecific Differences in Metabolomes of Freshwater Fish Tissues: Quantitative Metabolomic Profiles of Lenses and Gills Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9110264 Authors: Tsentalovich Yanshole Yanshole Zelentsova Melnikov Sagdeev This work represents the first comprehensive report on quantitative metabolomic composition of tissues of pike-perch (Sander lucioperca) and Siberian roach (Rutilus rutilus lacustris)....
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1714: Immunohistochemical and Molecular Features of Melanomas Exhibiting Intratumor and Intertumor Histomorphologic Heterogeneity Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111714 Authors: Haider A. Mejbel Sri Krishna C. Arudra Dinesh Pradhan Carlos A. Torres-Cabala Priyadharsini Nagarajan Michael T. Tetzlaff Jonathan L. Curry Doina Ivan Dzifa Y. Duose Raja Luthra Victor G. Prieto Leomar Y. Ballester Phyu P. Aung Melanoma is a heterogeneous...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 798: Numerical Simulations of Polymer Solution Droplet Impact on Surfaces of Different Wettabilities Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110798 Authors: Tembely Vadillo Soucemarianadin Dolatabadi This paper presents a physically based numerical model to simulate droplet impact, spreading, and eventually rebound of a viscoelastic droplet. The simulations were based on the volume of fluid (VOF) method in conjunction with a dynamic contact model accounting for...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1804: Kinetics and Chemorheological Analysis of Cross-Linking Reactions in Humins Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111804 Authors: Sangregorio Guigo Jong Sbirrazzuoli Humins is a biomass-derived material, co-product of the acid-catalyzed conversion of cellulose and hemicellulose to platform chemicals. This work presents a thorough study concerning the crosslinking kinetics of humins by chemorheological analysis and model-free kinetics under isothermal...
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Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 727: Lightning Performance of Copper-Mesh Clad Composite Panels: Test and Simulation Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9110727 Authors: Hu Yu ：According to simulation lightning experiments and eddy current analysis results, a three-dimensional finite element model of composite laminated plates with shield is established. By applying electric-thermal boundary and the coupling relationship between them, the lightning strike damage results under the protection of...
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Catalysts, Vol. 9, Pages 916: Duality in the Mechanism of Hexagonal ZnO/CuxO Nanowires Inducing Sulfamethazine Degradation under Solar or Visible Light Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal9110916 Authors: Yu Kiwi Wang Pulgarin Rtimi This study presents the first evidence for the photocatalytic performance of ZnO/CuxO hexagonal nanowires leading to sulfamethazine (SMT) degradation. The chemical composition of the nanowires was determined by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The sample...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1713: The Lung Immune Prognostic Index Discriminates Survival Outcomes in Patients with Solid Tumors Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111713 Authors: Meyers Stukalin Vallerand Lewinson Suo Dean North Pabani Cheng Heng Bebb Morris Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have revolutionized the treatment landscape of several solid tumor types. However, as patient outcomes are heterogeneous,...
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Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 677: Fluid Inclusion and Oxygen Isotope Characteristics of Vein Quartz Associated with the Nabeba Iron Deposit, Republic of Congo: Implications for the Enrichment of Hypogene Ores Minerals doi: 10.3390/min9110677 Authors: Ebotehouna Xie Adomako-Ansah Pei The Nabeba iron ore deposit is located at the northern part of Congo Craton, Republic of Congo. The ore deposit consists of supergene and hypogene ores, both of which are hosted in the Precambrian...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4266: Psychosocial and Physiological Health Outcomes of Green Exercise in Children and Adolescents—A Systematic Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214266 Authors: Mnich Weyland Jekauc Schipperijn Both physical activity (PA) and nature exposure are associated with several youth health benefits. However, the health outcomes when being physically active in nature, called Green Exercise (GE), are...
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Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1278: Life Cycle Assessment of Lighting Systems and Light Loss Factor: A Case Study for Indoor Workplaces in France Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics8111278 Authors: Bertin Canale Ben Abdellah Mequignon Zissis Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology has been used to evaluate the performance of the following lighting systems: compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), light-emitting diode (LED) lamps, and fluorescent tubes (T5 type). This work covers...
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Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 676: Zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb Ages and the Hf Isotopic Composition of the Ore-Bearing Porphyry from the Yanghuidongzi Copper Deposit, Heilongjiang, China, and Its Geological Significance Minerals doi: 10.3390/min9110676 Authors: Cong Pang Wang Tian Ying Huang The Yanghuidongzi copper deposit is a typical porphyry copper deposit located at the eastern margin of the Xing’anling-Mongolian Orogenic Belt (XMOB). While much attention have...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 606: “Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of Kotor Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110606 Authors: Milena Ulčar The aim of this paper is to examine the exchange of practices that developed when treating the bodies of ordinary laymen and those of saints. Body parts that had been obtained in unorthodox ways were used in private households in a manner strongly resembling the official methods of relic veneration. Conversely, the church...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2299: Impact of Soil Conservation and Eucalyptus on Hydrology and Soil Loss in the Ethiopian Highlands Water doi: 10.3390/w11112299 Authors: Demesew A. Mhiret Dessalegn C. Dagnew Tilashwork C. Alemie Christian D. Guzman Seifu A. Tilahun Benjamin F. Zaitchik Tammo S. Steenhuis The Ethiopian highlands suffer from severe land degradation, including erosion. In response, the Ethiopian government has implemented soil and water conservation practices...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1033: Ample Spectrum Contractions and Related Fixed Point Theorems Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111033 Authors: Antonio Francisco Roldán López de Roldán López de Hierro Naseer Shahzad Simulation functions were introduced by Khojasteh et al. as a method to extend several classes of fixed point theorems by a simple condition. After that, many researchers have amplified the knowledge of such kind of contractions in several ways. R-functions, ( R , S )...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 688: Gene Expression Signature-Based Approach Identifies Antifungal Drug Ciclopirox As a Novel Inhibitor of HMGA2 in Colorectal Cancer Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110688 Authors: Yu-Min Huang Chia-Hsiung Cheng Shiow-Lin Pan Pei-Ming Yang Ding-Yen Lin Kuen-Haur Lee Human high-mobility group A2 (HMGA2) encodes for a non-histone chromatin protein which influences a variety of biological processes, including the cell cycle process, apoptosis,...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4680: Gait Analysis and Mathematical Index-Based Health Management Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214680 Authors: Sakeran Abu Osman Abdul Majid Rahiman Wan Muhamad Mustafa Gait analysis is recognized as a method used in quantifying gait disorders and in clinical evaluations of patients. However, the current guidelines for the evaluation of post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5471: Impact of the Different Preparation Methods to Obtain Human Adipose-Derived Stromal Vascular Fraction Cells (AD-SVFs) and Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (AD-MSCs): Enzymatic Digestion Versus Mechanical Centrifugation International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215471 Authors: Pietro Gentile Claudio Calabrese Barbara De Angelis Jacopo Pizzicannella Ashutosh Kothari Simone Garcovich Autologous therapies using adipose-derived...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4265: Exploring Determinants of Population Ageing in Northeast China: From a Socio-Economic Perspective International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214265 Authors: Yang Zhao Fan The paper aims to examine the population ageing process in northeast China, typically perceived as a region experiencing dramatic demographic change and socio-economic slowdown that is much deeper and more significant compared to other...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 689: Effect of Caffeine and Other Methylxanthines on Aβ-Homeostasis in SH-SY5Y Cells Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110689 Authors: Janitschke Nelke Lauer Regner Winkler Thiel Grimm Hartmann Grimm Methylxanthines (MTX) are alkaloids derived from the purine-base xanthine. Whereas especially caffeine, the most prominent known MTX, has been formerly assessed to be detrimental, this point of view has changed substantially. MTXs...
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MCA, Vol. 24, Pages 94: A Continuation Procedure for the Quasi-Static Analysis of Materially and Geometrically Nonlinear Structural Problems Mathematical and Computational Applications doi: 10.3390/mca24040094 Authors: Davide Bellora Riccardo Vescovini Discussed is the implementation of a continuation technique for the analysis of nonlinear structural problems, which is capable of accounting for geometric and dissipative requirements. The strategy can be applied for solving quasi-static...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 607: A Sketch on Daisaku Ikeda as a Jamesian Psychologist of Religion Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110607 Authors: Kim This essay attempts to determine whether Daisaku Ikeda can be seen as a Jamesian psychologist of religion. Concerning the development of this essay, it first focuses on a common concern that exists if we look at the work of William James and the Psychology of Religion in terms of how it exists as a distinct movement and how it is related to...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1803: Novel PEEK Copolymer Synthesis and Biosafety – I: Cytotoxicity Evaluation for Clinical Application Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111803 Authors: Chon Yang Lee Kim Jeon Jho Chung In this research, we synthesized novel polyetheretherketone (PEEK) copolymers and evaluated the biosafety and cytotoxicity of their composites for spinal cage applications in the orthopedic field. The PEEK copolymers and their composites were prepared through...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4193: Impact of Flexible AC Transmission System Devices on Automatic Generation Control with a Metaheuristic Based Fuzzy PID Controller Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214193 Authors: Pilla Azar Gorripotu The present work proposes a teaching–learning-based optimization (TLBO)-tuned fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller of two-area hydro-thermal generating units for automatic generation control (AGC). The proposed system takes into...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1857: Early Lyme Borreliosis in Patients Treated with Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alfa Inhibitors Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111857 Authors: Vera Maraspin Petra Bogovič Tereza Rojko Katarina Ogrinc Eva Ružić-Sabljić Franc Strle The study evaluated the course and outcome of erythema migrans in patients receiving tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors. Among 4157 adults diagnosed with erythema migrans in the period 2009–2018,...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4773: HYBRID: Ambulatory Robotic Gait Trainer with Movement Induction and Partial Weight Support Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214773 Authors: Eloy Urendes Guillermo Asín-Prieto Ramón Ceres Rodrigo García-Carmona Rafael Raya José L. Pons Robotic exoskeletons that induce leg movement have proven effective for lower body rehabilitation, but current solutions offer limited gait patterns, lack stabilization, and do not properly stimulate the proprioceptive...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 173: mRNA Detection in Anal Cytology: A Feasible Approach for Anal Cancer Screening in Men Who Have Sex with Men Living With HIV Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9040173 Authors: Pino Martí Gaber Svanholm-Barrie Rodríguez-Carunchio Rodriguez-Trujillo Carreras Fuertes Barnadas Marimón Blanco Persing Torné Ordi There is growing interest in anal cancer screening strategies. However, cytological/molecular...
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