Symmetry, Vol. 12, Pages 407: Class Imbalance Reduction (CIR): A Novel Approach to Software Defect Prediction in the Presence of Class Imbalance Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym12030407 Authors: Kiran Kumar Bejjanki Jayadev Gyani Narsimha Gugulothu Software defect prediction (SDP) is the technique used to predict the occurrences of defects in the early stages of software development process. Early prediction of defects will reduce the overall cost of software and also increase...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 618: Immunotherapy, Inflammation and Colorectal Cancer Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030618 Authors: Charles Robert Lichtenstern Rachael Katie Ngu Shabnam Shalapour Michael Karin Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer type, and third highest in mortality rates among cancer-related deaths in the United States. Originating from intestinal epithelial cells in the colon and rectum, that are impacted by numerous factors including genetics,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1670: The Agglomeration of Manufacturing Industry, Innovation and Haze Pollution in China: Theory and Evidence International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051670 Authors: Liu Cai Hao Haze pollution in China is a serious environmental issue, which does harm both to people’s health and to economic development. Simultaneously, as an important industrial development law, agglomeration may result in...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 289: Beef Quality Preferences: Factors Driving Consumer Satisfaction Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030289 Authors: Chad Felderhoff Conrad Lyford Jaime Malaga Rod Polkinghorne Chance Brooks Andrea Garmyn Mark Miller The current study was designed to broaden the understanding of the attributes impacting the sensory properties of beef when consumed. Using a survey of consumers from three different geographical regions in the United States (US),...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 394: Head-to-Head Comparison of the Incremental Predictive Value of The Three Established Risk Markers, Hs-troponin I, C-Reactive Protein, and NT-proBNP, in Coronary Artery Disease Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030394 Authors: Julius Nikorowitsch Francisco Ojeda Karl J. Lackner Renate B. Schnabel Stefan Blankenberg Tanja Zeller Mahir Karakas Risk stratification among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is of considerable...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 110: Ischemic Etiology and Clinical Outcomes Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56030110 Authors: Imamura Optimal patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy is crucial. There are several concerns that allow to better clarify the association between the ischemic etiology of heart failure and the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. The type of ischemic coronary disease has an impact on the responses...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1766: Experimental Investigation of Linear Encoder’s Subdivisional Errors under Different Scanning Speeds Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051766 Authors: Donatas Gurauskis Artūras Kilikevičius Sergejus Borodinas Optical encoders are widely used in applications requiring precise displacement measurement and fluent motion control. To reach high positioning accuracy and repeatability, and to create a more stable speed-control loop, essential...
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1140: Synthesis Based on a Preceramic Polymer and Alumina Nanoparticles via UV Lithography for High Temperature Applications Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051140 Authors: Mohammed S. Almeataq Eid M. Alosime Because of the increased demand for preceramic polymers in high-tech applications, there has been growing interest in the synthesis of preceramic polymers, including polysiloxanes and alumina. These polymers are preferred because of their low thermal...
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Coatings, Vol. 10, Pages 239: Laboratory Investigation on Physical, Rheological Thermal and Microscopic Characteristics of Water-Foamed Asphalt under Three Environmental Conditions Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings10030239 Authors: Wei Guo Xuedong Guo Yingsong Li Wenting Dai Applications of water-foamed binders have received widespread attention due to its environmental and economic benefits. This study aims to evaluate the properties of water-foamed asphalt under three...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1137: Experimental Study of Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beam Strengthened with Prestressed Textile-Reinforced Mortar Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051137 Authors: Jongho Park Sun-Kyu Park Sungnam Hong In this study, nine specimens were experimentally tested to analyze the strengthening efficiency of textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) and the difference in flexural behavior between prestressed and non-prestressed TRM-strengthened reinforced...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1171: Synthesis Gas Composition Prediction for Underground Coal Gasification Using a Thermochemical Equilibrium Modeling Approach Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051171 Authors: Christopher Otto Thomas Kempka Underground coal gasification (UCG) is an in situ conversion technique that enables the production of high-calorific synthesis gas from resources that are economically not minable by conventional methods. A broad range of end-use options is available...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1170: An Integrated Energy Simulation Model for Buildings Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051170 Authors: Nikolaos Kampelis Georgios I. Papayiannis Dionysia Kolokotsa Georgios N. Galanis Daniela Isidori Cristina Cristalli Athanasios N. Yannacopoulos The operation of buildings is linked to approximately 36% of the global energy consumption, 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change. Assessing the energy consumption and efficiency...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Pages 831: Triple-Pair Constellation Configurations for Temporal Gravity Field Retrieval Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs12050831 Authors: Anna F. Purkhauser Roland Pail The goal of next-generation gravity missions (NGGM) is to improve the monitoring of mass transport in the Earth system by an increased space-time sampling capability as well as higher accuracies of a new generation of instrumentation, but also to continue the monitoring time series obtained...
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Biosensors, Vol. 10, Pages 22: Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticles Based Sensor for Cocaine Detection Biosensors doi: 10.3390/bios10030022 Authors: D’Aurelio Chianella Goode Tothill The development of a sensor based on molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for the detection of trace levels of cocaine is described in this paper. NanoMIPs for cocaine detection, synthesized using a solid phase, were applied as...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 148: The Brain Differentially Prepares Inner and Overt Speech Production: Electrophysiological and Vascular Evidence Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10030148 Authors: Stephan Saalbach Rossi Speech production not only relies on spoken (overt speech) but also on silent output (inner speech). Little is known about whether inner and overt speech are processed differently and which neural mechanisms are involved. By simultaneously applying...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Econometrics, Vol. 8, Pages 9: Distributions You Can Count On …But What’s the Point? Econometrics doi: 10.3390/econometrics8010009 Authors: Brendan P.M. McCabe Christopher L. Skeels The Poisson regression model remains an important tool in the econometric analysis of count data. In a pioneering contribution to the econometric analysis of such models, Lung-Fei Lee presented a specification test for a Poisson model against a broad class of discrete distributions sometimes called...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 147: Abnormal Emotional Processing and Emotional Experience in Patients with Peripheral Facial Nerve Paralysis: An MEG Study Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10030147 Authors: Mina Kheirkhah Stefan Brodoehl Lutz Leistritz Theresa Götz Philipp Baumbach Ralph Huonker Otto W. Witte Gerd Fabian Volk Orlando Guntinas-Lichius Carsten M. Klingner Abnormal emotional reactions of the brain in patients with facial nerve...
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Coatings, Vol. 10, Pages 238: Cu–MoS2 Superhydrophobic Coating by Composite Electrodeposition Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings10030238 Authors: Lucia Helena Prado Sannakaisa Virtanen In this work, a superhydrophobic coating was developed by composite electrodeposition of MoS2 particles in a copper matrix. AISI 316L stainless steel and N80 carbon steel, with a thin electrodeposited Ni layer to improve adherence of the coating, were used as substrates. Different operational parameters...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1756: Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051756 Authors: Sumyya Waliullah Kai-Shu Ling Elizabeth J. Cieniewicz Jonathan E. Oliver Pingsheng Ji Md Emran Ali A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed for simple, rapid and efficient detection of Cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV),...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Genes, Vol. 11, Pages 276: Identification of Structural Variation in Chimpanzees Using Optical Mapping and Nanopore Sequencing Genes doi: 10.3390/genes11030276 Authors: Daniela C. Soto Colin Shew Mira Mastoras Joshua M. Schmidt Ruta Sahasrabudhe Gulhan Kaya Aida M. Andrés Megan Y. Dennis Recent efforts to comprehensively characterize great ape genetic diversity using short-read sequencing and single-nucleotide variants have led to important discoveries...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 434: Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Candidate Genes for Litter Size Traits in Pelibuey Sheep Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030434 Authors: Hernández-Montiel Martínez-Núñez Ramón-Ugalde Román-Ponce Calderón-Chagoya Zamora-Bustillos : The Pelibuey sheep has adaptability to climatic variations, resistance to parasites, and good maternal ability, whereas some ewes present multiple births, which increases the litter size in farm sheep....
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1959: Investigating Bat Activity in Various Agricultural Landscapes in Northeastern United States Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051959 Authors: Katherine Harms Emmanuel Omondi Atanu Mukherjee Bats are estimated to provide between $3.7 and $53 billion annually in ecosystem services in the U.S.A. Determining how bats use land for foraging is important in planning agricultural landscapes to increase their presence and role in insect pest control....
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1168: Establishment and Validation of a Two-Component Surrogate Fuel Chemical Kinetic Skeletal Model for Fischer–Tropsch Fuel Synthesized from Coal Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051168 Authors: Ruiqing Liu Ruiliang Zhang Yizhuo Feng Tiantian Yang Fischer–Tropsch (F–T) fuel, synthesized from coal-to-liquid (CTL), is an alternative fuel with clean and efficient characteristics. In this study, a surrogate fuel model was developed,...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 356: An Overview of the Oil Palm Industry: Challenges and Some Emerging Opportunities for Nanotechnology Development Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030356 Authors: Maluin Hussein Idris The increase in the world’s oil demand due to the rise of the global population urges more research into the production of sustainable vegetable oilseeds, among which palm oil is the most suitable candidate as it is the most efficient oilseed crop in...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1669: High Level of Physical Activity Reduces the Risk of Renal Progression in Hypertensive Patients International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051669 Authors: Po-Ya Chang Shu-Yu Lyu Yuh-Feng Lin Chun-Ching Huang Physical activity has long been associated with chronic diseases. However, the association between physical activity and renal progression in hypertensive patients remains unclear. This study...
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Electronics, Vol. 9, Pages 432: Structure Fusion Based on Graph Convolutional Networks for Node Classification in Citation Networks Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics9030432 Authors: Guangfeng Lin Jing Wang Kaiyang Liao Fan Zhao Wanjun Chen Suffering from the multi-view data diversity and complexity, most of the existing graph convolutional networks focus on the networks’ architecture construction or the salient graph structure preservation for node classification...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Coatings, Vol. 10, Pages 237: Investigation of the Effects of Various Organic Solvents on the PCBM Electron Transport Layer of Perovskite Solar Cells Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings10030237 Authors: Chih-Hung Tsai Chia-Ming Lin Cheng-Hao Kuei In this study, four organic solvents including 1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB), chlorobenzene (CB), methylbenzene (MB), and chloroform (CF) were used as solvents in the [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) electron transport layer...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Insects, Vol. 11, Pages 165: The Respiratory Metabolism of Polistes biglumis, a Paper Wasp from Mountainous Regions Insects doi: 10.3390/insects11030165 Authors: Helmut Kovac Helmut Käfer Anton Stabentheiner European Polistine wasps inhabit mainly temperate and warm climate regions. However, the paper wasp Polistes biglumis represents an exception; it resides in mountainous areas, e.g., in the Alps and in the Apennines. In these habitats, the wasps are exposed to a broad...
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Electronics, Vol. 9, Pages 431: Inductive Power Transmission for Wearable Textile Heater using Series-None Topology Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics9030431 Authors: Hyeokjin Kwon Kang-Ho Lee Byunghun Lee In this paper, an inductive-power-transmission (IPT) system for a wearable textile heater is proposed to comfortably provide heating to a user’s body. The conductive thread, which has high electrical resistance, was sewn into a receiver (Rx) coil on clothing...
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MCA, Vol. 25, Pages 14: Investigation of Volumic Permanent-Magnet Eddy-Current Losses in Multi-Phase Synchronous Machines from Hybrid Multi-Layer Model Mathematical and Computational Applications doi: 10.3390/mca25010014 Authors: Youcef Benmessaoud Daoud Ouamara Frédéric Dubas Mickael Hilairet This paper investigates the permanent-magnet (PM) eddy-current losses in multi-phase PM synchronous machines (PMSM) with concentric winding and surface-mounted PMs. A hybrid multi-layer...
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Electronics, Vol. 9, Pages 430: A New Single-Phase Direct Frequency Controller Having Reduced Switching Count without Zero-Crossing Detector for Induction Heating System Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics9030430 Authors: Naveed Ashraf Tahir Izhar Ghulam Abbas Ahmed Bilal Awan Ali S. Alghamdi Ahmed G. Abo-Khalil Khairy Sayed Umar Farooq Valentina E. Balas Induction heating (IH) is an environmentally friendly solution for heating and melting processes....
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Electronics, Vol. 9, Pages 428: Physical Layer Security in a Hybrid TPSR Two-Way Half-Duplex Relaying Network over a Rayleigh Fading Channel: Outage and Intercept Probability Analysis Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics9030428 Authors: Ngo Hoang An Minh Tran Tan N. Nguyen Duy-Hung Ha In this paper, the system performance of a hybrid time–power splitting relaying (TPSR) two-way half-duplex (HD) relaying network over a Rayleigh fading channel is investigated...
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Electronics, Vol. 9, Pages 427: Deep Learning Models for Classification of Red Blood Cells in Microscopy Images to Aid in Sickle Cell Anemia Diagnosis Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics9030427 Authors: Laith Alzubaidi Mohammed A. Fadhel Omran Al-Shamma Jinglan Zhang Ye Duan Sickle cell anemia, which is also called sickle cell disease (SCD), is a hematological disorder that causes occlusion in blood vessels, leading to hurtful episodes and even death. The key function...
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1139: Modification Tests to Optimize Highway Construction in Crown of Slate Random Embankments with Compaction Quality Control Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051139 Authors: Evelio Teijón-López-Zuazo Ángel Vega-Zamanillo Miguel Ángel Calzada-Pérez Luis Damián Ramos-Pereira The compaction control of random fills has developed very little due to the limitations of particle sizes, with methods usually using a simple procedural control. In order to...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1755: Differential Expression of DUB Genes in Ovarian Cells Treated with Di-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051755 Authors: Da-Hye Lee Jun-Hyeok Park Jihye Choi Kyung-Ju Lee Bo-Seong Yun Kwang-Hyun Baek Premature ovarian failure (POF) is defined as loss of ovarian function in women less than 40 years of age. The causes of POF are diverse and include environmental factors. Di-2-ethylhexyl...
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1138: Progressive Failure Analysis of Thin-Walled Composite Structures Verified Experimentally Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051138 Authors: Patryk Rozylo Miroslaw Ferdynus Hubert Debski Sylwester Samborski The subject of the presented research was a thin-walled composite column made of CFRP (carbon-epoxy laminate). The test sample had a top-hat cross-section with a symmetrical arrangement of laminate layers [90/−45/45/0]s. The composite...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 354: Variation in Anther Extrusion and Its Impact on Fusarium Head Blight and Deoxynivalenol Content in Oat (Avena sativa L.) Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030354 Authors: Tekle Stråbø Schofer He Dong Bjørnstad Variation and inheritance of anther extrusion and its effects on Fusarium head blight were studied. On a 0 to 9 scale, variation ranged from 1 to 6 in a North American oat panel and from 0 to 8 in a Nordic population. The inheritance...
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Education Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 59: Assessing Expressive Oral Reading Fluency Education Sciences doi: 10.3390/educsci10030059 Authors: Morrison Wilcox Educators struggle to assess various aspects of reading in valid and reliable ways. Whether it is comprehension, phonological awareness, vocabulary, or phonics, determining appropriate assessments is challenging across grade levels and student abilities. Also challenging is measuring aspects of fluency: rate, accuracy, and...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 111: Abundant Extractable Metabolites from Temperate Tree Barks: The Specific Antimicrobial Activity of Prunus Avium Extracts Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9030111 Authors: Abedini Colin Hubert Charpentier Angelis Bounasri Bertaux Kotland Reffuveille Nuzillard Renault Gangloff Tree barks are mainly considered as wood wastes from forestry activities, but represent valuable resources as they may...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1667: Tactical Analysis According to Age-level Groups during a 4 vs. 4 Plus Goalkeepers Small-sided Game International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051667 Authors: Clemente Castillo Los Arcos This study aimed to compare the collective dynamics of three different age-level groups (i.e., U13, U15 and U18) during a 4 vs. 4 plus goalkeepers small-sided game (SSG). Fifty-four male outfield soccer players aged...
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Education Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 58: Towards a Training Framework for Improved Assistive Mobile App Acceptance and Use Rates by Blind and Visually Impaired People Education Sciences doi: 10.3390/educsci10030058 Authors: Paraskevi Theodorou Apostolos Meliones The development of mobile apps, which are either suitably adapted or especially designed for use by sensory-deprived people, have contributed significantly to the continuously increasing adoption of digital assistive technologies...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1666: Brain Breaks® Physical Activity Solutions in the Classroom and on Attitudes toward Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial among Primary Students from Eight Countries International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051666 Authors: Mok Chin Korcz Popeska Edginton Uzunoz Podnar Coetzee Georgescu Emeljanovas Pasic Balasekaran Anderson Durstine ...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1665: Prenatal Manganese Exposure and Long-Term Neuropsychological Development at 4 Years of Age in a Population-Based Birth Cohort International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051665 Authors: Andiarena Irizar Molinuevo Urbieta Babarro Subiza-Pérez Santa-Marina Ibarluzea Lertxundi Background: Manganese (Mn) is an essential micronutrient for humans, the diet being the main source...
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Metals, Vol. 10, Pages 341: Material Reuse in Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Side Effects of the Laser—Metal Powder Interaction Metals doi: 10.3390/met10030341 Authors: Eleonora Santecchia Stefano Spigarelli Marcello Cabibbo Metal additive manufacturing is changing the way in which engineers and designers model the production of three-dimensional (3D) objects, with rapid growth seen in recent years. Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is the most used metal additive manufacturing technique,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1664: Girls’ Empowerment and Adolescent Pregnancy: A Systematic Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051664 Authors: Nkhoma Lin Katengeza Soko Estinfort Wang Juan Jian Iqbal Background: 21 million girls get pregnant every year. Many initiatives are empowering girls. Various studies have looked at girl empowerment, however, there is contradicting evidence, and...
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Crystals, Vol. 10, Pages 168: Analysis of Eyring–Powell Fluid Flow Used as a Coating Material for Wire with Variable Viscosity Effect along with Thermal Radiation and Joule Heating Crystals doi: 10.3390/cryst10030168 Authors: Zeeshan Khan Haroon Ur Rasheed Tariq Abbas Waris Khan Ilyas Khan Dumitru Baleanu Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar This article examines a wire coating technique that considers how viscoelastic Eyring–Powell fluid is studied with magnetohydrodynamic...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1400: Smart Sensor Architectures for Multimedia Sensing in IoMT Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051400 Authors: Javier Silvestre-Blanes Víctor Sempere-Payá Teresa Albero-Albero Today, a wide range of developments and paradigms require the use of embedded systems characterized by restrictions on their computing capacity, consumption, cost, and network connection. The evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) towards Industrial IoT (IIoT) or the Internet of...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 288: Effect of Innovative Food Processing Technologies on the Physicochemical and Nutritional Properties and Quality of Non-Dairy Plant-Based Beverages Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030288 Authors: Paulo E. S. Munekata Rubén Domínguez Sravanthi Budaraju Elena Roselló-Soto Francisco J. Barba Kumar Mallikarjunan Shahin Roohinejad José M. Lorenzo Increase in allergenicity towards cow’s milk, lactose intolerance, the prevalence of hypercholesterolemia,...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1167: Micro- and Macroscale Consequences of Interactions Between CO2 and Shale Rocks Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051167 Authors: Mohammad H. Bhuiyan Nicolaine Agofack Kamila M. Gawel Pierre R. Cerasi In carbon storage activities, and in shale oil and gas extraction (SOGE) with carbon dioxide (CO2) stimulation fluid, CO2 comes into contact with shale rock and its pore fluid. As a reactive fluid, the injected CO2 displays a large potential to modify...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1401: A Review on the Development of Tunable Graphene Nanoantennas for Terahertz Optoelectronic and Plasmonic Applications Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051401 Authors: Zaka Ullah Gunawan Witjaksono Illani Nawi Nelson Tansu Muhammad Irfan Khattak Muhammad Junaid Exceptional advancement has been made in the development of graphene optical nanoantennas. They are incorporated with optoelectronic devices for plasmonics application and have been...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1166: Experimental Investigation of the Performance and Spray Characteristics of a Supersonic Two-Phase Flow Ejector with Different Structures Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051166 Authors: Shizhen Li Wei Li Yanjun Liu Chen Ji Jingzhi Zhang A two-phase flow ejector is an important part of a water mist fire suppression system, and these devices have become a popular research topic in recent years. This paper proposes a supersonic ejector that aims...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Symmetry, Vol. 12, Pages 406: On the Energy Efficiency of Massive MIMO Systems With Low-Resolution ADCs and Lattice Reduction Aided Detectors Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym12030406 Authors: Zhitao Xiao Jincan Zhao Tianle Liu Lei Geng Fang Zhang Jun Tong As an effective technology for boosting the performance of wireless communications, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems based on symmetric antenna arrays have been extensively studied. Using low-resolution...
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Polymers, Vol. 12, Pages 565: PEDOT:PSS in Water and Toluene for Organic Devices—Technical Approach Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym12030565 Authors: Beata Jewłoszewicz Krzysztof A. Bogdanowicz Wojciech Przybył Agnieszka Iwan Ireneusz Plebankiewicz Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene:poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) water and toluene solutions were investigated in detail, taking into consideration their stability, wettability, transparency, and electrochemical properties,...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1663: APCI Evaluation Method for Cement Concrete Airport Pavements in the Scope of Air Operation Safety and Air Transport Participants Life International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051663 Authors: Wesołowski Iwanowski Many factors have an impact on flight operation safety and air transport participants life. This article presents one of them, which is maintenance of the airport infrastructure in a good condition,...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1136: Developing Conductive Highly Ordered Zinc Oxide Nanorods by Acetylacetonate-Assisted Growth Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051136 Authors: Siti Shafura A Karim Yuzuru Takamura Phan Trong Tue Nguyen Thanh Tung Jamal Kazmi Chang Fu Dee Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis Mohd Ambri Mohamed Highly ordered vertically grown zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs) were synthesized on ZnO-coated SiO2/Si substrate using zinc acetylacetonate hydrate as a...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 458: Ultraviolet Photodetecting and Plasmon-to-Electric Conversion of Controlled Inkjet-Printing Thin-Film Transistors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030458 Authors: Cheng-Jyun Wang Hsin-Chiang You Jen-Hung Ou Yun-Yi Chu Fu-Hsiang Ko Direct ink-jet printing of a zinc-oxide-based thin-film transistor (ZnO-based TFT) with a three-dimensional (3-D) channel structure was demonstrated for ultraviolet light (UV) and visible light photodetection....
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Medicines, Vol. 7, Pages 11: The Antioxidant and Antihyperglycemic Activities of Bottlebrush Plant (Callistemon lanceolatus) Stem Extracts Medicines doi: 10.3390/medicines7030011 Authors: Ramesh Kumar Ashutosh Gupta Amit Kumar Singh Anupam Bishayee Abhay K. Pandey Background: Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disease, is a major health concern today throughout the world. Callistemon lanceolatus (Myrtaceae), commonly known as bottlebrush, has been used by Indian tribal...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 353: Long-Term Effects of Different Nitrogen Levels on Growth, Yield, and Quality in Sugarcane Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030353 Authors: Zeng Zhu Lu Jiang Yang Xing Li Nitrogen (N) plays an important role in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) growth and development; however, long-term effects of N application levels on cane and sugar production in different sugarcane cultivars under field conditions remain unclear. In...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1147: Calculation of the Isobaric Heat Capacities of the Liquid and Solid Phase of Organic Compounds at 298.15K by Means of the Group-Additivity Method Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051147 Authors: Rudolf Naef The calculation of the isobaric heat capacities of the liquid and solid phase of molecules at 298.15 K is presented, applying a universal computer algorithm based on the atom-groups additivity method, using refined atom groups. The atom groups...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 160: Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Fish Feed and Its Effects: A Review Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030160 Authors: Mariana Oliveira Vitor Vasconcelos Plant-based ingredients have been successfully replacing fishmeal in finished fish feeds. However, using crops in feeds results in an increased risk of contamination by fungi and mycotoxins and a higher incidence of mycotoxicosis in fish. This might decrease aquaculture’s productivity as mycotoxicosis...
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Processes, Vol. 8, Pages 293: Numerical Investigation of Centrifugal Blood Pump Cavitation Characteristics with Variable Speed Processes doi: 10.3390/pr8030293 Authors: Teng Jing Yujiao Cheng Fangqun Wang Wei Bao Ling Zhou In this paper, the cavitation characteristics of centrifugal blood pumps under variable speeds were studied by using ANSYS-CFX and MATLAB software. The study proposed a multi-scale model of the “centrifugal blood pump—left heart...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1668: Application of the Key Characteristics of Carcinogens to Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051668 Authors: Alexis M. Temkin Barbara A. Hocevar David Q. Andrews Olga V. Naidenko Lisa M. Kamendulis Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) constitute a large class of environmentally persistent chemicals used in industrial and consumer products. Human...
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Catalysts, Vol. 10, Pages 292: Mechanism and Chemoselectivity of Mn-Catalyzed Intramolecular Nitrene Transfer Reaction: C–H Amination vs. C=C Aziridination Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal10030292 Authors: Wang Zheng Li Zhan The reactivity, mechanism and chemoselectivity of the Mn-catalyzed intramolecular C–H amination versus C=C aziridination of allylic substrate cis-4-hexenylsulfamate are investigated by BP86 density functional theory computations. Emphasis...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
QuBS, Vol. 4, Pages 15: A Methodology for Reconstructing DSET Pulses from Heavy-Ion Broad-Beam Measurements Quantum Beam Science doi: 10.3390/qubs4010015 Authors: Makino Onoda Ohshima Kobayashi Ikeda Hirose A table-based method for the estimation of heavy-ion-induced Digital Single Event Transient (DSET) voltage pulse-width in a single logic cell has been developed. The estimation method is based on the actual heavy-ion-induced transient current data in...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 433: Effect of Dietary Folic Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy on Blood Characteristics and Milk Composition of Ewes Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030433 Authors: Wang Li Li Luo Blair Jian Diao The objective of the present study was to investigate the dynamic change of serum parameters and milk composition by dietary FA supplementation with ewes with different litter size from mating to lambing. The ewes were divided into six...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1165: Development of Vacuum Insulation Panels with Utilization of Organic By-Products Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051165 Authors: Jiří Zach Vítězslav Novák Jitka Peterková Jan Bubeník The need for the development of new, advanced building materials increases every year, especially due to the necessary diminution of energy performance for building structures and for building production itself (including the production of building materials). Along...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1140: Zinc and Calcium Cations Combination in the Production of Floating Alginate Beads as Prednisolone Delivery Systems Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051140 Authors: Paola Russo Silvana Morello Aldo Pinto Pasquale Del Gaudio Giulia Auriemma Rita P. Aquino The aim of this research was to verify the application of alginate in combination with Ca2+ and Zn2+ ions to produce a floating and prolonged release system for the oral administration...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 287: Potential Probiotic Yeasts Sourced from Natural Environmental and Spontaneous Processed Foods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030287 Authors: Alice Agarbati Laura Canonico Enrica Marini Emanuele Zannini Maurizio Ciani Francesca Comitini In the last decades, there has been a growing interest from consumers in their food choices. Organic, natural, less processed, functional, and pre-probiotic products were preferred. Although, Saccharomyces cerevisiae...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 432: Comparison of Mineral, Metabolic, and Oxidative Profile of Saanen Goat during Lactation with Different Mediterranean Breed Clusters under the Same Environmental Conditions Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030432 Authors: Manuelian Maggiolino De Marchi Claps Esposito Rufrano Casalino Tateo Neglia De Palo This study aimed to describe metabolic, oxidative, and mineral blood profiles of Saanen does through lactation...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1754: MiR&moRe2: A Bioinformatics Tool to Characterize microRNAs and microRNA-Offset RNAs from Small RNA-Seq Data International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051754 Authors: Enrico Gaffo Michele Bortolomeazzi Andrea Bisognin Piero Di Battista Federica Lovisa Lara Mussolin Stefania Bortoluzzi MicroRNA-offset RNAs (moRNAs) are microRNA-like small RNAs generated by microRNA precursors. To date, little is known about...
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Universe, Vol. 6, Pages 38: On the Solution of the Schrödinger Equation with Position-Dependent Mass
Universe, Vol. 6, Pages 38: On the Solution of the Schrödinger Equation with Position-Dependent Mass Universe doi: 10.3390/universe6030038 Authors: Sezgin We have considered the Iwasawa and Gauss decompositions for the Lie group SL(2,R). According to these decompositions, the Casimir operators of the group and the Hamiltonians with position-dependent mass were expressed. Then, the unbound state solutions of the Schrödinger equations with position-dependent mass were given.
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1947: Mapping the Landscape and Structure of Research on Education for Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric Review Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051947 Authors: Philip Hallinger Vien-Thong Nguyen This systematic review of research used science mapping as a means of analyzing the knowledge base on education for sustainable development (ESD) in K-12 schooling. The review documented the size, growth trajectory and geographic distribution of this...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1399: Towards Efficient Electricity Forecasting in Residential and Commercial Buildings: A Novel Hybrid CNN with a LSTM-AE based Framework Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051399 Authors: Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan Tanveer Hussain Amin Ullah Seungmin Rho Miyoung Lee Sung Wook Baik Due to industrialization and the rising demand for energy, global energy consumption has been rapidly increasing. Recent studies show that the biggest portion of energy is consumed...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 430: Effects of Dietary Biological or Chemical-Synthesized Nano-Selenium Supplementation on Growing Rabbits Exposed to Thermal Stress Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030430 Authors: Sheiha Abdelnour Abd El-Hack Khafaga Metwally Ajarem Maodaa Allam El-Saadony The adverse influences of elevated ambient temperatures during the summer season on the rabbit industry have received increased global attention. Therefore, this study...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1164: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) for the Assessment of Renewable Energy Technologies in a Household: A Review Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051164 Authors: Indre Siksnelyte-Butkiene Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas Dalia Streimikiene Different power generation technologies have different advantages and disadvantages. However, if compared to traditional energy sources, renewable energy sources provide a possibility to solve the climate change...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 91: Patterns of Understory Community Assembly and Plant Trait-Environment Relationships in Temperate SE European Forests Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12030091 Authors: Kermavnar Kutnar We analyzed variation in the functional composition and diversity of understory plant communities across different forest vegetation types in Slovenia. The study area comprises 10 representative forest sites covering broad gradients of environmental conditions (altitude,...
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