(1) Background: DNA sequence alignment process is an essential step in genome analysis. BWA-MEM has been a prevalent single-node tool in genome alignment because of its high speed and accuracy. The exponentially generated genome data requiring a mult...
The prolonged consumption of D-galactose (Gal) has been associated with severe damage in the liver and brain via exacerbation of oxidative stress, non-enzymatic glycation, and the aging process. The current study was initiated for a comparative asses...
The distinctive and visually striking wooden masks associated with the Bwa culture in Burkina Faso, West Africa, are carved from a soft wood into different shapes and display various geometrical patterns and symbols according to their purpose. One of...
Objectives: The present study describes the comparative effect of 24-week supplementation of beeswax alcohol (BWA, Raydel®, 0.5% and 1.0%, wt/wt) and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10, 0.5% and 1.0%, wt/wt) on plasma oxidative variables and the prevention of o...
Background/Objectives: Beeswax alcohol (BWA; Raydel®) is a blend of six long-chain aliphatic alcohols extracted from honeybee wax and is well known for its diverse functionality and health benefits. Herein, the efficacy of a BWA dietary intervent...
In 1996, Helen Lee dubbed the departure of second-generation Asian Americans from the non-English-speaking immigrant churches that they were raised in as the “silent exodus”. This nationwide phenomenon was taking place largely because fir...
This essay uses ethnographic research conducted among Haitian Protestants in the Bahamas in 2005 and 2012 plus internet resources to document the belief among Haitian Protestants (Haitians who practice Protestant forms of Christianity) that Haiti sup...
The current study was designed to compare in vivo efficacy between beeswax alcohol (BWA) and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) to treat fatty liver changes, oxidative stress, and damages in major organs of zebrafish by 12 weeks with high-cholesterol (HC) and gala...
The following paper examines a time-efficient method for detecting biological warfare agents (BWAs). The method is based on a system of a Love-wave immunosensor combined with a microfluidic chip which detects BWA samples in a dynamic mode. In this wa...
Alcohol abuse, a global health problem, is closely associated with many pathological processes, such as dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease. In particular, excessive alcohol consumption promotes dyslipidemia and liver damage, such as hepatic stea...
The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory abilities of beeswax alcohol (BWA) are well reported in animal and human clinical studies, with a significant decrease in malondialdehyde (MDA) in the blood, reduced liver steatosis, and decreased insulin. Howeve...
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The aim of this study was to assess the level of creativity and personality traits and their mutual influence on medical students using the DECAS and BWAS. We performed a prospective descriptive study on 119 medical students from Târgu Mureș, Romania...
Recession of coastal cliffs (bluffs) is a significant problem globally, as around 80% of Earth’s coastlines are classified as sea cliffs. It has long been recognised that beaches control wave energy dissipation on the foreshore and, as a result...
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This work presents a novel Best-Worst Ant System (BWAS) based algorithm to settle the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). The researchers has been involved in ordinary Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) technique for TSP due to its versatile and easily adap...
A Love-type acoustic wave sensor (AT-cut quartz substrate, SiO2 guiding layer) with a center frequency of approximately 120 MHz was used to detect a simulant of pathogenic botulinum neurotoxin type A—recombinant of BoNT-A light chain—in l...
In this study, we aimed to assess ethnic differences in visceral (VAT), deep subcutaneous (dSAT), and superficial subcutaneous (sSAT) adipose tissue and their relationships with inflammatory markers between white European (WE) and black West African...
This study contributes to the validation of the Bergen Work Addiction Scale (BWAS) in the Italian context, with a focus on measurement invariance across gender and managerial status. The BWAS is a consolidated measure of work addiction (WA) anchored...
Research in bilingual healthy controls (BHC) has illustrated that detailed characterization of verbal fluency along with separate measures of executive control stand to inform our understanding of the lexical and cognitive underpinnings of the task....
The utilisation of Portland cement has aroused tremendous concerns owing to its production exerting a lot of pressure on the environment. Alternative eco-binders have been developed to replace it, among which alkali-activated materials (AAMs) have dr...
Oxidative stress is one of the primary instigators of the onset of various human ailments, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and dementia. Particularly, oxidative stress severely affects low-density lipid & protein (LDL) oxidation, lead...
Water is the essence of life. It possesses profound spiritual and cultural importance, and serving as an indispensable requirement for the achievement of sustainable development. Access to safe, sufficient, affordable, and reliable drinking water is...
Balsam woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelges picea Ratzeburg; BWA) is a nonnative, invasive insect that has infested fir trees in the US for over a century, yet robust methods for mapping BWA have remained elusive. We compare three approaches to mapping...
In recent years, an unprecedented increase in the development of products and technologies to protect the human being has been observed. Now, more than ever, the world population is exposed to several threats, harmful to their well-being and health....
The highly challenging hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome is becoming ever more accessible due to the continued development of multiple reference genomes, a factor which aids in the plight to better understand variation in important traits. A...
With regard to the current needs for greener aviation, this study focuses on a novel concept of Box-Wing Aircraft (BWA). Labelled SmartLiner (BWA/SL), this conceptual aircraft comes as a triplane comprising backward and forward swept wings. The aerod...
The allocation and sizing of electrical substations are critical for the efficient planning and expansion of distribution networks. This study presents the application of an enhanced Black Widow Algorithm (BWA) to solve this complex problem, consider...
Fraser fir, Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir., is a tree endemic to the Southern Appalachians and is found only in a few isolated populations at high elevations. Fraser firs are also cultivated on a commercial scale as Christmas trees. The species is imper...
Heartworm-Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD) is an early manifestation of feline dirofilariosis caused by immature Dirofilaria immitis stages reaching the lungs and inducing marked inflammatory airway lesions. This study quantified computed tomogr...
Network quantization, which strives to reduce the precision of model parameters and/or features, is one of the most efficient ways to accelerate model inference and reduce memory consumption, particularly for deep models when performing a variety of...
As studies of bilingual language control (BLC) seek to explore the underpinnings of bilinguals’ abilities to juggle two languages, different types of language switching tasks have been used to uncover switching and mixing effects and thereby re...
Aging drinking water infrastructure and persistent underinvestment have increased the frequency of service disruptions across public water systems in the United States, yet empirical evidence on the financial implications of such disruptions for wate...
For gene expression analysis in complex microbiomes, utilizing both metagenomic and metatranscriptomic reads from the same sample enables advanced functional analysis. Due to their diversity, metagenomic contigs are often used as reference sequences...
This paper proposes an efficiency-optimized multi-parameter collaborative non-dimensional selection method for industrial fans. Based on fan similarity theory, selection parameters are transformed into non-dimensional forms. The fan’s best work...
Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies produce a huge amount of biological data, which poses various issues such as requirements of high processing time and large memory. This research focuses on the detection of single nucleotide polymorphism...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak resulted in hundreds of millions of coronavirus cases, as well as millions of deaths worldwide. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease resulting from exposure to this...
Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between peripheral inflammatory markers and aggression and impulsivity in schizophrenia patients with and without criminal histories. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with patie...
High data transmission rates over wide regions and to clients in locations where broadband service is not accessible are provided by WiMAX, based on IEEE 802.16 standards for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA). The use of several antennas for sending an...
Spurs, which mainly appear in roosters, are protrusions near the tarsometatarsus on both sides of the calves of chickens, and are connected to the tarsometatarsus by a bony core. As a male-biased morphological characteristic, the diameter and length...
High-throughput sequencing technologies have rapidly developed during the past years and have become an essential tool in plant sciences. However, the analysis of genomic data remains challenging and relies mostly on the performance of automatic pipe...
Two major spoilage yeasts in the wine industry, Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, produce off-flavors and gas, causing considerable economic losses. Traditionally, SO2 has been used in winemaking to prevent spoilage, but strict...
The use of molecular markers in plant breeding has become a routine practice, but the cost per accession can be a hindrance to the routine use of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) identification in breeding programs. In this study, we demonstrate the use...
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Telecommuting is a flexible form of work that has progressively spread over the last 40 years and which has been strongly encouraged by the measures to limit the COVID-19 pandemic. There is still limited evidence on the effects it has on workers’ hea...
Given the time-consuming and costly measurement of heat-moisture comfort indexes and the difficulty of quantifying contact comfort, 20 sports fabrics were tested for air permeability, moisture permeability, thermal resistance, moisture resistance, sens...
Breeding improvements and quantitative trait genetics are essential to the advancement of broiler production. The impact of artificial selection on genomic architecture and the genetic markers sought remains a key area of research. Here, we used whol...
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a very common and mostly incurable B-cell malignancy. Recent studies revealed high interpatient mutational heterogeneity and worsened therapy response and survival of patients with complex genomic aberrations. In...
One of the most critical problems in a communication system is losing information between the transmitter and the receiver. WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access) technology is gaining popularity and recognition as a Broadband Wireles...
The rising threats to worldwide security (affecting the military, first responders, and civilians) urge us to develop efficient and versatile technological solutions to protect human beings. Soldiers, medical personnel, firefighters, and law enforcem...
Web security audits of SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerabilities still depend primarily on the analyst’s skill and knowledge to select the right tools, interpret results, and determine whether there is any vulnerability. This work presents SQLiAgent...
Background: Staphylococcus aureus, the most common pathogen in skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), harbors many well-characterized virulence genes. However, the expression of many of them in SSTIs is unknown. In this study, S. aureus virulence ge...
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