Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract, marked by persistent mucosal inflammation and structural damage. We evaluated the efficacy of HCB-5300 and HCB-5400, novel selective STAT3 allosteric i...
Hydroxymethyl carbon black (HCB) was prepared as an asphalt modifier with a high oxygen content and active surface chemical properties. The microstructure of HCB was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and...
Cannabinoid type 1 (hCB1) and type 2 (hCB2) receptors are pleiotropic and crucial targets whose signaling contributes to physiological homeostasis and its restoration after injury. Being predominantly expressed in peripheral tissues, hCB2R represents...
21 October 2013
Exposure to persistent environmental pollutants may constitute an important factor on the onset of a number of neurological disorders such as autism, Parkinson’s disease, and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), which have also been linked to reduced GA...
The primary function of hybrid direct current circuit breakers (HCBs) is to quickly interrupt fault currents to protect high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems. To enhance the reliability and stability of HVDC systems, optimal design of HCBs is re...
9 January 2023
The Mohawks at Akwesasne have been highly exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), via releases from three aluminum foundries located near the reserve. They are also exposed to organochlorine pesticides, namely hexachlorobenzene (HCB), dichlorodi...
2-(1-methyl-4-((E)-(2-methylbenzylidene)amino)-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3(2H)-ylidene)-hydrazineecarbothioamide (HCB) was synthesized as a corrosion inhibitor from the reaction of 4-aminoantipyrine, thiosemicarbazide and 2-methylbenzaldehyde. The corrosio...
As a core content of forest management, the height to crown base (HCB) model can provide a theoretical basis for the study of forest growth and yield. In this study, 8364 trees of Larix olgensis within 118 sample plots from 11 sites were measured to...
With the rapid advancement of nanotechnology and its widespread applications, increasing amounts of manufactured and natural nanoparticles (NPs) have been tested for their potential utilization in treating harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HCBs). NPs ca...
A series of novel cannabinoid-type derivatives were synthesized by the coupling of (1S,4R)-(+) and (1R,4S)-(−)-fenchones with various resorcinols/phenols. The fenchone-resorcinol derivatives were fluorinated using Selectfluor and demethylated u...
HCBs (Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms) are increasing in freshwaters across the globe, particularly at lower latitudes. In Southern Europe, a decrease in annual precipitation and an increase in drought periods have enhanced the occurrence of HCBs, impa...
7 February 2013
The aim of this study was to characterize the placental transfer of some environmental pollutants, and to explore the possibility of quantitatively predicting in utero exposure to these contaminants from concentrations assessed in maternal blood. Lev...
Under the Climate Change scenario, the occurrence of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCBs) is an increasingly concerning problem. Particularly for inland freshwaters, that have human populations depending on them for consumption or recreation, HCBs ca...
To prevent disasters and to control and supervise crowds, automated video surveillance has become indispensable. In today’s complex and crowded environments, manual surveillance and monitoring systems are inefficient, labor intensive, and unwieldy. A...
Background/Objectives: Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are chronic, life-threatening genetic disorders with a significant cumulative prevalence worldwide. Advances in early diagnosis and treatment have significantly increased life expectancy, under...
Eutrophication became the main environmental problem of Azorean lakes at the end of the 20th century, resulting mainly from the intensification of anthropogenic activities in the catchments. This problem raised great public concern, leading to the im...
Seas and oceans are contaminated by persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which are released into the environment by human activities. The chemical-physical properties of POPs induce high persistence and toxicity in marine organisms from the lowest t...
The ditopic molecule 3-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-4-pyrazolyl)pentane-2,4-dione (HacacMePz) combines two different Lewis basic sites. It forms a crystalline adduct with the popular halogen bond (XB) donor 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-diiodobenzene (TFDIB) with a...
13 April 2020
In response to the irreversible aging trend, the Taiwan government has promoted the Long-Term Care (LTC) policy 1.0 launched in 2007 and the LTC policy 2.0 reform since 2016. This study aimed to explore the utilization of formal home and community-ba...
Climate change is promoting the occurrence of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCBs) across freshwaters, posing serious risks for the ecosystems and human health. Under these warmer conditions, particularly blooms of invasive Aphanizomenon-like species...
Climate change enhances the occurrence of HCBs (Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms) worldwide, particularly in freshwater ecosystems, posing increased risks for local populations. The present work intends to conduct a spatiotemporal historical overview on...
The eventual goal of high-voltage direct-voltage (HVDC) systems is to implement HVDC grids. The modular multilevel converter (MMC) has been identified as the best candidate for the realization of an HVDC grid by eliminating the shortcomings of conven...
Synthetic non-metallic nanoparticles (NMNPs) such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanodots (CNDs), and cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have been explored to treat harmful algal blooms. However, their strain-specific algicidal activities have been...
Access to home- and community-based services (HCBSs) varies substantially between states. Yet, it is unknown how state-level policies and administrative factors impact consumer-reported unmet service needs, an important indicator of HCBS access and q...
The forest growth and yield models, which are used as important decision-support tools in forest management, are commonly based on the individual tree characteristics, such as diameter at breast height (DBH), crown ratio, and height to crown base (HC...
Crown ratio (CR) and height to crown base (HCB) are important crown characteristics influencing the behavior of forest canopy fires. However, the labor-intensive and costly measurement of CR and HCB have hindered their wide application to forest fire...
Habitat conservation banking is a policy instrument for conserving endangered species by providing financial incentives for the landowners in the United States. This policy instrument aims to protect habitat, but little or no thought has been given t...
22 September 2025
Access to home- and community-based services (HCBS) is critical for aging in place; yet many older adults continue to experience unmet needs. While individual-level factors are better-studied, less is known about how neighborhood-level place-based fa...
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is one of the most persistent environmental pollutants of global concern. Ni/Fe nanoparticles, with their small particle size, large surface area, and high reactivity, are a promising candidate for HCB degradation. In this wor...
In this study, hazelnut shell-based vegetable carbon black (HCB) was synthesized from renewable agricultural waste and incorporated into chitosan (CS) and gelatin (GEL) matrices to fabricate active packaging films. The structure of HCB was characteri...
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a persistent organic pollutant (POP) commonly detected in milk and dairy products. These compounds pose a serious threat to the health of consumers due to their considerable bioaccumulation potential, high stability, and to...
(1) Background: Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a persistent organic pollutant that is possibly carcinogenic to humans. It is still found in the environment, humans and animals, and in foods, including milk and dairy products; (2) Methods: The influence o...
Background/Objectives: Hemerocallis citrina Baroni (HCB) is a traditional herb for the treatment of depression in China. However, the active constituents and the underlying mechanisms of its antidepressant effects remain unclear. The aim of this stud...
Circuit breakers (CBs) are the main protection devices for both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) power systems, ranging from tens of watts up to megawatts. This paper reviews the current status for solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs)...
22 March 2017
Background: The majority of older adults prefer to remain in their homes, or to “age-in-place.” To accomplish this goal, many older adults will rely upon home- and community-based services (HCBS) for support. However, the availability and accessibili...
This paper describes the results of long-term tests on reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with hybrid composite beam (HCB) under two different sustained loads. Test specimens were fabricated to reflect the most common RC beam size used in sc...
Individual trees are characterized by various sizes and forms, such as diameter at breast height, total height (H), height to crown base (HCB), crown length (CL), crown width, and crown and stem forms. Tree characteristics are strongly related to eac...
4-hydroxycyanobenzene (4HCB) is a dipolar molecule formed of an aromatic substituted benzene ring with the CN and OH functional groups at the 1 and 4 positions. In the crystalline state, it forms spiral chains via hydrogen bonding, which pack togethe...
Height to crown base (HCB) is an important variable used as a predictor of forest growth and yield. This study developed a nonlinear, mixed-effects HCB model through inclusion of plot-level random effects using data from 29 sample plots distributed a...
In this study, we evaluate the long-term and seasonal variations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), α-, γ-hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), and p,p′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p′-DDT) and its met...
27 April 2018
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) contamination of soils remains a significant environmental challenge all over the world. Reductive stabilization is a developing technology that can decompose the HCB with a dechlorination process. A nanometallic Al/CaO (n-Al/...
Mitigating cyanotoxin production is essential to protecting aquatic ecosystems and public health. However, current harmful cyanobacterial bloom (HCB) control strategies have significant shortcomings. Because predicting HCBs is difficult, current HCB...
In this work, carbonated hydroxyapatite/titanium alloy (CHA/Ti) and carbonated hydroxyapatite/honeycomb/titanium alloy (CHA/HCB/Ti) plates were coated using the electrophoretic deposition dip coating (EP2D) method. Analysis of cell viability and surf...
The fate of chemical pollutants in the environment is determined by various factors including the type and strength of their interactions with reactive surfaces in soils and sediments. In the present work the interactions of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) w...
Castanopsis hystrix, a timber resource from Southeast Asia, is characterized by rapid growth and high yield, but plantation quality and efficiency improvements are required. Twenty-year-old C. hystrix experimental forests in Yulin, Liuzhou, and Pingx...
This study compared hierarchical Bayesian, mixed-effects Gaussian process regression, and random forest models for predicting height to crown base (HCB) in Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia Kom.) forests using LiDAR-derived data. Both modeling approa...
Rumen development and microecological homeostasis are critical for post-weaning health in lambs; however, effective nutritional strategies combining probiotics and antimicrobial peptides remain underexplored. This study investigated the effects of gr...
Fast and selective faulted-section identification is challenging in multiterminal medium-voltage DC (MVDC) ring networks because the initial fault transient is affected by converter dynamics, fault resistance, line parameters, and multiple feeding pa...
Owing to their complicated pathophysiology, the treatment of skin diseases necessitates a complex approach. Conventional treatment using topical corticosteroids often results in low effectiveness and the incidence of local or even systemic side effec...
Harmful cyanobacteria blooms (HCBs) are one of the main water quality threats affecting reservoirs. Guidelines suggest integrating laboratory, real-time in situ, and remote sensing data in the monitoring of HCBs. However, this approach is still littl...
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