Enterprises are more inclined towards cloud adaptation for services including cloud databases, but there is persistent concern about data security. One of the major data security vulnerabilities arises from misconfigurations in authorization and auth...
The Integrated Achievement and Mentoring (iAM) Program responds to the challenge of STEM student retention. The iAM Program provides access to the hidden curriculum (the unwritten, implicit skills critical for academic success) and uses legitimate pe...
Currently, rapid evaluation of the physicochemical parameters of drug candidates, such as lipophilicity, is in high demand owing to it enabling the approximation of the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. Although the...
This paper contributes to queueing systems by introducing the concept of sustainable integral optimization, which integrates both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as comfort, anxiety, and perceived service quality, into traditional perform...
Penetration through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is desirable in the case of potential pharmaceuticals acting on the central nervous system (CNS), but is undesirable in the case of drug candidates acting on the peripheral nervous system because it m...
In order to achieve target greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, such as those proposed by each country by nationally determined contributions (NDCs), GHG emission projections are receiving attention around the world. Generally, integrated assessment model...
Accurate building roof classification from airborne LiDAR point clouds is fundamental to reliable three-dimensional (3D) urban reconstruction. While supervoxel-based methods offer efficiency and resilience to uneven point density, their performance i...
A hybrid method combining biomimetic liquid chromatography with immobilized artificial membrane (IAM) and quantitative structure–activity relationships (QSARs) was used to derive helpful models for predicting selected properties related to dist...
17 May 2021
This study is focused on communications that come from consumer-to-consumer (C2C) ecommerce relationships. This topic is directly associated with the electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) phenomenon. eWOM is related to the set of positive or negative opini...
15 February 2023
The use of new technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), represents a promising strategy in the rehabilitation of subjects with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We present the results obtained by administering the IAmHero tool throu...
A series of semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) hydrogels based on N,N’-diethylacrylamide (DEA) and itaconamic acid (IAM) were synthesized by changing the molar ratio of linear copolymer P(DEA-co-IAM) and DEA monomer. Linear copoly...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a growing cardiovascular epidemic lacking effective treatment. Reactive oxygen species are believed to contribute to AF pathophysiology, yet general antioxidants have limited effectiveness. Since mitochondria are abundant...
Integrated absorption–mineralization (IAM) involves the transformation of CO2 in a chemical-based solution with brine used as the absorbent to form insoluble carbonates and is promising for carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Various types of a...
Multifunctional histamine H3 receptor (H3R) ligands with cholinesterase inhibitory activity are being explored as potential Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics, but their interactions with biological membranes and associated ADME properties requir...
This study provides a quantitative analysis of future energy–climate developments at the global level using two well-established integrated assessment models (IAMs), PROMETHEUS and TIAM-ECN. The research aims to explore the results of these IAM...
A series of semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) hydrogels were synthesized and investigated in this study. Linear copolymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-itaconamic acid) p(NIPAM-co-IAM), which is formed by copolymerization of N-isopropy...
Chromatographic retention factor log kIAM obtained from IAM HPLC chromatography with buffered aqueous mobile phases and calculated molecular descriptors (surface area—Sa; molar volume—VM; polar surface area—PSA; count of freely rota...
This paper reviews the many criticisms that Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)—the bedrock of mitigation analysis—have received in recent years. Critics have asserted that there is a lack of transparency around model structures and input assumptions...
The world is facing a global sustainability crisis affecting environmental systems and society. Addressing these issues requires a multi-dimensional approach that can integrate energy, water, and environment Systems, as well as provide scientific pol...
Achieving the ambitious climate targets required to limit global warming to 1.5 °C requires a deep transformation of the supply-and-demand side of energy–environmental–economic systems. Recent articles have shown that environmentally...
Cities play a fundamental role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this context, public authorities need tools to help in identifying the best set of available solutions for the urban env...
Copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), itaconamic acid (IAM; 4-amino-2-methylene-4-oxobutanoic acid) and β-cyclodextrin was investigated in this study. β-cyclodextrin was at first modified by reacting with allyl glycidyl ether to substitu...
In this work, a smart copolymer, Poly(nipam-co-IAM) was synthesized by copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (nipam) and itaconamic acid (IAM) through reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Poly(nipam-co-IAM) has...
The permeation of the blood-brain barrier is a very important consideration for new drug candidate molecules. In this research, the reversed-phase liquid chromatography with different columns (Purosphere RP-18e, IAM.PC.DD2 and Cosmosil Cholester) was...
Spermatozoa (SPZ) are sensitive to stressful conditions, particularly oxidative stress, which alters their quality; thus, the use of protective molecules as an antioxidant is encouraged. Herein, we used melatonin (MLT) to investigate its in vitro eff...
Modern pesticide risk assessment relies on data on bioaccumulation and acute aquatic toxicity, yet generating such data is labour-intensive and animal-demanding. This study evaluated whether phospholipid affinity of pesticides, quantified by the chro...
Applications of Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) place high demands on the safe coordination of multiple UAVs and UAV-tailored takeoff and landing pads to mitigate unforeseen adverse effects. However, existing modeling approaches for multi-UAV flight op...
Nowadays, fluoroquinolones (FQs) constitute one of the most important classes of antibiotics. FQs are used to treat infections caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative species. A set of fluoroquinolone–Safirinium dye hybrids has been synthesiz...
Amidases [EC 3.5.1.4] capable of converting indole-3-acetamide (IAM) into the major plant growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) are assumed to be involved in auxin de novo biosynthesis. With the emerging amount of genomics data, it was possible t...
The rapid adoption of green mobility solutions—such as electric-vehicle sharing and intelligent transportation systems—has accelerated the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, introducing complex security and performance...
Biomimetic (non-cell based in vitro) and computational (in silico) studies are commonly used as screening tests in laboratory practice in the first stages of an experiment on biologically active compounds (potential drugs) and constitute an important...
Quality, reliability, and durability are the key features of photovoltaic (PV) solar system design, production, and operation. They are considered when manufacturing every cell and designing the entire system. Achieving these key features ensures tha...
Random noise degrades the quality and reduces the interpretability of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data. The Block Matching Three Dimension (BM3D) algorithm is effective at suppressing Gaussian noise, but ineffective at handling salt-and-pepper noi...
After being stagnant for decades, there has finally been a paradigm shift in the treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) with the emergence and application of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Multiple trials of first-line ICI-chemotherapy comb...
The clinical management of pregnancy and spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) relies on estimates of gestational age (GA). Our objective was to evaluate the effect of GA dating uncertainty on the observed performance of a validated proteomic biomarker ri...
Background/Objectives: The variability of the internal acoustic meatus (IAM) and its morphological peculiarities are of high clinical significance in otologic interventions and neurosurgery. Considering the complexity of the neurovascular structures...
The major auxin, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), is associated with a plethora of growth and developmental processes including embryo development, expansion growth, cambial activity, and the induction of lateral root growth. Accumulation of the auxin pre...
Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) is the process by which decisions are made and resources allocated to ensure organisational or societal assets continue to deliver, as required. IAM is an evolving field. We discuss this evolution and present our...
The unauthorized usage of various services and resources in cloud computing is something that must be protected against. Authentication and access control are the most significant concerns in cloud computing. Several researchers in this field suggest...
The Internet of things (IoT) is expected to have an impact on business and the world at large in a way comparable to the Internet itself. An IoT product is a physical product with an associated virtual counterpart connected to the internet with compu...
The genetic algorithm (GA) is a well-known metaheuristic approach for dealing with complex problems with a wide search space. In genetic algorithms (GAs), the quality of individuals in the initial population is important in determining the final opti...
Patulin is a mycotoxin produced by Penicillium expansum and a common contaminant of pome fruits and their derived products worldwide. It is considered to be mutagenic, genotoxic, immunotoxic, teratogenic and cytotoxic, and the development of strategi...
Biologically active compounds from the 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-benzene-1,3-diols group described earlier have been studied. Various approaches were used to determine their lipophilicity and predict pharmacokinetic properties. The lipophilicity paramet...
Traditionally, the footwear industry is labor intensive, and cost control is key to ensuring shoe companies can be competitive. The development of Industry 4.0 concepts, used in high-tech industries and blockchain production information systems, enab...
Compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar collectors are widely used for solar energy systems in industry; however, CPC collectors for residential applications have not been fully investigated. In this work, the thermal performance of non-tracking,...
A methodology for an optical optimization of the intercept factor concerning a linear Fresnel reflector is described to increase the amount of solar irradiation that will be delivered in the absorber for Agua Prieta, Sonora; taking the FRESDEMO&rsquo...
The emergence and spread of multiple drug-resistant bacteria strains caused the development of new antibiotics to be one of the most important challenges of medicinal chemistry. Despite many efforts, the commercial availability of peptide-based antim...
Delivery of most drugs into the central nervous system (CNS) is restricted by the blood–brain barrier (BBB), which remains a significant bottleneck for development of novel CNS-targeted therapeutics or molecular tracers for neuroimaging. Consistent f...
In the realm of offline handwritten text recognition, numerous normalization algorithms have been developed over the years to serve as preprocessing steps prior to applying automatic recognition models to handwritten text scanned images. These algori...
Railways play a key role in sustainable development, being one of the most ecological means of transport. The article discusses the challenges and opportunities related to the maintenance of the railway station infrastructure in Poland, in the contex...
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