This article provides a close analysis of Radu Jude’s The Dead Nation (2017), a documentary essay that brings together authentic archival sources documenting the persecution and murder of Jews in World War II. The sources include a little-known diary...
Introduction: This study aimed to assess longitudinal associations between lifestyle and subsequent malignant neoplasms (SMNs) in young adult childhood cancer survivors. Methods: Members of the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort (SJLIFE) aged ≥18 years and...
Background: Patient activation describes a willingness to take action to manage health and is associated with health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to characterize patient activation and its association with psychological outcomes and health...
This article analyzes the phenomena that arise when the images of New Testament authors are placed before, alongside, and within the titles and incipits of New Testament texts in ancient manuscripts. Such images facilitate encounters with “spec...
The authors present a unique case of recurrent stroke, discovered to be secondary to hemorrhagic conversion of microemboli from a mechanical aortic valve despite anticoagulation with Coumadin. The complexity of this case was magnified by the patient’...
Bei einer 74jährigen Patientin wurde aufgrund eines Sick-Sinus-Syndroms mit SinusStillständen bis 9,3 Sekunden Dauer und Synkope ein DDDR-Schrittmacher (St. Jude Medical Identity® ADx DR; Programmierung 55–115 bpm) implantiert [...]
Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices (pVADs) can provide temporary circulatory support during high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). We describe the first case in Switzerland of high-risk PCI with a new pVAD, the HeartMate PHP...
Melanoma is developed due to disturbances in the melanocytes of the skin cells. Every human skin color is defined by melanin, which is produced by melanocytes. Around the globe, the melanoma probability percentage age intervals are from 70 and older....
Melanoma is one of the skin cancer types that is more dangerous to human society. It easily spreads to other parts of the human body. An early diagnosis is necessary for a higher survival rate. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) is suitable for providing...
Ecotourism is increasingly accepted as a suitable alternative for sustaining rural livelihoods. In spite of this trend, quantitative assessments of relationships between household assets and ecotourism choices, and the policy implications thereof, cu...
The use of scriptural names is a basic building block of ancient paideia as it is represented by Philo and Christian ecclesiastical writers after him. After learning letters, and then syllables, students would learn words (ὀνόμ&alpha...
Dengue is a viral mosquito-borne disease that rapidly spreads in tropical and subtropical countries, including the Philippines. One of its most distinguishing characteristics is the ability of the Dengue Virus (DENV) to easily surpass the innate resp...
Over the last few years, a rich amount of research has been conducted on remote vital sign monitoring of the human body. Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) is a camera-based, unobtrusive technology that allows continuous monitoring of changes in vita...
Ewing’s sarcoma (ES) is a rare primary bone cancer managed by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical resection. The existing literature on limb salvage surgery with endoprostheses combines data for ES patients with osteosarcoma. This review ai...
10 August 2022
Climate change and human development are impacting wildfires and the ways they are suppressed around the world. Many countries utilize aircraft that deliver water or chemicals to curtail fire spread, and the use of these aircraft is also changing alo...
Poverty and food security risks are increasing in resource-reliant African countries such as Nigeria. Resultantly, policymakers have attempted to use agricultural policy reforms to boost productivity and increase income. However, macroeconomic instab...
Conducting polymers, such as polyaniline (PANi) and polypyrrole (PPy), and their nanocomposites, are desired in a wide range of applications, including supercapacitors, lithium ion battery, chemical sensors, biosensors, barrier thin films, and coatin...
Pawara area is a mining district in the eastern region of Cameroon. Mining in the area is generally artisanal and semi-mechanized, practiced by the local miners and immigrants from neighboring African countries and China. The lack of strict regulatio...
Filipino students performed poorly in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) mathematics assessment, with more than 50% obtaining scores below the lowest proficiency level. Students from public schools also performed worse com...
We investigated the applicability of oyster (OS) and mussel shells (MS) as capping materials to inhibit the movement of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from river sediments. OS and MS are difficult to dispose of as waste, and have been used environme...
The application of electroencephalogram (EEG)-based emotion recognition (ER) to the brain–computer interface (BCI) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Emotion recognition systems involve pre-processing and feature extraction,...
The agricultural sector plays a key role in supplying quality food and makes the greatest contribution to growing economies and populations. Plant disease may cause significant losses in food production and eradicate diversity in species. Early diagn...
Background: In the dental field, many people undergo an extreme fear of injections, which is referred to as trypanophobia. The medical procedures that involve injections in the dental field to create numbness raises a certain level of discomfort to a...
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a highly variable RNA virus that affects chickens worldwide. Due to its inherited tendency to suffer point mutations and recombination events during viral replication, emergent IBV strains have been linked to neph...
Rat basophilic leukaemia (RBL) cells have been used for decades as a model of high-affinity Immunoglobulin E (IgE) receptor (FcεRI) signalling. Here, we describe the generation and use of huNPY-mRFP, a new humanised fluorescent IgE reporter c...
The effect of clay and chemical cross-linking on the dynamic mechanical properties of polyurethane reinforced with different concentrations of organically modified montmorillonite clay is investigated in this study. The polyurethane matrix is constit...
Synthesis of sulfonamide through an indirect method that avoids contamination of the product with no need for purification has been carried out using the indirect process. Here, we report the synthesis of a novel sulfonamide compound, ({4-nitrophenyl...
Huanglongbing (HLB), which is believed to be caused by the phloem-restricted bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), has decimated Florida’s citrus production. Grapefruit production has declined 75%, mandarin 78%, and sweet orange 5...
Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) play vital roles in fatty acid metabolism and other metabolic processes in mammals. However, in penaeid shrimp, the repertoire of genes modulated by SREBP is unknown. Here, RNA interference-mediated...
Paralympic powerlifting (PP), formerly known as “International Paralympic Committee” (IPC) powerlifting, is the format of powerlifting adapted for athletes with disabilities, and it differs from the version for able-bodied athletes in tha...
Higher heating values (HHV) is a very useful parameter for assessing the design and large-scale operation of biomass-driven energy systems. HHV is conventionally measured experimentally with an adiabatic oxygen bomb calorimeter. This procedure is oft...
Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in Mediterranean countries such as Spain, which is one of the main citrus-producing countries worldwide. Soil-borne pathogens, such as Rosellinia necatrix, are relevant limiting biotic factors in fruit...
The application of tissue-engineering technology to wound healing has become an option for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). A comparative, prospective study was conducted to assess the efficacy of a cryopreserved allograft of human epider...
Poly(vinylidene fluoride), PVDF is a piezoelectric semi-crystalline fluoroplastic that is widely used in the electronics and semiconductor industry for packaging, sensors, and actuators. PVDF nanocomposites containing single-walled carbon nanotubes,...
Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) is a cell therapy to repair cartilage defects. In ACI a biopsy is taken from a non-load bearing area of the knee and expanded in-vitro. The expansion process provides the benefit of generating a large number...
Freshwater is in limited supply, and the growing population further contributes to its scarcity. The effective treatment of wastewater is essential now more than ever, because waterborne infections significantly contribute to global deaths, and milli...
Black communities have been disproportionately impacted by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Canada, in terms of both number of infections and mortality rates. Yet, according to early studies, vaccine hesitancy appears to be higher in Black comm...
The degradation of rivers in urban landscapes is alarming and impaired their ecological functions and the services they provide to society. In African cities, urban rivers are among the most degraded ecosystems, yet ecologically sustainable utilisati...
Lithium-ion batteries have evolved and transcended in recent years to power every device across the spectrum, from watches to electrical vehicles and beyond. However, the lithium-ion battery requires the use of heavy and expensive transition metal ox...
Quantifying fireline effectiveness (FLE) is essential to evaluate the efficiency of large wildfire management strategies to foster institutional learning and improvement in fire management organizations. FLE performance metrics for incident-level eva...
We assessed the effect of different doses of vitamin D supplementation on microcirculation, signs and symptoms of peripheral neuropathy and inflammatory markers in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Sixty-seven patients with T2DM and peripheral ne...
Fucoidans are biocompatible, heterogeneous, and fucose rich sulfated polysaccharides biosynthesized in brown algae, which are renowned for their broad-spectrum biofunctional properties. As a continuation of our preliminary screening studies, the pres...
29 November 2019
There is an increasing prevalence of diabetes worldwide and substance abuse has been observed as a problem among some people with diabetes. Therefore, there is an urgent need to understand the association between unhealthy drug use including the abus...
It is commonly believed that having more white pixels in a color filter array (CFA) will help the demosaicing performance for images collected in low lighting conditions. However, to the best of our knowledge, a systematic study to demonstrate the ab...
Snail control to complement mass drug administration is being promoted by the World Health Organization for schistosomiasis control. Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi, the snail intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines, has a very fo...
The genome sequence of Leishmania has given rise to diverse novel drug targets, and their identification remains the first step in drug discovery. This study aims to identify the possible anti-leishmanicidal activity target(s) of N1, N4-[dibenzylbuta...
In the era of digital advancements, the escalation of credit card fraud necessitates the development of robust and efficient fraud detection systems. This paper delves into the application of machine learning models, specifically focusing on ensemble...
Somatic hybridization has emerged as a valuable tool for developing novel genetic combinations in citrus breeding programs, including the creation of salt-tolerant rootstocks. In this study, the performance of a tetraploid somatic hybrid, obtained by...
As a result of global warming, fire outbreaks are becoming a common occurrence. There is, therefore, the need for an effective, low-cost and environmentally friendly fire-retardant material. Amine-terminated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, ATL-...
Exposure to water-pipe smoking, whether flavored or unflavored, has been shown to instigate inflammation and oxidative stress in BALB/c mice. This consequently results in alterations in the expression of inflammatory markers and antioxidant genes. Th...
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