N-acetyl sugar amidotransferase (NASAT) is involved in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis pathway that catalyzes the formation of the acetamido moiety (sugar-NC(=NH)CH3) on the O-chain. So far, little is known about its structural and function...
Autophagy-dependent cellular survival is tightly regulated by both kinases and phosphatases. While mTORC1 inhibits autophagy by phosphorylating ULK1, PP2A is able to remove this phosphate group from ULK1 and promotes the key inducer of autophagosome...
Excellent adhesion of electrospun nanofiber (NF) to textile support is crucial for a broad range of their bioapplications, e.g., wound dressing development. We compared the effect of several low- and atmospheric pressure plasma modifications on the a...
This paper proposes an autonomous, resource-efficient, FPGA-based synchronization architecture for distributed accelerograph networks. Unlike existing FPGA implementations that focus primarily on acceleration acquisition, the proposed design integrat...
This systematic review evaluated technical evidence and system-level conditions for Distributed Recycling and Additive Manufacturing (DRAM) of post-consumer high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP). Peer-reviewed journal articles, conf...
We investigate the role played by the vacuum of the primordial fluctuations in hybrid Loop Quantum Cosmology. We consider scenarios where the inflaton potential is a mass term and the unperturbed quantum geometry is governed by the effective dynamics...
Polypropylene (PP), a widely used recyclable plastic in packaging and engineering applications, is prone to thermo-oxidative degradation during reprocessing and molding at high temperatures. Antioxidants (AOs) are essential for stabilizing PP in both...
This paper offers a comprehensive examination of the development and implementation of advanced safety protocols in the Patient Positioning System (PPS) for radiosurgery. In an era where precision and safety are increasingly crucial in medical proced...
Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most widely used polymers. In this paper, three types of PPs including random PP, impact PP, and impact PP with high clarity, were prepared through a 75 kg/h pilot-scale Spheripol II process. The three produced PPs we...
Multi-tenant Open vSwitch (OVS) deployments share a single datapath process and a common pool of central processing unit (CPU) cycles, creating risk of cross-tenant performance interference when sustained tenant traffic surges exhaust shared CPU cycl...
RelA/SpoT homologue family enzymes participate in controlling the cellular levels of the alarmone (p)ppGpp, thereby activating the stringent response and promoting survival under stress conditions. These proteins contain an N-terminal catalytic domai...
In recent years there has been growing interest in developing recycling technologies for composites manufacturing scrap, process waste and end-of-life parts. The focus of this work was to establish processing routes and mechanical property bounds for...
Hyperphosphataemia increases cardiovascular mortality in patients with kidney disease. Direct effects of high inorganic phosphate (Pi) concentrations have previously been demonstrated on endothelial cells (ECs), including generation of procoagulant e...
Realizing path tracking is crucial for improving the accuracy and efficiency of unmanned vehicle operations. In this paper, a path tracking hierarchical control method based on DDPG-PP is proposed to improve the path tracking accuracy of tracked unma...
A non-dairy whipping cream was developed by partially replacing cocoa butter substitute with pea protein–high-methoxyl pectin (PP–HMP) emulsion gel containing soybean oil. The effects of substitution levels (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%) o...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has often been cast as a straightforward engine of growth, yet its record across Central and Eastern Europe tells a more tangled story where outcomes hinge on the interplay of education, governance, and the timing of e...
Semiconductor lithography is a complex cyber-physical system where timely integration of heterogeneous operational data and informed decision-making are critical to take preventive action. Data-driven analytics can predict equipment degradation, but...
The Clp protease system fulfills a plethora of important functions in bacteria. It consists of a tetradecameric ClpP barrel holding the proteolytic centers and two hexameric Clp-ATPase rings, which recognize, unfold, and then feed substrate proteins...
Many facets of ribosome biogenesis and function, including ribosomal RNA (rRNA) transcription, 70S assembly and protein translation, are negatively impacted upon induction of a nutrient stress-sensing signalling pathway termed the stringent response....
PP2C-type phosphatases play roles in signal transduction pathways related to abiotic stress. The cyanobacterial PP2C-type phosphatase tPphA specifically dephosphorylates the PII protein, which is a key regulator in cyanobacteria adapting to nitrogen-...
Food preservation is an essential application for polymers, particularly in packaging. Complex multilayer films, such as those used for modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), extend the shelf life of sensitive foods. These mostly contain various polyme...
Rice-milling quality is conventionally inspected post-process, leaving operators unable to correct breakage as it occurs. We present and quantitatively validate a cloud-mediated closed-loop architecture that couples a YOLO26 machine-vision pipeline t...
An enigmatic localized pneumonia escalated into a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This review aims to consolidate the extensive biological minutiae of SARS-CoV-2 which requires decipherme...
Real-world fault data for hydrogen-cooled turbogenerators are scarce and largely proprietary, which hinders data-driven health assessment aligned with severity standards. This paper proposes a standards-aligned, multi-source ordinal fusion framework...
Background: Distribution shift is one of the most pervasive data-related challenges for time-series classification. In sensor-based Human Activity Recognition (HAR), a model trained on one population of subjects often degrades substantially when depl...
The production of personal protective equipment (PPE) has increased dramatically in recent years, not only because of the pandemic, but also because of stricter legislation in the field of Employee Protection. The increasing use of PPE, including dis...
Leather buffing dust (BF) is a waste from tannery which is usually disposed on landfills. The interest in using wastes as fillers or reinforcements for composites has raised recently due to environmental concerns. This study investigates the potentia...
Biobased plastics have the potential to be sustainable, but to explore their circularity further, current end-of-life options need to be broadened. Mechanical recycling is one of the most accepted methods to bring back plastics into the loop. Polyhyd...
Polo-like kinases play essential roles in cell cycle control and mitosis. In contrast to other members of this kinase family, PLK3 has been reported to be activated upon cellular stress including DNA damage, hypoxia and osmotic stress. Here we knocke...
Pectobacterium atrosepticum is a phytopathogen of economic importance as it is the causative agent of potato blackleg and soft rot. Here we describe the Pectobacterium phage vB_PatP_CB5 (abbreviated as CB5), which specifically infects the bacterium....
This paper develops a zero-sum game-based reinforcement learning tracking controller with predefined-time prescribed performance (ZG-RL-PP) for highly flexible aircraft. The disturbed tracking-error dynamics are first transformed into a min–max...
Polymers have a reputation for several advantageous characteristics like chemical resistance, weight reduction, and simple form-giving processes. The rise of additive manufacturing technologies such as Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) has introduced...
Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) must operate under severe class imbalance, evolving attack behavior, and the need for calibrated decisions that integrate smoothly with security operations. We propose a human-in-the-loop IDS that combines a convolu...
The increased interest in artificial intelligence in manufacturing has driven the adoption of machine learning to optimize processes and improve efficiency. A key challenge in injection molding is the variability of recycled materials, which affects...
To address the challenge in real-time communication mooring systems where clock synchronization and data transmission are difficult to achieve simultaneously over a single jacketed steel cable loop, this paper develops a dual-carrier inductively coup...
We propose a comprehensive mathematical model to study the dynamics of ionizing radiation induced Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) activation that consists of ATM activation through dual mechanisms: the initiative activation pathway triggered by t...
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are a conserved class of blue light and near-ultraviolet light receptors that regulate diverse processes, including photomorphogenesis in plants. In the extreme Antarctic environment, ice algae endure intense UV radiation, prolon...
Furosemide (FUR) is a loop diuretic widely used in pediatric care. However, no standardized oral liquid formulation exists due to degradation concerns, particularly the formation of furosemide-related compound B (FUR-B). This study aimed to develop a...
Autonomous agricultural robots require accurate trajectory tracking to perform precision field operations such as seeding, fertilization, and pruning. Classical kinematic models fail to capture the nonlinear dynamics inherent to real field conditions...
Airport environmental carrying capacity (AECC) provides the fundamental conditions for airport development and operation activities. The prediction of AECC is a necessary condition for planning an appropriate development mode for the airport. This pa...
Currently, plastic packaging represents a global challenge and has become a key point of attention for governments, media and consumers due to the visibility of the waste it generates. Despite their high resource efficiency, the perceived non-recycla...
Co-transcriptionally folding RNA nanostructures have great potential as biomolecular scaffolds, which can be used to organize small molecules or proteins into spatially ordered assemblies. Here, we develop an RNA tile composed of three parallel RNA d...
Active mass damper control must reduce structural motion while respecting finite stroke and available actuator voltage under changing plant dynamics. This study develops a Supervisory Multiple-Model Adaptive Preview Linear Quadratic Regulator (SMMAP-...
High dynamic performance of a deep-sea electric oil-filled joint actuator is an important premise to guarantee the working performance of an electric underwater manipulator. However, the unfavorable factors (i.e., extremely high water pressure, near...
This paper assesses the environmental loads of polypropylene and PP-PE-PET mixed-plastic products throughout the products’ life cycle in the production stage, with particular focus on the looping method. A life cycle model of homogeneous and mixed-pl...
The inherent value and use of hydrocarbons from waste plastics and solvents can be extended through open-loop chemical recycling, as this process converts plastic to a range of non-plastic materials. This process is enhanced by first creating plastic...
The article deals with a computer-supported design of optimal and robust proportional-integral-derivative controllers with two degrees of freedom (2DoF PID) for a double integrator plus dead-time (DIPDT) process model. The particular design steps are...
Robotic arms are widely used in sectors such as automotive or assembly logistics due to their flexibility and cost. Other manufacturing sectors would like to take advantage of this technology, however, higher accuracy is required for their purposes....
To improve autonomous path execution of a wheeled mower in standardized orchards, an ROS-based navigation control system integrating dual-antenna RTK-GNSS positioning and heading, an industrial computer, CAN-based drive control, and wireless manual t...
This paper proposes a new circuit-based approach to mitigate nonlinearity in open-loop ring-oscillator-based analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The approach consists of driving a current-controlled oscillator (CCO) with several transconductors conn...
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