Excitation-emission fluorescence spectra is very effective to predict the concentration of organics in samples. However, redundant information and noises in the excitation-emission matrix (EEM) decrease the accuracy of the prediction concentration. H...
This paper aims to understand the bioaccumulation of pyraoxystrobin in fish. Using a flow-through bioconcentration method, the bioconcentration factor (BCF) and clearance rate of pyraoxystrobin in zebrafish were measured. The measured BCF values were...
The bacterial inactivation kinetics of dialdehyde starch (DAS) aqueous suspension was studied by the relationship between the minimal lethal concentration (MLC) and the inactivation time at four different temperatures. The relationship between MLC an...
Nano-water-based drilling fluids (NWBDFs) are prepared using nano-copper oxide (CuO) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as modification materials. The effects of the temperature and concentration of the nanoparticles (NPs) on the rheological p...
Kunbarlang shows considerable variation in the word order patterns of nominal expressions. This paper investigates these patterns, concentrating on the distribution of noun markers (articles) and on attributive modification. Based on examination of s...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 33 methylated PAHs (Me-PAHs), and 14 nitrated PAHs (NPAHs) were measured in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to study the removal efficiency of these compounds through the WWTPs, as well as their source app...
Using the aldehyde amine condensation procedure and the triphenylamine group as the skeleton structure, the new triphenylamine-aromatic aldehyde-succinylhydrazone probe molecule DHBYMH was created. A newly created acylhydrazone probe was structurally...
This study reports the first experimental evidence of using DNA as a polymeric additive to enhance protein crystallization. Using three kinds of DNA with different molecular weights—calf DNA, salmon DNA, and herring DNA—this study showed...
The quantitative inversion of the concentrations of water quality parameters could clarify the temporal and spatial distribution characteristic, migration, and conversion of water quality parameters. This study took the Danjiangkou Reservoir as the r...
Background: Dyslipidemia and distorted fatty acid (FA) metabolism are frequent biochemical abnormalities associated with anorexia nervosa (AN). Gut microbiota is supposed to play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of AN. Apart from the digesti...
Previous studies have estimated ground-level concentrations of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) using satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) in conjunction with meteorological and land use variables. However, the impacts of urbanization on air p...
Due to the numerous disadvantages that come with having anchors in the detection process, a lot of researchers have been concentrating on the design of object detectors that do not rely on anchors. In this work, we use anchor-free object detectors in...
27 January 2019
Drinking water monitoring is essential for identifying health-related risks, as well as for building foundations for management of safe drinking water supplies. However, statistical analyses of drinking water quality monitoring data are challenging b...
This study introduces an innovative sensor architecture predicated on surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), comprising a metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguide in conjunction with a cat-faced circular split resonator (TCRSW). The efficacy of...
Several previous investigations have employed betaine supplementation in randomized controlled crossover designs to assess its ostensible ergogenic potential. Nevertheless, prior methodology is predicated on limited pharmacokinetic data and an approp...
Heavy metal concentrations of Cd, As, Pb, Cu, Cr, and Hg were investigated for 86 soil samples in Jinzhou near the Bohai Sea in China, in order to identify what anthropological activities influenced their distribution levels. Ordinary cokriging (OCK)...
Objectives: To address urgent staffing shortages, hospitals increasingly rely on agency labor. Given that staffing can significantly impact hospital performance, the aim of this study was to understand the organizational and market factors associated...
In the field of respiratory clinical practice, the importance of measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations cannot be overemphasized. Within the body, assessment of the arterial partial pressure of CO2 (PaCO2) has been the gold standard for many d...
The paracrine and autocrine processes of the host response play an integral role in the success of scaffold-based tissue regeneration. Recently, the immunomodulatory scaffolds have received huge attention for modulating inflammation around the host t...
Syringopicroside is a natural drug with antibacterial activity, which is the main ingredient of Syringa oblata Lindl (S. oblata). In order to further develop the application of S. oblata and evaluate the ability of syringopicroside against Streptococ...
Nanosized Ni ferrite has been prepared by an ecofriendly green synthesis approach based on the self-combustion method. In this route, the egg white as a green fuel was employed with two different amounts (3 and 10 mL). The XRD results display the for...
Various resource description framework (RDF) partitioning methods have been studied for the efficient distributed processing of a large RDF graph. The RDF graph has symmetrical characteristics because subject and object can be used interchangeably if...
CHn is the precursor unit for graphene synthesis. We have theoretically predicated a series of CHn structures with n = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 at elevated pressures (ambient pressure, 50, 100, 200, 300, 350, and 400 GPa) using evolutionary algorith...
In the context of peptide drug development, glycosylation plays a pivotal role. Accordingly, L-type peptides were synthesized predicated upon the PD-1/PD-L1 blocker DPPA-1. Subsequent glycosylation resulted in the production of two distinct glycopept...
A fucoidan discovered in the plant Fucus vesiculosus, which lowered the molecular weight of fucoidan, was ideal for its application in the pharmaceutical and food sectors. The aim was to study the impact of ultrasound process parameters on the molecu...
The capacity of micro-organisms to form biofilms is a pervasive trait in the microbial realm. For pathogens, biofilm formation serves as a virulence factor facilitating successful host colonization. Simultaneously, infections stemming from biofilm-fo...
This research study focuses on the evaluation of the total phenolic compounds (TPC) and antioxidant activity (AOA) of strawberries according to different experimental extraction conditions by applying the Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) technique....
Nonpoint source pollution from cultivated croplands has often been associated with downstream water quality impairment in various watersheds. Given projected changes in global climate patterns, this study contributes to the existing literature by elu...
This study was conducted to explore the distribution and changes of groundwater resources in the research area, and to promote the application of geographic information system (GIS) technology and its deep learning methods in chemical type distributi...
A high-quality optical path alignment is essential for achieving superior image quality in optical biological microscope (OBM) systems. The traditional automatic alignment methods for OBMs rely heavily on complex masker-detection techniques. This pap...
With the development of the artificial intelligence industry, Knowledge Graph (KG), as a concise and intuitive data presentation form, has received extensive attention and research from both academia and industry in recent years. At the same time, de...
Following hydraulic fracturing operations within shale reservoirs, there frequently exists a considerable volume of residual oil that remains encapsulated within the matrix, thereby impeding the singular shale well’s productivity from attaining...
Exposure to PM2.5 pollution poses substantial health risks, with the precise quantification of exposure being fundamental to understanding the environmental inequalities therein. However, the absence of high-resolution spatiotemporal ambient populati...
29 April 2019
Zearalenone (ZEA) is a non-steroidal estrogen mycotoxin produced by several Gibberella and Fusarium species. Accumulating evidence has indicated that ZEA strongly stimulates cell proliferation. However the detailed molecular and cellular mechanisms o...
As the main source of drinking water in the karst areas of southern China, underground rivers play an important supporting role in local economic and social development. However, due to the special aquifer structure in the karst areas of southern Chi...
This paper provides a comparative analysis of calibration techniques applicable to stereo and near-infrared (NIR) camera systems, with a specific emphasis on the Intel RealSense SR300 alongside a standard 2-megapixel NIR camera. This study investigat...
This study focused on assessing the extent of pollution in both flowing and non-flowing surface water within the Matjhabeng mining area of South Africa, with particular emphasis on the substantial impact of gold mine tailings. A comprehensive analysi...
Stormwater runoff from roadways often contains a variety of contaminants such as heavy metals, which can adversely impact receiving waters. The filter media in stormwater filtration/infiltration systems play a significant role in the simultaneous rem...
Leaf mass per area (LMA) and leaf nitrogen concentration (LNC) are both essential parameters in plant ecology, which can reflect the growth status of plants. The features of LMA and LNC can be captured using spectral reflectance in a remote sensing a...
Soil salinization is spread in the dryland of NW China due to the dry or extreme dry climate. Increased salinization damages the health and function of soil systems and influences the microbial community structure and function. Some studies have been...