26 March 2020
Data relating to contact mixing patterns among humans are essential for the accurate modeling of infectious disease transmission dynamics. Here, we describe contact mixing patterns among migrant workers in urban settings in Thailand, based on a surve...
The present study provides a quantitative analysis of mixed verbs in the naturalistic speech of 20 Northern Belize bi/multilinguals of two different age groups (ages 14–20 and ages 21–40). I examined the relative frequency of Spanish/English mixed ve...
The properties of organic heterostructures with mixed layers made of arylenevinylene-based polymer donor and non-fullerene perylene diimide acceptor, deposited using Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation on flat Al and nano-patterned Al electrodes...
Intensive snake husbandry requires evidence-based approaches to environmental management and animal welfare. This study characterized substrate use in six juvenile South American rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus) by comparing a familiar substrate (cor...
The use of minimalist shoes (MS) in running involves changes in running mechanics compared to conventional shoes (CS), but there is still little research analysing the effects of this footwear on plantar pressure, which could help to understand some...
Contact charge electrophoresis (CCEP) is an electrically controllable manipulation technique of conductive droplets and particles by charging and discharging when in contact with the electrode. Given its straightforward operation mechanism, low cost,...
22 September 2022
Cultural practices and development level can influence a population’s household structures and mixing patterns. Within some populations, households can be organized across multiple dwellings. This likely affects the spread of infectious disease...
In this article, I underscore the value of nuanced, speaker-focused approaches to dialect contact, which both complement and extend community-based perspectives. I pursue this goal through two main strategies. First, I use a mixed-methods approach th...
Mental health is a serious problem among veterinarians. The aim of this study was to analyze work-related behaviors and experience (AVEM), overcommitment (OC), and cognitive and emotional irritation (IS) in different veterinary working fields. The su...
The controllable transport of droplets on solid surfaces is crucial for many applications, from water harvesting to bio-analysis. Herein, we propose a novel droplet transport controlling method, reconfigurable orbital electrowetting (ROEW) on incline...
Repetitive head impacts (RHIs) in combat and contact sports are associated with long-term neuropsychological consequences. The present study explores episodic memory performance, with a focus on pattern separation, a memory process associated with hi...
In aerospace technology, angular contact ball bearings are required to exhibit extremely high operational precision, necessitating real-time monitoring of their wear status to conduct pre-failure analysis. Although extensive studies have been conduct...
The Balkan Peninsula represents an important center of plant diversity, exhibiting remarkable ecological heterogeneity that renders it an optimal region for studying the diversification patterns of complex taxa such as Teucrium montanum. In the Balka...
Understanding the strain rate behavior of rock materials is key to geomechanical engineering. However, in numerical tools such as the Particle Flow Code (PFC), the chosen bonded-particle contact model also fundamentally dictates the mechanical respon...
Coalescence-induced droplet jumping has received more attention recently, because of its potential applications in condensation heat transfer enhancement, anti-icing and self-cleaning, etc. In this paper, the molecular dynamics simulation method is a...
Gas dispersion in non-Newtonian fluids is encountered in a broad range of chemical, biochemical, and food industries. Mechanically agitated vessels are commonly employed in these processes because they promote high degree of contact between the phase...
Equitation in the French tradition is a school of riding that emphasizes harmonious relations between humans and horses. The best-known community is the Cadre Noir of Saumur, whose specialty is the air above the ground (AAG). No study has yet looked...
(1) Background: Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have been harmed by the coronavirus, and older adults have remained isolated for a long time with many restrictions. The aim of this study was to measure the decline in cognitive, functional, and affe...
Taking advantage of the last cryogenic electron microscopy structure of human huntingtin, we explored with computational methods its physicochemical properties, focusing on the solvent accessible surface of the protein and highlighting a quite intere...
Host-vector contact rates influence the spread of several vector-borne infections, including avian haemoparasites. To investigate the ecological mechanisms underlying avian disease dynamics, we examined haemoparasite prevalences in relation to bird l...
Flow boiling is one of the most effective phase-change heat transfer mechanisms and is strongly dependent on surface properties. The surface wettability is a crucial parameter, which has a considerable effect on the heat transfer performance, particu...
Foot strike pattern is typically classified from a single observation, which may not capture how it changes during a continuous run. This study examined how the proportion of heel strikes changed across a continuous 1600 m outdoor track run, complete...
Background: Online child sexual offending, particularly offences involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), represents a growing area of concern. However, uncertainty remains regarding whether individuals who engage in online offences differ meani...
High-throughput screening (HTS) is an essential process in drug discovery, requiring platforms that ensure reagent economy, high efficiency, and resistance to cross-contamination. Click chemistry is well suited for HTS because of its biocompatibility...
We present a theoretical and numerical framework for computing asymmetric two-dimensional droplet shapes on surfaces with a sharp wetting boundary separating regions of distinct contact angles. Through Lagrange multiplier analysis of the constrained...
Despite growing interest in human–animal interactions in livestock, limited information is available on whether differences in routine human contact in the home flock have lasting effects on sheep behaviour and physiological stress responses af...
Interactions taking place between sympatric wildlife and livestock may contribute to interspecies transmission of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex or non-tuberculous mycobacteria, leading to the spread of relevant mycobacterioses or to interfer...
Inkjet-printed patterns were formed on a paper substrate using anti-oxidant copper nano-ink for application to disposable electronic devices. To prevent substrate damage, the pattern was flash light sintered under ambient conditions using the multi-p...
(1) Background: Plant diversity has long been assumed to predict soil microbial diversity. The mutualistic symbiosis between forest trees and ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi favors strong correlations of EM fungal diversity with host density in terrestria...
Starved lubrication is an important strategy for minimizing the amount of lubricant needed, and also inevitably occurs during idling and fail-safe lubrication. In this regime, however, the flow of the lubricant and the related friction coefficients a...
Mycoplasma genitalium causes a sexually transmitted infection that sometimes persists or recurs despite adequate antibiotic treatment. Between 2014 and 2018, molecular typing was applied to 75 M. genitalium-positive samples from 48 patients with repe...
The discovery of new membrane-active peptides (MAPs) is an area of considerable interest in modern biotechnology considering their ample applicability in several fields ranging from the development of novel delivery vehicles (via cell-penetrating pep...
In both mixed lubrication and dry contact studies, statistically meaningful conclusions often require a large set of numerical rough surfaces. While such surfaces can be acquired through metrological tools such as interferometers, they rarely exhibit...
Winter supplemental feeding of ungulates potentially alters their use of resources and ecological interactions, yet relatively little is known about the patterns of feeding sites use by target populations. We used camera traps to continuously monitor...
Heritage language variation and change provides an opportunity to examine the interplay of contact-induced and language-internal effects while extending the variationist framework beyond monolingual speakers and majority languages. Using data from th...
The failure zone around the pile tip varies greatly with the different failure patterns considered in research on the end-bearing capacity of piles. In an effort to improve the consideration of the size of the failure zone, a new failure pattern is p...
There is a growing concern about human factors in green building, which is imperative in high-rise high-density urban environments. This paper describes our attempts to explore the influence of workplace green features (such as green certification, v...
Environmentally benign and biodegradable chitosan (CS) membranes have disadvantages such as low mechanical strength, high brittleness, poor heat resistance and poor water resistance, which limit their applications. In this paper, home-made cellulose...
Multi-chamber contact tanks have been extensively used in industry for water treatment to provide potable water to communities, which is essential for human health. To evaluate the efficiency of this treatment process, flow and tracer transport analy...
In lateral flow and colorimetric test strip diagnostics, the effects of capillary action and diffusion on speed and sensitivity have been well studied. However, another form of fluid motion can be generated due to stresses and instabilities generated...
We addressed the question of the influence of the molecular polymorphism of cytokines from different T helper subsets on the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection. From a cohort of 527 samples (collected from 26 May 2020 to 31 March 2022), we focuse...
When nanoparticles are introduced into the bloodstream, plasma proteins accumulate at their surface, forming a protein corona. This corona affects the properties of intravenously administered nanomedicines. The firmly bound layer of plasma proteins i...
Freeze-thaw cycles caused by seasonal temperature fluctuations significantly affect the geotechnical engineering properties. This study investigated the crucial role of water distribution patterns in the characterization of elastic wave properties fo...
This study examines lexical and syntactic convergence between Dai Lue and Chinese in the multilingual environment of Sipsongpanna, employing an apparent-time approach across three generational cohorts (N = 90, balanced gender). Through mixed-methods...
The depletion of fossil fuels, along with the environmental damages brought by their usage, calls for the development of a clean, sustainable and renewable source of energy. Biofuel, predominantly liquid biofuel such as biodiesel, is a promising alte...
This paper presents an experimental study of uniform and variable texture patterns on a honed EN-GJS 400-15 spheroidal graphite cast iron surface. Textured samples were fabricated using a CNC electrochemical jet machining technique and tested against...
Accurate assessment of shale wettability is crucial for optimizing fracturing design and enhancing shale gas recovery. However, conventional evaluation methods are often unreliable due to shale’s complex mineral composition and heterogeneous po...
This study aimed to compare the impact of different laser scanning with that of conventional methods on zirconia surface treatment through evaluation of shear bond strength (SBS) values. One hundred and thirty-two sintered zirconia cubic-samples were...
Self-mixing optical coherent detection is a non-contact measurement technique which provides accurate information about the vibration frequency of any test subject. In this research, novel designs of optical homodyne and heterodyne detection techniqu...
Nitrogen foam is expected to be an effective method to extinguish large-scale fires and suppress explosions. The key to its foaming process is that gas nitrogen (N2) and a foam solution are mixed uniformly in a foam generator. Moreover, liquid nitrog...
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