This study investigates window renovation strategies for a detached building in Belper, UK, analyzing double- and triple-glazed, vacuum, and low-E vacuum windows with varying gas fillings, pillar radii, and spacing. The results reveal that increasing...
Malicious actors often exploit persistence mechanisms, such as unauthorized modifications to Windows startup directories or registry keys, to achieve privilege escalation and maintain access on compromised systems. While information technology (IT) t...
A comparison of mode shapes in isotropic structures can be efficiently performed using the modal assurance criterion (MAC) to determine the similarity between mode shape vectors. However, the unidirectional, carbon-based composite (UCBC) structure sh...
This study aimed to quantify horizontal and vertical bone gain using superimposition of preoperative and postoperative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in severe alveolar ridge defects treated with a modified guided bone regeneration (GBR) techni...
(I) This study aimed to evaluate the impact on physical demands induced by FIFA’s new rule implemented based on the number of substitutions caused by COVID-19. (II) Sixty-six matches were analysed in peak periods (microcycles of three matches i...
The properties of the Gabor and Morlet transforms are examined with respect to the Fourier analysis of discretely sampled data. Forward and inverse transform pairs based on a fixed window with uniform sampling of the frequency axis can satisfy numeri...
Superficial modifications on silicon wafers produced by single-shot focused femtosecond laser irradiation having a 1030 nm wavelength and 300 fs pulse duration were experimentally and theoretically analyzed. The laser fluence window when the amorphou...
The nature of genome organization into two basic structural compartments is as yet undiscovered. However, it has been indicated to be a mechanism of gene expression regulation. Using the classification approach, we ranked genomic marks that hint at c...
Ventilated windows have the potential to contribute to both indoor air quality and energy efficiency in cold climates. A typical ventilated window functions as a solar collector under inward air flow direction and incident solar radiation. The ventil...
In this study, we report, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, on in-volume glass modifications produced by GHz bursts of femtosecond pulses. We compare three distinct methods of energy deposition in glass, i.e., the single-pulse, MHz bu...
Due to the non-normality of stock returns, nonparametric rank tests are gaining accceptance relative to parametric tests in financial economics event studies. In rank tests, financial assets’ multiple day cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) are...
Raw LiDAR data requires processing to yield more informative, reliable, and accurate products. This paper concerns Msplit estimation, addresses the problem of extracting linear structures from LiDAR point clouds, and examines different approaches to...
The mature brain is the result of a complex neurodevelopmental process resulting from interweaved mechanisms and involving early genetic and microenvironmental factors shaped by patterns of spontaneous electrical activity. During postnatal developmen...
In this work, the effect of the addition of noble metals on the order–order disorder process of the L12 structure corresponding to the intermetallic Ni3Al is analyzed. Stoichiometric, nonstoichiometric, and quasi-binary compositions doped with...
11 January 2023
In this study, six aircraft noise reduction strategies including the optimization of aircraft type, regulation of night flight number, optimization of flight procedure, modification of operating runway, land use planning and installation of sound ins...
In hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2), aberrant histone modifications are closely linked to long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) expression. However, existing computational models lack physical interpretability at specific promoter coordinates. To address this...
In the context of sustainability and in the face of ambitious goals towards the reduction of CO2 emission, the modification of transparency in architecture becomes an important tool of energy flow management into the building. Windows that dim to sto...
We develop a model-independent response-window formalism that describes how small perturbations of the cosmological expansion history around that of the standard
Hypocrellins (HYPs), naturally occurring 3,10-xylene-4,9-anthracene derivatives sourced from Shiraia bambusicola and Hypocrella bambusae, exhibit significant photobiological activities. Despite their capability for generating a high yield of reactive...
For decades, differentially pumped environmental transmission electron microscopy has been a powerful tool to study dynamic structural evolution of catalysts under a gaseous environment. With the advancement of micro-electromechanical system-based te...
The emergence of natural products has provided extremely valuable references for the treatment of various diseases. Cucurbitacin B, a tetracyclic triterpenoid compound isolated from cucurbitaceae and other plants, is the most abundant member of the c...
Metal nitrides show excellent photothermal stability and conversion properties, which have the potential for photothermal therapy (PTT) for cancer. Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a new non-invasive and non-ionizing biomedical imaging method that can...
Background: The common fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene variant rs9939609 has been linked to elevated risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Eating and sleeping windows gained clinical interest as factors in weight maintenance...
For a large benign lesion within the maxillary sinus, such as an antral pseudocyst, maxillary sinus floor augmentation is more commonly performed using a two-stage approach. This involves first removing the lesion, and then, re-entry following severa...
Background/Objectives: This retrospective longitudinal study analyzed height growth velocity (GV) across skeletal maturity indicator (SMI) intervals in Korean adolescents with skeletal Class II malocclusion to identify the timing and duration of peak...
Vanadium dioxide (VO2), a typical thermochromic material, undergoes a metal–semiconductor transition (MST) near 68 °C, accompanied by lattice distortion and band structure reconstruction, making it an ideal material for smart window applica...
This study demonstrates that hydrogen enrichment in lean-burn spark-ignition engines can simultaneously improve three key performance metrics, thermal efficiency, combustion stability, and nitrogen oxide emissions, without requiring modifications to...
The low absorption of biological substances and living tissues in the red/near-infrared region (therapeutic window) makes luminophores emitting in the range of ~650–1350 nm favorable for in vitro and in vivo imaging. In contrast to commonly use...
The present study proposes a model to predict the heat transfer coefficient in R134a liquid–vapor two-phase pulsating flow boiling in an evaporator using the experimental data and response surface methodology (RSM). The model is based on the cu...
Direct ultrafast laser processing is nowadays considered the most flexible technique allowing to generate complex 3D optical functions in bulk glasses. The fact that the built-in optical element is embedded in the material brings several advantages i...
We present the modification of ethylene-propylene rubber (EPM) with vinyltetra-methydisiloxane (VTMDS) via reactive extrusion to create a new silicone-based material with the potential for high-performance applications in the automotive, industrial a...
Cellular memory, or epigenetic memory, represents the capacity for cells to retain information beyond the underlying DNA sequence. This heritable characteristic is primarily governed by epigenetic mechanisms which enable cells to maintain specialized...
Green remodeling and retrofitting are effective strategies for enhancing the sustainability of existing buildings. While green remodeling involves significant structural modifications, green retrofitting typically focuses on improving energy efficien...
The frequency of a magnetic field has led to the development of physicochemical interaction models and to the consideration of the role of frequency as a fundamental parameter in the change of cell behavior. The main objective of this article is to f...
5-methylcytosine (m5C) is a common post-transcriptional modification observed in a variety of RNAs. m5C has been demonstrated to be important in a variety of biological processes, including RNA structural stability and metabolism. Driven by the impor...
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea has significant negative effects on health and behavior in childhood including depression, failure to thrive, neurocognitive impairment, and behavioral issues. It is strongly associated with an increased risk for chr...
Sleep changes significantly throughout the human lifespan. Physiological modifications in sleep regulation, in common with many mammals (especially in the circadian rhythms), predispose adolescents to sleep loss until early adulthood. Adolescents are...
Indoor environmental quality profoundly impacts student learning outcomes and teacher effectiveness, particularly in primary education, where children spend most of their developmental years. The study compares the New Zealand Ministry of Education&r...
This study presents a multi-objective optimisation of building thermo-modernisation for multi-family buildings. The applied model has considered alternative solutions for insulation materials, with different thicknesses and different types of windows...
The described R package allows to estimate Dynamic Model Averaging (DMA), Dynamic Model Selection (DMS) and Median Probability Model. The original methods, and additionally, some selected modifications of these methods are implemented. For example th...
Ovulation and granulosa cell luteinization are induced by ovulatory signals, including luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Histone modifications enable rapid, signal-responsive transcriptional reprogramming. However, the...
Selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 is one of the most widely used technologies in denitration. Vanadium-based catalysts have been extensively studied for the deNOx process. V2O5/WO3(MoO3)TiO2 as a commercial catalyst has excellent catalyti...
An infrared (IR) pyroelectric detector was investigated for terahertz (THz) detection using the principle of the terajet effect, which focuses the beam beyond the diffraction limit. The terahertz beam was coupled to the detector’s optical window thro...
A novel application of function hooking is presented, allowing software that runs on Windows and uses MFC, wxWidgets, or the Win32 API to have its user interfaces translated without modification of the original application or access to source code. A...
Universal, predictive attractor patterns configured by Lyapunov exponents (LEs) as a function of the control parameter are shown to characterize periodic windows in chaos just as in attractors, using a coherent model of the laser with injected signal...
Conjugation with the small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modulates protein interactions and localisation. The kinase Aurora B, a key regulator of mitosis, was previously identified as a SUMOylation target in vitro and in assays with overexpressed co...
The majority of energy consumption is attributed to buildings. Buildings designed with environmentally sustainable features have the potential to reduce energy consumption. The demolition of ecologically detrimental structures incurs expenses and dam...
19 February 2022
Bone health is a major concern for aging populations globally. Osteoporosis and bone mineral density are associated with air pollution, but less is known about the impacts of air pollution on osteoporotic fracture. We aimed to assess the associations...
Design studio education requires sustained attention and prolonged occupancy of a shared workspace, making environmental opportunities for brief recovery potentially relevant to students’ well-being. This exploratory study used affordance theor...
This review focuses on the radiation-induced changes in germanate and tellurite glasses. These glasses have been of great interest due to their remarkable potential for photonics, in terms of extended transmission window in the mid-infrared, ability...
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