Three-dimensional hierarchical Co3O4 nanobooks have been synthesized successfully on a large scale by calcining orthorhombic Co(CO3)0.5(OH)·0.11H2O precursors with identical morphologies. Based on the influence of reaction time and urea concentration...
20 March 2019
We aimed to determine which discipline had the greater performance improvements in the history of Ironman triathlon in Hawaii and also which discipline had the greater influence in overall race time. Data from 1983 to 2018 of the top three women and...
Mass concrete is usually poured in layers. To ensure the interlayer bonding quality of concrete, the lower layer should be kept in a plastic state before the upper layer is added. Ultimately, it will lead to the prediction of concrete setting time as...
For the splitting iterative scheme to solve the system of linear equations, an equivalent form in terms of descent and residual vectors is formulated. We propose an extrapolation technique using the new formulation, such that a new splitting iterativ...
Transportation planning often involves not only shipment costs but also setup costs associated with deploying vehicles or transport resources. In many practical logistics operations, this setup cost does not remain constant but increases stepwise wit...
Stepwise phase change material (PCM) aggregate concrete has advantages in controlling temperature and resisting frost heave, but its freeze–thaw resistance performance is still unclear. This paper explored the impact of replacing ordinary coars...
The aim of this study is to enhance the predictivity power of CoMFA and CoMSIA models by means of different variable selection algorithms. The genetic algorithm (GA), successive projection algorithm (SPA), stepwise multiple linear regression (SW-MLR)...
14 October 2022
A statistical model to predict oral frailty based on information obtained from questionnaires might help to estimate its prevalence and clarify its determinants. In this study, we aimed to develop and validate a predictive model to assess oral frailt...
Urban green and blue space (GBS) significantly impacts the diffusion range of atmospheric particulate matter. By determining the diffusion distance of atmospheric particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) in Shanghai, combined with the GBS landscape patter...
Due to their structural and property tunability, semiconductive conjugated polymers (CPs) have emerged as promising candidates for photocatalytic water splitting. Compared with inorganic materials, the photocatalytic performance of mono-component pol...
This study is the first of a two-part paper. The overall study presents a new methodology to improve the accuracy of hybrid vehicles’ energy-consumption model over conventional transportation modeling methods. The first paper attempts to improv...
Careful optimization of the reaction conditions provided access to the particularly small tetraruthenium macrocycle 2Ru2Ph-Croc, which is composed out of two redox-active divinylphenylene-bridged diruthenium entities {Ru}-1,4-CH=CH-C6H4-CH=CH-{Ru} (R...
The main goal of this paper is to study pollution during sea breeze days in the Split town center, which is placed near the industrial area with three cement plants and one asbestos cement plant, as well as a harbor with high traffic, and investigate...
This project aims to re-assess our understanding of the shape of fluvial bedload gravels by drawing together existing information on fluvial gravel shape. At its crux, however, is the interpretation of a large, high-quality set of measurements made o...
Multicellular life evolved from simple unicellular organisms that could replicate indefinitely, being essentially ageless. At this point, life split into two fundamentally different cell types: the immortal germline representing an unbroken lineage o...
Integrating carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology into an integrated energy system (IES) can reduce its carbon emissions and enhance its low-carbon performance. However, the full CCS of flue gas displays a strong coupling between lean and rich...
Corn grain moisture (CGM) is critical to estimate grain maturity status and schedule harvest. Traditional methods for determining CGM range from manual scouting, destructive laboratory analyses, and weather-based dry down estimates. Such methods are...
Objectives: To evaluate the role of clinical scores assessing the risk of disease severity in patients with clinical suspicion of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). The hypothesis was tested by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to demonstrat...
This study explores nonthermal plasma reactions of methane and water in a two-phase system to produce methanol, examining reaction pathways, kinetics, and product distribution over time. The results show that methanol is the dominant liquid phase pro...
The present study investigated the effects of changes in landscape configuration on river water quality, which is calculated by chemical export coefficients, using spatial data onto 31 catchments in the southwestern part of the Caspian Sea basin by a...
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associated with a greater occurrence of cardiovascular pathologies. Vascular dysfunction has been shown at the level of the endothelial layers and failure to maintain a continuous pool of circulating nitric oxide (NO) has bee...
The similarity patterns of the genetic code result from similar codons encoding similar messages. We develop a new mathematical model to analyze these patterns. The physicochemical characteristics of amino acids objectively quantify their differences...
Objectives: Anthropometric characteristics influence performance and development in athletic activities such as long jumping. This study aimed to analyze sex differences in anthropometrics among high-level long jumpers and investigate the relationshi...
It is crucial to monitor algal blooms in freshwater reservoirs through an examination of chlorophyll-a (Chla) concentrations, as they indicate the trophic condition of these waterbodies. Traditional monitoring methods, however, are expensive and time...
In the current study, the electrical responses of a thermoelectric (TE) module and a photovoltaic (PV) cell are investigated in three different systems, namely, a PV-only system, TE-only system, and hybrid TE-PV system with a beam splitter (TE-PV-BS)...
The mechanized harvesting of peanut crops results in both visible and invisible losses. Therefore, monitoring and accurately determining pod maturation are essential to minimizing such losses. The objectives of this study were to (i) identify the mos...
Aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, has been linked to various cancers, including kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma (KIRP). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. This study employed network toxic...
Colostrum is a major source of immunity in lambs and, in general, in all newborn ruminants. It allows the transfer of antibodies from the ewe to the lamb, and it becomes the exclusive source of nutrients for a newborn. Among the most significant Pear...
This study developed a nitrogen management framework that simultaneously addresses photosynthetic limitations and water scarcity challenges, providing a scalable solution for sustainable wheat production in arid farming systems. Focusing on Xinjiang&...
Molecular tests predicting the outcome of breast cancer patients based on gene expression levels can be used to assist in making treatment decisions after consideration of conventional markers. In this study we identified a subset of 20 mRNA differen...
Laminate structures composed of stiff plates and thin soft interlayers are widely used in aerospace, automotive and civil engineering encouraging the development of reliable non-destructive strategies for their condition assessment. In the paper, ela...
The urban thermal environment is closely related to landscape patterns and land surface characteristics. Several studies have investigated the relationship between land surface characteristics and land surface temperature (LST). To explore the effect...
This study aimed to identify radiomic features of primary tumor and develop a model for indicating extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) images of 177 HCC cases, including 26 metastatic...
(1) Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a leading cause of emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Despite many studies identifying UTI-related risk factors for bacteremia or sepsis, a significant gap remains in developing predi...
The UK government and many international experts have pointed out that nuclear energy has an important role to play in the transition towards a decarbonised energy system since it is the only freely manageable very low-carbon energy technology with 2...
The insect resistance expression of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is unstable due to temporal and spatial variations in the Bt protein content in different organs and growth stages. The aim of this study was to improve th...
Privacy-sensitive electricity scene classification requires robust models under data localization constraints, making federated learning (FL) a suitable framework. Existing FL frameworks face two critical challenges in multi-label electricity scene c...
Objective: Accurate risk stratification at an early stage may reduce the incidence of infection and improve the survival rate of recipients by adopting targeted interventions. This study aimed to develop a nomogram to predict the risk of multidrug-re...
To investigate the effect of nitrogen (N) application on the carbon metabolism and yield of flag leaves and grains of spring wheat under drip irrigation in Xinjiang, a split-zone design was adopted from 2020 to 2021, with strong-gluten wheat, Xinchun...
To avoid competing with economical plants, weed control must be implemented with a clean and appropriate strategy. Since the efficiency of leguminous crops in biological fixation of the atmospheric N2 is severely affected when grown under stressful c...