In this work, fabrication of a dielectric photonic crystal device and numerical study of its spectral characteristics as a refractive index sensor are presented for near infrared range. The proposed nanosensor device is composed of low-cost dielectri...
Herein, the effects of boiling (BO), steaming (ST), and sous vide (SV) on the hydration characteristics, structural properties, and volatile profile of squid (Symplectoteuthis oualaniensis) mantle muscle (SMM) were investigated. Three cooking methods...
This study presents a novel Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) method using Smart Black Nanocards (SLNs) to mitigate the environmental impact of conventional thermal recovery, especially under global warming. Unlike prior studies focusing on wettability alt...
A high end-fire gain, low-profile surface wave antenna with capacitive feed structure is presented in this paper. The proposed dielectric-metal surface wave antenna is composed of a dielectric slab that is mounted on a metal carrier and a low-profile...
Hyperspectral image classification has received a lot of attention in the remote sensing field. However, most classification methods require a large number of training samples to obtain satisfactory performance. In real applications, it is difficult...
The discovery of selective inhibitors of biological target proteins is the primary goal of many drug discovery campaigns. However, this goal has proven elusive, especially for inhibitors targeting the well-conserved orthosteric adenosine triphosphate...
This article presents thermoplastic sound-absorbing composites manufactured on the basis of renewable raw materials. Both the reinforcing material and the matrix material were biodegradable and used in the form of fibers. In order to mix flax fibers...
The inner surface of engine cylinder liners has a plateau structure because of being required to have excellent sliding properties. To improve the tribological properties, the plateau surface consists of a smooth plateau region and a valley region wh...
When using point measurement for environmental or sediment laden flows, there is well-recognised risk for not having aligned measurements that causes misinterpretation of the measured velocity data. In reality, these kinds of mismeasurement mainly ha...
Nearly half of patients with advanced and metastatic melanomas harbor a BRAF mutation. Vemurafenib (VEM), a BRAF inhibitor, is used to treat such patients, however, responses to VEM are very short-lived due to intrinsic, adaptive and/or acquired resi...
Material selection is essential for advancing sustainability in construction. Biocomposites contribute significantly to raising the awareness of materials derived from biomass. This paper explores the design development and application of novel natur...
In order to understand the painting materials and profile structures used in the creation of Chinese ancient folk architectural paintings, the architectural paintings of the Bell and Drum Tower at Fushan Temple in Shaanxi Province of China was invest...
FY-4B/GIIRS temperature-profile products provide an important source of atmospheric sounding information for the radiosonde-sparse Tibetan Plateau, but their error structure and correctability over complex terrain remain insufficiently understood. In...
Ethylene biosynthetic enzymes, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase (ACS) and ACC oxidase (ACO), participate in the floral sex differentiation of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia). However, the relationship between their structural featu...
The Barkam–Jiuzhaigou–Wuqi gravity profile extends across the Jiuzhaigou Ms7.0 earthquake (in 2017) zone and passes through several historical big earthquakes’ zones. We have obtained Bouguer gravity anomalies along the profile composed of 365 gravit...
In this study, we devised a constraint method, called multi-model ensemble pattern (MEP), to estimate the refractive index structure parameter (
Valproic acid (VPA) is a well-established anticonvulsant drug discovered serendipitously and marketed for the treatment of epilepsy, migraine, bipolar disorder and neuropathic pain. Apart from this, VPA has potential therapeutic applications in other...
Processing will improve the digestion of corn by ruminant animals. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of processing methods (grinding, G; steam flaking, SF; extrusion, E) on the starch properties, nutrient profiles, in vitro...
The BlueDeck profiled steel sheeting system offers an innovative composite flooring solution, integrating high-strength steel sheets with reinforced concrete to form a unified structure. This study aimed to evaluate the development of full composite...
Phenolic acids and flavonoids remain attractive redox-active scaffolds in medicinal chemistry, where they are widely used for early-stage prioritization and intrinsic reactivity ranking. However, direct comparisons under harmonized conditions remain...
The design of a porthole die is one of the key technologies for producing aluminum profiles. For an aluminum profile with high length–width ratio and small cavity, it is difficult to control the metal flow through porthole die with the same vel...
The TTZ-South seismic profile follows the Teisseyre-Tornquist zone (TTZ) at the SW margin of the East European craton (EEC). Investigation results reveal the upper lithospheric structure as representing the NW-vergent, NE-SW striking overthrust-type,...
Recovering thin-film thickness from reflectance spectra becomes unreliable when measurements contain sparse outliers, competing thickness minima, or structured mismatch with the nominal optical model. We use a robust multibasin framework in which a T...
Polycrystalline copper samples were deformed in the range of strain rate between ~10−3 and 107 s−1 using a material testing machine, split Hopkinson pressure bar and electric gun. The quasi-static and Hopkinson bar samples were compressed at the stra...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains one of the most aggressive breast cancer subtypes and is frequently associated with aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Because tankyrase 1 and 2 (TNKS1/2) promote Wnt pathway...
To elucidate the strength–ductility synergy in a peak-aged low-Cu Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr thin-walled extruded profile, the mechanical properties, precipitation behavior, and grain structure of the alloy were systematically investigated after solution t...
The concept of using ibuprofen as an albumin-binding entity was recently demonstrated by the development of [177Lu]Lu-Ibu-PSMA-01. In the present study, we designed a novel ibuprofen-containing radioligand (Ibu-PSMA-02) with subtle structural changes...
The objective of the research is to improve the structural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) T–beams by applying various techniques of external pre-stressing tendons, thus enhancing the load-carrying capacities and raising the resistance to...
Numerous cardiovascular diseases (CVD) eventually lead to severe myocardial dysfunction, which is the most common cause of death worldwide. A better understanding of underlying molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular pathologies seems to be crucial to...
Background: The effectiveness of innovative training interventions has not yet been adequately tested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Grappler Quest (GQ) training program on the structural profile o...
Many urbanised areas of the Apennines, in Italy, have complex soil stratifications. A typical example is the outskirts of the city of L’Aquila, which is founded on highly heterogeneous soil layers and was severely affected by a strong earthquak...
Valonea, a natural product from Quercus variabilis, is rich in bioactive phenolic compounds; however, its compact physical structure restricts the efficient extraction of these components, limiting its high-value applications. To address this issue,...
The pharmacological inhibition of the bacterial collagenases (BC) enzymes is considered a promising strategy to block the virulence of the bacteria without targeting the selection mechanism leading to drug resistance. The chemical structures of the C...
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between lipids with different structural features and lung cancer (LC) risk and identify prospective biomarkers of LC. Univariate and multivariate analysis methods were used to screen for differen...
In pharmaceutical research, compounds with multitarget activity receive increasing attention. Such promiscuous chemical entities are prime candidates for polypharmacology, but also prone to causing undesired side effects. In addition, understanding t...
Background: Although single-inhaler triple therapy (SITT) improves COPD control, the specific structural and behavioral predictors of short-term clinical response following therapeutic simplification remain incompletely characterized. Methods: This p...
Oat bran has gained significant attention among cereal brans owing to its comparatively higher presence of dietary fibers and phytochemicals. The objective of the current research is to personify the nutritional and functional aspects of oat bran aft...
The human serine protease serine 2 TMPRSS2 is involved in the priming of proteins of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and represents a possible target for COVID-19 therapy. The TMPRSS2 gene may be co-expressed with SAR...
Background: high levels of stress have hazardous impacts on nurses’ health, well-being, job satisfaction, and abilities to cope with the job demands, which in turn may impact the provision of quality patient care, which is essential for univers...
The article is aimed at presenting a semi-empirical model coded and computed in the programming language Python, which utilizes data gathered with a standard biaxial elastic lidar platform in order to calculate the altitude profiles of the structure...
Traditional Suzbe is a fermented dairy product widely prepared at the household level in Kazakhstan, but the composition and functional potential of its microbiota remain poorly characterized. In this study, shotgun metagenomic sequencing was used to...
Accurate modeling of small molecules substantially reduces the logistical effort and time consumption to discover and then obtain chemicals with various applications. Molecular stereochemistry is fundamentally involved in the intermolecular interacti...
For large-scale manufacturing of profile-intensive vehicle bodies, a suitable joining process for hollow profile–sheet metal joints is required. These joints pose challenges related to minimizing plastic deformation while ensuring low, localize...
Chemical probing, for decades, has been one of the most popular tools for studying the secondary structure of RNA molecules. Recently, protocols for simultaneous analysis of multiple RNAs have been developed, enabling in vivo transcriptome-wide inter...
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This study investigates the effect of carbon emissions on Capital Structure Decisions and whether CEO characteristics moderate this relationship. A panel of 353 non-financial firms in the S&P 500, comprising 3478 firm-year observations over 2011&...
Indirect interactions enforce ecological and evolutionary dynamics within pollination networks. An effective way to study overall indirect interactions in a network is through motif profiles, which represent the network’s mesoscale structure, a...
This paper presents a numerical study on the thermal effect of the insulation of lightweight concrete in hybrid GFRP-concrete structures. In these hybrid structures, the GFRP profiles are totally covered by normal and lightweight concrete and subject...
Reliable interpretation of distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) data from large building foundations requires accounting for thermal effects, temporal response, and structural context while preserving distributed spatial resolution. This study deve...
Mushroom powders, as functional food ingredients, have attracted much attention in recent years. In the present study, four drying methods, i.e., freeze drying (FD), hot air drying (HAD), microwave drying (MWD), and sun drying (SD), were investigated...
Miniaturized underwater profilers have the advantages of small size, low cost, and flexible deployment, which play together an important role in the persistent monitoring of a designated ocean area. Based on the demand for ocean observation, the syst...
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