Sub-optimal temperatures can adversely affect tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) growth, and K+ plays an important role in the cold tolerance of plants. However, gene expression and K+ uptake in tomato in response to sub-optimal temperatures are still not...
Sub-optimal growing conditions have a major effect on plants; therefore, large efforts are devoted to maximizing the availability of agricultural inputs to crops. To increase the sustainable use of non-renewable inputs, attention is currently given t...
Despite a long history of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI), a high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission is observed in certain onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Africa with a high prevalence of epilepsy. We investigated factors...
Background: Shape memory alloy spring actuators offer significant potential for advanced actuation systems in exoskeletons, medical devices, and robotics, but adoption has been limited by slow activation speeds and insufficient design guidelines for...
Ambroxol hydrochloride (ABX), an oral mucolytic drug available over the counter for many years, acts as a pharmacological chaperone for mutant glucocerebrosidase, albeit at higher doses. Proof-of-concept reports have been published over the past deca...
The suboptimal procedure under consideration, based on the MDR-EFE algorithm, provides sequential selection of relevant (in a sense) factors affecting the studied, in general, non-binary random response. The model is not assumed linear, the joint dis...
Suboptimal light stress in grapevines is increasing worldwide with the spread of grapevine cultivation, which can affect grapevine physiology and productivity, such as in Southern China. Abscisic acid (ABA) is an important hormone in plant adaptive r...
European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) hematologic response categories comprehensively assess complement inhibitor responses in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Using data from the 16-week randomized cont...
In Japan, healthcare workers (HCWs) are vaccinated against measles, rubella, chickenpox, mumps, and hepatitis B to prevent nosocomial infection; however, some do not produce sufficient antibodies (“suboptimal responders”). This study comp...
Background: Precision medicine in type 1 diabetes (T1D) treatment considers context and environmental data to subclassify patients. Parental Health Locus of Control PHLOC) could influence behavior, self-management, and metabolic control of children w...
Objective: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has gained recognition as a minimally invasive alternative to surgery for managing symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. However, predicting RFA efficacy remains challenging, especially in identifying patients w...
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*27 family of alleles is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the axial and peripheral joints, yet some HLA-B*27 variants not associated with AS have been s...
The development of high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) cultivars under low N inputs is required for sustainable agriculture. To this end, in this study, we analyzed the impact of long-term suboptimal N conditions on the metabolome and transcriptome of...
Membrane technology, particularly polymeric membranes, is utilized in major industrial ethylene recovery owing to the very convenient and robust process. Thus, in this paper, a composite membrane (CM) comprising SAPO-34 and Pebax-1657 was employed to...
This paper proposes a novel approach that unifies a demand response (DR) with a master plan of the model predictive control method focusing on scheduling maintenance and replacement for suboptimal equipment in real-time solar power plants. By leverag...
In this work, an experimental investigation is conducted with the aim of optimizing the electrodeposition parameters for Ni-Al2O3 composite coatings using the Taguchi method. The presented research is structured into two complementary sections. The f...
In order to achieve precise shaping control of FeCoNi + 1%Y2O3 laser-directed energy deposition (LDED) coatings and to reveal the influence of LDED process parameters on coating morphology, the response surface methodology (RSM) is employed in this s...
In this work, NiCo2S4–graphene hybrids (NCS@G) with high electrochemical performance were prepared using a hydrothermal method. The response surface methodology (RSM), along with a central composite design (CCD), was used to investigate the eff...
Container technology enables rapid deployment of computing services, while edge computing reduces the latency of task computing and improves performance. However, there are limits to the types, number and performance of containers that can be support...
Although medical students are at risk of contracting and transmitting communicable diseases, previous studies have demonstrated sub-optimal medical student immunity. The objective of this research was to determine the documented immunity of medical s...
This study aims to examine and optimize CO2 laser cutting parameters—namely, laser power, cutting speed, and focal plane position—when applied to polypropylene material using an experimental methodology. This research aims to improve cutt...
To enhance the mechanical properties and low-carbon characteristics of industrial solid waste concrete, this paper proposes a synergistic modification strategy using nano-SiO2 and sodium silicate. The nano-SiO2 sol and sodium silicate activator were...
Yellow rice wine is susceptible to aflatoxinB1 (AFB1) contamination, yet existing detection technologies suffer from limitations such as high false-positive rates, cumbersome operational protocols, or elevated costs, rendering them inadequate for lar...
The potential of supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) for the extraction of bioactive compounds from mango by-products was assessed. Carotenoid extraction was optimized using a design of experiments based on temperature (35, 55 and 70 °C), pressure (10 and 35...
This study focused on the oil extraction from freeze-dried maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) by supercritical fluid extraction with carbon dioxide (SFE-CO2). The basic objective was to optimize the oil yield and the tocopherol concentration. A Box/Behnke...
This study investigates the machining processes of Alloy 20 under different cooling conditions: Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and the hybrid MQL + CO2 approach. The research focuses on optimizing the cutting parameters, un...
This study aimed to determine the optimal pressure and temperature for the maximum extraction yield and recovery of lipophilic bioactive compounds (BACs) during the supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SCO2) of fennel seeds. For this purpose, the...
The lever or the lever-type mechanism can achieve an inertia amplification effect by appropriately calibrating its structural configuration, and it is also proven to be one of the most cost-effective solution for the inerter realization compared with...
Currently, large-scale burning is an important straw disposal method in most developing countries. To execute prescribed burning while mitigating air pollution, it is crucial to explore the maximum possible range of meteorological changes. This study...
Different treatments of fish scales from carps (Cyprinus carpio) (FS)—mechanical milling, modified with cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles and controlled carbonization of FS and modification with CeO2—were applied to obtain FS, FS-CeO2 a...
This study aims to model and optimize the process parameters influencing the efficiency and yield of oil extraction from Mongolian sea buckthorn seeds using supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2). The experiments were planned using response surface metho...
Aluminum metal matrix composites are potential materials for aerospace and automobile industrial applications due to their enhanced mechanical and tribological properties. Aluminum reinforced with silicon carbide particles has been developed with enh...
Textile industries produce copious amounts of colored wastewater some of which are toxic to humans and aquatic biota. This study investigates optimization of a bench-scale UV-C photocatalytic process using a TiO2 catalyst suspension for degradation o...
Circular economy principles are based on the use of by-products from one operation as the raw materials in another. The aim of this work is to obtain extracts with high antioxidant capacity and resveratrol content for the superior capitalization of t...
In this paper, a statistical analysis with response surface methodology (RSM) has been used to investigate and optimize process variables for the greener synthesis of chloromethyl ethylene carbonate (CMEC) by carbon dioxide (CO2) and epichlorohydrin...
This work focuses on how to best degrade organic pollutants from wastewater by immobilizing TiO2 on activated carbon peanut shells (ACPNS) using the co-precipitation method in a hydrothermal process under simulated solar light for the first time. The...
Many people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 suffer long-term symptoms, such as “brain fog”, fatigue and clotting problems. Explanations for “long COVID” include immune imbalance, incomplete viral clearance and potentially, mitoch...
The application of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) in food items can pave the way for its increased utilization and for consumers to avail of its benefits. Preliminary studies have indicated that soymilk enrichment with MCT requires the application...
Distributed inference in resource-constrained heterogeneous edge clusters is fundamentally limited by disparities in device capabilities and load imbalance issues. Existing methods predominantly focus on optimizing single-pipeline allocation schemes...
Background: Mepolizumab and benralizumab are monoclonal antibodies directed against anti-IL-5 and anti-IL5R, respectively, and their use reduces the exacerbation rate and maintains oral corticosteroid requirements in severe eosinophilic asthma. Previ...
The particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) is a widely used swarm-based natural inspired optimization algorithm. However, it suffers search stagnation from being trapped into a sub-optimal solution in an optimization problem. This paper proposes...
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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are potent health promotion settings, uniquely positioned to aid societal efforts to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). International evidence suggests that health metrics and lifestyle behaviours of higher...
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a winter-spring leafy vegetable, but the high demand for fresh products available year-round requires off-season production. However, the warm climate of the Mediterranean areas can impair the summer production of lettu...
Equine influenza (EI) is a major respiratory disease of horses, which is still causing substantial outbreaks worldwide despite several decades of surveillance and prevention. Alongside quarantine procedures, vaccination is widely used to prevent or l...
For patients with end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis, their vascular access is both their lifeline and their Achilles heel. Despite being recommended as primary vascular access, the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) shows sub-optimal results, w...
Drought is a severe threat to agriculture production that affects all growth stages of plants, including corn (Zea mays L.). Any factor affecting early seedling growth and development will significantly impact yield. Despite the recurrence of low rai...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of chronic respiratory infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), bronchiectasis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and acute infections in immunocompromised individuals. The adaptability o...
Proportional integral-based particle swarm optimization (PSO) and deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithms are applied to a permanent-magnet synchronous motor to track speed control. The proposed methods, based on notebooks, can deal with...
Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is an important cause of moderate vision loss in people with diabetes. Advances in imaging technology have shown that a significant proportion of patients with DMO respond sub-optimally to existing treatment options. Ide...
Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent chronic metabolic disease characterized by prolonged hyperglycemia that leads to long-term health consequences. It is estimated that impaired healing of diabetic wounds affects approximately 25% of all p...
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