Links for a common cultural identity in the Mediterranean Basin by Montserrat Bosch Gonzáles, Tiziana Campisi

“…We also want to associate the shared creation – through the European Erasmus+ project, K2 action, entitled Smart Rehabilitation 3.0 – of a common professional profile in Building Rehabilitation Expert, as a model of rehabilitation and safeguard for historic Mediterranean cities.…”
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On a subclass of α-convex λ-spiral functions by F. M. Al-Oboudi, M. M. Hidan

“…Let H denote the class of functions f(z)=z+∑k=2∞akzk which are analytic in the unit disc Δ={z:|z|<1}. …”
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Surface Potential of Polycrystalline Hematite in Aqueous Medium by Tajana Preočanin, Filip Stipić, Atiđa Selmani, Nikola Kallay

“…The theoretical interpretation of the equilibrium data was performed by applying the surface complexation model and the thermodynamic equilibrium constants for the first and the second step of surface protonation was obtained as logK1∘=11.3;logK2∘=2.8.…”
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Direct Synthesis of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 Powders by Mechanochemical Method by Nguyen Duc Van

“…The synthesis and structural properties of lead-free piezoelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 powders prepared by mechanochemical method using Nb2O5, K2CO3, and Na2CO3 as starting materials were reported. …”
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On the Domination Number of Cartesian Product of Two Directed Cycles by Zehui Shao, Enqiang Zhu, Fangnian Lang

“…In 2013, Mollard determined the exact values of γ(Cm□Cn) for m=3k+2. In this paper, we give lower and upper bounds of γ(Cm□Cn) with m=3k+1 for different cases. …”
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Computing Minimal Doubly Resolving Sets and the Strong Metric Dimension of the Layer Sun Graph and the Line Graph of the Layer Sun Graph by Jia-Bao Liu, Ali Zafari

“…In this paper, first, we construct a class of graphs of order 2n+Σr=1k−2nmr, denoted by LSGn,m,k, and call these graphs as the layer Sun graphs with parameters n, m, and k. …”
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Dopant Concentration and Effective Atomic Number of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glasses by I. Hossain, N. K. Shekaili, H. Wagiran

“…Copper-doped (0.5 mol%) and undoped potassium borate glasses have been prepared by the composition of (100-x)H3BO3 + xK2CO3, where 10 ≤ x ≤ 30 mol % by the traditional melting quenching method. …”
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Viscosity model for fully liquid silicate melt by Zhang Guo-Hua, Chou Kuo-Chih

“…A model for estimating the viscosity of silicate melt as derived in our previous paper is extended to the system containing MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, Li2O, Na2O, K2O, which can express the nonlinear variation of activation energy of viscosity with the composition. …”
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Qualitative Analysis of a Quadratic Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Model with State-Dependent Feedback Control by Guangyao Tang, Jin Yang, Sanyi Tang

“…Moreover, the existence and nonexistence of an order k  k≥2 periodic solution have been studied theoretically and numerically, and the results show that the system has periodic solutions with any period. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and DNA-Binding Kinetics of New Pd(II) and Pt(II) Thiosemicarbazone Complexes: Spectral, Structural, and Anticancer Evaluation by Simon N. Mbugua, Lydia W. Njenga, Ruth A. Odhiambo, Shem O. Wandiga, Mervin Meyer, Nicole Sibuyi, Roger A. Lalancette, Martin O. Onani

“…Complexation of L1 with K2PtCl4 gave C3 (C6H7Cl2N3PtS2), while L3 with K2PtCl2[(PPh)3]2 gave C4 (C24H21BrClN3PPtS2). …”
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Artificial intelligence in unveiling herbal remedies for cancer: Advances and applications by Bargale Sushant Sukumar, Shashirekha H K, Amarnath H K, Neha Gadgil, Akshar Kulkarni, Shipra, Harshal Tare

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Holling-Tanner Predator-Prey Model with State-Dependent Feedback Control by Jin Yang, Guangyao Tang, Sanyi Tang

“…Furthermore, the conditions for the existence and stability of an order-1 limit cycle are provided, and the existence of order-k(k≥2) limit cycle is also studied. Moreover, numerical simulations are carried out to substantiate our results. …”
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Global Attractivity of an Integrodifferential Model of Mutualism by Xiangdong Xie, Fengde Chen, Kun Yang, Yalong Xue

“…Sufficient conditions are obtained for the global attractivity of the following integrodifferential model of mutualism: dN1(t)/dt=r1N1(t)[((K1+α1∫0∞J2(s)N2(t-s)ds)‍/(1+∫0∞J2(s)N2(t-s)ds))‍-N1(t)], dN2(t)/dt=r2N2(t)[((K2+α2∫0∞J1(s)N1(t-s)ds)‍/(1+∫0∞J1(s)N1(t-s)ds‍))-N2(t)], where ri,Ki, and αi, i=1,2, are all positive constants. …”
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Complex formation between 3;3´-diethylthiacarbocyanine iodide and DNA and its investigation in aqueous solution by M. Y. Anikovsky, A. S. Tatikolov, V. A. Kuzmin

“…Equilibrium constants of the formation of complexes I and II were determined (K1≈106M−1, K2≈5×104M−1 accordingly). Differential absorption spectra of two photoisomers of DTCC were obtained by flash photolysis method; it was found that the quantum yield of the short-lived photoisomer decreases and the quantum yield of the second long-lived photoisomer builds up with the increase in the DNA concentration. …”
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Application of Nuclear Analytical Techniques in Elemental Characterization of Wadi El-Nakhil Alabaster, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt by Zain M. Alamoudi, A. El-Taher

“…The chemical analysis of alabaster indicated having high contents of CaO and MgO and LOI and low contents of SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O, K2O, MnO, and Fe2O3.…”
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Resource Efficient Hardware Architecture for Fast Computation of Running Max/Min Filters by Cesar Torres-Huitzil

“…Filtering with a k×k kernel requires of k2−1 comparisons per sample for a direct implementation; thus, performance scales expensively with the kernel size k. …”
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Almost Periodic Solutions of a Discrete Mutualism Model with Variable Delays by Yongzhi Liao, Tianwei Zhang

“…We discuss a discrete mutualism model with variable delays of the formsN1(n+1)=N1(n)exp{r1(n)[(K1(n)+α1(n)N2(n-μ2(n)))/1+N2(n-μ2(n)))-N1(n-ν1(n))]}, N2(n+1)=N2(n)exp{r2(n)[(K2(n)+α2(n)N1(n-μ1(n)))/(1+N1(n-μ1(n)))-N2(n-ν2(n))]}. …”
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Petrology of Oligocene Lalehzar igneous rocks in the southeast of Saveh-Naein-Jiroft magmatic belt by Fatemeh Sepidbar, Bahareh Borouzi Niyat

“….%, Al2O3 in ranges of 15.8 to 19.3 wt.%, K2O in ranges of 1.4 to 5.4 wt.% and of K2O/Na2O in range of 0.4 and 1.2. …”
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Ultrahigh average zT realized in polycrystalline SnSe0.95 materials through Sn stabilizing and carrier modulation by Xing Yang, Tian-En Shi, Wang-Qi Bao, Zi-Yuan Wang, Jun Wang, Peng Wu, Yi-Xin Zhang, Jing Feng, Zhen-Hua Ge

“…Simultaneously, a high average power factor value of 334 μW·m−1·K−2 for the SnSe0.95 + 1.75% (in mass) TaCl5 sample from 323 to 773 K was obtained. …”
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Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae have better clinical outcomes than classical Klebsiella pneumoniae for lower respiratory tract infection patients by Xianxia Zhuo, Zichen Lei, Danni Pu, Yongli Wu, Jiankang Zhao, Bin Cao

“…Among these isolates subjected to mouse infection experiments, the proportions of strains exhibiting hypervirulent phenotypes were 92.6% (25/27), 92.1% (35/38), 80% (4/5), 25% (1/4), 10.5% (2/19), and 7.1% (1/14) for K2, K1, K20, K54, K47, and K25, respectively. Therefore, K1, K2, and K20 K. pneumoniae were defined as hvKp. …”
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