NIR-activated catechol-functionalized nanodiamond nanofibers for accelerating on-demand MRSA and E. coli biofilm eradication by Hyeonseo Park, Tejal V. Patil, Jieun Lee, Hojin Kim, Seong-Jun Cho, Ki-Taek Lim

“…Upon exposure to near-infrared (NIR) light, the scaffolds exhibited a significant photothermal activity, oxidative stress and effectively damaging key bacterial components, such as biofilm, bacterial membranes, and proteins. …”
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Compositional data analysis enables statistical rigor in comparative glycomics by Alexander R. Bennett, Jon Lundstrøm, Sayantani Chatterjee, Morten Thaysen-Andersen, Daniel Bojar

“…Additionally, we present specialized analysis modalities: alpha- and beta-diversity analyze glycan distributions within and between samples, while cross-class glycan correlations shed light on previously undetected interdependencies. …”
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The Dark Side of Ridesharing in China: A Case Study of Qiangsheng Taxi by Tian Meng, Songyi Cai, You Qu, Evelyn Ng, Barney Tan, Bo Zhu

“…Our aim is to develop a preliminary process model based on the data collected to date that sheds light on the negative implications of ridesharing, one of the most recognized forms of the sharing economy. …”
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Basal Cell Carcinoma in Asians: A Retrospective Analysis of Ten Patients by Michael G. Moore, Richard G. Bennett

“…This finding is probably due to skin pigmentation in Asians being more protective of ultraviolet light than skin pigmentation in Caucasians.…”
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Cohort and Rhyme Priming Emerge from the Multiplex Network Structure of the Mental Lexicon by Massimo Stella

“…Multiplex lexical networks can account for connections between semantic and phonological information in the mental lexicon and hence represent a promising modelling route for shedding light on the interplay between multiple aspects of language and human cognition in synergy with experimental psycholinguistic data.…”
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Antitumor Responses of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells by Jennie B. Altman, Adriana D. Benavides, Rupali Das, Hamid Bassiri

“…Since their initial description, numerous studies have collectively shed light on their development and effector function. …”
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Ferromagnetism in Co-Doped Indium Tin Oxide Revealed Using X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism by A. M. H. R. Hakimi, F. Schoofs, M. G. Blamire, S. Langridge, S. S. Dhesi

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Speculative Criminality at Home: Bypassing Tenant Rights Through Police Surveillance in Detroit’s Rental Housing by Rae Baker

“…In 2016, Detroit, Michigan’s police department piloted a city-wide public-private-community video surveillance program called Project Green Light (PGL). Businesses that host the service, typically gas stations and convenience stores, receive priority response times for emergency dispatch calls, artificially decreasing 911 response times in a city with historically low emergency response capacity. …”
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AKIL RİSALELERİ GELENEĞİ VE BU GELENEK İÇİNDE EBÜ’L-BEREKÂT EL-BAĞDÂDÎ’NİN AKIL RİSALESİ by Ferruh Özpilavcı

“…One of the most remarkable examples in this tradition of treatises of intellect was presented by Abu’l-Barakât al-Baghdâdî, the philosopher with Jewish origin but converted to Islam and well-known with his considerable critiques to peripatetic philosophy, in his treatise in which he tried to reconcile the religious, theological and philosophical views on the intellect in the light of the verses of Koran and hadith. In this article, the views advanced on the intellect, the comprehensive subject matter related to several areas from epistemology to psychology, cosmology to eschatology, and ethics to prophecy, have been generally discussed on the basis of treatises of intellect. …”
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Ab initio Investigation of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Alkaline Earth Metal - TiO2 Natural Polymorphs by Jane Kathure Mbae, Zipporah Wanjiku Muthui

“…However, its optical absorption falls in the ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum, resulting in a low absorption ratio of solar light. In addition, rapid electron-hole recombination limits its photocatalytic activity. …”
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A Case of Rare Complication of Inguinal Parietoplasty according to Lichtenstein: Entero Cutaneous Fistula by K. B. Kouakou, K. I. Anzoua, M. Traore, B. K. I. Leh, A. B. N’Dri, A. S. Ekra, B. A. Kouakou, R. Lebeau, B. Diané

“…Physiopathology, diagnosis, and treatment of that disease are analyzed in the light of literature.…”
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STUDY ON THE MECHANISM OF INFLUENCE OF INTERNAL GEAR RING FLEXIBILITY ON THE BIAS LOAD BEHAVIOR OF AERONAUTICAL PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEM by DING Shuo, LUO Yuan, LI Ming, NING Yongxu

“…The planetary gear system is widely used in aircraft transmission equipment because of its small size, light weight and large load capacity，but the problem of bias load caused by various errors cannot be avoided, and a serious bias load condition will lead to under utilization of the advantages of the planetary system cannot be fully exploited.The influence mechanism of the flexible change of the inner gear ring on the bias load behavior of the system was investigated by taking a certain type of aeronautical planetary gear system as the research object.The deflection，stress and strain of the inner gear ring were measured by experiments with different number of planets and different rim thicknesses, and the mechanism of bias load was analyzed and the degree of influence of the number of planets and rim thickness on the bias load behavior of the system was evaluated.The advanced simulation calculation and analysis of a large aeronautical planetary system was completed by using a hierarchical finite element model to quantify the influence mechanism of the variation of inner gear ring flexibility on the load distribution and gear ring deflection of the system.The accuracy of the simulation results was evaluated by fitting the experimental and simulation results to the same parameter range for comparison.The research results provide targeted structural optimization guidance for the development and design of internal gear rings of large aeronautical planetary gear systems, which can greatly reduce the cost of this type of large aeronautical equipment in the design and iteration process.…”
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Influence of target area density parameter and electrostatic pulse width modulation variable nozzle on physical characteristics of precision spray by Lin Zhen, Liang Shengkai, Xie Jinye, Tian Shuo

“…Using different environmental protection liquid, the point cloud density detected by the laser Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor was used to test different targets and obtain the physical parameter of area density. …”
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Ephedra alte (Joint Pine): An Invasive, Problematic Weedy Species in Forestry and Fruit Tree Orchards in Jordan by Jamal R. Qasem

“…Results indicated that E. alte is a strong competitive for light and can completely smother plants supporting its growth. …”
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Medical Ethics in Perspective of Islamic Teachings by Syed Muhammad Tahir Shah, Mohammad Akram Randhawa

“…In the end, some important relevant topics such as the general responsibilities of the doctor, protection of life, legal status of treatment and status of treatment with prohibited substances, in the light of Islam, are also discussed briefly. Keywords: Medical ethics, Hippocratic Oath, basic principles of ethics, Islamic perspective. …”
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Software Defect Prediction For Quality Evaluation Using Learning Techniques Ensemble Stacking by Muhammad Romadhona Kusuma, Windu Gata, Sigit Kurniawan, Dedi Dwi Saputra, Supriadi Panggabean

“…The results showed that the ensemble stacking approach with a combination of Gradient Boosting, Ada Boost, Decision Tree, Bayesian Ridge, and LightGBM meta learner algorithms provided high accuracy with R2 score reaching 0.97, MAE of 0.037, and MSE of 0.006. …”
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Gravitational Quasinormal Modes of Regular Phantom Black Hole by Jin Li, Kai Lin, Hao Wen, Wei-Liang Qian

“…The obtained results might shed some light on the quantum interpretation of QNM perturbation.…”
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High-Speed Penetration Test and Numerical Simulation of Ceramic-Reactive Powder Concrete Composite Target by Xuezhi Wu, Huihui Zou, Gan Li, Yihao Cheng, Chunming Song

“…Using a 100/30 mm two-stage light-gas gun, penetration tests were performed at 1.4–2.0 km/s. …”
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A Unified Shape-From-Shading Approach for 3D Surface Reconstruction Using Fast Eikonal Solvers by Guohui Wang, Xuan Zhang, Jin Cheng

“…The second component is meant to derive the PDII equation under an orthographic camera projection and a single distant point light source whose direction is the same as the camera. …”
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A glance at the Ethiopian higher education from the developmental state perspective by Ayenachew Assefa Woldegiyorgi

“…Therefore, this study attempts to shed light on the nature of the Ethiopian higher education taking the perspective of the developmental state paradigm. …”
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