Determination of Carbon Footprint for Local Administrations: A Case Study for Ümraniye Municipality by Betül Hande GÜRSOY HAKSEVENLER, G. Nur Çelik Onat, Begüm Akpinar, Tuğba Bedel

“…The carbon footprint resulting from the municipality's own activities has a low share of 3% in total. The carbon footprint per person in the district was calculated as 2.55 tonne CO2/capita.…”
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Neuromorphic Vision Data Coding: Classifying and Reviewing the Literature by Catarina Brites, Joao Ascenso

“…This new way of visual information acquisition enables faster and asynchronous per-pixel responses/recordings driven by the scene dynamics with a very high dynamic range and low power consumption. …”
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Brain neurons internalise polymeric micron-sized capsules: Insights from in vitro and in vivo studies by Olga Kopach, Olga A. Sindeeva, Kaiyu Zheng, Eleanor McGowan, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, Dmitri A. Rusakov

“…High-resolution live-cell imaging revealed that differentiating N2A cells actively internalise microcapsules, often incorporating multiple capsules per cell. Likewise, primary hippocampal and cortical neurons were observed to effectively internalise polymeric microcapsules. …”
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Performance Analysis of Novel Lightweight Photovoltaic Curtain Wall Modules Under Different Climatic Conditions by Guofeng Tao, Qunzhi Zhu, Yonggang Chen, Xiaolong Shi, Jun Guan

“…Simulations were carried out to determine the power generation of faux architectural material PV curtain wall modules (FAM PVCWMs) for the best cavity distance per facade in various cities. We discovered that, in Harbin, Beijing, and Shanghai, the capacity of PV curtain wall modules installed on the south facade is the best, while in Chengdu and Guangzhou, it is the west facade. …”
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Heat transfer enhancement by utilizing Al2O3-Water nanofluid in a coiled agitated vessel by Abdulrazzaq Abdzaid Hussein, Ahmed Chead Auda, Ansam F. Showard, H.I. Dawood

“…The effects of propeller speeds ranging from 2 to 12 revolutions per second (r.p.s) and temperature from 30 °C to 80 °C were tested with cooling water flow rates (1.4 and 1.8 l/min). …”
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Trans-Septal Myocardial Biopsy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using the Liwen Procedure: An Introduction of a Novel Technique by Chao Han, Mengyao Zhou, Rui Hu, Bo Wang, Lei Zuo, Jing Li, Shengjun Ta, David H. Hsi, Jiani Liu, Lichun Wei, Liwen Liu

“…The number of myocardial samples taken per patient was 1.8 ± 0.8, and the average length of all samples was 16.7 ± 5.6 mm which could be used for pathological diagnosis. …”
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Extraperitoneally Ruptured, Everted, and Prolapsed Bladder: A Very Rare Complication of Pelvic Injury by Rufus Wale Ojewola, Kehinde Habeeb Tijani, Olakunle Olaleke Badmus, Abisola Ekundayo Oliyide, Chukwudi Emmanuel Osegbe

“…She subsequently had dehiscence of repaired perineal laceration with protrusion of fleshy mass from vulva and leakage of urine per perineum five weeks later. Examination revealed a fleshy mucosa-like mass protruding anteriorly with a bridge of tissue between it and right anterolateral vaginal wall. …”
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Sildenafil alters biogenic amines and increases oxidative damage in brain regions of insulin-hypoglycemic rats by Guzmán David Calderón, Brizuela Norma Osnaya, Herrera Maribel Ortíz, Peraza Armando Valenzuela, Mejía Gerardo Barragán, Olguín Hugo Juárez, Jiménez Francisca Trujillo

“…The animals were treated intraperitoneally as follows: group 1 (control), saline solution; group 2, insulin (10 U per rat or 50 U kg−1); group 3, insulin + single dose of sildenafil (50 U kg−1 + 50 mg kg–1); group 4, insulin + three doses of sildenafil every 24 hours (50 U kg−1 + 50 mg kg−1). …”
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Substrate-dependent lipid and β-carotene production in engineered Yarrowia lipolytica: a comparative study by Raúl Robles-Iglesias, Jean-Marc Nicaud, María C. Veiga, Christian Kennes

“…In terms of β-carotene production, glucose showed the highest content per cell at 63.3 mg/g, whereas glycerol led to the highest overall concentration of 202 mg/L. …”
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A study comparing energy consumption and environmental emissions in ostrich meat and egg production by Behrooz Behboodi, Mohammad Gholami Parashkoohi, Davood Mohammad Zamani, Saeed Firouzi

“…The energy consumption per 1000 units is 1,086,825.54 MJ for meat and 1,197,794.25 MJ for egg. …”
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How COVID-19 pandemic impacted students’ and staff ’s physical activity at a Brazilian University? by Rafaela Costa Martins, Luiza Isnardi Cardoso Ricardo, Inácio Crochemore-Silva, Flávio Fernando Demarco, Tiago Neuenfeld Munhoz, Mateus Luz Levandowski, Mariana Gonzalez Cademartori, Helena Silveira Schuch, Pedro Curi Hallal

“…Results: Considering only leisure time, 21% and 24% of the students and staff, respectively, reported achieving physical activity recommendations (≥150 minutes per week). There was a decline of more than 15 percentage points in physical activity practice comparing to pre and during the pandemic, and those following the protocols of staying at home presented lower levels of leisure-time physical activity. …”
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Investigation of Anaplasma marginale Seroprevalence in a Traditionally Managed Large California Beef Herd by Thomas R. Tucker, Sharif S. Aly, John Maas, Josh S. Davy, Janet E. Foley

“…Incidence density rate of Anaplasma marginale infection was 8.17 (95% confidence interval: 6.04, 10.81) cases per 1000 cow-days during the study period. Study cattle became Anaplasma marginale seropositive and likely carriers protected from severe clinical disease that might have occurred had they been first infected as mature adults. …”
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Alteration of Mastication Force via Intraoral Closed-Loop Electrical Stimulation by Junxiang Zheng, Bing Jiang, Saurabh Biswas, Su Young Lee, Erin Ealba Bumann, Teresa E. Lever, Jeonghee Kim, Hangue Park

“…Their mastication forces were recorded ten times per condition. The recorded mastication force profile showed that mastication force was higher with the harder food. …”
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Extending Lean Operating Limit and Reducing Emissions of Methane Spark-Ignited Engines Using a Microwave-Assisted Spark Plug by Vi H. Rapp, Anthony DeFilippo, Samveg Saxena, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Robert W. Dibble, Atsushi Nishiyama, Ahsa Moon, Yuji Ikeda

“…For each λ, microwave energy (power supplied to the magnetron per engine cycle) was varied from 0 mJ (spark discharge alone) to 1600 mJ. …”
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Rainbow: An Operating System for Software-Hardware Multitasking on Dynamically Partially Reconfigurable FPGAs by Krzysztof Jozwik, Shinya Honda, Masato Edahiro, Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Hiroaki Takada

“…It allows for optimizations of the communication on per task basis and utilizes point-to-point message passing rather than shared-memory communication, whenever it is possible. …”
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Cochlear Implant Programming: A Global Survey on the State of the Art by Bart Vaerenberg, Cas Smits, Geert De Ceulaer, Elie Zir, Sally Harman, N. Jaspers, Y. Tam, Margaret Dillon, Thomas Wesarg, D. Martin-Bonniot, L. Gärtner, Sebastian Cozma, Julie Kosaner, Sandra Prentiss, P. Sasidharan, Jeroen J. Briaire, Jane Bradley, J. Debruyne, R. Hollow, Rajesh Patadia, Lucas Mens, K. Veekmans, R. Greisiger, E. Harboun-Cohen, Stéphanie Borel, Dayse Tavora-Vieira, Patrizia Mancini, Helen Cullington, Amy Han-Chi Ng, Adam Walkowiak, William H. Shapiro, Paul J. Govaerts

“…The main focus lies on setting maximum and, to a lesser extent, minimum current levels per electrode. These levels are often determined on a few electrodes and then extrapolated. …”
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A Case of Alport Syndrome with Posttransplant Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease despite Negative Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies by EIA Treated with Plasmapheres... by Sumiko I. Armstead, Thomas Hellmark, Jorgen Wieslander, Xin J. Zhou, Ramesh Saxena, Nilum Rajora

“…This patient was treated with plasmapheresis twice per week and monthly intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for a total of five months. …”
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The role of Kegel exercises in reducing involuntary loss of urine in Overactive Bladder and Mixed Urinary Inconti-nence by Lucian Șerbanescu, Vadym Rotar, Elena-Valentina Ionescu, Alexandra-Ecaterina Ciota, Sebastian Mirea, Paris Ionescu, Andreea Cristina Costea

“…The participants were monitored for six months: In the first three months received only pharmacological therapy, solifenacin succinate 10 mg per day, and after this period the same group associated to the pharmacological treatment daily Kegel exercises. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Fusion Rates after the First 30 Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusions by Gregory M. Malham, Ngaire J. Ellis, Rhiannon M. Parker, Kevin A. Seex

“…Average follow-up was 11.5 months, operative time was 60 minutes per level and blood loss was 50 mL. Complications were observed: clinical subsidence, cage breakage upon insertion, new postoperative motor deficit and bowel injury. …”
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Prioritizing the dimension of resilient deteriorated urban fabric based on a disaster resilience of place model (case study: the deteriorated urban fabric of Karaj) by mahsa asadi aziz abadi, keramat alah ziari, mohsen vatan khahi

“…Overall, regarding prioritization of resilience dimensions, criteria and indicators, an increasing per capita of vital use in study areas, changing the economic structure of residents, as well as increasing the skill and coherence of citizens to deal with hazards and crises are important.…”
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