Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with (PVDF-HFP)-KI-EC-PC Electrolyte and Different Dye Materials by M. M. Noor, M. H. Buraidah, S. N. F. Yusuf, M. A. Careem, S. R. Majid, A. K. Arof

“…A plasticized polymer electrolyte system composed of PVDF-HFP, potassium iodide (KI), and equal weight of ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) has been used in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). …”
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Expression Analysis of Heavy-Chain-Only Antibodies in Cloudy Catshark and Japanese Bullhead Shark by Reo Uemura, Susumu Tanimura, Nao Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Kuroiwa, Gabriel Takashi Andrés Tsutsumi, Toshiaki Fujikawa, Kiyoshi Soyano, Kohsuke Takeda, Yoshimasa Tanaka

“…The variable region of IgNAR can be expressed as a monomer composed of a single domain, which has antigen specificity and is thus gaining attention as a next-generation antibody drug modality. …”
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Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome with Precocious Puberty in an 8-Year-Old Boy due to a Large Unilateral Adrenal Adenoma by Muhammad Rajib Hossain, Md. Mashiul Alam, Junaid Nabi, Mahzabin Kibria

“…Histopathological examination revealed a benign cortical neoplastic lesion, suggestive of adrenal adenoma; composed of large polygonal cells with centrally placed nuclei and prominent nucleoli without capsular and vascular invasion. …”
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Simultaneous determination of warfarin and 7-hydroxywarfarin in rat plasma by HPLC-FLD by Zayed Aref, Babaresh Wahby M., Darweesh Ruba S., El-Elimat Tamam

“…The simple and sensitive method was developed using Fortis® reversed-phase diphenyl column (150 × 4.6 mm, 3 μm) and a mobile phase composed of phosphate buffer (25 mmol L−1)/methanol/acetonitrile (70:20:10, V/V/V), adjusted to pH 7.4, at a flow rate of 0.8 mL min−1. …”
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Pancreatic Perivascular Epithelial Cell Tumor (PEComa) with Liver Metastasis: a Case Report and Literature Review by Yu. A. Stepanova, Kh. A. Ayvazyan, D. V. Kalinin, O. I. Zhavoronkova, V. S. Shirokov, A. V. Zhao

“…Aim: to present a clinical case of pancreatic PEComa with liver metastases with an emphasis on morphological features, radiology diagnostic methods and features of treatment tactics, allowing practitioners to get an idea about this rare mesenchymal tumors composed of “perivascular epithelioid cells”, and a review of literature data on pancreatic PEComa, including 32 author's cases.General statements. …”
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Dual functional hydrogel of osteoclastic-inhibition and osteogenic-stimulation for osteoporotic bone defect regeneration by Lei Yu, Wentao Wang, Chang Lv, Qian Chen, Peng Yang, Zhenrong Qi, Haomiao Yu, Ruiqi Cao, Wenhao Li, Yi Qin, Gaoran Ge, Peilai Liu, Lixin Zhu, Houyi Sun, Dechun Geng, Liang Zhang

“…In this study, we designed a drug delivery system composed of mesoporous bioactive glass (MBG) and photo-crosslinked hyaluronic acid methacrylate (HAMA). …”
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Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, José Omar de Armas García, Luciano Miranda Alvarado

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in a universe composed of the population aged 15 to 74 years in the urban area of Cienfuegos municipality. …”
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Effect of the epidemiological heterogeneity on the outbreak outcomes by Alina Macacu, Dominique J. Bicout

“…This paper deals with the following problem: consider the system of interacting and mixed populations of hosts epidemiologically different, what would be the outbreak outcome for each host population composing the system as a result of mixing in comparison to the situation with zero mixing? …”
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Purification, structural elucidation, and in vitro antitumor effects of novel polysaccharides from Bangia fuscopurpurea by Jingna Wu, Xiaoting Chen, Kun Qiao, Yongchang Su, Zhiyu Liu

“…The backbone of BFP-3 was primarily composed of repeating 5-α-l-Araf-1→(4-α-d-Glcp-1)4→4,6-β-d-Manp-1 units, and the side chains consisted of repeating β-d-Galp-1→(4-β-d-Galp-1)4→4,6-β- d-Galp-1→3,4-α-l-Rhap, β-l-Arap-1→(3-β-d-Galp-1)3, and β-l-Arap-1 units. …”
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A Fast and Validated HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Analysis of Five 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists via the Quantitative Analysis of Multicomponents by a Single Marker by Fuchao Chen, Baoxia Fang, Peng Li, Sicen Wang

“…Chromatographic separation was achieved using a C18 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 5.0 μm), and the mobile phase was composed of acetonitrile-0.05 mol·L−1 potassium dihydrogen phosphate (pH 4.0) (25 : 75) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min−1 and detection wavelengths of 307 nm (ondansetron, azasetron, ramosetron), 302 nm (granisetron), and 285 nm (tropisetron). …”
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Prevalence of Bullying among Primary School Pupils in Al-Najaf City, Iraq by Essam Abed AL-Shibli, maytham ALnasrawii

“…The data collecting tools were direct interviews with the participants and a questionnaire composed of two parts, the first consisting of the demographic characteristics data and the second being the bullying items among primary school pupils.Results: The prevalence of bullying was 81.7%. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of the Diode Laser (980 nm) and Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Oral Vascular Malformations by Peeyush Shivhare, Naqoosh Haidry, Neha Sah, Ajay Kumar, Abhishek Gupta, Ankur Singh, Mohan Raju Penumatcha, Shalini Subramanyam

“…Vascular malformations are structural abnormalities which are formed by progressively enlarging aberrant and ecstatic vessels without endothelial cell proliferation and composed of the type of vessel involved, i.e., capillary, veins, and arteriovenous. …”
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A Critique of “Prehistoric Mesopotamia” by rahmat abbasnejadseresti

“…Hassan Talaei, published by the Organization for Researching and Composing University Textbooks in the Humanities (SAMT). …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging radiomics based on artificial intelligence is helpful to evaluate the prognosis of single hepatocellular carcinoma by Jing Zhou, Daofeng Yang, Hao Tang

“…Conclusion: The integrated nomogram composed of signatures in the prediction models can not only predict the postoperative recurrence of single HCC patients but also stratify the risk of OS after the operation.…”
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Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies of the Adsorption of Copper(II) Ions from Industrial Wastewater Using Activated Carbons Derived from Sugarcane Bagasse by Temiloluwa E. Amoo, Kehinde O. Amoo, Opeyemi A. Adeeyo, Clement O. Ogidi

“…The BACs were characterized using analytical methods such as SEM, FTIR, EDX, XRD, BET surface area, and zeta potential measurements. Both BACs mainly composed of mesopores and bonds of O-H, C-O, C=O, and C-O-C. …”
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„L’ uomo nuovo” nei testi di Virginie Despentes e Sandro Veronesi by Magdalena Lange-Henszke

“…In the second half of the 19th century, the revolutionary concept of individual freedom is transformed into a collective vision, the vision of a dominant race composed of "ordinary" people united by a common experience. …”
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Adsorption of Lennard-Jones Fluids in Carbon Slit Pores of a Finite Length. A Computer Simulation Study by A. Wongkoblap, S. Junpirom, D.D. Do

“…Argon was used as a model for Lennard-Jones fluids, while the adsorbent was modelled as a finite carbon slit pore whose two walls were composed of three graphene layers with carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern. …”
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E2F1 activates breast stromal fibroblasts and promotes their paracrine pro-carcinogenic effects by Layla A. Al-Kharashi, Falah H. Al-Mohanna, Abdelilah Aboussekhra, Abdelilah Abousekhra

“…Abstract Breast cancers (BC) are complex neo-organs composed of neoplastic as well as non-carcinogenic cells, in addition to a dynamic extracellular matrix. …”
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Adsorption Characteristics of Chitosan-Modified Bamboo Biochar in Cd(II) Contaminated Water by Anxiang Huang, Wenlian Bai, Shoulu Yang, Zhongwei Wang, Nengying Wu, Yanxiong Zhang, Ning Ji, Dan Li

“…The purpose of this study was to fabricate a low-cost and eco-friendly adsorbent using bamboo biochar (BB), a kind of charcoal composed of high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area and variety of functional groups, and chitosan as substrates for remediation of Cd(II) in Cd(II) contaminated water and characterized the functional group characteristics, surface morphology, and Cd(II) adsorption effect using the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). …”
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