Enhancement of Liver Targetability through Statistical Optimization and Surface Modification of Biodegradable Nanocapsules Loaded with Lamivudine by Srikar Grandhi, Moawia Al-Tabakha, Prameela Rani Avula

“…The intention of the current work was to develop and optimize the formulation of biodegradable polymeric nanocapsules for lamivudine (LMV) in order to obtain desired physical characteristics so as to have improved liver targetability. …”
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The thermoelectric conversion efficiency problem: Insights from the electron gas thermodynamics close to a phase transition by I. Khomchenko, A. Ryzhov, F. Maculewicz, F. Kurth, R. Hühne, A. Golombek, M. Schleberger, C. Goupil, Ph. Lecoeur, A. Böhmer, G. Benenti, G. Schierning, H. Ouerdane

“…Our results show that driving the electronic system to the vicinity of a phase transition can indeed be an innovative route to strong efficiency enhancement, but at the cost of an extremely narrow temperature range for the use of such materials, which in turn precludes potential development for the desired wide range of thermoelectric energy conversion applications.…”
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Some Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic Muirhead Means with Their Application to Multiattribute Group Decision-Making by Jun Wang, Runtong Zhang, Xiaomin Zhu, Yuping Xing, Borut Buchmeister

“…These operators can reflect the correlations among all HFLEs. Several desirable properties and special cases of the proposed operators are also studied. …”
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Investigation of Mechanical, Tribological, and Electrical Properties of Silk Reinforced Polymeric Composite by Chikesh Ranjan, Gautam Sarkhel, Kaushik Kumar

“…The continuous demand of today’s scenario and ecological consciousness has made the researchers think about the utilization of alternate sources of materials without compromising the mechanical behavior and characteristics while focusing on the fulfillment of the desired requirements in the wide range of industrial applications. …”
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Humanist foundations for the transformations of higher education under supercomplexity by Юрій Мєлков, Євген Пінчук

“…The article is dedicated to the philosophical analysis of today’s higher education and the grounds and trends of its transformations, both on-going and desirable for the near future. The authors review the current social situation of supercomplexity and argue that under a perspective of unpredictable and changeable world the aim of higher education can no longer be seen in providing certain sets of skills and knowl­edge – instead, in the scope of the dialectics of traditions and innovations, such a situ­ation implies “reinventing” the classical European idea of university that presupposes the all-round development of human personality and education of a cultural person as opposed to the approach based on professional skills only. …”
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Schottky‐barrier graphene nanoribbon field‐effect transistors‐based field‐programmable gate array's configurable logic block and routing switch by Sayed Ali Seif Kashani, Hossein Karimiyan Alidash, Sandeep Miryala

“…In addition, the proposed GNRFET‐based routing switch requires minimum count of 6 transistors to provide desirable functionality. Foreseeing the feasibility of architecture, this study suggests the possible layout of the proposed logic elements needed for CLB.…”
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Expert-analytical Support of Foreign Policy Activities by A. A. Varfolomeev, O. P. Ivanov, I. V. Surma, Y. A. Trefilova

“…The article contains the officials’ assessment of the main challenges when interacting with the scientific and expert community, as well as a "desired image" of such interaction.The study was held in two stages (stage I in February-October 2020, stage II-in January-August 2021) in the form of a survey with a set of follow-up interviews for a more detailed interpretation of the data obtained. …”
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Optimization of the PID coefficients for the line-follower mobile robot controller employing genetic algorithm by T. Yu. Kim, R. A. Prakapovich

“…Based on the conducted model experiments, the desired values of the parameters of the PID controller are obtained.Co n c l u s i o n. …”
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Pectin fractions extracted sequentially from Cerasus humilis: their compositions, structures, functional properties and antioxidant activities by Shikai Zhang, Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse, Tingting Cui, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse, Peng Wu

“…The three pectin fractions with desirable characteristics can be used as food additives/ingredients and dietary supplements.…”
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Fat and Moisture Content in Chinese Fried Bread Sticks: Assessment and Rapid Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Method Development by Zhuqing Xiao, Keqiang Lai, Rui Du, Yungang Shen, Xiaohua Sun, Yun Pan, Barbara A. Rasco, Yiqun Huang

“…Understanding the fat and moisture content in FBS will help consumers make healthy food choices as well as assist food processors to provide FBS with desirable quality. Rapid Fourier transform near-infrared methods (FT-NIR) were developed for determining fat and moisture content in FBS collected from 123 different vendors in Shanghai, China. …”
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Design and Optimization of a Droop Controller to Fix the Frequency of a Microgrid System Using the Gray wolf Algorithm with Stability Analysis by Zhi Yuan, Ji Li

“…The parameters and coefficients of the controllers of the desired control method in this article have been optimized in a way that increases its performance as much as possible. …”
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Şahin Ç., Kerpiççi H., Karabay A. Ya., Karahan K. Investigation of Discharge Flow and Force Coefficients in Hermetic Reciprocating Compressors / trans. from Engl. M. A. Fedorova... by M. A. Fedorova

“…Low energy consuming products are eternal target of all household appliance manufacturers. To acquire desired energy index, high efficiency variable capacity compressors have started to be used widely on refrigerators. …”
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Modeling and Stable Operation Control Method for Airborne Wind Energy System Considering Longitudinal Disturbance Stability by Bixiong LUO, Junliang HU, Yajun YANG, Zongdong REN, Yadong HE

“…[Result] The results demonstrate that adjusting the effective windward area of the kite can mitigate longitudinal disturbances caused by variations in high-altitude wind fields, leading to the convergence of errors between the actual and desired trajectories of the kite-based system. Moreover, based on the synchronous control laws designed, synchronization among multiple kite- based systems has been achieved, thereby ensuring collision-free and safe operation. …”
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S‐PLM: Structure‐Aware Protein Language Model via Contrastive Learning Between Sequence and Structure by Duolin Wang, Mahdi Pourmirzaei, Usman L. Abbas, Shuai Zeng, Negin Manshour, Farzaneh Esmaili, Biplab Poudel, Yuexu Jiang, Qing Shao, Jin Chen, Dong Xu

“…Large protein language models (PLMs) present excellent potential to reshape protein research by accelerating the determination of protein functions and the design of proteins with the desired functions. The prediction and design capacity of PLMs relies on the representation gained from the protein sequences. …”
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Gamma Irradiation of Plukenetia volubilis L. Seeds Promotes Several Changes during Its Germination and Vegetative Growth by Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin, Sofia Rengifo-Del Aguila, Angel David Hernández-Amasifuen, Víctor Manuel Arévalo-Rojas, Ronny Anthony Acosta-Córdova, Agustín Cerna-Mendoza, Thiago de Araújo Mastrangelo, Jorge Damian Valverde-Iparraguirre, Juan Carlos Guerrero-Abad

“…The establishment of genetic variability, through spontaneous mutations or induced mutations, can bring desirable and undesirable agronomic traits. Our research focused on studying the impact of gamma radiation on P. volubilis seeds during their germination and vegetative growth. …”
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An aggregation-induced emission-active lysosome hijacker: Sabotaging lysosomes to boost photodynamic therapy efficacy and conquer tumor therapeutic resistance by Hang Zou, Pingping Wang, Zhihao Bai, Liping Liu, Jingtong Wang, Yanfang Cheng, Bairong He, Zujin Zhao, Lei Zheng

“…Breaking this therapeutic deadlock, enhancing the efficacy of clinical treatments, and ultimately improving patient survival rates are both highly desirable and significantly challenging goals. Herein, we have developed a new fluorescent luminogen, QM-DMAC, which features aggregation-induced emission (AIE), and exceptional viscosity-responsive properties. …”
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High-quality instant black tea manufactured using fresh tea leaves by two-stage submerged enzymatic processing by Junhao Kong, Xiufang Yang, Xiaobo Zuo, Xiaoqin Su, Bing Hu, Xinle Liang

“…High quality IBT with desired properties and antioxidant activity can be manufactured using fresh tea leaves by two-stage enzymatic processing approach.…”
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The Earth-Mars Transfer Trajectory Optimization of Solar Sail Based on hp-Adaptive Pseudospectral Method by Yufei Guo, Dongzhu Feng, Xin Wang, Cong Li, Yunzhao Liu

“…However, the period of solar sail transfer from the initial orbit to the desired orbit is relatively long. Thus, it is necessary to optimize the transfer trajectory of solar sail according to specific tasks. …”
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“Doctor, I Want to Be Like This!”: Exploring Global Beauty Body Standards Through a Multicenter Survey by Damiano Tambasco, MD, Jordi Mir, MD, Alfredo Hoyos, MD, David Sieber, MD, Mauricio Viaro, MD, Jack Zamora, MD, Carlos Manfrim, MD, Edwin Zara, MD, Federica Tomaselli, MD, Christian Montes, MD, Miriam Isola, MD, Maria De Martino, MD, Pier Camillo Parodi, MD, Roberta Albanese, MD, Mario Mendanha, MD

“…We examined the influence of globalization on beauty standards, the relationship between physical activity and desired body definitions, and regional preferences for specific body shapes. …”
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A Multiregion Discrete-Time Epidemic Model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections: An Optimal Control Approach by Rachid Bouajaji, Hassan Laarabi, Mostafa Rachik, Abdelhadi Abta

“…However, since both the environment and any population are spatially heterogeneous, it is obviously desirable to include spatial structure into an epidemic model. …”
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