Prediction of the Clinical Outcomes of Sigmoid Volvulus by Abdominal X-Ray: AXIS Classification System by Rei Ishibashi, Ryota Niikura, Nobuya Obana, Sho Fukuda, Mayo Tsuboi, Tomonori Aoki, Shuntaro Yoshida, Atsuo Yamada, Yoshihiro Hirata, Kazuhiko Koike

“…We retrospectively analyzed 66 patients diagnosed with sigmoid volvulus using the electronic medical records at the Osaki Citizen’s Hospital and the University of Tokyo Hospital from 2008–2015. …”
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Experimental study on the strengthening mechanism of carbon fiber-reinforced sand powder 3D-printed rock-like materials by Lishuai Jiang, Xin He, Ye Zhao, Pimao Li, Yang Zhao, Zongke Wang, Dingrui Guo, Qi Gu

“…In addition, acoustic emission monitoring and scanning electron microscopy were used to investigate the microscopic mechanisms involved. …”
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Information security vulnerability scoring model for intelligent vehicles by Haiyang YU, Xiuzhen CHEN, Jin MA, Zhihong ZHOU, Shuning HOU

“…More and more electronic devices are integrated into the modern vehicles with the development of intelligent vehicles.There are various design flaws and vulnerabilities hidden in a large number of hardware, firmware and software.Therefore, the vulnerabilities of intelligent vehicles have become the most important factor affecting the vehicle safety.The safety of vehicles is seriously affected by the disclosure of a large number of vulnerabilities, and the wide application of smart cars is also restricted.Vulnerability management is an effective method to reduce the risk of vulnerabilities and improve vehicle security.And vulnerability scoring is one the important step in vulnerability management procedure.However, current method have no capability assessing automotive vulnerabilities reasonably.In order to handle this problem, a vulnerability scoring model for intelligent vehicles was proposed, which was based on CVSS.The attack vector and attack complexity were optimized, and property security, privacy security, functional safety and life safety were added to characterize the possible impact of the vulnerabilities according to the characteristics of intelligent vehicles.With the machine learning method, the parameters in CVSS scoring formula were optimized to describe the characteristics of intelligent vehicle vulnerabilities and adapt to the adjusted and new added weights.It is found in case study and statistics that the diversity and distribution of the model are better than CVSS, which means the model can better score different vulnerabilities.And then AHP is used to evaluate the vulnerability of the whole vehicle based on the vulnerability score of the model, a score is given representing the risk level of whole vehicle.The proposed model can be used to evaluate the severity of information security vulnerabilities in intelligent vehicles and assess the security risks of the entire vehicle or part of the system reasonably, which can provide an evidence for fixing the vulnerabilities or reinforcing the entire vehicle.…”
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Development and Optimization of a Nanoparticle-Based Imidacloprid Insecticide for Effective Control of Blattella germanica by Ismael Saba, Amir Amani, Mozhgan Baniardalani, Hamidreza Basseri

“…The average particle size was determined using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and the dried nanoparticles were analyzed using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The LC50 and LC90 values of Nano-imidacloprid were then compared with the technical grade of the insecticide. …”
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Factors influencing implementation of health-promoting interventions at workplaces: Protocol for a scoping review. by Kaung Suu Lwin, Aliza K C Bhandari, Phuong The Nguyen, Junko Saito, Akiko Yaguchi-Saito, Erika Ota, Taichi Shimazu

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>This scoping review will explore these issues from the perspective of supply-side stakeholders, who have a direct role in the implementation of these interventions. An electronic systematic search of MEDLINE (using PubMed), Web of Science, and Scopus databases from 1986 to 2022, in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, will be performed. …”
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Experimental Characterizing Mechanical and Physical Properties of Water Lily Polyester Matrix Composite Materials by Melese Shiferaw Kebede, Tesfa Guadie Ayaliew, Solomon Mesfin Demlie

“…The fabricated water lily composite can serve as a viable alternative material for applications in automobile interior parts, building components, and electronic packages.…”
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PROPOSALS FOR A BROADER APPROACH OF „MISUSE OF DEVICES AND PROGRAMS” PROVISION IN COMBATING CYBER-DEPENDENT AND CYBER-ENABLED CRIMES by Maxim DOBRINOIU

“…Although the offence in art. 6 represents the „mean-crime” in relation with the further commission of the above mentioned crimes against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems („purpose-crimes”), the nowadays Cybercrime phenomenon shows that the misuse of the devices and computer programs actually exceeds the legal boundaries of art. 2 to 5, and (technically) impacts much of the other forms of cyber-related or cyber-enabled offences, especially in the FinTech area, electronic payment, blockchain, cryptocurrency etc. …”
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Optimized Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles as Bactericidal Agents by Mohammad Moslem Imani, Mohsen Safaei

“…Morphology, crystalline structure, and size of synthesized nanoparticles were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The optimum conditions (0.2 M magnesium nitrate, 2 M NaOH, and 90 min stirring time) for the synthesis of magnesium oxide nanoparticles with the greatest antibacterial activity were determined using the Taguchi method. …”
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The Electrochemical Detection of Bisphenol A and Catechol in Red Wine by Chao Wang, Xiangchuan Wu, Xinhe Lin, Xueting Zhu, Wei Ma, Jian Chen

“…In this study, we synthesized a laccase mimicking the MnO₂@CeO₂ nanozyme using a simple hydrothermal method, which was characterized by modern analytical methods, such as transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), etc. …”
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Structural evolution mechanisms and design strategies of layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries by Li Zhang, Jun Wang, Wenhai Ji, Nuria Tapia-Ruiz, Martin Winter, Jie Li

“…Although lithium-ion batteries are successfully used in electronic devices and electric vehicles, the steadily increasing price of their raw materials and increasing anxiety about Li resources and reserves raise concerns about exploring cheaper and sustainable alternatives. …”
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Hypochloraemia and 30 day readmission rate in patients with acute decompensated heart failure by Roman Marchenko, Adam Sigal, Thomas E. Wasser, Jessica Reyer, Jared Green, Christopher Mercogliano, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Anthony A. Donato

“…Methods and results We retrospectively reviewed electronic medical records of 1504 patients who were admitted to one 700 bed US tertiary care centre with the diagnosis of ADHF between June 2013 and December 2014. …”
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The effect of mechanical milling for enhanced recycling Ti6Al4V powder from machining chips by Seyyed Amir Reza Alavizadeh, Mehrdad Shahbaz, Majid Kavanlouei, Sang Sub Kim

“…Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) confirmed the highest Ti content (76.62 wt%) in the 10:1 BPR sample, highlighting the correlation between milling parameters and chemical purity. Electron microscopy showed that ball size distribution significantly influenced particle morphology, with a higher fraction of smaller balls producing a more uniform particle distribution and spherical morphology. …”
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Inclusion of children with disabilities in qualitative health research: A scoping review. by Janet Njelesani, Vongai Mlambo, Vongai Mlambo, Tsedenia Denekew, Jean Hunleth

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A scoping review was conducted to critically examine the participation of children with disabilities in qualitative health research. The electronic databases PubMed, PsychInfo, Embase, and Google Scholar were searched. …”
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Gel–sol synthesis of hierarchical CaO using pollen as biotemplate for biodiesel production by Zheng, Jingdi, Tao, Shuang, Yang, Ying, Tang, Ying

“…The CaO(S) was synthesized through sol–gel-biotemplate method using calcium nitrate-ethanol-citric acid as precursor and rape pollen as biotemplate, followed by the characterizations such as N2-Brunauer Emmet Teller (N2-BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR), CO2-temperature programmed desorption (CO2-TPD), Thermogravimetry differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results indicate that pollen as a biotemplate could be used to improve the basicity and textural parameters of calcium oxide particles, especially for 1/1-CaO(S)-700, presented by its total basicity of 5.90 mmol/g, the specific surface area of 16.47 m2/g, the pore volume of 0.04 cm3/g, the average pore size of 10.28 nm, and the widespread distribution of pore size (2–12.5 nm). …”
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Harmonic Analysis of Large Grid-Connected PV Systems in Distribution Networks: A Saudi Case Study by Yahya M. Al-Sharif, Gamal M. Sowilam, Tamer A. Kawady

“…Owing to the intermittent nature of renewable resources, the changing incident energy from renewables can generate considerable amounts of harmonics. Moreover, power electronic devices and nonlinear loads that are used frequently in the industry may exaggerate the harmonic distortions as well. …”
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Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Hexamethylenediaminetetraacetatocobaltate(II) Complex by Periodate Ion in Aqueous Medium by R. M. Naik, B. Kumar J. Rai, R. Rastogi, S. B. S. Yadav

“…The reactions has been investigated spectrophotometrically at λmax = 580 nm under pseudo- first -order condition by taking large excess of oxidant [IO4] at pH = 4.0±0.02, I = 0.1 M (CH3COONa + NaNO3).and temperature = 30± 0.1 °C The electron transfer reaction between [CoII HDTA] 4- and [IO4-] obeys inner sphere reaction pathway through the formation of long-lived intermediate complex which finally get converted into a corresponding [CoIIIHDTA] 3- complex as final reaction product. …”
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Removal of ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin antibiotics from aqueous solutions using graphene oxide derived from corn cob by . Rinawati, A. Rahmawati, D.R. Muthia, M.D. Imelda, F.H. Latief, S. Mohamad, A.A. Kiswandono

“…Graphene oxide was characterized using Fourier transform infrared, scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive x-ray, and x-ray diffraction instruments. …”
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Preparation of the Binder from Banana Pseudostem Waste and Its Application in Pigment Dyeing by Abdul Fatah Larik, Najma Memon, Rashid Hussain Memon, null Sirajuddin, Farhana Khanam Ferdousi, Ahsan Habib

“…Fourier transform infrared analysis revealed lignin amine salt peaks in the banana pseudostem-based BPW-binder, while scanning electron microscope images of BPW-binder treated fabrics confirmed suitable binder properties with a rough and ordered lamellar surface. …”
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Evidence of Exponential Speed-Up in the Solution of Hard Optimization Problems by Fabio L. Traversa, Pietro Cicotti, Forrest Sheldon, Massimiliano Di Ventra

“…First, we map the optimization problem into a Boolean circuit made of specially designed, self-organizing logic gates, which can be built with (nonquantum) electronic elements with memory. The equilibrium points of the circuit represent the approximation to the problem at hand. …”
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The N-terminus of the Clostridioides difficile transferase A component directs toxin activity and potency by Robin M. Mullard, Michael J. Sheedlo

“…Here, we describe a motif composed of acidic and basic residues (the KDKEK motif) that is essential for toxin function. Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM), we highlight an orientation of the KDKEK motif wherein the acidic residues engage structures thought to play an important role during toxin delivery. …”
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