HIV RNA Suppression and Immune Restoration: Can We Do Better? by Marilia Rita Pinzone, Michelino Di Rosa, Bruno Cacopardo, Giuseppe Nunnari

“…HAART has significantly changed the natural history of HIV infection: patients receiving antiretrovirals are usually able to control viremia, even though not all virological responders adequately recover their CD4+ count. …”
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Influence of Ceramic Waste and Cement on the Mechanical and Hydraulic Properties, and Microstructure of the Road Sub-Base Layer by Sadek Deboucha, Hocine Ziani, Abderrachid Amriou, Walid Maherzi, Walid Deboucha

“…The findings indicated that the high permeability of the natural soil caused harm to our road soon after construction. …”
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Antioxidant Property of Aerial Parts and Root of Phyllanthus fraternus Webster, an Important Medicinal Plant by Richa Upadhyay, Jitendra Kumar Chaurasia, Kavindra Nath Tiwari, Karuna Singh

“…Thus, P. fraternus extract can be used as potent natural antioxidant.…”
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A «necklace» of large clusters of strategic raw materials over a stagnant oceanic slab in East Asia by Natalia Boriskina

“…Decompression and advection, which are particularly active near the natural boundaries of the slab, act as triggers for the intense interaction of under and over subduction asthenospheric fluids with adjacent sections of the mantle and for the directed upwelling of powerful flows of matter and energy into the lithosphere. …”
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Exploiting the Composite Step Strategy to the Biconjugate A-Orthogonal Residual Method for Non-Hermitian Linear Systems by Yan-Fei Jing, Ting-Zhu Huang, Bruno Carpentieri, Yong Duan

“…The Biconjugate A-Orthogonal Residual (BiCOR) method carried out in finite precision arithmetic by means of the biconjugate A-orthonormalization procedure may possibly tend to suffer from two sources of numerical instability, known as two kinds of breakdowns, similarly to those of the Biconjugate Gradient (BCG) method. This paper naturally exploits the composite step strategy employed in the development of the composite step BCG (CSBCG) method into the BiCOR method to cure one of the breakdowns called as pivot breakdown. …”
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Exploring sustaining embodied experience in the built environment: a case study of Seonyudo by Sanghee Lee

“…Findings uncover diverse narratives of embodied experiences, structured by five contextual design models: (1) Flow model, mapping information flow; (2) Sequential model, outlining experience-influencing elements; (3) Artifact model, identifying experience-amplifying mediums; (4) Spatial model, showing relationships between artificial and natural environments; and (5) Cultural model, highlighting environment types in cultural contexts. …”
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ENGINEERING PEDAGOGY AS A BASE FOR TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING SYSTEM by V. V. KONDRATYEV

“…The author asserts that pedagogy is a methodologically fundamental system featuring a specific interrelation between the components of natural sciences, Humanities and applied knowledge on the basis of logic of engineering activities. …”
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The Foundations of Probability with Black Swans by Graciela Chichilnisky

“…We extend the foundation of probability in samples with rare events that are potentially catastrophic, called black swans, such as natural hazards, market crashes, catastrophic climate change, and species extinction. …”
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National road cliff protection analysis in Malibau Anai after Anai River flood, West Sumatra by Istijono Bambang, Yuhendra Rahmad, Thariqjabbar Hape Muhammad, Mahdi, Dodi Arian, Al Giffari Muhammad, Hakam Abdul, Martanto Adji Bayu, Menghoung Seng

“…The results show that although natural protection methods have shown positive results, they are insufficient and ineffective when facing of large flood pressures. …”
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Light-Induced Tyrosine Radical Formation from Ruthenium-Tyrosine Complex Anchored to SnO2 Semiconductor by Raed Ghanem

“…Steady state spectroscopy and flash photolysis measurements were used to study the multistep electron transfer in a supramolecular complex adsorbed on the surface of nanocrystalline SnO2 in order to mimic the function of the tyrosineZ and chlorophyll unit P680 in natural photosystem II (PSII). A ruthenium(II)-tris(bipyridyl) complex covalently linked to an L-tyrosine ethyl ester through an amide bond was anchored to the surface of nanocrystalline SnO2 via four carboxylic acid groups linked to the bpy ligands. …”
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Searching for electronic journal articles to support academic tasks. A case study of the use of the Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib) by Pertti Vakkari, Sana Talja

“…Keyword searching in databases was more common in natural sciences, engineering and medicine than in other disciplines. …”
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Emerging Strategies for Revascularization: Use of Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Artificial Nanovesicles in Critical Limb Ischemia by Vijay Murali Ravi Mythili, Ramya Lakshmi Rajendran, Raksa Arun, Vasanth Kanth Thasma Loganathbabu, Danyal Reyaz, ArulJothi Kandasamy Nagarajan, Byeong-Cheol Ahn, Prakash Gangadaran

“…Cell-derived EVs are small membranous structures naturally released by cells, and artificial nanovesicles are artificially engineered nanosized vesicles. …”
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A dynamic peripheral immune landscape during human pregnancy by Xiuxing Liu, Lei Zhu, Zhaohao Huang, Zhaohuai Li, Runping Duan, He Li, Lihui Xie, Xiaozhen Chen, Wen Ding, Binyao Chen, Yuehan Gao, Juan Su, Xianggui Wang, Wenru Su

“…Gradual reduced cytotoxicity phenotype in highly variable cytotoxic T and natural killer cell types were observed during pregnancy. …”
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Analysis of Land Use Migration Change in Ganjiang River Basin by HE Hao, LIU Weilin, LI Xiang, ZHANG Jingrong, YANG Qing, TU Xuke, LIU Jianwu, LIU Lina

“…Land use/cover change is an important representation of interactions between humans and the natural environment,and its change characteristics profoundly influence regional ecological security and sustainable socio-economic development.Based on the land use data of the Ganjiang River Basin from 1980 to 2018,the spatio-temporal changes in land use in this basin are analyzed by ArcGIS spatial analysis method.The results show that forest land and cultivated land are the main land types in Ganjiang River Basin.The areas of the two land types decrease,with constantly increasing construction land area.The comprehensive dynamic index of land use in the basin is increasing,which indicates accelerating land use changes.The types of land use conversion are mainly the transfer from cultivated land and forest land to construction land,the mutual transfer of forest land and grassland,and the transfer from forest land to cultivated land,with some cultivated land transferred to waters.The centers of gravity of grassland,waters,and construction land change significantly,and are moving northwest,southwest,and southeast respectively with phased moving speeds.The research results can provide scientific references for ecological environment protection,and planning and management of water and land resources in the Ganjiang River Basin.…”
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Investigations sur une crise de mortalité à Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais, XVIIIe s.). Hypothèses d’interprétation by Dominique Castex, Hélène Réveillas

“…However certain peculiarities in the ratio between the different groups of immature individuals and that of a demography considered “natural” become apparent. These peculiarities, when studied historically, medically and demographically, permit us to eliminate certain epidemics from consideration. …”
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Crack Initiation, Propagation, and Failure Characteristics of Jointed Rock or Rock-Like Specimens: A Review by Ri-hong Cao, Ping Cao, Hang Lin, Xiang Fan, Chunyang Zhang, Taoying Liu

“…Rock masses are heterogeneous materials containing a large number of discontinuities, and the failure of the natural rock mass is induced by the crack propagation and coalescence of discontinuities, especially for the rock mass around tunnel or underground space. …”
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Enhancing environmental decontamination and sustainable production through synergistic and complementary interactions of actinobacteria and fungi by Juliana M. Saez, Enzo E. Raimondo, Stefanie B. Costa-Gutierrez, Juan D. Aparicio, Domenica Mosca Angelucci, Enrica Donati, Marta A. Polti, Maria C. Tomei, Claudia S. Benimeli

“…Microbial interactions in mixed communities emulate natural processes and yield emergent properties such as stability, robustness, and enhanced metabolism. …”
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Bond Behavior between BFRP Rebar and Seawater Sea Sand Concrete by Chao Wu, Bing-Chen Meng, Xianfeng Cheng, Asghar Habibnejad Korayem, Lik-Ho Tam

“…Seawater sea sand concrete (SWSSC) is a promising alternative to ordinary concrete in terms of saving valuable natural resources of freshwater and river sand. Basalt fiber reinforced polymer (BFRP) rebars can be a good solution to corrosion of steel rebars in SWSSC. …”
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INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES MARKETS by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timohov

“…The paper also analyzes the statistical data on the global export and import of natural uranium, enriched and depleted uranium, plutonium, thorium and some stable isotopes of non-medical purposes, presented by a company «Trend economy» in 2014. …”
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Meteorological drought assessment using SPI and RDI indices in the Ourika Basin, Morocco by Khrabcha Abdelali, Oumou Abdellah, Essahlaoui Ali, Essahlaoui Narjisse, Kassou Amina, Mouzoun Ouafae, Alitane Abdennabi, El Hafyani Mohammed, Iharzi Chaimae, Van Rompaey Anton

“…The Ourika basin is located on the northern edge of the Marrakech High Atlas, within a semi-arid to sub-humid climate. Its fragile natural environment is exposed to extreme and harsh climatic conditions, such as droughts and floods. …”
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