Acute Liver Failure Caused by Amanita phalloides Poisoning by Luca Santi, Caterina Maggioli, Marianna Mastroroberto, Manuel Tufoni, Lucia Napoli, Paolo Caraceni

“…Mushroom poisoning is a relatively rare cause of acute liver failure (ALF). The present paper analyzes the pathogenesis, clinical features, prognostic indicators, and therapeutic strategies of ALF secondary to ingestion of Amanita phalloides, which represents the most common and deadly cause of mushroom poisoning. …”
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Muscular Dystrophies at Different Ages: Metabolic and Endocrine Alterations by Oriana del Rocío Cruz Guzmán, Ana Laura Chávez García, Maricela Rodríguez-Cruz

“…Therefore, the aim of this paper is to describe the current knowledge about of metabolic and endocrine alterations in diverse types of dystrophinopathies, which will be divided into two groups: childhood and adult dystrophies which have different age of onset.…”
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Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course by Silvia Loi, Peng Li, Mikko Myrskylä

“…This hypothesis has been tested mostly focusing on racial and ethnic health inequalities, while less is known about weathering by immigration background. This paper aims at contributing to this strand of research by addressing four research questions: is the health of immigrants declining at a faster pace over the life-course, compared to non-immigrants? …”
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Androgenic Anabolic Steroids Cause Thiol Imbalance in the Vascular Endothelial Cells by Halszka Ponamarczuk, Maria Światkowska, Marcin Popielarski

“…Methods: This paper demonstrated that long-term use of AASs (nandrolone and boldenone), negatively affects the basic cell functions of vascular endothelial cells. …”
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Impact of Commercial Protective Culture on Manouri PDO Cheese by Thomas Bintsis, Maria A. Kyritsi

“…The experimental cheeses were covered with greaseproof paper and stored at 5 °C for 21 days. For all three treatments, the fat content and total solids showed a significant increase during storage, while protein and carbohydrates showed a significant decrease at 14 days. …”
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Collision Avoidance in Circular Motion of a Fixed-Wing Drone Formation Based on Rotational Modification of Artificial Potential Field by Tagir Muslimov

“…The impossibility of the airspeed for a fixed-wing type UAV to drop below a certain minimum value also plays a role here. In this paper, we propose to use an approach based on vortex vector fields, which are essentially a rotational modification of the artificial potential field (APF) method. …”
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View adaptive multi-object tracking method based on depth relationship cues by Haoran Sun, Yang Li, Guanci Yang, Zhidong Su, Kexin Luo

“…Different views (front-view and top-view) have different imaging and data distribution characteristics, but the current MOT methods do not consider these differences and only adopt a unified association strategy to deal with various occlusion situations. This paper proposed View Adaptive Multi-Object Tracking Method Based on Depth Relationship Cues (ViewTrack) to enable MOT to adapt to the scene's dynamic changes. …”
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Digital Pre-Distortion to Reduce Ringing in a Pulse Sharpening Non-Linear Transmission Line by Stephen Pancrazio, Tyler Kelley, Sam Wagner, Nhat Tran, Ababil Hossain, Anh-Vu Pham

“…In this paper, we present the development of a digital pre-distortion (DPD) algorithm to reduce ringing in a UWB transmitter with a non-linear transmission line. …”
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Numerically pricing American and European options using a time fractional Black–Scholes model in financial decision-making by Omid Nikan, Jalil Rashidinia, Hossein Jafari

“…Reliable and efficient numerical techniques are essential for solving fractional differential models due to the global characteristics of fractional calculus. This paper focuses on the numerical solution for the TFBSE for American and European option pricing models by means of the local meshless radial basis function (RBF) interpolation. …”
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Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration by Johannes Starkbaum, Robert Braun, Vincent Blok, Fabian Schroth, Johann Jakob Häußermann, Claudia Colonnello, Eugen Popa, Renate Wesselink, Anna Gerhardus

“…To address societal challenges, research and innovation approaches, involving a wide range of actors, are increasingly promoted by policy communities. This paper explores the practice of Quadruple Helix collaborations for responsible innovation and how these implement the theoretical ambition of including actors from different societal sectors in innovation, including actors from the fields of arts, media and civil society, which is conceptualized as the Fourth Helix in this concept. …”
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An Innovative Real-Time Recursive Framework for Techno-Economical Self-Healing in Large Power Microgrids Against Cyber–Physical Attacks Using Large Change Sensitivity Analysis by Mehdi Zareian Jahromi, Elnaz Yaghoubi, Elaheh Yaghoubi, Mohammad Reza Maghami, Harold R. Chamorro

“…To address this issue, an innovative framework is proposed in this paper, enabling real-time responsiveness to cyberattacks while focusing on the techno-economic energy management of large-scale power microgrids. …”
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Study of Transformer Core Vibration and Noise Generation Mechanism Induced by Magnetostriction of Grain-Oriented Silicon Steel Sheet by He Qiang, Nie Jingkai, Zhang Songyang, Xiao Weimin, Ji Shengchang, Chen Xin

“…Insofar as the state-of-the-art iron core and binding production adopt the lamination method and weft-free adhesive tape, respectively, the transformer core vibration is mainly attributed to the silicon steel sheet (SSS) magnetostriction. In this paper, based on the magnetostriction of grain-oriented SSS, an in-depth analysis of the vibration generation mechanism in the transformer core was performed. …”
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A comparative analysis of the microstructural and physicochemical properties of alluvial and dune sands from northeast Algerian Sahara by Rafika Hachem, Nassima Meftah, Ahmed Bouaziz

“… This paper investigates the physical, chemical, and microstructural properties of two types of natural sand; alluvial sands and dune sand from the El-Oued region in the northeastern Algerian Sahara. …”
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Fast analytical calculation-based modeling method and fault ride-through parameters selection to enhance short-term voltage stability of grids with large-scale photovoltaic power p... by Boyang Li, Shiyun Xu, Weixing Li, Pupu Chao, Xiaodong Liang, Zhimin Li

“…To solve this problem, an analytical simulation-free method is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the coupling between the grid voltage and the PVPP’s FRT behaviors is formulated as a real-time varying impedance. …”
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Safety Assessment and Risk Estimation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operating in National Airspace System by Xuejun Zhang, Yang Liu, Yu Zhang, Xiangmin Guan, Daniel Delahaye, Li Tang

“…This paper proposes an effective approach for modelling and assessing the risks associated with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) integrated into national airspace system (NAS). …”
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Study on Ultrasonic Response to Mechanical Structure of Coal under Loading and Unloading Condition by Xiaofei Liu, Xiaoran Wang, Enyuan Wang, Zhentang Liu, Xiaoyang Xu

“…Ultrasonic technology can be applied to study the changes in the internal defects of coal under quantitative loading, which can provide the theoretical basis for applying the technology to determine the structural stability of coal and predict disasters related to the dynamics of coal or rock. In this paper, to investigate the propagation laws of ultrasonic signals through a coal material under various loading conditions, an ultrasonic test system for the deformation and fracture of coal rock was used and a cyclic loading and unloading pattern is adopted. …”
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A Strain Rate-Dependent Damage Evolution Model for Concrete Based on Experimental Results by Peng Wan, Xiaoyan Lei, Bin Xu, Hui Song

“…Therefore, it is necessary to establish a damage evolution model corresponding to the actual damage evolution. In this paper, a strain rate-sensitive isotropic damage model for plain concrete is proposed to describe its nonlinear behavior. …”
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European Baseline Series, Polish Baseline Series, Polish Standard… Why compositions of patch test series undergo revisions and how does it influence clinical practice? by Radosław Śpiewak, Grzegorz Ostrowski, Ewelina Szendzielorz, Jadwiga Kalicińska

“…Due to constant changes in exposures, baseline series must undergo regular revisions. The present paper discusses methodology, criteria, and history of such revisions. …”
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Characteristics Analysis of Bus Stop Failure Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data by Rui Li, Xin Xue, Hua Wang

“…However, the concept of FR is unable to quantitatively analyze failure characteristics in terms of its dispersion and uncertainty over time. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a new index called failure duration rate (FDR) to evaluate the bus stop failure, which can characterize waiting time for traffic delay calculation and capacity drop estimation. …”
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Association of the EPAS1 gene G/A polymorphism with successful performance in a group of Russian wrestlers by E. A. Bondareva, E. Z. Godina

“…The aim of the present paper was to study genetic selection in the polymorphic system of the EPAS1 gene (rs1867785) in a group of male sambo practitioners. 312 Russian males from 18 to 30 years of age were studied. …”
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