Silk of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813) affects the human colon cancer cells by Nikodijević Danijela, Milutinović Milena, Radenković Nikola, Blagojević Stefan, Vasiljević Anđela, Jurišić Vladimir, Predojević Dragana, Vukajlović Filip, Pešić Snežana

“…This implies that it may contain biologically active substances that can be used in medicine. In this paper, the cytotoxic and proapoptotic potential of Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) silk extract was examined after 72 h of exposure to the SW-480 human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line. …”
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Global scenario of silica-associated diseases: A review on emerging pathophysiology of silicosis and potential therapeutic regimes by Prasad Sherekar, Sanvidhan G. Suke, Archana Dhok, Srikant Malegaonkar, Shrikrishna A. Dhale

“…Other crystalline silica-induced pulmonary disorders include a predisposition to mycobacterial infections, obstructive airway diseases, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer. This review paper discusses the burden of silicosis and associated co-morbidities in developed as well as developing countries globally using the published data of various government agencies, related organizations, and epidemiological findings. …”
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Detecting, Monitoring, and Analyzing the Surface Subsidence in the Yellow River Delta (China) Combined with CenterNet Network and SBAS-InSAR by Zhenjin Li, Zhiyong Wang, Wei Liu, Xing Li, Maotong Zhou, Baojing Zhang

“…They were located in Zhanhua District, Xianhe Town, and Hongguang Village, respectively. This paper focuses on analyzing these three areas. The maximum subsidence rate of Zhanhua District, Xianhe Town, and Hongguang Village were −135.21 mm/a, −330.91 mm/a, and −209.68 mm/a, respectively. …”
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Real-Time Overshoot and Undershoot Detection in Cellular Networks by Jose Antonio Trujillo, Rasmus Lykke, Isabel de-la-Bandera, Soren Sondergaard, Troels B. Sonrensen, Raquel Barco, Preben E. Mogensen

“…In particular, an inadequate antenna tilt configuration can result in overshoot or undershoot situations on the network, which in turn can give rise to the aforementioned problems. This paper proposes a methodology for the real-time detection of overshoot and undershoot situations. …”
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Intraocular Microsurgical Forceps (20, 23, and 25 gauge) Membrane Peeling Forces Assessment by Raul Velez-Montoya, Chirag Patel, Scott C. N. Oliver, Hugo Quiroz-Mercado, Naresh Mandava, Jeffrey L. Olson

“…A model of epiretinal membrane was constructed using thin cellulose paper and heptanes-isopropyl alcohol 1% mixture. …”
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Innovative segmentation technique for aerial power lines via amplitude stretching transform by Pengfei Xu, Nor Anis Asma Sulaiman, Yafei Ding, Jiangwei Zhao

“…For this reason, this paper designs a pure amplitude stretching kernel function to form a Fourier amplitude vector field and uses this amplitude vector field to implement the stretching transformation of the amplitude field of the aerial power line image, so that the angular field after the Fourier inverse transformation can better react to the spatial domain line targets, and finally, after the Relative Total Variation (RTV) processing, the power line can be well detected. …”
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Role of Serum Fibrinogen Levels in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears by Umile Giuseppe Longo, Stefano Petrillo, Alessandra Berton, Filippo Spiezia, Mattia Loppini, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

“…Several studies showed that RC tendinopathy is more frequent in patients with hyperglycemia, diabetes, obesity, or metabolic syndrome. This paper aims to evaluate the serum concentration of fibrinogen in patients with RC tears. …”
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Explain the conceptual model of environmental vitality: a comparative study in the social sciences, architecture and urban by maryam Sanatgar Kakhaki, -Manouchehr Foroutan, Mohammad Mehdi Soroush, sara Jalalian

“…Vitality is one of the main components in design, but it is a complex and multifaceted concept that overlaps in its physical, social and economic dimensions. Therefore, in this paper, according to the theoretical vacuum of this concept in architecture and considering its interdisciplinary nature, using the model of various types of communication and types of vitality, the fields of psychology and sociology were selected for comparative study of vitality. …”
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Spectral Ellipsometry as a Method of Investigation of Influence of Rapid Thermal Processing of Silicon Wafers on their Optical Characteristics by V. A. Solodukha, U. A. Pilipenko, A. A. Omelchenko, D. V. Shestovski

“…The purpose of the given paper is investigation of influence of the rapid thermal treatment of the initial silicon wafers of the various doping level and reticular density on their optical characteristics by means of the spectral ellipsometry method.The investigation results are presented by means of the spectral ellipsometry method of the rapid thermal processing influence on the initial silicon wafers (KDB12 orientation <100>, KDB10 orientation <111> and KDB0.005 orientation <100>) of the various level of doping and reticular density influence on their optical characteristics: refraction and absorption ratios. …”
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An Investigation of Hand Gestures for Controlling Video Games in a Rehabilitation Exergame System by Radhiatul Husna, Komang Candra Brata, Irin Tri Anggraini, Nobuo Funabiki, Alfiandi Aulia Rahmadani, Chih-Peng Fan

“…An <i>exergame</i> system can be a solution to this problem. In this paper, we investigate appropriate hand gestures for controlling video games in a rehabilitation <i>exergame</i> system. …”
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Common protocol for validation of the QCOVID algorithm across the four UK nations by Ronan A Lyons, Aziz Sheikh, Vahe Nafilyan, Frank Kee, Carol Coupland, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Chris Robertson, Ben Humberstone, Jane Lyons, Christopher R Cardwell, Steven Kerr

“…There are four statistical validations exercises currently planned for the QCOVID algorithm, using data pertaining to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, respectively. This paper presents a common procedure for conducting and reporting on validation exercises for the QCOVID algorithm.Methods and analysis We will use open, retrospective cohort studies to assess the performance of the QCOVID risk prediction tool in each of the four UK nations. …”
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Performance evaluation of diminutive solar dryer for drying of green coffee beans: In Ethiopian highlands by Addisu Yenesew Kebede, Muluken Temesgen Tigabu, Asmare Tezera Admase, Atrsaw Jejaw Bezie

“…Using the analytical approach, the thermal efficiency of this diminutive solar dryer reaches 35.2 %. The finding of this paper is also important to small-scale coffee growers looking for an affordable and environmentally friendly method of drying coffee beans. …”
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Characterization of Colombian Clay and Its Potential Use as Adsorbent by Iván Fernando Macías-Quiroga, Gloria Inés Giraldo-Gómez, Nancy Rocío Sanabria-González

“…This paper presents a mineralogical and physicochemical characterization of a Colombian clay found in an area with the greatest exploitation potential of smectites and possible use as an adsorbent for the removal of chromium. …”
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Rapid analysis of temperature fields in electronic enclosures based on the finite difference thermal resistance network method by Xiaoyue Zhang, Yinmo Xie, Bing Liu, Yingze Meng, Kewei Sun, Guangsheng Wu, Jianyu Tan

“…To enhance thermal design efficiency, this paper introduces the finite difference method (FDM) into the thermal resistance network model, establishing a three-dimensional thermal resistance network model for the electronic enclosure and employing an implicit difference scheme to solve its temperature field. …”
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Adding soil sampling to household surveys: Information for sample design from pilot data by R.M. Lark, L. Mlambo, H. Pswarayi, D. Zardetto, S. Gourlay

“…Additional sampling might be necessary, so an attendant question is whether this is feasible. In this paper we use data on soil pH and soil carbon inferred by spectral measurements on soil specimens collected from land cultivated by households in Uganda and Ethiopia to estimate variance components for these properties, and from these the standard errors for mean values at District (Uganda) or Zone (Ethiopia) level by household surveys with different designs. …”
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Status of the Multidrug Resistance-1 Gene of Plasmodium falciparum in Four Malaria Epidemiological Strata, Two Decades after the Abolition of Chloroquine as First-Line Treatment fo... by David Denis Sofeu-Feugaing, Fabrice Nkengeh Ajonglefac, Marcel Nyuylam Moyeh, Tobias Obejum Apinjoh, Marianne Elodie Essende, Gilchrist Destin Talla Kouam, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu

“…Malaria-positive blood samples were collected from 798 patients on Whatman filter paper to determine the status of resistance to CQ. …”
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Effect of soil type and vermicompost applications on tomato growth by Marc A. Zucco, S. Alan Walters, She-Kong Chong, Brian P. Klubek, Joseph G. Masabni

“…Although there have been many studies on the benefits of VC as a fertilizer source, little research has focused on the effects and/or interactions of soil type and VC application rates on vegetable crop productivity. This paper identifies optimum application rate(s) of VC on tomato growth responses for three different textural classes of soils (loamy sand, silt loam, and silty clay). …”
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Improving the Electron Radiation Belt Nowcast and Forecast Using the SafeSpace Data Assimilation Modeling Pipeline by A. Brunet, N. Dahmen, C. Katsavrias, O. Santolík, G. Bernoux, V. Pierrard, E. Botek, F. Darrouzet, A. Nasi, S. Aminalragia‐Giamini, C. Papadimitriou, S. Bourdarie, I. A. Daglis

“…The proposed service is built on a Sun‐to‐Earth chain of physical codes that propagates physical information and uncertainties in order to model the outer radiation belt dynamics. In this paper, we present the inner magnetosphere section of the SafeSpace pipeline that relies on solar wind driven and hourly updated models that describe the trapped electron environment (VLF waves, cold plasma and seed population densities), as well as the physical processes to which the trapped electrons are subjected to, such as radial diffusion and wave particle interactions. …”
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Smell-ML: A Machine Learning Framework for Detecting Rarely Studied Code Smells by Esraa Hamouda, Abeer El-Korany, Soha Makady

“…Furthermore, some machine learning classification models were evaluated on a subset of the source code features while ignoring significant features during classification. This paper proposes a novel approach, called Smell-ML, for detecting five rarely studied code smells: Middle Man (MM), Class Data Should Be Private (CDSBP), Inappropriate Intimacy (II), Refused Bequest (RB), and Speculative Generality (SG). …”
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Design and performance analysis of digitally controlled multi-mode multi-band power amplifier for Sub-6 GHz applications by Ganesh Racha, K Lal Kishore, Yedukondalu Kamatham, Srinivasa Rao Perumalla

“…This device is designed by using an RFFE with a Power Amplifier, LNA, Up/Down converters, etc. This paper deals with the design of Multi-Mode Multi-Band (MM-MB) PA using digital control logic to support technology modes of GSM, LTE, and LTE Wi-Fi. …”
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