Commerce and Sentiment in Tales of Barbary Encounter: Cathcart, Barlow, Markoe, Tyler, and Rowson by Andrew S. Gross

“…Peter Markoe’s novel The Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania (1787), Royall Tyler’s The Algerine Slave (1797), and Susanna Rowson’s drama Slaves in Algiers (1794) suggest a certain openness to religious and national difference; however they are clearly about American concerns and, in fact, more committed to secularized Christian norms than their praise of common sentiment would suggest.  …”
Get full text

The Issues of the Sixth Dalai Lama and the Transformation of Qing Information System on Tibet by Ling-Wei Kung

“…After having been deceived by the Géluk government about the death of the Fifth Dalai Lama for almost 15 years, the Qing empire decided to strengthen its surveillance on Tibet by deploying espionage networks operated by spy lamas based in Xining and Dartsédo on Sino–Tibetan borderlands. …”
Get full text

The spatially informed mFISHseq assay resolves biomarker discordance and predicts treatment response in breast cancer by Evan D. Paul, Barbora Huraiová, Natália Valková, Natalia Matyasovska, Daniela Gábrišová, Soňa Gubová, Helena Ignačáková, Tomáš Ondris, Michal Gala, Liliane Barroso, Silvia Bendíková, Jarmila Bíla, Katarína Buranovská, Diana Drobná, Zuzana Krchňáková, Maryna Kryvokhyzha, Daniel Lovíšek, Viktoriia Mamoilyk, Veronika Mancikova, Nina Vojtaššáková, Michaela Ristová, Iñaki Comino-Méndez, Igor Andrašina, Pavel Morozov, Thomas Tuschl, Fresia Pareja, Jakob N. Kather, Pavol Čekan

“…Our consensus subtyping and risk groups mitigate single sample discordance, provide early and late prognostic information, and identify high risk patients with enriched immune signatures, which predict response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy in the multicenter, phase II, prospective I-SPY2 trial. We identify putative antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)-responsive patients, as evidenced by a 19-feature T-DM1 classifier, validated on I-SPY2. …”
Get full text

Toxic effects and mechanisms of nanoplastics and sulfonamide antibiotics on Scenedesmus obliquus by Jianyuan Yang, Zhen Yang, Jing Wang, Yanpeng Liang, Honghu Zeng, Litang Qin, Xiaohong Song, Lingyun Mo

“…In this study, we used Scenedesmus obliquus as the test organisms, two types of NPs: polystyrene (PS) and amine-modified (NH2-PS), four SAs: sulfapyridine (SPY), sulfamethazine (SMR), sulfamethoxypyridazine (SMP), and sulfamethoxazole (SMZ), and their eight binary mixtures were examined. …”
Get full text

Introduction : « La Duchesse d’Amalfi, des humeurs baroques à une passion moderne ? » by Gisèle Venet

“…It does so all the more as they seek to prevent their sister, a young widow, from wedding again, by hiring an “intelligencer” or spy who is himself prone to the same distemper. …”
Get full text

The case of the «Volga Espionage Organization». 1919 by A. V. Ganin

“…Based on unpublished sources from the Central Archive of the FSS of Russia, the article examines in detail the case of the counter-revolutionary «Volga Spy Organization» in the Red Army, investigated by the Cheka in 1919. …”
Get full text

Multitemporal High-Resolution Satellite Images for the Study and Monitoring of an Ancient Mesopotamian City and its Surrounding Landscape: The Case of Ur by Giacomo Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Scardozzi

“…The acquired dataset is composed by two Gambit KH-7 (1966) and one Corona KH-4B (1968) declassified spy space photos and by few images taken by the recent satellites for civilian use QuickBird-2 (2002, 2004, 2007), Ikonos-2 (2008), and WorldView-1 (2008). …”
Get full text

Research on credit card transaction security supervision based on PU learning by Renfeng CHEN, Hongbin ZHU

“…The complex and ever-evolving nature of credit card cash out methods and the emergence of various forms of fake transactions present challenges in obtaining accurate transaction information during customer interactions.In order to develop an accurate supervision method for detecting fake credit card transactions, a PU (positive-unlabeled learning) based security identification model for single credit card transactions was established.It was based on long-term transaction label data from cashed-up accounts in commercial banks’ credit card systems.A Spy mechanism was introduced into sample data annotation by selecting million positive samples of highly reliable cash-out transactions and 1.3 million samples of transactions to be labeled, and using a learner to predict the result distribution and label negative samples of non-cash-out transactions that were difficult to identify, resulting in 1.2 million relatively reliable negative sample labels.Based on these samples, 120 candidate variables were constructed, including credit card customer attributes, quota usage, and transaction preference characteristics.After importance screening of variables, nearly 50 candidate variables were selected.The XGBoost binary classification algorithm was used for model development and prediction.The results show that the proposed model achieve an identification accuracy of 94.20%, with a group stability index (PSI) of 0.10%, indicating that the single credit card transaction security identification model based on PU learning can effectively monitor fake transactions.This study improves the model discrimination performance of machine learning binary classification algorithm in scenarios where high-precision sample label data is difficult to obtain, providing a new method for transaction security monitoring in commercial bank credit card systems.…”
Get full text

Prevalence and Characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes Clinical Isolates from Different Hospitals and Clinics in Mansoura by Zeinab M. Helal, Dina E. Rizk, Mohamed M. Adel El-Sokkary, Ramadan Hassan

“…S. pyogenes isolates were identified by their bacitracin sensitivity, positive spy1258 detection, and positive GAS latex agglutination. …”
Get full text

Benefits, problems, and optimal timing of administration of indocyanine green fluorescence cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy by Hitoshi Saito, Shinichi Kinami, Kaori Maruyama, Yuta Sannomiya, Hiroyuki Takamura

“…This study investigated the advantages and disadvantages of this modality, particularly the optimal timing of administration of ICG fluorescence.Design This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected patient data.Setting Data were gathered from a single institution.Participants 69 patients scheduled for cholecystectomy were included.Interventions We administered intravenous ICG injections at three different times: preoperatively (5 mg/body weight (BW), 15 min before incision), morning of the surgery (12.5 mg/BW 4 hours before surgery), and on the day before the surgery (25 mg/BW, 20 hours before surgery). The PINPOINT or SPY-PHI (Stryker) systems were used for fluorescence imaging.Main outcome measures The course of the common bile and cystic ducts was identified using fluorescence imaging. …”
Get full text

Delivery of dendritic cells targeting 3M2e-HA2 nanoparticles with a CpG adjuvant via lysosomal escape of Salmonella enhances protection against H9N2 avian influenza virus by Futing Jia, Wenfeng Wang, Yawen Tian, Ainul Zahra, Yingkai He, Chongbo Ge, Tongyu Zhang, Mingyue Wang, Jingshuo Gong, Gerui Zhang, Guilian Yang, Wentao Yang, Chunwei Shi, Jianzhong Wang, Haibin Huang, Xin Cao, Yang Zeng, Nan Wang, Zhannan Wang, Chunfeng Wang, Yanlong Jiang

“…HA2, the neck of the HA protein, and M2e, the extracellular N-terminal structural domain of the M2 protein, are conserved and effective protective antigens.In this study, the HA2 sequences were fused with three M2e copies (H9N2, H1N1 and H5N1) to the norovirus VP1 protein via the SpyTag-SpyCatcher platform to form self-assembled nanoparticles and display antigenic proteins on its surface, yielding pYL262. …”
Get full text

Monitoring Over Time of Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients Through an Ensemble Vision Transformers‐Based Model by Maria Colomba Comes, Annarita Fanizzi, Samantha Bove, Luca Boldrini, Agnese Latorre, Deniz Can Guven, Serena Iacovelli, Tiziana Talienti, Alessandro Rizzo, Francesco Alfredo Zito, Raffaella Massafra

“…We further validated our model using a subset of 20 patients selected from the publicly available I‐SPY2 trial dataset (independent test). Results The performances of the proposed model were assessed using standard evaluation metrics, and promising results were achieved: area under the curve (AUC) value of 91.4%, accuracy value of 82.4%, a specificity value of 80.0%, a sensitivity value of 85.7%, precision value of 75.0%, F‐score value of 80.0%, and G‐mean value of 82.8%. …”
Get full text

Regional disparities and dynamic evolution of suicide prevention and intervention efficiency in Japan by Yin Tang

“…IntroductionThis study investigates the cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention and intervention (SPI) efforts by prefectural governments in Japan. …”
Get full text

Preparation and Characterization of Rosa roxburghii Tratt Polyphenol-Sodium Alginate-Soy Protein Isolate Nanocomposites and Their Antioxidant Activity by Han LIU, Xiaoyan LIU, Yinping GUO, Xingyan MU, Zihui SHI

“…To investigate the stability and functional properties of binary (SPI-SA, SPI-RRTP) and ternary (SPI-SA-RRTP) complexes of soy protein isolates (SPI) with sodium alginate (SA) and Rosa roxburghii Tratt polyphenols (RRTP). …”
Get full text

Soy Protein Isolate Improved the Properties of Fish Oil-Loaded Chitosan–Sodium Tripolyphosphate Capsules by Yunning Wang, Mubeen Asad, Deqian Wang, Xiaofan Gao, Guoliang Zheng, Jian Zhong, Jing Xie, Zhengquan Wang

“…The SPI/CS-STTP capsules formed after the addition of different amounts of SPI were larger in size and more homogeneous in morphology than the CS-STPP capsules, and the SPI was encapsulated on the surface of the CS matrix, altering the surface properties and morphology of the particles. …”
Get full text

Disturbed sleep after lung transplantation is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Aric A. Prather, PhD, Ying Gao, MS, Legna Betancourt, BS, Rose C. Kordahl, BS, Anya Sriram, BS, Chiung-Yu Huang, PhD, Steven R. Hays, MD, Jasleen Kukreja, MD, Daniel R. Calabrese, MD, Aida Venado, MD, Bhavya Kapse, PhD, John R. Greenland, MD, PhD, Jonathan P. Singer, MD, MS

“…From the SPI, we also derived an insomnia-specific subscale. …”
Get full text

Effect of ionic strength and mixing ratio on complex coacervation of soy protein isolate/Flammulina velutipes polysaccharide by Junmiao Zhang, Hengjun Du, Ning Ma, Lei Zhong, Gaoxing Ma, Fei Pei, Hui Chen, Qiuhui Hu

“…Soy protein isolate (SPI) is a commercial protein with balanced amino acids, while the poor solubility impedes its use in traditional foods. …”
Get full text

Hydrodynamic cavitation induced fabrication of soy protein isolate–polyphenol complexes: Structural and functional properties by Fengyan Wei, Xianʹe Ren, Yongchun Huang, Ning Hua, Yuting Wu, Feng Yang

“…HC treatment reduced the contents of free sulfhydryl and amino groups in SPI–polyphenol complexes and altered their Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, indicating that HC treatment promoted the formation of C–N and C–S bonds between SPI and polyphenols. …”
Get full text

Trend and Temporal Variability of Drought in Kirklareli Province Using Reconnaissance Drought Index and Standardized Precipitation Index by Mustafa Utku Yılmaz

“…The trend and temporal variability of drought were examined at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12-month time scales using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI). The monthly precipitation and temperature data from the Kırklareli meteorological station between water years 1960-2021 were used to calculate the SPI and RDI. …”
Get full text

Preparation and Properties of Soy Protein Isolate/Cotton-Nanocrystalline Cellulose Films by Guoyu Zhao, Chongyin Zhou, Fangyu Fan

“…Water solubility of the SPI/C-NCC films decreased from 44.46% of the SPI films to 35.36% of the SPI/C-NCC films with 5% C-NCC. …”
Get full text