Continuous Drip Flow System to Develop Biofilm of E. faecalis under Anaerobic Conditions by Ana Maria Gonzalez, Erika Corpus, Amaury Pozos-Guillen, Daniel Silva-Herzog, Antonio Aragon-Piña, Nestor Cohenca

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Research on Rheological Properties by Desulfurized Rubber Powder/SBS Composite-Modified Asphalt and Road Performance of Its Mixture by Ping Guo, Qingwei Ma, Yan Li, Chenguang Yang, Yeji Qiu, Liangyu Sun, Xilun Zhang, Fayong Yang

“…Desulfurized rubber powder and SBS were used as asphalt modifiers to study the rheological properties and performance of desulfurized rubber powder/SBS composite-modified asphalt (DR/SBSCMA). First, the basic performance indicators such as penetration, ductility, softening point, and viscosity were studied. …”
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The Earth-Mars Transfer Trajectory Optimization of Solar Sail Based on hp-Adaptive Pseudospectral Method by Yufei Guo, Dongzhu Feng, Xin Wang, Cong Li, Yunzhao Liu

“…In this paper, the pressure of solar light acting on the solar sail is analyzed, and the kinematic equation of the solar sail is established in polar coordinate system first; then the basic principle of the hp-adaptive pseudospectral method is introduced, and the steps of solving the transfer trajectory optimization problem by hp-adaptive pseudospectral method are proposed; finally, the trajectory optimization of the solar sail from Earth orbit to Sun-centered Mars orbit is simulated as an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of hp-adaptive pseudospectral method in the orbit transfer optimization problem of solar sail. …”
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Effect of Metal Dopant on Ninhydrin—Organic Nonlinear Optical Single Crystals by R. S. Sreenivasan, N. Kanagathara, G. Ezhamani, N. G. Renganathan, G. Anbalagan

“…The presence of dopants marginally altered the lattice parameters without affecting the basic structure of the crystal. The UV-Vis transmittance spectrum shows that the crystal has a good optical transmittance in the entire visible region with lower cutoff wavelength 314 nm. …”
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Variable Load Demand Scheme for Hybrid AC/DC Nanogrid by Shoaib Rauf, Ali Raza Kalair, Nasrullah Khan

“…The inclusion of DC-based load in basic load and DC inverter load in regular load and scheduling of the burst load during the hours of maximum solar PV generation bring novelty in this work. …”
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Technique for Measuring the Internal Diameter and Area of Visible Vessels of the Eye by V. A. Firago, A. I. Kubarko

“…The study of the effects on the microvasculature of various vasoactive drugs requires appro-priate methods and equipment for determining the basic physiological parameters of small blood vessels: their internal diameter and cross-sectional area, specific density, and blood flow velocity. …”
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The process of obtaining information about COVID-19 among students of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department by Duygu Ilgin Gunduz, Erhan Secer, Melda Baser Secer

“…Results Students often preferred to use internet social media (61.00%) and sources they considered reliable (81.40%) to access basic clinical information about COVID-19 (the routes of transmission = 30.30%, the main symptoms = 26.30%, number of cases = 22.60%). …”
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Pollinator species richness and abundance across diverse habitat-types on Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) by Mário Boieiro, Raúl Oliveira, Ricardo Costa, Paulo Borges

“…Insect pollinators play a key ecological role and a valuable ecosystem service being crucial to having basic information on their abundance, distribution and ecology and a good knowledge on the status of their populations, if we aim to ensure the long-term sustainability of terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Fatigue in Medical Residents Leads to Reactivation of Herpes Virus Latency by Peter N. Uchakin, David C. Parish, Francis C. Dane, Olga N. Uchakina, Allison P. Scheetz, Neal K. Agarwal, Betsy E. Smith

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A Novel On-Ramp Merging Strategy for Connected and Automated Vehicles Based on Game Theory by Haigen Min, Yukun Fang, Runmin Wang, Xiaochi Li, Zhigang Xu, Xiangmo Zhao

“…For the framework of the game, benefit, loss, and rules are three basic components, and in our model, benefit is the priority of passing the merging point, represented via the merging sequence (MS), loss is the cost of fuel consumption and the total travel time, and the game rules are designed in accordance with traffic density, fairness, and wholeness. …”
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Decision Support System for Single-Valued Neutrosophic Aczel–Alsina Aggregation Operators Based on Known Weights by Sajid Latif, Kifayat Ullah, Abrar Hussain, Amrullah Awsar

“…In this article, we expressed the theory concepts of single-valued neutrosophic (SVN) sets (SVNS) and also characterized their basic operations. The power aggregation tools are allowed to input arguments to support each other among different arguments. …”
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Psychological care service for children and adolescents convalescing from COVID-19 in Villa Clara by Addys Pérez Fernández, Isaac Irán Cabrera Ruiz, Miguel Ángel Toledo Méndez, Ariadna Martínez Requeiro

“…The participants involved established symmetrical relationships and followed a cyclical process of planning-acting-observing-reflecting; basic procedure to attend and improve the practice.…”
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Legal Principles for the Use of Special Knowledge while Investigating Murders by A. H. Vuima

“…Based on the analysis of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, the author has established the relationship between the general principles of criminal proceedings and some provisions of the Basic Law of Ukraine. According to the results of the analysis of the provisions of criminal procedural legislation and regulatory acts regulating the activities of experts in case of their involvement in criminal proceedings, it has been determined that the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine does not contain an exhaustive list of principles of applying special knowledge of experts, however some of them are defined as the principles of forensic activities in the Law of Ukraine “On Forensic Examination”. …”
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Observation of magnetic skyrmion lattice in Cr0.82Mn0.18Ge by small-angle neutron scattering by Victor Ukleev, Tapas Samanta, Oleg I. Utesov, Jonathan S. White, Luana Caron

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استقرارية المعادلة التفاضلية التصادفية باستخدام صيغة ستراتونوفيتش by ابراهيم محمد محي الدين البدراني, عبد الغفور جاسم سالم

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الحضور التاريخي للنصوص العجائبية الهندية للحيوان في المصادر العربية الإسلامية القرون(3_8ه/9_14م) by رافع يونس صالح الحديدي, سفيان ياسين إبراهيم

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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors by Leila Dehghani, Tahereh Tamimi, Mazyar Ganjoor, Parisa Eskandari

“…Therefore, the higher the acceptance of misinformation, the participants observed the weaker preventive behaviors and the acceptance of misinformation along with age and the moderating effect of basic knowledge about COVID-19 predict preventive behavior in misinformation acceptance. …”
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Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial by Jessica L. Thomson, Lisa M. Tussing-Humphreys, Melissa H. Goodman, Sarah E. Olender

“…The impact of these enhancements on appropriate gestational weight gain is questionable given the more basic living needs of such women. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01746394, registered 4 December 2012.…”
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Study on Influence Laws of Strata Behaviors for Shallow Coal Seam Mining beneath Gully Terrain by Zhiqiang Wang, Jingkai Li, Chao Wu, Wenyu Lv, Jiao Zhang, Peng Wang, Zhen Li, Hengzhe Qu

“…The study on influence laws of strata behaviors is the basic guarantee of safety mining for shallow coal seam beneath gully terrain. …”
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Homeopathic Preparations to Control the Rosy Apple Aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea Pass.) by Eric Wyss, Lucius Tamm, Joachim Siebenwirth, Stephan Baumgartner

“…The magnitude of observed effects seems to be larger than in models with healthy plants, which renders plant-pest systems promising candidates for homeopathic basic research. For successful application in agriculture, however, the effect is not yet sufficient. …”
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