Preparation and Tribological Performance of the Ag/BN Nanocomposite as Additives for Lithium-Based Grease by Yijun Chen, Chuan Li, Xiaodong Wang, Li Zhang, Xu Tan, Yubin Peng, Xiaoyong Xu

“…Under a 10 N load, 30 min test duration, 50 mm/s sliding speed, and 2 wt% additive concentration, lithium-based grease (LBG) containing Ag/BN nanocomposite exhibited the lowest average friction coefficient of 0.33 and a wear rate of 1.08 × 10⁻¹⁴ m³/(N × m), representing reductions of 35.2% and 41.6%, respectively, compared to pure LBG. …”
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Unveiling GPT-4V's hidden challenges behind high accuracy on USMLE questions: Observational Study by Zhichao Yang, Zonghai Yao, Mahbuba Tasmin, Parth Vashisht, Won Seok Jang, Feiyun Ouyang, Beining Wang, David McManus, Dan Berlowitz, Hong Yu

“…However, incorrect answers often had poor explanation quality: 18.2% (10/55) contained inaccurate text, 45.5% (25/55) had inference errors, and 76.3% (42/55) demonstrated image misunderstandings. …”
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Cellular electron tomography of the apical complex in the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella shows a highly organised gateway for regulated secretion. by Alana Burrell, Virginia Marugan-Hernandez, Richard Wheeler, Flavia Moreira-Leite, David J P Ferguson, Fiona M Tomley, Sue Vaughan

“…In coccidian apicomplexans there is an additional tubulin-containing hollow barrel structure, the conoid, which provides a structural gateway for this specialised apical secretion. …”
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Efek Lama Penyimpanan Asi Terhadap Kadar Protein dan Lemak yang Terkandung Didalam ASI by Indri Putri Sari, Ariadi ., Ety Yerizel

“…The objective of this study was to find the effect of duration of  storage on breast milk in decreasing protein and fat level contained in breast milk. This study was a true experiment with pretest and posttest control group design. …”
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Color Stability and Surface Properties of PMMA/ZrO2 Nanocomposite Denture Base Material after Using Denture Cleanser by Mohammed M. Gad, Reem Abualsaud, Shaimaa M. Fouda, Ahmed Rahoma, Ahmad M. Al-Thobity, Soban Q. Khan, Sultan Akhtar, Khalid S. Al-Abidi, Mohamed S. Ali, Fahad A. Al-Harbi

“…Novel polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) containing zirconium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-ZrO2) was suggested as a denture base material but there is a lack of information regarding denture cleanser effects. …”
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Synthesis and Spectroscopic and Biological Activities of Zn(II) Porphyrin with Oxygen Donors by Gauri Devi Bajju, Sujata Kundan, Madhulika Bhagat, Deepmala Gupta, Ashu Kapahi, Geeta Devi

“…Results of investigation of the physicochemical properties of zinc complexes containing substituted phenols as axial ligand having general formula [X-Zn-t(p-CH3) PP] [where X = different phenolates as axial ligand] in impurity-free organic solvent are presented. …”
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Infrared Dim Small Target Detection Algorithm with Large-Size Receptive Fields by Xiaozhen Wang, Chengshan Han, Jiaqi Li, Ting Nie, Mingxuan Li, Xiaofeng Wang, Liang Huang

“…For this reason, we design an infrared dim small target (IDST) detection algorithm containing Large-size Receptive Fields (LRFNet). It uses the Residual network with an Inverted Pyramid Structure (RIPS), which consists of convolutional layers that become progressively smaller, so it can have a larger effective receptive field and can improve the robustness of the model. …”
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Measurement Stand, Method and Results of Composite Electrotechnical Pressboard-Mineral Oil Electrical Measurements by P. Rogalski

“…This allowed to reduce the step of measurement temperature change and thus to increase the accuracy of determining the activation energy of the measured parameters.The article also contains basic information on the analysis of the direct and alternating current electrical parameters of the composite electrotechnical pressboard-mineral oil-water nanoparticles. …”
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Illicium parviflorum Anise, Yellow Anisetree, Star Anise by Edward Gilman

“…The document concludes with potential landscaping applications for the plant, emphasizing its suitability for hedges, screens, and container plantings. Original publication date October 1999. …”
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Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARG) Are Stage-Dependent Prognostic Markers of Malignant Melanoma by Stefanie Meyer, Thomas Vogt, Michael Landthaler, Anna Berand, Albrecht Reichle, Frauke Bataille, Andreas H. Marx, Anne Menz, Arndt Hartmann, Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart, Peter J. Wild

“…Using tissue microarrays (TMAs) we studied COX2/PPARG immunoreactivity in a broad spectrum of tumors focussing on clinicopathological correlations and the outcome of patients with malignant melanoma (MM). TMA-1 contained normal and tumor tissues (n=3448) from 47 organs including skin neoplasms (n=323); TMA-2 88 primary MM, 101 metastases, and 161 benign nevi. …”
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Save a Child: How to Identify and Report Child Abuse by Andrew E. Toelle, Kate Fogarty

“…This 4-page fact sheet discusses child abuse laws and procedures for reporting abuse. It also contains information about different types of abuse and how to identify abused or neglected children. …”
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Inhibition and evasion of neutrophil microbicidal responses by Legionella longbeachae by Hannah E. Hanford, Christopher T. D. Price, Silvia Uriarte, Yousef Abu Kwaik

“…Bacterial degradation within neutrophils is mediated by the fusion of microbicidal granules to pathogen-containing phagosomes and the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the phagocyte NADPH oxidase complex. …”
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Explaining the Antecedents and Consequences of the Glass Cliff in Service Organizations by Sara Kavoosi, Ali Safari, Ali Shaemi Barzoki

“…Subsequently, a structured questionnaire containing 39 items was developed from the qualitative data. …”
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Integrated Management of Spot Blotch Disease of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem by Deepak Kumar, Ramji Singh, Durga Prasad, Ajay Tomar

“…The wheat genotypes were inoculated with an aqueous solution of the pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana, which contained approximately 105 conidia ml-1. Two inoculations were made: one at the booting phase and another fifteen days later. …”
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Purification, Preliminary Structural Characterization, and In Vitro Inhibitory Effect on Digestive Enzymes by β-Glucan from Qingke (Tibetan Hulless Barley) by Jialiang Hu, Yue Wu, Huifang Xie, Wanyin Shi, Zhiyuan Chen, Dan Jiang, Hui Hu, Xiangwei Zheng, Jian Xu, Yuejun Yang, Yuancai Liu

“…Qingke (Tibetan hulless barley, Hordeum vulgare L.) contains a high content of β-glucan among all the cereal varieties. …”
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Development and Validation of a Photoplethysmography System for Noninvasive Monitoring of Hemoglobin Concentration by Hongyun Liu, Fulai Peng, Minlu Hu, Jinlong Shi, Guojing Wang, Haiming Ai, Weidong Wang

“…The prototype was combined with a signal processing circuit and a spectrophotometric probe containing 8 wavelength LEDs light source and photodiode array. …”
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Estimation of Disease Transmission in Multimodal Transportation Networks by Yu Zheng

“…Furthermore, sensitivity analysis is implemented, the results of which assist in policy-making for containing infection transmission through traffic.…”
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Synthesis of Bioactive Fluorinated 10H-Phenothiazines and their Sulfone Derivatives by Yogesh Dixit, Rahul Dixit, Naveen Gautam, D. C. Gautam

“…Substituted 2-foramido-2´-nitrodiphenylsulfide were obtained by the reaction of 2-amino-3-fluorobenzenethiol with o-halonitrobenzenes followed by formylation and 1-nitro/1-halo-10H-phenothiazines have been prepared by the reaction of substituted 2-aminobenzenethiols with reactive o-halonitrobenzene containing a nitro group or halogen atom at o-position to the reactive halogen atom directly yielded 1-nitro/1-halo-10H-phenothiazines in situ. 10H-phenothiazine sulfone derivatives have been synthesized by the oxidation of 10H-phenothiazines by 30% hydrogen peroxide in glacial acetic acid. …”
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FORMATION OF HIGHLY RESISTANT CARBIDE AND BORIDE COATINGS BY A TWO-STAGE DEPOSITION METHOD by W. I. Sawich, O. G. Cherneta, A. N. Korobochka, A. B. Sychkov, A. M. Nesterenko, V. L. Pliuta, M. A. Murikov

“…A study was made of the aspects of forming highly resistant coatings in the surface zone of tool steels and solid carbide inserts by a two-stage method. at the first stage of the method, pure Ta or Nb coatings were electrodeposited on samples of tool steel and solid carbide insert in a molten salt bath containing Ta and Nb fluorides. at the second stage, the electrodeposited coating of Ta (Nb) was subjected to carburizing or boriding to form carbide (TaC, NbC) or boride (TaB, NbB) cladding layers.…”
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RMT Assessments of the Market Latent Information Embedded in the Stocks' Raw, Normalized, and Partial Correlations by Dror Y. Kenett, Yoash Shapira, Eshel Ben-Jacob

“…Our results show that in comparison to the raw correlations, the affinity matrices highlight the dominant factors of the system, and the partial correlation matrices contain more information. We propose that significant stock market information, which cannot be captured by the raw correlations, is embedded in the affinity and partial correlations. …”
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