Enhancing the Selection of Backoff Interval Using Fuzzy Logic over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks by Radha Ranganathan, Kathiravan Kannan

“…., random binary exponential backoff—BEB) of IEEE 802.11 DCF (distributed coordination function) is inefficient and unfair especially under heavy load. In the literature, many algorithms have been proposed to tune the contention window (CW) size. …”
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Characteristic Features of Precipitation Extremes over India in the Warming Scenarios by J. V. Revadekar, S. K. Patwardhan, K. Rupa Kumar

“…PRECIS simulations under both A2 and B2 scenarios indicate increase in frequency of heavy precipitation events and also enhancement in their intensity towards the end of the 21st century. …”
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Investigating the impacts of connected vehicle technology on the flow of trucks at the busiest Canada-U.S. border crossings by Hanna Maoh, Sidra Anis

“…Consequently, these border facilities experience heavy truck traffic daily. While connected vehicle technology have attracted attention in recent years, there has been no attempts to assess its impacts on truck traffic performance at international land borders. …”
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Human Bone Marrow Contains Mesenchymal Stromal Stem Cells That Differentiate In Vitro into Contractile Myofibroblasts Controlling T Lymphocyte Proliferation by Yves Lecarpentier, Olivier Schussler, Antonija Sakic, José Maria Rincon-Garriz, Priscilla Soulie, Marie-Luce Bochaton-Piallat, Vincent Kindler

“…Here we show that medullar MSC cultured in 2D formed an adherent stroma of cells expressing well-organized microfilaments containing α-smooth muscle actin and nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA. MSC could be grown in 3D in collagen membranes generating a structure which, upon exposition to 50 mM KCl or to an alternating electric current, developed a contractile strength that averaged 34 and 45 μN/mm2, respectively. …”
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Foreign Aid as a Factor of Development of Economy of the Developing State: The Experience of Pakistan by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The construction of large objects of heavy industries and infrastructure in various regions of the country was financed from external resources.The article also analyzes the current volume, conditions and forms of foreign assistance provided to Pakistan. …”
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Evaluation of a Semiempirical, Zero-Dimensional, Multizone Model to Predict Nitric Oxide Emissions in DI Diesel Engines’ Combustion Chamber by Nicholas S. Savva, Dimitrios T. Hountalas

“…In the present study, a semiempirical, zero-dimensional multizone model, developed by the authors, is implemented on two automotive diesel engines, a heavy-duty truck engine and a light-duty passenger car engine with pilot fuel injection, for various operating conditions including variation of power/speed, EGR rate, fuel injection timing, fuel injection pressure, and boost pressure, to verify its capability for Nitric Oxide (NO) emission prediction. …”
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Damage Assessment of an RC Pier under Noncontact Blast Loading Based on P-I Curves by Lu Liu, Zhouhong Zong, Biao Tang, Minghong Li

“…Accidental traffic explosions in bridge engineering have occurred frequently due to the increasing firework truck on the bridge and heavy fuel oil ships under the bridge. Besides, intentional car bomb explosions in terrorist attacks and military assaults are significant threats to the bridge structure. …”
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Plant growth-promoting bacteria and nanomaterials synergism to enhance Lolium perenne growth and phytoremediation in cadmium-contaminated soil by Asifa Farooqi, Ejaz ul Haq, Anders Johansen, Lea Ellegaard-Jensen, Mazhar Iqbal, Sohail Yousaf, Maximilian Lackner

“…The present work supports our understanding of the synergistic effects of nanomaterials, bacteria, and plants, thus boosting their role in restoring heavy metal-contaminated soils.…”
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Hypoxia-tropic delivery of nanozymes targeting transferrin receptor 1 for nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy sensitization by Ruofei Zhang, Yanfang Shen, Xiaoying Zhou, Jianru Li, Hanqing Zhao, Zixia Zhang, Jun Zhao, Hongjun Jin, Shuanshuan Guo, Hui Ding, Guohui Nie, Zhe Zhang, Ying Wang, Xiyun Yan, Kelong Fan

“…Here, we identify transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) as an upregulated target in NPC, with its expression levels positively correlated with hypoxia. Human heavy-chain ferritin, a specific ligand of TfR1, selectively recognizes hypoxic NPC lesions in preclinical models. …”
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Bench Scale Treatability Studies of Contaminated Soil Using Soil Washing Technique by M. K. Gupta, R. K. Srivastava, A. K. Singh

“…In the present study soil washing technique using plain water with surfactants as an enhancer was used to study the remediation of soil contaminated with (i) an organic contaminant (engine lubricant oil) and (ii) an inorganic contaminant (heavy metal). The lubricant engine oil was used at different percentages (by dry weight of the soil) to artificially contaminate the soil. …”
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Modulating p56Lck in T-Cells by a Chimeric Peptide Comprising Two Functionally Different Motifs of Tip from Herpesvirus saimiri by Jean-Paul Vernot, Ana María Perdomo-Arciniegas, Luis Alberto Pérez-Quintero, Diego Fernando Martínez

“…Importantly, hTip-CSKH could be identified in heavy lipid rafts membrane fractions, a compartment where important T-cell signalling molecules (LAT, Ras, and Lck) are present during T-cell activation. …”
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REAL-TIME KERNEL FUNCTION SYNTHESIS FOR SOFTWAREDEFINED RADIO AND PHASE-FREQUENCY MEASURING DIGITAL SYSTEMS by I. E. Tarasov, D. S. Potekhin

“…The method is based on heavy usage of hardware cores of high-performance programmable logic devices (PLD) for generating harmonic and Gaussian modulating functions in real-time mode. …”
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Enhancing food waste compost quality with nutrient amendments by John Nkansah, Samson Oduro-Kwarteng, Helen Essandoh, Richard Kuffuor

“…In all treatments, the C/N ratio reduced significantly, while concentrations of heavy metals (Pb and Zn) were within the acceptable international limits. …”
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Effects of grazing on alpine grassland soil available nutrients across the Tibetan Plateau by Tongyong Zhou, Tongyong Zhou, Hui Yang, Yangong Du

“…Light grazing (LG) and moderate grazing (MG) both significantly enhanced AN, with increases of 6.88% and 17.90%, respectively, whereas heavy grazing (HG) reduced AN by 1.52%. LG and MG also positively affected AP, whereas HG caused a substantial decline of 11.04%. …”
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SIAT-WEXv2: A Wearable Exoskeleton for Reducing Lumbar Load during Lifting Tasks by Xinyu Ji, Dashuai Wang, Pengfei Li, Liangsheng Zheng, Jianquan Sun, Xinyu Wu

“…Based on the biomechanical analysis of the movement of lifting heavy objects from bottom up, this paper proposes a lightweight but powerful ALE, named as SIAT-WEXv2, which can output maximum assistive force of 28 N. …”
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Predictive simulation of groundwater contamination due to landfill leachate: A case study on the Robinson Deep Landfill, Johannesburg, South Africa by Osman Abdullahi OSMAN, G. M. OCHIENG, S RWANGA

“…Visual MODFLOW Flex software was used for model construction and verification. Heavy metal concentration observations (Al, Cd, Mn, and Pb) from boreholes BH-1, BH-2, BH-3, and BH-H near the RDL were used to calibrate and validate the contaminant transport model (CTM). …”
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Characterization of Metakaolin from Wassa Kaolin and Its Potential as Adsorbent for the Regeneration of Used Engine Lubrication Oil by Ralph Kwakye, Albert Aniagyei, Bright Yaw Vigbedor, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Bonface Yeboah Antwi, Anthony Selorm Kwesi Amable, George Edusei, Bright Kwakye-Awuah

“…The test results show that the efficiency of metakaolin in removing heavy metals from the used oil using an atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) was 13.25% for Fe, 25.37% for Cr, 94.36% for Zn, and 33.33% for Cu. …”
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Ball-milled synthesis of biochar-MOF nanocomposite for the concurrent recovery of mixed contaminants from wastewater by Sefiu Olaitan Amusat, Temesgen Girma Kebede, Edward Ndumiso Nxumalo, Simiso Dube, Mathew Muzi Nindi

“…The nanocomposite exhibited maximum adsorption capacities of 74.18–85.69 mgg−1 for heavy metals and 72.99–86.21 mgg−1 for steroidal hormones. …”
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Structural and electronic features enabling delocalized charge-carriers in CuSbSe 2 by Yuchen Fu, Hugh Lohan, Marcello Righetto, Yi-Teng Huang, Seán R. Kavanagh, Chang-Woo Cho, Szymon J. Zelewski, Young Won Woo, Harry Demetriou, Martyn A. McLachlan, Sandrine Heutz, Benjamin A. Piot, David O. Scanlon, Akshay Rao, Laura M. Herz, Aron Walsh, Robert L. Z. Hoye

“…Abstract Inorganic semiconductors based on heavy pnictogen cations (Sb3+ and Bi3+) have gained significant attention as potential nontoxic and stable alternatives to lead-halide perovskites for solar cell applications. …”
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Optimization of microstructure for HRE-free Nd-Fe-B magnets with improved properties by Yuxin Zhao, Rui Han, Meng Zheng, Xun Duan, Xiaoning Shi, Xianjun Hu, Hongsheng Chen, Dong Zhou, Shengzhi Dong, Wei Li

“…In this work, we successfully prepared heavy rare earth (HRE)-free Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets with improved coercivity (Hcj) and remanence (Br) by precisely controlling the grain size and optimizing the grain boundaries (GBs). …”
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