The Effect of Electroplated Ni Nanocoating on Fatigue Life of 1020 AISI Low Carbon Steel by Israa Akram Hantoosh, Aliaksandr Skaskevich

“… Low carbon steel 1020 AISI has been selected in this study to show the influence of Ni Nano coating on fatigue life of this metal under fatigue loading at room temperature with a stress ratio R= -1. The prepared specimens are exposed to electroplated process using Nano nickel with 40 nm at diverse situations to improve the fatigue limit of metal. …”
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Giant Left Ventricular Thrombus in a Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report and Minireview by Fan Ye, Burton V. Silverstein, Matheen A. Khuddus, Christopher L. Bray, Arthur C. Lee

“…A 56-year-old healthy male with no obvious risk factors or significant past medical history was admitted to the emergency room with acute ischemic stroke. On his transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), an extremely large thrombus was detected at the apex involving the distal anterior wall. …”
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Rhinovirus-Induced Exacerbations of Asthma and COPD by Marc B. Hershenson

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Une cachette d’objets de valeur des années 260 apr. J.-C. dans une villa de la cité des Nerviens (Merbes-le-Château, Belgique) by Nicolas Paridaens, Nicolas Authom, Sébastien Clerbois, Marie-Paule Delplancke, Johan van Heesch

“…A hoard of precious items was recovered inside the main building, in a small semi-buried room. It consists of two copper-allied caldrons and of a small casket containing two silver spoons, a purse with 122 silver antoniniani, a glass flask and four worn sestertii deposited on a plaque dedicated to the Danubian Riders. …”
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Chinese outbound tourism: between state control and autonomous individual travel. The case of honeymoons in France by Marine L’Hostis, Maxime Dejean

“…We will focus on the case of honeymoons in France and show that Chinese tourists still have some room for manoeuvre because of the representations that existed before the Party-constructed narratives, and of the learning processes they undergo as a result of their travels.…”
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Neuromodulation with chemicals: Opportunities and challenges by Yifei Pan, Cong Pan, Lanqun Mao, Ping Yu

“…While these techniques show promise in expanding the application of chemical neuromodulation, they currently exhibit different degrees of shortcomings and room for improvement. This review summarizes the opportunities and challenges for chemical neuromodulation methods and provide an outlook for their prospects in the future.…”
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Challenges and ongoing initiatives towards better integrated EU scientific advice by Iordanis Gravanis, Michael Berntgen, Spiros Vamvakas, Pierre Demolis, Paolo Foggi

“…There are multiple avenues for seeking scientific advice in the EU with partially overlapping scope which creates room for divergence and contradictions; simplification and better integration among them could help harmonize EU regulators’ requirements. …”
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There and Back Again by Owen Hopkins

“…The essay concludes with the contention that if populist politics tends towards a monocultural architecture and urbanism, then a built environment that allows room for different forms, ideas and agendas may itself help foster a politics of pluralism. …”
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An Improved Nonhomogeneous Grey Model with Fractional-Order Accumulation and Its Application by Shuanghua Liu, Qin Qi, Zhiming Hu

“…However, there remains room for improvements. For this, this study presents an improved nonhomogeneous grey model by incorporating the dynamic integral mean value theorem and fractional accumulation simultaneously. …”
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Experiment Research on Bonding Effect of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Device by Surface Treatment Method by Xiaopeng Wang, Kun Lian, Tianning Chen

“…The results show that all three methods can reduce the surface contact angle of PLGA films, the contact angle increases with time at room temperature, and the PLGA films contact angle is almost unchanged under refrigeration. …”
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A Primal Analysis System of Brain Neurons Data by Dong-Mei Pu, Da-Qi Gao, Yu-Bo Yuan

“…In this paper, we present a primal system to analyze and extract features from brain neurons. First, we make analysis on the original data of neurons in which one neuron contains six parameters: room type, X, Y, Z coordinate range, total number of leaf nodes, and fuzzy volume of neurons. …”
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Guidance for the clinical management of infants born to mothers with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 in Singapore by Kee Thai Yeo, Agnihotri Biswas, Selina Kah Ying Ho, Juin Yee Kong, Srabani Bharadwaj, Amutha Chinnadurai, Wai Yan Yip, Nurli Fadhillah Ab Latiff, Bin Huey Quek, Cheo Lian Yeo, Yvonne Peng Mei Ng, Kenny Teong Tai Ee, Mei Chien Chua, Woei Bing Poon, Zubair Amin

“…We reviewed available literature and international guidelines based on the following themes: delivery room management; infection control and prevention strategies; neonatal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 testing; breastfeeding and breastmilk feeding; rooming-in of mother-infant; respiratory support precautions; visiting procedures; de-isolation and discharge of infant; outpatient clinic attendance; transport of infant; and training of healthcare staff. …”
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Étude des différents publics du théâtre et du cinéma lors de la généralisation du parlant à Lyon (1929-1932) by Marylin Marignan

“…And we also note a segmentation of the public according to the category and to the location of the room. However, it is necessary to recognize that the spectator number increases considerably in this period and the new interest of the press for the talking movies allows to legitimize its role within society. …”
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Evaluation of Self-Healing Performance of PE and PVA Concrete Using Flexural Test by Choonghyun Kang, Jungwon Huh, Quang Huy Tran, Kiseok Kwak

“…The self-healing environments were in 20°C water, and in the curing room with 20°C temperature and 60% humidity. The flexural strength and the initial flexural stiffness of before and after healing were compared. …”
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How can I improve the environment to support the emergent curriculum? by Ellen Phelan

“… This Action Research (AR) project aims to answer the question “How can I improve the environment to support the emergent curriculum within the toddler room?” It utilises Kemmis and MacTaggart’s Action Research Spiral. …”
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Effect of Free Formaldehyde on Chemical Structure and Thermal Properties of Nano-Titanium Dioxide Resin by Li Lv, Airong Wang, Yingying Zhong

“…The experimental results show that the formaldehyde degradation rate of the photocatalytic coating prepared by loading 5 g nano-TiO2 into a 200 g emulsion system can reach 93% under the conditions of room temperature of 25°C, humidity of 50%, and UV lamp irradiation of 120 min. …”
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Simulating Evacuations with Obstacles Using a Modified Dynamic Cellular Automata Model by Lim Eng Aik, Tan Wee Choon

“…A modified dynamic cellular automata model is proposed to simulate the evacuation of occupants from a room with obstacles. The model takes into account some factors that play an important role in an evacuation process, such as human emotions and crowd density around the exits. …”
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Policy for Prevention of a Retained Sponge after Vaginal Delivery by David J. Garry, Sandra Asanjarani, Donna M. Geiss

“…Policies for sponge count are not routine practice in most labor and delivery rooms. Ignored or hidden retained vaginal foreign bodies has potentially significant health care morbidity. …”
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Newman polémiste et satiriste by Keith Beaumont

“…But irony, satire and his typically English form of self-deprecating humour also take on in Newman’s work a psychological and even a spiritual function.This article seeks to illustrate and to analyse these various features in four of his writings : The Tamworth Reading Room of 1840 ; Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics of 1851 ; Discourses on University Education of 1852 (which will become in 1873 the first part of The Idea of a University) ; and the Apologia pro vita sua, particularly in its now little known first edition of 1864 but also in the much revised version of 1865 which forms the basis of all subsequent editions.…”
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Isolated Perforation of Left Coronary Cusp after Blunt Chest Trauma by Rohit Maini, Razvan T. Dadu, Daniel Addison, Luke Cunningham, Ihab Hamzeh, Matthew Wall, Nasser Lakkis, Rashed Tabbaa

“…Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) showed moderate to severe aortic regurgitation with prolapsing right coronary cusp. In the operating room he was found to have a left coronary cusp tear near the annulus and an enlarged right cusp. …”
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