Harnessing Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Counter Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pathogens with Special Reference to Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Coatings by Shyam Kumar Mishra, Tanzina Akter, Umme Laila Urmi, George Enninful, Manjulatha Sara, Jiawei Shen, Dittu Suresh, Liangjun Zheng, Elias Shiferaw Mekonen, Binod Rayamajhee, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Massimo Sartelli, Mark Willcox

“…Furthermore, we discuss various approaches for attaching and functionalising these peptides on surfaces. Finally, we recommend comprehensive in vivo studies to evaluate the efficacy of AMPs and their mimetics, investigate their synergistic combinations with other molecules and assess their potential as coatings for medical devices.…”
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La problemática de las comisiones en la administración de los regímenes de pensiones latinoamericanos: especial referencia al sistema colombiano by Marjorie Zúñiga Romero, Olimpia del Águila Cazorla

“…Los nuevos modelos de regímenes de pensiones implantados a finales del siglo XX están siendo objeto de revisión, en todos sus elementos fundamen-tales, con el objetivo de detectar las deficiencias más significativas de su di-námica. …”
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Comprehensive and Validated Computational Investigations of Structural Integrity, Aerodynamic Behavior, and Its Turbulence Characteristics on Agricultural Drone with and without Pa... by Beena Stanislaus Arputharaj, Shyam Sundar Jayakumar, Senthil Kumar Solaiappan, Vijayanandh Raja, Parvathy Rajendran, Maheswari Krishnamoorthy, Hari Prasath Jeyaraj, Senthil Kumar Madasamy, Ragavendra Thaiyan Rajendran, Ali Mahmood Ahmed

“…The AD’s minor influence allows the construction of eddy structures within and around it. Finally, AD’s structural displacements and failure factors under aerodynamic loads are commuted through the fluid-structure interaction approach. …”
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The impact of abandoned iron ore on the endophytic bacterial communities and functions in the root systems of three major crops in the local area by Shuyi Chen, Jie Tang, Junqiang Xu, Lianxin Peng, Peng Wu, Qiang Li

“…The mining environment resulted in functional enrichment of histidine kinases and oxidoreductases in the bacterial community. …”
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Optimizing mechanical performance: Epoxy-graphene oxide nanocomposites for enhanced strength in lattice structure by Ramezanali Gholami, Ahmad R. Khoogar, Mohammad Hossein Allaei

“…Additionally, analysis of variance indicated the predominant role of GO's content than other parameters in improving the epoxy/GO composite's tensile strength. Finally, non-linear regression analysis was applied to develop a semi-empirical quadratic model for predicting the composite's tensile strength. …”
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MyVivarium: A cloud-based lab animal colony management application with realtime ambient sensing by Robinson Vidva, Mir Abbas Raza, Jaswant Prabhakaran, Ayesha Sheikh, Alaina Sharp, Hayden Ott, Amelia Moore, Christopher Fleisher, Hailey Netherton, Evan Goldstein, Pothitos M. Pitychoutis, Tam V. Nguyen, Aaron Sathyanesan

“…Lab administrators can assign tasks to users with reminders for experiments or cage maintenance. Finally, we designed a low-cost system to sense ambient humidity, temperature, vivarium worker activity, and room illuminance. …”
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Civil Nationalism through Criminal Legislation in Iran (Study of the Process of Activities Leading to the Legislation of Criminal Laws Supporting Ethnic-Religious Identities in Ira... by Hossein Mirmohammad Sadeghi, Alireza Gharaghani

“…These bills include the bill of "Insulting the legal religions, culture, language and legitimate customs of ethnic groups"/ the bill of "Adding two articles to the Islamic Penal Code/ and the bill of "Repressing of Racial Discrimination, Ethnic and Religious Hatred" which Finally, parts of the content of all three bills were merged and Enacted in the form of “Repeated” Articles 499 and 500 of the Taziraat section of the Islamic Penal Code. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Empty-Hole Effect during Parallel-Hole Cutting under Different In Situ Stress Conditions by Zhengyu Wu, Dayou Luo, Feng Chen, Wulin Huang

“…With the increased stress, the inhibitive effect of the vertical stress field on tensile stress around an empty hole is remarkably stronger than that of the horizontal stress field. Finally, the numerically simulated results are verified by the theoretical calculation. …”
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An innovative and efficient implementation of matrix-free Newton krylov method for neutronics/thermal-hydraulics coupling simulation by Peijun Li, Chen Hao, Ning Xu, Yanling Zhu, Yizhen Wang, Zhigang Zhang

“…In addition, the nonlinear preconditioning and hybrid perturbation size formula are implemented to further improve the convergence. Finally, to evaluate the numerical accuracy, convergence, efficiency and stability of MFNK method, a series of representative problems, including a three-dimensional (3D) single fuel pin problem, VERA Benchmark Problem 6, and VERA Benchmark Problem 7, are analyzed by comparing with the current N/TH coupling methods. …”
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Cooperative game scheduling and revenue sharing strategy for virtual power plants considering scenery uncertainty by SONG Duoyang, XUE Tianliang, LI Yipu, TU Jintong, BI Yuhao, WANG Mankang

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Computational analysis of the effect of a binding protein (RbpA) on the dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA polymerase assembly. by Sneha Bheemireddy, Ramanathan Sowdhamini, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan

“…Notably, potential allosteric mechanisms, involving the interface of subunits α1 and α2 were uncovered, shedding light on how RbpA modulates transcriptional activity.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Finally, potential ligands meant for the α1-α2 binding site were identified through virtual screening. …”
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Political Science in Ecuador, 2005-2019. A discipline in search of institutionalization by Edgar Alberto Zamora-Aviles, María Paz Jervis-Pastor

“…Additionally, a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications was performed in the above indexed journals. Finally, a set of interviews was made with members of the local academic community. …”
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Res divini juris as res extra commercium: a Comparative Analysis of Doctrine and Case Law by Anatoliy A. Lytvynenko

“…Complicated legal disputes concerning res divini juris also arise a question, of whether res divini juris are always res extra commercium, and if not, what are the exceptions from the rule, if any? Finally, could it be estimated, what chattels may belong to res divini juris? …”
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Investigation on the Effects of Prefabricated Crack and Strain Rate on Uniaxial Compressive Properties of Frozen Silty Soil by Dongdong Ma, Ezra Esanju Kaunda, Kun Huang

“…The dominated crack of intact frozen silty soil specimen finally presented Y-shaped shear failure. However, tensile cracks parallel to stress wave propagation direction were observed for the frozen silty soil specimen with prefabricated crack.…”
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Evaluation of Curtain Durability of Karst Dam Based on AHP-FCE Method by GUO Xiaojing, XIE Mengshan, CAO Lei, LIU Ziyan, JIANG Maiyong, LI Jinyou

“…Dam curtain in Karst area is vulnerable to failure under Karst water erosion.Therefore,scientific evaluation of curtain durability is the key to the safe operation of dams.Therefore,this paper first used the analytic hierarchy process to construct the criterion layer of design factor layer,construction factor layer and service environment layer,and calculated the weight of each index via relative scale.Secondly,the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method (FCE) was used to deal with the qualitative and quantitative index values,with the curtain durability evaluation model of the Karst dam composed of 19 indexes constructed.Finally,the established evaluation model was adopted to comprehensively evaluate the curtain durability of typical Karst dams.The results show that the eigenvalues of the fuzzy judgment matrix are less than 0.1,indicating that each index reports reasonable weight distribution.The representative value of the comprehensive evaluation results of the curtain durability of the typical Karst dam is 0.569 6,which falls within the “excellent” grade.This shows that the curtain design and construction scheme of the project is feasible,and the current operation of the curtain is basically consistent with the evaluation results,that is,the curtain durability evaluation model of the Karst dam established in this paper is reasonable.The research results cast new light on the qualitative evaluation of the curtain durability of the Karst dam,and also provide a reference for the design and construction scheme of the curtain in the Karst area,the durability of the buildings in the Karst area,and the durability evaluation of the buildings in the non-Karst area.…”
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Electrochemical Determination of Doxorubicin in the Presence of Dacarbazine Using MWCNTs/ZnO Nanocomposite Modified Disposable Screen-Printed Electrode by Somayeh Tajik, Hadi Beitollahi, Fariba Garkani Nejad, Zahra Dourandish

“…Also, the MWCNTs/ZnO nanocomposite-modified SPCE presented reproducible and stable responses to determine doxorubicin. Finally, the developed platform demonstrated a successful performance for doxorubicin and dacarbazine determination in real samples, with recovery in the range of 97.1% to 104.0% and relative standard deviation (RSD) from 1.8% to 3.5%.…”
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A Hybrid Retrieval Method for an &#x03A9;-Class Bianisotropic Metamaterial Using Scattering Parameter Method by Gokhan Ozturk, Ugur Cem Hasar, Yunus Kaya, Huseyin Korkmaz, Ivaylo Stoyanov

“…Then, it is applied for extracting the electromagnetic properties of two bianisotropic MM slabs in the form of square split-ring-resonators and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-shape using their S-parameters simulated by a full wave simulation program. Finally, its accuracy is examined by comparing simulated S-parameters with those reconstructed by using extracted electromagnetic parameters. …”
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Three Novel Mutations in the NPHS1 Gene in Vietnamese Patients with Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome by Thi Kim Lien Nguyen, Van Dem Pham, Thu Huong Nguyen, Trung Kien Pham, Thi Quynh Huong Nguyen, Huy Hoang Nguyen

“…In patient 2, one heterozygous variant p.Glu117Lys and one novel heterozygous missense mutation p.Ser324Ala were identified. Finally, a novel missense mutation p.Arg802Leu and a novel nonsense mutation (c.2442C>G causing p.K792⁎) were identified in patient 3.…”
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An Improved Time-Frequency Analysis Method for Instantaneous Frequency Estimation of Rolling Bearing by Zengqiang Ma, Wanying Ruan, Mingyi Chen, Xiang Li

“…Next, the SET method is applied to the reconstructed signal to generate the time-frequency representation with high resolution. Finally, instantaneous frequency trajectory can be accurately extracted by peak search from the time-frequency representation. …”
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Real‐Time Thermospheric Density Estimation via Two‐Line Element Data Assimilation by David J. Gondelach, Richard Linares

“…In addition, the data assimilation capability of the model is highlighted by assimilating CHAMP accelerometer‐derived density data together with TLE data to obtain more accurate global density estimates. Finally, the dynamic thermosphere model is used to forecast the density.…”
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