Evaluating DNA damage in earthworms (Eisenia fetida’s): toxicological insights from carbon, gold, and silver nanoparticles using enzyme and comet assays by Ramsha Latif, Shazia Perveen, Sumaira Kanwal, Saima Nasreen, Fariha Latif, Mommna Khan, Sadaf Ahmad, Ali Irfan, Gamal A. Shazly, Yousef A. Bin Jardan

“…Advanced methods such as energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to synthesize and characterize the nanoparticles, yielding important insights into their structure and behavior. …”
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Uncertainty Estimation in Cardio Landmark Detection and Heart Disease Diagnosis on Chest X-Ray Images by Dmitry Lvov, Ivan Stebakov, Alexei Kornaev, Ilya Pershin, Tamerlan Mustafaev, Danil Afonchikov, Ramil Kuleev, Iskander Bariev, Bulat Ibragimov

“…Natural data uncertainty was also measured from labels provided by different radiologists and implemented in the form of a label transform for the coordinates of the landmarks. …”
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Sustainable recycling of PET/cotton mixed waste fabrics: Mechanical decomposition and efficient component separation for reuse by Wang Hou, Veronika Tunáková, Shi Hu, Dan Wang, Jakub Wiener, Ludmila Fridrichová, Jana Novotná, Xiuling Zhang

“…To separate and recover polyester and other components from mechanically decomposed polyester-based waste fabrics, two methods were proposed and explored. The separation effectivity of different material components was evaluated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. …”
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Recovery of Proteins and Structural and Functional Properties of Corn Starch Processing Wastewater by Foam Separation Coupled with Ultrafiltration by Rui ZHANG, Haitian LI, Zhiwei GAO, Danyi LIU, Jianchun HAN, Longwei JIANG

“…In this study, the foam separation coupled with ultrafiltration (UF) method was proposed to recover the protein therein, and the effect of different parameter conditions on protein retention were investigated. …”
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iSubgraph: integrative genomics for subgroup discovery in hepatocellular carcinoma using graph mining and mixture models. by Bahadir Ozdemir, Wael Abd-Almageed, Stephanie Roessler, Xin Wei Wang

“…Thus, our method can integrate various omics data derived from different platforms and with different dynamic scales to better define molecular tumor subtypes. iSubgraph is available as MATLAB code at http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ozdemir/isubgraph/.…”
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Differentiation of Malignant Pleural Effusions from Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma through FTIR Spectroscopy: A Prognostic Approach by Vincentius Adrian Madargerong, Eko Suhartono, Ika Kustiyah Oktaviyanti, Haryati Haryati, Mohamad Isa, Ali Assagaf, Erna Kusumawardhani, Ira Nurrasyidah, Irmi Syafa’ah

“…Conclusion: The FTIR spectral ratios A1080/A1243 and A1080/A1170 differentiate SCC from adenocarcinoma. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy may be an adjunct to cytology, offering a more rapid and cost-effective method for differentiating MPE.…”
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The Spatiotemporal Variations in and Propagation of Meteorological, Agricultural, and Groundwater Droughts in Henan Province, China by Huazhu Xue, Ruirui Zhang, Wenfei Luan, Zhanliang Yuan

“…The Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) and theory of run were utilized to identify the propagation times between different types of droughts. Cross-wavelet transform (XWT) and wavelet coherence (WTC) were applied to investigate the linkages among the three types of droughts. …”
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Study on the Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Pressure Fluctuation in an Axial Flow Pump Based on Dynamic Mode Decomposition by Z. Y. Zhuang, H. H. Zhou, Z. Y. Yu

“…In addition, the used method, which combines both FFT and DMD, revealed that the formation mechanisms of pressure fluctuations at different frequencies are different. …”
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Kajian Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFS) sebagai Material Baru Pengantar Obat by Qonita Awliya Hanif, Reva Edra Nugraha, Witri Wahyu Lestari

“…The drug loading method consists of two categories, namely the direct incorporation of biomedical agents and post-synthesis method. …”
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Numerical solution of some class of integro-differential equations by using legendre-bernstein basis by sasan Fathi, F. Mirzaee

“…In this article, a numerical method is developed to solve the linear integro-differential equations. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and analysis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using varying pulsed laser ablation energies in liquid by Tahani H. Flemban

“…However, addressing environmental concerns is crucial during the creation of novel nanostructured materials. Herein, ZnO NPs of different sizes were prepared via the pulsed laser ablation in liquid (PLAL) method at energies of 70, 90, and 130 mJ. …”
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Influence of Samarium on Structural, Morphological, and Electrical Properties of Lithium Manganese Oxide by B. Narenthiran, S. Manivannan, S. Sharmila, A. Shanmugavani, Perumalla Janaki Ramulu

“…The XRD spectrum for the produced materials confirmed the phase purity and crystallinity of the material. The fourier transform infrared spectrum was used to determine the different sorts of vibrations between molecules. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Wool Keratin/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blend Nanofibers by Shuai Li, Xu-Hong Yang

“…Wool keratin/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) blend nanofibers were fabricated using the electrospinning method in formic acid solutions with different weight ratios of keratin to PVA. …”
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Tailoring of poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels properties by salts addition

“…The morphology of the PVA based hydrogels has been studied by Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM), the interaction between the PVA macromolecular chains and salts has been determined by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), while the mechanical properties of the cryogels have been investigated by oscillatory dynamic mechanical measurements. …”
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A Study on Carbon Emission from Plantation Industry in Jiangsu Province Based on Using System Dynamics by Yuan He, Xuan Yang

“…Conclusions: The important ways for low-carbon development of plantation industry in Jiangsu Province is to transform the mode of economic growth, adjust the structure of land using and improve the efficiency of the use of agricultural materials, and promote the use of organic fertilisers, organic agricultural films, et.…”
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Invasion entire solutions in a time periodic Lotka-Volterra competition system with diffusion by Li-Jun Du, Wan-Tong Li, Jia-Bing Wang

“…Finally, using the sub-super solutions method and comparison principle, we establish the existence of invasion entire solutions which behave as two periodic traveling fronts with different speeds propagating from both sides of x-axis. …”
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Analysis of the Fuzzy Fractional-Order Solitary Wave Solutions for the KdV Equation in the Sense of Caputo-Fabrizio Derivative by Muhammad Naeem, Hadi Rezazadeh, Ahmed A. Khammash, Rasool Shah, Shamsullah Zaland

“…We apply the iterative method and the Laplace transform under the fractional Caputo-Fabrizio operator. …”
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Vibration Control of Fractionally-Damped Beam Subjected to a Moving Vehicle and Attached to Fractionally-Damped Multiabsorbers by Hashem S. Alkhaldi, Ibrahim M. Abu-Alshaikh, Anas N. Al-Rabadi

“…Three coupled second-order fractional differential equations are produced and then they are solved by combining the Laplace transform with the decomposition method. The obtained numerical results show that the dynamic response decreases as (a) the number of absorbers attached to the beam increases and (b) the damping-ratios of used absorbers and beam increase. …”
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Spectral Smoothness of Ground Plane Backed Log-Periodic Dipole Antennas for Radioastronomical Applications by Georgios Kyriakou, Pietro Bolli, Mirko Bercigli

“…In this article, the ground plane-induced effects are examined in terms of antenna beam spectral characteristics, while different antenna placements are considered. Results are produced both at the isolated antenna and at the array level in the band 50–100 MHz, by employing an approximate method for the speeding-up of array simulations. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Lead Oxide Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation as Antibacterial Agent by Baghdad Science Journal

“…In this work, lead oxide nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation of lead target immersed in deionized water by using pulsed Nd:YAG laser with laser energy 400 mJ/pulse and different laser pulses. The chemical bonding of lead oxide nps was investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR); surface morphology and optical properties were investigated by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and UV-Visible spectroscopy respectively, and the size effect of lead oxide nanoparticles was studied on its antibacterial action against two types of bacteria Gram-negitive (Escherichia coli) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcusaurus) by diffusion method. …”
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