Metformin: A Potential Drug for COVID-19 by Anjali Devi Bettadapura Shankara Rao, Sujatha Puttalingaiah, Ananth B Koushik, Jadeppa Gowda

“…Its varied actions on coronavirus infections, by inhibiting virus entry, preventing cytokine storm, boosting immunity by altering the gut microbiota, and decreasing virulence by inducing autophagy makes it an ideal candidate for treating coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). The only serious side effect of metformin is lactic acidosis, confined to a few patients. …”
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Fracture micrographic analysis of a carbon FML under three-point bending load by Costanzo Bellini, Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello

“…The influence of the connection layer placed between the composite ones and the metal sheets on the fracture mode was analysed. …”
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Numerical Model for Cavitational Flow in Hydraulic Poppet Valves by Sandor I. Bernad, Romeo Susan-Resiga

“…Both pressure and density distributions inside the cavity are presented, and a comparison with the liquid flow results is performed. It is found that if one defines the cavity radius such that up to this radius the pressure is no larger than the vaporization pressure, then both liquid and cavitating flow models predict the cavity extent. …”
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Enhancing customer satisfaction towards the service quality of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport using servqual and binary logistic regression by Felice Graciela, Triwulandari Satitidjati Dewayana, Anik Nur Habyba

“…Subsequently, the Binary Logistic Regression analysis results indicate that only parking price and ambiance significantly influence passenger satisfaction, with the likelihood of increasing satisfaction being 1.7732783 and 2.0773711 times respectively. …”
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Investigation on Seismic Performance of Bidirectional Self-Centering Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures by Shaking Table Tests by Zhenying Wang, Chenxi Mao, Lili Xie

“…The test results indicated that the self-centering RC frames installed in both the directions showed satisfactory seismic performance, with only slight damage to the main structure after extreme earthquakes. …”
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An animal model of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome for translational research by Kuo-An Chu, Chia-Yu Lai, Yu-Hui Chen, Fu-Hsien Kuo, I.-Yuan Chen, You-Cheng Jiang, Ya-Ling Liu, Tsui-Ling Ko, Yu-Show Fu

“…Conclusions This modified approach for BLM-induced lung injury provided a severe, stable, and one-sided (left-lobe) ARDS animal model with consistent reproducibility. …”
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Manufacturing Induction Heating Based on Helical Coil Method by Using Arduino Mega 2560 by Muhammad Hasan, Lenny Iryani

“…So that makes it difficult to remove from the skin. One way to loosen the bolts due to galvanic corrosion is by heating. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF PREHISTORIC TO HISTORIC LANDSCAPE: THE EXAMPLE OF CIVITAS LOPSICA by Vedrana Glavaš, Miroslav Glavičić

“…During the first century AD, Lopsica achieved municipal status, which was confirmed by epigraphic evidence. Onomastic analysis shows that the inscriptions mentioned members of the autochthonous Romanised aristocracy, who maintained their acquired positions of authority and were a privileged class in the administrative and economic structure of the municipium. …”
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The In Vivo Evaluation on Total Components from Extract of Aconitum Based on a New Analytic Method of Area under Absorbance-Wavelength Curve by Miaomiao Yang, Huasong Wu, Xiaodong Li

“…The pharmacokinetic parameters of single and multiple doses were similar, and both of them showed characteristics of the one-compartment model. Cav, DF, and AUCss were (2.075 ± 0.282) µg/ml, (2.405 ± 0.175), and (24.901 ± 0.422) µg/ml/h, respectively. …”
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Earth–lunar thermal effect on the temperature stability of TianQin telescope and the suppression methods by Wenbo Chang, Yuxiang Wang, Wenhai Tan, Guanhua Wu, Houyuan Chen, Wei Li, Zizheng Li, Fan Zhu, Zhu Li, Xuefeng Zhang, Shanqing Yang

“…TianQin is a geocentric space-based gravitational wave detection mission, it will confront a more complex and variable orbital thermal environment compared to heliocentric orbit missions like LISA. As one of the core payloads in TianQin, the telescope requires stringent temperature stability. …”
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Pilot clinical trial of neoadjuvant toll-like receptor 7 agonist (Imiquimod) immunotherapy in early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma by Angela J. Yoon, Richard D. Carvajal, Evan M. Graboyes, John M. Kaczmar, William G. Albergotti, Alexandra E. Kejner, Scott H. Troob, Elizabeth Philipone, Jean-Sebastien Anoma, Kent E. Armeson, Elizabeth G. Hill, Mary S. Richardson, Tina R. Woods, Bhishamjit S. Chera, Farzad Nourollah-Zadeh, Byung J. Lee, Subramanya Pandruvada, Antonis Kourtidis, Christina Kingsley, Elizabeth C. O’Quinn, Stephanie Mills, Victoria C. Jordan, Mike Spencer, Danielle Fails, Trevor D. McKee, Mark Zaidi, Alan Brisendine, Shane Horn, Shikhar Mehrotra, Besim Ogretmen, Jason G. Newman

“…The median follow-up time was 17 months (95% CI = 16 months - not reached), and one-year recurrence-free survival was 93% of evaluable patients.ConclusionNeoadjuvant imiquimod immunotherapy could be safe and promising regimen for early-stage oral cancer.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier NCT04883645.…”
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Surveillance for the Management of Small Renal Masses by Mehmet Ozsoy, Tobias Klatte, Matthias Waldert, Mesut Remzi

“…In addition, there is need for larger studies in order to better outline oncological outcome and followup protocols.…”
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Tünel Yangınlarında Jet Fan Diziliminin Duman ve Isı Kontrolüne Olan Etkilerinin İncelenmesi by Songül Solmaz, Tolga Demircan

“…Fanların açıklık ve kapalılık durumunun ise, tünel içerisindeki sıcaklık ve duman dağılımlarını önemli ölçüde etkilediği gözlemlenmiştir. Hiçbir fanın çalışmadığı durumda, tünel içindeki sıcaklık ve duman seviyelerinin çok yükseldiği ve ortamın insan sağlığı için olumsuz özelliklerde olduğu belirlenmiştir. …”
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Contribution à l’anthropologie de la consommation de champignons à partir du cas du sud-ouest de la France (xvie-xxie siècles) by Frédéric Duhart

“…Evoking the mushroom consumption by the South-West France populations leads first to think about the classification of living things, the social building of edibility and the dynamics of these processes. Once the « edible » mushrooms identified, we have to note the complexity and the variability of the gastronomic hierarchies and the diversity of mushroom consumption contexts. …”
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Pneumatic Formwork Systems in Structural Engineering by Benjamin Kromoser, Patrick Huber

“…The main problem with these structures, however, is the high effort required for producing the complicated formwork. One possibility of reducing this effort is to use a pneumatic formwork. …”
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Estimating Nitrogen and Chlorophyll Content in Corn Using Spectral Vegetation Indices Derived From UAV Multispectral Imagery by Nikrooz Bagheri, Mehryar Jaberi Aghdam, Hamidreza Ebrahimi

“…The models were evaluated using the leave-one-out cross-validation method. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the leaf dry weight (LDW), the Chl and N content with the amount of nitrogen fertilizer used. …”
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Efficiency and safety of HAIC combined with lenvatinib and tislelizumab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with high tumor burden: a multicenter propensity score matching analys... by Zhonghua Zhao, Xiongying Jiang, Shiping Wen, Yanzhang Hao

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Using RES Surpluses to Remove Overburden from Lignite Mines Can Improve the Nation’s Energy Security by Leszek Jurdziak, Witold Kawalec, Zbigniew Kasztelewicz, Pawel Parczyk

“…A modern lignite mine is operated by one control room, and it can balance the dynamic consumption of surplus renewable energy sources (RESs) and reduce the need for reduction. …”
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Managing Insecticide and Miticide Resistance in Florida Landscapes by Nicole Benda, Adam G. Dale

“…With few new modes of action coming onto the market, landscape managers need to be good stewards of existing products. …”
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Metode Penelitian Kepustakaan dalam Pendidikan Islam by Abdurrahman

“…Data sources are diverse, including books, journals, documents, online databases, and special collections. Library research has the characteristics of being qualitative, descriptive, non-fieldwork, and emphasizing the researcher's role in data analysis. …”
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