Publications by authors named "G C Paul"

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder. The pathogenesis of PD is unknown till now. The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) is a non-specific biochemical marker of inflammation.

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  • This research focuses on creating sustainable branched polylactide (PLA) materials by using a new hybrid modeling approach that combines first-principles (FP) with artificial neural networks (ANN) for ring-opening polymerization (ROP).
  • The hybrid model was trained effectively, achieving high accuracy with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.004 and a regression coefficient of 0.99, allowing it to predict important polymer properties like molecular weights and branching degree.
  • Additionally, the study validated its predictions using various PLA compositions and demonstrated strong connections between the FP model and hybrid ANN through multiobjective optimization.
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Current photovoltaic (PV) panels typically contain interconnected solar cells that are vacuum laminated with a polymer encapsulant between two pieces of glass or glass with a polymer backsheet. This packaging approach is ubiquitous in conventional photovoltaic technologies such as silicon and thin-film solar modules, contributing to thermal management, mechanical reinforcement, and environmental protection to enable the long lifetimes necessary to become financially acceptable. Commercial vacuum lamination processes typically occur at 150 °C to ensure cross-linking and/or glass bonding of the encapsulant to the glass and PV cells.

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In heart failure, sympathetic overdrive is evidenced by norepinephrine spillover, receptor level changes, etc. Beta-blockers continue to be the cornerstone of treatment in patients with chronic heart failure due to their ability to counteract sympathetic overdrive. Extensive clinical research has demonstrated that long-term beta-blocker treatment with metoprolol succinate, carvedilol, or bisoprolol enhances left ventricular function and reverses left ventricular remodeling, decreases hospitalization risk, and increases survival.

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