The emergence of social media has given rise to a variety of networking and communication opportunities, as well as the well-known issue of cyberbullying, which is continuously on the rise in the current world. Researchers have been actively addressing cyberbullying for a long time by applying machine learning and deep learning techniques. However, although these algorithms have performed well on artificial datasets, they do not provide similar results when applied to real-time datasets with high levels of noise and imbalance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work describes the comparison of the catalytic performances of α-MnO nanorods synthesized by a facile hydrothermal approach at varying temperatures (140-200 °C). The structure and morphology of these nanorods were analyzed by XRD, N-physisorption, NH-TPD, Raman, SEM, HRTEM, and XPS. The prepared α-MnO nanorods also performed exceptionally well in the catalytic oxidation of cyclohexanone to dicarboxylic acids under mild reaction conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF() is a pathogenic yeast that is the leading cause of fungal meningitis in immunocompromised patients. Various virulence factors, such as the enzyme laccase and its product melanin, phospholipase, and capsular polysaccharide have been identified. During a screen of knockout mutants, the gene resistance to aminocholesterol 1 () was identified, the function of which is currently unknown in .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Despite several reports on risk factors for septic arthritis (SA) in adults, the outcomes on quality of life and joint function are sparsely reported. This study aimed to investigate the quality of life and joint function in adult patients treated for SA.
Methods: This prospective observational study enrolled clinically diagnosed adult SA patients and estimated Euroqol 5-dimension 5 levels (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire, Euroqol Visual Analog Scale (EQ-VAS) and a validated tool for joint function at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after debridement.
The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcosis, a life-threatening fungal disease. C. neoformans has multiple virulence mechanisms that are non-host specific, induce damage and interfere with immune clearance.
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