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A review on effect of nanoparticle addition on thermal behavior of natural fiber-reinforced composites.

Heliyon

January 2025

Natural Composites Research Group Lab, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand.

Always, the environment in which humans live needs to be saved from various calamities, and one such calamity is usage of petroleum-based products. Petroleum-based products are derived from various synthetic processes that adversely affect the environment. It may not reflect immediately, but it affects in the near future.

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Understanding human behavior and human action recognition are both essential components of effective surveillance video analysis for the purpose of guaranteeing public safety. However, existing approaches such as three-dimensional convolutional neural networks (3D CNN) and two-stream neural networks (2SNN) have computational hurdles due to the significant parameterization they require. In this paper, we offer HARNet, a specialized lightweight residual 3D CNN that is built on directed acyclic graphs and was created expressly to handle these issues and achieve effective human action detection.

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The accurate detection, identification, and analysis of biofluids at crime scenes play a critical role in forensic investigations. Various biofluids, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, menstrual blood, urine, and saliva, can be crucial evidence. In a murder case involving a knife attack, for instance, bloodstains from both the victim and perpetrator might be present.

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Effect of heat treatment on tribological behavior of direct metal laser sintered alloy 718.

iScience

December 2024

AU-Sophisticated Testing and Instrumentation Centre (STIC) and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alliance School of Applied Engineering, Alliance University, Bengaluru 562106, India.

The main aim of this work is to enhance the wear performance of the direct metal laser sintered (DMLS) alloy 718 by solution treatment aging (STA) method at room temperature (RT) (28°C) and 400°C in dry sliding conditions. The effect of microstructure, phase analysis, and microhardness on the wear behavior and the influence of STA on the specimen at elevated temperatures were studied. The microstructure revealed the presence of melt pool boundary (MPB) in untreated DMLS alloy while recrystallized grains were observed in the STA-treated alloy.

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  • Over two decades, initiatives have aimed to enhance STEM undergraduate outcomes, with the inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) emerging as a scalable reform model that supports STEM faculty in implementing course-based research to improve student learning.
  • This study utilized pathway modeling to describe the HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) iREC, identifying how faculty engagement leads to sustainable adoption and improvement of new teaching strategies through feedback from over 100 participating faculty members.
  • The findings indicate that iREC fosters a collaborative environment where STEM faculty can share expertise and data, thereby enhancing their teaching practices and contributing to the overall evolution of undergraduate science education.
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Having access to potable water is a fundamental right to well-being. Despite this, 3.4 million people die from diseases caused by water each year, and 1.

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IoT based healthcare system using fractional dung beetle optimization enabled deep learning for breast cancer classification.

Comput Biol Chem

February 2025

Department of Computer Science, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Breast cancer classification plays a crucial role in healthcare, especially in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients. Traditional methods for classifying breast cancer based on histopathological images often suffer from limited accuracy, which can hinder early detection and treatment. Hence, this paper devises a novel Internet of Things (IoT) based healthcare system using SqueezeNet_Fractional Dung Beetle Optimization (Squeeze_FDBO) for breast cancer detection.

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Alterations in subcortical brain regions are linked to motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, associations between clinical expression and regional morphological abnormalities of the basal ganglia, thalamus, amygdala and hippocampus are not well established. We analyzed 3D T1-weighted brain MRI and clinical data from 2525 individuals with PD and 1326 controls from 22 global sources in the ENIGMA-PD consortium.

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Basalt-based natural fiber hybrid composites with fillers are always the most anticipated composite material candidates for lightweight structural applications. Current work focusses on the preparation, characterization and testing of Basalt (B)/Hibiscus vitifolius (HV) based epoxy biocomposites with and without cashew nutshell fillers. Individual fiber reinforced composites (with 40 vol% of fibers) and hybrid composites (with 40 vol% of fibers in the ratio 1:1) filled with 10-30 vol% of fillers were manufactured using compression moulding techniques.

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Background: Angiogenesis and nascent blood vessel formation is thought to be important in cerebral arteriovenous malformation (cAVM) development and maintenance, of which little is known. Digital subtraction angiogram (DSA) features of angiogenesis in cAVMs are poorly described and the aim of this study was to describe the frequency of angiogenesis in patients who had a DSA showing a cAVM. We also sought to evaluate the intra- and inter-observer agreement of a diagnosis of angiogenesis and explore which angioarchitectural features were associated with angiogenesis.

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Introduction: Distinguishing patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) from other suspected stroke cases in the prehospital setting is crucial for determining the appropriate level of care and minimising the onset-to-treatment time, thereby potentially improving outcomes. Therefore, we developed prehospital prediction models to identify patients with ICH among suspected stroke cases.

Methods: Data were obtained from the Field Administration of Stroke Therapy-Magnesium prehospital stroke trial, where paramedics evaluated multiple variables in suspected stroke cases within the first 2 hours from the last known well time.

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Stroke remains a leading cause of mortality and disability, with ischemic stroke being the most common type. It occurs due to reduced cerebral blood flow, leading to a cascade of events initiated by oxygen and nutrient deprivation, triggering excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammation and finally culminating in neuronal injury and death. Key molecular players in ischemic stroke include glutamate receptors, acid-sensing ion channels, and purinergic receptors, exacerbating cellular damage through calcium influx, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction.

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  • Ovarian cancer poses a significant health challenge, and the study introduces a new method using Temporal Analysis and Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to improve survival predictions, addressing limitations in existing methods.
  • The proposed approach shows notable improvements over previous methods, including an 8.3% gain in precision and reduced prediction latency by 2.9%, by leveraging longitudinal patient data to identify trends and complex interactions in clinical information.
  • The results have practical implications, allowing healthcare professionals to customize treatment plans and enhance patient care through better understanding and collaboration facilitated by the model's interpretability.
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Indicators of perinatal mental health of the Indian women, and the National Family Health Surveys: Trajectory of obscurity.

Asian J Psychiatr

December 2024

Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India; Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. Electronic address:

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Background: Empathy is at the core of patient-centred care. Evidence has continually found that empathy helps foster therapeutic relationships and is essential in the delivery of quality healthcare. In India, many factors are barriers to empathy for nursing professionals.

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Fractional whale driving training-based optimization enabled transfer learning for detecting autism spectrum disorder.

Comput Biol Chem

December 2024

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, A.P., India.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological illness that degrades communication and interaction among others. Autism can be detected at any stage. Early detection of ASD is important in preventing the communication, interaction and behavioral outcomes of individuals.

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The Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) is a non-profit educational organization committed to promoting the transformation of undergraduate STEM education by supporting departments in removing barriers to access, equity, and inclusion and in adopting evidence-based teaching and learning practices. The PULSE Ambassadors Campus Workshop program enables faculty and staff members of host departments to 1) develop communication, shared leadership, and inclusion skills for effective team learning; 2) implement facilitative leadership skills (e.g.

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Acute effects of lower limb wearable resistance on horizontal deceleration and change of direction biomechanics.

PLoS One

September 2024

Jayhawk Athletic Performance Laboratory, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance-University of Kansas, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America.

This study aimed to investigate the acute effects of lower limb wearable resistance on maximal horizontal deceleration biomechanics, across two different assessments. Twenty recreationally trained team sport athletes performed acceleration to deceleration assessments (ADA), and 5-0-5 change of direction (COD) tests across three load conditions (unloaded, 2% of BW, 4% of body weight (BW)), with load attached to the anterior and posterior thighs and shanks. Linear mixed effect models with participant ID as the random effect, and load condition as the fixed effect were used to study load-specific biomechanical differences in deceleration mechanics across both tests.

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Proteolysis of tau by granzyme A in tauopathies generates fragments that are aggregation prone.

Biochem J

September 2024

Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K.

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  • Tauopathies are brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's, characterized by tau protein forming harmful tangles, and are linked to neuroinflammation and CD8+ T cells' involvement in the disease process.
  • Research has found that granzyme A (GzmA), a protease released by CD8+ T cells, cleaves tau at specific sites, disrupting its structure and potentially promoting aggregation and dysfunction in neurons.
  • The cleaved tau fragments can spread between cells, suggesting that GzmA might play a significant role in the pathology of tauopathies by facilitating the propagation of these tau aggregates.
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The implementation of hard-facing alloy on the existing materials caters the need for high-performance surfaces in terms of wear and high temperatures. The present research explore the effect of Plasma Transferred Arc Welding (PTAW) parameters and powder composition on dilution, microstructure and hardness of the commonly used hard-facing alloy Ni-Cr-Si-B powder. The hard-facing alloy was deposited with three weight proportions of boron (2.

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High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) are currently a subject of significant research interest in the fields of materials science and engineering. They are rapidly evolving due to their exceptional properties, and there is considerable focus on expanding their application potential by developing HEA coatings on various substrate materials. This area of study holds promise for advancing technology and innovation in diverse industries.

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Unlabelled: Computational methods have been established as cornerstones in optical imaging and holography in recent years. Every year, the dependence of optical imaging and holography on computational methods is increasing significantly to the extent that optical methods and components are being completely and efficiently replaced with computational methods at low cost. This roadmap reviews the current scenario in four major areas namely incoherent digital holography, quantitative phase imaging, imaging through scattering layers, and super-resolution imaging.

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The aromatic compounds having structural configurations with two or more fused benzene rings are the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Topological indices are valuable tools for studying the structure property relationships of PAHs and also helps in predicting various properties and activities. They find applications widely in computational chemistry, drug design and QSPR studies.

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Tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs) are crucial in facilitating the transportation of water and various small solutes across biological membranes. The evolutionary path and functional roles of TIPs is poorly understood in plants. In the present study, a total of 976 TIPs were identified in 104 diverse species and subsequently studied to trace their lineage-specific evolutionary path and tissue-specific function.

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