Design of novel graded bone scaffolds based on triply periodic minimal surfaces with multi-functional pores by Rongwu Lai, Rongwu Lai, Jian Jiang, Jian Jiang, Yi Huo, Hao Wang, Sergei Bosiakov, Yongtao Lyu, Yongtao Lyu, Lei Li

“…BackgroundVarious mechanical and biological requirements on bone scaffolds were proposed due to the clinical demands of human bone implants, which remains a challenge when designing appropriate bone scaffolds.MethodsIn this study, novel bone scaffolds were developed by introducing graded multi-functional pores onto Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) structures through topology optimization of unit cell. …”
Get full text

WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS: THE NIGERIAN AND ANGOLA EXPERIENCE by EDIBA SABASTINE, UMAR SULEIMAN ZAKARI, GEOFFREY NANBAL SHIPURUT

“… Women's political participation is a key indicator of democracy, gender equality, and human development. However, women in Africa face many barriers and challenges to access and exercise their political rights and influence decision-making processes. …”
Get full text

A systematic scoping review reveals that geographic and taxonomic patterns influence the scientific and societal interest in urban soil microbial diversity by Simon Masson, Matteo Chialva, Davide Bongiovanni, Martino Adamo, Irene Stefanini, Luisa Lanfranco

“…Abstract Urban green areas provide multiple ecosystem services in cities, mitigating environmental risks and providing a healthier environment for humans. Even if urban ecology has become popular in the last decade, the soil environment with its microbiota, which sustains many other biodiversity layers, remains overlooked. …”
Get full text

An intrinsic temporal dimension of DNA: the new concept of time-island by Giovanni Villani

“…The amount of such time-islands in human chromosomes and their coding parts has been calculated, and their uneven distribution has been highlighted. …”
Get full text

Hydrological drought in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (China): a 70-year data analysis by Hua Ge, Hua Ge, Lingling Zhu, Bing Mao, Bing Mao

“…The combined impact of climate change and human activity has brought uncertainty regarding hydrological drought in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (LYR), thereby threatening the security of regional water resources. …”
Get full text

Matka naszego Pana czy Królowa Męczenników by Wojciech Życiński

“…In her quality as excelling member of the Church, Mary the Queen proclaims the royal character of the other human beings, which is founded on union with Christ. …”
Get full text

Probiotics in the Modern World by Y. P. Uspenskiy, Y. A. Fominykh, K. N. Nadzhafova, S. V. Polyushkin

“…The review highlights modern concepts of the role of microbiome in sustaining the human body, the place of probiotics in treatment and prevention of pathologies related to disorders in healthy microbiota.Key points. …”
Get full text

Efficacy of garlic and cinnamon as an alternative to chemotherapeutic agents in controlling Saprolegnia infection in Nile tilapia by Salah M. Aly, Mohamed A. Elatta, Asmaa A. Nasr, Mohamed Fathi

“…The objective of this study was to minimize the utilization of chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of fungal infections in fish, as these agents can adversely impact human and animal health as well as the environment. …”
Get full text

Obituaries and predictions: a sociological perspective on the future of religion by J. Beyers

“…Society and, therefore, religion will continue to exist as long as human beings exist. This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of religion. …”
Get full text

Schizophrenia recognition based on three-dimensional adaptive graph convolutional neural network by Guimei Yin, Jie Yuan, Yanjun Chen, Guangxing Guo, Dongli Shi, Lin Wang, Zilong Zhao, Yanli Zhao, Manjie Zhang, Yuan Dong, Bin Wang, Shuping Tan

“…This adaptive approach eliminates the human-specified criteria for feature selection and brain network construction. …”
Get full text

Learning models innovation in industrial revolution 4.0 era by Metsa Fajrianti Kusumah Suwandi, Muhammad Alfat

“…The study results show that the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era resulted in changes in human life patterns due to the influence of technological devices. …”
Get full text

Adoptive cell transfer of piezo-activated macrophage rescues immunosuppressed rodents from life-threating bacterial infections by Xiaoyi Liu, Wenxiu Xu, Junkun Feng, Ying Wang, Kai Li, Yi Chen, Wenjun Wang, Weiwei Zhao, Shaohua Ge, Jianhua Li

“…Abstract Bacterial infections pose a significant threat to human health. Catalytic antibacterial nanoparticles that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) are emerging, as a promising therapeutic approach in treating bacterial infection by boosting the innate immune defenses. …”
Get full text

Predicting oxytocin binding dynamics in receptor genetic variants through computational modeling by Preeti Dubey, Yingye Fang, K. Lionel Tukei, Shobhan Kuila, Xinming Liu, Annika Sahota, Antonina I. Frolova, Erin L. Reinl, Manasi Malik, Sarah K. England, Princess I. Imoukhuede

“…To address this, we developed a mathematical model examining the effects of five OXT receptor (OXTR) variants (V45L, P108A, L206V, V281M, and E339K) on OXT–OXTR binding dynamics in human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293T) and myometrial smooth muscle cells. …”
Get full text

A Synopsis of Corruption in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Benjamin Terzungwe Tough, Esther Anenge Gbaden

“… Corruption permeates all aspects of human engagements. No society however civilized can claim to be devoid of the phenomenon of corruption. …”
Get full text

Coastal moderation of Holocene fire and vegetation change on the Pacific coast of Canada by Maggie E. Duncan, Marlow G. Pellatt, Marlow G. Pellatt, Karen E. Kohfeld, Karen E. Kohfeld

“…Instead, peak fire frequencies were observed during the cool and moist Neoglacial period (4.5 kcal BP – present), when human activity became prevalent. These results have implications for the managed watershed’s resilience to fire and response to future warming conditions.…”
Get full text

GLOBALIZATION, POST-COLONIZING MIGRATION AND NEO-SLAVERY: THE SOCIO-POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AFRICAN STATES by Jonathan C. Madu

“…Hence, it is argued to be a historical process and not a relatively new phenomenon, pointing out the evolution of global history at how the progression of human development overtime has contributed to broader societal advancement through the discovery of new and constantly improving technologies on one hand, but has been a highly uneven process characterized by unequal distribution of power, violence, discrimination and oppression on the other hand. …”
Get full text

Establishing Lot Size through Sanitation Clean Breaks in Produce Packing Facilities by Benjamin Chapman, Michelle D. Danyluk

“…Danyluk and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, August 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs234 …”
Get full text

La Seguridad en la Producción de Alimentos en la Granja: Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas y Buenas Prácticas de Manejo – Sanidad en las Instalaciones de Empaque by Federico G. Caro, Alexandra Chang, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…Schneider, and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, February 2013.  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_series_spa_food_safety_on_the_farm  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs219   …”
Get full text

Preventing Foodborne Illness: Yersiniosis by Christopher R. Pabst, Jaysankar De, Aswathy Sreedharan, Correy Jones, Keith R. Schneider

“…Schneider and published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, also describes long-term effects and complications of yersiniosis, members of the population most at risk, and prevention methods. …”
Get full text

Performance Benchmarking of Psychomotor Skills Using Wearable Devices: An Application in Sport by Mahela Pandukabhaya, Tharaka Fonseka, Madhumini Kulathunge, Roshan Godaliyadda, Parakrama Ekanayake, Chanaka Senanayake, Vijitha Herath

“…This study proposes a versatile framework for optimizing psychomotor learning through human motion analysis. Utilizing a wearable IMU sensor system, the motion trajectories of a given psychomotor task are acquired and then linked to points in a performance space using a predefined set of quality metrics specific to the psychomotor skill. …”
Get full text