Author(s): Raznahan M; An C; Li SS; Geng X; Boufadel M;

Oil spills are a serious environmental problem. To better support risk assessment and pollution control for oil spills, a good understanding of oil transport in the environment is required. This study focused on the numerical simulation of the nearshore oil behaviors based on computational fluid dynamics. Based on the Navier-Stokes momentum equations for ...

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Author(s): Luis Á; Casares P; Cuadrado-Gallego JJ; Patricio MA;

In many Internet of Things (IoT) environments, the lifetime of a sensor is linked to its power supply. Sensor devices capture external information and transmit it. They also receive messages with control commands, which means that one of the largest computational overheads of sensor devices is spent on data serialization and deserialization tasks, as well ...

Article GUID: 34283115

Author(s): Rampersaud E; Kang G; Palmer LE; Rashkin SR; Wang S; Bi W; Alberts NM; Anghelescu D; Barton M; Birch K; Boulos N; Brandow AM; Brooke RJ; Chang TC; Chen W; Cheng Y; Ding J; Easton J; Hodges JR; Kanne CK; Levy S; Mulder H; Patel AP; Puri L ...

Individuals with monogenic disorders can experience variable phenotypes that are influenced by genetic variation. To investigate this in sickle cell disease (SCD), we performed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 722 individuals with hemoglobin HbSS or HbSß0-thalassemia from Baylor College of Medici ...

Article GUID: 34283174

Author(s): Yue R; Raisi B; Rahmatinejad J; Ye Z; Barbeau B; Rahaman MS;

Membrane fouling is an ongoing challenge in the membrane filtration process. Herein, a photocatalytic membrane comprising a reactive layer was fabricated by engineering partially reduced graphene oxide/Ag nanoparticles/MIL-88A (prGO/Ag/M88A, pGAM) photocatalysts on the PVDF substrate membranes. Benefiting from the high conductivity of prGO and the surface ...

Article GUID: 34273782

Author(s): Feng Q; An C; Chen Z; Owens E; Niu H; Wang Z;

Coastal environment is one of the most important ecological and socioeconomic areas. However, increasing energy demand and economic development lead to a continuous gas and oil exploration, production, and traffics, which notably raise the risk of oil spill accidents in coastal areas. Sensitivity assessment aiming to determine the coastal features that wo ...

Article GUID: 34271360

Author(s): Ybarra M; Barnett TA; Yu J; Van Hulst A; Drouin O; Kakinami L; Saint-Charles J; Henderson M;

i>Background and Objective: Weight-related behaviors are determined by multiple individual and contextual factors, with recent evidence implicating personal social networks (PSNs). Greater understanding of these relationships could help inform healthy weight promoting interventions. We conducted ...

Article GUID: 34264758

Author(s): Jenner AL; Aogo RA; Alfonso S; Crowe V; Deng X; Smith AP; Morel PA; Davis CL; Smith AM; Craig M;

To understand the diversity of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and distinguish features that predispose individuals to severe COVID-19, we developed a mechanistic, within-host mathematical model and virtual patient cohort. Our results suggest that virtual patients with low production rates of infe ...

Article GUID: 34260666

Author(s): Olivier E; Morin AJS; Tracey D; Verma N; Dubé C; Gagnon C; Craven RG; Maïano C;

Youth with intellectual disability (ID) are at an increased risk of displaying fewer prosocial behaviors and more numerous aggressive behaviors in various environments. This study proposes a new multi-informant (youth, teachers, and parents) measure of social behaviors for youth with ID. The sample includes 348 youth with mild (51.41%) and moderate (48.59 ...

Article GUID: 34255229

Author(s): Ji W; Boufadel M; Zhao L; Robinson B; King T; An C; Zhang BH; Lee K;

Spilled oil slicks are likely to break into droplets offshore due to wave energy. The fate and transport of such droplets are affected by suspended particles in local marine environment, through forming oil particle aggregates (OPAs). OPA formation is affected by various factors, including the mixing energy and duration. To evaluate these two factors, lab ...

Article GUID: 34252767

Author(s): Knight S; Jarvis GE; Ryder AG; Lashley M; Rousseau C;

Objective: Using a retrospective sample, the authors sought to determine whether Black patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) in Canada were at a higher risk for coercive referral and coercive intervention than non-Black patients with FEP. Methods: Retrospective data from patients referred to an FEP program in 2008-2018 were collected via chart revi ...

Article GUID: 34253035

Author(s): Intzandt B; Vrinceanu T; Huck J; Vincent T; Montero-Odasso M; Gauthier CJ; Bherer L;

Aging is associated with cognitive decline. Importantly cognition and cerebral health is enhanced with interventions like cognitive (CT) and exercise training (ET). However, effects of CT and ET interventions on brain magnetic resonance imaging outcomes have never been compared systematically. Here, the primary objective was to critically and systematical ...

Article GUID: 34245760

Author(s): Sucapane D; Roux C; Sobol K;

While consumers have been increasingly trying to reduce their meat consumption due to rising concerns about its impact on their health and the environment, many still find animal-based foods more attractive than plant-based foods, thus hindering their adoption. Could marketing cues such as product descriptors and packaging colors help make these products ...

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