Author(s): Sultana A; Kwok TH; Hsu CC; Ng HD;

Energy can be represented in the form of deformation obtained by the applied force. Energy transfer is defined in physics as the energy is moved from one place to another. To make the energy transfer functional, energy should be moved into the right direction. If it is possible to make a better use of the energy in the right direction, the energy efficien ...

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Author(s): Fatile BO; Pugh M; Medraj M;

The present research aimed to investigate the effect of working parameters on the electrospinning of niobium-tungsten oxide nanofibers and optimize the process using central composite design (CCD) based on the response surface methodology (RSM). An experiment was designed to assess the effects of five variables including the applied voltage (V), spinning ...

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Author(s): Stojanovic J; Boucher VG; Gagne M; Gupta S; Joyal-Desmarais K; Paduano S; Aburub AS; Sheinfeld Gorin SN; Kassianos AP; Ribeiro PAB; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL;

The success of large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns is contingent upon people being willing to receive the vaccine. Our study explored COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its correlates in eight different countries around the globe. We analyzed convenience sample data collected between March 202 ...

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Author(s): Kaliamurthi S; Selvaraj G; Selvaraj C; Singh SK; Wei DQ; Peslherbe GH;

Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is the leading global health threat to date caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Recent clinical trials reported that the use of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors to treat COVID-19 patients could reduce dyspnea and hypoxia, thromboinflammation, hypercoagulability and improve oxy ...

Article GUID: 34209188

Author(s): Gostolupce D; Iordanova MD; Lay BPP;

Adaptive behaviour is under the potent control of environmental cues. Such cues can acquire value by virtue of their associations with outcomes of motivational significance, be they appetitive or aversive. There are at least two ways through which an environmental cue can acquire value, through first-order and higher-order conditioning. In first-order con ...

Article GUID: 34197867

Author(s): Sidorenkov AV; Borokhovski EF;

This paper explores the relationships of various employees' identifications (personal, interpersonal, micro-group, group and organizational) in their two components (cognitive and affective) with two dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB): offering quality ideas and suggestions, and providing help and support within small work groups. ...

Article GUID: 34206317

Author(s): Scott BM; Gutiérrez-Vázquez C; Sanmarco LM; da Silva Pereira JA; Li Z; Plasencia A; Hewson P; Cox LM; O' Brien M; Chen SK; Moraes-Vieira PM; Chang BSW; Peisajovich SG; Quintana FJ;

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (eATP) produced by the commensal microbiota and host cells activates purinergic signaling, promoting intestinal inflammation and pathology. Based on the ...

Article GUID: 34183837

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

This study proposes a multi-informant (youth, teachers, and parents) measure of relationship quality with adults for youth with intellectual disabilities (ID). A sample of 395 youth with mild (49.15%) and moderate (50.85%) ID, aged 11-22 (M = 15.82) was recruited in Canada (French-speaking, N = 142), and Australia (English-speaking, N = 253). Results supp ...

Article GUID: 34185237

Author(s): Cai M; An C; Guy C; Lu C; Mafakheri F;

As a volatile organic compound existing in the atmosphere, methanol plays a key role in atmospheric chemistry due to its comparatively high abundance and long lifetime. Croplands are a significant source of biogenic methanol, but there is a lack of systematic assessment for the production and emission of methanol from crops in various phases. In this stud ...

Article GUID: 34182392

Author(s): Malayeri M; Lee CS; Niu J; Zhu J; Haghighat F;

Photocatalytic oxidation is a promising technology to control air pollution. However, the formation of hazardous by-products hinders the commercialization application of this technology. This paper reports the development of a novel by-products predictive model considering the mass transfer of the pollutant in the gas phase and kinetic reaction in the sol ...

Article GUID: 34182424

Author(s): Zhao R; Tao H; Song Y; Guo J; Chen Z; Lu C; Han Y; Li H; Hou Y;

Perchlorate (ClO4-) industrial wastewater requires ef?cient removal to prevent adverse environmental impacts, however, high concentration and low biodegradability give rise to poor ClO4- bioreduction performance. S2--autotrophic granular sludge (S2--AuGS) was firstly cultivated for high concentration perchlorate (ClO4-) removal in the Upflow Anaerobic Slu ...

Article GUID: 34180772

Author(s): Morel E; Cui L; Zerges W; Wilkinson KJ;

In order to better understand the environmental risks of the rare earth elements (REEs), it is necessary to determine their fate and biological effects under environmentally relevant conditions (e.g. at low concentrations, REE mixtures). Here, the unicellular freshwater microalga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, was exposed for 2 h to one of three soluble REEs ...

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