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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0356.v1

Initial Review and Analysis of COVID-19 Host Genetics and Associated Phenotypes

Yosuke Tanigawa, Manuel Rivas

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; host genetics; genetics; polygenic risk score

Online: 24 March 2020 (08:36:20 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0414.v1

All-Cause Mortality According to COVID-19 Vaccination Status: an analysis of the UK Office for National Statistics Public Data

Alberto Donzelli, Giovanni Malatesta, Giovanni Di Palmo, Marco Cosentino, Marco Alessandria

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccinations; all-cause mortality; relative risk

Online: 24 February 2023 (02:03:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0130.v1

Modeling the Population Health Impact of Introducing a Modified Risk Tobacco Product into the U.S. Market

Smilja Djurdjevic, Peter N. Lee, Rolf Weitkunat, Zheng Sponsiello-Wang, Frank Lüdicke, Gizelle Baker

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Complementary And Alternative Medicine Keywords: public; tobacco; risk; modified; reduced; nicotine; non-combustible; health; smoking; harm

Online: 10 April 2018 (15:53:43 CEST)

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Respiratory Virus Infection Is A High-risk Factor for Developing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

MIngyue Chen, Wenxiu Wang, JIng Yu, Zhou Wang, Xiaofeng Zheng, Mingshu Han, Youwei Zhang, LEi Zhang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; influenza; SARS-CoV-2; ACE2; risk factor

Online: 16 October 2020 (11:49:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0598.v1

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Smoking Among Health Care Workers and Non-Health Care Workers in Zambezi Region, Namibia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sylvia Kahimbi Mahoto, Kabwebwe Honoré Mitonga, Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Subject: Social Sciences, Psychology Keywords: Zambezi; Health Care Workers; cigarette smoking; Cigarettes; Gender differences; Prevalence; Tobacco use; Vulnerable populations; Risk factors

Online: 23 December 2020 (16:28:15 CET)

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Smoking is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases and remains a significant public health challenge in many lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC) including Namibia. The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence of smoking and its associated risk factors among HCWs and non-HCWs in Zambezi region. An exploratory cross-sectional survey was conducted between March and October 2020 among residents of the eight (8) constituencies of Zambezi region. Four hundred and sixty-one (461) respondents who had been residents of the selected constituencies for over five years and aged between 17-60 years were selected for the study. The main outcome measure was current cigarette smoking status. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. We stratified data analysis by individual being health workers or non-health workers. A bivariate Pearson Chi-square test was used to determine the association between socio-demographic characteristics and the smoking status. Statistically significant variables in the bivariate analysis were used as predictors in the univariate and multivariate models. The response rate of potential participants was 95% (n=434). The mean (±SD) age of participant’s was 32.5 (± 11.34 years). Significant relationships were observed between smoking status and area of residency (constituency), gender, age category, level of education, age of onset of smoking and the daily smoking frequency. The majority of smokers (n=108) were none-HCWs with males being the majority (n=62). Age (p=0.001), education levels (p=0.001) and area of residency (p=0.022) were highly associated with smoking among none-HCW while marital status was associated with smoking among HCWs (p=0.013). In the final multivariate model, the odds of smoking among female non-HCWs were significantly lower (OR: 0.386; 95% CI: 0.228 – 0.655). Furthermore, the odds of smoking among this same group were lower among those who had secondary level education (OR: 0.178; 95% CI: 0.0659 – 0.483), post-secondary (OR: 0.117, 95% CI: 0.0412 – 0.330) and first stage tertiary (OR: 0.306: 95% CI: 0.106 – 0.881) compared to those who had primary school education. In conclusion, smoking prevalence among none HCWs and HCWs working in Zambezi included in the study was similar to that of the general Namibian population but higher than other neighboring countries within SADC. The results showed a need for the establishment of specific smoking related strategies that target HCWs to address smoking use parallel to the running of none HCWs which would ultimately decrease the smoking prevalence and improve health.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0395.v1

V483a – an Emerging Mutation Hotspot of Sars-Cov-2

Omar Ashwaq, Pratibha Manickavasagam, Sk Manirul Haque

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Spike protein, V483A, substitution mutation, virus-host cell interaction, high transmission, infectivity.

Online: 17 September 2020 (10:43:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0440.v1

COVID-19: A Drug Repurposing and Biomarker Identification by Using Comprehensive Gene-Disease Associations through Protein-Protein Interaction Network Analysis

Suresh Kumar

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; 2019-nCoV; novel corona virus; drug repurposing; chloroquine; high-risk group; asymptomatic

Online: 30 March 2020 (07:24:16 CEST)

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COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) is a pandemic disease with an estimated mortality rate of 3.4% (estimated by the WHO as of March 3, 2020). Until now there is no antiviral drug and vaccine for COVID-19. The current overwhelming situation by COVID-19 patients in hospitals is likely to increase in the next few months. About 15 percent of patients with serious disease in COVID-19 require immediate health services. Rather than waiting for new anti-viral drugs or vaccines that take a few months to years to develop and test, several researchers and public health agencies are attempting to repurpose medicines that are already approved for another similar disease and have proved to be fairly effective. This study aims to identify FDA approved drugs that can be used for drug repurposing and identify biomarkers among high- risk and asymptomatic groups. In this study gene-disease association related to COVID-19 reported mild, severe symptoms and clinical outcomes were determined. The high-risk group was studied related to SARS-CoV-2 viral entry and life cycle by using Disgenet and compared with curated COVID-19 gene data sets from the CTD database. The overlapped gene sets were enriched and the selected genes were constructed for protein-protein interaction networks. Through interactome, key genes were identified for COVID-19 and also for high risk and asymptomatic groups. The key hub genes involved in COVID-19 were VEGFA, TNF, IL-6, CXCL8, IL10, CCL2, IL1B, TLR4, ICAM1, MMP9. The identified key genes were used for drug-gene interaction for drug repurposing. The chloroquine, lenalidomide, pentoxifylline, thalidome, sorafenib, pacitaxel, rapamycin, cortisol, statins were proposed to be probable drug repurposing candidates for the treatment of COVID-19. However, these predicted drug candidates need to be validated through randomized clinical trials. Also, a key gene involved in high risk and the asymptomatic group were identified, which can be used as probable biomarkers for early identification.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0104.v1

Cyber Risk in IoT Systems

Petar Radanliev, David Charles De Roure, Carsten Maple, Jason R.C. Nurse, Razvan Nicolescu, Uchenna Ani

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: cyber risk; Internet of Things; cyber risk impact assessment; cyber risk estimation; cyber risk insurance

Online: 8 March 2019 (08:50:49 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0383.v1

Future of Construction Industry: COVID-19 and Its Implications on Construction Projects and Risk Management – A Review

Kushal Adhikari, Lochana Poudyal

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; construction project; risk management; use of technology; recovery and resilience

Online: 14 April 2021 (14:12:17 CEST)

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Working Paper REVIEW

Controlled COVID-19 Infection in Hospitals Could Achieve A Safer Exit Strategy in the Near-Term: Assessing Risks and Benefits

Eleftherios Diamandis

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Health Policy And Services Keywords: COVID-19 infection; immunity; risk of COVID-19 infection; pandemics; outbreaks; voluntary infection

Online: 13 May 2020 (05:53:07 CEST)

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Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0094.v1

Covid-19 Situation in Bangladesh

Abdul Kader Mohiuddin

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Health Policy And Services Keywords: COVID-19 Lockdown; Shortage of PPEs; Global Pandemic Crisis; Incentives for Officials at Risk

Online: 6 May 2020 (08:45:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0111.v1

A Novel Family of Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers for a Broad Range of Analytical Applications

Jan-Peter Hauschild, Amelia Corinne Peterson, Erik Couzijn, Eduard Denisov, Denis Chernyshev, Christian Hock, Hamish Stewart, Ralf Hartmer, Dmitry Grinfeld, Christian Thoeing, Bastian Reitemeier, Arne Kreutzmann, Oliver Lange, Wilko Balschun, Aivaras Venckus, Sebastian Kanngiesser, Alexander Kholomeev, Gregor Quiring, Frank Czemper, Eloy Wouters, Michael Belford, Mathias Mueller, Jens Grote, Tabiwang N. Arrey, Julia Kraegenbring, Kerstin Strupat, Siegrun Mohring, Catharina Crone, Alexander Harder, Aaron Robitaille, Aaron Gajadhar, Khatereh Motamed, Yang Liu, Daniel Lopez Ferrer, Nicolaie Eugen Damoc, Angela Criscuolo, Kristina Srzentic, Ed George, Charles Yang, Ioanna Ntai, Amanda Souza, Andreas Wieghaus, Alexander Makarov

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Orbitrap mass spectrometry; high resolution; accurate mass

Online: 8 June 2020 (10:17:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0470.v1

River Influx Drives Heavy Metal Pollution in Manila Bay, Philippines: An Insight from Multivariate Analyses

Reymar Diwa, Custer Deocaris, Lawrence Belo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: heavy metals; surface sediment; Manila Bay; pollution; multivariate analysis; ecological risk

Online: 18 June 2021 (08:32:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201909.0322.v1

Comparative Analysis of Compiler Performances and Program Efficiency

Paul Tawo Bukie, Chinedu Leonard Udeze, Iwara Ofem Obono, Edim Bassey Edim

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Science Keywords: java virtual machine (jvm); high level programming languages; high performance computing (hpc); php framework; compiler

Online: 29 September 2019 (05:01:46 CEST)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0536.v1

Hedging Feasibility Perspectives against the COVID-19 for the International Tourism Sector

Angeliki N. Menegaki

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: corona-virus; COVID-19; tourism sector; review; risk hedging

Online: 30 April 2020 (14:15:28 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0180.v1

Replacing Sustainable Development: Potential Frameworks for International Cooperation in an Era of Increasing Crises and Disasters.

Jem Bendell

Subject: Social Sciences, Safety Research Keywords: Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goals; Sustainability; Postdevelopment; Degrowth; Disaster Risk Reduction; United Nations; Permacrisis; Metadisaster.

Online: 13 May 2022 (07:48:45 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0179.v1

Explicit Treatment of Non Michaelis-Menten and Atypical Kinetics in Early Drug Discovery

Bharath Srinivasan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Non Michaelis-Menten Kinetics; High-throughput screening; allostery; cooperativity; processive kinetics; distributive kinetics; single-molecule; auto-catalytic; drug discovery

Online: 8 October 2020 (13:34:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0169.v1

A Longitudinal Approach to Biological Psychiatric Research: The PsyCourse Study

Monika Budde, Heike Anderson-Schmidt, Katrin Gade, Daniela Reich-Erkelenz, Kristina Adorjan, Janos L. Kalman, Fanny Senner, Sergi Papiol, Till F. M. Andlauer, Ashley L. Comes, Eva C. Schulte, Farah Klöhn-Saghatolislam , Anna Gryaznova, Maria Hake, Kim Bartholdi, Laura Flatau, Markus Reitt, Silke Quast, Sophia Stegmaier, Milena Meyers, Barbara Emons, Ida Sybille Haußleiter, Georg Juckel, Vanessa Nieratschker, Udo Dannlowski, Max Schmauß, Jörg Zimmermann, Jens Reimer, Sybille Schulz, Jens Wiltfang, Eva Reininghaus, Ion-George Anghelescu, Volker Arolt, Bernhard T. Baune, Carsten Konrad, Andreas Thiel, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Christian Figge, Martin von Hagen, Manfred Koller, Fabian U. Lang, Moritz E. Wigand, Thomas Becker, Markus Jäger, Detlef E. Dietrich, Sebastian Stierl, Harald Scherk, Carsten Spitzer, Here Folkerts, Stephanie H. Witt, Franziska Degenhardt, Andreas J. Forstner, Marcella Rietschel, Markus M. Nöthen, Peter Falkai, Thomas G. Schulze, Urs Heilbronner

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Psychiatry And Mental Health Keywords: Schizophrenia; bipolar; psychosis; depression; polygenic risk score; diagnosis; RDoC

Online: 27 October 2017 (11:58:11 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

A Preceding Low-virulence Strain Pandemic Inducing Immunity Against COVID-19

Hagai Perets, Ruth Perets

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; low-virulence; high-virulence; pandemic; T-cell; immunity; virus; SARS-CoV-2

Online: 16 July 2020 (13:02:40 CEST)

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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is thought to began in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Mobility analysis identified East-Asia and Oceania countries to be highly-exposed to COVID-19 spread, consistent with the earliest spread occurring in these regions. However, here we show that while a strong positive correlation between case-numbers and exposure level could be seen early-on as expected, at later times the infection-level is found to be negatively correlated with exposure-level. Moreover, the infection level is positively correlated with the population size, which is puzzling since it has not reached the level necessary for population-size to affect infection-level through herd immunity. These issues are resolved if a low-virulence Corona-strain (LVS) began spreading earlier in China outside of Wuhan, and later globally, providing immunity from the later appearing high-virulence strain (HVS). Following its spread into Wuhan, cumulative mutations gave rise to the emergence of an HVS, known as SARS-CoV-2, starting the COVID-19 pandemic. We model the co-infection by an LVS and an HVS, and show that it can explain the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the non-trivial dependence on the exposure level to China and the population-size in each country. We find that the LVS began its spread a few months before the onset of the HVS, and that its spread doubling-time is

\sim 1.59 \pm 0.17

times slower than the HVS. Although more slowly spreading, its earlier onset allowed the LVS to spread globally before the emergence of the HVS. In particular, in countries exposed earlier to the LVS and/or having smaller population-size, the LVS could achieve herd-immunity earlier, and quench the later-spread HVS at earlier stages. We find our two-parameter (the spread-rate and the initial onset time of the LVS) can accurately explain the current infection levels (R^2

=0.74

; correlation p-value (p) of 5x10^-13

). Furthermore, countries exposed early should have already achieved herd-immunity. We predict that in those countries cumulative infection levels could rise by no more than 2-3 times the current level through local-outbreaks, even in the absence of any containment measures. We suggest several tests and predictions to further verify the double-strain co-infection model and discuss the implications of identifying the LVS.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0128.v1

An Updated Review on the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Etiology and Diagnosis of Liver Cirrhosis

Gee Young Geong, Sun Hyung Kang, Chang Min Lee

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Keywords: Liver cirrhosis; epidemiology; etiology; risk factors; pathophysiology; diagnosis.

Online: 11 March 2019 (09:44:18 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201707.0042.v1

Health Risk Assessment of VOCs from Surgical Smoke

Shaohua She, Gang Lu, Wah Yang, Mianwei Hong, Lingfei Zhu

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public, Environmental And Occupational Health Keywords: surgical smoke; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); health risk assessment (HRA); carcinogenic

Online: 17 July 2017 (07:40:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0080.v1

Definition of Internet of Things (IoT) Cyber Risk – Discussion on a Transformation Roadmap for Standardisation of Regulations, Risk Maturity, Strategy Design and Impact Assessment

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Jason R.C. Nurse, Pete Burnap, Eirini Anthi, Uchenna Ani, La’Treall Maddox, Omar Santos, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Internet of Things; Micro Mart model; Goal-Oriented Approach; transformation roadmap; Cyber risk regulations; empirical analysis; cyber risk self-assessment; cyber risk target state

Online: 6 March 2019 (11:47:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0094.v1

New Developments in Cyber Physical Systems, the Internet of Things and the Digital Economy – Discussion on Future Developments in the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Jason R.C. Nurse, Razvan Nicolescu, Michael Huth, Stacy Cannady, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Internet of Things; Cyber Physical Systems; Digital Economy; Industrial Internet of Things; Industry 4.0; empirical analysis; cyber risk assessment; cyber risk target state

Online: 7 March 2019 (12:25:15 CET)

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Working Paper REVIEW

Review of Potential High-Leverage and Inexpensive Mitigations for Reducing Risk in Epidemics and Pandemics

David Manheim, David Denkenberger

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Health Policy And Services Keywords: Mitigation; Risk Reduction; Global Catastrophic Biological Risk; Epidemics; Disease X; Literature Review; Pandemics; Value of Information; Existential Risk

Online: 28 February 2020 (12:32:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0346.v1

A Hundred Lives Lost: Doctor Deaths in India During the Times of COVID-19

Rajeev Jayadevan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: COVID-19; deaths; doctor; nurse; pharmacist; healthcare worker; frontline; occupational risk; suicide; violent death; accident; pandemic; SARS-CoV-2

Online: 16 July 2020 (08:28:55 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0132.v1

Case-Based Study of Metrics Derived from Instrumented Fall Risk Assessment Tests

Anabela Martins, Joana Silva, António Santos, João Madureira, Carlos Alcobia, Luís Ferreira, Pedro Mendes, Cláudia Tonelo, Catarina Silva, Daniela Baltazar, Inês Sousa

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Other Keywords: fall risk assessment; risk of falling; force platforms; inertial sensors.

Online: 12 August 2016 (09:32:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0488.v1

Heartbeat Abnormality Detection using Machine Learning Models and Rate Variability (HRV) Data

Pratik Vyas, Diptangshu Pandit

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Keywords: heart rate variability; machine learning; abnormality detection; window shifting; high accuracy prediction

Online: 25 July 2018 (14:22:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0014.v1

Decreasing Trends in HIV Testing among Adults in Georgia: Analysis of the 2010-2014 BRFSS Data

Benjamin E. Ansa, Sashia White, Yunmi Chung, Selina A. Smith

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: HIV/AIDS; testing; trends; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; socio-demographic; Georgia

Online: 5 September 2016 (11:21:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201607.0038.v1

Exploring The Magnetic Field Configuration Close To The Central Engines Using GMVA

Bindu Rani, Thomas Krichbaum, J. Hodgson, Shoko Koyama, Anton J. Zensus, Alan Marscher, Svetlana Jorstad, Lars Fuhramnn

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: active galaxies; BL Lacertae object: BL Lac; jets; GMVA: high-resolution VLBI; magnetic field; polarization

Online: 15 July 2016 (10:06:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201712.0150.v1

Probability Distribution of Philippine Daily Rainfall Data

Vanessa Althea B. Bermudez, Ariel Bettina B. Abilgos, Diane Carmeliza N. Cuaresma, Jomar F. Rabajante

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: Philippines; rainfall; precipitation; Gamma distribution; probability; weather risk

Online: 21 December 2017 (04:43:17 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201610.0055.v1

Numerical Simulation of Hypervelocity Impact FEM-SPH Algorithm Based on Large Deformation of Material

Aimin Yang, Jinze Li, Hengheng Qu, Yuhang Pan, Yanhong Kang, Yuzhu Zhang

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Analysis Keywords: finite element method; smoothed particle method; fem-sph algorithm; large deformation; super high speed collision

Online: 14 October 2016 (11:05:45 CEST)

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Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.1897.v1

Where Does the EU-Path on NGTs Lead Us?

Finja Bohle, Robin Schneider, Juliane Mundorf, Luise Zühl, Samson Simon, Margret Engelhard

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: NGT; GMO; EC Proposal; Regulation; Environmental Impact; CRISPR-Cas; Environmental Risk Assessment; ERA

Online: 30 November 2023 (05:28:46 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0028.v2

Intra-Urban Mobility in the Estimation of Risk Scenarios by BTEX Emissions

Marco Antonio Garcia-Zarate, María Evarista Arellano-García, Mariana Villada Canela, Patricia Aceves-Calderon, Ana Erika Ruiz-Arellano, Christine Alysse Von- Glascoe, M. C. Arredondo Garcia

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: VOC; technological risk; exposure to risks; DRI; risk mapping; SIG; BTEX

Online: 13 September 2016 (03:42:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201607.0023.v1

Observing---and Imaging---Active Galactic Nuclei with the Event Horizon Telescope

Vincent Fish, Kazunori Akiyama, Katherine Bouman, Andrew Chael, Michael Johnson, Sheperd Doeleman, Lindy Blackburn, John Wardle, William Freeman

Subject: Physical Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics Keywords: galaxies: jets---Galaxy: center---techniques: high angular resolution---techniques: image processing---techniques: interferometric

Online: 12 July 2016 (09:41:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0117.v1

Transcriptomic and Metabolomics Analyses Show that High Carbohydrate Induces Fatty Liver in Blunt Snout Bream (Megalobrama amblycephala)

Wassana Prisingkorn, Panita Prathomya, Han Liu, Fang-Yu Deng, Yu-Hua Zhao, Wei-Min Wang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: blunt snout bream; high carbohydrate; transcriptome; metabolomics; insulin resistance; fatty liver disease

Online: 26 January 2017 (03:52:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0432.v1

COVID-19 Pandemic and Tourism: The Impact of Health Risk Perception and Intolerance of Uncertainty on Travel Intentions

Anastasiya Golets, Jéssica Farias, Ronaldo Pilati, Helena Costa

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Accounting And Taxation Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; travel intentions; health risk perception; intolerance of uncertainty

Online: 21 October 2020 (11:11:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0120.v1

Large Scale Screening of Southern African Plant Extracts for the Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles using Microtitre-Plate Method

Abdulrahman M. Elbagory, Christopher N. Cupido, Mervin Meyer, Ahmed Hussein

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Other Keywords: green nanotechnology; gold nanoparticles; biosynthesis; high resolution transmission electron microscopy; Cape flora

Online: 11 August 2016 (09:53:19 CEST)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0041.v3

Development and Introduction of the Risk-Sentience Auxiliary Framework (RSAF) as an Enabler to the ISO 31000 and ISO 31010 for High-Risk Environments

Jerry Selvaseelan

Subject: Social Sciences, Safety Research Keywords: uncertainty management; risk management; safety; ISO 31000:2009; ISO 31010:2009; risk management framework; risk-sentience; safety culture; risk culture; enterprise risk management

Online: 19 June 2018 (12:58:28 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Design Of a Dynamic and Self-Adapting System, Supported With Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Real-Time Intelligence For Predictive Cyber Risk Analytics in Extreme Environments- Cyber Risk in the Colonisation of Mars

Petar Radanliev

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Keywords: Artificial intelligence; machine learning; real-time probabilistic data; for cyber risk; super forecasting; red teaming;

Online: 12 April 2021 (12:18:14 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0224.v2

Propeller Cavitation in Non-Uniform Flow and Correlation with the Near Pressure Field

Francisco Alves Pereira, Fabio Di Felice, Francesco Salvatore

Subject: Engineering, Marine Engineering Keywords: propeller; cavitation pattern; unsteady cavitation; induced pressure fluctuations; high-speed visualization; volume acceleration; cavitation-pressure correlations

Online: 5 September 2016 (09:37:05 CEST)

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Preprint ESSAY | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0200.v1

Zoonotic Risk Technology Enters the Viral Emergence Toolkit

Colin Carlson, Maxwell Farrell, Zoe Grange, Barbara Han, Nardus Mollentze, Alexandra Phelan, Angela Rasmussen, Gregory Albery, Bernard Bett, David Brett-Major, Lily Cohen, Tad Dallas, Evan Eskew, Anna Fagre, Kristian Forbes, Rory Gibb, Sam Halabi, Charlotte Hammer, Rebecca Katz, Jason Kindrachuk, Renata Muylaert, Felicia Nutter, Joseph Ogola, Kevin Olival, Michelle Rourke, Sadie Ryan, Noam Ross, Stephanie Seifert, Tarja Sironen, Claire Standley, Kishana Taylor, Marietje Venter, Paul Webala

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: zoonotic risk; viral emergence; viral ecology; genomics; machine learning; access and benefit sharing; intellectual property law; global health

Online: 7 April 2021 (11:53:59 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0237.v1

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Evolution of Patients Attended with COVID-19 in a National Reference Hospital from Lima, Peru

Germán V. Valenzuela, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Roxana Mamani, Ricardo Ayala, Katherine Pérez, Cynthia Sarmiento, Jessica Calcino, Luis García, José Amado

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Epidemiology And Infectious Diseases Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; risk factors; outcomes; cardiovascular; Latin America.

Online: 19 June 2020 (10:22:50 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0045.v1

Risks of Climate Change on the Singapore-Malaysia High Speed Rail System

Sazrul Leena Binti Sa’adin, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, David Jaroszweski

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: railway infrastructure; high-speed rail; tracks; risk; management and monitoring; climate change; global warming; adaptation; operational readiness

Online: 5 August 2016 (05:11:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201904.0057.v1

Maternal Ethnicity as Risk Factor for Miscarriage: Evidence from a Six-Year Period Cohort in a University Setting

Stefania Triunfo, Giulia Di Carlo, Alessandra Cellana, Lucia Masini, Michelangela Danza, Antonio Lanzone

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Obstetrics And Gynaecology Keywords: miscarriage; fetal loss; risk factor; ethnicity; maternal race

Online: 4 April 2019 (15:52:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0019.v1

The BCC/B2 Morphologies in AlxNiCoFeCr High-Entropy Alloys

Yue Ma, Beibei Jiang, Chunling Li, Qing Wang, Chuang Dong, Peter K Liaw, Fen Xu, Lixian Sun

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Materials Science And Technology Keywords: high-entropy alloys; Al-Ni-Co-Fe-Cr alloys; microstructure; precipitation morphology; mechanical property

Online: 4 January 2017 (10:30:17 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0066.v1

Cybercrime and Risks for Cyber Physical Systems: A Review

Abel Yeboah-ofori, Jamal-Deen Abdulai, Ferdinand Katsriku

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Information Systems Keywords: cyber physical systems; cybercrime; risk mitigation; risk management; industrial control systems

Online: 5 April 2018 (06:10:06 CEST)

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Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) is the integration of computation and physical process that makes a complete system such as the physical components, networked systems, embedded computers and software and linking together of devices and sensors for information sharing. Cyber Physical Systems are Smart Systems that comprises of the merging and integration of Industry Control Systems, Critical Infrastructures, Internet of Things (IoT) and Embedded Systems. Major industries such as the Chemical and Industrial Plants, Aviation Systems, National Grid, the Stock Exchange, Military Systems, and others depends heavily on these Cyber Physical Systems for financial and economic growth. The benefits of CPS nationally and globally are in the areas of Manufacturing, Energy, Transport, Healthcare and Communication. Cyber Physical Systems incorporates Physical systems, Digital systems and Human elements on network infrastructures to provide interactive systems. However, these three key components the Physical systems, Digital systems and Human elements may have inherent threats and vulnerabilities on them that may run the risk of being compromise, exploited, attacked or hacked. Cybercriminals in their quest to bring down these systems and may cause disruption of services either for fame, revenge, political motive, economic war, cyber terrorism and cyber war. The study seeks to review the risks that are associated with these three key components Physical systems, Digital systems and Human elements. The study considered four main risk mitigation goals for this purpose, and these are Business Value, Organizational Requirements, Threat Agent and Impact based on the review results. We used Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) to determine the relative importance of these goals that contributes to developing cybercrime and rich in CPS. For the results, the prioritized goals are then used to assess the risks using a semi-quantitative approach to determine the net threat level.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0054.v1

A Hierarchal Risk Assessment Model using the Evidential Reasoning Rule

Xiaoxiao Ji, Jiang Jiang, Jianbin Sun, Yu-wang Chen

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Information Systems Keywords: Risk assessment; Evidential reasoning; Fire/explosion

Online: 9 November 2016 (10:29:29 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0478.v1

Risk Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in Antarctic Wildlife

Andrés Barbosa, Arvind Vansani, Virginia Morandini, Wray Grimaldi, Ralph E.T. Vanstreels, Julia I. Diaz, Thierry Boulinier, Meagan Dewar, Daniel Gonzalez-Acuña, Rachel Gray, Clive R. McMahon, Gary Miller, Michelle Power, Amandine Gamble, Michelle Wille

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Antarctica; coronavirus; COVID-19; mitigation measures; reverse zoonoses; risk assessment; SARS-CoV-2; wildlife

Online: 21 August 2020 (09:21:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201610.0074.v1

Novel Step-up DC-to-DC Converter with Isolated Transformer and Switched-Clamp Capacitor Techniques for Renewable Systems

Yong-Seng Wong, Jiann-Fuh Chen, Kuo-Bin Liu

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: high voltage gain; switch-clamp capacitor; DC–DC converter; renewable energy

Online: 18 October 2016 (09:45:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0134.v1

Automatic Object-Oriented, Spectral-Spatial Feature Extraction Driven by Tobler’s First Law of Geography for Very High Resolution Aerial Imagery Classification

Zhiyong Lv, Penglin Zhang, Jón Atli Benediktsson

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing Keywords: spatial-spectral feature; very high spatial resolution image; classification; Tobler’s First Law of Geography

Online: 17 March 2017 (05:06:12 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0471.v1

Fecal Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 and Its Potential Role in Person-To-Person Transmission and the Environment-Based Spread of COVID-19

Davey Jones, Marcos Quintela Baluja, David Graham, Alexander Corbishley, James McDonald, Shelagh Malham, Luke Hillary, Thomas Connor, William Gaze, Ines Moura, Mark Wilcox, Kata Farkas

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: bathing waters; coronavirus; environmental transmission; faecal-oral route; infection risk; waterborne illness

Online: 20 July 2020 (12:02:45 CEST)

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The recent detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in feces has led to speculation that it can be transmitted via the fecal-oral/ocular route. This review aims to critically evaluate the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, the quantity and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine, and whether these pose an infection risk in sanitary settings, sewage networks, wastewater treatment plants, and the wider environment (e.g. rivers, lakes and marine waters). Overall, severe GI dysfunction is only evident in a small number of COVID-19 cases, with 11 ± 2% exhibiting diarrhea and 12 ± 3% exhibiting vomiting and nausea. In addition to these cases, SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in feces from some asymptomatic, mildly- and pre-symptomatic individuals. Fecal shedding of the virus peaks in the symptomatic period and can persist for several weeks, but with declining abundances in the post-symptomatic phase. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is occasionally detected in urine, but reports in fecal samples are more frequent. The abundance of the virus genetic material in both urine (ca. 10²-10⁵ gc/ml) and feces (ca. 10²-10⁷ gc/ml) is much lower than in nasopharyngeal fluids (ca. 10⁵-10¹¹ gc/ml). There is strong evidence of multiplication of SARS-CoV-2 in the GI tract and infectious virus has occasionally been recovered from both urine and stool samples. The level and infectious capability of SARS-CoV-2 in vomit remain unknown. In comparison to enteric viruses transmitted via the fecal-oral route (e.g. norovirus, adenovirus), the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 being transmitted via feces or urine appears lower due to the lower relative amounts of virus present in feces/urine. The biggest risk of transmission will occur in clinical and care home settings where secondary handling of people and urine/fecal matter occurs. In addition, while SARS-CoV-2 RNA genetic material can be detected by in wastewater, this signal is greatly reduced by conventional treatment. Our analysis also suggests the likelihood of infection due to contact with sewage-contaminated water (e.g. swimming, surfing, angling) or food (e.g. salads, shellfish) is extremely low or negligible based on very low predicted abundances and limited environmental survival of SARS-CoV-2. These conclusions are corroborated by the fact that over eight million global cases of COVID-19 have occurred, but exposure to feces or wastewater has never been implicated as a transmission vector.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0072.v1

Batch Fermentation Options for High Titer Bioethanol Production from a SPORL Pretreated Douglas-fir Forest Residue without Detoxification

Mingyan Yang, Hairui Ji, J.Y. ZHU

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: forest residue; pretreatment; liquefaction; enzymatic hydrolysis/saccharification; fermentation; high titer bioethanol; detoxification

Online: 8 August 2016 (10:39:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201702.0099.v1

Advanced Glycation Endproducts form During Ovalbumin Digestion in the Presence of Fructose

Alejandro Gugliucci, Yasmin Bains, Russell Caccavello

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dietetics And Nutrition Keywords: ovalbumin, allergy; advanced glycation; fructose; fructositis; receptor for advanced glycation end products; inflammation; asthma; chlorogenic acid; Ilex paraguariensis; high fructose corn syrup

Online: 28 February 2017 (10:41:10 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0337.v1

Level of Knowledge, Attitude and Perception About COVID-19 Pandemic and Infection Control: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Veterinarians in Nigeria

Olubukola Adenubi, Oluwawemimo Adebowale, Abimbola Oloye, Noah Bankole, Hezekiah Adesokan, Oladotun Fadipe, Patience Ayo-Ajayi, Adebayo Akinloye

Subject: Social Sciences, Government Keywords: COVID-19; Risk; Knowledge; Attitude; Perception; Veterinarian; Nigeria

Online: 15 July 2020 (12:27:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0217.v1

A Study on OpenFOAM's Overset Mesh Support Using Flow Past NACA 0018 Airfoil

Praveen Laws, Jaskaran Singh Saini, Ajit Kumar

Subject: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Keywords: OpenFOAM; overset meshing; NACA 0018; high Reynolds number; CFD

Online: 18 July 2019 (11:29:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0076.v1

Current Challenges of Cold Brew Coffee – Roasting, Extraction, Flavor Profile, Contamination, and Food Safety

Raven Kwok, Kenny Lee Wee Ting, Steffen Schwarz, Linda Claassen, Dirk W. Lachenmeier

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Food Chemistry Keywords: coffee; cold brew; nitro cold brew; roasting; extraction; hygiene; risk assessment; product quality

Online: 5 July 2020 (14:53:27 CEST)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0105.v1

Blending Science and Community Voices for Multi-Scale Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Resilience: A Participatory Scenario Planning Approach

Alebachew Adem Nurye

Subject: Social Sciences, Geography, Planning And Development Keywords: Climate change; disaster risk reduction; participatory scenario planning; pastoralism; Ethiopia

Online: 10 August 2016 (10:14:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0058.v1

Public Perception of Climate Risk: The Case of Greece

Asimina Voskaki, Konstantinos Tsermenidis

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: climate risk; climate change; public perception

Online: 6 August 2016 (04:59:47 CEST)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Dynamic Real-Time Risk Analytics of Uncontrollable States in Complex Internet of Things Systems: Cyber Risk at the Edge

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Max Van Kleek, Pete Burnap, Eirini Anthi, Jason R.C. Nurse, Omar Santos, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo, La’Treall Maddox

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: functional dependency; network-based linear dependency modelling; internet of things; micro mort model; goal-oriented approach; transformation roadmap; cyber risk regulations; empirical analysis; cyber risk self-assessment; cyber risk target state.

Online: 25 December 2020 (11:35:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.0944.v1

Groundwater Quality Assessment of Manipur, India, and Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis of Research Progress on Groundwater Quality

Rakshita Chaudhary, Nisha Gaur, Mohit Yadav

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: Groundwater; Water Quality Index; Bacteriological Quality; Irrigational indices; Hydro chemical processes; Potential health risk

Online: 14 September 2023 (08:39:26 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201607.0029.v1

(Re)conceptualising Risk: What (Seems to) Work for At-Risk Students

David Zyngier

Subject: Social Sciences, Education Keywords: student risk; social justice; critical pedagogy; critical pedagogy

Online: 14 July 2016 (11:03:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0216.v1

A Dysbiotic Mycobiome Dominated by Candida albicans is Identified within Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Manosha Perera, Nezar Noor Al-hebshi, Irosha Perera, Deepak Ipe, Glen Ulett, David J. Speicher, Tsute Chen, Newell W. Johnson

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: 18S rRNA; fungi; mycobiome; carcinoma; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; microbiome; mouth; squamous cell

Online: 30 March 2017 (05:37:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.1576.v1

The Bacterial Burden of Worn Face Masks – Observational Research and Literature Review

Kai Kisielinski, Barbara Wojtasik, Aleksandra Zalewska, David M Livermore, Agata Jurczak-Kurek

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing; adverse effects; bacterial contamination; fluorescent staining; masks; N95; personal protective equipment; risk; surgical mask

Online: 20 December 2023 (15:14:56 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0024.v1

Inflammatory Bacteriome Featuring Fusobacterium nucleatum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Identified in Association with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Nezar Noor Al-hebshi, Akram Thabet Nasher, Mohamed Yousef Maryoud, Husham E. Homeida, Tsute Chen, Ali Mohamed Idris, Newell W. Johnson

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Oncology And Oncogenics Keywords: 16S rRNA; bacteria; bacteriome; carcinoma; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; microbiome; mouth; squamous cell

Online: 6 March 2017 (04:47:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201612.0115.v1

Discrete Particle Method for Simulating Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena

Erkai Watson, Martin O. Steinhauser

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Materials Science And Technology Keywords: discrete element method; hypervelocity impact; debris cloud; fragmentation; space debris; multiscale modeling; computer simulation; high performance computing

Online: 23 December 2016 (10:21:21 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0121.v1

Development of Propulsion Inverter Control System for High-Speed Maglev Based on LS-LSM

Jeong-Min Jo, Jin-Ho Lee, Young-Jae Han, Chang-Young Lee, Kwan-Sub Lee

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: high speed maglev; long-stator synchronous motor; propulsion inverter control system position estimator

Online: 26 January 2017 (08:58:39 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0109.v2

Cyber Risk impact Assessment - Assessing the Risk from the IoT to the Digital Economy

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Jason R.C. Nurse, Razvan Nicolescu, Michael Huth, Stacy Cannady, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Cyber risk; Internet of Things cyber risk; Digital Economy Risk Assessment; Economic Impact Assessment.

Online: 9 April 2019 (12:26:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0050.v1

Preparation and Evaluation of an Elusive Polymorph of Mefenamic Acid by High Pressure Techniques

Nasir Abbas, Iain Oswald, Colin R. Pulham

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Physical Chemistry Keywords: mefenamic acid; diamond anvil cell; high-pressure; polymorphism; high-pressure crystallization; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Online: 8 March 2017 (08:58:38 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0061.v1

Learning Dual Multi-Scale Manifold Ranking for Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Images

Mi Zhang, Xiangyun Hu, Like Zhao, Ye Lv, Min Luo, Shiyan Pang

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: semantic segmentation; deep convolutional neural networks; manifold ranking; single stream optimization; high resolution image

Online: 11 April 2017 (10:27:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0092.v1

Structuring Climate Adaptation through Multiple Perspectives

Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, Assela Pathirana, Richard Ashley, Chris Zevenbergen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: climate adaptation; flexibility; flood risk management; urban adaptation

Online: 20 January 2017 (04:25:55 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0078.v1

High Step-up Voltage Gain Converter with Ripple-free Input Current for Renewable Energy Sources

Zhangyong Chen, Yong Chen

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: input current ripple-free; boost converter; coupled-inductor; voltage-doubler cell; passive lossless clamp circuits; high voltage gain; renewable energy

Online: 17 January 2017 (11:10:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0005.v2

Reshuffling the Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries

Noha Kabil, Sherif Eltaweil

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dentistry And Oral Surgery Keywords: severe early childhood caries; risk factors

Online: 3 November 2016 (08:39:30 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0085.v1

COVID-19: Multiple Diseases Simulating Extreme High-Altitude Exposure? Oxygen Transport Physiology and Scarce Need of Ventilators; Andean Condor’s-Eye-View

Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja, Natalia Zubieta-DeUrioste, Thuppil Venkatesh, Kusal Das, Jorge Soliz

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Cardiac And Cardiovascular Systems Keywords: COVID-19; HAPE; high-altitude; tolerance to hypoxia; oxygen transport triad; Cov-2; SARS; pneumonia; ventilators; EPO

Online: 5 May 2020 (15:26:05 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0316.v1

Airborne Microplastics: A Review Study on Method for Analysis, Occurrence, Movement and Risks

Enyoh Christian Ebere, Verla Andrew Wirnkor, Verla Evelyn Ngozi, Ibe Francis Chizoruo, Amaobi Collins Emeka

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry Keywords: air pollution; dermal route; fibers; health risk; inhalation; micropollutants

Online: 30 August 2019 (05:08:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0044.v1

Effect of Constitutive Equations on Prediction Accuracy for Springback in Cold Stamping of TRIP1180

Ki-Young Seo, Jae-Hong Kim, Hyun-Seok Lee, Ji Hoon Kim, Byung-Min Kim

Subject: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Keywords: advanced high strength steel; yield function; hardening model; springback; deformation mode

Online: 8 March 2017 (04:51:37 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0105.v4

Analytical Descriptions of High-T_c Cuprates by Introducing Rotating Holes and a New Model to Handle Many-Body Interactions

Shinichi Ishiguri

Subject: Physical Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics Keywords: high Tc cuprates; macroscopic Boson; many-body interactions; pseudo gap; critical temperature; anomaly metal phase; conservation of angular momentum; attractive force; Cooper pair

Online: 2 February 2023 (11:23:18 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0163.v1

A Hybrid MCDM Technique for Risk Management in Construction Projects

Kajal Chatterjee, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Jolanta Tamošaitienė, Krishnendu Adhikary, Samarjit Kar

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: D number, Analytical Network Process (ANP), MABAC, Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), Consistent fuzzy preference relation (CFPR), Construction project risk, Risk Management

Online: 24 November 2017 (16:46:59 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201610.0031.v2

The Solvency II Standard Formula, Linear Geometry, and Diversification

Joachim Paulusch

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: Solvency II; Standard Formula; Risk Measure; Diversification; Aggregation; Monotony; Homogeneity; Subadditivity; Euler's Principle; Capital Allocation

Online: 1 March 2017 (08:53:59 CET)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0062.v1

Screening of FDA Approved Drugs Against COVID-19 Main Protease: Coronavirus Disease

Vijayakumar Balakrishnan, Karthik Lakshminarayanan

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Epidemiology And Infectious Diseases Keywords: COVID-19; FDA approved drugs; High Throughput Virtual Screening; Sincalide; Pentagastrin.

Online: 6 April 2020 (14:09:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0166.v1

SWOT Analysis for Architectural and Structural Solutions Interaction Assessment in High-Rise Buildings Design

Jolanta Tamošaitienė, Ernestas Gaudutis

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: high-rise buildings; architecture; structural solutions; interaction; SWOT analysis

Online: 26 November 2017 (12:45:01 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201812.0097.v1

Impacts of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems on Conservation Policy and Practice

Lucie M. Bland, Emily Nicholson, Rebecca M. Miller, Angela Andrade, Andres Etter, José Rafael Ferrer-Paris, Tytti Kontula, Arild Lindgaard, Patricio Pliscoff, Andrew Skowno, Irene Zager, David A. Keith

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Ecology Keywords: conservation practice, ecosystem, impact, IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, monitoring, risk assessment

Online: 7 December 2018 (17:50:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0062.v1

Prognostic Significance of High Survivin Expression in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Pingping Xu, Jiajia Lin, Qi Lin, Dexiang Zhu, Wentao Tang, Zhengchuan Niu, Mi Jian, Yanru Wang, Chunmin Liang, Jianmin Xu

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Gastroenterology And Hepatology Keywords: survivin; high expression; gastrointestinal cancer; prognostic

Online: 11 April 2017 (10:51:06 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0172.v1

A Study on Coastal Flooding and Risk Assessment under Climate Change in Mid-Western Coast of Taiwan

Tai-Wen Hsu, Dong-Sin Shih, Chi-Yu Li, Yuan-Jyh Lan, Yu-Chen Lin

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Climate Change; Coastal Disasters; Vulnerability; Disaster Risk.

Online: 21 March 2017 (16:41:53 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201802.0066.v1

Global Correlates of Cardiovascular Risk: A Comparison of 158 Countries

Pavel Grasgruber, Jan Cacek, Eduard Hrazdíra, Sylva Hřebíčková, Martin Sebera

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Cardiac And Cardiovascular Systems Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; risk factors; nutrition; ecological study

Online: 8 February 2018 (03:22:54 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0366.v1

High Volume Injection (Hydrodissection) for Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Using Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Treatment Protocol

Ian Reilly, Akram Uddin

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: tarsal tunnel syndrome; compression neuropathy; high volume injection; hydrodissection; hydrodilatation; nerve stimulator

Online: 19 January 2021 (09:00:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201902.0054.v1

Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in the Distribution of Chikungunya and Zika Virus Case Incidences and Risk Factors During Their Epidemics in Barranquilla, Colombia, between 2014 and 2016: An Ecological Study

Thomas C. McHale, Claudia M. Romero-Vivas, Claudio Fronterre, Pedro Arango-Padilla, Andrew K. Falconar, Naomi R. Waterlow, Chad Nix, Jorge Cano

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Chikungunya virus, Zika virus, spatial clustering, Bayesian Poisson models, conditional autoregressive models, socioeconomic risk factors, environmental risk factors

Online: 5 February 2019 (14:25:34 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0284.v1

Proprietary Algorithms for Polygenic Risk: Protecting Scientific Innovation or Hiding the Lack of It?

A. Cecile J.W. Janssens

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: personal genomics, DNA, polygenic, risk, regulation, discrimination, calibration, prediction, transparency, autonomy

Online: 23 May 2019 (16:23:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201612.0035.v1

Enhancing Singapore’s Pension Scheme: A Blueprint for Further Flexibility

Koon-Shing Kwong, Yiu-Kuen Tse, Wai-Sum Chan

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Economics Keywords: inflation risk; investment returns; life annuity; longevity risk; post-retirement benefits

Online: 7 December 2016 (10:27:23 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0129.v1

Interest Manager for Networked Driving Simulation Based on High-Level Architecture

Kareem Abdelgawad, Jürgen Gausemeier, Michael Grafe, Jan Berssenbrügge

Subject: Engineering, Automotive Engineering Keywords: networked driving simulation; high-level architecture; network data traffic; data distribution management; interest manager

Online: 20 April 2017 (03:42:39 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0091.v1

Nutrition Support in Cardiac Surgery Patients—A Narrative Review

Aileen Hill, Ekaterina Nesterova, Vladimir Lomivorotov, Sergey Efremov, Andreas Goetzenich, Carina Benstoem, Mikhail Zamyantin, Michael Chourdakis, Daren Heyland, Christian Stoppe

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dietetics And Nutrition Keywords: cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass; systemic inflammatory response; nutrition risk stratification; underfeeding; postoperative nutritional management; supplemental parenteral nutrition; enteral nutrition; pharmaconutrition

Online: 8 April 2018 (10:24:31 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201904.0188.v1

Lactobacillus Strains as Opportunistic Pathogens. A Review

Franca Rossi, Carmela Amadoro, Giampaolo Colavita

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: Lactobacillus species; opportunistic pathogens; infections; risk factors; predisposing factors; virulence

Online: 16 April 2019 (12:45:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201707.0009.v1

Bidding of Energy Sources and Energy Storage System in Day-ahead Markets

Mustafa Alswaiti, Ali Alawami

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: pumped storage system; coordinated PSS with wind-thermal generation; uncoordinated PSS; risk; mixed integer programming; thermal unit commitment schedule; PSS modes schedule

Online: 6 July 2017 (07:46:31 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0167.v1

Market Risk and Financial Performance of Non-financial Companies Listed on the Moroccan Stock Exchange

Diby François Kassi, Dilesha Nawadali Rathnayake, Akadje Jean Roland Edjoukou

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Finance Keywords: Market risk, Financial performance, Non-financial firms, Morocco

Online: 16 January 2019 (13:10:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0279.v2

COVID-19 Testing – Impact of Prevalence, Sensitivity, and Specificity on Patient Risk and Cost

Zoe C. Brooks, Saswati Das

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pathology And Pathobiology Keywords: COVID19; risk; clinical; metrics; cost; false-positive; false-negative; prevalence; sensitivity; specificity

Online: 9 July 2020 (15:57:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201902.0062.v1

Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in the Distribution of Chikungunya and Zika Virus Case Incidences and Risk Factors during their Epidemics in Barranquilla, Colombia, between 2014 and 2016: An Ecological Study.

Thomas C McHale, Claudia M Romero-Vivas, Claudio Fronterre, Pedro Arango-Padilla, Andrew K Falconar, Naomi R Waterlow, Chad Nix, Jorge Cano

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: Chikungunya virus, Zika virus, spatial clustering, Bayesian Poisson models, conditional autoregressive models, socioeconomic risk factors, environmental risk factors

Online: 6 February 2019 (13:16:52 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201901.0174.v1

Superconducting YBCO Foams as Trapped Field Magnets

Michael R. Koblischka, Sugali Pavan Kumar Naik, Anjela Koblischka-Veneva, Masato Murakami, Denis Gokhfeld, E. Sudhakar Reddy, Georg J. Schmitz

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Electronic, Optical And Magnetic Materials Keywords: high-$T_c$ superconductors; YBCO; foam; trapped fields; current flow

Online: 17 January 2019 (03:36:15 CET)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints201702.0053.v1

Market Spread an Indicator of Systemic Risk in India

Subhash Karmakar, Gautam Bandyopadhyay

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Finance Keywords: Systemic risk; Systemically Important Firms(SIFs); Stock Price; Stock Price (Close); Stock Price (Open); Stock Price: Bid; Stock Price: Ask; Stock Price: Spread; Joint Probability of Distress(JPoD); Banking Stability Index (BSI); Co-Risk Model

Online: 15 February 2017 (10:40:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0015.v1

Risk Assessment for Distribution Systems Using a Developed PEM-Based Method Considering Wind and Photovoltaic Power Distribution

Qingwu Gong, Jiazhi Lei

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: distributed generators; risk assessment; distribution systems; developed PEM-based method; optimal power flow algorithm

Online: 4 January 2017 (07:31:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201702.0042.v1

Fundamental Study on the Development of Sprayed High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites for Impact-Blast Resistant

Yun-Wang Choi, Byung-Keol Choi, Sung-Rok Oh, Man-Seok Park

Subject: Chemistry And Materials Science, Materials Science And Technology Keywords: high volume fly ash, high fluidity concrete, early strength, field application

Online: 13 February 2017 (11:44:54 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0283.v3

Assessing the Risks of SARS-CoV-2 in Wildlife

Richard Delahay, Jose de la Fuente, Graham Smith, Khan Sharun, Emma Snary, Luis Flores Giron, Julius Nziza, Anthony Fooks, Sharon Brookes, Fabian Lean, Andrew Breed, Christian Gortazar

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Covid-19; wildlife; host-switching; reservoirs; risk assessment; surveillance

Online: 26 March 2021 (10:25:36 CET)

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