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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0033.v2

Detection and Analysis of Molten Aluminium Cleanliness Using a Pulsed Ultrasound System

Kgothatso Matlala, Amit Kumar Mishra, Deepak Puthal

Subject: Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Keywords: MV20/20; PoDFA; anomaly detection; statistical process control; principal components analysis; K-Means; DBSCAN; multi-layer perceptron; inclusion; receiver operating characteristic; confusion matrix

Online: 19 August 2022 (06:03:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0359.v1

Entomological, Epidemiological, and Climatological Investigation of the 2019 Dengue Fever Outbreak in Gewane District, Afar Region, North-East Ethiopia

Wondemeneh Mekuriaw Tebeje, Solomon Kinde Getahun, Bezabih Kindu Tilahun, Yibeyin Mulualem Melis, Girma Hailu FIssaha, Araya Gebresilassie Hagos, Chalachw Sisay Gebeyehu, Fitsum Bekele Endeshaw, Hiwot Amare Hailu, Mesfin Wossen Getaneh, Adugna Woyessa Woyessa, Louisa A Messenger

Subject: Entomology, Biology Keywords: Dengue Fever; Arbovirus; Aedes aegypti; Ethiopia; Climate

Online: 19 August 2022 (05:52:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0358.v1

A Novel Trajectory Planning Method for Parafoil Airdrop System Based on Geometric Segmentation Strategy

Haitao Gao, Jin Tao

Subject: Control & Systems Engineering, Engineering Keywords: trajectory planning; optimal control; parafoil; airdrop system; cuckoo search; geometric segmentation strategy

Online: 19 August 2022 (05:47:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0357.v1

Developing a Blue Economy in Depok West Java, Indonesia: Opportunities and Challenges of Neon Tetra Fish Cultivation

Setiyowati Harlis, Mulyanto Nugroho, Abdul Halik

Subject: Marketing, Social Sciences Keywords: Blue Economy; Neon Tetra; SWOT

Online: 19 August 2022 (05:44:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0356.v1

Development of an Android Mobile Application for Reducing Sitting Time and Increasing Walking Time in People with Type 2 Diabetes

Reza Daryabeygi-Khotbehsara, Sheikh Mohammad Shariful Islam, David W. Dunstan, Mohamed Abdelrazek, Brittany Markides, Ralph Maddison

Subject: Sport Sciences & Therapy, Medicine & Pharmacology Keywords: sedentary behaviour; smartphone; mobile app; just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI)

Online: 19 August 2022 (05:29:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0355.v1

A Comprehensive Study of De Novo Mutations on Protein-protein Interaction Interface Provides New Insights in Developmental Delay

Dhruba Tara Maharjan, Weichen Song, Zhe Liu, Weidi Wang, Wenxiang Cai, Jue Chen, Fei Xu, Weihai Ying, Guan Ning Lin

Subject: Psychiatry & Mental Health Studies, Medicine & Pharmacology Keywords: developmental delay; de novo mutation; protein-protein interaction; PPI interface; protein in-teractome; PsymuKB

Online: 19 August 2022 (04:50:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0121.v4

The Beginning to the End of the Universe and Eternal Space-time

Amrit Ladhani

Subject: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physical Sciences Keywords: eternal Space-time; Big Bang and Big Crunch; cosmology; gravitational force; dark energy

Online: 19 August 2022 (04:35:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0354.v1

Weak Lensing, Hawking Radiation and Greybody Factor Bound by a Charged Black Holes with Nonlinear Electrodynamics Corrections

Wajiha Javed, Mehak Atique, Reggie Pantig, Ali Övgün

Subject: General & Theoretical Physics, Physical Sciences Keywords: general relativity; Gauss-Bonnet theorem; plasma medium; black hole; greybody; Hawking temperature; shadow cast

Online: 19 August 2022 (03:31:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0353.v1

Multimodal Fusion Context-aware Semi-supervised Recommendation Method

Soren Pham, Arne Kamen, Jeffrey P Alarcón, Yehuda Hachulla

Subject: Information Technology & Data Management, Mathematics & Computer Science Keywords: recommender; multimodal; context-aware

Online: 19 August 2022 (03:07:04 CEST)

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The advent of the era of big data will bring more convenience to people and greater development to society. But at the same time, it will also bring people the problem of 'information overload', i.e., when people are faced with huge information data, there are many redundant and worthless data. The redundant and worthless data information seriously interferes with the accurate selection of information data. Even though people can use Internet search engines to access information data, they cannot meet the individual needs of specific users in specific contexts. The personalized needs of a particular user in a particular context. Therefore, how to find useful and valuable information quickly has become one of the key issues in the development of big data. With the advent of the era of big data, recommendation systems, as an important technology to alleviate information overload, have been widely used in the field of e-commerce. Recommender systems suffer from a key problem: data sparsity. The sparsity of user history rating data causes insufficient training of collaborative filtering recommendation models, which leads to a significant decrease in the accuracy of recommendations. In fact, traditional recommendation systems tend to focus on scoring information and ignore the contextual context in which users interact. There are various contextual modal information in people's real life, which also plays an important role in the recommendation process. In this paper we achieve data degradation and feature extraction, solving the problem of sparse data in the recommendation process. An interaction context-aware sub-model is constructed based on a tensor decomposition model with interaction context information to model the specific influence of interaction context in the recommendation process. Then an attribute context-aware sub-model is constructed based on the matrix decomposition model and using attribute context information to model the influence of user attribute contexts and item attribute contexts on recommendations. In the process of building the model, the method not only utilizes the explicit feedback rating information of users in the original dataset, but also utilizes the interaction context and attribute context information of the implicit feedback and the unlabeled rating data. We evaluate our model by extensive experiments. The results illustrate the effectiveness of our recommender model.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0352.v1

A Novel Mitophagy Enhancer Protects Cardiomyocytes against Hypoxia/Reoxygenation

Xin Yan, Xiang Gao, Shanshan Hou, Steffen Jockusch, K Michael Gibson, Lanrong Bi

Subject: Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry Keywords: Oxidative Stress, Free radical scavenging, Autophagy, Ischemia/reperfusion injury, Hypox-ia/reoxygenation, Mitophagy

Online: 18 August 2022 (14:33:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0351.v1

Glutamate Rescues Altered Mitochondrial Function Following Recurrent Low Glucose in Hypothalamic But not Cortical Primary Rat Astrocytes

Paul Graham Weightman Potter, Kate L J Ellacott, Andrew Randall, Craig Beall

Subject: General Medical Research, Medicine & Pharmacology Keywords: astrocytes; hypoglycemia; diabetes mellitus, type 1; mitochondria; glycemic control; hypothalamus; glutamic acid.

Online: 18 August 2022 (14:24:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0350.v1

Covid-19 Vaccination and Mental Stress within Diverse Socio-demographic Groups

Wasiq Khan, Bilal M. Khan, Salwa Yasen, Ahmed Al-Dahiri, Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Abir Hussain

Subject: Analysis, Mathematics & Computer Science Keywords: Mental stress Covid-19; Covid-19 vaccine dataset; Vaccine sociodemographic; Vaccine acceptance rate; Vaccine perception

Online: 18 August 2022 (13:36:16 CEST)

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Preprint DATA DESCRIPTOR | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0349.v1

First Draft Genome Assembly of the Peruvian Creole Cattle Breed (Bos taurus) and its Comparative Genomics among the Bovinae Subfamily

Richard Estrada, Flor-Anita Corredor, Deyanira Figueroa, Wilian Salazar, Carlos Quilcate, Héctor V. Vásquez, Jorge L. Maicelo, Jhony Gonzales, Carlos I. Arbizu

Subject: Life Sciences, Genetics Keywords: NGS; Andean; neglected breed; genome

Online: 18 August 2022 (11:12:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0348.v1

Robust Codes Constructions based on Bent Functions and Spline-Wavelet Decomposition

Alla Levina, Gleb Ryaskin

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Applied Mathematics Keywords: robust codes; bent-functions; spline-wavelet decomposition; error detection

Online: 18 August 2022 (11:07:32 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0347.v1

The Uncertainty Principle and the Minimal Space-Time Length Element

David Escors, And Grazyna Kochan

Subject: Physical Sciences, General & Theoretical Physics Keywords: General relativity; uncertainty principle; geodesics; black hole singularity; quantum gravity; Planck star; Lorentz invariance violations.

Online: 18 August 2022 (11:06:06 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0346.v1

Ambient Light Conveying Reliability Improves Drivers’ Takeover Performance without Increasing Mental Workload

Nikol Figalová, Lewis Chuang, Jürgen Pichen, Martin Baumann, Olga Pollatos

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive & Experimental Psychology Keywords: ambient light; reliability; take-over request; mental workload; electroencephalography (EEG); transition of control

Online: 18 August 2022 (11:02:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0345.v1

SENERGY: A Novel Deep Learning-Based Auto-Selective Approach and Tool for Solar Energy Forecasting

Ghadah Alkhayat, Syed Hamid Hasan, Rashid Mehmood

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: Deep learning; solar radiation forecasting; model prediction; solar energy; multi climates data; generalizability; sustainability; Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM); Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU); Convolutional Neural Network (CNN); Hybrid CNN-Bidirectional LSTM; LSTM Autoencoder

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:59:18 CEST)

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The sustainability of the planet and its inhabitants is in dire danger and is among the highest priorities on global agendas such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Solar energy -- among other clean, renewable, and sustainable energies -- is seen as essential for environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Predicting solar energy accurately is critical to increasing reliability and stability, and reducing the risks and costs of the energy systems and markets. Researchers have come a long way in developing cutting-edge solar energy forecasting methods. However, these methods are far from optimal in terms of their accuracies, generalizability, benchmarking, and other requirements. Particularly, no single method performs well across all climates and weathers due to the large variations in meteorological data. This paper proposes SENERGY (an acronym for Sustainable Energy), a novel deep learning-based auto-selective approach and tool that, instead of generalising a specific model for all climates, predicts the best performing deep learning model for GHI forecasting in terms of forecasting error. The approach is based on carefully devised deep learning methods and feature sets through an extensive analysis of deep learning forecasting and classification methods using ten meteorological datasets from three continents. We analyse the tool in great detail through a range of metrics and methods for performance analysis, visualization, and comparison of solar forecasting methods. SENERGY outperforms existing methods in all performance metrics including Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), Forecast Skills (FS), Relative Forecasting Error, and the normalised versions of these metrics. The proposed auto-selective approach can be extended to other research problems such as wind energy forecasting and predict forecasting models based on different criteria (in addition to the minimum forecasting error used in this paper) such as the energy required or speed of model execution, different input features, different optimisations of the same models, or other user preferences.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0344.v1

The Mental Health of Young Return Migrants with Ancestral Roots in Their Destination Country: A Cross-Sectional Study Focusing on the Ethnic Identities of Japanese-Brazilian High School Students Living in Japan

Eriko Fukui, Takashi Uchino, Masunari Onozaka, Takashi Kawashimo, Momoko Iwai, Youji Takubo, Akiko Maruyama, Sachio Miura, Ryo Sekizaki, Masafumi Mizuno, Naoyuki Katagiri, Naohisa Tsujino, Takahiro Nemoto

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Psychiatry & Mental Health Studies Keywords: ethnic identity; mental health; migrant; transcultural psychiatry; youth

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:58:41 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0343.v1

Structural Landscape and Deduced Functions of The Cardiac 14-3-3 Protein Interactome

Jia-Hua Qu, Kirill V. Tarasov, Khalid Chakir, Yelena S. Tarasova, Daniel R. Riordon, Edward G. Lakatta

Subject: Life Sciences, Molecular Biology Keywords: 14-3-3; interactome; protein-protein interaction; mitochondria; metabolism; protein quality control; homeostasis; left ventricule; network

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:54:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0342.v1

Cardioprotective Effects of Grapefruit Integropectin Extracted via Hydrodynamic Cavitation from By-Products of Citrus Fruits Industry: Role of Mitochondrial Potassium Channels

Lorenzo Flori, Lorenzo Albanese, Vincenzo Calderone, Francesco Meneguzzo, Mario Pagliaro, Rosaria Ciriminna, Federica Zabini, Lara Testai

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Cardiology Keywords: Citrus flavonoids; naringin; naringenin; pectin; byproducts; anti-ischemic myocardial protection; hydrodynamic cavitation

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:54:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0341.v1

An Integrative Analysis Identified Schizophrenia-Associated Brain Cell Types and Gene Expression Changes

Wenxiang Cai, Weichen Song, Zhe Liu, Dhruba Tara Maharjan, Jisheng Liang, Guan Ning Lin

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Psychiatry & Mental Health Studies Keywords: Schizophrenia; cell types proportions; differential expression genes; functional pathways; CIBERSORTx

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:54:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0340.v1

Altered microRNA Transcriptome in Cultured Human Airway Cells upon Infection with SARS-CoV-2

Idrissa Diallo, Rajesh Abraham Jacob, Elodie Vion, Robert A. Kozak, Karen Mossman, Patrick Provost

Subject: Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; RNA-Seq; miRNA; miR-1246; ACE2; Calu-3

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:45:51 CEST)

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Preprint COMMUNICATION | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0339.v1

First Genomic Evidence of a Henipa-like Virus in Brazil

Leonardo H. Almeida Hernández, Thito Y. Bezerra da Paz, Sandro Patroca da Silva, Fábio S. da Silva, Bruno C. Veloso de Barros, Bruno T. Diniz Nunes, Lívia M. Neves Casseb, Daniele B. Almeida Medeiros, Pedro F. da Costa Vasconcelos, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz

Subject: Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: metagenomics; henipavirus; marsupialia; opossums

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:45:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0338.v1

Newcastle Disease Genotype VII Outbreaks in Poultry across Egypt are associated with Enzootic Prevalence of the Virus in Wild Birds

Amal A.M. Eid, Ashraf Hussein, Ola Hassanin, Reham M. Elbakrey, Rebecca Daines, Jean-Remy Sadeyen, Hanan M.F Abdien, Klaudia Chrzastek, Munir Iqbal

Subject: Life Sciences, Virology Keywords: migratory birds; Newcastle disease virus-GVII; poultry; phylogenetics; sequence-independent; sin-gle-primer amplification (SISPA); velogenic; whole genome sequencing (WGS)

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:40:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0337.v1

Mitochondrial Control Region Variants Related to Breast Cancer

Luis Enrique Hernández, Jorge Hermilo Vega Avalos, Laura Yareni Zuñiga, Maria Guadalupe Sánchez-Parada, Ana Elizabeth González Santiago, Luis Miguel Román Pintos, Rolando Castañeda Arellano, Luis Daniel Hernández Ortega, Arieh Roldan Mercado Sesma, Felipe de Jesús Orozco-Luna, Raul C. Baptista-Rosas

Subject: Life Sciences, Genetics Keywords: breast cancer; polymorphism; mitochondrial genomics; D310

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:17:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0336.v1

Can Agroecology Provide a Panacea for Sustaining the Adoption of Soil Erosion Control Measures? A Case of Smallholder Coffea arabica Production in the Rwenzori Mountain Region Uganda

Thaddeo Kahigwa Tibasiima, Deus Mary Ekyaligonza, Bosco Bwambale

Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: agroecological farming; discourse analysis; mountain conservation; sustainable adoption

Online: 18 August 2022 (10:03:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0335.v1

Screen Time and Attention Subdomains in Children Aged 6 to 10 Years

Magnus Liebherr, Mark Kohler, Julia Brailovskaia, Matthias Brand, Stephanie Antons

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: children; digital media; attention; development; cognition

Online: 18 August 2022 (09:03:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0334.v1

Split Ring Resonator Network and Diffused Sensing Element Embedded in a Concrete Beam for Structural Health Monitoring

Andrea Cataldo, Erika Pittella, Raissa Schiavoni, Giuseppina Monti, Antonio Masciullo, Marco Scarpetta, Emanuele Piuzzi

Subject: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keywords: structural health monitoring; sensing element; split ring resonator; continuous monitoring; sensor network

Online: 18 August 2022 (07:48:54 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0333.v1

COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices and Vaccine Acceptability in Rural Western Kenya and an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, May 2021: A Cross-sectional Survey

Carolyne Nasimiyu Wanyonyi, Allan Audi, Clifford Oduor, Cynthia Ombok, Dismas Oketch, George Aol, Alice Ouma, Eric M. Osoro, Isaac Ngere, Ruth Njoroge, Peninah M. Munyua, Terrence Lo, Amy Herman-Roloff, Godfrey Bigogo, Patrick K. Munywoki

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Other Keywords: Urban; rural; COVID-19; Knowledge; Attitudes; Practices; vaccine acceptability; Vaccine hesitancy; Kenya

Online: 18 August 2022 (07:46:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0332.v1

Confront or Comply? Managing Social Risks in China’s Urban Renewal Projects

Yetong Mai, Junzhu Wu, Qianying Zhang, Qiqi Liang, Yingying Ma, Zhuojun Liu

Subject: Social Sciences, Geography Keywords: social risk; risk management; urban renewal; collectivism; China

Online: 18 August 2022 (07:41:22 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0313.v3

Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). A Comprehensive Overview

Anjeel Upreti

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: Convolutional Neural Network; domain; natural language processing; computer vision; semantic parsing

Online: 18 August 2022 (07:39:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0331.v1

Modeling DTA by Combining Multiple-Instance Learning with a Private-Public Mechanism

Chunyu Wang, Yuanlong Chen, Lingling Zhao, Junjie Wang, Naifeng Wen

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Information Technology & Data Management Keywords: Drug-Target Binding Affinity; Multi-Instance Learning; Transformer

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:58:34 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202110.0087.v9

On the Additive and Subtractive Representation of Even Numbers from Primes

Ali Shehu, Jetmira Uka

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Algebra & Number Theory Keywords: Sieve of Eratosthenes; Goldbach conjecture; Polignac conjecture; Twin Prime conjecture

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:53:01 CEST)

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Preprint SHORT NOTE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0330.v1

Optima and Simplicity in Nature

Kamaludin Dingle

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, General & Theoretical Computer Science Keywords: Optimisation; simplicity; Kolmogorov complexity; physics

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:51:21 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0313.v2

Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). A Comprehensive Overview

Anjeel Upreti

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: Convolutional Neural Network; domain; natural language processing; computer vision; semantic parsing

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:46:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0329.v1

Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler Tomography Reveals Details of Undiscovered High-Resolution Internal Structure of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Filippo Biondi, Corrado Malanga

Subject: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar; Doppler frequencies; multi-chromatic analysis; micro-motion; Pyramid of Khnum-Khufu; sonic images

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:45:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0328.v1

Polyetherimide Reinforced Smart Inlays for Bondline Surveillance in Composites

Chresten Von der Heide, Julian Steinmetz, Oliver Völkerink, Patrick Makiela, Christian Hühne, Michael Sinapius, Andreas Dietzel

Subject: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Keywords: thin-film sensors; foil sensors; composite structures; structural bonding; multifunctional bondline; function conformity; sensor integration; structural health monitoring

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:41:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0327.v1

Arrangement of Hydrogen Bonds in Aqueous Solutions of Different Globular Proteins

Amber R. Titus, Pedro P. Madeira, Luisa A. Ferreira, Alexander I. Belgovskiy, Elizabeth K. Mann, J. Adin Mann, William V. Meyer, Anthony E. Smart, Vladimir N. Uversky, Boris Y. Zaslavsky

Subject: Life Sciences, Biophysics Keywords: Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy; water structure; hydrogen bonds; protein solution; solvent properties

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:25:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0326.v1

Interpersonal Violence in Belgian Sport Today: Young Athletes Report

Tine Vertommen, Mieke Decuyper, Sylvie Parent, Aurélie Pankowiak, Mary N. Woessner

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: violence; young athletes; sport; self-report; questionnaire; magnitude

Online: 18 August 2022 (03:21:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0325.v1

Notes on Filipino-Hallyu Pop Culture: Exploration of a Korean Proto-Lexicon Framework on Tagalog Speakers

Lance Isaac Leon, Daniella Caparas, Adrienne Clarisse Caugma, Luke Immaculate Viduya, Sean Kevin Pacheco, Yvonne Kirsten Estrada, Jeconiah Louis Dreisbach

Subject: Arts & Humanities, Linguistics Keywords: Hallyu; Korean Wave; Korean language; Tagalog language; Second Language Acquisition; Vocabulary Acquisition; Proto-Lexicon

Online: 17 August 2022 (12:42:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0274.v3

On the Meaning of Local Realism

Justo Pastor Lambare

Subject: Physical Sciences, General & Theoretical Physics Keywords: Bell inequality; locality; nonlocality; realism; counterfactual definiteness

Online: 17 August 2022 (11:43:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0324.v1

T-cytotoxic Expression of Leukocyte-Associated Immunoglobulin-like Receptor-1 (LAIR-1) in post-HCV Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Reham Hammad, Reda Badr Aglan, Shaymaa A. Mohammed, Eman Abu-elnasr Awad, Marwa A. Elsaid, Hanan .M. Bedair, Seham K. Khirala, Mohamed A. Selim, Asmaa A. Abo Elqasem, Areej Rushdi, Mohamed Ali, Omaima I Abo-Elkheir, Eman F. Sanad, Nadia M. Hamdy

Subject: Life Sciences, Immunology Keywords: T cytotoxic cells; Leukocyte-associated Immunoglobulin-like Receptor-1; LAIR-1; Hepatitis C virus genotype 4; HCV G4; hepatocellular carcinoma; cirrhosis; immune inhibitory checkpoints; inflammation; prognosis; insulin resistance

Online: 17 August 2022 (11:38:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0323.v1

Ikaros Regulates microRNA Networks in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Sophie Kogut, Hana Paculova, Princess Rodriguez, Joseph Boyd, Alyssa Richman, Amrita Palaria, Hilde Schjerven, Seth Frietze

Subject: Life Sciences, Molecular Biology Keywords: miRNA; IKZF1; Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Online: 17 August 2022 (11:29:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0322.v1

Weighted Hermite-Hadamard inequalities for r−Times Differentiable Preinvex Functions for k−Fractional Integrals

Fiza Zafar, Sikander Mehmood, Asim Asiri

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Analysis Keywords: Hermite-Hadamard-Fejér inequality; k−fractional integral; Preinvex function; r-times; differentiable function

Online: 17 August 2022 (11:01:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0321.v1

Effects of Exogenous 5-Aminolevulinic Acid on the Biosynthetic and Recycling Metabolism of GSH in Loquat Leaves under Low-Temperature Stress

Ti Wu, Shiwei Ma, Shoukai Lin, Minlan Wu, Jincheng Wu, Huaqin He

Subject: Biology, Plant Sciences Keywords: 5-aminolevulinic acid; loquat; low-temperature stress; glutathione

Online: 17 August 2022 (10:33:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0320.v1

Enhanced Communications on Satellite-based IoT Systems to Support Maritime Transportation Services

Victor Monzon Baeza, Flor Ortiz, Samuel Herrero Garcia, Eva Lagunas

Subject: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keywords: load monitoring; IoT; IoS; Wireless Networks; SatCom; Zigbee; maritime services; logistic and transport

Online: 17 August 2022 (10:17:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0319.v1

Determining Interannual Variability of the Annual Cycle

Meng Zhang, Hans Von Storch

Subject: Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: annual cyckle; complex EOFs; statistical analysis; South China Sea

Online: 17 August 2022 (10:11:52 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0318.v1

Monitoring Quality and Pollution Assessment of Groundwater for Drinking Purposes to Assure Sustainability

Saad Alramthi, Gamila Ali, Ahmed Shaban, Tarek Abdou, Atiah Elthagafi, Saad Eldosari, Bao-Ku Zhu, Hosam Safaa

Subject: Arts & Humanities, Other Keywords: Drinking water management; drinking water criteria; groundwater; reverse osmosis; sustainable development; water aesthetics

Online: 17 August 2022 (10:08:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0317.v1

Loss Of Protein Stability And Function Caused By POR-Rs17853284 Linked To Lower Testosterone Levels

Maria Natalia Rojas Velazquez, Mathias Noebauer, Amit V Pandey

Subject: Life Sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolomics Keywords: Cytochrome P450; POR; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; metabolic disorders; CYP3A4; protein stability; drug metabolism

Online: 17 August 2022 (10:02:51 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0316.v1

Type of ANCA may be Superior to Clinical Phenotype in Distinguishing Different Clinical Entities in ANCA-associated Vasculitis

Afroditi Maria Konstantouli, Georgios Lioulios, Asimina Fylaktou, Maria Stangou

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, General Medical Research Keywords: ANCA-associated vasculitis; Proteinase 3; Myeloperoxidase; Clinical Phenotype; Outcome

Online: 17 August 2022 (09:58:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0315.v1

MYB Transcription Factor Family in Pearl Millet: Genome-Wide Identification, Evolutionary Progression and Expression Analysis Under Abiotic Stress and Phytohormone Treatments

Jeky Chanwala, Badrinath Khadanga, Deepak Kumar Jha, I. Sriram Sandeep, Nrisingha Dey

Subject: Life Sciences, Other Keywords: Transcription Factors; Evolutionary progression; Pearl millet; Phytohormones; Abiotic stress

Online: 17 August 2022 (09:50:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0314.v1

CHAGSKODE Algorithm for solving Real World Constrained Optimization Problems

Shuvodeep De

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Constrained Optimization; Optimization; Ensemble Parameters

Online: 17 August 2022 (09:47:59 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0313.v1

Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). A Comprehensive Overview

Anjeel Upreti

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: Convolutional Neural Network; domain; natural language processing; computer vision; semantic parsing

Online: 17 August 2022 (09:46:56 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0312.v1

Intranasal Dexmedetomidine as Sedative for Medical Imaging in Young Children: A Systematic Review to Provide a Roadmap for an Evidence-guided Clinical Protocol

Kato Hermans, Larissa Ramaekers, Jaan Toelen, Koen Vanhonsebrouck, Karel Allegaert

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nursing & Health Studies Keywords: procedural sedation; children; dexmedetomidine; imaging

Online: 17 August 2022 (09:44:28 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0311.v1

Mathematical and Artificial Intelligence Models for Zoonotic Foodborne Pathogens

Nisha Pillai, Mahalingam Ramkumar, Bindu Nanduri

Subject: Biology, Animal Sciences & Zoology Keywords: zoonotic pathogens; mathematical algorithms; machine learning; deep learning

Online: 17 August 2022 (08:57:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0310.v1

Human Resource Management and Selected Personnel Indicators in Sustainable Development

Viera Sukalova, Zuzana Stofkova, Jana Stofkova

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Applied Psychology Keywords: human resource management; personnel audit; personnel indicators; Covid-19 pandemic

Online: 17 August 2022 (08:45:49 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0309.v1

Chronic Positive Mass Balance is the Actual Etiology of Obesity: Time for A Paradigm Shift?

Anssi Manninen

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nutrition Keywords: energy balance theory; mass balance model; body weight regulation

Online: 17 August 2022 (08:45:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0308.v1

Numerical Modelling of Diffusion Decomposition Processes

Alexey Sagalovych

Subject: Physical Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics Keywords: Diffusion decomposition; lsw; asymptotic behavior

Online: 17 August 2022 (08:44:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0307.v1

Framework of Ensemble Parmeter Adapted Evolutionary Algorithm for Solving Constrained Optimization Problems

Debanjan Saha, Karam M. Sallam, Shuvodeep De, Ali W. Mohamed

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: constrained optimization; multi-operator; multi-parameter adaptation; ensemble constraint handling techniques; Evolutionary Algorithms

Online: 17 August 2022 (08:35:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0306.v1

Productivity Improvement using Simulated Value Stream Mapping: A Case Study of the Truck Manufacturing Industry

Fikile Poswa, Khumbulani Mpofu, Olukorede Tijani Adenuga

Subject: Engineering, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Keywords: simulated value stream mapping; small and medium enterprise

Online: 17 August 2022 (08:19:22 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0305.v1

Mining Literature-Based Knowledge Graph for Predicting Combination Therapeutics: A COVID-19 Use Case

Ahmed Abdeen Hamed, Jakub Jonczyk, Byung Suk Lee

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Allergology Keywords: drug repurposing; combination therapeutics; PubMed; ChEBI; disease ontology; gene ontology; drug interaction; MeSH terms; COVID-19

Online: 17 August 2022 (05:51:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0304.v1

Liquid Smoke Treatment for Natural Fibers: The Effect on Tensile Properties, Surface Morphology, Crystalline Properties, and Functional Groups of Banana Stem Fibers

Mukhlis Muslimin, Mustamin Rahim, Ahmad Seng, Sandi Rais

Subject: Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Banana stem fiber; tensile strength; morphology; crystalline properties; functional groups; light weight; environmentally friendly

Online: 17 August 2022 (05:48:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0303.v1

Fire Hawk Optimizer for Resource Trade-off in Project Scheduling based on BIM

Milad Baghalzadeh Shishehgarkhaneh, Mahdi Azizi, Mahla Basiri, Robert Moehler

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Fire Hawk Optimizer; optimization; metaheuristic algorithms; Building Information Modelling (BIM); resource management; project resource management

Online: 17 August 2022 (05:34:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0302.v1

Membrane Localized Gbtmem214s Participate in Modulating Cotton Resistance to Verticillium Wilt

Jun Zhao, Jianwen Xu, Yueping Wang, Jianguang Liu, Chengguang Dong, Liang Zhao, Nijiang Ai, Zhenzhen Xu, Qi Guo, Guoli Feng, Peng Xu, Junling Cheng, Xin Wang, Juan Wang, Songhua Xiao

Subject: Biology, Plant Sciences Keywords: Verticillium wilt; cotton; transmembrane protein; resistance; plant immunity

Online: 17 August 2022 (05:28:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0301.v1

Simultaneous Motor and Visual Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Asleep Parietal Lobe Surgery: Dual Strip Technique

Devika Rajashekar, José Pedro Lavrador, Prajwal Ghimire, Hannah Keeble, Lauren Harris, Noemia Pereira, Sabina Patel, Ahmad Beyh, Richard Gullan, Keyoumars Ashkan, Ranjeev Bhangoo, Francesco Vergani

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Oncology & Oncogenics Keywords: corticospinal tract; optic radiations; tractography; transcranial magnetic stimulation; subdural strip electrodes; intra-operative neuro-monitoring; parietal lobe

Online: 17 August 2022 (05:08:09 CEST)

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Background: The role played by the non-dominant parietal lobe in motor cognition, attention and spatial awareness networks has potentiated the use of awake surgery. When this is not feasible, asleep monitoring and mapping techniques should be used to achieve an onco-functional balance. Objective: This study aims to assess the feasibility of a dual-strip method to obtain direct cortical stimulation for continuous real-time cortical monitoring and subcortical mapping of motor and visual pathways simultaneously in parietal lobe tumour surgery. Methods: Single-centre prospective study between May’19-November’20 of patients with intrinsic non-dominant parietal-lobe tumours. Two subdural strips were used to simultaneously map and monitor motor and visual pathways. Results: Fifteen patients were included. With regards to motor function, a large proportion of patients had abnormal interhemispheric resting motor threshold ratio (iRMTr) (71.4%), abnormal Cortical Excitability Score (CES) (85.7%), close distance to the corticospinal tract – Lesion-To-Tract Distance (LTD) – 4.2mm, Cavity-To-Tract Distance (CTD) – 7mm and intraoperative subcortical distance - 6.4mm. Concerning visual function, the LTD and CTD for optic radiations (OR) were 0.5mm and 3.4mm, respectively; the mean intensity for positive subcortical stimulation of OR was 12mA±2.3mA and 5/6 patients with deterioration of VEPs>50% had persistent hemianopia and transgression of ORs. 12 patients remained stable, one patient had a de-novo transitory hemiparesis, and two showed improvements in motor symptoms. A higher iRMTr for lower limbs was related with a worse motor outcome (p=0.013) and a longer CTD to OR was directly related with a better visual outcome (p=0.041). At 2 weeks after hospital discharge, all patients were ambulatory at home and all proceeded to have oncological treatment. Conclusion: We propose motor and visual function boundaries for asleep surgery of intrinsic non-dominant parietal tumours. Pre-operative abnormal cortical excitability of the motor cortex, deterioration of the VEP recordings and CTD<2mm from the OR were related to poorer outcomes.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0300.v1

The Export of Medium and High-Tech Products Manufactured in Europe

Angelo Leogrande, Alberto Costantiello, Lucio Laureti

Subject: Social Sciences, Economics Keywords: Innovation; and Invention; Processes and Incentives; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; Diffusion Processes; Open Innovation

Online: 17 August 2022 (04:33:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0299.v1

MSSI-based Dispersion-managed Link Configured by Randomly-distributed RDPS Only in Former Half Section

Jae-Pil Chung, Seong-Real Lee

Subject: Physical Sciences, Optics Keywords: dispersion management; mid-span spectral inversion; dispersion map; optical phase conjugator; residual dispersion per span; random distribution; chromatic dispersion; nonlinear Kerr effect; wavelength division multiplexed

Online: 17 August 2022 (04:17:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0298.v1

Morphological and Quantitative Evidence for the Altered Mesenchymal Stem Cells Remodeling of Collagen in Oxidative Environment – Peculiar Effect of Epigalocatechin Gallate

Regina Komsa-Penkova, Svetoslava Stoycheva, Pencho Tonchev, Galya Stavreva, Svetla Todinova, Galya Georgieva, Adelina Yordanova, Stanimir Kyurkchiev, George Altankov

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Other Keywords: Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cell; collagen type I; EGCG; oxidation; remodeling

Online: 17 August 2022 (04:11:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0297.v1

The Impact of Foehn Wind on Mental Distress among Patients in a Swiss Psychiatric Hospital

Christian A. Mikutta, Charlotte Pervilhac, Hansjörg Znoj, Andrea Federspiel, Thomas J Müller

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Psychiatry & Mental Health Studies Keywords: foehn wind; psychopathology; BSCL; mental health; weather; meteorological factors; climate change

Online: 17 August 2022 (04:04:41 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0296.v1

Savonius Wind Turbine Performance Comparison with One and Two Porous Deflectors: A CFD Study

Md Mahmud Hasan Saikot, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md Anwar Hosen, Wasif Ajwad, Md Faiyaz Jamil, Md. Quamrul Islam

Subject: Engineering, Energy & Fuel Technology Keywords: Savonius wind turbine; Porous deflector; Porosity; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Self-starting

Online: 17 August 2022 (03:54:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0247.v2

Fault Detection of Landing Gear Retraction/Extension Hydrau-lic System Based on Bond Graph-linear Fractional Transfor-mation Technique and Interval Analytic Redundancy Relations

Yuyuan Cao, Shixuan Duan, Yanjun Li, Xudong Li, Zejian Zhao, Xingye Wang

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: fault detection; retraction/extension (R/E) hydraulic system; bond graph-linear fractional trans-formation technique; interval analytic redundancy relations; uncertainty; fault signature matrix; residuals; thresholds

Online: 17 August 2022 (03:53:54 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0295.v1

Relationship between Coronary Arterial Geometry and the Presence and Extend of Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden: A Review Discussing Methodology and Findings in the Era of Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography

Georgios Rampidis, Vasileios Rafailidis, Konstantinos Kouskouras, Andjoli Davidhi, Angeliki Papachristodoulou, Athanasios Samaras, George Giannakoulas, Antonios Ziakas, Panagiotis Prassopoulos, Haralambos Karvounis

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Cardiology Keywords: coronary; atherosclerosis; cardiac CT; geometry

Online: 17 August 2022 (03:24:46 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0294.v1

A Modulated Wideband Converter Model Based On Linear Algebra and its Application to Fast Calibration

Gilles Burel, Anthony Fiche, Roland Gautier

Subject: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keywords: compressed sampling; hardware calibration; spectrum monitoring; linear algebra; matrix theory; modulated wideband converter

Online: 16 August 2022 (15:51:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0293.v1

The Golden Ratio in Nature: A Tour Across Length Scales

Callum Robert Marples, Philip Michael Williams

Subject: Physical Sciences, Other Keywords: Golden ratio; Irrational numbers; Fibonacci sequence; Spiral galaxy; Planetary orbits; KAM Theorem; Ultimatum game; Proteins; Penrose tiling; Quasicrystals

Online: 16 August 2022 (14:29:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0292.v1

Study the Correlation between the Mother-To-Child Transmission Risk Factors in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection Pregnant Women in Vietnam by HCA Method

Tram Thi Ngoc Hoang, Thi Thu Huong Bui, Thi Thuy Pham, Thi Lan Anh Luong, Thi Kim Phuong Doan, Thu Lan Hoang, Cam Tu Ho, Nina Koerber, Khanh Lam Ho, Duc Hinh Nguyen, Tanja Bauer, Ulrike Protzer, Tien Dung Nguyen

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, General Medical Research Keywords: Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection; Liver; Pregnant Women; Cord blood; PBMCs (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells); subclinical index

Online: 16 August 2022 (14:17:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0291.v1

Micronutrients Affect Expression of Induced Resistance Genes in Hydroponically Grown Watermelon Inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Meloidogyne incognita

Kasmita Karki, Vishal Singh Negi, Tim Coolong, Aparna Petkar, Mihir Mandal, Chandrasekar Kousik, Ron Gitaitis, Abolfazl Hajihassani, Bhabesh Dutta

Subject: Biology, Agricultural Sciences & Agronomy Keywords: Induced resistance; Watermelon; Fusarium; Root-knot nematode; Micronutrients

Online: 16 August 2022 (11:59:40 CEST)

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The soil-borne pathogens, particularly Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (FON) and southern root-knot nematode (RKN, Meloidogyne incognita) are the major threat to watermelon production in the south-eastern United States. The role of soil micronutrients on induced resistance (IR) to plant diseases is well-documented in soil-based mediums. However, soil-based mediums limit the determination of the role(s) of individual micronutrients in IR. In this manuscript, we utilized hydroponics to assess the effect of controlled application of micronutrient, including iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and zinc (Zn) on the expression of some IR genes (PR1, PR5, and NPR1 from salicylic acid (SA) pathway, and VSP, PDF, and LOX genes from jasmonic acid (JA) pathway) in watermelon seedlings upon inoculation with either FON or RKN or both. Plants were treated with higher (3X) or lower (0.5X) concentrations of micronutrients in Steiner solution (X= standard dose of micronutrient) for 7 days in a hydroponics system under greenhouse conditions. A subset of micronutrient-treated plants was inoculated (on the 8th day of micronutrient application) with FON and RKN (single and mixed). The expression of the IR genes in treated and control samples were evaluated using qRT-PCR. Although, significant phenotypic differences were not observed with respect to the severity of wilt symptoms or RKN galling with any of the micro-nutrient treatments within the 30 day-experimental-period, differences in the induction of IR genes were observed. However, the level of gene expression varied with sampling period, type and concentration of micro-nutrients ap-plied, and pathogen-inoculation. In the absence of pathogens, no significant changes were observed in the expression level of IR genes on 7th day of micronutrient treatment. However, pathogen inoculation affected the expression levels of the IR genes at 3-day post-inoculation. In FON inoculated plants, PDF was upregulated in high Fe treatment, whereas in RKN inoculated plants, low Mn treatment resulted in up-regulation of VSP. In the case of mixed inoculation with FON and RKN, the plants with low Zn treatment resulted in the upregulation of PR1. These observations suggest that the type and concentration of micronutrients in watermelon may potentially induce systemic resistance against FON and RKN through SA and JA pathways.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0290.v1

Human Resource Management and Selected Personnel Indicators in Sustainable Development

Viera Sukalova, Zuzana Stofkova, Jana Stofkova

Subject: Social Sciences, Organizational Economics & Management Keywords: human resource management; personnel politics; personnel indicators; Covid-19 Pandemic

Online: 16 August 2022 (11:56:29 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0289.v1

Photocatalytically Active Supramolecular Organic-inorganic Magnetic Composites as Efficient Route to Remove β-lactam Antibiotics from Water

Sabina Gabriela Ion, Octavian D. Pavel, Nicolae Guzo, Madalina Tudorache, Simona M. Coman, Vasile I. Parvulescu, Bogdan Cojocaru, Elisabeth E. Jacobsen

Subject: Chemistry, Applied Chemistry Keywords: layered double hydroxides; magnetic nanoparticles; phthalocyanines; antibiotics removal

Online: 16 August 2022 (11:12:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0288.v1

A Direct Prediction of the Shape Parameter in the Collocation Method of Solving Poisson Equation

Lin-Tian David Luh

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Numerical Analysis & Optimization Keywords: radial basis function; multiquadric; shape parameter; collocation; Poisson equation

Online: 16 August 2022 (11:04:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0287.v1

Continual Learning for Table Detection in Document Images

Mohammad Minouei, Khurram Azeem Hashmi, Mohammad Reza Soheili, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Didier Stricker

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Keywords: table detection; document layout analysis; continual learning; incremental learning; experience replay

Online: 16 August 2022 (10:56:59 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0432.v2

Precision Oncology-Based Targeting of Signaling Pathways toward a Holistic Approach to Cancer Therapeutics

Manish Kumar

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Oncology & Oncogenics Keywords: mutation; gastric cancer; p53; K-Ras; c-Myc; cancer genomics; targeted therapy; immunotherapy

Online: 16 August 2022 (10:35:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0286.v1

Accessible Consumer Electronics Are Essential to Closing the Gap in Assistive Technology Provision

David P. Banes

Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: Assistive Technology; Accessible Technology; Consumer Technologies; Provision, Policy; Funding

Online: 16 August 2022 (09:57:38 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0285.v1

The Present and Future of Clinical Management in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Pauline Lin, George Laliotis

Subject: Life Sciences, Molecular Biology Keywords: Breast; cancer; metastasis; oncology

Online: 16 August 2022 (09:52:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0284.v1

On the Practical Point of View of Option Pricing

Nikos Halidias

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, Applied Mathematics Keywords: Safe price; multi asset options; Bermudan options; incomplete markets

Online: 16 August 2022 (09:48:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0283.v1

Using Multivariate Quality Statistic for Maintenance Decision Support in a Bearing Ring Grinder

Muhammad Ahmer, Fredrik Sandin, Pär Marklund, Martin Gustafsson, Kim Berglund

Subject: Engineering, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Keywords: grinding; multivariate statistics; maintenance decision; condition-based maintenance; condition monitoring; health management; prognostics; fault diagnosis

Online: 16 August 2022 (09:44:46 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0282.v1

Computer Programming for Analysis and Design of Edge Supported Rectangular Two-Way Solid Slab by Es En 1992-1-1:2015

Chala Chawaka

Subject: Engineering, Civil Engineering Keywords: Keywords: Computer Program; User manual; Visual Basic; Solid Slab, and simply supported

Online: 16 August 2022 (08:16:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0281.v1

Improving Hazardous Gas Detection Behavior with Palladium Decorated Sno₂ Nanobelts Networks

Estácio P. de Araújo, Murilo P. Paiva, Kate C. Blanco, Adenilson J. Chiquito, Cleber A. Amorim

Subject: Materials Science, Nanotechnology Keywords: nanobelts; tin oxide; gas sensor; carbon monoxide; carbon dioxide; CO; CO2

Online: 16 August 2022 (07:43:01 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0275.v2

Modelling Recent and Future Climate Scenarios Impact on Malaria Transmission in Senegal using bias-corrected CMIP6

Ibrahima Diouf, Jacques-André Ndione, Amadou Thierno Gaye

Subject: Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences Keywords: projections; CMIP6; climate; impacts; health; malaria; Malaria; Senegal

Online: 16 August 2022 (05:46:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0280.v1

Range Evaluation of a Point-to-point Link using Software Defined Radio

Renzo Chan, Jean Pierre Tincopa, Juan Pimentel, Oscar Baltuano

Subject: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Keywords: software defined radio; radio link; ground plane antenna; wireless communication; internet of things

Online: 16 August 2022 (05:38:06 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0279.v1

Planetary Health Education and Capacity Building for Healthcare Professionals in Global Context: Current Opportunities, Gaps and Future Directions

Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Rifat Ara, Sadia Afrin, James E. Meiring, K.M. Saif-Ur-Rahman

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nursing & Health Studies Keywords: global health; planetary health education; climate change; healthcare professionals; curriculum development; sustainable healthcare education; mini review

Online: 16 August 2022 (05:36:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0221.v6

Proposed Method of Combining Continuum Mechanics With Einstein Field Equations

Piotr Ogonowski

Subject: Physical Sciences, General & Theoretical Physics Keywords: general relativity; cosmology; continuum mechanics; fluid dynamics; field theory; electrodynamics; Hamiltonian mechanics

Online: 16 August 2022 (05:24:45 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0278.v1

Modulation of the Central Stress Response System to Prevent Complications of COVID-19 ‘Dam and Wall Concept’

Sanjiv K. Hyoju

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Other Keywords: central stress response system; sympathetic activity; HPA axis; SAR-CoV-2; catecholamine; corti-costeriods; clonidine; dexamethasone

Online: 16 August 2022 (05:07:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0277.v1

Pathogenesis and Etiology of Hearing Loss in Children

Srijan Singh, Roya Huseynova, Yahya Ethawi

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Pediatrics Keywords: Hearing loos; conductive; sensorineural; outer ear; middle ear; inner ear; SNHL; Cochlear; auditory; physical examination; history

Online: 16 August 2022 (04:04:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0276.v1

Determinants of Mental Health during and after COVID-19 Lockdown among University Students in Malaysia

Shang Kuan Ng, Imtiyaz Ali Mir, Muhammad Noh Zulfikri Mohd Jamali, Mohammed AbdulRazzaq Jabbar, Syeda Humayra

Subject: Medicine & Pharmacology, Nursing & Health Studies Keywords: COVID-19 lockdown; anxiety; depression; family income; physical activity

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:59:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0274.v1

Computing the Total $H$-irregularity Strength of Edge Comb Product of Graphs

Mohamad Fahruli Wahyujati, Yeni Susanti

Subject: Mathematics & Computer Science, General Mathematics Keywords: Total H-Irregular Strength; Edge Comb Product Graph; Cycle; Path

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:51:18 CEST)

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Preprint HYPOTHESIS | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0092.v4

Consciousness and Life after Death in the Evolution of Intelligence

Kande Lekamalaya Senarath Dayathilake

Subject: Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive & Experimental Psychology Keywords: Cognitive psychology; determinism; materialism; new physics; theoretical hypothesis; thought ex-periment; ultraquantum particles

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:40:03 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0273.v1

A New Perspective on Hcl Scavenging at High Temperatures for Reducing the Smoke Acidity of PVC Cables in Fires. I: An Overview of Theory, Test Methods, and the European Union Regulatory Status

Gianluca Sarti

Subject: Materials Science, Polymers & Plastics Keywords: acid scavengers; PVC; smoke acidity; cables

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:35:12 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0272.v1

Rethinking the Agroecology-Food and Nutrition Security Nexus from A Feminist Economics Perspective

Chukwuma Ume

Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: agroecology; physical reproduction; social reproduction; agency; sub-Saharan Africa; smallholder agriculture

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:31:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0271.v1

A Non-enzymatic Electrochemical Sensor of Cu@Co-MOF Composite for Glucose Detection with High Sensitivity and Selectivity

Zhen-Zhen Ma, Bing Liu, Huang Jiao, Ling Xu

Subject: Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry Keywords: non-enzymatic sensor; glucose; cobalt metal-organic framework; electrochemical detection

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:26:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0270.v1

Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Flow Field around Monopile under the Combined Influence of Wave and Vibration

Yuxuan Shi, Yongzhou Cheng, Xiaoyun Huang

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Two-phase flow; Turbulence model; Monopile; Vortex field; Bed shear stress

Online: 16 August 2022 (03:17:12 CEST)

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