Mg alloys have a vast usage where weight reduction is really significant since they do the features really well for materials of ultra-light weight. However, Mg is inherently a reactive metal and its alloys generally possess quite weak corrosion resistance that widely restricts their technological usages, especially in some rough service conditions. Despite, many investigations on the passive a...

Abstract This paper investigates the divergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings based on data from six prominent ESG rating agencies: Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini (KLD), Sustainalytics, Moody’s (Vigeo-Eiris), S&P Global (RobecoSAM), Refinitiv (Asset4), MSCI. We document map different methodologies onto a common taxonomy categories. Using this taxonomy, we decompose into ...

industrial organizations are complex systems` where the interactions among the various functions such as sales, distribution, manufacturing, materials, finance, human resources and maintenance have to be man-aged towards a common purpose of delivering the customers satisfaction. however, since most of these or-ganizations have a `functional structure`, each function or department works towards ...

BACKGROUND Hyaluronic acid (HA) is of importance due to its diverse applications in pharmaceuticals and medical devices such as dermal filler, adhesion barriers, carrier for cells and bioactive molecules as well as scaffold biomaterials for tissue engineering. Evaluations of purification and biocompatibility of HA are required for its applications to biomaterials. RESULTS After synthesizing H...

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern in China. It not only compromises physical health, but also has negative impacts on psychosocial well-being. As obesity rates increase, finding out what the perceptions of Chinese youth are regarding their weight is important for intervention planning and evaluation. However, there is a paucity of available obesity-specific instrum...

STUDY DESIGN Measurements, descriptive. OBJECTIVES To describe a weight-bearing method to assess bilateral hip abductor and external rotator muscle performance. BACKGROUND The hip abductors and external rotators are important in maintaining lower extremity alignment during weight-bearing tasks. As such, there is a need for a method to assess hip muscle performance in weight bearing. METHO...

Background: Neonatal jaundice is an almost common problem among neonates that may cause complications such as kernicterus in severe cases. Since early diagnosis and proper treatment of neonatal jaundice is vital to prevent the related complications, it is necessary to check bilirubin before discharging the neonates. There are several evaluating and diagnostic methods to measure the level of bil...

the gold standard to assess jaundice in neonates is the serum bilirubin measurement. blood sampling for the determination of total serum bilirubin (tsb) is painful for newborns and stressful for parents. the bilicheck®, a new transcutaneous bilirubinometer, is considered as a more accurate measurement of bilirubin compared to the previous bilirubinometers courtesy of its advanced technology. th...