Cytokine antibody arrays were used to establish the profiles of cytokine release from THP-1 monocytes exposed to different amphotericin B (AMB) drug delivery systems. Fungizone (FZ) and Amphotec (ABCD) caused the release of significantly more inflammatory molecules and the release of inflammatory molecules at higher levels than either AmBisome (L-AMB) or Abelcet (ABLC) after 6 h of treatment. S...

The Wigner rotation is important in many branches of physics, chemistry, and engineering sciences. It is a group theoretical effect resulting from two Lorentz boosts. The net effect is one boost followed or preceded by a rotation. While the term "Wigner rotation" is derived from Wigner's little group whose transformations leave the four-momentum of a given particle invariant, it is shown that t...

Introduction In 2017, the first adhesive bone conduction device (aBCD) was introduced. Since then, clinical studies have extensively compared devices to conventional systems on softbands. The aim of this study is evaluate audiological and subjective outcomes patients suffering from conductive hearing loss (CHL) who used an aBCD for a trial period, comparing with their existing passive transcuta...

Recent decades have seen an increasing importance of large-scale ecological research, driven by increased awareness of the global influence of human activities on the biosphere. Such research requires species observation data covering many years, large areas and a broad range of taxonomic groups. As such data sets often cover small areas, and have been collected using varying methods, they can ...

The goals of this paper are two-fold. First, we prove, for an arbitrary finite root system Φ, the periodicity conjecture of Al. B. Zamolodchikov [24] that concerns Y -systems, a particular class of functional relations playing an important role in the theory of thermodynamic Bethe ansatz. Algebraically, Y -systems can be viewed as families of rational functions defined by certain birational rec...

BACKGROUND Early detection is crucial to improve melanoma prognosis. Different diagnostic guides such as the ABCD rule (asymmetry [A], irregularity of borders [B], unevenness of distribution of color [C], and diameter [D]) have been proposed to identify melanoma, but their efficacy in real life is questionable. We investigated the recognition process of melanoma by dermatologists to use as a mo...

The goals of this paper are two-fold. First, we prove, for an arbitrary finite root system Φ, the periodicity conjecture of Al. B. Zamolodchikov [23] that concerns Y -systems, a particular class of functional relations playing an important role in the theory of thermodynamic Bethe ansatz. Algebraically, Y -systems can be viewed as families of rational functions defined by certain birational rec...

In the last years, the economic development has grown on a large scale and accelerating the destruction of the ecosystem process, increasing the demand for tools and methods to support decision making with regard to biodiversity conservation. According to Berendsohn et al. (2011), one of the most serious “bottlenecks” in the scientific workflows of biodiversity sciences is the need to integrate...

The increasing integration of distributed photovoltaics may further aggravate the over-voltage and three-phase unbalance issues low-voltage distribution networks with four-wire structures. voltage control method based on AC DC side power flow capability source converter in hybrid AC/DC is a solution for improvement above quality issues. In this paper, an accurately improved sensitivity matrix c...

Asset-based community development (ABCD) recognizes the value of six local assets: (1) individuals or residents, (2) neighborhood resident associations (3) institutions (e.g., government, non-profits, and universities) (4), physical space parks, vacant lots, etc.), (5) economy exchange business development, barter, (6) culture, history, stories. ABCD draws upon these assets to build stronger mo...