Thin films of [Cu(3)(btc)(2)](n) (btc = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) metal organic framework were deposited in a stepwise manner on surfaces of flexible organic polymers. The thickness of films can be precisely controlled. The deposition of the first cycles was monitored by UV-vis spectroscopy. The porosity was proven by the adsorption of pyrazine, which was monitored by FT-IR and thermogravime...

Dear Sirs, Rusa et al. (2009a) accurately described the program that the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) implemented on behalf of the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) between 2005 and 2007 in Performance-based financing for better quality of services in Rwandan health centers: 3year experience . However, while it is limited to analysis of the BTC experience, the article gives the impression...

Lossy compression attacks in digital watermarking are one of the major issues in digital watermarking. Cheddad et al. proposed a robust secured selfembedding method which is resistant to a certain amount of JPEG compression. Our experimental results show that the self-embedding method is resistant to JPEG compression attacks and not resistant to other lossy compression attacks such as Block Tru...

This study attempts to answer the question: “Is Cryptocurrency Policy Uncertainty (UCRY Policy) a determinant of Bitcoin’s price (BTC)?”. Besides, this uses these factors as explanatory variables for BTC movements alongside UCRY and control such velocity Bitcoin in circulation (BC), computational power (HR), popularity (PO), exchange rate (EX). In study, December 30, 2013- February 21, 2021, wa...

Abstract To utilize Cu-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC) adsorbed lubricant oils in the self-lubricating field, adsorption properties of Cu-BTC on different 1-olefins must be clarified. In this work, 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-nonene, 1-decene, 1-undecene, and 1-dodecene were studied by Monte Carlo method experimentally. The limit for n-olefins was determined as 1-undecene isotherms. This sugges...

Background and AimsBiliary tract cancer (BTC) is a rare, lethal, heterogeneous group of cancers often diagnosed at an advanced stage. While gemcitabine plus cisplatin the standard care for first-line treatment locally or metastatic BTC, no globally accepted currently exists second-line BTC following chemotherapy. However, landscape evolving with approvals therapies targeting actionable mutation...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by T cell-mediated autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Until now insulin replacement is still the major therapy, because islet transplantation has been limited by donor availability and by the need for long-term immunosuppression. Induced islet neogenesis by gene transfer of Neuogenin3 (Ngn3), the islet lineage-defining specific transcrip...

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in tumor tissue is under investigation as a candidate biomarker in immuno-oncology dug development. The soluble form of PD-L1 (sPDL1) is suggested to have immunosuppressive activity. In this study, we measured the serum level of sPDL1 and evaluated its prognostic implication in biliary tract cancer (BTC). Blood was collected from 158 advanced BTC pat...