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Evaluating the Cost of Collection, Processing, and Application of Face Masks in Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements
(2022)
Human activities significantly contribution to the yearly generated plastic wastes. Moreover, the enormous increase in face masks and face shields caused by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has doubled the generated ...
Collagen matricryptin promotes cardiac function by mediating scar formation
(2023-05-15)
Aims
A peptide mimetic of a collagen-derived matricryptin (p1159) was shown to reduce left ventricular (LV) dilation and fibrosis after 7 days delivery in a mouse model of myocardial infarction (MI). This suggested p1159 ...
Photoplethysmographic imaging and analysis of pulsatile pressure wave in palmar artery at 10 wavelengths
(2022-11-10)
Significance
As a noncontact method, imaging photoplethysmography (iPPG) may provide a powerful tool to measure pulsatile pressure wave (PPW) in superficial arteries and extract biomarkers for monitoring of artery wall ...
Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?
(2022-11-17)
Background: Breast cancer is commonly diagnosed in Korean American women (KAW), and its incidence rates continue to increase. Despite the increasing burden of breast cancer diagnosis, screening rates among KAW remain low. ...
Reexamining Nebuchadnezzar II’s ‘Thirteen-Year’ Siege of Tyre in Phoenician Historiography
(2022-12-01)
This study reexamines a lynchpin of Neo-Babylonian Levantine Phoenician historiography: Nebuchadnezzar II’s purported thirteen-year siege of Tyre in the early sixth century bce. This detail about the length of the siege ...