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Open AccessThree-layered location recommendation algorithm using spectral clustering
Users utilize Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs) to check into diverse venues and share their experiences through ratings and comments. However, these platforms typically feature a considerably larger numb...
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Open AccessUsing data mining to discover new patterns of social media and smartphone use and emotional states
Social media and smartphone use are strongly linked to users' emotional states. While numerous studies have established that fear of missing out (FOMO), boredom, and loneliness predict social media and smartph...
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Open AccessSequential mediation analysis of physical activity, healthy diet, BMI, and academic burnout in the Pakistani educational landscape
Research has indicated a negative impact of physical activity on academic burnout among students, however, there is a paucity of evidence about the underlying mechanism of this association in Pakistani student...
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Biogas production from anaerobic co-digestion using kitchen waste and poultry manure as substrate—part 1: substrate ratio and effect of temperature
The rapidly declining fossil fuels are no longer able to meet the ever-increasing energy demand. Moreover, they are considered responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, contributing to the global warming....
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Open AccessImpact of temperature, inoculum flow pattern, inoculum type, and their ratio on dry anaerobic digestion for biogas production
This study is aimed to apply dry anaerobic digestion (DAD) for methane (CH4) enriched biogas production from unsorted organic municipal solid waste (MSW). Cumulative biogas production was monitored for 35 days of...
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Open AccessIn-silico analysis unravels the structural and functional consequences of non-synonymous SNPs in the human IL-10 gene
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that affects different immune cells. It is also associated with the stimulation of the T and B cells for the production of antibodies. Several genetic po...
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Diagnosis, genetic variations, virulence, and toxicity of AHPND-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Penaeus monodon
Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is an emerging shrimp (Penaeus monodon) disease caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) since 2013 in Bangladesh. The aim of this work was to evaluate a PCR and RT-P...
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Open AccessMacromolecular-clustered facial amphiphilic antimicrobials
Bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance, particularly by Gram-negative pathogens, have become a global healthcare crisis. We report the design of a class of cationic antimicrobial polymers that cluster ...
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Open AccessMetallo-polyelectrolytes as a class of ionic macromolecules for functional materials
The fields of soft polymers and macromolecular sciences have enjoyed a unique combination of metals and organic frameworks in the name of metallopolymers or organometallic polymers. When metallopolymers carry ...
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Open AccessColistin resistant Escherichia coli carrying mcr-1 in urban sludge samples: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Of 48 bacteria belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae tested from urban sludge samples, one Escherichia coli isolate was resistant to colistin and possessed the resistance marker gene mcr-1 found for the firs...
