Publications - Science topic

A standalone executable software, objectVisual3D (version 1.0), for 3D visualization of objects, was developed in present study. The software uses the OBJ file of an object to generate its 3D graphics. Various parameters can be specified by users. In the generated 3D graphics window, users can right-or left-click mouse to zoom in or zoom out the 3D...

Computer software will help biological researchers view and handle bio-graphics and images. Two standalone executable image viewers, Projector 1.0.exe and scrSaver 1.0.scr, which can be used to play JPG, BMP or ICO image files automatically and continually in Windows operating systems, were developed in present study. Projector 1.0 is an image proj...

The executable Java software, netGen 3.0, for network visualization was developed in present study. A network can be generated and interactively visualized from a text file by using netGen. Compared to the previous versions, there are substantial improvements in netGen 3.0. In addition to the visualization of both unweighted and weighted (and both...

This study carried out a bibliometric analysis centered on Callistemon research, spanning five decades, disclosing their trend and limitations. Published works related to Callistemon between 1966 and 2020 were retrieved from Web of Science (WoS) and SCOPUS databases using the search term Callistemon. A total of 239 documents comprising 237 research...

An executable Java software, netGen, for visualizing networks was developed in present study. An interactive network can be visualized from the specified text or csv data file by using netGen. netGen is useful to visualize both undirected and directed networks. Both netGen and demonstration data files are given. Find details at: http://www.iaees.o...

Several digital timers and clocks for desktop computers were developed in present study. Digital timers are used for time control in scientific experiments, dissertation defensing, work debriefing, academic lecture, student teaching, etc. Digital timer-counter and clocks are used for field sampling, field observation, ecological experiments, etc. A...

Based on the statistical significance testing, the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is one of the most popular statistics widely used in experimental sciences. However, in recent years, the statistical significance testing has been widely criticized for its various shortcomings. To address this problem, in present article we developed the new ANOVA met...

BACKGROUND A bibliometric analysis covering only the production of original studies or considering world production until 2022 has yet to be conducted. The creation and advancement of vaccines have also influenced research priorities, demonstrating the need for a new approach to this subject. OBJECTIVES To analyze worldwide scientific production r...

This paper explores John Witte, Jr.'s contribution to the study of law and Christianity. Over time, Witte has spearheaded a bold and far-reaching project that aims to encompass the relationship between law and Christianity, in which more than five hundred scholars from six continents are collaborating, making him one of the leading scholars in the...

This article focuses on how the new media of architecture corresponds to the architectural society in the 21st century and how the new media of architecture can have an instrumental power in creating a response/attitude to the period. Since the ArchDaily platform is the most prominent representation platform in the field of architecture, it was cho...

This is an overview of Dan Zhao's Scopus Citations and all publications

Objective: to map the knowledge produced about the repercussions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on Nursing training. Method: this is a Scoping Review, guided by the recommendations set forth in the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s Manual and carried out in 15 electronic databases and theses and dissertations repositories. The protocol was regis...

An integrative Java software, visual3D 1.0, for 3D visualization of objects and chemical molecules was developed in present study. The software uses a XYZ or OBJ file to generate the 3D graphics represented by the file. Various parameters can be specified by users. In the generated 3D graphics window, users may right-or left-click mouse to zoom in...

This paper offers a systematic literature review of real-time detection and classification of Power Quality Disturbances (PQDs). A particular focus is given to voltage sags and notches, as voltage sags cause huge economic losses while research on voltage notches is still very incipient. A systematic method based on scientometrics, text similarity a...

In present study, a software tool for network analysis is presented. The tool is mainly used to calculate topological properties of the network, detect type of the network, and calculate node centralities of the network. Various network properties include total number of nodes, total number of links, clustering coefficient of network, mean link den...

Effect size is a statistical concept which measures the strength of the relationship between two variables. Effect size has basic properties such as measurement unit independence, sample size independence, and monotonicity. In particular, unlike statistical significance test, effect size is not influenced by sample size. Effect size avoids various...

In present study, we developed the web database CHM-DATA Version 1.2 based on the previous database CHM-DATA Version 1.0 (Zhang, 2017a), a database of attributes and functions of Chinese herbal medicines. The information system of attributes and functions of Chinese herbal medicines (ISAFCHM) was developed based on CHM-DATA Version 1.2, which is us...

Virtual teams possess unique features allowing them to combine cultural multiplicity, specific tasks, physical remoteness of team members, continuous distant communication, critical interdependence of tasks, leadership, cohesion, empowerment, confidence, virtuality, special trust creation and trust building. For a successful functioning of present-...

So far, many studies have examined the effects of surface (FF) and drip (DF) fertigation compared to surface (FC) and drip (DC) irrigation along with fertilization at different levels of fertilizer on crop yield indices, nutrient use efficiency (NUE), and irrigation water productivity (WP); however, each of them have been conducted under different...

In this paper, a high-efficiency and high-density 800V, 10 kW three-level flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) converter with 650V GaN devices is analyzed, designed, and tested. Several modern publications in high-density FCML concentrate on using a large number of levels. Despite the benefits of using many more levels, they add to the design complex...

A systematic literature review and evaluation of 12 publications, including 10 randomized controlled trials and one clinical controlled trial, has led to a reassessment of the efficacy of implant surface decontamination in the surgical treatment of peri-implantitis. These results were used to update the S3 guideline on “Treatment of peri-implant in...

Researchers and scientists are paying increasing attention to wastewater dye treatment. Throughout the dyeing and finishing operations, it was discovered that 1% to 15% of the dyes were lost and, as a result, discharged into wastewaters. Consequently, a large quantity of these colors may be observed in the dyeing process effluents. The majority of...

Le livre le plus important de ma carrière sortira cet automne, chez Brepols... Dix années de recherches sur les spécialistes rituels mésoaméricains et leur place dans la société, synthétisées dans un ouvrage richement illustré. Si vous ne lisez qu'une seule de mes publications, j'aimerais que ce soit celle-ci !

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Стаття присвячена аналізу змісту й структури бібліотечно-інформаційного ресурсу Педагогічного музею України з позиції використання його для вивчення історико-культурної спадщини. На основі науково- методологічного інструментарію, основу якого складають системний, історико-логічний методологічні підходи та загальнонаукові методи теоретичного аналізу...

Personal bibliography for a 60-year period

Railway trespassing is a growing problem in both rail and road transport. A high percentage of rail accidents are a result of the former. Factors that contribute to trespassing accidents range from poor decision-making by the trespasser and general ignorance of rail traffic rules to poor infrastructure (e.g., a lack of fences along tracks to preven...

Bibliometric research provides a quantitative basis for evaluating the productivity and impact of researchers, research groups, institutions, and even countries. Therefore, this study examined a bibliometric analysis of the available research on Coronavirus. We. Only relevant observational and interventional studies on coronavirus covering the stud...

Game-based learning researchers have been investigating various means to maximise learning in educational games. One promising venue in recent years has been the use of learning analytics in online game-based learning environments. However, little is known about how different elements of learning analytics (e.g. data types, techniques methods, and...

Bibliometric research provides a quantitative basis for evaluating the productivity and impact of researchers, research groups, institutions, and even countries. Therefore, this study examined a bibliometric analysis of the available research on Coronavirus. We. Only relevant observational and interventional studies on coronavirus covering the stud...

As of May 2021, rollout of public alerting of the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) System, has been completed in Washington, Oregon, and California. Critical questions remain about what people understand and expect from ShakeAlert, including if they know what to do when they receive an alert. To evaluate whether the ShakeAlert system has b...

Indus Journal of Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Indus Publishers. The journal aims to publish high quality research papers in the field of social sciences, including economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, psychology, and history. It provides a platform for researchers to share their knowledge and finding...

This article examines the relationship between the Austrian entrepreneur and scholar Hans Thomas Hakl (born 1947) and the esotericist Julius Evola (1898–1974), the most influential Italian representative of the so-called “Traditional School.” Best known as a far-right ideologue, Evola was frequently blacklisted from academia, and received scarce sc...

Objective To present theoretical-methodological reflections on the elaboration, types, and functions of theoretical models as well as their conceptual and analytic frameworks. Methods This is an essay, whose material collection was carried out in a non-systematic way, by electing studies exclusively based on the line of argument and reflection tha...

We performed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations for pressures and temperatures from 300–5000 GPa and 3000–30 000 K in order to determine the equation of state of solid and liquid iron. By employing a thermodynamic integration technique, we derive the ab initio entropy and Gibbs free energy of both phases, which allows us to construct solid an...

Scholarly attention to English in relation to L1 Chinese speakers in China has yielded fruitful research insights and publications, which present us with various names, such as Chinglish, Chinese English, China English and a few more, leading to terminological controversies (e.g. Eaves, 2011; Y. Li, 2018; Zhang, 1997). A review of different theoret...

In this paper we investigated about the potential problems occurring worldwide, regarding social networks with misleading advertisements where some authors applied some artificial intelligence techniques such as: Neural networks as mentioned by Guo, Z., et. al, (2021), sentiment analysis, Paschen (2020), Machine learning, Burkov (2019) cited in Kau...

Scholarly attention to English in relation to L1 Chinese speakers in China has yielded fruitful research insights and publications, which present us with various names, such as Chinglish, Chinese English, China English and a few more, leading to terminological controversies (e.g. Eaves, 2011; Y. Li, 2018; Zhang, 1997). A review of different theoret...

This review of ten (10) research articles aimed to evaluate the statistical methodologies employed in the published peer-reviewed papers. The articles reviewed were in the field of education, mostly the use of technology in teaching and learning. All the articles evaluated clearly specified the research methodology used, justification for the use o...

Um das wirtschaftliche Überleben ihrer Spitäler zu sichern, gewähren die Kantone unter dem Titel «gemeinwirtschaftliche Leistungen (GWL)» in grossem Umfang Subventionen ausserhalb der obligatorischen Krankenpflegeversicherung. Solche Spitalsubventionen sind dann problematisch, wenn sie nicht allen öffentlichen und privaten Spitälern mit Versorgungs...

Bem Junior and coworkers published a very interesting and opportunely case report on spontaneous intracranial hypotension, associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula in this issue. In recent decades, many publications have been addressing the subject. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is little known among physicians, and the diagnosis is...

This paper presents a new map and account of the emergence and spread of spindle whorls in archaeological sites across southern China and southeast Asia. Spindle whorls are evidence of intensive yarn production, and hence of weaving. In the past two decades a considerable amount of new data on the presence of spindle whorls in the archaeological re...

Studying the impact of digital interventions on public health can help ensure that the offered services produce the desired results. In order to address these factors, the subsequent study uses a scope review to evaluate the state of the field while concentrating on ideas and suggestions that represent factors that have been crucial in the manageme...

Developments in artificial intelligence technology have also had an impact on various sectors. One of the sectors where artificial intelligence technology is most widely used is finance. This fact arouses the interest of researchers, and the literature on applications of artificial intelligence in finance continues to grow. Therefore, the aim of th...

Despite extensive research on the benefits of faculty-undergraduate collaborative research, little is known about the outcomes of such collaborations, such as coauthored publication in peer-reviewed journals. To address this gap, we analyzed faculty curricula vitae from 60 top U.S. institutions (20 primarily undergraduate, 20 masters-granting, and...

Background The single-molecule array assay (SIMOA)-based detection of neurofilament light (NFL) chain could be useful in diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the circulating concentration of NFL in AD and MCI patients compared with healthy controls using the SIMOA technique....

Ce livre collectif vise à susciter la réflexion autour d’un sujet déterminant pour l’avenir des sociétés : la réalisation des grands projets de demain dans un contexte où citoyens, professionnels, scientifiques, promoteurs, pouvoirs publics et autres parties prenantes se révèlent… très prenants. De l’information à la participation, de la transmissi...

Bohm's interpretation of quantum mechanics has generally been received as an attempt to restore the determinism of classical physics. However, although this interpretation, as Bohm initially proposed it in 1952, does indeed have the feature of being deterministic, for Bohm this was never the main point. In fact, in other publications and in corresp...

Thirty-one alpine species of Cortinarius (Agaricales, Cortinariaceae) were described from the alpine zone of the Alps during the second half of the XX century, by the Swiss mycologist Jules Favre, and by the French mycologists Denise Lamoure and Marcel Bon. Notoriously difficult to identify by macro-and microscopical characters, most of these speci...

Objective To present theoretical-methodological reflections on the elaboration, types, and functions of theoretical models as well as their conceptual and analytic frameworks. Methods This is an essay, whose material collection was carried out in a non-systematic way, by electing studies exclusively based on the line of argument and reflection tha...

Human Rights abuses in South Africa occasioned by xenophobic attacks in South Africa had occurred intermittently for over a decade despite the hue and cry against xenophobia. Driven primarily by efforts to protect human life and overcome the challenges of xenophobia, some international human rights organisations expressed their views on the curtail...

This review is an attempt of deep summarizing the CVD/ALD silicon-contained thin film growth features in deep IC device structures such as steps, trenches, holes, etc. There is a lack of publications and reviews on CVD and ALD thin film conformality issues and solutions. This presentation is based on the author’s long-term experimentally proven app...

Аннотация. В статье проводится сравнительный анализ исследований научных публикаций, посвященных системам профессиональной ориентации в России и развитых зарубежных странах: сопоставляются методологические подходы, организационные особенности, цели, субъекты, формы и методы работы. По итогам проведенного контент-анализа российских и зарубежных публ...

Objetivo: Este trabalho trata de uma análise sociométrica do grupo de trabalho 4 (GT4) do Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação (ENANCIB). Tal abordagem justifica- se pelo ENANCIB constituir-se no principal evento de pesquisa e pós-graduação do país que visa à discussão e reflexão da produção científica na área de Ciência da Inform...

It is mainly a pharmaceutical research and review book 2023 with latest papers and publications compiled together in one book.

The primary advantage of online food delivery lies in its capacity to provide convenient access to food anytime and anywhere, addressing the needs of today's fast-paced lifestyles. However, within the realm of "Online food delivery systems," a discernible research gap exists. This study aims to address this gap by offering a comprehensive bibliomet...

Assembling and keeping up brand loyalty are the focal subjects of exploration for researchers and marketers for a long time. Marketers are making use of different strategies to keep up the brand faithfulness of their customers. One of the latest advertising strategies is social media marketing. Companies comprehend the expanding fame of online netw...

This study aims to explore the growth of online evaluation to give a comprehensive overview and identify research in the trending field and recommendations for further research that can be developed. This study used a bibliometric approach with descriptive methods from documents in the last ten years of the Scopus database. Quantitative and qualita...

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of global research on carbon emission disclosure, highlighting the challenges associated with climate change and its impact on businesses. To achieve this, the study analysed a dataset comprising 745 publications that were published between 1953 and 2022, obtained from the Scopus database, using bibliome...

Purpose In many countries, there are calls to address health inequalities experienced by Indigenous people. Preference-based measures (PBMs) provide a measurement of health-related quality of life and can support resource allocation decisions. This review aimed to identify, summarize, and appraise the literature reporting the use and performance of...

Over the past few years, the field of train trajectory optimization has been enriched with numerous publications proposing novel solution algorithms, solving known practical problems or applying existing methods to academic and industrial applications. However, the data that were used in the numerical experiments - especially those related to the r...

In recent years, research on corporate sustainability integration strategies has witnessed a significant growth in interest. However, contributions remain disjointed and fragmented, preventing the emergence of a cohesive understanding of the current research state. This study uses a systematic review of 126 articles from Web of Science (WoS) and Eb...

Background Mood disorders are very common among adolescents and include mainly bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), with overlapping depressive symptoms that pose a significant challenge to realizing a rapid and accurate differential diagnosis in clinical practice. Misdiagnosis of BD as MDD can lead to inappropriate treatment...

The construction industry plays a vital role in the urbanization process and global economy, and there is a growing interest in utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to improve sustainability, productivity, and efficiency. However, there is a lack of comprehensive analysis regarding the progression of AI in the construction context, p...

The conservation of heritage architecture buildings is becoming more popular and significant, as there is a growing interest in changing city growth while conserving identity. One strategy for maintaining a heritage building’s identity is to modify the building’s uses, which we reveal based on prior expert-authored publications. However, five conse...

Decision-makers increasingly invoke equity to motivate, design, implement, and evaluate strategies for managing flood risks. But there is no objective definition of equity. This pluralistic setting calls for transparency about underlying values, but this practice is uncommon. 15 Here, we review how equity is measured by surveying peer-reviewed publ...

Background Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) may benefit from acupuncture as a therapeutic. However, the findings of systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) are inconsistent and their quality needs to be evaluated critically. We aimed to provide an overview of the methodological quality, risk of bias, quality of reporting, and qualit...

The wars of Yugoslav succession in the 1990s dramatically stimulated interest in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). To satisfy this interest from the outside world, many historical publications offered up various explanations for the outbreak of the wars. ¹ Yet the prior, and perhaps more significant, development occurred on the eve of th...

MDPI is a publisher of open access, international, academic journals. We rely on active researchers, highly qualified in their field to provide review reports and support the editorial process. The criteria for selection of reviewers include: holding a doctoral degree or having an equivalent amount of research experience; a national or internationa...

Agricultural marketing research continues to grow and develop with the support of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This study aims to visually study the mapping and trends of research in agricultural marketing through bibliometric analysis of domain and intellectual structure perspective. This study uses a bibliometric approach with secondary data fr...

The World Bank has been called the most influential organization in education reform globally. Not only is it the single largest funder of education for international development, but it also produces knowledge, circulates discourse, and structures policymaking processes in ways that extend its influence far beyond its primary role as a bank. Howev...

Academics and practitioners are paying increasing attention to service automation and taking advantage of the tremendous opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI). The requirement to deliver effective services has greatly increased interest in this topic. In the current study, we examined how AI is being used in healthcare. We searched...

The role of science and technology in societal progress has been a recurring discussion topic at various academic conferences. There is widespread concern about Nigeria's readiness for the digital development economy. The researchers in Science and Technology at Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria, were studied using a hybrid methodology that includ...

SciVal is a database hosted by Elsevier that is devoted to analyzing the performance of scientific output across the globe. It includes data from peer-reviewed publications, scientific journals, patents, data about authors, and various analytics that enable policy makers in universities and institutes to monitor their scientific performance and eas...

Environment, social and governance (ESG) topic has attracted increasing attention from practitioners, especially in last 2 years. However, there is still a lack of a studies of this area in the context of modern warehouse logistics and how these activities are communicated in social media (SM). The purpose of this article is to explore this topic a...

E-entrepreneurship has gotten more attention. E-entrepreneurship is the harmonization of electronic business elements with entrepreneurial activities and the use of information technology in entrepreneurship. E-entrepreneurship roles have fundamentally altered economic growth, industrial progress, and societal sustainability. This study aims to map...

This paper written in Hungarian language evaluates the objectives, assumptions, and tenets of futures studies that have emerged and become generally accepted by its global scientific community throughout many decades of development history. It reveals that futures studies is different from other disciplines in multiple aspects. Compared to other su...

Many research papers describe selective hydrogenation of functional groups, such as nitro groups, carbonyl groups, or unsaturated carbon bonds to obtain fine chemicals or precursors of pharmaceuticals. Quite often, the catalyst performance is investigated in batch or continuous flow reactors without finding advantages and disadvantages of this or t...

Introduction People represent the world in terms of two constructs: how something appears on the surface (appearance) and what it is underneath that surface (reality). Both constructs are central to various bodies of literature. What has not been done, however, is a systematic look at this collection of literature for overarching themes. Motivated...

Scopus and Web of Science were used to evaluate papers on Physical Education worldwide and in Brazil. Most documents are published in the USA and England, Brazil being the 6th largest. Brazilians tend to publish in Brazil. Countries with a higher % of documents in Q1 journals have higher % of top 10% cited documents. Most countries increase their T...

We are pleased to confirm that Nikola Milentijević has reviewed 1 paper for the following MDPI journal in 2023: Climate Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, Publisher and President Basel, 15 September 2023 MDPI is a publisher of open access, international, academic journals. We rely on active researchers, highly qualified in their field to provide review reports and...

The aim of the paper is to give a general description of the chest craft in the context of the history of the Irbit fair (the second half of the XIX century – the early XX century). The paper collects and analyses information from the publications related to the Irbit trade. The information from “The Irbit Fair Reference Book” and “The Irbit Fair N...

Background: Dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) rarely leads to virological failure (VF) and drug resistance in integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)-naïve persons living with HIV (PLWH). As a result, limited data are available on INSTI-associated drug resistance mutations (DRMs) selected by DTG-containing ART regimens. Meth...

Results ❑ Number of breast cancers treated yearly by radiotherapy has increased from 602 in 2008 up to 954 in 2022. (See Figure below) The number of 11 Linacs did not increase over that time ❑ Locoregional Radiation: 3-weeks regimen was used for only 20% of patients in 2018. In 2020-2021, it was used for 85-90% of patients and 3-weeks is standard o...

The investigative film is part of the documentary films and is considered one of the important films that have a high viewership by the recipient, which is of great importance in transmitting information and contributing to creating awareness of the community through the advertising function performed by the cinematic image, as the researcher addre...