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Biophilic Urbanism As A Tool To Conserve Urban Waterfront Of Submerged Heritage Cities, Fatma Ahmed Alashwah, Ayman Abdel Tawab Professor, Ingy Eldarwish Professor, Wesam Mehanna

Journal of Engineering Research

The Urban waterfronts of submerged heritage cities hold significant cultural and natural value that necessitates preservation. However, these sites suffer from a disconnection between nature and culture in heritage conservation practices, negatively impacting heritage sites, ecosystems, and human well-being. Biophilic urbanism offers a valuable tool to address this gap, creating healthier cities. This paper explores how to implement biophilic urbanism elements in conserving urban waterfronts of submerged heritage cities. Through a comprehensive literature review, the study discusses the gap between heritage and nature in conservation practices and explores the perception of biophilic urbanism elements in conserving the urban waterfront of …

The Antagonist Effect Of Pichia Kluyveri Against The Aflatoxigenic Aspergillus Flavus, Wafa Masoud

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

Aspergillus flavus is one of the main fungi that are known to produce Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). AFB1 has been detected in many food products and reported to be a carcinogenic. Using a biocontrol agent against A. flavus can safely eliminate or reduce the occurrence of AFB1 in food. Therefore, the effects of four yeast strains of Pichia kluyveri on the growth and spore germination of A. flavus were studied. In addition, the effect of exposure of A. flavus to the yeast’s headspace, as well as the effects of different headspace concentrations of 2-phenyl ethyl acetate and ethyl acetate, on the …

Opportunities And Challenges Of Generative Ai In Construction Industry: Focusing On Adoption Of Text-Based Models, Prashnna Ghimire, Kyungki Kim, Manoj Acharya

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

In the last decade, despite rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) transforming many industry practices, construction largely lags in adoption. Recently, the emergence and rapid adoption of advanced large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT, Google’s PaLM, and Meta’s Llama have shown great potential and sparked considerable global interest. However, the current surge lacks a study investigating the opportunities and challenges of implementing Generative AI (GenAI) in the construction sector, creating a critical knowledge gap for researchers and practitioners. This underlines the necessity to explore the prospects and complexities of GenAI integration. Bridging this gap is fundamental to optimizing GenAI’s …

Trade-Offs In Rooting Strategy Dimensions Along An Edaphic Gradient In A Grassland Ecosystem, Yuguo Yang, Sabrina E. Russo

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

1. Roots are essential to the diversity and functioning of plant communities, but trade-offs in rooting strategies are still poorly understood.
2. We evaluated existing frameworks of rooting strategy trade-offs and tested their underlying assumptions, guided by the hypothesis that community-level rooting strategies are best described by a combination of variation in organ-level traits, plant-level root:shoot allocation and symbiosis-level mycorrhizal dependency. We tested this hypothesis using data on plant community structure, above-and below-ground biomass, eight root traits including mycorrhizal colonisation and soil properties from an edaphic gradient driven by elevation and water availability in sandhills prairie, Nebraska, USA.
3. We found multidimensional trade-offs …

Histological Study On The Effect Of Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) On Cerebral Hemisphere Of Adult And Aged Male Albino Rats, Zahraa Taboo, Eman Ghanim Sheet, Waleed Kasim

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

ABSTRACT _x000D_ Objectives: Sildenafil(Viagra) is a known as perfect medications for treatment in patients agony from impotence and pulmonary arterial raised blood pressure, it cause numerous effects on the nervous system by “nitrogen monoxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway”. The current paper is designed to examine the histostructural  variations that may happen in the brain of both adult and elderly male rats after long course duration of Sildenafil(Viagra) drug treatment.  Material and Methods: Forty white albino male  rats  were bought from the veterinary  animal house   of  Mosul University.  Twenty of them were  between the ages of 3-4 months  ( adult ) while …

Serological Survey To Detect Antigens That Cross-React With Covid-19 Antibodies, Ahmed N. Mnahi, Abdulelah A. Almyah, Zuhair Al-Shaheen

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Background: COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan City and has since spread worldwide, infecting over 600 million people. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency in public health in January 2020 due to reports of new coronaviruses in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Aim: The study aims to screen bacterial antigens for cross-reactivity with COVID-19 antibodies using indirect ELISA and to detect cross-reactivity between vaccinated and unvaccinated healthy individuals and various bacterial types (Gammaproteobacteria, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacteria, in addition to Staphylococcus aureus) either sonicated or non-sonicated. Methods: ELISA is a method for detecting unknown samples …

Scaffold-Based 3d Cell Culture Models In Cancer Research, Waad H. Abuwatfa, William G. Pitt, Ghaleb A. Husseini

Faculty Publications

Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures have emerged as valuable tools in cancer research, offering significant advantages over traditional two-dimensional (2D) cell culture systems. In 3D cell cultures, cancer cells are grown in an environment that more closely mimics the 3D architecture and complexity of in vivo tumors. This approach has revolutionized cancer research by providing a more accurate representation of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and enabling the study of tumor behavior and response to therapies in a more physiologically relevant context. One of the key benefits of 3D cell culture in cancer research is the ability to recapitulate the complex interactions …

Regulation Of Polysaccharide In Wu-Tou Decoction On Intestinal Microflora And Pharmacokinetics Of Small Molecular Compounds In Aia Rats, Di Yang, Xiaoxu Cheng, Meiling Fan, Dong Xie, Zhiqiang Liu, Fei Zheng, Yulin Dai, Zifeng Pi, Hao Yue

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Wu-tou decoction (WTD), a traditional Chinese medicine prescription, is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It works by controlling intestinal flora and its metabolites, which in turn modulates the inflammatory response and intestinal barrier function. Small molecular compounds (SM) and polysaccharides (PS) were the primary constituents of WTD extract. In this work, a model of adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA) in rats was established and treated with WTD, SM, and PS, respectively. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was used to examine the regulatory impact of the various groups on the disturbance of the gut flora induced by RA. Further, since PS cannot be …

Akt Enhances The Vulnerability Of Cancer Cells To Vcp/P97 Inhibition-Mediated Paraptosis, Dong Min Lee, In Young Kim, Hong Jae Lee, Min Ji Seo, Mi-Young Cho, Hae In Lee, Gyesoon Yoon, Jae-Hoon Ji, Seok Soon Park, Seong-Yun Jeong, Eun Kyung Choi, Yong Hyeon Choi, Chae-Ok Yun, Mirae Yeo, Eunhee Kim, Kyeong Sook Choi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97, an AAA+ ATPase critical for maintaining proteostasis, emerges as a promising target for cancer therapy. This study reveals that targeting VCP selectively eliminates breast cancer cells while sparing non-transformed cells by inducing paraptosis, a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism characterized by endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria dilation. Intriguingly, oncogenic HRas sensitizes non-transformed cells to VCP inhibition-mediated paraptosis. The susceptibility of cancer cells to VCP inhibition is attributed to the non-attenuation and recovery of protein synthesis under proteotoxic stress. Mechanistically, mTORC2/Akt activation and eIF3d-dependent translation contribute to translational rebound and amplification of proteotoxic stress. Furthermore, the ATF4/DDIT4 axis augments VCP …

Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Of Cerebellar Astrocytes Across Developmental Stages And Brain Regions, Wookbong Kwon, Dong-Joo Choi, Kwanha Yu, Michael R Williamson, Sanjana Murali, Yeunjung Ko, Junsung Woo, Benjamin Deneen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Astrocytes are the most abundant glial cell type in the central nervous system, and they play a crucial role in normal brain function. While gliogenesis and glial differentiation occur during perinatal cerebellar development, the processes that occur during early postnatal development remain obscure. In this study, we conducted transcriptomic profiling of postnatal cerebellar astrocytes at postnatal days 1, 7, 14, and 28 (P1, P7, P14, and P28), identifying temporal-specific gene signatures at each specific time point. Comparing these profiles with region-specific astrocyte differentially expressed genes (DEGs) published for the cortex, hippocampus, and olfactory bulb revealed cerebellar-specific gene signature across these …

Future Frame Prediction Using Generative Adversarial Networks, Nishtha Jatana, Deekshant Wadhwa, Nitesh Kumar Singh, Oday Ali Hassen, Charu Gupta, Saad Mohammed Darwish, Sundws Mustafa Mohammed, Dhyeauldeen Ahmed Farhan, Ansam Ali Abdulhussein

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

The ability of a human to anticipate what is going to happen in the near future given the current situation helps in making intelligent decisions about how to react in that situation. In this paper, we have developed multiple Deep Neural Network models, intending to generate the next frame in a sequence given previous frames. In recent years, Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) have shown promising results in the field of image generation. Hence, in this paper, we aim to create and compare two Generative Adversarial Models created for Future Frame Prediction by combining GANs with convolutional neural networks, Long Short-Term …

Treatment Of Oil Refinery Wastewater Polluted By Heavy Metal Ions Via Adsorption Technique Using Non-Valuable Media: Cadmium Ions And Buckthorn Leaves As A Study Case, Salem Jawad Alhamd, Mohammed Nsaif Abbas, Mehrdad Manteghian, Thekra Atta Ibrahim, Karar Dawood Salman Jarmondi

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

This study focuses on the removal of cadmium ions generated by oil refinery wastewater, employing an agricultural by-product. Buckthorn leaves, sourced from Baghdad and Diyala provinces, underwent preparation, including washing, drying, crushing, and sieving before being utilized in experiments. Batch experiments were conducted using simulated solutions to assess the impact of six key adsorption design parameters: pH, cadmium concentration, agitation speed, contact time, adsorbent dosage, and temperature. The highest adsorption efficiency, reaching 94.4367%, was directly correlated with contact time, adsorbent dosage, pH value, and agitation speed, and inversely related to other variables. Morphological studies on the treated adsorbent, indicated structural …

High Occurrence Of Foot Deformities In A Non-Breeding Population Of Chipping Sparrows, Eric I. Johnson

North American Bird Bander

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Influuence Of Audio Lure During Spring And Fall Migration In Southwestern Alberta, Canada, Cyndi M. Smith, Peter L. Achuff

North American Bird Bander

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Seasonal Weight Changes In Barred Owls By Sex, Jamie M. Acker

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Application Of Radio Frequency Identification Technology To Study Nesting Behaviour Of Tree Swallows, Shae Turner, Eric Demers, Kyle Norris Wheeler

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2019 Wbba Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions And Workshops, 20-21 September, Brighton, Colorado, North American Bird Bander

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Recent Literature, North American Bird Bander

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A Simple, Effective And Portable Modified Walk-In Turkey Vulture Trap, Peter H. Bloom, Joseph M. Papp, Miguel D. Saggese, Alexandra M. Gresham

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Ebba's Annual Meeting Summary For 2019, North American Bird Bander

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Two Same-Season, Long-Distance Recaptures Of Alder Flycatchers In Alaska, William C. Scharf, Anna-Marie Benson, Keith W. Larson

North American Bird Bander

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Recent Literature, Allen T. Chartier, Luiza Figueira, C. John Ralph, Walter Sakai, Judit Szabo, Cyndi Smith, Jared Wolfe

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Post-Spring Migration Colony-Site Prospecting By Roseate Terns (Sterna Dougallii), Jeffrey A. Spendelow, Adam J. Eichenwald

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Western Bird Banding Association Grants, North American Bird Bander

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Ibba's 2017 Annual Meeting, North American Bird Bander

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Recent Literature, Allen T. Chartier, C. John Ralph, Walter Sakai, Judit Szabo, Cyndi Smith

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Rapid 3-Week Transition From Migration To Incubation In A Female Roseate Tern (Sterna Dougallii), Jeffrey A. Spendelow

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First Evidence That Paired Roseate Terns Travel Together During Spring Migration, Jeffrey A. Spendelow, Gabriel Lugo

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Recent Literature, Allen T. Chartier, C. John Ralph

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Influence Of Audio Lures On Capture Lures On Capture Rates Of Passerines During Spring Migration In Veracruz, Mexico, Marcel A. Gahbauer, Cyndi M. Smith, Manuel Grosselet, Georgita Jane Michael

North American Bird Bander

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