Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with an increase in aortic stiffness in older men which may be mediated in part by CD4 memory T-cells by Kirkham, Frances, Pera, Alejandra, Simanek, Amanda M., Bano, Aalia, Morrow, George, Reus, Bernhard, Caserta, Stefano, Smith, Helen Elizabeth, Davies, Kevin A., Rajkumar, Chakravarthi, Kern, Florian

“…This may be mediated in part by increased proportions of CD4 Tmem, higher numbers of which are found in CMV+ older people and more so among men than women. …”
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Unlocking the hidden potential: enhancing the utilization of stems and leaves through metabolite analysis and toxicity assessment of various parts of Aconitum carmichaelii by Zhou, Yinlin, Qu, Can, Yan, Hongling, Chu, Tianzhe, Wu, Jing, Kang, Qinzhao, Peng, Cheng, Wang, Yulan, Tan, Yuzhu

“…Nevertheless, the stems and leaves of this plant are usually discarded as non-medicinal parts, even though they have a large biomass and exhibit therapeutic properties. …”
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The onset of convection driven by buoyancy effects caused by various modes of transient heat conduction: Part I. Transient Rayleigh numbers by Tan, Ka Kheng, Thorpe, Rex B

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AC/DC building distribution network design and management - part 2 energy management through adjusting charge or discharge of energy storage by Lee, Ziyi

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"You have to know how to live with it without getting to the addiction part": British young adult experiences of smartphone over-reliance and disconnectivity by Conroy, Dom, Chadwick, Darren, Fullwood, Christopher, Lloyd, Joanne

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Strategic and operational issues in sustaining community-based dementia support groups: the Get Real with Meeting Centres realist evaluation part 2 by Morton, T, Evans, SB, Swift, R, Bray, J, Frost, F, Russell, C, Brooker, D, Wong, G, Hullah, N

Automatic metric 3D surface mesh generation using subdivision surface geometrical model. Part 1 : construction of underlying geometrical model by Lee, Chi King

“…The presentation of the work is divided into two parts. In Part 1, a detailed description of the underlying geometrical model used will be given, while in Part 2, attention will be focused on the mesh generation algorithms and the performance of the mesh generator developed.…”
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A novel approach based on the elastoplastic fatigue damage and machine learning models for life prediction of aerospace alloy parts fabricated by additive manufacturing by Zhan, Zhixin, Li, Hua

“…In the aerospace engineering, many metal parts produced using Additive Manufacturing (AM) technique often bear cyclic loadings, so the fatigue failures of AM alloy parts become very common phenomena. …”
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Electromagnetic (EM) propagation through iron (III) oxide-based building materials embedded with electrically small antennas at microwave frequencies (part 1) by Sheng, Lin

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Part geometry-driven crystallographic texture control in a 3D-printed austenitic steel – a strategy for near-monocrystalline microstructure generation by Chandra, Shubham, Tan, Xipeng, Kumar, Punit, Ramamurty, Upadrasta

“…The prism angles of the X-shaped parts are varied among 60, 90, and 120 degrees (X-60, X-90, and X-120) to investigate the effect it has on the parts’ properties. …”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of isolated posterior fossa malformations on prenatal ultrasound imaging (part 1): nomenclature, diagnostic accuracy and associated anomalies by D'Antonio, F, Khalil, A, Garel, C, Pilu, G, Rizzo, G, Lerman-Sagie, T, Bhide, A, Thilaganathan, B, Manzoli, L, Papageorghiou, AT

Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Al-Alim, Sami, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, M. Ghaleb, Atef, Zhou, Wenbin

“…This work was carried out to study the application of hot press forging (HPF) in recycling AA6061 aluminum chip waste, aiming to optimize operating factors using Response Surface Methodology (RSM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Genetic algorithm (GA) strategy to maximize the strength of recycled parts. The experimental runs were designed using Full factorial and RSM via Minitab 21 software. …”
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Part I: synthesis of azaheterocycles from aryl ketone O-acetyl oximes and internal alkynes by Cu-Rh bimetallic relay catalysts.... by Chua, Sze Hui

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Interfacial characterization of SLM parts in multi-material processing : intermetallic phase formation between AlSi10Mg and C18400 copper alloy by Sing, Swee Leong, Lam, Lit Ping, Zhang, Dan Qing, Liu, Zhong Hong, Chua, Chee Kai

“…The tensile strength of Al/Cu SLM parts was evaluated to be 176 ± 31 MPa and flexural strength under a 3 point bending test was evaluated to be around 200 MPa for Cu at root and 500 MPa for Al at root. …”
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Effective and efficient bunker operations, logistics, procurement, developments in the maritime industry. Part 2 : Effective and efficient management of bunker quality in the perspective of ship owners and operators by Wong, Jyun Yir

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Extensional rheometry of mobile fluids. Part II: Comparison between the uniaxial, planar, and biaxial extensional rheology of dilute polymer solutions using numerically optimized stagnation point microfluidic devices by Haward, Simon J, Varchanis, Stylianos, McKinley, Gareth H, Alves, Manuel A, Shen, Amy Q

“…<jats:p>Part I of this paper [Haward et al., J. Rheol. 67, 995–1009 (2023)] presents a three-dimensional microfluidic device (the optimized uniaxial and biaxial extensional rheometer, OUBER) for generating near-homogeneous uniaxial and biaxial elongational flows. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in HCI : Second International Conference, AI-HCI 2021, held as part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual event, July 24-29, 2021, Proceedings / by AI-HCI (Conference) (2nd : 2021 : Online), organiser 642919, Degen, Helmut, 1964-, editor 642920, Ntoa, Stavroula, editor 642921, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (23rd : 2021 : Online), organiser 642922

“…This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI, AI-HCI 2021, which was held as part of HCI International 2021 and took place virtually during July 24-29, 2021. …”

HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust : Third International Conference, HCI-CPT 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24-29, 2021, Proceedings / by HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust (Conference) (3rd : 2021 : Online) 643239, Moallem, Abbas, editor 630807

“…This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, HCI-CPT 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, which took place virtually in July 2021. …”

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality : 13th International Conference, VAMR 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24-29, 2021, Proceedings / by VAMR (Conference) (13th : 2021 : Online), organiser 643257, Chen, Jessie Y. C., editor 643261, Fragomeni, Gino, editor 643262, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (23rd : 2021 : Online) issuing body 642922

“…This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2021, held virtually as part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, in July 2021. …”

Adaptive Instructional Systems : Adaptation Strategies and Methods : Third International Conference, AIS 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24-29, 2021, Proceedings. by AIS (Conference : 2019- ) (3rd : 2021 :) Online, organiser 642976, Sottilare, Robert, editor 642977, Schwarz, Jessica, editor 642978, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (23rd : 2021 : Online), organiser 642922

“…The regular papers of AIS 2021, Part II, focus on Learner Modelling and State Assessment in AIS.…”