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This research probes into the realm of boys’ love (BL) literature, Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman; Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston; Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz; Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall; and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...

To investigate the effect of total anthraquinone of Polygonum cuspidatum (TAPC) in diabete rats which were established by streptozotocin. Method: The diabete rat model was established by injected with streptozotocin, and then randomized into 5 groups. Which were fed with high dosage TAPC group, medium...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to trace the comments of Quora application users with the discussion of the figure of Najwa Shihab in discussion forums as a shaper of public opinion. Methodology: The authors in this study used qualitative descriptive methods. The data found by the researcher in...

Ni-TiN nanocoatings were successfully synthesized on the surface of 45 steel substrates by using ultrasonic-electrodeposition method. The plating parameters for preparing Ni-TiN nanocoatings were optimized by using an artificial neural network (ANN) basing on the orthogonal test. And the morphologies...

In order to meet the diverse needs of geographic location scenarios, a diversified location-based smart phone APP is designed and implemented. The app is based on the Android platform, using the Baidu Map API as a tool to achieve real time monitoring through the active push of geographic information.It...

In oilfields, crude oil exploiting process led to heavy soil contamination with petroleum pollutants. In this work, ten soil profile samples were collected and analyzed with GC-MS method to investigate the vertical distribution of typical petroleum pollutants in an oilfield of Gudao Region. The results...

Because of the COVID-19, many people must work online, so an online office hybrid work software is essential. There are not many options in the market. We focused on a startup company called FLYDESK and conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the company’s pros and cons, background, and future development...

Fashion communication is inseparable from people’s ideas in a specific era and closely related to the media. Taking Mary Jane shoes’ historical popularity and modern communication as an example, this paper focuses on two aspects: fashion and gender, fashion and media. Historically, the cyclical popularity...

This study integrated the Moso App into the oral English teaching design in the application-oriented university, and used this app to sign in before class, discuss in class, share teaching resources and submit homework after class. When the course was completed, a questionnaire survey was used to investigate...

The influence of feedstock and pyrolysis temperature on biochar properties has been extensively studied. This study used scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) to observe surface morphology properties of the biochars produced from broiler litter (BL), saw dust...

The developing tourist industry proposes higher and higher demands to the intelligent tourist guide system, which can take place of the traditional artificial guide service. Functions of intelligent automatic interpretation, real time navigation, intelligent route planning and surrounding service reminder...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) wastewater is a very refractory case of high strength organic wastewater. To investigate the effect of operating variables on treatment of MSG wastewater, a laboratory scale study was conducted. The treatment of MSG wastewater was studied by UASB-A/OMBR process. The effect...

Biodiesel, a biodegradable, sustainable and clean energy has attracted growing interest in recent years, mainly due to development in bio-diesel fuel and ecological pressures including climatic changes. In this study, lipase strains FS14 extracted from soil which is polluted by oil and fat were analyzed...

Lime softening & side-stream lime softening method is used for circulating water treatment system in a certain Coal-fired power plant project of Henan Province. Main components of sludge discharged from lime softening system are CaCO3 and Mg(OH)2. This study analyzed the composition and discharge amount...

Background/Objectives: We previously demonstrated a different regional stiffness response of elastic and muscular arteries after the administration of nitroglycerin, leading to an alteration of aortic-brachial stiffness gradient. Regional stiffness of smaller arteries may respond differently to vasodilation...

Background: Chemerin represents a recently discovered chemokine influencing adipocyte function, lipolysis, apparently positively associated with insulin resistance. Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between chemerin-insulin resistance scores in obese/diabetic patients. Methods: 88 patients (66...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a disease characterized by macro and microvascular complications, particularly, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and nephropathy [1–4]. The green tea extract has shown an anti-inflammatory effect (2), so this nutraceutical...

As one of the important manifestations of digital economy, digital RMB is widely used in daily life. In order to study the promotion of digital RMB in China's actual economic situation, this paper collected 820 questionnaires, and the effective questionnaire recovery rate was 96.22%, which passed...

Microblog, a new network application in the era of Web 2.0, has become one of the major medium in China. Its main features are as followings: large number of users, frequent status of updating information, fast transmission speed of information. The writer took Sina Weibo iPhone App as an example to...

A prototype AR mobile app “Immersive Nucleophilic Substitution” (INS) has been developed to assist students in understanding the concept of unimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN1) and bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) reaction mechanisms. This study aims to examine the perception and user...

Although in situ denitrification has been well documented in landfills, few studies have paid attention on the denitrifier in landfills who dominates this process. In this study, a strain P-1-5 was isolated from landfill by Pseudomonas selecting medium and identified as Pseudomonas stutzeri by 16S rRNA...

Under the context of the increasingly congested urban traffic and the growing popularity of intelligent transportation applications, this paper critically examines the usage of intelligent transportation applications, including usage features, usage requirements and user research. Meanwhile, this paper...

The preparation of C4 alkenes using ethanol coupling is an important reaction in chemical production, and the catalyst combination and temperature have a significant impact on the extent and efficiency of the reaction. This paper provides a model for seeking the maximum C4 alkenes yield by designing...

The effectiveness of A2/O—MBR integrated process has been studied for domestic wastewater reclamation to meet the latest Beijing pollutant emission standards. Experimental results showed that high DO concentrations in the aerobic tank improved CODCr, NH3-N, and TP removals, whereas the TN removal increased...

Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) reflects arterial stiffness and is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. It is important to determine the effect dual therapy has on both BP and PWV. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was performed in patients with grade 1 and 2 primary...

A patient with the complaint of moderately elevated blood pressure came to our office. Important data in his history was kidney transplantation in 1985, due to glomerulonephritis and since that time he was in regular nephrology care. He also had chronic lumboischialgia, chronic hypertension and stage...

A new application of high resolution continuum source flame atomic absorption spectrometry has been developed for the determination of Ca, Fe, Zn and Mn in chicken feed. Under the selected determination conditions, the correlation coefficients better than 0.998, the relative standard deviations less...

Alpinia officinarum Hance, one of the local herbs in Guangdong, has the rich content of flavonoids and is one of the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicines for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract regulation, smooth muscle spasmolysis, immunoloregulation, antioxygen, tumors, diarrhea, and...

CuO nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in commercial applications. With increasing CuO NPs production, CuO NPs are likely to present in the environment and pose a potential threaten to ecosystem. In this work, 20 and 50 mg/L CuO NPs and 0.15 mg/L Cu2+ were used to test the toxicity to Arabidopsis thaliana...

Consuming water according to your body’s daily needs is important and should be taken as a healthy lifestyle. Although it is known that consuming water has many benefits, many people still ignore this healthy lifestyle and choose to consume sugary drinks, sweet foods instead of drinking enough water....

Personal qualities of college students crucially depend on the learning conditions of themselves. As an important tool for learning of college students, taking notes in classroom is one learning strategy frequently adopted by college students during their learning in class. With the rapid development...

Background: A hypertensive response to submaximal exercise is associated with cardiovascular disease but may be influenced by functional capacity. Spironolactone may improve functional capacity, which could mask treatment effects on exercise blood pressure (BP). This study sought to examine this hypothesis. Methods:...

After a destructive earthquake, it is of great significance for the country to effectively carry out emergency rescue, post-disaster reconstruction, and investment planning for earthquake prevention and disaster reduction with quickly, accurately, and comprehensively grasping the loss of the earthquake-stricken...

Urbanization-driven mobility has made long-distance relationships increasingly prevalent, prompting the rise of vertical couple-oriented apps like Suki to sustain emotional bonds. Yet the mechanisms by which such apps construct virtual intimacy remain underexplored. Through semi-structured interviews...

Background: Previous studies implicated cardiotonic steroids, including Na/K-ATPase inhibitor marinobufagenin (MBG), in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia (PE). We demonstrated that MBG induces fibrosis via mechanism involving inhibition of Fli1, a nuclear transcription factor and a negative regulator...

Microstructure and properties of Al-Mg-Si-Li alloys with different Mg content were investigated. The microstructure was observed by optical microscopy, the phases were determined by X-rays diffractometry, the hardness was monitored by Vickers, the mechanical properties were determined by tensile tester,...

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients are characterized by markedly elevated LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) concentration, positive family history of hypercholesterolemia and premature vascular complications including carotid artery disease (CAAD). Carotid plaques are associated with atherosclerosis of...

At present, there are many blended teaching methods relying on the “Internet + Education” model, but most of them use existing software or online platforms, which inevitably leads to the problem of “less targeted and more limited”. In addition, the data analysis for testing the effectiveness of blended...

To a very large extent, college students' network behaviors, which are a kind of satisfaction of their actual psychological needs, form an interactive influence with actual personality. The failure to reach consistency between the "virtual me" on the Internet and the "actual me" in reality will probably...

Medieval Europe is a period full of mysteries. Many elements in Europe changed during that specific period, like the cities, the farms, the different rules in the government, and the limitations of kings as Christians, etc. What attracts me most is the saints in the Medieval Europe, they were the people...

To observe the improvement of Schisandra and Epimedium extract (WY) on the memory ability in mice. Methods: ICR male mice were randomly divided into control group, low-, medium- and high-dose WY groups. The mice were intragastrically given the same volume of distilled water, 300 mg/kg WY, 600 mg/kg WY,...

Based on the intelligent city background, the interior design course also tries to use the information flipping teaching mode to carry on the daily teaching work. Flipping classroom changes the role of teachers and students in traditional teaching by reversing the arrangement of knowledge imparting and...

Ti-MCM-41 zeolite was hydrothermally synthesized by using tetrabutyl orthotitanate as titanium source and fumed silica as silicon. Powder X-ray diffraction UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma were used to characterize the product, results indicated revealed that the...

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Hypertension (HAS) represents 9.4 million deaths from all the cases of cardiovascular disease worldwide [1]. The pulse wave velocity (PWV) and some hemodynamic parameters have been associated with this outcome [2,3]. Losartan, as well as amlodipine, have shown benefits...

Purpose/Background: Sarcopenia (decrease of muscle mass and function) has been linked with atherosclerosis [1]. The EWGSOP2 updated consensus, uses low muscle strength as the primary indicator of sarcopenia [2]. It is acknowledged that strength is better than mass for predicting adverse outcomes [2]....

Purpose: Studies support beneficial effects of isoflavones, but antidiabetic effects of these agents remains unconfirmed [1,2]. This pilot study investigates isoflavones and Inonotus obliquus (chaga) extract effects on diabetes. Methods: Diabetes was induced (streptozotocin 65 mg/kg, nicotinamide 110...

This paper studied the antibacterial activity of the anthocyanins from blueberry wine pomace. The blueberry wine pomace, which is by product in blueberry wine process, is rich in anthocyanins, and the anthocyanins extract from blueberry wine pomace, then the extraction was purified and components of...

Now the Tencent Inc launched WeChat application has become the majority of mobile phone users to install higher use rate of high school students, especially the very widespread application. WeChat public platform is the foundation of the Tencent Inc in WeChat add function module of an extended, through...

Dou Yin, known as TikTok, was launched in China in September 2016. This app allows users to create or view 15 to 60-second videos, soundtracked by music clips. After several years it was launched in the market, the downloads gradually surpassed the downloads of FaceBook. In this paper, the author analyzes...

Background: Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is used in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) because of its antithrombotic effects. We investigated whether ASA has additional therapeutic value by preventing the progression of inflammation and cardiovascular remodelling in mice with stable atherosclerosis...