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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) databases play a vital role in bridging the gap between TCM and modern medicine, as well as in promoting the popularity of TCM. Elucidating the bioactive ingredients of Chinese medicinal materials is key to TCM modernization and new drug discovery. However, one drawback of current TCM databases is the lack of quantitative data on the constituents of Chinese medicinal materials. Herein, we present ccTCM, a web-based platform designed to provide a component and compound-content-based resource on TCM and analysis services for medical experts. In terms of design features, ccTCM combines resource distribution, similarity analysis, and molecular-mechanism analysis to accelerate the discovery of bioactive ingredients in TCM. ccTCM contains 273 Chinese medicinal materials commonly used in clinical settings, covering 29 functional classifications. By searching and comparing, we finally adopted 2043 studies, from which we collected the compounds contained in each TCM with content greater than 0.001 %, and a total of 1449 were extracted. Subsequently, we collected 40,767 compound-target pairs by integrating multiple databases. Taken together, ccTCM is a versatile platform that can be used by TCM scientists to perform scientific and clinical TCM studies based on quantified ingredients of Chinese medicinal materials. ccTCM is freely accessible at http://www.cctcm.org.cn.

The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review of the academic literature regarding applications of drones in road accident management. It is an attempt to address key research questions regarding its status, applications, solutions, challenges, and opportunities. It is the first scholarly study specifically devoted to this topic that we are aware of. A systematic search of the Web of Science and Scopus databases yielded 26 relevant articles out of 147 initially identified records. The findings indicate that the emphasis in earlier studies has predominantly been on accident investigation and analysis, with a specific focus on 3D accident scene reconstruction. This review also shows a growing trend towards adopting emerging technologies like drones and integrating them with Industry 4.0 technologies for efficient road accident management. The advantages of drones for each component of road accident management were explored, and their primary challenges were identified, which are linked to flight (permission or operation) and data (collection or processing). Despite the existence of different solution methodologies and frameworks, there remains a dearth of studies examining their suitability for complex accident cases, real-life scenarios, and large-scale accidents.

Objective: To estimate the rate of driving hazard perception (HP), explicate the content of HP and determineits components.Methods: The present study is a systematic review and a meta-analysis which is carried out to gather data,to search Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, PROQUEST, web of knowledge databases, Google scholar searchengine and also to search manually from January 2000 to September 2021 with using related keywords. EndNoteX20 software was used to manage and screening studies. Stata16 was used for meta-analysis. Thematic contentanalysis was used to analyze the findings. The entire review process was conducted by two authors, and disputeswere referred to a third person.Results: Out of the 1167 founded articles, 50 were finally included in the study. According to 10 importedpapers for meta-analysis includes 2770 sample size, general HP of drivers is estimated 3.33 [4.04-2.62 with CI95, I2=89.72]. Also, HP for experienced and beginner drivers is estimated 3.26 [2.23-4.26 with CI 95, I2=89.47]and 3.42 [2.41-4.43 with CI 95, I2=89.68], respectively. Also, in the data meta-synthesis, 28 definitions of HPand 6 main components are identified to evaluate HP using thematic content analysis.Conclusion: In this study, obtained results show that all people need constant and gradual training at all levels.A factor that can be effective to improve drivers’ HP is to make drivers to take training courses and to passstandard tests at the time of obtaining driving license.

The presented article is devoted to the study of the features of representation of situational models on the example of small-format English-language texts. The purpose of this article is to identify situational models and analyze the features of language means of their representation of situational models. During the study, the following methods were used: description, contextual analysis, content analysis, discourse analysis. The article examined situational models using the S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G model proposed by D. Hymes, in which such situation components as Act Sequence, Instrumentalities, Participants, Key were identified. In the process of representing the cognitive model of the situation, Act Sequence comes to the fore, which is explained by the author's desire to show the dynamics of the development of the event. In small format texts, with the help of linguistic means, components such as Instrumentalities and Participants are distinguished, which are of particular importance for creating an emotional background for the situation. During the analysis, the following participants in the episodes were identified: family, parents, kids, landlady. The study showed that the identified cognitive models of situations, represented in the English-language educational discourse, arouse great interest among students, which, in turn, arouses interest in the language means of their representation and, as a result, interest in the language and culture of English-speaking countries.

The main tea characteristic components, volatile components and amino acid composition of insect tea from three main producing areas in Guangxi were analyzed in this paper, and the amino acid characteristics and nutritional value were evaluated by amino acid ratio coefficient method. The results showed that Guangxi insect tea was rich in contents and had the characteristics of low caffeine and high amino acid and there were extremely significant differences in water extracts, amino acids and tea polyphenols of insect tea from different producing areas (P

Objective Infection after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a rare but devastating complication. Different types of spaces have been used in two‐stage revision. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of autoclaved femoral and tibial components as spacers for treating periprosthetic infections after TKA. Methods A retrospective study was performed for 13 patients (five males, eight females) with a mean age of 69 ± 6 (range, 57–80) years and suffering from periprosthetic infection after TKA. They were treated with unconventional two‐stage revision from May 2008 to June 2017. In the first‐stage surgery, the autoclaved femoral and tibial components were reimplanted with a new liner as a spacer after a thorough debridement. After 4–6 months, the second‐stage surgery was performed according to the patients' requirements. The knee society score (KSS) and knee range of motion (ROM) were assessed before and after surgery. The reinfection rate was calculated. Results The mean duration of follow‐up was 5.7 ± 2.1 (range, 3.1–8.8) years. Culture‐positive infections comprised 69% of the cohort. All patients were able to walk 24 h after the first stage surgery, and the knee ROM could reach 90° in 1 week. Two patients (15.4%) experienced an infection recurrence. One patient was reinfected 1 year after the first stage surgery. Another patient developed reinfection 3 years after surgery but did not choose re‐revision and died of pneumonia. Only one patient underwent the second stage revision. The remaining 10 patients refused to receive a new prosthesis. At the time of the final follow‐up, six patients had slight pain in the knee while walking, and one patient required crutches to walk. There were no signs of prosthesis dislocation, rupture, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or delayed wound healing. No radiolucent lines or osteolysis were found. The mean KSS improved from 51 ± 10 (range, 35–63) points preoperatively to 79 ± 5 (range, 60–85) points at the final follow‐up. The average ROM before and after the first stage surgery were 62° ± 29° (range, 10°–100°) and 104° ± 9° (range, 90°–120°) (t = 4.659, P

Areca nut (AN) is used for traditional herbal medicine and social activities in several countries. It was used as early as about A.D. 25-220 as a remedy. Traditionally, AN was applied for several medicinal functions. However, it was also reported to have toxicological effects. In this review article, we updated recent trends of research in addition to acquire new knowledge about AN. First, the history of AN usage from ancient years was described. Then, the chemical components of AN and their biological functions was compared; arecoline is an especially important compound in AN. AN extract has different effects caused by different components. Thus, the dual effects of AN with pharmacological and toxicological effects were summarized. Finally, we described perspectives, trends and challenges of AN. It will provide the insight of removing or modifying the toxic compounds of AN extractions for enhancing their pharmacological activity to treat several diseases in future applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The religious literacy of teachers is one of the important indicators in the religious education of learners; therefore, this study aims to investigate the components of teachers' religious literacy. Method: The approach of the present study is qualitative and its method is a systematic review based on the model of Wright et al. (2007). The research community consists of 143 articles about the components of teachers' religious literacy that were presented in reputable scientific journals between 2011 and 2022. The research sample includes 30 articles that were purposefully collected and selected based on thematic data monitoring. The research data were collected from the qualitative analysis of the studied documents. Findings: Based on data analysis, the components of teachers' religious literacy were classified into 4 axes and 56 factors. These axes include the cognitive-knowledge axis in religious education (including the specialized and professional factors of teachers in the field of religion and religious literacy), the emotional-attitudinal axis in religious education (including attitudinal factors in the field of religion and religious education), the proceduralstrategic axis in religious education (including the teacher's procedural factors in the religious education of learners) and the communicative and interactive dimension in religious education (including the teacher's communicative factors in the field of religion and his interactions in the field of religious issues). Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that the effect of religious literacy of teachers in the religious education of learners is dependent on various factors such as emotional and attitudinal, procedural, communicative and interactive dimensions in addition to cognitive and specialized indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In Non-orthogonal multiple access, a user with a weaker channel gain is assigned more power than a user with a stronger channel. This type of power allocation allows the strong user (SU) to apply the successive interference cancellation (SIC) method that first detects the symbols of the weak user (WU) before detecting its data. The SIC method makes the WU data vulnerable to eavesdropping at the SU and so increases the detection complexity. This paper studies the physical layer security of the data against eavesdropping. The proposed scheme uses directional modulation that distorts the symbols transmitted in an undesired direction therefore the external eavesdroppers receive different symbols. It becomes complicated for an external eavesdropper to track and detect the signal of legitimate users. This scheme eliminates the WU data on the location of the SU so the strong user does not need the SIC. We analyze the impacts of various factors on security, such as the number of antennas and the secrecy rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background. Among household chemicals, bleaching agents stand out: for bleaching linen and auxiliary agents used in the washing process. In both cases bleaching agents are used. Purpose is to develop a technology for producing potassium peroxycarbonate from potassium car- bonate in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Methodology. Chemical, radiographic, electron microscopic, isothermal methods of analysis. Originality. Data on the solubility of K2CO3 -H2O2-H2O at -10 and 0°C were obtained. The liquidus curve of the solubility diagram of the K2CO3 -H2O2-H2O system, at the studied temperatures, is characterized by the presence of three branches of crystallization of the initial components and a new compound of the composition - K2CO3·3H2O2. Findings. A method has been developed for the preparation of sodium and potassium peroxycar- bonates from potassium and sodium carbonates in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Crystallization is car- ried out in a polythermal mode, and the slow cooling of the saturated solution causes the formation of a coarse-crystalline precipitate of the peroxide compound, with lamellar and cylindrical particles, up to 1-3 mm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When the integrated circuit (IC) feature size is reduced to 0.13 μm and below, copper (Cu) becomes the new wiring material in interconnect materials. The double damascene process is the only process for Cu patterning that is mature and has been successfully applied to IC manufacturing, so Cu interconnection chemical–mechanical polishing (CMP), which can achieve the surface nanoscale accuracy required by lithography level, is of great importance to the IC industry. The slurry is the most important component of the CMP materials and has a significant impact on the surface quality of the polished wafer. Therefore, how to select suitable additives to improve the chemical effect and obtain excellent post-polishing surface and good slurry stability while saving cost is an urgent issue to be considered. The research progress of each component in Cu interconnection slurry was discussed in this paper, mainly focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of acidic and alkaline slurries, and the research progress of oxidants, complexing agents, surfactants, and corrosion inhibitors as well as their respective action mechanisms were analyzed in detail, which will be a great contribution to the IC field. It will facilitate the optimization of the slurry for further development of new Cu interconnection CMP slurry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Texture engineering is a relatively new approach that reconstructs the texture given by using the scaffolds designed, growth factors and special cells. The texture engineering aims at displacing the deficient texture with biological alternatives able to return or retain the natural function of the texture. In texture engineering, scaffolds generate a proper physical space so as to embed in it the cells, thus encouraging the generation of new texture by exchanging the biological molecules. Then, the scaffolds are gradually eliminated, being fully replaced by the new texture. In this regard, many biologically-degradable polymers and various construction methods are used for providing the engineering scaffolds of texture. Therefore, the structural and materialistic design of scaffolds are one of the most original solutions to achieve a proper way of recoverable treatments. The objective of these composite materials is to increase the stiffness and bioactivity by using non-organic biologically active fillers, while retaining the useful properties of polymers such as flexibility and deformability under the load. In this research, the compressive strength of Nano-composite bio- glass gelatin scaffolds was compared and investigated by porous viscoelastic model using ABAQUS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Routing in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a difficult task due to the constantly changing network topology and the absence of a fixed infrastructure. In such a scenario, mobile hosts can act as both hosts and routers, forwarding packets for other mobile nodes in the network. Routing protocols used in MANETs must be able to adapt to frequent changes in topology, while minimizing the impact on wireless resources. The AODV, DSR, ZRP and DYMO protocol are specifically designed for mobile nodes in wireless multihop ad hoc networks. It is capable of adapting to the changing network topology and determining unicast routes between nodes within the network. This paper presents a comparative analysis of commonly used routing protocols in terms of key performance metrics, including packet delivery ratio, throughput, end-to-end delay, and network overhead. The study's findings demonstrate that the routing protocols' performance is influenced by the network's size, node density, and mobility patterns. These routing protocols showing the simulation performance using random waypoint model on qualnet simulator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Angren lignite basin is a complex coal-kaolin deposit. Here, in addition to brown coal, there are large reserves of kaolin clays of two types - primary and secondary, occurring respectively in the soil and the roof of the coal strata. Secondary clays, in turn, subdivided into gray and variegated, which during overburden and mining of coal seams in the bulk go to the dump. Gray kaolins currently partially processed at the “Angren Kaolin” LLC factory in order to obtain enriched kaolin used for the production of building ceramics, etc.

The Holy Quran has beautiful and magnificent structures that have aroused everyone's admiration, and one of these structures is the unique imagery that appears throughout the Quran. These spectacular images have appeared in the Qur'an with the help of various elements, among which we can mention elements such as recognition, visualization, imagination, simile, etc. In fact, with the help of these elements, the Qur'an has created quite magnificent scenes and depicted the miracles and greatness of the words of revelation in them. In this descriptive-analytical research, Baroosh has investigated these elements and their role in inducing Quranic concepts, and Surah Qalam has been examined as an example. The purpose of this research is to find out elements have in creating beautiful Quranic scenes and inducing its themes by examining visual elements. According to the obtained results, each of these elements has been able to have a significant impact in expressing and inducing concepts by creating beautiful images.aims of research :1. Examining the components and image elements such as simile, recognition, etc., what role do they play in inducing Quranic concepts and themes in Surah Qalam.2. Examining the elements of the image in the creation of beautiful Quranic scenes, a more prominent role.research questions :1- What role do visual components and elements such as simile, recognition, etc. have in inducing Quranic concepts and themes in Surah Qalam?2. Which of the components of the image played a more effective role in creating beautiful Quranic scenes?

Cloud computing is a computing model which uses network facilities to provision, use and deliver computing services. Nowadays, the issue of reducing energy consumption has become very important alongside the efficiency for Cloud service providers. Dynamic virtual machine (VM) consolidation is a technology that has been used for energy efficient computing in Cloud data centers. In this paper, we offer solutions to reduce overall costs, including energy consumption and service level agreement (SLA) violation. To consolidate VMs into a smaller number of physical machines, a novel SLA-aware VM placement method based on genetic algorithms is presented. In order to make the VM placement algorithm be SLA-aware, the proposed approach considers workloads as non-stationary stochastic processes, and automatically approximates them as stationary processes using a novel dynamic sliding window algorithm. Simulation results in the CloudSim toolkit confirms that the proposed virtual server consolidation algorithms in this paper provides significant total cost savings (evaluated by ESV metric), which is about 45% better than the best of the benchmark algorithms.

Recovering people who have lost their way during a hike or disappeared during a disaster is a significant task for disaster management agencies. Nowadays, there are numerous technological devices at our disposal in such cases. Night-vision devices, thermal imagers, and drones are among such technologies. Time is a critical factor in a disaster situation, so by deploying drones, a greater area can be inspected in a given time. These types of general-purpose aircraft are primarily equipped with visual reconnaissance components, such as high-resolution or infrared cameras. The disadvantage of these devices is that they only work effectively in open terrains with adequate visibility conditions. If the missing person is in a dense forest or in a covered space, the chances of recovery decrease significantly. Our development is a radio-frequency detector drone component, which can find the mobile device of the person in trouble, and therefore eliminates the prerequisite for adequate visual conditions. This enables greater efficiency in the case of recovery efforts.