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Assessing Office Building Marketability before and after the Implementation of Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure Policies—Lessons Learned from Major U.S. Cities
31/05/2023 - An increasing number of U.S. cities require commercial/office properties to publicly disclose their energy performance due to the adoption of energy benchmarking and disclosure policies. This level...
Self Attention Networks in Speaker Recognition
24/05/2023 - Recently, there has been a significant surge of interest in Self-Attention Networks (SANs) based on the Transformer architecture. This can be attributed to their notable ability for parallelization...
Contaminant Risk and Social Vulnerability Associated with Crustacean Shellfish Harvest in the Highly Urbanized San Diego Bay, USA
23/05/2023 - People in coastal cities around the world harvest seafood from local bays despite well-documented health risks. In cities such as San Diego, California, USA, much information about contaminants and...
Investigating Gravitational Slope Deformations with COSMO-SkyMed-Based Differential Interferometry: A Case Study of San Marco dei Cavoti
21/05/2023 - Landslides pose significant risks to towns and villages in Southern Italy, including the San Marco dei Cavoti hamlet (Benevento, Campania), where settlements have expanded into areas threatened by...
ENSO Impact on Summer Precipitation and Moisture Fluxes over the Mexican Altiplano
20/05/2023 - In the warm season, El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) causes periods with more rain in Northern Mexico during its positive phase, while less rainfall is recorded in the southern...
Architectural Heritage Indoor Comfort after Retrofit Works: The Case Study of S. Vito Church in L’Aquila, Italy
18/05/2023 - The performance redevelopment of Architectural Heritage is a current research topic, in particular for the impact on energy saving and, consequently, on the comfort management of historical...
The effect of diethylene glycol distearate on the flowability of abs and its lubrication mechanism
10/05/2023 - Abstract Due to the insufficient flowability of ABS resin, the injection molding products of ABS have suffered from defects, such as flow marks and poor surface gloss. In our...
Removal of chromatin by salt?tolerant endonucleases for production of recombinant measles virus
27/03/2023 - Host cell DNA is a critical impurity in downstream processing of enveloped viruses. Especially, DNA in the form of chromatin is often neglected. Endonuclease treatment is an almost mandatory step in...
Effect of Vacuum Packaging on the Biochemical, Viscoelastic, and Sensory Properties of a Spanish Cheese during Chilled Storage
24/03/2023 - The unique qualities of Spanish cheeses, such as the San Simón da Costa (SSC) cheese, are protected by the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status. The technological importance of...
Evaluation of the Entrepreneurial Ability of Small-Scale Farmers through the Rasch–Andrich Model
21/03/2023 - Entrepreneurial skills are fundamental to the success of agricultural production units. Since small-scale farmers have developed production skills but not market-oriented skills, it is necessary to...
Characterization of the Materials and Techniques of Red Lacquer Painting of a Horizontal Plaque Inscribed by General Feng Yü-hsiang
08/03/2023 - The “Tian Di Chang Chun” horizontal plaque was inscribed by General Feng Yü-hsiang in R.O.C. 25 (1936). Due to the aging of the materials and some factors in...
The San Carlo Colossus: An Insight into the Mild Galvanic Coupling between Wrought Iron and Copper
03/03/2023 - The San Carlo Colossus, known as San Carlone, is a monument constituted by an internal stone pillar support to which a wrought iron structure is attached. Embossed copper sheets are fixed to the iron...
Aesthetic Restorations: The Role of The Dental Hygienist in Professional Maintenance: In Vitro Microbiological Study
06/02/2023 - The aim of this in vitro study is to try to identify a treatment in the field of professional oral hygiene techniques that is ideal and less invasive with regard to prosthetic restorations, chosen in...
Spatio-Temporal Semantic Data Model for Precision Agriculture IoT Networks
01/02/2023 - In crop and livestock management within the framework of precision agriculture, scenarios full of sensors and devices are deployed, involving the generation of a large volume of data. Some solutions...
Integrated Lipidomics and Network Pharmacology Reveal Mechanism of Memory Impairment Improvement by Yuanzhi San
22/01/2023 - Memory impairment (MI) is caused by a variety of causes, endangering human health. Yuanzhi San (YZS) is a common prescription used for the treatment of MI, but its mechanism of action needs further...
Strawberry Variety Influences the Effectiveness of Postharvest Treatment with Gaseous Ozone: Impact on the Physicochemical, Microbiological, and Bioactive Properties of the Fruit
20/01/2023 - The aim of this research was to evaluate the influence of strawberry variety on the effectiveness of ozone application on the harvested fruit during 12 days of storage. Batches (400 g) of...
Surface characterization of alkane viral anchoring films prepared by titanate-assisted organosilanization
- Studies of virus adsorption on surfaces with optimized properties have attracted a lot of interest, mainly due to the influence of the surface in the retention, orientation and stability of the...
Noise complaints, the COVID-19 pandemic, and compact developments: evidence from five American cities
09/01/2023 - The COVID-19 continues to take its toll on human life. Even though to a less threatening extent, and insignificant to some, noise turns out to be one of its consequences without consensus. While...
Approaches to Integrated Pest Management in Orchards: Comstockaspis perniciosa (Comstock) Case Study
04/01/2023 - Insect pests have major effects on agricultural production and food supply. Pest control in conventional crop management in orchards is mainly based on agrochemicals, which entails economic, health...
Deep learning optimization and techno-environmental analysis of a solar-driven multigeneration system for producing sustainable hydrogen and electricity: A case study of San Francisco
- In general, solar-driven systems have substantial heat loss; so that brought designers to consider organic Rankine cycle for heat recovery. However, it still wastes amount of energy in the organic...