“…Here I’ll briefly mention four pandemics in history and how the church has responded in the way of Christ. As we note their examples, let’s be inspired by their faith—even if we might make some adjustments for our own time and circumstances. Their impulse to move toward the needy...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most lethal subtypes of breast cancer that has limited treatment options. Its high rates of recurrence and metastasis have been associated, in part, with a subpopulation of breast cancer stem-like cells that are resistant to conventional therapies...
and simulation games can be used to enhance and also test the related skills in children. Moreover, the games have reward systems; a player scores points, graduates to a new level, or gets a new treasure, weapon, or any other kind of incentive for every achievement in the game. Video g...
In the last two decades, owing to the advanced treatment, the long term outlook for HIV-positive patients has considerably improved and now reached 2/3 of the normal life-expectancy at age 20 with medication [1]. The escalating costs of HIV treatment underscore the importance of efficiency in...
anxiety, guilt feelings, tension, mannerisms & posturing, depression, motor retardation, uncooperativeness, unusual thought content, disorientation, poor attention, lack of judgement & insight, disturbance of volition, poor impulse control, preoccupation and active social avoidance. For each participant,...
A study by Zhang et al. [33] investigated the effects of user emotions contained in reviews on shopping sites and found that users who experience enjoyment and pleasure from reading online reviews are more likely to engage in impulse buying. Furthermore, some studies have examined how the posi...
it is reported the tribological results of a scratch test, wear resistance, and nanoindentation of ta-C and WC:C DLC coatings deposited by means of a novel high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) technology with “positive pulses”. The coatings were deposited on 1.2379 tool steel which...
The questionnaire included a statement regarding the personal data treatment, in accordance with the Italian privacy law (Law Decree DL-196/2003). The workers authorized and approved the use of anonymous/collective data for possible future scientific publications. Because the data was collected ...
In this work, it is reported the tribological results of a scratch test, wear resistance, and nanoindentation of ta-C and WC:C DLC coatings deposited by means of a novel high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) technology with "positive pulses". The coatings were deposited on 1.2379 ...