Search Results - M. Lee

The smartphone is still the reigning fetish of everyday communication. In fact, it has become the fulcrum of all interactive agencies in daily life. Yet, what is generally unnoticed about it is a screen-induced inter-subjectivity that supports a significant level of exploitation in communicative li...

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Abstract BackgroundThe number of studies on the use of smart wearables has increased dramatically in recent years. However, aspects including personal safety and fashion perspectives of wearable devices have not yet been adequately addressed in the literature. There have been...

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In this paper, the effect of using pre-consumer PVC scraps on static and long-term mechanical properties is studied. The degradation characteristics of mixing virgin PVC with crushed pre-consumer and PVC pipe scraps are analyzed using various tools including Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC), Ther...

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An operation scheme using electrical peaking and optical peaking to engineer the modulation band of a Si microring modulator is presented. By incorporating an inductor design at the metal traces of a Si microring modulator, the driving signal can be magnified near the peaking frequency. Although adj...

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In this study, an integrated operation platform is proposed to study colloidal microsphere and microdroplet resonators on a chip. Via varying dielectrophoretic force induced on a specially designed concentric ring electrode, spherical optical resonators are able to be precisely controlled on their p...

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Toxocariasis is an important neglected tropical disease that can manifest as visceral or ocular larva migrans, or covert toxocariasis. All three forms pose a public health problem and cause significant morbidity in areas of high prevalence. To determine the burden of toxocariasis in North America, w...

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Abstract Due to sensor and algorithmic constraints, satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals are spatially incomplete and have gaps caused by clouds and bright surfaces. These gaps represent a barrier in characterizing daily aerosol loadings, which is important for air quality applications....

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Weeds significantly reduce crop yields and promote herbicide use, accounting for 80% of agricultural pesticides. However, herbicide persistence and toxicity adversely affect soil microbial communities, impacting soil health and productivity. This study compared the effects of organic (Vinegar-weed-c...

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Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a promising non-invasive indicator for diagnosing peripheral neuropathy. Emerging validation studies using ultrasound-based measures of shear wave velocity (SWV) in other biological tissues, such as muscle, demonstrate there is a concern of whether SWE is an accurate...

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Clinical studies indicate the etiology of liver disease to be unknown in 5% to 30% of patients. A long-standing hypothesis is the existence of unknown viruses beyond hepatitis A through E virus. We conducted serum virome sequencing in nine patients with cryptogenic liver disease and identified eight...

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<h4>Background</h4>The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces a rising frequency of emerging infectious diseases outbreaks such as Ebola and Mpox. Wild meat consumption is considered a risk factor due to increased contact with wild animals. This study aimed to identify sociodemographic...

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Phase 3 trials of neoadjuvant, perioperative, and adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors combined with chemotherapy (ICI-CT) in resectable early-stage NSCLC (eNSCLC) have reported that all three approaches confer an event-free or disease-free survival benefit over CT alone, with acceptable safety pro...

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A unique galaxy at z = 2.2, zC406690, has a striking clumpy large-scale ring structure that persists from rest-frame UV to near-infrared, yet has an ordered rotation and lies on the star formation main sequence. We combine new JWST/NIRCam and Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) band...

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We present an analysis of millimeter CO observations to search for and quantify signatures of molecular gas outflows. We exploit the large sample of 0.5 < z < 2.6 galaxies observed as part of the PHIBSS1/2 surveys with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer, focusing on the 154 typical massiv...

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Introduction: Canakinumab is a human monoclonal anti–interleukin-1β antibody with the potential to enhance the activity of programmed death-ligand 1 inhibitors by inhibiting protumor inflammation. Methods: CANOPY-N was a randomized, phase 2 study to evaluate safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant canaki...

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Background Black and Hispanic communities are under-represented in cognitive ageing research. MindCrowd is an online platform that offers interactive cognitive games and facilitates research. We sought to assess participation in MindCrowd and willingness to be contacted for future studies by race, e...

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Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccinations (initial and booster) during pre-Delta, Delta and Omicron dominant periods among pregnant people via (1) COVID-19 incident and severe infections among pregnant people who were vaccinated versus unvaccinated and (2) post-COVID-19 vacci...

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