ABSTRACT While recent research indicates that human health is affected by the gut microbiome, the functional mechanisms that underlie host-microbiome interactions remain poorly resolved.Metagenomic clinical studies can address this problem by revealing specific microbial functions that stratify healthy and diseased individuals.To improve our unders

A discussion of the functional setting customarily adopted in General Relativity (GR) is proposed.This is based on the introduction of the notion of nonlocal point transformations (NLPTs).While allowing the extension of the traditional concept of GR-reference frame, NLPTs are important because they permit the explicit determination of the map betwe

Polymer networks based on cyclodextrin and polyethylene glycol were prepared through polyaddition crosslinking using isophorone diisocyanate.The envisaged material properties are the hydrophilic character, specific to PEG and cyclodextrins, and the capacity to encapsulate guest molecules in the cyclodextrin cavity through physical interactions.The

Abstract Manta ray foraging optimization (MRFO) tends to get trapped in local optima as it relies on the direction provided by the previous individual and the best individual as guidance to search for the optimal solution.As enriching population diversity can effectively solve this problem, in this paper, we introduce a hierarchical structure and w

The regulation and supply of oxygen as one of the medical gases Digestive Health in the hospital is important to ensure the availability of these gases for the survival of patients.The regulation of oxygen gas in hospitals usually uses a piping system with manifolds.The manifold will monitor the oxygen gas pressure on each tube.Manifold systems tha