Biogenic aerosols play important roles in atmospheric chemistry physics, the biosphere, climate, and public health. Here, we show that fungi which actively discharge their spores with liquids into the air, in particular actively wet spore discharging Ascomycota (AAM) and actively wet spore discharging Basidiomycota (ABM), are a major source of primary biogenic aerosol particles and components. ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, with an increasing prevalence. Currently, there no ideal diagnostic molecular imaging agent for diagnosing AD. Antibodies (Abs) have been proposed to close this gap as they can bind selectively and high affinity amyloid β (Aβ)—one of hallmarks Abs even be designed Aβ oligomers or isoforms, which are difficult target small ag...

PURPOSE To determine the effect on machine output calibration, following the TG-51 protocol, as the water temperature increasingly deviates from Standard temperature (22°C) METHODS: A water tank was set up according to TG-51 protocol. Two sets of measurements were taken and the pressure recorded. The measurements consisted of readings at different temperatures. In the first set, P(ion), P(pol),...

The significant increase of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has led to an important research in upgrading recycled engineering plastics by means of a blending technique. Classical twin-screw extrusion is compared to a new blending technique, where two polymers are combined together and then flow in several static mixers. This technique allows to obtain different morphologies of c...

OBJECTIVES To assess the significance of thyroid autoimmune screening in alopecia areata (AA) patients in Saudi population, and to determine whether there is a difference in thyroid autoimmune susceptibility between mild and severe AA. METHODS In a prospective case-control study, we included 50 alopecia totalis (AT) and alopecia universalis (AU) patients, 50 age- and gender-matched patients w...

A new method for increasing LDR in deep drawing is application of anti-lock braking system (ABS) on blank holder. In this method, instead of applying a constant force on blank and control the metal flow, the ABS system holds and releases the blank several times (20 to 50 times) which results increasing LDR. This study investigates the effect of different parameters of ABS on improving the condi...