Jae Hee Seol^1,4,#, Se Yong Jung^1,#, Jae Young Choi¹, Han Ki Park², Young Hwan Park², Nam Kyun Kim^1,3,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.5, pp. 569-578, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.018436 - 06 September 2022

Abstract Objective: Junctional ectopic tachycardia is common after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease. However, its incidence and related risk factors in infants after cardiac surgery are not well known. The objective of this study was to determine the overall incidence and related risk factors for junctional ectopic tachycardia in neonates and infants. Methods: We enrolled a total of 271 patients aged <1 year who underwent open cardiac surgery at Severance Cardiovascular Hospital from January 2018 to December 2020. Exclusion criteria were immediate postoperative mortality, other arrhythmias detected in the perioperative period, and prematurity. Result: The overall incidence of… More >

M. Hashim Dahri¹, M. H. Jamaluddin², M. Inam³, M. R. Kamarudin⁴, F. C. Seman⁴, A. Y. I. Ashyap⁴, Z. A. Shamsan^5,*, K. Almuhanna⁵, F. Alorifi⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 6085-6101, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.031532 - 28 July 2022

Abstract A reflectarray antenna consisting of asymmetrical patch elements is proposed, which is capable of producing dual linear and dual circular polarized operation at 26 GHz frequency. The main purpose of this design is to support four different polarizations using the same patch element. The proposed reflectarray has a single layer configuration with a linearly polarized feed and circular ring slots in the ground plane. Asymmetric patch element is designed from a square patch element by tilting its one vertical side to some optimized inclination. A wide reflection phase range of 600° is obtained with the asymmetric… More >

MEIHUA CHEN^1,2, HUIHUI WANG³, XIAOFENG CHEN^1,2, YAN CHEN^1,2, TIANYING BIAN^1,2,*

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.10, pp. 2281-2289, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.020697 - 13 June 2022

Abstract Periodontitis is a frequent chronic inflammatory disorder destroying periodontium. Recent studies have revealed the role of bromodomain and extraterminal domain inhibitor (BETi) and microRNA (miR)-130a in regulating macrophage polarization and pro-inflammatory response. However, little is known about whether apabetalone (a novel BETi) and miR-130a are correlated with chronic inflammatory state in periodontitis by regulating macrophage polarization. Here murine RAW264.7 macrophages were applied as an in vitro inflammatory model. After treatment with Porphyromonas gingivalis-derived lipopolysaccharide (Pg LPS) and apabetalone, the expression of macrophage M1 polarization markers and inflammatory cytokines was assessed using real-time PCR, western blot, and enzyme-linked… More >

B. Chinthamani^1,*, N. S. Bhuvaneswari², R. Senthil Kumar³, N. R. Shanker⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.1, pp. 515-530, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.025410 - 15 April 2022

Abstract Motor Torque (MT) measurement plays a vital role for evaluating the performance of squirrel cage induction motor during operating conditions. Accurate and continuous measurements of MT provide information regarding driving load capacity, performance degradation of motor, reduces downtime and increases the efficiency. Traditional inline torque sensors-based measurement becomes inaccurate during abrupt change in load during starting condition of motor due to torque spikes. Mounting of torque sensor on motor is a major problem during torque measurement. Improper mounting of sensor acquires signals from other inefficient driveline components such as gearbox, couplings, and bearing. In this… More >

Mubashir Ashfaq¹, Shahid Bashir^1,*, Syed Imran Hussain Shah², Nisar Ahmad Abbasi³, Hatem Rmili^4,5, Muhammad Abbas Khan⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.2, pp. 3601-3611, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.025558 - 29 March 2022

Abstract This article presents a Sub-6 GHz microstrip patch antenna (MPA) with enhanced gain using metamaterial (MTM) superstrate. The source MPA operates at 4.8 GHz and has a peak gain of 5.3 dBi at the resonance frequency. A window-shaped unit cell is designed and investigated through the material wave propagation technique. The unit cell shows an Epsilon Near Zero (ENZ)-Mu Very Large (MVL) behavior around 4.8 GHz. The unit cell has a fourfold geometry which makes it a polarization independent metamaterial. A double layer antenna is designed by placing a 4 × 4 MTM slab as a superstrate More >

YANG YANG, LIJUAN FU, CHUNMEI CHEN, MEIWEI HU

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.5, pp. 1319-1328, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.015760 - 06 January 2022

Abstract Aberrant expression of miRNAs is significantly correlated with the occurrence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The immune imbalance of M1/M2 macrophage contributes to the development of ITP. However, the role of miR-148b-3p in macrophage phenotype imbalance remains unknown in ITP. In this study, we aimed to explore whether miR-148b-3p inhibits M2 macrophage polarization in ITP and to investigate the underlying mechanism. Peripheral blood from 22 ITP patients were collected, and real-time PCR confirmed that miR-148b-3p was up-regulated and Western blot analyses detected the expression of SOCS3 was down-regulated. Subsequent dual-luciferase reporter gene assay indicated that More >

Ismail Hossain¹, Md Samsuzzaman², Ahasanul Hoque³, Mohd Hafiz Baharuddin³, Norsuzlin Binti Mohd Sahar¹, Mohammad Tariqul Islam^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 993-1009, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021435 - 03 November 2021

Abstract Broadband response metamaterial absorber (MMA) remains a challenge among researchers. A nanostructured new zero-indexed metamaterial (ZIM) absorber is presented in this study, constructed with a hexagonal shape resonator for optical region applications. The design consists of a resonator and dielectric layers made with tungsten and quartz (Fused). The proposed absorbent exhibits average absorption of more than 0.8972 (89.72%) within the visible wavelength of 450–600 nm and nearly perfect absorption of 0.99 (99%) at 461.61 nm. Based on computational analysis, the proposed absorber can be characterized as ZIM. The developments of ZIM absorbers have demonstrated plasmonic… More >

Shahid Habib¹, Ghaffer Iqbal Kiani², Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt^1,3,*, Syed Muzahir Abbas^4,5, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani², Soon Xin Ng³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 6177-6187, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021644 - 11 October 2021

Abstract A low-profile ultra-wideband (UWB) band-stop frequency selective surface (FSS) is designed for S-, C-, X- and Ku-bands communication applications. The FSS is constructed by using square and circular loop elements printed on the top and bottom sides of the RO3210 substrate. The FSS has been designed to reduce the electromagnetic interference (EMI) as well as to mitigate the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation on the human body caused by different radio devices. The dimension and size of the UWB FSS have been reduced to 0.12 λ × 0.12 λ and 90%, respectively, as compared to More >

Hussain Askari, Niamat Hussain, Domin Choi, Md. Abu Sufian, Anees Abbas, Nam Kim^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 2997-3013, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018855 - 24 August 2021

Abstract This paper presents an AMC (artificial magnetic conductor)-based wideband circularly polarized printed monopole antenna for unidirectional radiation. The antenna includes an AMC reflector, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed structure to excite the antenna, a ground plane with a rectangular slot on the left side of feedline, and an asymmetrical ground plane on its right side. The induced surface currents on CWP feedline, rectangularly slotted, and asymmetrical ground planes cause circularly polarized radiations. The AMC reflector consisting periodic metallic square patches is used instead of the conventional PEC (perfect electric conductor) reflector, the distance between the More >

Huy Hung Tran^1,2, Khoa Nguyen-Dang^1,2,*, Niamat Hussain³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 2487-2498, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016027 - 13 April 2021

Abstract A single-layer design of non-uniform metasurface (MS) based circularly polarized (CP) antenna with wideband operation characteristic is proposed and investigated in this paper. The antenna is excited by a truncated corner squared patch as a primary radiating CP source. Then, a non-uniform MS is placed in the same layer with the driven patch. Besides increasing the impedance bandwidth, the non-uniform MS also generates two additional CP bands in the high frequency band, leading to significantly increase the antenna’s overall performances. The use of non-uniform MS distinguishes our design from the other CP MS based antennas… More >