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Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Georges Dicker
Summary: Descartes' cogito, ergo sum raises numerous questions regarding its nature as an argument or intuition, the requirement of additional premise, its interpretation as a performance, and whether it is the discovery that any reason for doubting its success entails the existence of the thinker. This essay focuses on questioning the cogency of the cogito when treated as an argument due to its circular reasoning in the premise. The author distinguishes this reason from others and defends the cogito in its traditional sense.
EUROPEAN LEGACY-TOWARD NEW PARADIGMS
(2022)
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Philosophy
Chad Engelland
Summary: Phenomenologists turn to Augustine to address the neglect of life, love, and language in the Cartesian cogito. Phenomenology's non-Cartesian Augustinianism recontextualizes the concept of cogito, highlighting the radical differences between Augustine and Descartes.
AMERICAN CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY
(2021)
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History & Philosophy Of Science
Maja Sidzinska
Summary: Given Descartes's metaphysical committments and his mechanistic explanations, there is a problem in theorizing pregnancy within his system. This problem arises due to the incompatibility between Descartes's account of generation and his metaphysics of human beings, resulting in the inability to clearly identify a subject of pregnancy. This issue has implications for the sex neutrality and systematicity of dualist metaphysics.
HOPOS-THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
(2023)
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Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Olga Dolska, Nataliia Godz
Summary: Today's discussion focuses on education and the application of online learning, emphasizing the transition from traditional centralist educational thinking to modern educational theories, suggesting that adjustments and changes to the educational paradigm are urgently needed.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ignacio Escribano-Ott, Julio Calleja-Gonzalez, Juan Mielgo-Ayuso
Summary: This systematic review aims to explore the effects of nutritional supplementation on basketball players. The findings suggest that caffeine, vitamin E, vitamin D, and EPA may have positive effects on performance, recovery, and wellness in basketball. However, there is a scarcity of studies in this area.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Robert J. Cordina, Beccy Smith, Tell Tuttle
Summary: This study uses the COGITO force field to predict the thermodynamic melting point of pure triacylglyceride crystals through molecular dynamics simulations. The robustness of the force field and the direct heating methodology are tested using different types of triacylglycerides. More simulations are needed to ensure convergence of results due to the nonequilibrium nature of melting systems. The presence of void defects significantly lowers the nucleation energy barrier and prevents superheating, allowing accurate prediction of melting points.
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cell & Tissue Engineering
Juan Angueyra, Wei Li
Summary: The study demonstrates that cone photoreceptors in human stem cell-derived retinal organoids can respond to light in a way similar to foveal cones of adult primates.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tan Wang, Cong Wang, Xianbao Xu, Zhen Li, Daoliang Li
Summary: A new nanocomposite material was prepared for sensitive detection of nitrite. The sensor showed good sensitivity and recovery rates, indicating its potential for practical applications.
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Chemistry, Analytical
Yong Xu, Zhengjie Zhang, Yurong Wang
Summary: A sensitive electrochemical sensor composed of ErGO and GCE was developed for selective detection of FAN. The electrochemical behavior of FAN at the ErGO/GCE was studied by cyclic voltammetry and the detection of FAN was achieved by linear sweep voltammetry. The sensor showed good stability and selectivity for FAN, and successful applications in urine and serum were demonstrated.
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Andrea Mesiarova-Zemankova
Summary: The study focuses on the natural partial order of commutative, associative, idempotent functions on bounded lattices, including t-norms, t-conorms, uninorms, and nullnorms. Unlike previous approaches, the research introduces original ideas to define the natural partial order on an arbitrary set without connection to any order. The results show the connection between the natural meet semi-lattice and ordinal sums in different contexts, providing insight into the properties and applications of these functions.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yunhan Wang, Yanping Cui, Haili Wang, Qian Ye, Xuewen Duo, Yue Lu, Xiaoxiao Cui, Wei Dong
Summary: Ofloxacin (OFLX) and norfloxacin (NFLX) are commonly used quinolone antibiotics in medicine, aquaculture, and animal husbandry in China. The abusive use of antibiotics has led to the presence of OFLX and NFLX in surface water and groundwater. In this study, a graphene modified glassy carbon electrode (ERGO/GCE) was developed for the simultaneous detection of OFLX and NFLX, with satisfactory results in medicine and aquaculture wastewater.
RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
(2023)
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Materials Science, Biomaterials
Ying Zhou, Min Tian, Ruichun Li, Yan Zhang, Guomei Zhang, Caihong Zhang, Shaomin Shuang
Summary: An electrochemical sensor based on CoNi-MOF@ERGO/GCE was developed for dopamine (DA) detection, which showed enhanced electrocatalytic performance, wider linear range, and lower detection limit. The sensor was successfully applied to test DA in human serum samples, demonstrating excellent performance and providing a novel idea for more sensitive and quicker DA detection.
ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(2023)
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Biophysics
Tai-Cheng Lu, Yi-Ming Sun, Yu Zhong, Xin-Hua Lin, Yun Lei, Ai -Lin Liu
Summary: In this study, a gold nanoparticles/electrochemically reduced graphene oxide@carbon nanotube modified immunosensor was proposed for P-gp detection in serum using a one-step electrochemical co-reduction method. The detection results in serum were consistent with ELISA. The developed immunosensor is expected to provide a scientific basis for the clinical application of serum P-gp monitoring and integrated medicine.
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
(2023)
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Mathematics
Vladimir E. Bening, Victor Y. Korolev
Summary: This paper introduces a new approach to comparing the distributions of sums of random variables using the notion of deficiency from mathematical statistics. The approach is used to determine the distribution of a separate random variable in the sum that guarantees a desired quantile or probability, with the fewest possible number of summands. The paper also considers the case of comparing distributions when the number of summands is random, and applies the approach to determining the distribution of insurance payments for minimum portfolio size under specified risk or non-ruin probability.
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Electrochemistry
Nguyen Dinh Luyen, Ha Thuy Trang, Pham Yen Khang, Nguyen Mau Thanh, Ho Xuan Anh Vu, Nguyen Hai Phong, Dinh Quang Khieu
Summary: The use of a ZnO/electrochemically reduced graphene oxide-modified glassy carbon electrode has been shown to be effective in detecting heavy metal ions in water, exhibiting excellent selectivity, sensitivity, and stability. This opens up great potential for detecting trace amounts of metals.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY
(2023)