by Alessandro Stasi  and Krittinon Choavaratana

Received: 14 May 2025;  Published: 15 July 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2503304

Ongoing global conflicts and humanitarian crises have led to unprecedented displacement, including millions of separated children, many of whom, especially infants, cannot be traced using traditional methods. This paper advocates for the establishment of a voluntary, privacy-protected global DNA database, managed by an extra-governmental entity, to facilitate family reunification. It presents a comprehensive socio-technical framework that synthesizes a novel operational model with the requisite legal and ethical sa [...]

by Melisa S. Romano  , Valeria Corne  , Ricardo R. Azario  , Emiliano Centurión  and María del Carmen García

Received: 24 October 2024;  Published: 10 January 2025;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2501002

Lead is a non-biodegradable toxic heavy metal. Biosorption is a simple, cost-effective and eco-friendly method for remediating lead-contaminated environments. Additionally, rice husk is a highly available residual biomass that can be used as a biosorbent. This study aimed to analyze the biosorption of Pb2+ using both natural and chemically treated rice husk and to evaluate the incorporation of the resulting biomass-contaminant residue into ceramic matrices to immobilize the removed Pb2+. Natural and alkaline-activa [...]

by Valeri Ligatchev

Received: 28 December 2024;  Published: 22 May 2025;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2502008

So-called ‘Generalized Skettrup Model(s)’ (GSMs) of different (1D, 2D, 3D) spatial dimensionalities are used at simulations on temperature-dependent harmonic and anharmonic fractions of lattice thermal capacity of polyethylene and polypropylene with crystalline and/or amorphous atomic structures of limited spatial extents. Basic equations of the GSM slot in explicitly quantization effects of the single-particle and many-particle energy levels of spatially confined phonons. The harmonic lattice thermal c [...]

by Journal of Energy and Power Technology Editorial Office

Received: 05 January 2023;  Published: 05 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/jept.2301002

The editors of Journal of Energy and Power Technology would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can download a certifi [...]

by Cesar Augustus Zocoler de Sousa  , Ana Paula Renno Sierra  , Giscard Humberto Oliveira Lima  , Bryan Steve Martínez Galán  , Hermes Vieira Barbeiro  , Heraldo Possolo de Souza  and Maria Fernanda Cury-Boaventura

Received: 20 August 2024;  Published: 28 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.geriatr.2501301

This study compared markers of muscle damage and myokines between adult and middle-aged runners before and after the marathon. Seventy-four male runners: 48 adults aged 30-44 years (AA group), and 26 middle-aged individuals aged 45-59 years (MA group) participated of the study. Blood samples were collected 24 hours before, immediately after, 24 hours and 72 hours after the marathon to measure skeletal and cardiac muscle damage markers (CK, LDH, troponin, and proBNP) and myokines (IL-6, IL-15, decorin, BDNF, GDF-15, [...]

by Fatemeh Mollaamin  and Majid Monajjemi

Received: 27 November 2023;  Published: 21 February 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2401214

As proof has recommended a close connection between COVID-19 and neurodegenerative disorders, this article aims to investigate the chloroquine (CLQ) drug as the SARS-CoV-2’s primary protease, which can prevent in vitro viral duplication of all diverse experiments to present. CLQ is an anti-viral drug enlarged by Pfizer, which can operate as an orally effective 3C-like protease inhibitor. In this study, CLQ has been assessed for its effectiveness against coronavirus by trapping it within a boron nitride nanoca [...]

by Jeronimo Kreiker  , Melina Gomez  , Lucas Peisino  , Nelio Ochoa  and Belen Raggiotti

Received: 18 October 2023;  Published: 15 March 2024;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2401007

It is possible to revalue the plastic fraction from WEEE using it as a recycled aggregate (RA) in cement mortars. However, this feasibility depends on elaborating a granular material via a core-shell strategy to stabilize the potential contaminants. The core is a plastic particle, and the shell is a cement, fillers, and activated carbon mixture. Due to the hydrophilic characteristics of the shell and the presence of interstitial sites generated by the use of the RA, it is necessary to study the wetting properties o [...]

by Recent Progress in Science and Engineering Editorial Office

Received: 05 May 2025;  Published: 06 May 2025;  doi: 10.21926/rpse.2502009

by Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed  , Mohammed A. Al Doghan  and Bahadur Ali Soomro

Received: 03 June 2023;  Published: 22 August 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2303179

COVID-19 brought significant challenges that have ruined almost all segments of the economy and the environment. The present paper explores the COVID-19 milieu and its impacts the environmental performance (EP). We targeted managers of the Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Saudi Arabia to get online responses. Using the path analysis, the findings reveal a significant negative effect of the factors such as perception of COVID-19 (PoCVD), innovation capability (IC), environmental concern (EC) and the fear [...]

by Matilda Frimpong  , Michael Kwabena Osei  , Kingsley Osei  , Ruth Naa Ashiokai Prempeh  , Joseph Gyau  , Isaac Newton Boakye-Mensah  , Bismark Abugri  and Maxwell Darko Asante

Received: 22 August 2024;  Published: 28 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2501286

Plant-parasitic nematodes threaten tomato cultivation in Ghana, particularly the root-knot nematodes, causing substantial economic yield losses. However, these yield losses can be prevented through resistant varieties. This study aims to determine the type of gene action, heritability, heterosis and inbreeding depression for root-knot nematode resistance in tomato. A cross between CSIR/CRI-P005 (P1), an adapted variety with good yield but susceptible to root-knot nematode and VFNT (P2), which is resistant to root-k [...]