Delimiting the service area of public facilities is an essential topic in spatial analysis studies.The adaptive crystal growth Voronoi diagrams based on weighted planes are one of the recently proposed methods to address service area delimitation, and consider the geographic distribution of the clients the facilities in question serve and the chara

An important functional trait of organisms is their trophic mode.It determines their position within food webs, as well as their function within an ecosystem.For the better part of the 20th century, aquatic protist communities were thought to consist mainly of producers (phytoplankton) and consumers (protozooplankton).Phytoplankton cover their ener

Clinical, pathological, and imaging evidence in multiple sclerosis (MS) shows that inflammation starts early and progresses with age.B cells play a central role in this process, contributing to cytokine production, defective regulatory functions, and abnormal immunoglobulin Wall Oven production, even in the central nervous system.Anti-CD20 (aCD20)

Biodiesel is an alternative and renewable biofuel for blending with fossil-based diesel.One of the challenges is to design the supply-chain network for biohydrodeoxygenated diesel (BHD) under uncertainty from both raw materials availability and the demand.The supply chain with four echelons; suppliers, factories, inventories and customers has been

Many discharged COVID-19 patients affected by sequelae experience reduced quality of life leading to an increased burden on the healthcare system, their families and society at large.Possible pathophysiological mechanisms of long COVID include: persistent viral replication, chronic hypoxia and inflammation.Ongoing vascular endothelial damage promot