India and China have become countries of rapid economic growth and at the same time of socio-economic contrast.The classical old-age security arrangement has focused mainly on the formal sector and excluded a majority of the population working in the informal sector.Consequently, along the road of economic growth, increasing living standards and hi
Three-Dimensional Point Cloud Displacement Analysis for Tunnel Deformation Detection Using Mobile Laser Scanning
Shield tunnels are increasingly monitored using 3D laser scanning technology to generate high-resolution point cloud data, which serve as a critical foundation for precise deformation analysis.This study introduces an advanced methodology for analyzing tunnel cross-section displacements, leveraging point cloud data captured by the Self-Mobile Intel
A novel immune evasion strategy of candida albicans: proteolytic cleavage of a salivary antimicrobial peptide.
Oropharyngeal candidiasis is an opportunistic infection considered to be a harbinger of AIDS.The etiologic agent Candida albicans is a fungal species commonly colonizing human mucosal surfaces.However, under conditions of immune dysfunction, colonizing C.albicans can become an opportunistic pathogen causing superficial or even life-threatening infe
A Sentimental Android? M3GAN (2022) and Monstrous Doubling as a Negotiation of the Gendered Neo-Liberal Self
This paper analyses the android M3GAN in the 2022 film of the same name, problematising recent framings that celebrate M3GAN as a womens l/s tee gay icon, a feminist figure, or understand her as embodying our collective fear of artificial intelligence.Instead, I place M3GAN in a long line of narratives that mediate on the role of women in society,