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Findings showed a strong total effect of higher social support on better SRH. Furthermore, mediation was detected, with perceived stress and distress explaining 42.98% of the total effect of social support on SRH. Multivariable linear regression models revealed that social support among Chinese and Korean American immigrants was associated with marital status, employment, ethnic identity, and acculturative stress. This study highlights the centrality of social support for Chinese and Korean American immigrants, which lowers perceived stress and distress, leading to better overall health. By confirming these stress-buffering effects, our findings suggest that bolstering social support among vulnerable Chinese and Korean American immigrant populations can have a positive effect on health by optimizing stress appraisals.Flighted beetles have deployable hindwings, which enable them to directly reduce their body size, and thus are excellent bioinspired prototypes for microair vehicles (MAVs). The wing shape of MAVs has an important influence on their aerodynamics. In this paper, wing shapes, inspired from three beetle species' hindwings and designed in terms of the wing camber angle, geometry (including wing length, aspect ratio (AR), and taper ratio (TR)) and wing area, were selected and varied to optimize lift together with the efficiency of wing. All the wings were fabricated by a Tyvek membrane and tested in a wind tunnel. The camber angle and AR were found to have a critical role in force production. The best performance was obtained by a wing with a camber angle of 10°, wing length of 125 mm, AR of 7.06, TR of 0.40 and wing area of 4115 mm2.For mechanistic modeling of ion exchange (IEX) processes, a profound understanding of the adsorption mechanism is important. While the description of protein adsorption in IEX processes has been dominated by stoichiometric models like the steric mass action (SMA) model, discrepancies between experimental data and model results suggest that the conceptually simple stoichiometric description of protein adsorption provides not always an accurate representation of nonlinear adsorption behavior. In this work an alternative colloidal particle adsorption (CPA) model is introduced. Based on the colloidal nature of proteins, the CPA model provides a non-stoichiometric description of electrostatic interactions within IEX columns. Steric hindrance at the adsorber surface is considered by hard-body interactions between proteins using the scaled-particle theory. The model's capability of describing nonlinear protein adsorption is demonstrated by simulating adsorption isotherms of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) over a wide range of ionic strength and pH. A comparison of the CPA model with the SMA model shows comparable model results in the linear adsorption range, but significant differences in the nonlinear adsorption range due to the different mechanistic interpretation of steric hindrance in both models. The results suggest that nonlinear adsorption effects can be overestimated by the stoichiometric formalism of the SMA model and are generally better reproduced by the CPA model.Differences in elution strength between the sample solvent and the mobile phase usually give rise to undesirable effects on the chromatographic separation, which may range from slight broadening to severe peak deformation or even splitting. In the most extreme case, the retention factor of the analyte at the head of the column is so small at the time of injection that part of the analyte goes through the column with very little interaction with the stationary phase and hence elutes very close to the column dead time. This phenomenon is known as breakthrough. Usually, during breakthrough, the retained peak displays a wide array of deformations and it is not rare that multiple retained peaks appear for a given injected analyte. However, under certain conditions, it has been demonstrated that these deleterious effects could fully disappear, leaving only one breakthrough peak and one symmetrical peak on the chromatogram. This so-called "total breakthrough" phenomenon was recently highlighted in the specific contemes to observe each respective phenomenon. These critical volumes only depend on the column dead volume and the retention factor of the analyte in the injection solvent.Age-related brain iron accumulation is linked with oxidative stress, neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Certain nutrients can reduce brain iron concentration in animal models, however, this association is not well established in humans. Lenvatinib Moreover, it remains unknown if nutrition can moderate the effects of age on brain iron concentration and/or cognition. Here, we explored these issues in a sample of 73 healthy older adults (61-86 years old), while controlling for several factors such as age, gender, years of education, physical fitness and alcohol-intake. Quantitative susceptibility mapping was used for assessment of brain iron concentration and participants performed an N-Back paradigm to evaluate working memory performance. Nutritional-intake was assessed via a validated questionnaire. Nutrients were grouped into nutrition factors based on previous literature and factor analysis. One factor, comprised of vitamin E, lysine, DHA omega-3 and LA omega-6 PUFA, representing food groups such as nuts, healthy oils and fish, moderated the effects of age on both brain iron concentration and working memory performance, suggesting that these nutrients may slow the rate of brain iron accumulation and working memory declines in aging.Increased caloric intake (OF) impairs quality of life causing comorbidities with other diseases and cognitive deficits, whereas dietary restriction (DR) increases healthspan by preventing age-related deteriorations. To understand the effects of these opposing dietary regimens on the cellular and synaptic dynamics during brain aging, the zebrafish model, which shows gradual aging like mammals, was utilized. Global changes in cellular and synaptic markers with respect to age and a 12 week dietary regimen of OF and DR demonstrated that aging reduces the levels of the glutamate receptor subunits, GLUR2/3, inhibitory synaptic clustering protein, GEP, synaptic vesicle protein, SYP, and early-differentiated neuronal marker, HuC. DR significantly elevates levels of glutamate receptor subunits, GLUR2/3, and NMDA clustering protein, PSD95, levels, while OF subtly increases the level of the neuronal protein, DCAMKL1. These data suggest that decreased caloric intake within the context of aging has more robust effects on synapses than cellular proteins, whereas OF alters cellular dynamics.