Modeling the modulation of beta oscillations in the basal ganglia by dual-target optogenetic stimulation by Xiaomin Wang, Ying Yu, Qingyun Wang

“…The findings unveil effective circuit mechanisms of optogenetic stimulation and provide novel insights for designing precise regulatory strategies for PD.…”
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Experimental and Simulation Study on Breaking Rock under Coupled Static Loading and Ultrasonic Vibration by Yan Zhao, Congshan Zhang, Zengzeng Zhang, Ke Gao, Dajun Zhao, Zihang Sun, Xiaoshu Lv, Yu Zhou, Guobing Zhai

“…The discrete element model of rock under ultrasonic vibration was established, and the numerical simulation was carried out by PFC2D software. We designed the ultrasonic rotary drilling device to verify the drilling effect. …”
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Therapeutic development to accelerate malaria control through intentional intervention layering by Lydia Braunack-Mayer, Narimane Nekkab, Josephine Malinga, Sherrie L. Kelly, Evelyn Ansah, Joerg J. Moehrle, Melissa A. Penny

“…Specifically, this means designing products with components that target parts of the parasite life cycle beyond the scope of existing therapeutics, and better addressing populations and settings not well covered by existing tools. …”
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Construction and Application of Enterprise Internal Audit Data Analysis Model Based on Decision Tree Algorithm by Yuna Si

“…At the same time, a visual fuzzy decision-making system based on Fuzzy ID3 and Min-Ambiguity algorithm was designed. Adding the C4.5 and CART algorithms implemented in the Weka open source data mining software, through experimental analysis, the differences in the classification accuracy and the number of rules generated by the four decision tree algorithms are compared. …”
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Evaluation of Novel Stereotactic Cannula for Stem Cell Transplantation against Central Nervous System Disease by Masahito Kawabori, Aki Tanimori, Shinri Kitta, Hideo Shichinohe, Kiyohiro Houkin

“…We compared cannulas for cell delivery used in clinical trials, the Pittsburg and Mizuho cannulas, to a newly designed one, MK01, to assess their usability. MK01 has a spherical-shaped tip with a fan-like open orifice on the side of the cannula, which prevents vessel damage, clogging of brain debris, and jet flow phenomenon. …”
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The Effect of FourWeeks of Beta-Alanine Supplementationon Anaerobic Power and Plasma Lactate Level in Unprofessional Male Bodybuilders by Mahdi Rezagholizadeh

“…Both groups also participated in four weeks of bodybuilding exercises, designed by the researcher. As pretest and posttest, the subjects of both groups participated in anaerobic test of RAST respectively in one day before and after finishing experimental period to evaluate the indicators of anaerobic power and to measure blood lactate levels. …”
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DPP4 Activities Are Associated with Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Min Qiu, Shuheng Zhai, Da Liu

“…However, little clinical evidence for DPP4 activity in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes is available. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between plasma DPP4 activity and osteoporosis/osteopenia and fracture risk in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. …”
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Hybrid LLC and Full Bridge Paralleled Converter With Variable-Frequency Plus Phase-Shift Control for Wide Voltage Gain Range Application by Fangfang Chen, Wenguang Chen, Bo Hu

“…A 7.5 kW-rated experimental prototype is designed to convert a 400 V input to a 150-750 V wide output. …”
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Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) clamps reduce amplification of host chloroplast and mitochondria rRNA gene sequences and increase detected diversity in 16S rRNA gene profiling analysis... by Usman Hussain, Jim Downie, Amy Ellison, Sandra Denman, James McDonald, Marine C. Cambon

“…Here, we applied a universal chloroplast (p)PNA clamp and a newly designed mitochondria (m)PNA clamp to minimise host chloroplast and mitochondria amplification in 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiles of leaf, bark and root tissue of two oak species (Quercus robur and Q. petraea). …”
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Atomized Neutrophil Membrane-coated MOF Nanoparticles for Direct Delivery of Dexamethasone for Severe Pneumonia by Yixiao Yang, Lizhen Yan, Han Zhang, Chuanguang Xiao, Kai Wang

“…Methods: We designed a novel UiO66 metal-organic framework nanoparticle loaded with Dex and coated with neutrophil cell membranes (UiO66-Dex@NMP) for targeted therapy of severe pneumonia. …”
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Uncertainty-Aware Semi-Supervised Method for Pectoral Muscle Segmentation by Yutao Tang, Yongze Guo, Huayu Wang, Ting Song, Yao Lu

“…A low-confidence prediction refinement module was designed to refine the low-confidence predictions by incorporating high-confidence predictions and a learned anatomical prior. …”
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The Effect of Stocking Density on Nitrification Rate in a Closed Recirculating Culture System by A.S. Sidik, , Sarwono, , Agustina

“…Fish were cultivated  in rounded tanks with four level of stocking densities i.e. 10, 20, 30 and 40 fish/100 l in a closed recirculting water system, and fed on a commercial pellet given thrice a day at a quantity of 5% from the total body weight of fish per day.  The experiment was designed completely randomized with three replications. …”
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Effect of different physical factors on the synthesis of spherical gold nanoparticles towards cost‐effective biomedical applications by Zahra Bahmanyar, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Ahmad Gholami, Mehdi Khoshneviszadeh

“…For this purpose, various experiments of citrate‐capped spherical AuNPs synthesis were designed to study the roles of a wide range of initial pH values and temperature of reaction, Na3Cit/HAuCl4 molar ratio, and two order reagent additions, method I and method II, in the final characterisations and reaction efficacy. …”
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The Oxygen Generation Performance of Hollow-Structured Oxygen Candle for Refuge Space by Weixiang Wang, Longzhe Jin, Na Gao, Jianlin Wang, Mingyang Liu

“…We calculated the surface area ratio and designed the mold for hollow-structured oxygen candles at a radius of 0, 5, 9, 12, 15.5, and 20 mm. …”
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Du toucher au geste technique : la « technè des corps » by Patricia Ribault

“…C’est en ces termes que Jean-Luc Nancy désigne les corps articulés par la technique, intégrés dans un système d’appareillage qui fait du corps humain un corps connecté, impensable sans ses outils. …”
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Effect of Helicobacter Pylori Infection on Nutritional Status in Polish Teenagers by Anna Szaflarska-Popławska, Anetta Soroczyńska-Wrzyszcz

“…Data on an association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and nutritional status in children are conflicting. We designed a large-sampled prospective community-based study to examine the differences in average body indices among Polish teenagers depending on their H. pylori status. …”
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Projected Thermally Driven Elderly Mortality for Beijing Under Greenhouse Gas and Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Scenarios by Jun Wang, Liyun Zhao, John C. Moore

“…Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) geoengineering is designed to lower surface temperatures, so if SAI were ever done, it may reduce future heat‐related mortality, while also increasing cold‐related mortality. …”
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Multiscale wildfire and smoke detection in complex drone forest environments based on YOLOv8 by Wenyu Zhu, Shanwei Niu, Jixiang Yue, Yangli Zhou

“…Furthermore, in order to tackle the challenges of detecting flames and smoke at different scales and angles, we have designed the BiFormer module, which adaptively fuses global and local features, significantly enhancing the model’s multi-scale and multi-angle detection capability. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Pointer Meter Reading Recognition for Advancing Manufacturing Digital Transformation Research by Xiang Li, Jun Zhao, Changchang Zeng, Yong Yao, Sen Zhang, Suixian Yang

“…First, according to the characteristics of the pointer dial, the YOLOX-DC detection algorithm is designed based on the exceeding you only look once detector (YOLOX). …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…Unlike GSM, which scans raw pixels and lacks discriminative power, our LBP-based scheme is specifically designed to capture texture features relevant to spoofing detection. …”
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