HIV and the Gut Microbiota, Partners in Crime: Breaking the Vicious Cycle to Unearth New Therapeutic Targets by Kishanda Vyboh, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Vikram Mehraj, Jean-Pierre Routy

“…Microbial translocation and their downstream effects such as increased indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) enzyme expression and activity create a self-sustaining feedback loop which enhances HIV disease progression and constitute a vicious cycle of inflammation and immune activation combining viral and bacterial factors. …”
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Self-driving lab for the photochemical synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles with targeted structural and optical properties by Tianyi Wu, Sina Kheiri, Riley J. Hickman, Huachen Tao, Tony C. Wu, Zhi-Bo Yang, Xin Ge, Wei Zhang, Milad Abolhasani, Kun Liu, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Eugenia Kumacheva

“…Finding reaction conditions for the synthesis of nanoparticles with targeted characteristics is a time-consuming and resource-intensive trial-and-error process, however closed-loop nanoparticle synthesis enables the accelerated exploration of large chemical spaces without human intervention. …”
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Reliable Quantized Fuzzy Controller Design for Nonlinear Singularly Perturbed Systems With Markovian Jumps and Dynamic Event Triggered Mechanism by Rabeh Abbassi, Mourad Kchaou, Hamdi Gassara, Houssem Jerbi

“…The proposed approach is based on the following key attributes: 1) An event-triggered mechanism that establishes a suitable condition for independent signal transmission from each sensor node to the controller; 2) A stochastic failure model that describes actuator failures; 3) A non-stationary Markov chain that reflects the asynchronous relationship between the system and controller modes; 4) A mode-dependent Lyapunov function is used to establish sufficient conditions to show that the resultant closed-loop system is stochastically mean-square stable with a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\gamma $ </tex-math></inline-formula> level of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ l_{2}-l_{\infty } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> performance index; 5) The theoretical findings are validated by a real numerical example of the Van Der Pol circuit, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.…”
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A novel 8T SRAM cell using PFC and PPC VS-CNTFET transistor by Vipin Kumar Sharma, Abhishek Kumar

“…Positive feedback strengthens the feedback loop and enhances the noise margin making SRAM cells less susceptible to disturbance and improving the stabilization of the cell by improving read and write timing response. …”
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Rag‐bull rider optimisation with deep recurrent neural network for epileptic seizure detection using electroencephalogram by Prabin Jose Johnrose, Sundaram Muniasamy, Jaffino Georgepeter

“…Abstract Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal is mostly utilised to monitor epilepsy to revitalize the close loop brain. Several classical methods devised to identify seizures rely on visual analysis of EEG signals which is a costly and complex task if channel count increases. …”
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Gene Profiles in the Early Stage of Neuronal Differentiation of Mouse Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Induced by Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor by Lili Yu, Wei Hong, Haijie Yang, Yin Yan Xia, Zhiwei Feng

“…Amongst proneural genes, the mammalian achate-schute homolog 1 (Mash-1), a basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional factor, was further demonstrated to be significantly upregulated. …”
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Experimental Research on Seismic Performance of Damaged Brick Walls Strengthened with Embedded Horizontal Steel Bars by Liu Tingbin, Jia Rubo, Pei Xianke, Zhang Jiawei, Zhao Jianchang

“…The following results were obtained: the ductility of the damaged walls could be significantly improved after they were reinforced with embedded horizontal steel bars; the ultimate shear capacity of the damaged brick masonry walls with the aspect ratios of 1.8 and 0.5 was improved by 6.8% and 4.7%, respectively; the displacement corresponding to the ultimate bearing capacity was close to that of the unreinforced brick masonry wall; the hysteresis loop of the reinforced wall became plumper and encompassed a larger area; after the ultimate load was reached, a clear yielding platform appeared in the skeleton curve of the reinforced wall; the reinforced wall exhibited good ductility, after entering plastic stage; the energy dissipation capacity of the reinforced wall was significantly greater than that of the unreinforced wall. …”
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Neuromodulation: clinical advances and future perspectives by ZHANG Jian⁃guo, XIE Hu⁃tao, YANG An⁃chao

“…Additionally, it explores the integration trend between neuromodulation and brain⁃computer interface (BCI), pointing out that closed⁃loop neuromodulation has become an important component of BCI, providing new approaches for precise treatment and individualized modulation. …”
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Comparison of Julia and Matlab for Solving Vehicle Routing Problems-Araç Rotalama Problemlerinin Çözümünde Julia ve Matlab Kullanımının Karşılaştırılması by Kenan Karagül, Michael G. Kay, Sezai Tokat

“…Julia tarafından Matlab, Python ve R gibi çok yaygın dillerde de var olan bir dil kabuğu (REPL: Read–Eval–Print Loop) sağlanır. MatLog açık kaynak kodlu bir araç kutusu olarak 1996’da Kuzey Karolina Devlet Üniversitesi’nde (NCSU) geliştirilmiş ve lojistik mühendisliği problemlerine odaklanmıştır. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Ileostomy Closure before Adjuvant Chemotherapy after Rectal Cancer Surgery: An Observational Study from a Chinese Center by Zhen Sun, Yufeng Zhao, Lu Liu, Jichao Qin

“…Patients diagnosed with rectal adenocarcinoma who underwent low anterior resection and temporary loop ileostomy during May 2015 and September 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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Electromagnetic Functions Modulation of Recycled By-Products by Heterodimensional Structure by Ze Nan, Wei Wei, Zhenhua Lin, Ruimei Yuan, Miao Zhang, Jincheng Zhang, Jianyong Ouyang, Jingjing Chang, Hejun Li, Yue Hao

“…Recycle again: The secondary recycled aerogels retain nearly all of their EM protection qualities, making this closed-loop cycle desirable.…”
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The revival of $$U(1)_{L_e-L_{\mu }}$$ U ( 1 ) L e - L μ : a natural solution for $$(g-2)_{\mu }$$ ( g - 2 ) μ with a sub-GeV dark matter by Bibhabasu De

“…Due to the non-trivial transformation of $$S_1$$ S 1 under $$U(1)_{L_e-L_\mu },$$ U ( 1 ) L e - L μ , the model generates additional one-loop contributions to $$(g-2)_\mu ,$$ ( g - 2 ) μ , reviving the considered gauge extension within the experimentally allowed regions of the parameter space. …”
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Bayesian Inference of Hidden Cognitive Performance and Arousal States in Presence of Music by Saman Khazaei, Md Rafiul Amin, Maryam Tahir, Rose T. Faghih

“…Our study can be implemented in designing non-invasive closed-loop systems.…”
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Takeover Quality: Assessing the Effects of Time Budget and Traffic Density with the Help of a Trajectory-Planning Method by Fabian Doubek, Erik Loosveld, Riender Happee, Joost de Winter

“…This paper proposes a novel method of quantifying how well the driver executed an automation-to-manual takeover by comparing human behaviour to optimised behaviour as computed using a trajectory planner. A human-in-the-loop study was carried out in a high-fidelity 6-DOF driving simulator with 25 participants. …”
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Multi-level adaptive coordinated AC fault ride-through control strategy for hybrid cascaded UHVDC transmission system by LYU Yanbei, ZHAO Wenqiang, SHI Qiaoming, YAO Qixin, SUI Shunke, CHANG Haotian

“…Multi-level control strategies, namely controlling the negative sequence voltage of the faulty VSC converter, adopting the auxiliary DC voltage control of the sound VSC converters, switching on the controllable energy dissipation devices at the receiving end and retarding of the LCC converters at the sending end, adjusting the DC power of the converters at the sending and receiving ends, are adaptively coordinated within converters, between converters and between stations to effectively mitigate the overvoltage issues in VSC sub-modules and realize AC fault ride-through of the hybrid cascaded UHVDC system. A closed-loop real-time digital simulation test platform is built based on actual control and protection devices and the topology used on site. …”
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Study on the Effect of Soft and Hard Coal Pore Structure on Gas Adsorption Characteristics by Xun Zhao, Tao Feng, Ping Wang, Ze Liao

“…The research results show that the initial nitrogen adsorption capacity of soft coal is greater than that of hard coal, and the adsorption hysteresis loop of soft coal is more obvious than that of hard coal. …”
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Functional analysis of conserved C. elegans bHLH family members uncovers lifespan control by a peptidergic hub neuron. by G Robert Aguilar, Berta Vidal, Hongzhu Ji, Joke Evenblij, Chien-Po Liao, Hongfei Ji, Giulio Valperga, Christopher Fang-Yen, Oliver Hobert

“…Throughout the animal kingdom, several members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family act as proneural genes during early steps of nervous system development. …”
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THE RELIABILITY OF DETERMINING THE SHORT CIRCUIT ZONE OF THE LINES OF 6–35 kV by F. А. Romaniuk, E. V. Buloichyk, O. A. Huryanchyk, V. S. Kachenya

“…It is demonstrated that in many cases of arc short circuit in a loaded line in order to define the zone of short-circuit with fair accuracy correction of the estimated distance to the fault as calculated by the parameters of the damaged loop (loops) is required. According to the results of numerical experiments corrective expressions on the basis of two relative asymmetry currents determined by the current values of the differences of the phase currents of the line for detecting a type of a short circuit have been obtained. …”
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Real-time simulation comparison of the impact of inertia on grid following and grid forming inverter IGBT lifetime by Sunjoh Christian Verbe, Keigo Higashiura, Md. Amit Hasan, Ryuto Shigenobu, Akiko Takahashi, Masakazu Ito, Hisao Taoka

“…Using a real-time simulation on a Typhoon Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platform, the research evaluates how varying inertia constants (H = 1, 4, 8 ss) influence IGBT lifespan. …”
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Dynamic Dual-Level Overcurrent Protection Scheme for Distributed Energy Resource Networks Using Digital Twins Technology by Feras Alasali, Naser El-Naily, Haytham Y. Mustafa, Hassen Loukil, Saad M. Saad, Abdelaziz Salah Saidi, William Holderbaum

“…By utilizing advanced technologies such as digital-twin technology and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, the proposed scheme enhances fault management and relay coordination. …”
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