The Molecular Genetics and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Rajiv D. Machado

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Mistaken Worlds: When “Abundance” and “Scarcity” Collide in the Colombian Amazon by Gerard Verschoor, Camilo Torres

“…Employing a perspective that rejects cultural uniqueness, this study examines the multiplicity of practices and realities in which the different actors confront dilemmas around the use of common pool resources. The rise of access to “easy” money through artisanal mining is ultimately transforming the local cosmo-vision, which states “one should not touch that which the sun does not illuminate”.…”
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A Storage System for Image File in Cloud Computing by Hongfa Wang

“…As cloud computing enters the mainstream，the numbers of virtual machine in one cloud pool is becoming more and more.So，how to quickly and cheaply migrate virtual machines between different hosts for load balance and power savings is becoming one of the hot and tough problems in this filed for the researchers.A distributed storage system was presented，which was called IFSpool.The system was based on Lustre and was designed to achieve the following three goals：high capacity and high extensibility to support thousands of VM images，high I/O throughput for data access，and booting optimization for boot storm.IFSpool combined a queue mechanism and a cache mechanism in a seamless way，to improve I/O throughput and lighten the boot storm by coordinating data access order.The I/O bandwidth and storage capacity of IFSpool can be easily aggregated and extended by adding storage nodes and servers dynamically.The experimental results show that IFSpool is effective and efficient for VM migration.…”
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Optical Access Network Evolution Trends：Software Defined Optical Access Network by Rentao Gu

“…The rapid growth of new services and emerging network scenarios has serious impact on the existing network infrastructure，and it is an inevitable trend to build a new，high-speed and efficient access network architecture.The challenges faced by the existing network were analyzed，and it was pointed out that high-speed broadband access，efficient resource utilization，support for heterogeneous resource control would be future trends in the evolution of optical access networks.Then the access network development was recalled，the overall architecture of software-defined optical access network was described，SDN idea and OLT pooling technology were introduced into optical access network，and the major key technologies were analyzed，including the flexible programmable optical layer techniques，fine flow table forwarding，control layer virtualization，and etc.Several typical application scenarios suitable for software-defined optical access network were also presented.All of these indicate that the research and development on software-defined optical access network will meet current challenges and ultimately be helpful to achieve the end-to-end flexible control in the entire network.…”
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Research on Flow Regime Hydraulics of Sluice-Passing Flows in Reconstruction Design of Large Sluice in Meandering River Channels by ZHANG Zhouwen

“…Large sluices in meandering river channels have large sluice-passing flow rates and turbulent flow regimes during floods,and downstream energy dissipaters of the sluice cannot be easily repaired once they are damaged by erosion.Taking the reconstruction of the Jimei Sluice as a research project,this paper tries to solve the problem that how to make the reconstructed sluice avoid the large scour pit that has a size of 50 000 m² and a maximum depth of 23 m and is formed by the erosion of current downstream stilling pools.In addition,the paper uses the technical route of changing the layout of the sluice opening and the angle between the sluice axis and the river channel centerline and establishes a two-dimensional hydrodynamic mathematical model to analyze the water level,sluice-passing flow regimes,and erosion.The results of the comparison find that the angle between the sluice axis and the river channel centerline is 88° (rotating counterclockwise by 2°),and the full-depth sluice scheme is suitable.The research ideas and methods can provide a reference for similar projects.…”
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False Blister Beetles, (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.

“…Oxycopis mcdonaldi (Arnett) causes skin blistering and makes itself a nuisance at resort areas where the beetles are attracted by night lights around swimming pools, tennis courts, and open air restaurants. Yet another species, Nacerdes melanura (L.), the "wharf borer," is common around wood pilings where its larvae bore into and weaken the wood of docks and adjacent buildings. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Talent Growth Factor Index System Based on Hesitant Fuzzy Language by Xueer Ji, Lei Wang, Huifeng Xue

“…An effective evaluation of the index system of talent growth factors can lay a solid foundation to build the talent pool, as well as select and establish talents. In this study, based on the theory of “Man-Machine-Environment” system engineering (MMESE), the MMESE talent growth factor index system is proposed and verified for its effectiveness by comparing it with the traditional system. …”
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False Blister Beetles, (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.

“…Oxycopis mcdonaldi (Arnett) causes skin blistering and makes itself a nuisance at resort areas where the beetles are attracted by night lights around swimming pools, tennis courts, and open air restaurants. Yet another species, Nacerdes melanura (L.), the "wharf borer," is common around wood pilings where its larvae bore into and weaken the wood of docks and adjacent buildings. …”
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Recirculation of digestive enzymes by G. F. Korot'ko

“…Digestive glands exosecrete two pools of hydrolases: postprandially de novo synthesized and recreted from blood circulation, to which they are transported by three mechanisms – endosecretion of glandular cells, resorption of hydrolases from ductal system of the glands and the small bowel. …”
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Finance and Inequality in West African Countries: Does Size Matter? by Yusuf Muhammad-Bashir Owolabi, Mahadi Nur Farhah

“…A comprehensive examination of the data employs various estimation techniques, including Pooled Ordinary Least Square, Random Effect Model, Fixed Effect Model, and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), to elucidate the relationship under investigation. …”
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Convolutional neural network (CNN) configuration using a learning automaton model for neonatal brain image segmentation. by Iran Sarafraz, Hamed Agahi, Azar Mahmoodzadeh

“…., size, length, and width of the filter in each layer along with the type of pooling functions with a reinforcement learning approach and an LA model are determined. …”
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Négocier les futurs d’un territoire nucléaire : le cas de La Hague by Youenn Gourain, Christine Fassert

“…The future of the area is also replayed by the plan to extend the plant as part of the nuclear storage pool project, which stabilises the area's industrial identity at the expense of other projections made by its stakeholders. …”
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Enzyme-secretory activity of digestive glands: non-conventional approach by G. F. Korotko

“…Exosecretions of glands have two pools of enzymes: de novo secreted and recreted from the blood. …”
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The Role of Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Synaptic Function and Nervous System Diseases by Jennifer R. Kowalski, Peter Juo

“…While some DUBs counter the action of specific ubiquitin ligases by removing ubiquitin and editing ubiquitin chains, other DUBs function more generally to maintain the cellular pool of free ubiquitin monomers. The importance of DUB function at the synapse is underscored by the association of specific mutations in DUB genes with several neurological disorders. …”
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An Efficient Key Management Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks by Dahai Du, Huagang Xiong, Hailiang Wang

“…Performance evaluation and simulation results show that the proposed MAKM scheme outperforms other key-pool-based schemes in key storage space and resilience against nodes capture. …”
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La Vie de l’agence de Jean Dubuisson dans les années 1950 à Paris by Élise Guillerm

“…It draws on a cosmopolitan, young and highly qualified pool: its success is based on the skills of loyal right-handers and high-level practitioners, from Olivier Vaudou to Michel Jausserand. …”
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Towards edge-collaborative, lightweight and privacy-preserving classification framework by Jinbo XIONG, Yongjie ZHOU, Renwan BI, Liang WAN, Youliang TIAN

“…Aiming at the problems of data leakage of perceptual image and computational inefficiency of privacy-preserving classification framework in edge-side computing environment, a lightweight and privacy-preserving classification framework (PPCF) was proposed to supports encryption feature extraction and classification, and achieve the goal of data transmission and computing security under the collaborative classification process of edge nodes.Firstly, a series of secure computing protocols were designed based on additive secret sharing.Furthermore, two non-collusive edge servers were used to perform secure convolution, secure batch normalization, secure activation, secure pooling and other deep neural network computing layers to realize PPCF.Theoretical and security analysis indicate that PPCF has excellent accuracy and proved to be security.Actual performance evaluation show that PPCF can achieve the same classification accuracy as plaintext environment.At the same time, compared with homomorphic encryption and multi-round iterative calculation schemes, PPCF has obvious advantages in terms of computational cost and communication overhead.…”
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Inception neural network for human activity recognition using wearable sensor by Duo CHAI, Cheng XU, Jie HE, Shao-yang ZHANG, Shi-hong DUAN, Yue QI

“…The experience from computer vision was learned,an innovative neural network model called InnoHAR (inception neural network for human activity recognition) based on the inception neural network and recurrent neural network was put forward,which started from an end-to-end multi-channel sensor waveform data,followed by the 1×1 convolution for better combination of the multi-channel data,and the various scales of convolution to extract the waveform characteristics of different scales,the max-pooling layer to prevent the disturbance of tiny noise causing false positives,combined with the feature of GRU helped to time-sequential modeling,made full use of the characteristics of data classification task.Compared with the state-of-the-art neural network model,the InnoHAR model has a promotion of 3% in the recognition accuracy,which has reached the state-of-the-art on the dataset we used,at the same time it still can guarantee the real-time prediction of low-power embedded platform,also with more space for future exploration.…”
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Application of BIM+GIS in Water Resources Allocation Project of the Pearl River Delta by DU Canyang, DENG Peng, ZHANG Zhaobo, ZHU Xiaobin

“…It incorporates an information-based standard system,a resource pool for engineering big data,a BIM+GIS support platform,a system for electronic signature applications,a multi-information awareness and early warning platform with visual analysis,and a situation-assisted decision application based on a BIM+GIS project panorama.The whole-life-cycle BIM+GIS system platform serves all the participating units including industry supervision and the construction,design,supervision,and safety monitoring of engineering.The digitization,information,and intelligence levels of engineering construction management have reached internationally advanced levels.…”
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Bubble Departure Diameter Prediction Uncertainty by Marko Matkovič, Boštjan Končar

“…This paper presents quality assessment of a mechanistic modelling for bubble departure diameter prediction during pool boiling condition. In contrast to flow boiling process only buoyancy force with opposing surface tension force was considered as the responsible mechanisms for bubble departure. …”
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