Noninvasive Monitoring of Pneumococcal Meningitis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy in an Experimental Mouse Model by Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Kshitij Modi, Jun Yu, Kevin P. Francis, Carlos Orihuela, Elaine Tuomanen, Anthony F. Purchio, Pamela R. Contag

“…A mouse model was established by lumbar (LP) or intracisternal (IC) injection of bioluminescent S. pneumoniae into the subarachnoid space. Bacteria replicated initially at the site of inoculation and spread progressively from the spinal cord to the brain or from the brain down to the cervical part of the spinal column and to the lower vertebral levels. …”
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An optimal control method considering degradation and economy based on mutual learn salp swarm algorithm of an islanded zero‐carbon DC microgrid by Ying Han, Yujing Hou, Luoyi Li, Weifeng Meng, Qi Li, Weirong Chen

“…Abstract Due to the energy storage lifetime effects of the power allocation, there is a large space to improve the economy of the electric‐hydrogen hybrid DC microgrid. …”
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PlantLayout pipeline to model tissue patterning by M. S. Savina, V. V. Mironova

“…To study the mechanisms underlying developmental pattern formation in a tissue, one needs to analyze the dynamics of the regulators in time and space across the tissue of a specific architecture. …”
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Live imaging of paracrine signaling: Advances in visualization and tracking techniques by Eriko Deguchi, Michiyuki Matsuda, Kenta Terai

“…This review examines recent advances in visualizing and tracking paracrine factors through four key stages: secretion from producing cells, diffusion through extracellular space, binding to target cells, and activation of intracellular signaling within target cells. …”
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Optimizing community-based aquaponics: Evaluating the impact of rotary drum filter implementation on water conservation and operational efficiency by Muhammad Fuad, Arief Budihardjo Mochamad, Shofwan Agus, Sumartono Agus, Setyawan Budi, Inandin Nabiha Puteri

“…The compact design of the RDF allowed for seamless integration into the existing system without requiring additional space. Moreover, the study highlights the RDF’s ability to minimize labor requirements, making it an ideal solution for community-driven projects with limited resources. …”
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An Infrared and Visible Image Alignment Method Based on Gradient Distribution Properties and Scale-Invariant Features in Electric Power Scenes by Lin Zhu, Yuxing Mao, Chunxu Chen, Lanjia Ning

“…Second, the feature points in the edges are recognised by a curvature scale space (CSS) corner detector. Third, the Histogram of Orientation Gradients (HOG) is extracted as the gradient distribution characteristics of the feature points, which are normalised with the Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) algorithm to form feature descriptors. …”
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Generalized-Disturbance Rejection Control for Vibration Suppression of Piezoelectric Laminated Flexible Structures by Xiao-Yu Zhang, Run-Xiao Wang, Shun-Qi Zhang, Zhan-Xi Wang, Xian-Sheng Qin, Rüdiger Schmidt

“…In the proposed GDR-PI control, a refined state space model is first constructed, and a generalized disturbance including the disturbance influence matrices, unknown physical disturbances, and state variables is defined. …”
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Significance of histopathological features in the diagnosis of Budd–Chiari syndrome on liver biopsies by Pallavi Prasad, Anurag Singh, Alka Singh, Prabhaker Mishra, Narendra Krishnani

“…Results: The common histopathological findings were the presence of red blood cells in the space of disse (100%), peri-portal fibrosis (97.1%), sinusoidal dilation (97.1%), portal inflammation (67.6%), centrilobular necrosis (61.8%) and pericellular/sinusoidal fibrosis (61.8%). …”
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Natural light adaptive context lighting system that provides a lighting environment tailored to the User's objectives by Seung-Taek Oh, Jae-Hyun Lim

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ARM-Cortex M3-Based Two-Wheel Robot for Assessing Grid Cell Model of Medial Entorhinal Cortex: Progress towards Building Robots with Biologically Inspired Navigation-Cognitive Maps by J. Cuneo, L. Barboni, N. Blanco, M. del Castillo, J. Quagliotti

“…This article presents the implementation and use of a two-wheel autonomous robot and its effectiveness as a tool for studying the recently discovered use of grid cells as part of mammalian’s brains space-mapping circuitry (specifically the medial entorhinal cortex). …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CYTOKINE LEVEL IN BLOOD SERUM IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH CHRONIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY by Лариса Дмитриевна Андосова, Анна Алексеевна Дмитриева, Людмила Васильевна Боровкова, Светлана Олеговна Колобова, Ксения Андреевна Шахова, Юлия Рудольфовна Тихомирова, Александр Алексеевич Туличев, Людмила Александровна Чичкова

“…It has been established that in order to maintain trophoblast function, inflammatory processes in the intervillous space are weakened. Conclusion. The cytokine MCP-1 can be considered as a marker of the development of preeclampsia. …”
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Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 1-(4-Nitrobenzyl)-3-allyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one by Dounia Belaziz, Santiago V. Luis, Youssef Kandri Rodi, Inés Martí, Vicente Martí-Centelles

“…This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic, space group P21/n (number 14) c with cell parameters, a=7.12148(8) Å, b=16.12035(17) Å, c=13.04169(17) Å, β=93.3043(11), V=1494.71(3) Å3, and Dcalc = 1.375 g/mm3. …”
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A Multicomponent Particle Model and Linear Fitting Calibration Method for Heterogeneous Rocks by Qifeng Guo, Ying Zhang, Xun Xi, Xu Wu, Meifeng Cai

“…Deformation and failure of rock are very important to underground space engineering. In this paper, a new three-dimensional multicomponent bonded-particle model is developed for heterogeneous rocks. …”
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Accurate Perception of Rock Strata Movement for Environmental Protection in Coal Mining: Taking Thick and Hard Roof Cooperative Control as an Example by Tong Zhao, Changyou Liu, Kaan Yetilmezsoy, Majid Bahramian, Peilin Gong

“…Consequently, the collapse and filling of the immediate roof and low-positioned THR, as well as the timely cutting off the middle-positioned THR, could be realized, which alleviated the migration space of THR blocks, overlying strata destruction, and earth-surface step subsidence. …”
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Cross-border territories development as an indicator of the integration processes effectiveness by I. V. Mishchenko, E. G. Shustova, I. V. Milkina

“…That is the cross-border territories, as bridges between countries, which feel the effect of the processes taking place in the common economic space: the trade turnover between the countries increases, as well as the inflow of investment and labor.The study is aimed at identifying the effect of integration processes on the development of two cross – border areas-Altai territory (Russian Federation) and East Kazakhstan region (Republic of Kazakhstan). …”
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Urban heat island distribution, transformation, and projection (Case study: Jakarta City in 2000, 2020, and 2040) by Fabiola Candraningtyas Callista, Arkan Maulana Fikri, Suhardono Sapta

“…The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon occurs when urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural regions due to urbanization, land use changes, and reduced green spaces. In cities like Jakarta, UHI worsens climate change impacts, increases energy consumption, and threatens public health and quality of life. …”
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Parametric Yield-Driven Resource Binding in High-Level Synthesis with Multi-Vth/Vdd Library and Device Sizing by Yibo Chen, Yu Wang, Yuan Xie, Andres Takach

“…Meanwhile, device sizing is performed on the resources in the library to mitigate the impact of variation, and to enlarge the design space for better quality of the design choice. A parametric yield-driven resource binding algorithm is then proposed, which uses the characterized power and delay distributions and efficiently maximizes power yield under a timing yield constraint. …”
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Impact of Uniaxial Mechanical Perturbation on Structural Properties and Smectite Porosity Features: Ion Exchanger Efficiency and Adsorption Performance Fate by Walid Oueslati, Chadha Mejri, Abdesslem Ben Haj Amara

“…An evaluation of the performance of the mechanisms controlling the clay-environment interaction and predicting the dynamics/configuration of the interlayer space (IS) is required. This work focuses on a quantitative identification of the structural changes and porosity alteration in the case of heavy metal-exchanged montmorillonite samples (Co2+ and Cd2+ cations) undergoing mechanical stresses (uniaxial oedometric test (loading/unloading)). …”
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Computational study of fluid forces over a cylinder attached with elastic beam: A finite element-based simulations by Yasir Arif, Rashid Mahmood, Mehdi Tlija, Afraz Hussain Majeed, Kamran Usman, Ehab Seif Ghith

“…To resolve the coupled governing equations, the velocity profiles are approximated with quadratic polynomials (P2), while the pressure is estimated using a different space with linear polynomials (P1) using the finite element method. …”
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Zero-shot reranking with dense encoder models for news background linking by Marwa Essam, Tamer Elsayed

“…To represent news articles in the semantic space, we compare multiple Transformer-based encoder models in a zero-shot setting without the need for any labeled data. …”
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