Real-Time Classification of Deep and Non-Deep Sleep With Comparative Intervention Experiments by Mo Xia, Hongxi Xue, Boning Li, Jianting Cao

“…Using our deep learning model, we calculated the proportion of deep sleep in each experimental group and validated the effects of fatigue state and white noise environment on improving the proportion. …”
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l0 Sparsity for Image Denoising with Local and Global Priors by Xiaoni Gao, Mei Yu, Jianrong Wang, Jianguo Wei

“…We propose a l0 sparsity based approach to remove additive white Gaussian noise from a given image. To achieve this goal, we combine the local prior and global prior together to recover the noise-free values of pixels. …”
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Optical Design and Simulation of Snapshot Hyperspectral Dental Imaging Spectrometer with One-Dimensional Random Coding by Jiajing Cao, Jun Chang, Yi Huang, Wenxi Wang, Xinran Guo, Shangnan Zhao

“…To verify the feasibility of whiteness measuring, a simulation experiment is carried out. …”
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Female Sprague Dawley Rats Show Impaired Spatial Memory in the 8-Arm Radial Maze under Dim Blue and Red Light by Michael Pirchl, Georg Kemmler, Christian Humpel

“…The aim of the present study was to explore if dim white (7.6–17.7 lux) , blue (1.3–2.3 lux), and red light (0.8–1.4 lux) affect spatial memory of male and female Sprague Dawley rats in the 8-arm radial maze. …”
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Estimation of Groundwater Evapotranspiration Using Diurnal Groundwater Level Fluctuations under Three Vegetation Covers at the Hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert by Wenjia Zhang, Liqiang Zhao, Xinran Yu, Lyulyu Zhang, Nai’ang Wang

“…In this study, groundwater monitoring devices were deployed in ten lake basins at the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, and the White method was used to estimate the ETG of these sites under three main vegetation covers. …”
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Structural and functional changes of Post-Stroke Depression: A multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study by Qiuhong Lu, Shunzu Lu, Xue Wang, Yanlan Huang, Jie Liu, Zhijian Liang

“…This study investigated changes in gray matter volume (GMV), white matter microstructure, and spontaneous brain activity in post-stroke depression (PSD) using multiple MRI techniques, including neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI). …”
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Assessment of Racial Bias within the Risk Analysis Index of Frailty by Michael A. Jacobs, MS, Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD, Robert M. Handzel, MD, MS, Susanne Schmidt, PhD, Carly A. Jacobs, MPH, Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc

“…The performance of the RAI and several potential variants were compared between Black and White cases using various metrics to predict mortality (180-day for Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program, 30-day for National Surgical Quality Improvement Program). …”
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The Effectiveness of Chitosan to Increase Body Resistance of Sangkuriang Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) Against Aeromonas hydrophila Attack by Mahatma Kresnha Radityo, Rosidah, Walim Lili, Roffi Grandiosa Herman

“…Parameters observed included white blood cells, leukocyte differential, clinical symptoms, survival and water quality. …”
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Quasilinear Stochastic Cauchy Problem in Abstract Colombeau Spaces by Irina V. Melnikova, Uljana A. Alekseeva

“…Generalized solutions to the abstract Cauchy problem for a quasilinear equation with the generator of an integrated semigroup and with terms reflecting nonlinear perturbations and white noise type perturbations are under consideration. …”
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Ethnoracial disparities in childhood growth trajectories in Brazil: a longitudinal nationwide study of four million children by Helena Benes Matos da Silva, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Juliana Freitas de Mello e Silva, Irina Chis Ster, Poliana Rebouças, Emanuelle Goes, Maria Yury Ichihara, Andrêa Ferreira, Julia M. Pescarini, Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone, Enny S. Paixão, Maurício L. Barreto

“…Wasting and thinness were more prevalent among children of Pardo, Asian, Black, and Indigenous mothers than those of White mothers. Regarding children’s weight (kg) and length/height (cm), those of Indigenous, Pardo, Black, and Asian descent mothers were on average shorter and weighted less than White ones. …”
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Analysis of Lens Thickness Distribution Based on Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography (SS-OCT) by Xi Feng, Yong Wang, Jianheng Liang, Yali Xu, Julio Ortega-Usobiaga, Danmin Cao

“…The distributions of ocular biometric data including anterior chamber depth (ACD), LT, axial length (AL), central corneal thickness (CCT), white-to-white (WTW), and mean keratometry (MK) and their associations with age were assessed. …”
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Tisser dans le désert : interactions et adaptations autour d’un ouvroir missionnaire au Mzab (1892-1950) by Mélina Joyeux

“…This missionary action is analyzed through the archives of the White Sisters (diaries and chronicles, annual reports, correspondence, photographs), most of which remain unseen, and those of the Missionaries of Africa or “White Fathers”, the male order to which it is linked. …”
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Properties of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolates by V. А. Evgrafova, О. V. Pruntova, N. B. Shadrova, А. М. Timina

“…Actinobacillus рleuropneumoniae isolates were tested for their pathogenic properties by experimental infection of white mice and 2.5–3 month-old piglets. All tested isolates were pathogenic for both white mice and piglets. …”
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‘Braun’: the first russian cotton cultivar with naturally colored fiber by R. K. Tuz, M. Sh. Asfandiiarova, L. P. Podolnaya

“…Most commercial cotton cultivars have white fiber. Massive energy and water consumption during the production of fabrics from such fiber generates significant problems, so in recent decades more and more cotton cultivars with naturally colored fiber have appeared in the world. …”
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Intraspecific classification of durum wheat: new botanical varieties and forms by O. A. Lyapunova

“…They were identified by a combination of characteristics such as the presence or absence of pubescent straw under the spike, pubescent or glabrous glumes, the roughness of awns (smooth or rough), glume color (white, red, gray, smoked-grayish or black on white or red background), awn color (same color as that of glumes or black), kernel color (white, red or purple). …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up after Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer and the Need for Active Monitoring by Gregory P. Swanson, Wencong Chen, Sean Trevathan, Michael Hermans

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Potential impact of different LED light spectra on callus induction, regeneration and plantlet growth of two cultivars of Caladium bicolor by Maryam Dehestani-Ardakani, Mohsen Karimi Dorche, Maryam Rahmati

“…The impact of different LED lights was investigated on callus induction, regeneration, and plantlet growth of two cultivars of Caladium bicolor (‘White’ and ‘Red’). Research Method: Leaf explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1.5 mg L-1 IBA and 1 mg L-1 BA and moved to racks equipped with various LED lighting (100% red lights (R), 100% blue lights (B), 50% blue + 50% red lights (B+R), and 100% white fluorescent lamps (W)). …”
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Moisture Sorption Behaviour and Mould Ecology of Trade Garri Sold in South Eastern Nigeria by Tochukwu Samuel, J. Obeta Ugwuanyi

“…Garri is a creamy white or yellow starchy grit produced by roasting to gelatinization and dryness of peeled, washed, mashed, and fermented dewatered cassava roots. …”
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