Bi-GRU Enhanced Cost-Effective Memory-Aware End-to-End Learning for Geometric Constellation Shaping in Optical Coherent Communications by Zhiyang Liu, Xiaoyu Liu, Shilin Xiao, Weiying Yang, Weisheng Hu

“…Additionally, compared with the bi-directional long short-term memory (bi-LSTM) based GCS, the proposed bi-GRU scheme has lower computation complexity with similar system performance.…”
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To mix, or not to mix?: Mitogenomic insights for risk assessment of an interpopulation translocations of the critically endangered European mink by Jakub Skorupski, Christian Seebass, Wolfgang Festl, Natalia Kiseleva, Przemysław Śmietana, Mihai Marinov

“…Significant mitogenomic diversity was identified within the previously presumed genetically homogenous French‐Spanish population, challenging concerns of inbreeding. Despite having lower nucleotide diversity (π = 0.00024) than the German (π = 0.00055) and Russian (π = 0.00048) populations, the French‐Spanish group exhibited impressive haplotype diversity (h = 0.9810) compared to Russian (h = 0.8727) and German (h = 0.7826) populations. …”
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Tone reservation technique combined with active constellation extension for PAPR reduction of OFDM signal by Fang LIU, Yong WANG

“…To overcome the drawbacks of existing tone reservation(TR) techniques,an efficient TR algorithm combined with active constellation extension (ACE-TR) was proposed for reducing the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of or-thogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal.By means of a specially designed iterative procedure and a joint optimization approach for PAPR and bit-error-rate (BER) performances,ACE-TR was able to obtain both an im-proved BER and minimized out-of-band interference while reducing the PAPR effectively.A comprehensive theoretical analysis was presented,and some important results including the bounds of achievable PAPR gain,BER bound,and maximum iteration number were derived.Specifically,by adaptively adjusting the iterative parameters in the optimization approach,more trade-off flexibility between PAPR reduction and BER performance can be offered to satisfy various de-sign requirements.Simulations demonstrate that ACE-TR can dramatically decrease the number of required it ions to reach the desired PAPR with low computation complexity.In addition,the transmitted OFDM symbols using the pro-posed ACE-TR have less in-band distortion and lower out-of-band spectral regrowth than traditional TR algorithms.…”
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Model Test and Numerical Simulation Analysis on Freezing Effect of Different Freezers in Freeze-Sealing Pipe-Roof Method by Haibing Cai, Yujie Liu, Rongbao Hong, Mengkai Li, Zongjin Wang, Hanglong Ding

“…Eventually, EDCF is recommended to ensure the quality of frozen walls due to its lower cost and better freezing effect. This research plays a basic role in the implementation of the freeze-sealing pipe-roof method.…”
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Fast Channel Navigation of Internet Protocol Television Using Adaptive Hybrid Delivery Method by Timothy T. Adeliyi, Oludayo O. Olugbara

“…Results show that the hybrid method has an excellent performance by lowering point-to-point queuing delay, end-to-end packet delay, and packet variation and increasing throughput rate.…”
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma Developing in a Cutaneous Lichen Planus Lesion: A Rare Case by Saptarshi Ghosh, Sivasankar Kotne, P. B. Ananda Rao, S. P. V. Turlapati, Dillip Kumar Soren

“…This case is being reported to emphasize the infrequent possibility of development of malignancy in cutaneous lichen planus, especially if it presents as a longstanding, nonhealing, itchy lesion with patchy areas of depigmentation in the lower limbs.…”
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Implementasi Undang-Undang No. 1 Tahun 2011 terhadap Kondisi Perumahan bagi Masyarakat Berpenghasilan Rendah di Kota Medan by H. Riza Sirait, Rudi Salam Sinaga, Maksum Syahri Lubis

“…There are still weaknesses in housing regulations, among others, related to the current income limit for MBR, which is relatively 35% higher than the average wage / salary income of people in Indonesia, as well as the benchmark for common house prices which are 44% lower in value than the market price in accordance with construction costs on the market.…”
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Analysis of Distribution and Influencing Factors of Three-Nitrogen in Groundwater of the Liuxi River Basin by PANG Yuan, ZENG Hui, ZHANG Mingzhu, ZHUO Quanlong, GUO Zhengguo

“…Based on the monitoring data of 28 sampling points in the study area from 2012 to 2018,the distribution characteristics and influencing factors of groundwater three nitrogen in Liuxi River Basin were analyzed.The results showed that the mass concentrations of ammonia nitrogen,nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen in groundwater in the study area showed a downward trend with time,and the annual decreasing ranges were 0.220,0.120 and 0.001 mg/L,respectively;the mass concentrations of ammonia nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen in the middle reaches were 1.1 and 1.6 times higher than those in the lower reaches,respectively;the average mass concentrations of ammonia nitrogen,nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen in bedrock fissure water were 3.2,0.1 and 0.7 times of that in loose rock pore water,respectively;the correlation degree of ammonia nitrogen and pesticide and fertilizer application was greater,the correlation degree of nitrate nitrogen and nitrite nitrogen and waste water discharge was greater;and three-nitrogen was affected by rainfall to a certain extent,but the correlation was poor;ammonia nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen were closely related to the redox condition and runoff condition of groundwater.…”
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Student Attitudes towards Guided Inquiry Approach Supported by Digital Stories by Merve Berika Kansoy, Ayse Sert-Cibik

“…As a result, thanks to the applied method, the attitude scores of the lower and middle group students towards inquiry converged to each other. …”
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Coal Bottom Ash for Portland Cement Production by Cristina Argiz, Miguel Ángel Sanjuán, Esperanza Menéndez

“…For instance, it could be used as a Portland cement constituent leading to more sustainable cement production by lowering energy consumption and raw material extracted from quarries. …”
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DNA barcoding reveals an unexpected distribution of two Megaleporinus species in the La Plata Basin system by Florencia Paola Coronel, Gisela Loretán, Gisela Loretán, Gisela Loretán, Sebastián Sanchez, Sebastián Sanchez, Natalia Silva, Natalia Silva, Gualberto Pacheco-Sierra, Florencia Brancolini, Florencia Brancolini, Danilo Aichino, Facundo Vargas, Pablo Scarabotti, Pablo Scarabotti, Luis Espínola, Luis Espínola, Carla Simone Pavanelli, Eva Carolina Rueda, Eva Carolina Rueda

“…Fishers, particularly those in the lower Paraná River, frequently classify the fish they catch as M. obtusidens. …”
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and salinity stress mitigation in plants by Mohammad Reza Boorboori, Lenka Lackóová

“…The findings of this review showed that salinity can severely impact the morphological, physiological, and biochemical structures of plants, lowering their productivity. Although plants have natural capabilities to deal with salinity, these capacities are limited depending on plant type, and variety, as well as salinity levels, and other environmental factors. …”
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Predicting Disease Onset from Mutation Status Using Proband and Relative Data with Applications to Huntington's Disease by Tianle Chen, Yuanjia Wang, Yanyuan Ma, Karen Marder, Douglas R. Langbehn

“…Our analyses reveal that the estimated cumulative risk of HD symptom onset obtained from the combined data is slightly lower than the risk estimated from the proband data alone.…”
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Recovery of Polysaccharides from Red Grape Marc and White Grape Pomace by Degradation of Cell Walls by Enzymes with Different Activities by Ekhiñe Garaigordobil, Leticia Martínez-Lapuente, Zenaida Guadalupe, Silvia Pérez-Magariño, Belén Ayestarán

“…The highest dose of enzyme E1, polygalacturonase + pectin lyase + pectin-methyl-esterase (with the highest activity) was the most effective in the degradation of high and medium molecular weight PS. At the lower L/S ratio, the fact that the highest dose of E1 degraded a higher percentage of high and medium molecular weight PS in the marc was explained by the difference in cell wall deconstruction between pomace and marc. …”
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SCLF algorithm for polar code based on GRU network assistance and path metric exchange by Jun LI, Lejia ZHOU, Zhengquan LI, Ru JI, Jintao ZHU, Xingxin LIU, Ziyi LIU

“…In order to solve the problems of low transmission performance, inaccurate flip set construction and high complexity of existing polar codes successive cancellation list bit-flip (SCLF) algorithms, a SCLF algorithm for polar codes based on GRU network assistance and path metric exchange was proposed.First the decoding state was redivided, and a bit-flip strategy was proposed by combining the ideas of path metric exchange and reverse judgment.Secondly, a flip set construction method was proposed by training the GRU network to locate the first erroneous bit in the decoding.Finally, a multi-bit flipping rule was proposed by sorting the path metric for each low-order flip and fixing the low-order reliable bits before performing the high-order flip.Simulation results show that compared with the existing SCLF algorithms, the proposed algorithm improves the accuracy of identifying the first error bit by 18～24% at low signal noise ratio.Under single-bit and multi-bit flipping, the proposed algorithm has a performance gain of up to 0.3 dB and 0.2 dB, respectively, and the online decoding complexity is lower.…”
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A Small-Sized Population of Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Shows High Stemness Properties and Therapeutic Benefit by Miyeon Kim, Yun Kyung Bae, Soyoun Um, Ji Hye Kwon, Gee-Hye Kim, Soo Jin Choi, Wonil Oh, Hye Jin Jin

“…Consequently, this population showed higher cell growth and lower senescence. Additionally, it exhibited diverse stem cell properties including differentiation, stemness, and adhesion, as compared to those of the population before isolation. …”
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Graph Theoretical Analysis of Semantic Fluency in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Guanyu Zhang, Jinghong Ma, Piu Chan, Zheng Ye

“…Patients with PD showed higher density, shorter diameter, and shorter average shortest path length than HC, but lower density, longer diameter, and longer average shortest path length than patients with AD. …”
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Evaluation of Wind-Induced Response Bounds of High-Rise Buildings Based on a Nonrandom Interval Analysis Method by Xianglei Wei, An Xu, Ruohong Zhao

“…With the given upper and lower bounds of time-variant wind excitation, this method can provide an effective calculation tool for estimating wind-induced vibration bounds for high-rise buildings under nonstationary wind load. …”
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Short-Term Feeding of Fibre-Enriched Biscuits: Protective Effect against Hepatotoxicity in Diabetic Rats by Ochuko L. Erukainure, Osaretin A. T. Ebuehi, Folasade O. Adeboyejo, Olufunmilola O. Oladunmoye, Muhammad Aliyu, Okukwe C. Obode, Tosin Olasehinde, Gloria N. Elemo

“…Reduced albumin level was observed in the diabetic group; this was further lowered on feeding with fibre-enriched biscuits. Induction of diabetes led to increased hepatic level of cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and lipid peroxidation and decreased activities of glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and HDL level. …”
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Role of Indium Alloying with Lead as a Means to Reduce the Passivation Phenomena in Lead/Acid Batteries by Abdel-Rahman El-Sayed, Hossnia S. Mohran, Hoda Abdel Shafy Shilkamy

“…Alloy I (0.5% In) exhibits that the corrosion rate is lower, while the passive current is higher than that of Pb. …”
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