Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Does Not Improve the Sequence Effect in Freezing of Gait by Jinghong Ma, Linlin Gao, Taomian Mi, Junyan Sun, Piu Chan, Tao Wu

“…Methods. 28 PD patients with FOG received either real or sham 10-Hz rTMS over the supplementary motor area (SMA). The effects of rTMS on the SE, FOG, and some gait parameters were evaluated. …”
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Chronic Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water Causes Alterations in Locomotor Activity and Decreases Striatal mRNA for the D2 Dopamine Receptor in CD1 Male Mice by Claudia Leticia Moreno Ávila, Jorge H. Limón-Pacheco, Magda Giordano, Verónica M. Rodríguez

“…Arsenic exposure has been associated with sensory, motor, memory, and learning alterations in humans and alterations in locomotor activity, behavioral tasks, and neurotransmitters systems in rodents. …”
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The Effects of Urethane on Rat Outer Hair Cells by Mingyu Fu, Mengzi Chen, Xiao Yan, Xueying Yang, Jinfang Xiao, Jie Tang

“…Meanwhile, the function of the outer hair cell motor protein, prestin, was not affected. These results suggest that urethane anesthesia is expected to decrease the responses of outer hair cells, whereas the frequency selectivity of cochlea remains unchanged.…”
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A Target Domain-Specific Classifier Weight Partial Transfer Adversarial Network for Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Yin Bai, Xiangdong Hu, Kai Zheng, Yunnong Chen, Yi Tang

“…Finally, five mainstream deep neural network methods are taken for comparison using the data from Western Reserve University and the motor-magnetic brake test designed by us. The results show that the proposed method reaches 90.18% and 96.53% classification accuracy on two datasets, respectively, which demonstrates superior performance compared with the state-of-the-art methods.…”
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Remimazolam Combined with Andrographolide Improve Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Rats after Cardiopulmonary Bypass through the AMPK/SIRT1 Signaling Pathway by Chong Chen, Lixia Lan, Kai Xu

“…Introduction: The effects of remimazolam (Re) in combination with andrographolide (AP) on learning, memory, and motor abilities in rats following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery were studied. …”
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Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Measures on Healthcare by Hung Eun Hoo, Hong Chuan Loh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Fan Kee Hoo, Irene Looi

“…The pandemic lockdowns have not only successfully mitigated the transmission of coronavirus, but they have also indirectly reduced the hospital admission rates for endemic community respiratory infections and trauma-related emergencies like motor vehicle accidents. Fetomaternal health and wellness have significantly improved during the pandemic. …”
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Designing CVT Slide Piece Molds for Cavity 24 Pieces on Injection Molding Machine by Alfan Ekajati Latief, M. Pramuda Nugraha S., Adimas Prasetyo S., Ramdan Prianto, Sarmada Sarmada, Laode Mochamad Irfan

“…Material composite based on polypropylene high impact (PPHI) and natural fiber can be used to create slide piece components on the CVT of automatic motor vehicles. In this study, we will design molds from injection molding on an industrial scale en masse, producing a slide piece product made from composite materials. …”
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Structural Angle and Power Images Reveal Interrelated Gray and White Matter Abnormalities in Schizophrenia by Lai Xu, Tülay Adali, David Schretlen, Godfrey Pearlson, Vince D. Calhoun

“…Interestingly, some networks look similar to functional patterns, such as sensory-motor and vision. Our findings demonstrate that structural phase and magnitude images can naturally and efficiently summarize the associated relationship between gray and white matter. …”
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Laser-Induced Nanowire Percolation Interlocking for Ultrarobust Soft Electronics by Yeongju Jung, Kyung Rok Pyun, Sejong Yu, Jiyong Ahn, Jinsol Kim, Jung Jae Park, Min Jae Lee, Byunghong Lee, Daeyeon Won, Junhyuk Bang, Seung Hwan Ko

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Deterioration in Physical Engine Oil Properties after Different Trip Length by Dana Kareem Hameed

“…The test results of this work show that after 10,000 km, 10W-30 Delta NL motor oil brand (special synthetic with API SL) oil properties such as kinematic viscosity at cold start, 40 °C and 100 °C decreased 22.92%, 23.61% and 22.92% respectively. …”
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Outcomes of Vitrectomy in Pediatric Retinal Detachment with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy by Robert Rejdak, Dominika Nowakowska, Katarzyna Wrona, Ryszard Maciejewski, Anselm G. Junemann, Katarzyna Nowomiejska

“…Preserving vision in children with RD is of great importance for their future motor and intellectual development. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03208205.…”
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The usage of Bupivacaina as anesthetic agent in knee arthroscopy. by José Julio Ojeda González, Evangelina Dávila Cabo de Villa, Ana María Machado Consuegra, José Toledo Torres, Carlos M. Hernández

“…<strong><br />Conclusion: </strong>Bupivacaine is a good local anaesthetic because of its slow action since the onset of application and its prolonged duration, and because of the intensity and the duration of the sensorial block that is superior to the motor block.…”
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State of charge estimation for lithium‐ion batteries based on square root sigma point Kalman filter considering temperature variations by Davoud Mahboubi, Iraj Jafari Gavzan, Mohammad Hassan Saidi, Naghi Ahmadi

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An Ultrasonic Based Garbage Management Dustbin. by Matovu, Damazo

“…Once this distance is less than the threshold, the microcontroller commands the servo motor to rotate through an angle of 90 degrees thereby opening the dustbin for the user. …”
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Development of Sr modified Al–Si–Mg–Fe based alloys for automotive components by H.R. Ammar, E. Samuel, A.M. Samuel, E. Elsharkawi, H.W. Doty, F.H. Samuel

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Ensuring the Reliability and Efficiency of the Power Industry in the Agricultural Sector of the Republic of Belarus in Modern Conditions by I. V. Protosovitskii, E. P. Zabello, M. A. Prishchepov, V. A. Daineko

“…The analysis of promising energy-saving measures in agricultural power engineering demonstrated that routine measures are being supplemented by other measures induced by the fact that power electronics and microprocessor technology have significantly advanced in their development in the agricultural energy sector over the past decades, for example, for frequency control of asynchronous motors equipped by a short-circuited rotor that has high values of energy and dynamic indicators. …”
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Newer Generation of Scooters: Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxin and Dibenzofuran and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Reductions by Hung-Hong Chen, Yun-Hwei Shen, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Jau-Huai Lu, Lin-Chi Wang, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Chia-Fon Lee, Sheng-Lun Lin

“…It was interesting to find that the PCDD/Fs were reduced by 94.6–97.4% and 99.4–99.6% in Tier 5 and 6 motors, respectively. The congener profiles of PCDD/Fs were affected by improving the emission control. …”
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A lightweight prosthetic hand with 19-DOF dexterity and human-level functions by Hao Yang, Zhe Tao, Jian Yang, Wenpeng Ma, Haoyu Zhang, Min Xu, Ming Wu, Shuaishuai Sun, Hu Jin, Weihua Li, Liu Wang, Shiwu Zhang

“…Current prosthetic hands, primarily driven by motors or pneumatic actuators, fall short in replicating human-level functions, primarily due to limited DOF. …”
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Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: Combine Effluent Treatment with Energy Generation in UASB Reactor as Biorefinery Annex by Mauro Berni, Ivo Dorileo, Grazielle Nathia, Tânia Forster-Carneiro, Daniel Lachos, Breno G. M. Santos

“…The companies are invested in the use of the biogas in diesel stationary motors cycle that feed the boilers with water in case of storage electricity.…”
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Potential of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft for Commercial Applications with Advanced Airframe and Propulsion Technologies by Stanislav Karpuk, Yannik Freund, Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach

“…Future technologies considered in the present work include laminar flow control, active load alleviation, new materials and structures, ultra-high bypass ratio turbofan engines, more efficient thermal management systems, and superconducting electric motors. A multi-fidelity initial sizing framework with coupled constraint and mission analysis blocks was used for parametric airplane sizing and calculations of all necessary characteristics. …”
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