Blogs, artefactos y política by María Belén Albornoz

“…The political blogosphere is taken to be a regulated public space with the ability to order and classify the virtual world by means of social, political and technological tools. Finally, the study of this new virtual public space from a techno-social focus is proposed, taking into account virtual surroundings as a space in which conducts are formed.…”
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Nuclear Intron Sequence Variation of the <i>Bulinus globosus</i> Complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae): Implications for Molecular Systematic Analyses by Chairat Tantrawatpan, Kotchaphon Vaisusuk, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Warayutt Pilap, Naruemon Bunchom, Ross H. Andrews, Tongjit Thanchomnang, Wanchai Maleewong, Weerachai Saijuntha

“…Genetic variation, heterozygosity, and DNA recombination in <i>B. globosus</i> were examined using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (<i>COI</i>) and the intron 3 region of the arginine kinase gene (AkInt3). A total of 81 <i>B. globosus</i> snails were collected from three different localities in Kwale County, Kenya. …”
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A multi-dimensional semantic pseudo-relevance feedback framework for information retrieval by Min Pan, Yu Liu, Jinguang Chen, Ellen Anne Huang, Jimmy X. Huang

“…Then, the pre-trained model encodes both the query and the sentences and passages from the documents, extracting sentence-level and passage-level semantic similarities to the query. Finally, these semantic weights are combined with the term-level weights to generate an improved query for the second retrieval round. …”
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A Hierarchical Graph-Enhanced Transformer Network for Remote Sensing Scene Classification by Ziwei Li, Weiming Xu, Shiyu Yang, Juan Wang, Hua Su, Zhanchao Huang, Sheng Wu

“…Moreover, we develop a fine-grained graph neural network extractor that constructs the spatial topological relationships of pixel-level scene images, thereby aiding in the discrimination of similar complex scene categories. Finally, the visual features and spatial structural features are fully integrated and input into the classifier by employing skip connections. …”
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Diego Velázquez's Kings, Buffoons and Philosophers in the Context of His Religious Paintings: the View from Russia (Philosophical-Anthropological Analysis) by M. Silantieva

“…"The topic of mirror" is among such questions and it deals with correlation of intellectual and rational in a person's consciousness, and, finally, there is the issue of the man as a bearer of moral principles. …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetic Periodontitis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential by Meng L, Wen W

“…We further delve into the connections between mitochondrial dysfunction and the pathogenic mechanisms of diabetic periodontitis, such as exacerbated inflammatory responses, decreased tissue repair capacity, and autophagy dysregulation. Finally, we discuss potential therapeutic targets based on mitochondrial function, including antioxidant strategies, mitochondria-targeted drugs, and autophagy regulators. …”
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A Method for Tomato Ripeness Recognition and Detection Based on an Improved YOLOv8 Model by Zhanshuo Yang, Yaxian Li, Qiyu Han, Haoming Wang, Chunjiang Li, Zhandong Wu

“…Additionally, the BiFPN (Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network) module is introduced to replace the traditional PANet connection, which achieves efficient feature fusion across different scales of tomato skin color, size, and surrounding environment and optimizes the expression ability of the feature map. Finally, an Inner-FocalerIoU loss function is designed and integrated to address the difficulty of ripeness classification caused by class imbalance in the samples. …”
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Gut microbiota and atrial cardiomyopathy by Tingting Sun, Beibei Song, Bo Li

“…We focus on the pathophysiological aspects of atrial cardiomyopathy, the impact of gut microbiota dysbiosis on atrial structure and function, and therapeutic strategies exploring modulation of the microbiota for the treatment of atrial cardiomyopathy. Finally, we discuss the role of gut microbiota in the treatment of atrial cardiomyopathy, including fecal microbiota transplantation and oral probiotics or prebiotics. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Genome-Based Severity Predictions Correspond to Lower qPCR Values and Higher Viral Load by Martin Skarzynski, Erin M. McAuley, Ezekiel J. Maier, Anthony C. Fries, Jameson D. Voss, Richard R. Chapleau

“…We also found a nontrivial correlation between predicted severity probability and cycle threshold (r = −0.199). Finally, when divided into severity probability quartiles, the group most likely to experience severe illness (≥75% probability) had a Ct of 16.6 (n = 10), whereas the group least likely to experience severe illness (<25% probability) had a Ct of 21.4 (n = 350) (P=0.0045). …”
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Use of BP Neural Networks to Determine China’s Regional CO2 Emission Quota by Yawei Qi, Wenxiang Peng, Ran Yan, Guangping Rao

“…Later, we used the model to calculate the quotas for other regions, provided they implement the carbon emission trading policy. Finally, we added up the quotas to obtain the total national quota. …”
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Depth Semantic Segmentation of Tobacco Planting Areas from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing Images in Plateau Mountains by Liang Huang, Xuequn Wu, Qiuzhi Peng, Xueqin Yu

“…Among them, in order to reduce the model training time, the MobileNet series of lightweight networks are used to replace the original backbone networks of the four network models. Finally, the predictive images are semantically segmented by trained networks, and the mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) is used to evaluate the accuracy. …”
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Predefined-Time <italic>H</italic> _&#x221E; Cooperative Control for Multi-Robot Systems Based on Adjustable Prescribed Performance Control and Adaptive Command Filter by Haitao Liu, Weichen Li, Xin Huang, Xuehong Tian, Qingqun Mai

“…Fourth, the predefined-time <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H_{\infty } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> coordinated formation controller for multi-robot systems (MRSs) is designed to achieve strong robustness to various disturbances. Finally, all the signals in the control system are bounded and converge within the predefined time, and the results of the virtual simulation experiments verify the validity and performance of the MRSs.…”
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Geological Conditions and Sedimentary Models of Oligocene and Eocene Effective Source Rocks in the Northern Yinggehai Basin by Jianxiang Pei, Gaowei Hu, Zhipeng Huo, Zhihong Chen, Yabing Chen, Xiaofei Fu, Weihong Wang, Haiyu Liu, Yanan Wang, Jingshuang Luo, Guofei Chen

“…Based on the analogy with the Hanoi Depression in Vietnam and the Yacheng District in the Qiongdongnan Basin and the comprehensive analysis of self-geological conditions, the development conditions of Eocene and Oligocene source rocks in the northern Yinggehai Basin are examined, focusing on tectonic evolution, sedimentary facies, and the paleoenvironment. Finally, the sedimentary models for the effective source rocks are established. …”
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Interconnections between BDH1-plasma protein-type 2 diabetes Mellitus: a mediated mendelian randomization analysis using plasma proteomics by Yi-Ying Liu, Yue-Yang Zhang, Qin Wan

“…Within this framework, we adopted a two-step, two-sample MR approach to evaluate the relationships between BDH1, plasma proteins, and type 2 diabetes. Finally, we conducted bidirectional MR analyses along with various sensitivity analyses to ensure the robustness and reliability of the study findings. …”
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Prioritization of the effective factors in reducing energy consumption in a residential building using computer simulation by N. Amani, F. Tirgar Fakheri, K. Safarzadeh

“…The obtained results were compared with each other with the help of optimization strategies for energy consumption using the Design Builder software. Finally, a set of effective factors were determined to be involved in decreasing the energy consumption. …”
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Integrated positioning method of roadheader based on inertial technology by Lingfei SUN, Ya LIU, Jiguo PENG, Muyi YANG, Zhiyuan MA, Kun ZHANG

“…By integrating the advantages and disadvantages of each detection subsystem, the accurate detection of the pose of the roadheader is realized, which effectively overcomes the problems of single inertial navigation system detection value drift and poor system reliability. Finally, through the ground simulation test and the underground industrial test, the effectiveness and detection accuracy of the detection system are verified under different working conditions. …”
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Constitutional Nephrin Deficiency in Conditionally Immortalized Human Podocytes Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Supported by β-Catenin/NF-kappa B Activation: A Consequen... by Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Maddalena Gigante, Armando Di Donato

“…Interestingly, most of the above indicated signaling pathway alterations were again reproducible by cell junction rupture, induced by Ca2+ deprivation. Finally, immunofluorescence analysis on kidney sections of patients with NS of Finnish type confirmed the constitutive expression of α-SMA.…”
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Heart morphology and function evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography in six captive crested gibbons (Nomascus spp.) by Irène Vonfeld, Anaïs Nowakowski, Brice Lefaux, Benoît Quintard

“…The mitral valve regurgitation was associated with a low-grade systolic heart murmur, but no further morphological changes of heart chambers were identified in these animals. Finally, a decreased heart contractility (SF = 18.9%) was diagnosed in one female N. gabriellae. …”
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Research on ultrasonic testing method for tangential contact stress based on equivalent medium theory by Nana Niu, Yongsheng Zhao, Zhifeng Liu, Ying Li, Lele Liu

“…In addition, a shear stress distribution cloud map of the contact surface is drawn. Finally, the accuracy of the detection results is confirmed by combining theory, simulation, and experimental methods. …”
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Semi-automated Generation of Geometric Digital Twin for Bridge Based on Terrestrial Laser Scanning Data by Kaixin Hu, Daguang Han, Guocheng Qin, Yin Zhou, Long Chen, Chunli Ying, Tong Guo, Yanhui Liu

“…For cross sections that lack point clouds, a translation strategy is used to supplement the unknown line segment. Finally, for the T-beam, a model alignment method is proposed to best match the characteristic intersections extracted by the improved RANSAC algorithm and the points corresponding to the design model. …”
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