Global Warming: The Balance of Evidence and Its Policy Implications by Charles Keller

“…Global warming and attendant climate change have been controversial for at least a decade. This is largely because of its societal implications. …”
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A Modified Cellular Automaton Approach for Mixed Bicycle Traffic Flow Modeling by Xiaonian Shan, Zhibin Li, Xiaohong Chen, Jianhong Ye

“…Traffic flow features between simulations of several CA models and field observations were compared. …”
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Asia, Australia, Transnational Education and Research Networks: Implications for the ‘Anglo-Saxon Model’ by Sophie Koppe

“…Geopolitics seems to partly account for the differences between Australia and the United Kingdom. Australia is very close to Asia, and one of the strongest exchange points between those two regions is education. …”
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Usefulness of mobile learning (M-learning) in learning foreign languages by Giedrė Paurienė

“…The question of whether students consider mobile applications beneficial for foreign language learning is significant, as the answer to it reveals the effectiveness of M-Learning and its impact on students’ motivation. …”
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A noninvasive method for the detection of foetal DNA in early pregnancy based on differential methylation pattern of Ras association domain family member 1A by Yulin Sha, Wei Liu, Jiongzhi Hong, Yan Yang, Jian Yu, Xiaodong Fu

“…After digestion of the cell samples using a methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme cocktail, a critical step to differentiate between maternal and foetal DNA, the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) of RASSF1A and β-actin (ACTB) were employed to measure foetal DNA and cell concentrations. …”
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MFG-E8 Knockout Aggravated Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Promoting the Activation of TLR4/NF-κB Signaling in Mice by Jun Hu, Hui Du, Yinglin Yuan, Peipei Guo, Junxia Yang, Xinru Yin, Jin Liu, Shengwang Wu, Jingyuan Wan, Xia Gong

“…Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the common liver disease characterized by hepatic steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis; there are no approved drugs to treat this disease because of incomplete understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms of NASH. …”
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Drawing Analysis and Calculation of Root Transition Curves of Root Cutting Gears by Zhou Yanfang, Zhang Wei, Hou Keqing

“…It provides a reliable basis for establishing the finite element model of the root cutting gear, quantifying the relationship between the bending fatigue strength and the displacement coefficient of the root cutting gear, determining the best displacement coefficient of the root cutting gear, and studying the feasibility of the use of the root cutting gear in the industrial production.…”
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Image inpainting forensics method based on dual branch network by Dengyong ZHANG, Huang WEN, Feng LI, Peng CAO, Lingyun XIANG, Gaobo YANG, Xiangling DING

“…Image inpainting is a technique that uses information from known areas of an image to repair missing or damaged areas of the image.Image editing software based on it has made it easy to edit and modify the content of digital images without any specialized foundation.When image inpainting techniques are used to maliciously remove the content of an image, it will cause confidence crisis on the real image.Current researches in image inpainting forensics can only effectively detect a certain type of image inpainting.To address this problem, a passive forensic method for image inpainting was proposed, which is based on a two-branch network.The high-pass filtered convolutional network in the dual branch first used a set of high-pass filters to attenuate the low-frequency components in the image.Then features were extracted using four residual blocks, and two transposed convolutions were performed with 4x up-sampling to zoom in on the feature map.And thereafter a 5×5 convolution was used to attenuate the tessellation artifacts from the transposed convolutions to generate a discriminative feature map on the high-frequency components of the image.The dual-attention feature fusion branch in the dual branch first added a local binary pattern feature map to the image using a preprocessing block.Then the dual-attention convolution block was used to adaptively integrate the image’s local features and global dependencies to capture the differences in content and texture between the inpainted and pristine regions of the image.Additionally, the features extracted from the dual-attention convolution block were fused, and the feature maps were up-sampled identically to generate the discriminative image content and texture on the feature maps.The extensive experimental results show the proposed method improved the F1 score by 2.05% and the Intersection over Union(IoU) by 3.53% for the exemplar-based method and by 1.06% and 1.22% for the deep-learning-based method in detecting the inpainted region of the removed object.Visualization of the results shows that the edges of the removed objects can be accurately located on the detected inpainted area.…”
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Morning versus Nocturnal Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability Responses to Intensified Training in Recreational Runners by Olli-Pekka Nuuttila, Heikki Kyröläinen, Veli-Pekka Kokkonen, Arja Uusitalo

“…The Pearson correlations between relative changes in nocturnal and morning segments were − 0.11 to 0.72 (3000-m) and − 0.25 to 0.79 (OL). …”
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Novel ASON routing implementation by LI Jian, YANG Ai-ping, GU Wan-yi, ZHANG Jie

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Autaptic Modulation of Electrical Activity in a Network of Neuron-Coupled Astrocyte by Shengli Guo, Jun Tang, Jun Ma, Chunni Wang

“…It is found that the self-adaption of autapse driving can make the network of neuron-astrocyte generate different modes of electrical activities, and oscillating behavior of Ca2+ and IP3 setting is controlled. This new network model can give potential understanding about self-adaption of neuron to external forcing when the coupling of astrocyte and autapse is considered.…”
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The evolution replacing para rubber sawdust by using bagasse and rice straw with giant mimosa for substrate cultivation P. sajor-caju by Karupakorn Laeid-on, Arunrussame Sangsila

“…Whenever biological efficiency (B.E.) was considered.Conclusion The results showed that bagasse: chopped straw: chopped giant mimosa (25:35:40%) would have a maximum value of 58.96%. Which was the best approach being the best for utilizing as material for growing mushrooms or introducing farmers.…”
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No Chattering and Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of a Fractional-Order Phase Converter with Disturbances and Parameter Uncertainties by Karthikeyan Rajagopal, Riessom Weldegiorgis, Anitha Karthikeyan, Prakash Duraisamy, Goitom Tadesse

“…Discussing the dynamical properties of various power system models is of significant importance in order to understand its complete behavior. Even though there are many literatures discussing about the chaotic behavior shown by phase converter circuits, none of them have reported the hazardous phenomenon of multistability. …”
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The tuna keel is a mechanosensory structure by Júlia Chaumel, Dylan K. Wainwright, Jacqueline F. Webb, Connor F. White, George V. Lauder

“…These observations suggest that the bilateral tuna keels act as flow sensing structures, perhaps providing information on tail beat frequency, amplitude, force, and water flow dynamics over the caudal region of the tuna body axis during locomotion.…”
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Magnetic Integrated Multi-Trap Filters Using Mutual Inductance to Mitigate Current Harmonics in Grid-Connected Power Electronics Converters by Maged Al-Barashi, Aicheng Zou, Yongjun Wang, Wei Luo, Nan Shao, Zeyu Tang, Bing Lu

“…Moreover, these designed filters comply with IEEE standards, maintaining a grid-side current total harmonic distortion (THD) of less than 0.9%, with all current harmonics below 0.3% of the fundamental current.…”
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Tıp fakülteleri temsilcileri tıp eğitimi çalıştayı; Bir çalıştayın ardından by Oktay Sarı, Duygu Fındık, Ayşen Melek Aytuğ Koşan, Şerefnur Öztürk

“…Çalıştayın sonunda tıp fakültelerinde olması gereken ve ortak olarak belirlenen olumlu özellikler ile geliştirilmesi gereken özelliklerin öncelik ve önem sırasına göre bir rapor içinde hazırlanmasına ve “İlk Tıp Fakülteleri Öğrenci Temsilcileri Bildirgesi” olarak sunulmasına karar verildi. …”
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Comparison of Oral Microbe Quantities from Tongue Samples and Subgingival Pockets by André Göhler, Stefanie Samietz, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Thomas Kocher, Ivo Steinmetz, Birte Holtfreter

“…Detection and quantity of bacterial species correlated weakly to moderately between the tongue and subgingival pocket, except for Archaea. …”
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Short-term effects of 448 kilohertz radiofrequency stimulation on plantar fascia measured by quantitative ultrasound elastography and thermography on active healthy subjects: an op... by Daniel Aguilar-Nuñez, Pablo Cervera-Garvi, Ana Gonzalez-Muñoz, Santiago Navarro-Ledesma

“…The final objective was to analyze the level of association between the viscoelastic properties of the PF and the temperature before and after the intervention with 448 kHz CRMR.Results: Our results showed that a temperature change, which was measured by thermography, occurred in the plantar fascia after a single intervention (T0-T1) and at the 1-week follow up (T1-T2).Conclusion: However, no changes were found in the viscoelastic properties of the plantar fascia after the intervention or at the 1-week follow up. …”
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Research note: Genetically diverse avian hepatitis E virus identified in chickens with hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome in Guangdong Province, China by Xue-Lian Zhang, Yu-Qian Zhang, Chun-Hong Liu, Yan Ma, Shu-Jian Huang, Jian-Wei Shao

“…Since its discovery in 1991, diverse strains of avian HEV have been extensively identified worldwide. Epidemiological investigations have demonstrated the wide distribution and genetic diversity of avian HEV strains in China. …”
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Reduced Fascicle Area Demonstrated in Ilioinguinal Nerves Resected from Primary Inguinal Herniorrhaphy Patients as Evidence of Compression Neuropathy by Robert Wright, Donald E. Born, Troy Sanders, Jordan Landes, Troy Salisbury, Anjali S. Kumar, Makena Horne

“…There was no significant difference in the nerve cross-sectional area between locations, but there was a moderate to large effect size observed between locations (p=0.165,η2 =0.105). …”
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