An Optimized Path Planning Method for Coastal Ships Based on Improved DDPG and DP by Yiquan Du, Xiuguo Zhang, Zhiying Cao, Shaobo Wang, Jiacheng Liang, Fengge Zhang, Jiawei Tang

“…Firstly, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) is used to improve the network structure of DDPG, which uses the historical state information to approximate the current environmental state information, so that the predicted action is more accurate. On the other hand, the traditional reward function of DDPG may lead to low learning efficiency and convergence speed of the model. …”
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Impact of maternal intrapartum antibiotics on the initial oral microbiome of neonates by Hongping Li, Bin Xiao, Yong Zhang, Shanqiu Xiao, Jun Luo, Weimin Huang

“…Genus Lactobacillus belonging to Firmicutes was predominant in the neonates not exposed to antibiotics, while significantly higher percentages of genera Klebsiella, Roseburia, Propionibacterium, Faecalibacterium, Escherichia/Shigella, Corynebacterium, Bifidobacterium, and Bacteroides were noted in AT infants than NT infants. Further function analysis demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and amino acid–related metabolic function was enriched in the AT group, and carbohydrate metabolism pathways were more abundant in the NT group. …”
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A novel temperature-humidity index-based model for evaluating semen characteristics in Thai native roosters under tropical conditions by Wuttigrai Boonkum, Vibuntita Chankitisakul, Jiraporn Juiputta

“…Therefore, the newly developed THI function is a more precise tool for evaluating the effects of thermal stress. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Robot-Assisted versus Traditional Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Partial Nephrectomy by Sahin Kilic, Enis Mert Yorulmaz, Çağatay Özsoy, Murat Sambel, Yigit Akın, Mutlu Ateş

“…Although RRPN can be applied in larger and more complex tumors, its oncological and functional results are similar to LRPN. …”
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Wave-packet manipulation of He Rydberg states by a seeded free-electron laser by Mathieu Dumergue, Paolo Antonio Carpeggiani, Tamás Csizmadia, Miltcho Danailov, Alexander Demidovich, Giovanni De Ninno, Michele Di Fraia, Per Eng-Johnsson, Dominik Ertel, Hikaru Fujise, Mizuho Fushitani, Luca Giannessi, Harshitha Nandiga Gopalakrishna, Akiyoshi Hishikawa, Heide Ibrahim, Sergei Kühn, Francois Légaré, Yu Luo, Praveen Kumar Maroju, Johan Mauritsson, Matteo Moioli, Anna Olofsson, Jasper Peschel, Oksana Plekan, Stephen T. Pratt, Lorenzo Raimondi, Primož Rebernik Ribič, Shu Saito, Giuseppe Sansone, Ronak Shah, Emma R. Simpson, Daehyun You, Marco Zangrando, Carlo Callegari, Kiyoshi Ueda, Kevin C. Prince

“…The He atoms were postionized by infrared (IR) pulses, and the ion yield was measured as a function of XUV phase and IR arrival time. We tagged and sorted the relative phase of the XUV pulse pair on a single-shot basis by fitting each FEL spectrum with a suitable function that accounts for nonidealities of the XUV pulse pairs, associated with the seeding process; more generally, the fit returns the time-dependent electric field of the FEL spectra. …”
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Are the Menstrual Characteristics Similar in Adolescent and Adult Women with Cerebral Palsy? by Hanife Dogan, Duygu Turker, Ozge Coban, Merve Basol Goksuluk, Nuriye Ozengin, Necmiye Un Yildirim

“…Among 74 women with cerebral palsy, women between the ages of 10-18 formed the adolescent cerebral palsy group (n= 36), and women between the ages of 19-30 formed the adult cerebral palsy group (n=38). Gross motor function levels of women with cerebral palsy were determined by gross motor function classification system expanded and revised. …”
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Clinical swallowing prognostic indicators in patients with acute ischemic stroke by Karoline Kussik de Almeida LEITE, Fernanda Chiarion SASSI, Gisele Chagas de MEDEIROS, Luiz Roberto COMERLATTI, Claudia Regina Furquim de ANDRADE

“…ABSTRACT A swallowing disorder is present in more than 50% of patients with acute stroke. Objective To identify clinical prognostic indicators of the swallowing function in a population with acute ischemic stroke and to determine prioritization indicators for swallowing rehabilitation. …”
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Students’ understanding of two-variable calculus concepts in mathematics and physics contexts. II. The gradient and the Laplacian by Maria Al Dehaybes, Johan Deprez, Paul van Kampen, Mieke De Cock

“…When learning physics, students need more than just an understanding of mathematical and physical concepts. …”
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K0 test and particle flow simulation of coral sands with different gradations by Ruiyuan Zhang, Yongtao Zhang, Peishuai Chen, Fuquan Ji, Huiwu Luo, Yu Zhong, Yu Zhong

“…The coral sand with a wider gradation exhibits a more obvious gradient distribution of internal contact forces with more uniform directional distribution and better compaction. …”
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Clinicopathological analysis of IgA nephropathy combined with hyperuricemia by CAI Wei-cheng, HAN Shu-lian, GUO Xiao-dan, LING Yi-sheng, LIU Jun-lan, GUAN Tian-jun

“…Objective To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics of IgA nephropathy combined with hyperuricemia in order to reveal the clinical significance of IgA nephropathy associated with hyperuricemia.Methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of 270 patients with IgA nephropathy diagnosed by renal biopsy from June 2006 to December 2012.The patients were divided into the two groups:IgA nephropathy patients with or without hyperuricemia.The sex,age,systolic blood pressure,24-h urine protein,serum uric acid,and serum creatinine were measured.All patients underwent renal pathological examination and Lee’s classification.A comparative analysis of clinical manifestations and renal pathological injuries was performed between the two groups,and the pathological parameters of patients with normal renal function were further analyzed.Results The prevalence of hyperuricemia in patients with IgA nephropathy was 25.19%.The systolic blood pressure,24-h urine protein and serum creatinine level were higher in the hyperuricemia group than in the normal group.The renal pathological changes in the hyperuricemia group were more severe than those in the normal uric acid group.The proportion of renal tubular interstitial lesions and renal artery lesions in the hyperuricemia group was higher than in the normal renal function group.The proportion of renal artery stenosis and renal tubular interstitial chronic lesions in the patients with hyperuricemia group was higher than in normal serum uric acid group.Conclusions The clinical manifestations and renal pathological changes of patients with IgA nephropathy combined with hyperuricemia are more serious than those with normal serum uric acid level,in particular,the effects of renal tubular interstitial lesions and renal vascular lesions were more obvious,and the clinical prognosis is not good.Timely and effective treatments are needed.…”
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Specific Features of Mixed Anesthesia with Preserved Spontaneous Breathing in Elderly Patients by V. V. Likhvantsev, D. D. Selivanov, S. A., Fedorov, O. A. Grebenchikov, A. S. Murachev, S. S. Timoshin

“…MV used to maintain external respiratory function under mixed anesthesia and total myoplegia causes a decrease in cardiac index (CI) by 58.8% (p<0.05) and increases in total peripheral resistance (TPR) by 50% or more (p<0.05), and intrapulmonary shunt threefold (p<0.05). …”
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Effects of Relativistic Maxwellian Distribution on the Dust Grain Electrical Potential by Masoud Taherimoghadam, Iman Motie, Ali Bakhshayeshi, Taghi Mirzaye

“…The comparison of the results of the relativistic and nonrelativistic Maxwellian distribution functions shows in the low dust to ion density ratio, only the relativistic Maxwell distribution function can indicate the dust charging process. …”
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Late maturation of adult-born neurons in the temporal dentate gyrus. by Jason S Snyder, Sarah C Ferrante, Heather A Cameron

“…Hippocampal function varies along its septotemporal axis, with the septal (dorsal) pole more frequently involved in spatial learning and memory and the temporal (ventral) pole playing a greater role in emotional behaviors. …”
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Studying and Prioritizing the Vulnerability of Rural Settlements of Khuzestan Province against Natural Disasters by Hojjatollah Sadeghi, Yaghoub Seif, Skandar Seidaiy, Maryam Salehi Kakhki

“…Balanced scenario or the weighted linear function results also showed that the study area has a relatively limited number of rural settlements (about 98 rural settlements, or about 4.9 percent of the total rural settlements) with a standard amount of environmental damage-over0.5. 4- Conclusion Studying 1989 rural areas based on various scenarios including relatively pessimistic scenario of, , relatively optimistic scenario, balance scenario of or the weighted linear function, 746, 3, and 98 rural areas have the value of standardized environmental vulnerability more than 0.5 respectively. …”
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Critical Review of Diagnostic Methods Used in Chronic Pancreatic Disease by Ivan T Beck

“…This paper provides a balanced assessment of the various pancreatic function tests and imaging techniques used in the differential diagnosis of chronic pancreatic disease. …”
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Microarray analysis of the effects of Acthar Gel versus methylprednisolone in a model of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in female rats by Kyle Hayes, Dale Wright

“…Compared with control, Acthar significantly decreased the expression of more genes related to inflammation, immune function, and fibrosis than MP. …”
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An Extensible Gradient-Based Optimization Method for Parameter Identification in Power Distribution Network by Chuanjun Wang, Kehao Fei, Xinle Xu, Haoran Chen, Ke Hu, Shihe Xu, Jiayang Ma

“…By comparing the proposed method with several heuristic algorithms, it is found that the errors in RMSE, MAE, and MAPE criteria via AGBO-Pro are all about 2 times lower with a much faster and more stable convergence of the loss function. By further taking a linear transformation of the loss function, the AGBO-Pro model achieves a more robust performance with a much lower variance in repeat numerical calculations. …”
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Study on the Macroeconomic Model Based on the Genetic Algorithm by Sun Shihao, Yixin Zhou, Yong Wang, Wu Wang

“…Finally, a high-throughput macroeconomic timing prediction scheme based on genetic algorithm is designed. This scheme is more accurate than the paid full-function 10jqka software, and has a higher prediction cycle for stock price and stock index. …”
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Flesh and bone: The musculature and cervical movements of pterosaurs by RICHARD BUCHMANN, TAISSA RODRIGUES

“…Muscles that showed extremely low potential had a more cervical stabilization function. Specializations we identified in the muscles are compatible with the foraging habits previously inferred for these pterosaurs, namely surface fishing by Rhamphorhynchus and Anhanguera and capture of small terrestrial prey by Azhdarcho.…”
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The Open Society Revisited by Friedel Weinert

“…It is a function of appropriate political structures. Therein lies its deeper connection with democracy: drawing upon several historical and contemporary examples thisarticle suggests that open societies can be characterized by critical scrutiny and even more reflexivity. …”
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