Real-Time Detection of Varieties and Defects in Moving Corn Seeds Based on YOLO-SBWL by Yuhang Che, Hongyi Bai, Laijun Sun, Yanru Fang, Xinbo Guo, Shanbing Yin

“…Detecting seeds in motion is more difficult than at rest, and many models pursue high accuracy at the expense of model inference time. …”
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Inhaled therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jennifer K Quint, Eleanor L Axson, Adam Lewis, James Potts, Helene Vioix, Marie Pang, Scott Dickinson

“…Network meta-analyses of RCTs investigated efficacy on exacerbations (long-term: ≥20 weeks of treatment; short-term: <20 weeks), lung function (≥12 weeks), health-related quality of life, mortality and adverse events. …”
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Burkholderia type VI secretion systems have distinct roles in eukaryotic and bacterial cell interactions. by Sandra Schwarz, T Eoin West, Frédéric Boyer, Wen-Chi Chiang, Mike A Carl, Rachel D Hood, Laurence Rohmer, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Shawn J Skerrett, Joseph D Mougous

“…From a group of 31 diverse bacteria, we identified several organisms that competed less effectively against wild-type B. thai than a strain lacking T6SS-1 function. Inactivation of T6SS-1 renders B. thai greatly more susceptible to cell contact-induced stasis by Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Serratia proteamaculans-leaving it 100- to 1000-fold less fit than the wild-type in competition experiments with these organisms. …”
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Alzheimer’s genetic risk factor Bin1 controls synapse vesicle exo-endocytosis in inhibitory synapses by Mariana A. Barata, Catarina Perdigão, José Ramalho, Edgar R. Gomes, Cláudia Guimas Almeida

“…Summary: BIN1, a late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) risk gene, is an endocytic regulator with an unclear synaptic function. We find Bin1 more prominently in inhibitory synapses (vGAT positive) than in excitatory ones (vGLUT1 positive). …”
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Multiple breath washout in primary ciliary dyskinesia: a systematic review of the literature by Andreas M. Matthaiou, Alexandra Demetropoulou, Panayiotis Kouis, Konstantinos Douros, Panayiotis Yiallouros, Pinelopi Anagnostopoulou

“…In conclusion, this review shows that the LCI is abnormally high in PCD from the preschool age up to adulthood. MBW appears to be more sensitive than spirometry in identifying pulmonary function impairment at the early stages of disease. …”
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Improved A*-based Path Planning for Mining Inspection Robots by ZHANG Hui, SU Guoyong, ZHAO Dongyang, YANG Yuhao, HE Kai

“…The proposed path smoothing algorithm is able to reduce the number of path nodes and improve the path smoothing, which makes it more suitable for the mining inspection robot path planning.…”
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Higher amounts of habitual physical activity changes the relationship between hot flashes and subclinical cardiovascular disease risk by Sarah Witkowski, Tint Tha Ra Wun, JoSophia Brunzelle, Sara Buszkiewicz, Lorna Murphy, Randi L. Garcia, Lynnette Leidy Sievert

“…Flow‐mediated dilation (FMD) is an indicator of endothelial function and a subclinical CVD risk factor. Lower FMD has been associated with more HF. …”
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Associations of resuscitation fluid load, colloid-to-crystalloid infusion ratio and clinical outcomes in children with dengue shock syndrome. by Vo Thanh Luan, Vo Thi-Hong Tien, Ngo Thi-Mai Phuong, Do Chau Viet, Trinh Huu Tung, Nguyen Tat Thanh

“…Changes in renal function within 48 h were analyzed using a linear mixed-effects model. …”
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Eye movements during the Iowa Gambling Task in Parkinson’s disease: a brief report by Kirby Doshier, Anthony J. Ryals, Vicki A. Nejtek, Michael F. Salvatore, Jerome Lisk

“…The PD group also had longer completion times on TMT A and B and more errors on TMT B. Overall IGT winning scores were marginally worse in PD. …”
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Morphological assessment of ovaries during stimulation of ovulation in rab-bits with equine serum gonadotropin in different doses by Yu. V. Tverdokhlib

“…Therefore, the goal of our research was the morphological evaluation of the functional compartments of ovaries when using eCG to stimulate reproductive function of rabbits. …”
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An unbiased cell morphology-based screen for new, biologically active small molecules. by Masahiro Tanaka, Raynard Bateman, Daniel Rauh, Eugeni Vaisberg, Shyam Ramachandani, Chao Zhang, Kirk C Hansen, Alma L Burlingame, Jay K Trautman, Kevan M Shokat, Cynthia L Adams

“…Structure-based design of more potent and selective CBR1 inhibitors provided probes for analyzing the biological function of CBR1 in A549 cells. …”
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Islet cell transplantation by CAMILLO RICORDI

“…Restoration of physiologic metabolism by replacement of the biologic function (insulin producing cells) that was partially of completely impaired as a result of the disease process. ? …”
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Modelling cognitive decline in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial [HYVET] and proposed risk tables for population use. by Ruth Peters, Nigel Beckett, Robert Beardmore, Rafael Peña-Miller, Kenneth Rockwood, Arnold Mitnitski, Shahrul Mt-Isa, Christopher Bulpitt

“…The probability of maintaining cognitive function, based on baseline function, was slightly higher in the actively treated group (e.g., for those with the fewest baseline errors, the chance of staying in that state was 63% for those on treatment, compared with 60% for those on placebo). …”
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Otolith assessment in elderly using combined vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials and subjective visual vertical test by Amany Mohammed Fouda, Trandil Hassan El-Mahallawi, Afaf Ahmed Emara, Mona Ahmed Kotait

“…In our study, we assessed age related changes in vestibular function via measurement of combined Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic potentials (VEMPs) as well as Static Subjective Visual Vertical Test (SVVT) for otolith function. …”
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Hearing analysis in heterozygous and homozygous klotho gene deficient mice by Na Yuan, Shiwei Qiu, Qian Wang, Wei Zhuang, Guoping Li, Tiantian Sun, Shiming Yang, Yuehua Qiao, Xi Shi

“…Conclusion: Heterozygous and homozygous klotho deficient mice exhibit different degrees of hearing loss at young age, with homozygous mice (klotho −/−) showing more severe hearing loss. Our results indicate that persisted expression of klotho protein in the inner ear may potentially delay the onset of ARHL and play an important role in the protection of auditory function. …”
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Waveform design through the trade-off relationship between the MI criterion and the SINR criterion by Bin Wang, Xingjia Wang, Guangze Gao, Chao Wang, Yuewei Liu

“…The penalty function aims to prioritize feasible solutions by assigning them the highest fitness. …”
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USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR UAV FLIGHT OPTIMIZATION by O. Dutsiak, V. Yuzevych

“…The study of the results of the functionality of the proposed algorithm was carried out in the environment of three-dimensional modeling. …”
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Hierarchical Contrastive Representation for Accurate Evaluation of Rehabilitation Exercises via Multi-View Skeletal Representations by Zhejun Kuang, Jingrui Wang, Dawen Sun, Jian Zhao, Lijuan Shi, Yusheng Zhu

“…In addition, we introduce a novel contrastive loss function specifically designed for regression tasks. …”
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Short- and long-term effects of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid or doxycycline on the gastrointestinal microbiome of growing cats. by Evangelia M Stavroulaki, Jan S Suchodolski, Rachel Pilla, Geoffrey T Fosgate, Chi-Hsuan Sung, Jonathan A Lidbury, Jörg M Steiner, Panagiotis G Xenoulis

“…Antibiotic treatment in early life influences gastrointestinal (GI) microbial composition and function. In humans, the resultant intestinal dysbiosis is associated with an increased risk for certain diseases later in life. …”
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EZSCAN for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Andrea Ruiz-Alejos, J Jaime Miranda, Rohini Mathur, Pablo Perel, Liam Smeeth

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The EZSCAN is a non-invasive device that, by evaluating sweat gland function, may detect subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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