The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria is closely related to the pathogenicity and drug resistance of bacteria. Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are a class of proteins with important biological functions on the outer membrane. The β-barrel...
This article is mainly concerned with the fixed-time and predefined-time synchronization problem for a type of complex-valued BAM neural networks with stochastic perturbations and impulse effect. First, some previous fixed-time stability results on n...
In this paper, we are interested in the finite-time synchronization of complex-valued BAM neural networks with time delays. Without applying Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional theory, finite-time convergence theorem, graph-theoretic method, the the...
In this paper, we ponder a kind of discrete-time fractional-order complex-valued fuzzy BAM neural network. Firstly, in order to guarantee the quasi-projective synchronization of the considered networks, an original quantitative control strategy is de...
Apples are susceptible to infection by various pathogens during growth, which induces various leaf diseases and thus affects apple quality and yield. The timely and accurate identification of apple leaf diseases is essential to ensure the high-qualit...
A licensed Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) vaccine is not yet available. Recombinant Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein (Ct-MOMP), the most abundant constituent of the chlamydial outer membrane complex, is considered the most attractive ca...
The β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) is a multimeric protein complex responsible for the folding of outer membrane proteins in gram-negative bacteria. It is essential for cell survival and outer membrane integrity. Therefore, it is of impact in...
The BAM is a macromolecular machine responsible for the folding and the insertion of integral proteins into the outer membrane of diderm Gram-negative bacteria. In Escherichia coli, it consists of a transmembrane β-barrel subunit, BamA, and four oute...
Transmembrane proteins span lipid bilayer membranes and serve essential functions in all living cells. Membrane-inserted domains are of either α-helical or β-barrel structure. Despite their biological importance, the biophysical mechanisms...
Gram-negative bacteria possess a three-layered envelope composed of an inner membrane, surrounded by a peptidoglycan (PG) layer, enclosed by an outer membrane. The envelope ensures protection against diverse hostile milieus and offers an effective ba...
Sapogenins are the non-sugar parts of saponins (aglycones), high-molecular-weight glycosides linked to one or more sugar side chains. This group of compounds presents many properties, e.g., the potent properties of reducing surface tension and foamin...
β-barrel proteins are the highly abundant in the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria and the mitochondria in eukaryotes. The assembly of β-barrels is mediated by two evolutionary conserved machineries; the β-barrel Assembly Machinery (BAM) in G...
The growing emergence of multidrug resistance in bacterial pathogens is an immediate threat to human health worldwide. Unfortunately, there has not been a matching increase in the discovery of new antibiotics to combat this alarming trend. Novel cont...
Blueberry anthocyanins are water-soluble natural pigments that can be used as both natural antioxidants and natural colorants. However, their structural instability greatly limits their application in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries...
Wound healing involves complex interplay between cellular and molecular events. In this study, we investigated the therapeutic potential of the bovine amniotic membrane (BAM) in wound healing using a mouse model. Twelve male C57BL/6 mice were divided...
Ovarian germline stem cells (GSCs) of Drosophila melanogaster provide a valuable in vivo model to investigate how the adult stem cell identity is maintained and the differentiation of the daughter cells is regulated. GSCs are embedded into a speciali...
This study investigates the global asymptotic stability of hybrid bidirectional associative memory (BAM) complex-valued neural networks (CVNNs) with time-varying delays and uncertain parameters, where the system matrices are assumed to be symmetric....
Soil organic matter mineralization changed by land-use types is still not clearly understood. In this study, soils from typical land-use types including adjacent plantations of bamboo (Bam), camphor (Cam), and tea (Tea) were chosen to systematically...
For targeted protein panels, the ability to specifically assay post-translational modifications (PTMs) in a quantitative, sensitive, and straightforward manner would substantially advance biological and pharmacological studies. The present study high...
Band selection (BS) aims to reduce redundancy in hyperspectral imagery (HSI). Existing BS approaches typically model HSI only in a single dimension, either spectral or spatial, without exploring the interactions between different dimensions. To this...
Coordination complexes may act as anticancer agents. Among others, the formation of the complex may facilitate the ligand uptake by the cell. Searching for new copper compounds with cytotoxic activity, the complex Cu-dipicolinate was studied as a neu...
As a task in the digital preservation of calligraphy stone inscriptions, an invaluable cultural heritage, style classification faces prominent challenges: insufficient feature representation of single-channel rubbings, and difficulties in effectively...
This paper investigates the existence and global exponential stability of almost periodic solutions in a class of impulsive Cohen–Grossberg-type bidirectional associative memory (BAM) neural networks with time-varying delays. Real neural system...
With the ever-increasing focus on sustainable development, recycling waste and renewable use of waste products has earned immense consideration from academics and policy makers. The serious pollution, complex types, and strong infectivity of medical...
Instance segmentation is crucial to modern agriculture and the management of pig farms. In practical farming environments, challenges arise due to the mutual adhesion, occlusion, and dynamic changes in body posture among pigs, making accurate segment...
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Although recent studies have provided explanations for the causes of success and failure in recovery projects following socio-natural disasters, there is a need for a concise understanding of how different combinations of factors may contribute to re...
The increasingly harsher and more complex international and European environmental legislation drives the current development of “greener” energetics materials and munitions. The aerospace and defense industries rely on extensive research...
In potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), protoplast techniques are limited to a few genotypes; thus, the use of regular regeneration procedures of multicellular explants causes us to face complexities associated to CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing efficiency and fi...
Advancing our understanding of the mechanism of the interaction between inhaled pollutant microparticles and cell membrane components is useful to study the impact of fine particulate matter on human health. In this paper, we focus on the effect of c...
Two processes applying green solvents for recovering rare earth elements (REEs) from different types of aluminate phosphors are demonstrated in this report. For magnesium aluminate-type phosphors, a pretreatment with peroxide calcination was implemen...
Cultural artifacts found underwater are located in complex environments with poor imaging conditions. In addition, the artifacts themselves present challenges for automated object detection owing to variations in their shape and texture caused by bre...
The method of Salmonella detection recommended is cultural, but it is laborious, presents a high consumption of material, and requires about five days for presumptive results. Immunosensor is an alternative tool that has shown promising and rapid res...
Space-time image velocimetry (STIV) plays an important role in river velocity measurement due to its safety and efficiency. However, its practical application is affected by complex scene conditions, resulting in significant errors in the accurate es...
Accurate identification of Seriola dumerili (SD) offers crucial technical support for aquaculture practices and behavioral research of this species. However, the task of discerning S. dumerili from complex underwater settings, fluctuating light condi...
Cold acclimation (CA) is a strategy which plants have evolved to increase freezing tolerance. Global climate change could obstruct CA and raise the probability of winter injury, especially for evergreens. Hence, understanding the regulatory mechanism...
The flower induction of Hydrangea macrophylla “Endless Summer” is regulated by a complex gene network that involves multiple signaling pathways to ensure continuous flowering throughout the growing season, but the molecular determinants o...
In the process of steel strip production, the accuracy of defect detection remains a challenge due to the diversity of defect types, complex backgrounds, and noise interference. To improve the effectiveness of surface defect detection in steel strips...
In this article, we report on the alginate heterografted by Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-N-tert-butyl acrylamide) and Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (ALG-g-P(NIPAM86-co-NtBAM14)-g-PNIPAM) copolymer thermoresponsive hydrogel, reinforced by substitutin...
Recent studies on nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes (N-mt genes) in Drosophila melanogaster have shown a unique pattern of expression for newly duplicated N-mt genes, with many duplicates having a testis-biased expression and playing an essential r...
As the core component of photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems, PV cells are susceptible to subtle surface defects, including thick lines, cracks, and finger interruptions, primarily caused by stress and material brittleness during the manufactu...
Despite medical advances, gastric-cancer (GC) mortality remains high in Europe. Bacterial infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and viral infection with the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) are associated with the development of both distal and prox...
This paper describes experiments on the ageing of a monolayer model for the air–water interface of marine aerosols composed of a typical glycolipid, galactocerebroside (GCB). Lipopolysaccharides have been observed in marine aerosols, and GCB is...
Accurate built-up area extraction is one of the most critical issues in land-cover classification. In previous studies, various techniques have been developed for built-up area extraction using Landsat images. However, the efficiency of these techniq...