The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that mediates the biological and toxicological effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). When activated by dioxin,...
Background/Objectives: Elevated PSAs combined with an abnormal digital rectal examination (DRE) are strong indicators of the possibility of a prostate cancer (PCa) and are used to guide biopsy decisions. We evaluated whether PROSTest, a novel, clinic...
In this study, the Destruction or Removal Efficiency (DRE) of 10 types of F-gases used in the semiconductor and display industries in South Korea was measured. These industries use a large volume of F-gases with high Global Warming Potential (GWP), s...
The striped flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolata, is one of the most destructive pests of Cruciferae crops worldwide. RNA interference (RNAi) is a promising alternative strategy for pest biological control, which overcomes the weakness of synthetic ins...
In Republic of Korea, plasma scrubbers are a common technology employed in the semiconductor and display industries. However, there are numerous other types of scrubbers in use. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) does not provide de...
Background: The standard diagnostic approach for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis consists of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, digital rectal examination (DRE) and image-guided targeted biopsies. Given the invasive nature, potential adve...
Semantic segmentation of remote sensing (RS) images, which is a fundamental research topic, classifies each pixel in an image. It plays an essential role in many downstream RS areas, such as land-cover mapping, road extraction, traffic monitoring, an...
Background: Digital rectal examination (DRE) is considered an important part of the physical examination. However, it is unclear how many patients have a DRE performed at the primary care level in the work-up of rectal cancer, and if the absence of a...
Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are used for manufacturing purposes in the semiconductor and display industries, resulting in an increased need for emission reduction due to the significant global warming potential of the associated greenhouse gases....
As one of the most devastating disasters to pine forests, pine wilt disease (PWD) has caused tremendous ecological and economic losses in China. An effective way to prevent large-scale PWD outbreaks is to detect and remove the damaged pine trees at t...
Decentralized renewable energy (DRE) has emerged as a key tool for global energy transition and emissions reduction. While DRE has the potential to democratize energy production, evidence suggests it may cause unequal benefit distribution across popu...
Background: Evidence to help avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies is being actively pursued. Our goal was to develop and internally validate a nomogram for predicting clinically significant prostate cancer (csPC) in men with low suspicion of disease (...
Epilepsy is a multifactorial disorder, yet routine management still focuses on neuronal excitation and insufficient inhibition, with antiseizure medications (ASMs) as the primary therapeutic strategy. This approach fails in roughly one-third of patie...
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The overarching objective of the present study is to assess the quality of the CALIOP–CALIPSO aerosol retrievals towards understanding their advantages and deficiencies. Such analysis is a prerequisite prior to their utilization in a radiation...
Neuropsychological outcomes following temporal lobe resection for drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) are well established. For instance, left anterior temporal lobectomy (LATL) is associated with a greater risk for cognitive morbidity compared to right (R...
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DReSS), also known as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS), is a severe, systemic, T cell mediated drug reaction with combinations of cutaneous, hematologic, and internal organ involveme...
Enteroendocrine cells (EECs) constitute only a small proportion of Villin-1 (Vil1)-expressing intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) of the gastrointestinal tract; yet, in sum, they build the largest endocrine organ of the body, with each of them storing...
Multiple microgrids (MMGs) are clusters of interconnected microgrids that have great potential for integrating a large number of distributed renewable energies (DREs). The grid-connected control scheme is important for the exploration of the MMGs&rsq...
Lung cancer has one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates in the world. Lung nodules are an early indicator of lung cancer. Therefore, accurate detection and image segmentation of lung nodules is of great significance to the early diagnosis of...
Daptomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (DRE) poses an increasing therapeutic challenge, particularly in immunocompromised patients and solid organ transplant recipients. Surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicat...
As the automation of welding processes expands, vision-based inspection technologies for quantitative weld quality evaluation and defect detection have become increasingly important. However, the stable segmentation of weld bead regions remains chall...
Aiming to serve as a preliminary study for South Korea’s national GHG emission factor development, this study reviewed data treatment and sample size determination approaches to establishing the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of the s...
SF6 is a strong greenhouse effect gas, which is widely used in high-voltage electrical equipment such as circuit breakers and high-voltage switchgear because of its excellent insulation performance and arc extinguishing ability. In recent years, the...
North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe (NAMEE domain) host a variety of suspended particles characterized by different optical and microphysical properties. In the current study, we investigate the importance of the lidar ratio (LR) on Cloud-Aeros...
Pumpkin seedlings serve as rootstocks for watermelon grafting, and the partial leaf trimming operation performed approximately two days before grafting is crucial for the survival rate of grafted watermelon seedlings. Extracting the position of the m...
Pursuing human-centered, sustainable, and resilient production is shaping a future-oriented approach to manufacturing processes in the context of Industry 5.0. How can such production be implemented? For this purpose, this article analyses the effect...
Model-based virtual sensing supports onboard engine monitoring and control, but the available computational resources constrain crank-angle-resolved simulation. This study constructs a digital reconstruction engine (DRE) from established single-zone...
Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is often treated with surgery or neuromodulation. Specifically, responsive neurostimulation (RNS) is a widely used therapy that is programmed to detect abnormal brain activity and intervene with tailored stimulation. Des...
The adequacy and efficacy of simple and hybrid machine learning and Computational Intelligence algorithms were evaluated for the classification of potential prostate cancer patients in two distinct categories, the high- and the low-risk group for PCa...
Semiconductor and display industries in the Republic of Korea make up the global electronics market with some of the greatest potential for growth due to accelerated digital transformation. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) present in the Earth’s atmosph...
The state-of-the-art visual simultaneous localization and mapping (V-SLAM) systems have high accuracy localization capabilities and impressive mapping effects. However, most of these systems assume that the operating environment is static, thereby li...
C-repeat binding factor/dehydration-responsive element (CBF/DRE) transcription factors (TFs) participate in a variety of adaptive mechanisms, and are involved in molecular signaling and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) an...
Recently, flares have been considered as a major source of air pollution from the petroleum refining industry. The United Nations has instigated an international effort related to the management of flare emissions to reduce the global warming impact...
In the area of drug research, several computational drug repurposing studies have highlighted candidate repurposed drugs, as well as clinical trial studies that have tested/are testing drugs in different phases. To the best of our knowledge, the aggr...
An abundance of research has been performed to understand the physics of latent thermal energy storage with phase change material. Some analytical and numerical findings have been validated by experiments, but there are few free and open-source model...
The state of STEM interventions focused on broadening participation remains uncertain due to federal funding cuts made by the Trump administration. Though long-standing STEM interventions, such as Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation, no...
The ZmCBF3 gene is a member of AP2/ERF transcription factor family, which is a large family of plant-specific transcription factors that share a well-conserved DNA-binding domain. To understand the regulatory mechanism of ZmCBF3 gene expression, we...
Intensive aquaculture systems face challenges including compromised immune function and hepatointestinal damage in cultured species. Therefore, it is urgent to seek effective feed additives to strengthen health and immunity in intensive aquaculture....
As the number of parallel battery connections in an energy storage system is increased to extend the energy capacity and second-life batteries are actively adopted, the battery is more prone to cell inconsistency issues. The difference in the interna...
Populus tomentosa grow rapidly, but are salt susceptible. To quickly and efficiently gain new poplar breeds with better salt resistance, a DREB transcription factor derived from Atriplex hortensis was transformed into triploid Populus tomentosa by ou...
Iron-sulfur (Fe/S) clusters are protein cofactors that play a crucial role in essential cellular functions. Their ability to rapidly exchange electrons with several redox active acceptors makes them an efficient system for fulfilling diverse cellular...
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) represents the most common form of refractory focal epilepsy. The identification of innovative clinical biomarkers capable of categorizing patients with TLE, allowing for improved treatment and outcomes, still represents...
Epilepsy affects 50 million people worldwide and is drug-resistant in approximately one-third of cases. Even when a structural lesion is identified as the epileptogenic focus, understanding the underlying genetic causes is crucial to guide both couns...
Background: Cell-based therapies for drug-resistant epilepsy using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived inhibitory interneurons are now in early-phase clinical trials, building on findings from trials in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Huntington...
The control of mechanical effects, such as shock waves, induced by ultrashort laser pulses in water is crucial for applications in biomedicine and material processing. However, optimizing these effects requires a detailed understanding of how laser p...
Population-based data on drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) are lacking. This retrospective study aimed to determine the prevalence and incidence of pediatric epilepsy and DRE in South Korea using health insurance claims data from the Health Insurance Rev...
Dual receiver encryption (DRE), being originally conceived at CCS 2004 as a proof technique, enables a ciphertext to be decrypted to the same plaintext by two different but dual receivers and becomes popular recently due to itself useful application...
The role of digital rectal examination (DRE) in the early detection of significant prostate cancer (PCa) is being questioned in the era of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, some men with suspected PCa may still be identified solely through D...
Research on hypersonic crossflow transition holds significant engineering and scientific importance. This paper investigates the impact of distributed roughness elements (DREs) on crossflow transition for a cone set at a 6° angle of attack, using...
Despite significant advances in distributed renewable energy systems (DRES), the technology still faces several substantial challenges that prevent the large-scale adoption of these systems into a country’s energy sector. The intermittency of r...
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