In the domain of agricultural product sales and consumption forecasting, the presence of infrequent yet impactful events such as livestock epidemics and mass media influences poses substantial challenges. These rare occurrences, termed Sparse Critica...
Prevention and remediation strategies for groundwater pollution can be successfully carried out if the location, concentration, and release history of contaminants can be accurately identified. This, however, presents a challenge due to complex groun...
Xanthomonas campestris is one of bacteria carrying a type III secretion system which transports their effector proteins into host plant cells to disturb host defense system for their infection. To establish a genome editing system without introducing...
The methylotrophic yeast Komagataella kurtzmanii belongs to the group of homothallic fungi that are able to spontaneously change their mating type by inversion of chromosomal DNA in the MAT locus region. As a result, natural and genetically engineere...
Nepal, like its South Asian neighbours, is exploring Circular Economy (CE) as a pathway to Green Economy and Net Zero commitments. Current studies focus primarily on sector-specific 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) waste management strategies. However, th...
Implementing real-time prediction and warning systems is an effective approach for mitigating flash flood disasters. However, there is still a challenge in improving the accuracy and reliability of flood prediction models. This study develops a hydro...
Global optimization methods linked with simulation models are widely used for automated calibration and serve as useful tools for searching for cost-effective alternatives for environmental management. A genetic algorithm (GA) and shuffled complex ev...
Tolerance breeding through genetic engineering, sequence and omics analyses, and gene identification processes are widely used to synthesize biofuels. The majority of related mechanisms have been shown to yield endogenous genes with high expression....
There are extensive studies on chromosome morphology and karyotype diversity in primates, yet we still lack insight into genomic instability as a key factor underlying the enormous interspecies chromosomal variability and its potential contribution t...
Single-view height estimation and semantic segmentation have received increasing attention in recent years and play an important role in the photogrammetry and remote sensing communities. The height information and semantic information of images are...
Progress in clinical practice, research, and teaching needs a common language. Agreement among veterinary endocrinologists on definitions of concepts related to Cushing’s syndrome (CS) and hypoadrenocorticism is lacking. After a successful inau...
Background: Exoskeleton-assisted walking (EAW) is an effective method of rehabilitation that improves ambulation as well as independence in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Percutaneous spinal cord epidural stimulation (SCES) is ano...
Freeform optical design is regarded as a key approach to overcoming the performance limits of traditional imaging systems. However, the existing Seed Curve Expansion (SCE) algorithm has two major limitations. First, the initial and ideal image points...
With the increasing penetration level of wind turbine generators (WTGs) integrated into the power system, the WTGs are enforced to aid network and fulfill the low voltage ride through (LVRT) requirements during faults. To enhance LVRT capability of p...
Background: Spinal cord epidural stimulation (SCES) has the potential to restore motor functions following spinal cord injury (SCI). Spinal cord mapping is a cornerstone step towards successfully configuring SCES to improve motor function, aiming to...
This paper proposes a super capacitor energy storage-based modular multilevel converter (SCES-MMC) for mine hoist application. Different from the conventional MMCs, the sub-modules employ distributed super capacitor banks, which are designed to absor...
The timing of snowmelt is an important turning point in the seasonal cycle of small Arctic catchments. The TerraSAR-X (TSX) satellite mission is a synthetic aperture radar system (SAR) with high potential to measure the high spatiotemporal variabilit...
The data distribution of the vibration signal under different speed conditions of the gearbox is different, which leads to reduced accuracy of fault diagnosis. In this regard, this paper proposes a deep transfer fault diagnosis algorithm combining ad...
Phototherapy using narrowband ultraviolet-B (NB-UVB) has been shown to be more effective than conventional broadband UVB (BB-UVB) in treating a variety of skin diseases. To assess the difference in carcinogenic potential between NB-UVB and BB-UVB, we...
Although Moore’s Law reaches its limits, it has never applied to analog and RF circuits. For example, due to the short channel effect (SCE), drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL), and sub-threshold slope (SS)…, longer transistors are req...
This paper applies model predictive control (MPC) for the power processing of an oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy conversion (WEC) system to achieve smooth power delivery to the grid. The particular air turbine design adopted in this study...
Seasonal snow cover is closely related to regional climate and hydrological processes. In this study, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) daily snow cover products from 2001 to 2018 were applied to analyze the snow cover variation i...
This study addresses the problem of inaccurate channel flow simulation and uneven irrigation water distribution caused by the spatiotemporal variability of Manning’s roughness coefficient. The SCE-UA optimization algorithm was applied to calibr...
Treatments for cognitive impairments associated with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or narcolepsy, aim at modulating extracellular dopamine levels in the brain. CE-123 (5-((benzhydrylsulfinyl)methyl) thia...
Coastal landforms are continuously shaped by natural and human-induced forces, exacerbating the associated coastal hazards and risks. Changes in the shoreline are a critical concern for sustainable coastal zone management. However, a limited amount o...
This study explores flood forecasting in the Pa River basin, a major tributary of the Beijiang River in South China, by integrating the Xin’anjiang hydrological model with the Shuffled Complex Evolution-University of Arizona (SCE-UA) algorithm...
Post-translational modification of cellular proteins by sumoylation plays a vital role in stress responses of plants. However, the mechanisms underlying the sumoylation’s involvement in stress responses in crop species remain largely unknown. H...
In this paper, we aim to provide reliable user connectivity and enhanced security for computation task offloading. Physical layer security is studied in a wireless-powered non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) mobile edge computing (MEC) system with...
Earth observation data obtained from remote sensors must undergo radiometric calibration before use in quantitative applications. However, the large view angles of the panchromatic multispectral sensor (PMS) aboard the GF-4 satellite pose challenges...
This study marks a significant step toward the future development of river discharges forecasted in real time for flash flood early warning system (EWS) disaster prevention frameworks in the Chugoku region of Japan, and presumably worldwide. To reduc...
Among multi-gate field effect transistor (FET) structures, FinFET has better short channel control and ease of manufacturability when compared to other conventional bulk devices. The radio frequency (RF) performance of FinFET is affected by gate-cont...
The modular multilevel converter with embedded supercapacitor energy storage system (MMC-SCES) is a promising solution to the integration challenges posed by large-scale renewable energy. However, inconsistencies in supercapacitor characteristics acr...
Background: Ethics is one of the essential concepts associated with professional nursing practice, and can play a part in the development of compassion. Although a number of instruments have been developed for the measurement of ethics, most are cont...
How do humans analyze the sentiments embedded in text? When attempting to analyze a text, humans construct a “scene” in their minds through imagination based on the text, generating a vague image. They then synthesize the text and the men...
Companion animal endocrinology has benefited from international standardisation of disease terminology for diabetes mellitus, Cushing’s syndrome, and hypoadrenocorticism through Project Agreeing Language in Veterinary Endocrinology (ALIVE). A g...
Guanine quadruplex (G4) structures are among the most stable secondary DNA structures that can form in vitro, and evidence for their existence in vivo has been steadily accumulating. Originally described mainly for their deleterious effects on genome...
Land system change has been identified as one of four major Earth system processes where change has passed a destabilizing threshold. A historical record of landscape change is required to understand the impacts change has had on human and natural sy...
In this work, we present the novel application of SiNx stress-engineering techniques for the suppression of short-channel effects in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs), accompanied by a comprehensive analysis of the underlying mecha...
This paper proposes a half-bridge voltage balancer with a new controller for bipolar DC distribution systems. The proposed control scheme consists of two cascaded Proportional Integral (PI) controls rather than one PI control for balancing the pole v...
In a recent study on food-evoked emotions, we observed that people often misunderstood the currently available affective self-report tools. We, therefore, developed a new intuitive and language-independent self-report instrument called the EmojiGrid:...
A general procedure is described to generate material parameter sets to simulate fire propagation in horizontal cable tray installations. Cone Calorimeter test data are processed in an inverse modelling approach. Here, parameter sets are generated pr...
Bottom-up systems biology entails the construction of kinetic models of cellular pathways by collecting kinetic information on the pathway components (e.g., enzymes) and collating this into a kinetic model, based for example on ordinary differential...
The surge in demand for 3D MOSFETs, such as FinFETs, driven by recent technological advances, is explored in this review. FinFETs, positioned as promising alternatives to bulk CMOS, exhibit favorable electrostatic characteristics and offer power/perf...
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) plays a key role in the infection of potyviruses in susceptible plants by interacting with viral genome-linked protein (VPg). Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) production is threatened by mosaic disease ca...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Santolina chamaecyparissus L. has successfully inhibited the MCF-7 cancer cell line. This study aims to evaluate the chemopreventive effects of S. chamaecyparissus aqueous extract (SCE) on female rat...
This study investigated the efficacy of two value-added products derived from silkworm excrement—a concentrated extract (SCE, 20:1) and sodium copper chlorophyllin (SCC)—as functional feed additives for common carp. Diets supplemented wit...
Objectives: Subcutaneous emphysema (SCE) is a complication associated with laparoscopic surgery. Severe SCE complicated by excessive hypercarbia may afford detrimental effects in surgical patients with cardiac dysfunction. Robotic-assisted laparoscop...
Sparassis crispa, known as the “Cauliflower mushroom”, is an edible medicinal fungus found in Asia, Europe, and North America. Its fruiting bodies contain active biological and pharmacological ingredients with antitumor and anti-inflammat...
Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. (SCE) is a plant with high potential for beneficial health effects, confirmed by molecular studies. Its constituents exert anti-cancer effects through the induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis, as well as i...
Objectives: The unknown immune-enhancing effects of steamed mature silkworms (Bombyx mori L.), known as HongJam (HJ), were investigated. Methods: Supercritical fluid extracts from the White Jade variety of HJ (WJ-SCEs) were applied to in vitro RAW264...
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