Mitochondrial DNA sequences can be transferred into the nuclear genome, giving rise to nuclear mitochondrial DNA sequences (NUMTs). NUMTs have been described in numerous eukaryotes. However, the studies on the distribution of NUMTs and its influencin...
Randomness plays an important role in data communication as well as in cybersecurity. In the simulation of communication systems, randomized bit sequences are often used to model a digital source information stream. Cryptographic outputs should look...
This study was conducted to efficiently produce virus-like particles (VLPs) of enterovirus 71 (EV71), a causative virus of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). The expression level of the P1 precursor, a structural protein of EV71, was modified to i...
Composite pressure vessels have attracted significant attention in recent years owing to their lightweight characteristics and superior mechanical performance. However, analyzing composite layers remains challenging due to complex filament-winding (F...
Germinal centers (GCs) are specialized compartments within the secondary lymphoid organs where B cells proliferate, differentiate, and mutate their antibody genes in response to the presence of foreign antigens. Through the GC lifespan, interclonal c...
Based on the origin, we can classify different types of stress. Environmental factors, such as high light intensity, adverse temperature, drought, or soil salinity, are summarized as abiotic stresses and discriminated from biotic stresses that are ex...
Candida species represent a common cause of bloodstream infection (BSI). Given the emergence of non-albicans Candida (NAC) associated with treatment failure, investigations into the species distribution, fungal susceptibility profile, and molecular e...
In this paper, we construct q-ary codes for correcting a burst of at most t deletions, where t,q≥2 are arbitrarily fixed positive integers. We consider two scenarios of error correction: the classical error correcting codes, which recover each cod...
Burst traffic radio systems use short signal bursts, which are prepended with an a priori known preamble sequence. The burst receivers exploit these preamble sequences for burst start detection. The process of burst start detection is commonly known...
Many fluid-injection sequences display burst-like seismicity with approximate power-law event-size distributions whose exponents drift between catalogs. Classical percolation models instead predict fixed, dimension-dependent exponents and do not spec...
Burst events in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) pose a significant threat to the safety of water supply, leading people to focus on efficient methods for burst localization and prompt repair. This paper proposes a multi-stage burst localization me...
This study optimized the laminate structure of a composite cylinder under the constraint of minimum layup thickness. Based on the progressive damage theory, a finite element model of the cylinder was established, and the NOL ring tensile test was use...
To alleviate strong strata-pressure bursts during ultra-thick coal extraction, we selected the 26 m number five seam of the Chenjiagou Coal Mine as a full-scale prototype. Three objectives were pursued: (1) elucidate the initiation mechanism of high-...
Multi-frame super-resolution (MFSR) leverages complementary information between image sequences of the same scene to increase the resolution of the reconstructed image. As a branch of MFSR, burst super-resolution aims to restore image details by leve...
The traffic data of the intelligent network with the Space-Integrated Ground Information Network have the characteristics of robust traffic burst, large traffic data, and high volatility compared with the ground traffic. We propose a Gated Temporal C...
This paper presents the design of a new neuro-generator of pseudorandom number type PRNG Pseudorandom Number Generator, which produces complex sequences with an adequate bit distribution. The circuit is connected to a neuronal module with six impulse...
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by neutrophils provide a frontline defence against invading pathogens. We investigated the supportive effect of tonsil-derived mesenchymal stem cells (TMSCs) on ROS generation from neutrophils using promyelocyt...
Confined aquifers widely exist in the strata of the Ordos mining area. Water drainage before mining is an effective measure to avoid water inrush disasters caused by the connectivity between mining-induced roof fractures and aquifers. However, rock b...
We investigated a comprehensive analysis of the mutual exciting mechanism for the dynamic of stock price trends. A multi-dimensional Hawkes-model-based approach was proposed to capture the mutual exciting activities, which take the form of point proc...
Ultrasound methods are currently employed in a wide range of applications. They are integrated in complex electronics systems, like clinical echographs, but also in small and compact boards, like industrial sensors, embedded systems, and portable dev...
This study investigates the distributions of velocity and Reynolds stress in an artificial pool-riffle sequence for two entrance slopes of 5° and 20° in a laboratory and compares the results with a similar pool-riffle sequence in a gravel-bed...
Hydrogen has attracted global attention as a clean secondary energy source and has numerous possible applications, including fuel for vehicles. To store the hydrogen effectively, ammonia is considered promising due to high hydrogen density, stability...
In this study, we examine the statistical properties of asymmetric surface dielectric barrier discharges (SDBD) produced by applying a periodic high voltage between two conducting displaced electrodes, located at the opposite sides of a flat dielectr...
Transposable elements (TEs) are widely distributed repetitive sequences in the genomes across the tree of life, and represent an important source of genetic variability. Their distribution among genomes is specific to each lineage. A phenomenon assoc...
High-throughput sequencing of microbial communities has uncovered a large, diverse population of phages. Frequently, phages found are integrated into their bacterial host genome. Distinguishing between phages in their integrated (lysogenic) and unint...
Listeria phage LP-018 is the only phage from a diverse collection of 120 phages able to form plaques on a phage-resistant Listeria monocytogenes strain lacking rhamnose in its cell wall teichoic acids. The aim of this study was to characterize phage...
This study focuses on the real estate bubble burst in the US housing market during 2007–2008. We analyze the dynamics of the housing market crash and the after-crash sequence during the Great Recession. When a complex system deviates away from...
By-catch is the most direct threat to marine mammals globally. Acoustic repellent devices (pingers) have been developed to reduce dolphin by-catch. However, mixed results regarding their efficiency have been reported. Here, we present a new bio-inspi...
Bacteriophages could be a useful adjunct to antibiotics for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. In this study, lytic P. aeruginosa myoviruses PsCh, PsIn, Ps25, and Ps12on-D were isolated from Tunisian sewage sample...
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The location and characteristics of the vibration event in the heading face of a coal mine are of great significance for the monitoring and early warning of rock burst. The aim of the study is to reveal the occurrence location and propagation charact...
In recent years, multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae have spread globally, being responsible for the occurrence and severity of nosocomial infections. The NDM-1-kp, VIM-1 carbapenemase-producing isolates as well as extended-spe...
In this study, we elucidate the contribution of repetitive DNA sequences to the establishment of social structures in honeybees (Apis mellifera). Despite recent advancements in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of honeyb...
The market for process instruments generally requires low cost devices that are robust, small in size, portable, and usable in-plant. Ultrasonic torsional guided wave sensors have received much attention by researchers for measurement of viscosity an...
The rock burst induced by the mutual disturbance of mining and excavation is significantly influenced by high static load stress and external dynamic load disturbance. In this paper, the evolution characteristics and progressive damage mechanism of s...
Within the power line communication (PLC) network, a large number of electronic devices are connected, and environmental factors can cause unusual behavior, leading to high-amplitude impulse noise in the received signal and, as a result, packet losse...
From a conceptual perspective, beyond-5G technologies promise to deliver very low latency, even higher data rates, and ultrareliable connections for future generations of communication systems. Modulation schemes based on orthogonal frequency-domain...
The high pathogenicity rate of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) has resulted in substantial economic losses for humans and the breeding industry. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop new alternatives to mitigate antibiot...
Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPVs) are widely used in fields including aeronautics and by companies such as SpaceX to hold high pressure fluids. They are favored for these applications because they are far lighter than all-metal vessels,...
This paper presents a time-shared pumping technology for semiconductor lasers based on polarization-combined technology, which enables a compact passively Q-switched Nd3+:YAG/Cr4+:YAG laser to generate tunable pulse sequence output. Two 808 nm laser...
The use of wireless communications for real-time control applications poses several problems related to the comparatively low reliability of the communication channels. This paper is concerned with adaptive and predictive application-level strategies...
This paper presents an attempt to use the hybrid rocket for marine applications with a 500 N class hybrid motor. A 5-port high density polyethylene (HDPE) fuel grain was used as a test-bed for the preliminary assessment of the underwater boosting dev...
Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA sequences able to transpose within the host genome and, consequently, influence the dynamics of evolution in the species. Among the possible effects, TEs insertions may alter the expression and coding patterns of g...
108 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, belonging to six large ribogroups according to the automated Ribo-Printer® system, were studied with two highly used molecular methods for epidemiological studies, namely multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) a...
Although the adaptive successive cancellation list (AD-SCL) algorithm and the segmented-CRC adaptive successive cancellation list (SCAD-SCL) algorithm based on the cyclic redundancy check (CRC) can greatly reduce the computational complexity of the s...
A target tissue can be thermally coagulated in high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment noninvasively. HIFU thermal treatments have been clinically applied to various solid tumors. One of the problems in HIFU treatments is a long treatment...
We present the first new type of solution of the pulsar equation since 1999. In it, the whole magnetosphere is confined inside the light cylinder and an electrically charged layer wraps around it and holds it together. The reason this new solution ha...
Varicella vaccine meningitis is an uncommon delayed adverse event of vaccination. Varicella vaccine meningitis has been diagnosed in 12 children, of whom 3 were immunocompromised. We now report two additional cases of vaccine meningitis in twice-immu...
Frequency-hopping multiple access is widely adopted to blunt narrow-band jamming and limit spectral disclosure in cyber–physical systems, yet its practical resilience depends on three sequence-level properties. First, balancedness guarantees th...
In this study we present polymeric microneedles composed of multiple layers to control drug release kinetics. Layered microneedles were fabricated by spraying poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in sequence, and were c...
Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin, is an important soilborne disease of Brassica napus L. and other crucifers. To improve understanding of the mechanisms of resistance and pathogenesis in the clubroot pathosystem, the rutabaga (B....
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