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Evaluating the efficiency of 16S-ITS-23S operon sequencing for species level resolution in microbial communities

Anthropometric but not motor characteristics of young volleyball players were improved after a one-week-long intense training sports camp

Characterization and genome analysis of a novel phage BP15 infecting Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Multiscale regional calibration network for crowd counting

Molecular diversity and genetic potential of new maize inbred lines across varying sowing conditions in arid environment

A method for monitoring three dimensional surface deformation in mining areas combining SBAS-InSAR, GNSS and probability integral method

Predicting changes in agricultural yields under climate change scenarios and their implications for global food security

Investigating the intrinsic top-down dynamics of deep generative models

Non-invasive physical plasma improves conventional wound management of cut and bite wounds in wild European hedgehogs

Abstract Non-invasive physical plasma (NIPP) has been used effectively for wound healing in human medicine for over two decades. The advantages are that NIPP has few side effects, is painless and gentle on the tissue. The therapeutic effect is mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Based on the biomedical effects known to date, it can be assumed that NIPP can also be used for wound treatment in non-human mammals. In this prospective, non-randomized monocentric clinical trial, 43 European hedgehogs with cut and bite wounds were treated with conventional wound management (CWM: 21 patients) and compared with 22 patients with CWM plus NIPP treatment (CWM + NIPP). Under NIPP treatment, patients showed no signs of pain, stress or discomfort, even after several applications. In 76% of CWM + NIPP patients, three or four NIPP applications were sufficient. In patients in the CWM + NIPP group, wound treatment was completed statistically significantly 6 d earlier (CWM: 19.0 d versus CWM + NIPP: 13.2 d; p = 0.0008). This wildlife clinical trial demonstrates that NIPP can be used to improve wound healing in wild European hedgehogs. It is conceivable that NIPP therapy could also lead to positive effects in other injured wild animals, domestic animals or livestock.

The association between serum albumin levels and metabolic syndrome based on the NHANES and two sample Mendelian randomization study

Abnormal chirality in antiferromagnetic resonance modes of van der Waals 2D magnets

The importance of the Autostrain RV technique in the treatment of right ventricular myocardial alterations in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy

Adoption intensity of soil and water conservation techniques in Burkina Faso is influenced by farmers’ preferences for their attributes

Stronger premicrosaccadic sensitivity enhancement for dark contrasts in the primate superior colliculus

Abstract Microsaccades are associated with enhanced visual perception and neural sensitivity right before their onset, and this has implications for interpreting experiments involving the covert allocation of peripheral spatial attention. However, the detailed properties of premicrosaccadic enhancement are not fully known. Here we investigated how such enhancement in the superior colliculus depends on luminance polarity. Rhesus macaque monkeys fixated a small spot while we presented either dark or bright image patches of different contrasts within the recorded neurons’ response fields. Besides replicating premicrosaccadic enhancement of visual sensitivity, we observed stronger enhancement for dark contrasts. This was especially true at moderate contrast levels (such as 20%), and it occurred independent of an individual neuron’s preference for either darks or brights. On the other hand, postmicrosaccadic visual sensitivity suppression was similar for either luminance polarity. Our results reveal an intriguing asymmetry in the properties of perimicrosaccadic modulations of superior colliculus visual neural sensitivity.

Study on the application of brine mixing method in lithium extraction from Zabuye salt lake, Tibet

First-principles study of structural, elastic, electronic, transport properties, and dielectric breakdown of Cs2Te photocathode

Transboundary hydropolitical conflicts and their impact on river morphology and environmental degradation in the Hirmand Basin, West Asia

Particle breakage characteristics of calcareous sand under confined compression tests

Formation and stability of green and low-cost magnetoliposomes of the soy lecithin, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol for hyperthermia treatments

A data-driven state identification method for intelligent control of the joint station export system

Abstract As a necessary part of intelligent control of a joint station, the automatic identification of abnormal conditions and automatic adjustment of operation schemes need to judge the running state of the system. In this paper, a combination of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is proposed to optimize the Backpropagation Neural Network (BP) model (PSO-GWO-BP) and a pressure drop prediction model for the joint station export system is established using PSO-GWO-BP. Compared with the traditional hydraulic calculation modified (THCM) models and other machine learning algorithms, the PSO-GWO-BP model has significant advantages in prediction accuracy. Based on the PSO-GWO-BP pressure drop prediction model, the determination method of state identification threshold is established, and a state identification method based on dynamic threshold is proposed, which realizes the intelligent identification of the system operation state by automatically adjusting the threshold. Through the analysis of the production and operation data of the joint station, the abnormal working conditions are successfully identified, and the effectiveness and accuracy of the method are verified. This method not only enhances the ability to discriminate abnormal working conditions but also adaptively adjusts the operation scheme, which effectively improves the intelligence level of the joint station export system.