Donglei Lu¹, Dongjie Zhu^2,*, Yundong Sun³, Haiwen Du³, Xiaofang Li⁴, Rongning Qu⁴, Yansong Wang³, Ning Cao¹, Helen Min Zhou⁵

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.38, No.3, pp. 339-350, 2021, DOI:10.32604/csse.2021.016683 - 19 May 2021

Abstract In recent years, the Internet of Things technology has developed rapidly, and smart Internet of Things devices have also been widely popularized. A large amount of data is generated every moment. Now we are in the era of big data in the Internet of Things. The rapid growth of massive data has brought great challenges to storage technology, which cannot be well coped with by traditional storage technology. The demand for massive data storage has given birth to cloud storage technology. Load balancing technology plays an important role in improving the performance and resource utilization… More >

Lin Zhang^1,2,*, Dong Xie¹, Zhong Bian¹, Yiting Zou¹, Han Zhou¹, Wenlu Cai¹, Hadi Yeilaghi¹, Xiaolei Fan^1,2, Changquan Zhang^1,2, Qiaoquan Liu^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.90, No.3, pp. 773-787, 2021, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2021.015229 - 30 March 2021

Abstract In recent years, some super hybrid rice varieties were bred with strong culms and large panicles, which are mainly contributed by the ipa1-2D locus. A gain-of-function allele of OsSPL14 is the ipa1-2D and it can greatly increase the panicle primary branch number. However, the key downstream genes mediating this trait variation are not fully explored. In this study, we developed high-quality near-isogenic lines (NILs) with a difference of only 30 kb chromosomal segment covering the ipa1-2D locus. Using the NILs, we explored the impact of ipa1-2D on five sequential stages of early inflorescence development, and found that the… More >

Shuangying Liu¹, Weidong Zhang^2,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 569-575, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.013935

Abstract The constant development of computer technology has greatly facilitated our life. In the past, the agricultural products trade and agricultural products business model were an offline development, through face-to-face transactions. However, with the continuous application of Internet technology, we also have a new exploration on the e-commerce path of agricultural products. The fuzzy neural network algorithm was used to study the electronic commerce path of agricultural products and helped us to carry out the exploration computation of the electronic commerce path of agricultural products. And good calculation results have been obtained. Through our testing of More >

F.C.C. Almeida^a , P.M. da Silva^b,c, M.N.C. Coelho Pinheiro^a,d,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.12, pp. 1-9, 2019, DOI:10.5098/hmt.12.16

Abstract In the last decades, polymeric systems were essayed and applied successfully as vehicles for transdermal delivery devices of active principles. Applications in contraception, pain control, and smoking cessation are already frequent. A crucial aspect in the development of new formulations is the maintenance of the therapeutic drug concentration range for long periods. Recognizing this topic as interesting and challenging, simple models to describe drug release from a transdermal device were developed with the purpose to perform a parametric sensitivity analysis. Assuming drug diffusion within the polymeric delivery system as the dominant mechanism the models were More >

Anne Ruas, Ha Pham, Laura Pinson

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.29, No.2, pp. 185-205, 2019, DOI:10.3166/rig.2019.00081

Abstract De nombreuses études et recherches visent à mieux connaitre les phénomènes de type pollution ou météo. Les champs de valeur représentant ces phénomènes peuvent être visualisés sur des outils de visualisation scientifiques qui ne disposent pas de la richesse de symbolisation propre aux SIGs, notamment pour le géoréférencement et pour la représentation des objets vectoriels décrivant l’espace support. La représentation sous forme raster sur SIG est possible mais limitée. Pourtant au niveau scientifique il est important de pouvoir co-visualiser les champs dans leur contexte géographique pour mieux les analyser et faire des hypothèses sur les… More >

J. Boudier, G. Oldrini, C. Barlier, A. Lesur

Oncologie, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 11-16, 2019, DOI:10.3166/onco-2019-0034

Abstract Lors de la découverte d’un cancer du sein, la qualité du bilan préthérapeutique est essentielle afin d’orienter la décision thérapeutique. L’exploration axillaire est primordiale, car elle évalue l’extension régionale de la maladie, ce qui en fait un des facteurs pronostiques majeurs. Différents examens d’imagerie préopératoires peuvent révéler une atteinte de ces ganglions axillaires. Cependant, l’imagerie de référence reste l’échographie axillaire, qui permet également de guider des prélèvements. Depuis l’étude ACOSOGZ0011, nous sommes face à une désescalade thérapeutique de la chirurgie axillaire. Selon des résultats récents, on constate que la place de l’imagerie axillaire est encore More >

S. Dejust

Oncologie, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 5-10, 2019, DOI:10.3166/onco-2019-0031

Abstract L’exploration préthérapeutique axillaire est une étape majeure du bilan initial du cancer du sein. L’échographie associée à un prélèvement est actuellement recommandée en première intention. L’IRM et la TEP/TDM au 18FDG sont utiles dans l’évaluation ganglionnaire axillaire. Les sensibilités et spécificités des examens d’imagerie sont globalement identiques, et leur combinaison permet d’obtenir les meilleures performances. Actuellement, la technique du ganglion sentinelle est indispensable en cas de tumeurs mammaires T1-T2 N0 et en cas d’adénopathie suspecte échographiquement avec cytoponction ou microbiopsie négative. More >

Xing Chen, Wu Zhou, Qinghua Hu, Lingjin Huang

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 396-402, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12733

Abstract Objective: This study explores the role of the Notch3‐HES5 signal pathway in mono‐ crotaline‐induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) using rat models.
Method: Sprague Dawley rats (n = 45) were randomly grouped into normal group, control group, and model group. Rats in the model group were used to establish the PH rat model. Four weeks after model establishment, right catheterization was used to measure the mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and right ventricular sys‐ tolic pressure (RVSP) to analyze hemodynamic changes. The severity of PH was as‐ sessed by the right ventricular hypertrophy index (RVHI) and percentage of media… More >

Lu Xin¹, Mengyi Li^2,*, Fangcheng Tang¹, Wenxi Wang³, Ying Zhao⁴, Xiaotong Zheng⁵

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 59-68, 2019, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010832

Abstract In the boundaryless career era, employees tend to focus on their own needs and what they can obtain from jobs to make wise career choices and achieve a high level of career satisfaction. Using a sample of 230 Chinese employees, this study investigated the mediating effect of demands-abilities fit and needs-supplies fit in the relationship between career exploration and career satisfaction and compared the mediating effects of these two types of person-job fit. This study found that: 1) employees could achieve a higher level of career satisfaction by conducting more career exploration behaviors; 2) both More >

Han Li¹, Tianding Chen^{2, *}, Hualiang Teng³, Yingtao Jiang⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.118, No.2, pp. 253-274, 2019, DOI:10.31614/cmes.2019.05807

Abstract In any classical value-based reinforcement learning method, an agent, despite of its continuous interactions with the environment, is yet unable to quickly generate a complete and independent description of the entire environment, leaving the learning method to struggle with a difficult dilemma of choosing between the two tasks, namely exploration and exploitation. This problem becomes more pronounced when the agent has to deal with a dynamic environment, of which the configuration and/or parameters are constantly changing. In this paper, this problem is approached by first mapping a reinforcement learning scheme to a directed graph, and… More >