StructNeRF: Neural Radiance Fields for Indoor Scenes With Structural Hints.

Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) achieve photo-realistic view synthesis with densely captured input images. However, the geometry of NeRF is extremely under-constrained given sparse views, resulting in significant degradation of novel view synthesis quality. Inspired by self-supervised depth estimation methods, we propose StructNeRF, a solution to novel view synthesis for indoor scenes with sparse inputs.

Learning Implicit Glyph Shape Representation.

Automatic generation of fonts can greatly facilitate the font design process, and provide prototypes where designers can draw inspiration from. Existing generation methods are mainly built upon rasterized glyph images to utilize the successful convolutional architecture, but ignore the vector nature of glyph shapes. We present an implicit representation, modeling each glyph as shape primitives enclosed by several quadratic curves.

Degradation behavior of triclosan by co-exposure to chlorine dioxide and UV irradiation: influencing factors and toxicity changes.

This study investigated the transformation of triclosan (TCS) following co-exposure to UV irradiation and ClO. Special attention was given to understand the influencing of water quality parameters and toxicity changes during the co-exposure process. The results show that the co-exposure process prompted TCS elimination quickly and effectively, with more than 99% of TCS degraded under the experimental conditions.

[Efficiency and Kinetics of Triclosan Degradation in Aqueous Solution by UV/Sodium Persulfate].

UV activated sodium persulfate was employed to remove triclosan (TCS) in aqueous solution. The effects of several factors such as UV wavelength,UV intensity,sodium persulfate dosage,pH value,and HA on TCS degradation were investigated. The second-order rate constants of free radicals (·OH, SO) reacting with TCS and their contributions to TCS removal were determined,respectively.

[Removal of triclosan with the method of UV/ClO2 and its degradation products].

The UV/ClO2 process for triclosan ( TCS) removal was studied. The influences of several factors such as the initial pH, dose of ClO2, initial concentration of TCS and humic acid( HA) on TCS degradation in the UV/ClO2 combined process were discussed. The results showed that the UV/ClO2 process could effectively remove TCS and had a synergistic effect.

[Effect of carbon disulfide on mitochondrial apoptosis-related proteins in cytoplasm of testicular tissue among male rats].

Objective: To investigate the role of mitochondrial pathway in the apoptosis of spermatogenic cells induced by inhalation of carbon disulfide in male rats.

Methods: Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats (clean grade) were divided into four groups according to their body weights: three CS(2) exposure groups (CS(2) concentrations: 50, 250, and 1250 mg/m(3)) and a control group. The rats in CS(2) exposure groups were exposed to CS(2) by static inhalation for 10 weeks (2 h/d, 5 d/w), while the rats in control group were exposed to air.

[Effect of carbon disulfide on mitochondrial respiratory chain in spermatogenic cells in male rats].

Objective: To investigate the effect of carbon disulfide (CS(2)) on the mitochondrial respiratory chain in testicular spermatogenic cells in male rats and to explore the possible mechanism of reproductive system damage caused by CS(2) in male rats.

Methods: Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats (clean grade) were randomly divided into four groups: three CS(2) exposure groups (CS(2) concentrations: 50, 250, and 1250 mg/m(3)) and a control group. The rats in CS(2) exposure groups were exposed to CS(2) by static inhalation for 10 weeks (2 h/d, 5 d/w), while the rats in control group were exposed to air.

[Effect of maternal BDE-209 exposure on sexual development in male offspring rats].

Objective: To investigate the effect of maternal decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) exposure on the sexual development in male offspring rats.

Methods: Twenty-four pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three BDE-209 exposure groups and one control group. The three BDE-209 exposure groups were given BDE-209 (100, 300, and 900 mg/kg) by gavage on gestational days 12∼18, and the control group was given corn oil.

The effects of carbon disulfide on male sexual function and semen quality.

A cross-sectional study was initiated to clarify whether the current level of exposure to carbon disulphide (CS(2)) is low enough to prevent occurrence of subclinical health impairments. This paper describes the effects of exposure to CS(2) on male sexual function and semen quality in a baseline observation. The effects of CS(2) on male sexual function were evaluated, including number of sexual encounters and length of sexual encounters related to solvents in 80 male workers exposed to CS(2) and 49 reference workers from the filature and cotton pulp departments of a fabric factory in China.

Diversity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in eutrophic and oligotrophic basins of a shallow Chinese lake (Lake Donghu).

Classical cultivation and molecular methods based on the ammonia monooxygenase gene (amoA) were used to study the abundance and diversity of beta-proteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in lake sediments. The eutrophic and oligotrophic basins of a Chinese shallow lake (Lake Donghu), in terms of ammonium (NH(+)(4)) concentrations, were sampled. The AOB number was significantly lower in the oligotrophic basin, but significantly higher in the eutrophic basin.

Effects of carbon disulfide on the expression and activity of nitric oxide synthase in rat hippocampus.

Background: Carbon disulfide (CS(2)) is a commonly used organic solvent. Many epidemiological investigations and animal experiments have indicated that learning and memory ability can be affected to different degrees after long-term exposure to CS(2), but the mechanisms are still unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the possible mechanisms of CS(2)-related impairment of the learning and memory ability of rats, by investigating the effects of CS(2) on nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and NOS mRNA expression in rat hippocampus.

[Apoptosis and gene FasL expression induced by carbon disulfide in rat sertoli cells].

Objective: To study apoptosis and gene FasL expression induced by carbon disulfide in sertoli cells of male rats.

Methods: Sertoli cells were exposed to different concentrations of CS(2) (0, 0.36, 0.

[Antagonism of vitamin E on lipid peroxidation in testis of male rats with carbon disulfide].

Objective: To study the antagonistic joint action of vitamin E (VE) lipid peroxidation of testis in the male rats with carbon disulfide (CS2).

Methods: 36 wistar male rats were randomly dicided into six groups. It took 10-week for the rats to breath CS2 in different concentrations (0, 50, 250 and 1250 mg/m3), respectively, CS2 (1250 mg/m3) with VE (250 mg/kg diet) and VE (250 mg/kg diet) group.

[Study on the reproductive effects of carbon disulfide in male rats and their subgeneration].

Objective: To study reproductive toxicity of carbon disulfide and the effects of their subgeneration.

Methods: 40 male rats were randomly divided into four groups. It took ten weeks for the rats to breath CS2 in different densities (0, 50, 250, 1250 mg/m3).