Visual Tracking in Amblyopia: A Continuous Psychophysical Approach.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms of the observed visuomotor deficit in amblyopia.

Methods: Twenty-four amblyopic (25.8 ± 3.

A new approach to optimizing aeration using XGB-Bi-LSTM via the online monitoring of oxygen transfer efficiency and oxygen uptake rate.

In wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), aeration is vital for microbial oxygen needs. To achieve carbon neutrality, optimizing aeration for energy and emissions reduction is imperative. Machine learning (ML) is used in wastewater treatment to reveal complex rules in large data sets has become a trend.

Decomposing the Response Time in Amblyopia: A Drift Diffusion Model Analysis.

Purpose: Amblyopes are known to have delayed response times (RT) in various visual tasks. We aim to investigate whether any factor other than the sensory deficit contributes to the delayed RT in amblyopia.

Method: Fifteen amblyopic (26.

Performance and mechanism of phosphorus adsorption removal from wastewater by a Ce-Zr-Al composite adsorbent.

With the increasingly serious eutrophication of global water bodies and the strict discharge standards of tail water in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), there is an urgent technology need for efficient deep phosphorus removal from wastewater. A composite cerium-based adsorbent (Ce-Zr-Al) was synthesized by coprecipitation method for the adsorption of low concentration phosphorus in water. The performance of the Ce-Zr-Al composite adsorbent was explored, and the mechanism was also revealed through the analyses including SEM, BET, XPS, and FT-IR.

Molecular mechanisms through which different carbon sources affect denitrification by Thauera linaloolentis: Electron generation, transfer, and competition.

Characterizing the molecular mechanism through which different carbon sources affect the denitrification process would provide a basis for the proper selection of carbon sources, thus avoiding excessive carbon source dosing and secondary pollution while also improving denitrification efficiency. Here, we selected Thauera linaloolentis as a model organism of denitrification, whose genomic information was elucidated by draft genome sequencing and KEGG annotations, to investigate the growth kinetics, denitrification performances and characteristics of metabolic pathways under diverse carbon source conditions. We reconstructed a metabolic network of Thauera linaloolentis based on genomic analysis to help develop a systematic method of researching electron pathways.

Activated sludge process enabling highly efficient removal of heavy metal in wastewater.

Activated sludge process was a low-cost alternative method compared to the conventional physicochemical process for the treatment of heavy metal-containing wastewater. In the present study, the removal efficiency of Pb, Cu, and Ni from wastewater by a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) activated sludge system was investigated, and the mechanism was revealed by static adsorption experiment of activated sludge. The results showed that the activated sludge in the SBR system was effective in removing Pb and Cu from wastewater at 10 mg·L initial concentration, with a removal efficiency of 83.

Psychophysical Reverse Correlation Revealed Broader Orientation Tuning and Prolonged Reaction Time in Amblyopia.

Purpose: Neural selectivity of orientation is a fundamental property of visual system. We aim to investigate whether and how the orientation selectivity changes in amblyopia.

Methods: Seventeen patients with amblyopia (27.

Analysis on common problems of the wastewater treatment industry in urban China.

The wastewater treatment industry in urban China generally faces certain common problems. To provide a comprehensive analysis on common problems of the wastewater treatment industry, survey data from 467 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and field investigation reports of 38 WWTPs were analyzed. The research results showed that, the common problems of the wastewater treatment industry are mainly concentrated in WWTPs and the drainage system.

Temporal Characteristics of Visual Processing in Amblyopia.

Purpose: Amblyopia affects not only spatial vision but also temporal vision. In this study, we aim to investigate temporal processing deficits in amblyopia.

Methods: Twenty amblyopic patients (age: 27.

Effects of biotin on promoting anammox bacterial activity.

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria significantly improve the efficiency and reduce cost of nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment plants. However, their slow growth and vulnerable activity limit the application of anammox technology. In this paper, the enhancement of biotin on the nitrogen removal activity of anammox bacteria in short-term batch experiments was studied.

No-tillage effects on grain yield, N use efficiency, and nutrient runoff losses in paddy fields.

The effect of no-tillage (NT) on rice yield and nitrogen (N) behavior often varies considerably from individual studies. A meta-analysis was performed to assess quantitatively the effect of NT on rice yield and N uptake by rice, N use efficiency (NUE, i.e.