Publications by authors named "Shaolei Ren"
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- The rise of large language models (LLMs) has sparked debates over their environmental impacts, with some studies suggesting they have a high carbon footprint, while others claim they can promote sustainability.
- A comparative analysis shows that LLMs can have a lower environmental impact than human labor, especially in the U.S., with certain LLMs being significantly more efficient in terms of energy, carbon emissions, and costs.
- Despite the potential benefits of using LLMs over human workers, economic and practical considerations likely mean a combination of both in the workforce, and further research is needed to assess the long-term sustainability of increasingly larger LLMs.
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- - Human norovirus (HuNoV) is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis, and traditional rapid tests for it have low sensitivity and can't quantify virus levels effectively.
- - A new technique combining immunomagnetic enrichment (IM) with lateral flow immunochromatography (LFIC) was developed to enhance detection, achieving a limit of detection of 1.56 × 10 copies/mL and accurately identifying common HuNoV genotypes without cross-reacting with other viruses.
- - Testing 87 fecal samples demonstrated that the new IM-LFIC method had a high agreement with RT-qPCR results, indicating its potential as a rapid and sensitive option for point-of-care testing for HuNoV. *
Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), and macrophages serve as the primary natural host of M.tb.
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