Nitrogen fertilizer amount has minimal effect on rhizosphere bacterial diversity during different growth stages of peanut.

The impact of short-term nitrogen fertilizer input on the structure and diversity of peanut rhizosphere microbiota (RM) at different growth stages (GSs) was explored in the southern paddy soil planting environment. Three levels of nitrogen were applied in the field: control (LN, 0 kg/hm), medium nitrogen (MN, 55.68 kg/hm), and high nitrogen (HN, 111.

Household mold, pesticide use, and childhood asthma: A nationwide study in the U.S.

Objectives: To investigate the associations of household mold and pesticide use with risk of childhood asthma and examine the potential effect modification by child's sex at a national level in the U.S.

Methods: Nationally representative data were drawn from the cross-sectional 2017 and 2018 National Surveys of Children's Health.

ERP component analysis for rapid image searching in finer categories.

Event-related potentials (ERP)-based image triage (or search) in the context of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) exploits difference in the human brain response to target and distracted stimuli in the form of an image. So far, most paradigms focus on image triage (or search) among rough object categories. In this paper, we explored the possibility and effectiveness of target detection among finer categories like different animals.

Semantic-based sound retrieval by ERP in rapid serial auditory presentation paradigm.

"Semantic gap" is the major bottleneck of semantic-based multimedia retrieval technique in the field of information retrieval. Studies have shown that robust semantic-based image retrieval can be achieved by single-trial visual evoked event related potential (ERP) detection. However, the question remains whether auditory evoked ERP can be utilized to achieve semantic-based sound retrieval.

Corticomuscular coherence analysis on hand movement distinction for active rehabilitation.

Active rehabilitation involves patient's voluntary thoughts as the control signals of restore device to assist stroke rehabilitation. Although restoration of hand opening stands importantly in patient's daily life, it is difficult to distinguish the voluntary finger extension from thumb adduction and finger flexion using stroke patients' electroencephalography (EMG) on single muscle activity. We propose to implement corticomuscular coherence analysis on electroencephalography (EEG) and EMG signals on Extensor Digitorum to extract their intention involved in hand opening.