Analysis and experimental validation of genes and their transcription factor prediction in contused rat spinal cord at the intermediate phase.

The intermediate phase of spinal cord injury (SCI) serves as an important target site for therapeutic mediation of SCI. However, there is a lack of insight into the mechanism of the intermediate phase of SCI. The present study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism and the feasible treatment targets in the intermediate phase of SCI.

Identification of complexes of Nd(III) with dithiophosphinic acids verifying the difference in complexation between Ln(III) and An(III).

Five complex species of Nd(III) with HA have been spectroscopically and compositionally identified as NdA, NdA(HA), NdA(HA)HO, NdA(HO), and Nd(HO)·3A (HA, bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)dithiophosphinic acid) with the help of X-ray diffraction analysis on single crystals of Nd(HO)·HO·3B (HB = bis(iso-butyl)dithiophosphinic acid.

Spatial statistics and random forest approaches for traffic crash hot spot identification and prediction.

Crash hot spot identification and prediction using spatial statistics and random forest methods on the interstate of Michigan are evaluated. The Getis-Ord statistics are adopted to identify hot spots using location, frequency, and equivalent property damage only weights computed from the cost and severity of crashes. In the random forest approach, data patterns between 2010 and 2017 are determined to predict hot spots of crashes in 2018.