Brandt's vole hole detection and counting method based on deep learning and unmanned aircraft system.

Rodents are essential to the balance of the grassland ecosystem, but their population outbreak can cause major economic and ecological damage. Rodent monitoring is crucial for its scientific management, but traditional methods heavily depend on manual labor and are difficult to be carried out on a large scale. In this study, we used UAS to collect high-resolution RGB images of steppes in Inner Mongolia, China in the spring, and used various object detection algorithms to identify the holes of Brandt's vole ().

Disrupted Balance of Gray Matter Volume and Directed Functional Connectivity in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease.

Background: Alterations in functional connectivity have been demonstrated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), an age-progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects cognitive function; however, directional information flow has never been analyzed.

Objective: This study aimed to determine changes in resting-state directional functional connectivity measured using a novel approach, granger causality density (GCD), in patients with AD, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and explore novel neuroimaging biomarkers for cognitive decline detection.

Methods: In this study, structural MRI, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, and neuropsychological data of 48 Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative participants were analyzed, comprising 16 patients with AD, 16 with MCI, and 16 normal controls.

Altered Functional Connectivity of Basal Ganglia in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease.

(1) Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD), an age-progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects cognitive function, causes changes in the functional connectivity of the default-mode network (DMN). However, the question of whether AD-related changes occur in the functional connectivity of the basal ganglia has rarely been specifically analyzed. This study aimed to measure the changes in basal ganglia functional connectivity among patients with AD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in their resting state using the functional connectivity density (FCD) value, the functional connectivity (FC) intensity, and the graph theory index, and to confirm their influence on clinical manifestations.

Research on a rapid identification method for counting universal grain crops.

Thousand-grain weight is a key indicator of crop yield and an important parameter for evaluating cultivation measures. Existing methods based on image analysis are convenient but lack a counting algorithm that is suitable for multiple types of grains. This research develops an application program based on an Android device to quickly calculate the number of grains.

Berberine Improves Cognitive Impairment by Simultaneously Impacting Cerebral Blood Flow and β-Amyloid Accumulation in an APP/tau/PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is accompanied by β-amyloid (Aβ), neurofibrillary tangles, and neuron cell death, and is one of the most commonly occurring diseases among the elderly. The pathology of AD is complex, involving Aβ overproduction and accumulation, tau hyperphosphorylation, and neuronal loss. In addition, chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) is ubiquitous in the AD patients and plans a pivotal role in triggering and exacerbating the pathophysiological progress of AD.

Image analysis-based recognition and quantification of grain number per panicle in rice.

Background: The number grain per panicle of rice is an important phenotypic trait and a significant index for variety screening and cultivation management. The methods that are currently used to count the number of grains per panicle are manually conducted, making them labor intensive and time consuming. Existing image-based grain counting methods had difficulty in separating overlapped grains.

A method to calculate the number of wheat seedlings in the 1st to the 3rd leaf growth stages.

Background: The number of cultivated wheat seedlings per unit area allows calculation of plant density. Wheat seedling density provides emergence data and this is useful for improving crop management. The number of wheat seedlings is typically determined by visual counts but this is time-consuming and laborious.

The clinical features of burns resulting from two aerial devices set off in a public fireworks display: 149 case reports.

We report the clinical features of 149 cases with aerial devices burns in a public fireworks display. The characteristic features included sudden onset, masses of terrified burn victims, small and deep wounds, mild disease conditions, and favorable prognosis. Unlike in home or illegal fireworks displays, the body areas most often involved were the extremity, chest, abdomen, and back, and most of the victims were adults in these public fireworks displays.

Effect of fat particle-to-SVF ratio on graft survival rates in rabbits.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the graft survival rates of various ratios of fat particles to stromal vascular fraction (SVF) in rabbits.

Methods: Fifteen purebred white rabbits of the same brood were used. In the study, the grafts of equal weight (0.

Effect of ASCs on the graft survival rates of fat particles in rabbits.

This study was conducted to explore the effect of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) on the graft survival rates of fat particles in rabbits. Six domestic rabbits were used for a 3-month study; 1.4 grams of fat tissues were harvested from the bilateral inguinal regions of each animal.

Euthyroid sick syndrome and nutritional status are correlated with hyposelenemia in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients have altered levels of thyroid hormone (TH) in euthyroid sick syndrome, along with low T3 levels and several nutritional metabolic disturbances. Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for living organisms, which has been shown to play a major role in thyroid hormone levels and the nutritional metabolism. The aims of the present study were to assess the changes in serum levels of selenium and their correlation with disorders of the endocrine and nutritional metabolism in HD patients.

[Proliferation of the mesenchymal stem cells in a delayed fat flap: an experimental study in rabbits].

Objective: To investigate the possibility to enhance the proliferation of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) in a delayed fat flap in rabbits.

Methods: A delayed fat flap was formed in one side of inguinal region of a rabbit. 21 days after operation, the fat tissues at the delayed flaps and at the unoperated side were harvested and digested with 0.

Th1 polarization and low-T3 syndrome are correlated with hyperleptinemia in hemodialysis patients.

Background: Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis (HD) have an impaired immune response with a dysregulated Th1/Th2 cytokine network and altered the levels of thyroid hormone (TH) in euthyroid sick syndrome. Leptin, an adipocyte-secreted hormone, is considered to be a proinflammatory adipocytokine, with multiple effects on several tissues acting on the intermediate and energy metabolism. The aims of the present study were to assess the changes in serum levels of leptin and their correlation with Th1/Th2 cytokine and TH production in HD patients.

Improved fat graft viability by delayed fat flap with ischaemic pretreatment.

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the delayed fat flap on viability and longevity of grafted fat in an animal model. Sixty New Zealand rabbits were used for the long-term study. In each animal, a U-shaped fat flap was raised randomly in the inguinal region on one leg and then resutured in place to delay the flap for ischaemic pretreatment.

[Experimental study of increasing effect of the fat flap tissue after delay operation on its free graft survival volume and duration].

Objective: To observe the effects of the fat flap tissues after delay operation on free fat-graft survival rate and duration.

Methods: The delay operation of fat flaps was performed in the inguinal region of a rabbit. Expression of VEGF was assayed using Elisa method after 12 hours of flap delay.

Inhibitory effects of lanthanum chloride on extracellular matrix in injury tissues of rats.

The propose of the present study is to investigate the effects of lanthanum chloride (LaCl(3)), a rare earth compound, on extracellular matrix molecules in rat wound tissues, hoping to provide a clue for further study in reducing excessive extracellular matrix formation in trauma and burn, as well as in fibrous disorders. In order to elucidate its action mechanism, we investigated its effects on fibroblast apoptosis, intracellular calcium, collagen synthesis and expression, and fibronectin mRNA expression. We found that treatment with 0.

[Effect of lanthanum chloride on expressions of collagen protein in a wound tissue].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of lanthanum chloride on expressions of collagen protein and find a way to prevent and treat scar.

Methods: Four linear incisions were made on the dorsal skin of an adult, female Sprague-Dawley rat as an animal model. One was non-manipulated as a control; the second was injected with distilled water as a sham-control; the third was injected with 50 mmol/L of lanthanum chloride, and the fourth was injected with 50 micrograms neutralizing antibody of TGF-beta 1 as a positive control.

[Effects of lanthanum chloride on the apoptosis of fibroblasts in trauma tissue].

Objective: To investigate the effects of lanthanum chloride on the apoptosis of fibroblasts in trauma tissue.

Methods: Fifty adult female SD rats were used and linear incisions were made on the back near the joints of extremities of the rats. One of the cuts receiving no treatment was designated as blank control (C).

[An exploration of the preventive effects on lanthanum chloride on enteral bacterial translocation in scalded rats].

Objective: To explore the preventive effect of lanthanum chloride on enteral bacterial translocation in scalded rats.

Methods: Ninety Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were employed in the study and randomly divided into three groups, i.e.