A plunger lifting optimization control method based on APSO-MPC for edge computing applications.

In shale gas extraction, bottomhole liquid loading reduces gas well efficiency. Traditional time-based plunger lift methods use reservoir energy to remove liquid, but model-based optimization has since emerged. However, these methods, deployed on remote servers, lead to inefficient data transfer and high server loads.

The protective effects of Lactobacillus SNK-6 on growth, organ health, and intestinal function in geese exposed to low concentration Aflatoxin B1.

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a prevalent mycotoxin present in feed ingredients. In this study, we investigated the effects of Lactobacillus salivarius (L. salivarius) on the Landes geese exposed to AFB1.

Lactobacillus salivarius Ameliorates AFB1-induced hepatotoxicity via PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy in Geese.

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is commonly found in feed ingredients and foods all over the world, posing a significant threat to food safety and public health in animals and humans. Lactobacillus salivarius (L. salivarius) was recorded to improve the intestinal health and performance of chickens.

Unveiling the Evolution of Eldercare Facilities in Rural China: Tracing the Trajectory from Eldercare Support Pattern and Service to Facilities for the Aging Population.

The phenomenon of population aging in rural China presents a compelling societal challenge, necessitating a growing demand for both the quantity and quality of facilities supporting the needs of older people. However, a lack of comprehensive understanding concerning the underlying mechanisms that drive the emergence of these facilities, coupled with the distinctive historical backdrop and social development stage of the nation, engenders complexities in achieving sustainable rural eldercare services. This paper endeavors to comprehensively elucidate diverse eldercare facility types in rural China, delineating their intrinsic characteristics and prerequisites for construction.

Possible Toxic Mechanisms of Deoxynivalenol (DON) Exposure to Intestinal Barrier Damage and Dysbiosis of the Gut Microbiota in Laying Hens.

Deoxynivalenol is one the of most common mycotoxins in cereals and grains and causes a serious health threat to poultry and farm animals. Our previous study found that DON decreased the production performance of laying hens. It has been reported that DON could exert significant toxic effects on the intestinal barrier and microbiota.

Multi-Impacts of Spatial Self-Policing during COVID-19: Evidence from a Chinese University.

Current research has focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students' physical and mental health conditions but has rarely examined the secondary effects caused by school management and prevention policies. Chinese universities generally took a self-policing strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to examine how the self-policing effect fluctuated during the pandemic, assessed from the perspective of university students.

Decision-Making Mechanism of Joint Activities for the Elderly and Children in Integrated Welfare Facilities: A Discussion Based on "Motivation-Constraint" Interaction Model.

In China, joint activities for the elderly and children in integrated welfare facilities lack systematic decision procedures. By learning from the "leisure constraint" theory, the study puts forward six influencing indicators of motivation and constraint in the aspects of preliminary coordination, activity space and effect. By using semi-structured interviews and questionnaire surveys analyzed by deviation value computation, the study analyzes the evaluation value of influencing factors in the decision procedure of potential activity cases, where administrators and nurses act as two decision makers.

Safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided low-pressure perfusion mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy in children aged 1-7 years: a retrospective observational study.

Purpose: This article analyzed the safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (MPCNL) with low-pressure perfusion for the treatment of upper urinary tract stones in children.

Methods: The clinical data of 690 patients (805 renal units) aged 1-7 years were retrospectively analyzed in terms of postoperative outcome.

Results: The mean patient age was 3.

Correlation between Elderly Migrants' Needs and Environmental Adaptability: A Discussion Based on Human Urbanization Features.

Building concentrated resettlement community in small towns is mostly used to deal with resettlement construction for rural migrants in economically developed regions in China, which leads to migrants' living environment changing from rural settlements where production and living are intertwined to an urban community that only supports living functions. However, the urbanized environment is contrary to elderly migrants' behavior, resulting in contradictions or conflicts between migrants and resettlement communities, reflecting a lack of urbanization synchronization between migrants and resettlement community environments. Further, elderly migrants are also equipped with different degrees and types of urbanization characteristics, thus reflecting different abilities to adapt to the urban community environment.

Exploring Daily Activity Patterns on the Typical Day of Older Adults for Supporting Aging-in-Place in China's Rural Environment.

Severe aging in rural China is prompting communities to promote support for older people to age in place. The study of the daily life of older adults in rural areas is conducive to understanding their real life and demands, as well as the way they interact with their environment, to develop feasible strategies. In this study, 171 older adults over 60 years old in two different types of villages in Northern Zhejiang Province were investigated and analyzed in terms of the temporal and spatial features of daily activities, as well as their relationship with population attributes, personal competence, and subjective demands.

Real-Time Pattern-Recognition of GPR Images with YOLO v3 Implemented by Tensorflow.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in pattern recognition and positioning. In most of the geological exploration applications, it needs to locate and identify underground objects according to electromagnetic wave characteristics from the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) images. Currently, a few robust AI approach can detect targets by real-time with high precision or automation for GPR images recognition.

Retraction Note to: MiR-138-5p exacerbates hypoxia/reperfusion-induced heart injury through the inactivation of SIRT1-PGC-1α.

This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.

Multi-Camera-Based Universal Measurement Method for 6-DOF of Rigid Bodies in World Coordinate System.

The measurement of six-degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) of rigid bodies plays an important role in many industries, but it often requires the use of professional instruments and software, or has limitations on the shape of measured objects. In this paper, a 6-DOF measurement method based on multi-camera is proposed, which is accomplished using at least two ordinary cameras and is made available for most morphological rigid bodies. First, multi-camera calibration based on Zhang Zhengyou's calibration method is introduced.

Multidimensional Assessment of Asthma Identifies Clinically Relevant Phenotype Overlap: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with multiple phenotypes; however, the relevance of phenotype overlap remains largely unexplored.

Objective: To examine the relationship between phenotype overlap and clinical and inflammatory profiles of asthma.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, adult participants with stable asthma (n = 522) underwent multidimensional assessments.

Effect of selective inhibition or activation of PGE2 EP1 receptor on glomerulosclerosis.

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is involved in numerous physiological and pathological processes of the kidney via its four receptors. A previous study has suggested that a defect in the PGE2 receptor 1 (EP1) gene markedly suppressed the transforming growth factor‑β1 (TGF‑β1)‑induced mesangial cell (MC) proliferation and extracellular matrix aggregation. Therefore, the present study aimed to adopt a pharmacological method of specifically suppressing or activating the EP1 receptor to further verify and demonstrate these results.

Modeling Citrus Huanglongbing transmission within an orchard and its optimal control.

Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most devastating citrus disease worldwide. In this paper, a deterministic dynamical model is proposed to explore the transmission dynamics of HLB between citrus tree and Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). Using the theory of dynamical system, the dynamics of the model are rigorously analyzed.

MiR-137-3p exacerbates the ischemia-reperfusion injured cardiomyocyte apoptosis by targeting KLF15.

Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a kind of the tissue damage caused by an abrupt re-supplying tissue with blood after a period of ischemia or hypoxia. It contributes to a wide range of pathological processes including kidney injury, circulatory arrest, and especially cardiovascular disease. However, the underlying pathological mechanism is not fully elucidated.

The effects of CTL immune response on HIV infection model with potent therapy, latently infected cells and cell-to-cell viral transmission.

In this paper, a mathematical model is formulated to investigate the effect of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection dynamics. The model includes latently infected cells, antiretroviral therapy, cell-free virus infection and cell-to- cell viral transmission. By constructing Lyapunov functionals, the global stability of three equilibria is obtained.

MiR-138-5p exacerbates hypoxia/reperfusion-induced heart injury through the inactivation of SIRT1-PGC-1α.

Objectives: A drastic reduction in myocardial cell apoptosis plays a crucial role in the treatment/management of myocardial infarction, a major cardiovascular health challenge confronting the world, especially the Western world. Accumulating evidence indicates that the cardiotoxicity caused by the apoptotic machinery is partly regulated by miRNAs. The aim of this research is to investigate the role of miR-138-5p on hypoxia/reperfusion-induced heart injury.

Inactivation of Poliovirus by Ozone and the Impact of Ozone on the Viral Genome.

Objective: To investigate the mechanisms underlying ozone-induced inactivation of poliovirus type 1 (PV1).

Methods: We used cell culture, long-overlapping RT-PCR, and spot hybridization assays to verify and accurately locate the sites of action of ozone that cause PV1 inactivation. We also employed recombinant viral genome RNA infection models to confirm our observations.

Clinical Predictors of Neurological Outcome within 72 h after Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.

To investigate the prognostic values of clinical factors 72 h within traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (TCSCI). Data were extracted from the medical materials of 57 TCSCI cases. AIS was used as the outcome measure and divided into dichotomous variables by two methods, i.

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-related protein 1 contributes to hepatic fibrogenesis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-related protein 1 (IGFBP-rP1) in the development of hepatic fibrogenesis in experimental disease models and human liver samples.

Methods: Cellular distribution patterns of IGFBP-rP1 were assessed by immunohistochemistry in fibrotic and cirrhotic human liver specimens. Gene silencing of IGFBP-rP1 was performed on cultured hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) by small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the silencing effect was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Western blot.

Temperature dependence of Raman scattering in bulk 4H-SiC with different carrier concentration.

Raman spectra of three bulk 4H-SiC wafers with different free carrier concentration were measured at temperature from 80 K to 873 K. As temperature increases, Raman peaks of most optical phonon modes show monotonous down shift. An anomalous non-monotonous variation with temperature, was observed in the A(1) longitudinal optical (LO) mode from doped samples.