Utilizing diffusion tensor imaging as an image biomarker in exploring the therapeutic efficacy of forniceal deep brain stimulation in a mice model of Alzheimer's disease.

With prolonged life expectancy, the incidence of memory deficits, especially in Alzheimer's disease (AD), has increased. Although multiple treatments have been evaluated, no promising treatment has been found to date. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the fornix area was explored as a possible treatment because the fornix is intimately connected to memory-related areas that are vulnerable in AD; however, a proper imaging biomarker for assessing the therapeutic efficiency of forniceal DBS in AD has not been established.

Transmission of Classical Swine Fever Virus in Cohabitating Piglets with Various Immune Statuses Following Attenuated Live Vaccine.

Classical swine fever (CSF) is a systemic hemorrhagic disease affecting domestic pigs and wild boars. The modified live vaccine (MLV) induces quick and solid protection against CSF virus (CSFV) infection. Maternally derived antibodies (MDAs) via colostrum could interfere with the MLV's efficacy, leading to incomplete protection against CSFV infection for pigs.

An Efficient Authenticated Key Agreement Scheme Supporting Privacy-Preservation for Internet of Drones Communications.

In recent years, due to the rapid development of Internet of things (IoTs), various physical things (objects) in IoTs are smart enough to make their own decisions without the involvement of humans. The smart devices embedded in a drone can sense, collect, and transmit real-time data back to the controller from a designated environment via wireless communication technologies. The mobility, flexibility, reliability and energy efficiency of drones makes them more widely used in IoT environments such as commercial, military, entertainment applications, traffic surveillance and aerial photography.

Genetic diversity analysis of forty-three insertion/deletion loci for forensic individual identification in Han Chinese from Beijing based on a novel panel.

Due to the virtues of no stutter peaks, low rates of mutation, and short amplicon sizes, insertion/deletion (InDel) polymorphism is an indispensable tool for analyzing degraded DNA samples from crime scenes for human identifications (Wang et al., 2021). Herein, a self-developed panel of 43 InDel loci constructed previously by our group was utilized to evaluate the genetic diversities and explore the genetic background of the Han Chinese from Beijing (HCB) including 301 random healthy individuals.

Forensic Application Evaluation of a Novel Canine STR System in Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Shiba Inu Groups.

Aim: To evaluate the forensic application values of 19 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci in canines.

Methods: The 19 STR loci in two canine groups (Pembroke Welsh Corgis, = 200; Shiba Inus, = 175) were analysed by the capillary electrophoresis platform. The allele frequencies and forensic parameters were calculated, and the genetic relationships between these two canine groups and a previously reported Labrador group were analysed.

Lightweight and Resource-Constrained Learning Network for Face Recognition with Performance Optimization.

Despite considerable progress in face recognition technology in recent years, deep learning (DL) and convolutional neural networks (CNN) have revealed commendable recognition effects with the advent of artificial intelligence and big data. FaceNet was presented in 2015 and is able to significantly improve the accuracy of face recognition, while also being powerfully built to counteract several common issues, such as occlusion, blur, illumination change, and different angles of head pose. However, not all hardware can sustain the heavy computing load in the execution of the FaceNet model.

Multicentric paraspinal neuroglial heterotopia with Müllerian and renal agenesis: a variant of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome?

Unlabelled: Neuroglial heterotopia is a rare congenital anomaly that mostly involves the head and neck region. We report a female fetus with multicentric paraspinal neuroglial heterotopia in the retropharyngeal and retroperitoneal spaces, right renal agenesis, left renal hypoplasia, and Müllerian agenesis. Additional findings included bilateral preaxial polydactyly of the hands, megacystis, rectovesical fistula, and imperforate anus.