Water, starch, and nuclear behavior in ray parenchyma during heartwood formation of 'Jinsi'.

'Jinsi', a cultivar of C. A. Mey.

Prevalence of self-reported food allergy among adults in Jiangxi, China.

Background: Food allergy has become an increasingly important public health problem. However, information regarding epidemiological studies of food allergy among Chinese adults is very limited. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of self-reported food allergy among adults in China.

Comparison of endoscopic type I tympanoplasty with and without assistance of customized 3D-printed guiding template for tympanic membrane.

Purpose: To compare the anatomical and audiological outcomes of endoscopic type I tympanoplasty using cartilage-perichondrium, with or without a customized 3D-printed guiding template.

Materials And Methods: A total of 60 patients with tympanic membrane perforation receiving endoscopic type I tympanoplasty were divided into the non-template group (group 1, n = 30) and template group (group 2, n = 30). Closure rate, hearing outcomes and operating time were compared between the two groups.

Visual Navigation With Multiple Goals Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning.

Learning to adapt to a series of different goals in visual navigation is challenging. In this work, we present a model-embedded actor-critic architecture for the multigoal visual navigation task. To enhance the task cooperation in multigoal learning, we introduce two new designs to the reinforcement learning scheme: inverse dynamics model (InvDM) and multigoal colearning (MgCl).

The effect of using a PORP to reconstruct the ossicular chain under otoendoscopy with and without a malleus handle.

Background: There are many reports on the role of the malleus handle in ossicular chain reconstruction (OCR). However, the effect of the presence of the malleus handle is not clear.

Aim/objectives: To compare the hearing outcomes of using a partial ossicular replacement prosthesis (PORP) to reconstruct the ossicular chain under otoendoscopy with and without a malleus handle.

Comparison of type I tympanoplasty with acellular dermal allograft and cartilage perichondrium.

Acellular dermal allograft (AlloDerm) and cartilage perichondrium are two common materials used for repair of tympanic membrane perforations (TMPs). To date, comparative evaluations of their efficacy have rarely been reported. To compare anatomical and audiological outcomes between AlloDerm and cartilage perichondrium in type I tympanoplasty.