A comparative study of deep reinforcement learning for crop production management by Joseph Balderas, Dong Chen, Yanbo Huang, Li Wang, Ren-Cang Li

“…Studies have shown that RL can generate crop management policies that compete with, and even outperform, expert-designed policies within simulation-based crop models. …”
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Advanced Digital System for International Collaboration on Biosample-Oriented Research: A Multicriteria Query Tool for Real-Time Biosample and Patient Cohort Searches by Alexandros Fridas, Anna Bourouliti, Loukia Touramanidou, Desislava Ivanova, Kostantinos Votis, Panagiotis Katsaounis

“…This study presents a novel platform designed to address these issues, enabling researchers to conduct high-quality research more efficiently and at reduced costs. The platform employs a modular, distributed architecture that ensures high availability, redundancy, and interoperability among diverse stakeholders, as well as integrates advanced features, including secure access management, comprehensive query functionalities, real-time availability reporting, and robust data mining capabilities. …”
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Knockout of Apolipoprotein E in rabbit promotes premature intervertebral disc degeneration: A new in vivo model for therapeutic approaches of spinal disc disorders. by Anja Beierfuß, Hermann Dietrich, Christian Kremser, Monika Hunjadi, Andreas Ritsch, Thomas Rülicke, Claudius Thomé, Demissew Shenegelegn Mern

“…Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration that accelerates the loss of disc structural and functional integrities is recognized as one of the major factors of chronic back pain. …”
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Comparison of dCas9-activator complexes for the activation of PDX1 and NGN3 pancreatic genes using the CRISPR system by Ersin Akıncı, Mehmet Fatih Cengiz, Fatma Akçakale Kaba, Adem Kaba

“…This study presents a novel approach to generate insulin-producing β cells from non-β cell sources using the CRISPR/dCas9 gene activation system. …”
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The legal conflictology in constitutional and municipal law by Irina A. Tretyak

“…Constitutional conflict is a political type of social conflict – a disagreement between the subjects of constitutional and municipal legal relations over constitutional values, which can be transformed into legally significant conflict and generate legal consequences.Conclusions. The object of scientific knowledge of legal conflictology in constitutional and municipal law is a constitutional and legal conflict, the study of which should be based on the above postulates of the general theory of conflictology, and can not be limited to purely legal knowledge.…”
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Barriers and challenges: a descriptive qualitative study of job satisfaction among direct care workers who provide long-term care services in Shandong Province, China by Qiang Sun, Jia Yin, Jing Gao

“…Background The special nature of the functional ability of older individuals with disabilities places higher demands on the quantity and quality of long-term care (LTC) services. …”
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Recent Advances in Glutathione Depletion-Enhanced Porphyrin-Based nMOFs for Photodynamic Therapy by Bin Gong, Qiuyun Zhang, Jiayi Chen, Yijie Qu, Xuanxuan Luo, Weiqi Wang, Xiaohua Zheng

“…Moreover, the excess glutathione within cells can disrupt the structure of porphyrin-based metal–organic frameworks, which not only increases the capacity of porphyrin molecules to generate singlet oxygen upon light exposure but also aids in the recovery of their fluorescence imaging capabilities. …”
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MODERNIZING MOUNTAIN EDUCATION: ESTABLISHING A TECHNOLOGY-BASED ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL TO ENHANCE LEARNING QUALITY by Agung Wijaksono, Albadri Albadri

“…The appropriate application of technology can strengthen Pondok Pesantren's role in preparing a more competitive generation for the digital age. …”
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Zmiany modelu poznawczego uczniów w kontekście prac nad e-podręcznikiem by Jolanta Dyrda

“…The computer and multi-function mobile telephones accompany young people incessantly. …”
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Prescribing Peritoneal Dialysis for Elderly Patients Starting Peritoneal Dialysis by Andrew Davenport

“…As dietary intake is often lower in the elderly, coupled with the physiological loss of muscle mass, this results in a reduced generation of waste products of metabolism and consequently requires less dialytic clearance. …”
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Transmission Scheme for Massive MIMO Systems Using Nulling-Based Approach by Prateek Anand, Arti M.K., Manoranjan Kumar

“…The statistical properties of the instantaneous signal-to-noise ratio are characterized at the receiver by deriving closed-form expressions of the moment-generating function (MGF). An approximate expression of the symbol error rate (SER) of the proposed scheme-based system is obtained by using the MGF expression. …”
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RECURRENT DEPRESSIVE DISORDER,TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUSAND OXIDATIVE STRESS by P. Marinov, Y. Petkov

“…Because ROS is an essential mediator for the activation of pro-inflammatory signalling pathways, obesity and hyperglycaemia-induced ROS production may favour the induction of M1-like pro-inflammatory macrophages during the onset and progression of diabetes. By generating more reactive oxygen species (ROS) and upregulating markers of chronic inflammation, hyperglycaemia can lead to vascular dysfunction. …”
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Telemonitoring for Chronic Heart Failure: Narrative Review of the 20-Year Journey From Concept to Standard Care in Germany by Sebastian Spethmann, Gerhard Hindricks, Kerstin Koehler, Stefan Stoerk, Christiane E Angermann, Michael Böhm, Birgit Assmus, Sebastian Winkler, Martin Möckel, Mirja Mittermaier, Monika Lelgemann, Daniel Reuter, Ralph Bosch, Alexander Albrecht, Stephan von Haehling, Thomas M Helms, Stefan Sack, Tarek Bekfani, Jan Wolfgang Gröschel, Magdalena Koehler, Christoph Melzer, Jan Wintrich, Bettina Zippel-Schultz, Georg Ertl, Claus Vogelmeier, Nikolaos Dagres, Jasmin Zernikow, Friedrich Koehler

“…Years of public funding in Germany have generated evidence that remote patient management improves outcomes for patients with CHF, such as quality of life, and reduces hospital admissions. …”
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Embedding electronic patient-reported outcome measures into routine care for patients with stage III MELanoma (ePROMs-MEL): protocol for a prospective, longitudinal, mixed-methods... by Serigne Lo, Andrew Spillane, Donna Milne, Robyn Saw, Mbathio Dieng, Iris Bartula, Rachael Morton, Frances Boyle, Julia Lai-Kwon, Kathy Dempsey, Craig Lawn, Thomas Pennington, Skye Dong, Linda Seaman, Dina Saks, Jake Robert Thompson

“…Introduction The benefits of patient-reported feedback, using questionnaires that allow patients to report how they feel and function without any interpretation from healthcare professionals, are well established. …”
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Low-overhead routing algorithm for opportunistic networks based on immunity information piggybacked by SV by Zhi REN, Cong CHEN, Ya-nan CAO, Chen PENG, Qian-bin CHEN

“…A novel routing algorithm,LRPI (low-overhead routing with piggybacked immunity information) was proposed.LRPI contains the following four new mechanisms:piggybacking the immune information with SV(summary vectors),fast generation of the immune information through a cross-layer method,an improved exchange mechanism of SV,and adaptive compression of SV.Based on the above new mechanism,LRPI not only avoids using special data structure but also can achieve the same immune function more quickly.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that LRPI outperforms the classical epidemic routing algorithm and a few of its improvements in terms of control overhead,the number of saved packets,and average end-to-end delay.…”
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Pouvoir politique et pouvoir religieux. L’exploitation de la Sanusiyya au sein de la Libye indépendante (1951-1958) by Carlotta Marchi

“…Nevertheless, they lost their autonomy and were subjected to an extreme phenomenon of political exploitation implemented by the monarchy and, more in general, by the state itself. The ṭarīqa thus appeared to be a political instrument used at different levels: the result was a profound devaluation of its traditional role in society, which was experienced by the younger generation. …”
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Use of relative Patlak plot Ki′ images as an alternative to standard Patlak plot Ki images in clinical practice by Masatoyo Nakajo, Hirofumi Kawakami, Yutaro Kiyao, Mitsuho Hirahara, Akie Katsuki, Atushi Tani, Yukari Eizuru, Koji Takumi, Kiyohisa Kamimura, Fumiko Kanzaki, Takashi Yoshiura

“…Standard Ki-images were generated using Patlak analysis from 7 to 60 min post-injection, based on full-time image-derived IF (0–60 min), with a scan duration of 53 min. …”
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A method for benchmarking genetic screens reveals a predominant mitochondrial bias by Mahfuzur Rahman, Maximilian Billmann, Michael Costanzo, Michael Aregger, Amy H Y Tong, Katherine Chan, Henry N Ward, Kevin R Brown, Brenda J Andrews, Charles Boone, Jason Moffat, Chad L Myers

“…Abstract We present FLEX (Functional evaluation of experimental perturbations), a pipeline that leverages several functional annotation resources to establish reference standards for benchmarking human genome‐wide CRISPR screen data and methods for analyzing them. …”
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Machine Learning-Enhanced 3D GIS Urban Noise Mapping with Multi-Modal Factors by Jianping Pan, Yuzhe He, Wei Ma, Shengwang An, Lu Li, Dan Huang, Dunxin Jia

“…As a result, there are often discrepancies between the actual noise measurements at monitoring points and the predicted values generated by these models. Furthermore, there is a lack of a system that can effectively integrate noise data with three-dimensional scenes for simulation. …”
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Utilization of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy with a Former Triathlete After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report by Christopher Keating, Stephanie Muth, Cameron Hui, Lisa T Hoglund

“…The KOOS-Sport & Recreation subscale may be more responsive to monitor functional recovery compared to the KOOS-JR, possibly due to the subject's athletic background…”
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