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2. World Models Increase Autonomy in Reinforcement Learning
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Yang, Zhao, Moerland, Thomas M., Preuss, Mike, Plaat, Aske, and Hu, Edward S.
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Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence - Abstract
Reinforcement learning (RL) is an appealing paradigm for training intelligent agents, enabling policy acquisition from the agent's own autonomously acquired experience. However, the training process of RL is far from automatic, requiring extensive human effort to reset the agent and environments. To tackle the challenging reset-free setting, we first demonstrate the superiority of model-based (MB) RL methods in such setting, showing that a straightforward adaptation of MBRL can outperform all the prior state-of-the-art methods while requiring less supervision. We then identify limitations inherent to this direct extension and propose a solution called model-based reset-free (MoReFree) agent, which further enhances the performance. MoReFree adapts two key mechanisms, exploration and policy learning, to handle reset-free tasks by prioritizing task-relevant states. It exhibits superior data-efficiency across various reset-free tasks without access to environmental reward or demonstrations while significantly outperforming privileged baselines that require supervision. Our findings suggest model-based methods hold significant promise for reducing human effort in RL. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/morefree
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- 2024
3. Reply to 'Comment on `Towards exact solutions of superconducting $T_c$ induced by electron-phonon interaction' '
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Liu, Guo-Zhu, Yang, Zhao-Kun, Pan, Xiao-Yin, Wang, Jing-Rong, Li, Xin, Zhu, Hao-Fu, and Huang, Jie
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Condensed Matter - Superconductivity ,Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons - Abstract
In a series of papers, we have proposed a non-perturbative field-theoretic approach to deal with strong electron-phonon and strong Coulomb interactions. The key ingredient of such an approach is to determine the full fermion-boson vertex corrections by solving a number of self-consistent Ward-Takahashi identities. Palle (see Phys. Rev. B 110, 026501 (2024), arXiv:2404.02918) argued that our Ward-Takahashi identities failed to include some important additional terms and thus are incorrect. We agree that our Ward-Takahashi identities have ignored some potentially important contributions and here give some remarks on the role played by the additional terms., Comment: Reply to arXiv:2404.02918, which is published as Phys. Rev. B 110, 026501 (2024), by Palle, commenting on arXiv:1911.05528
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- 2024
4. Privacy Preserving Reinforcement Learning for Population Processes
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Yang-Zhao, Samuel and Ng, Kee Siong
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Computer Science - Machine Learning ,Computer Science - Cryptography and Security - Abstract
We consider the problem of privacy protection in Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms that operate over population processes, a practical but understudied setting that includes, for example, the control of epidemics in large populations of dynamically interacting individuals. In this setting, the RL algorithm interacts with the population over $T$ time steps by receiving population-level statistics as state and performing actions which can affect the entire population at each time step. An individual's data can be collected across multiple interactions and their privacy must be protected at all times. We clarify the Bayesian semantics of Differential Privacy (DP) in the presence of correlated data in population processes through a Pufferfish Privacy analysis. We then give a meta algorithm that can take any RL algorithm as input and make it differentially private. This is achieved by taking an approach that uses DP mechanisms to privatize the state and reward signal at each time step before the RL algorithm receives them as input. Our main theoretical result shows that the value-function approximation error when applying standard RL algorithms directly to the privatized states shrinks quickly as the population size and privacy budget increase. This highlights that reasonable privacy-utility trade-offs are possible for differentially private RL algorithms in population processes. Our theoretical findings are validated by experiments performed on a simulated epidemic control problem over large population sizes.
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- 2024
5. Pruning via Merging: Compressing LLMs via Manifold Alignment Based Layer Merging
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Liu, Deyuan, Qin, Zhanyue, Wang, Hairu, Yang, Zhao, Wang, Zecheng, Rong, Fangying, Liu, Qingbin, Hao, Yanchao, Chen, Xi, Fan, Cunhang, Lv, Zhao, Tu, Zhiying, Chu, Dianhui, Li, Bo, and Sui, Dianbo
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Computer Science - Computation and Language ,Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence - Abstract
While large language models (LLMs) excel in many domains, their complexity and scale challenge deployment in resource-limited environments. Current compression techniques, such as parameter pruning, often fail to effectively utilize the knowledge from pruned parameters. To address these challenges, we propose Manifold-Based Knowledge Alignment and Layer Merging Compression (MKA), a novel approach that uses manifold learning and the Normalized Pairwise Information Bottleneck (NPIB) measure to merge similar layers, reducing model size while preserving essential performance. We evaluate MKA on multiple benchmark datasets and various LLMs. Our findings show that MKA not only preserves model performance but also achieves substantial compression ratios, outperforming traditional pruning methods. Moreover, when coupled with quantization, MKA delivers even greater compression. Specifically, on the MMLU dataset using the Llama3-8B model, MKA achieves a compression ratio of 43.75% with a minimal performance decrease of only 2.82\%. The proposed MKA method offers a resource-efficient and performance-preserving model compression technique for LLMs.
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- 2024
6. Improving Zero-shot LLM Re-Ranker with Risk Minimization
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Yuan, Xiaowei, Yang, Zhao, Wang, Yequan, Zhao, Jun, and Liu, Kang
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Computer Science - Computation and Language - Abstract
In the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system, advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as effective Query Likelihood Models (QLMs) in an unsupervised way, which re-rank documents based on the probability of generating the query given the content of a document. However, directly prompting LLMs to approximate QLMs inherently is biased, where the estimated distribution might diverge from the actual document-specific distribution. In this study, we introduce a novel framework, $\mathrm{UR^3}$, which leverages Bayesian decision theory to both quantify and mitigate this estimation bias. Specifically, $\mathrm{UR^3}$ reformulates the problem as maximizing the probability of document generation, thereby harmonizing the optimization of query and document generation probabilities under a unified risk minimization objective. Our empirical results indicate that $\mathrm{UR^3}$ significantly enhances re-ranking, particularly in improving the Top-1 accuracy. It benefits the QA tasks by achieving higher accuracy with fewer input documents., Comment: Under review
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- 2024
7. Single-Spin Waved-Brim Flat-Top Hat in the Band Edge of GdIH Monolayer
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Jia, Ningning, Yang, Zhao, Cai, Jiangtao, Lv, Zhiheng, Shi, Yongting, Song, Tielei, Cui, Xin, and Liu, Zhifeng
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Exotic electronic bands, such as flat bands, linear crossing bands, spontaneously valley- or spin-polarized bands, in two-dimensional materials have been the hot topics in condensed matter physics. Herein, we first propose a general dispersion model for possible hat-like electronic bands, and then identify an intriguing single-spin \emph{waved-brim flat-top hat} in the valence band edge of a stable ferromagnetic semiconducting electrene (i.e., Janus GdIH monolayer), which can be well described by a simplified two-bands Hamiltonian model. Specifically, the hat-band has a waved brim with six valleys along the boundary of the first Brillouin zone; meanwhile it holds a flat top close to the Fermi level, resulting in the emergence of single-spin van Hove singularities divergence and Lifshitz transitions. Owing to the breaking of both time-reversal and space inversion symmetries, a sizable spontaneous valley polarization is formed between the adjacent brim valleys, which provides the opportunity to realize the high-temperature anomalous valley Hall effect. Particularly, via modest strains and carriers doping, various conductive bipolar-states (spin-up vs. spin-down, K valley vs. $-$K valley, and ultra-low-speed vs. ultra-high-speed) can be modulated out from the distorted waved-brim flat-top hat of GdIH ML.
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- 2024
8. Discerning and Resolving Knowledge Conflicts through Adaptive Decoding with Contextual Information-Entropy Constraint
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Yuan, Xiaowei, Yang, Zhao, Wang, Yequan, Liu, Shengping, Zhao, Jun, and Liu, Kang
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Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence - Abstract
Large language models internalize enormous parametric knowledge during pre-training. Concurrently, realistic applications necessitate external contextual knowledge to aid models on the underlying tasks. This raises a crucial dilemma known as knowledge conflicts, where the contextual knowledge clashes with the However, existing decoding works are specialized in resolving knowledge conflicts and could inadvertently deteriorate performance in absence of conflicts. In this paper, we propose an adaptive decoding method, termed as contextual information-entropy constraint decoding (COIECD), to discern whether the knowledge conflicts occur and resolve them. It can improve the model's faithfulness to conflicting context, and simultaneously maintain high performance among non- Our experiments show that COIECD exhibits strong performance and robustness over knowledge conflicts in realistic datasets. Code is available., Comment: Accepted by Findings of ACL 2024
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- 2024
9. Dual-Tap Optical-Digital Feedforward Equalization Enabling High-Speed Optical Transmission in IM/DD Systems
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Guo, Yu, Wu, Yangbo, Yang, Zhao, Xue, Lei, Liang, Ning, Ren, Yang, Tu, Zhengrui, Feng, Jia, and Zhuge, Qunbi
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Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing - Abstract
Intensity-modulation and direct-detection (IM/DD) transmission is widely adopted for high-speed optical transmission scenarios due to its cost-effectiveness and simplicity. However, as the data rate increases, the fiber chromatic dispersion (CD) would induce a serious power fading effect, and direct detection could generate inter-symbol interference (ISI). Moreover, the ISI becomes more severe with the increase of fiber length, thereby highly restricting the transmission distance of IM/DD systems. This paper proposes a dual-tap optical-digital feedforward equalization (DT-ODFE) scheme, which could effectively compensate for CD-induced power fading while maintaining low cost and simplicity. A theoretical channel response is formulated for IM/DD transmission, incorporating a dual-tap optical equalizer, and the theoretical analysis reveals that for an IM/DD transmission using 1371nm over 10km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF), frequency notch is removed from 33.7GHz to 46GHz. Simulation results show that the DT- ODFE achieves an SNR gain of 2.3dB over IM/DD systems with symbol-space feedforward equalizer (FFE) alone. As the fiber length increases to 15 km, DT- ODFE performs well, while FFE, decision-feedback equalizer (DFE) and Volterra nonlinear equalizers (VNLE) all fail to compensate for the power fading and the 7% hard-decision FEC limit is not satisfied. For 200 Gb/s/$\lambda$ PAM-4 over 15km SSMF, results show that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the proposed DT- ODFE with optimal coefficients satisfies the 7% hard-decision FEC limit, which uncovers the great potential of the DT- ODFE for high-speed IM/DD systems in LR/FR scenarios., Comment: 6 pages, 7 gigures, journal
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- 2024
10. Exposure of Ldlr-/- Mice to a PFAS Mixture and Outcomes Related to Circulating Lipids, Bile Acid Excretion, and the Intestinal Transporter ASBT
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Roth, Katherine, Yang, Zhao, Agarwal, Manisha, Birbeck, Johnna, Westrick, Judy, Lydic, Todd, Gurdziel, Katherine, and Petriello, Michael C.
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Intestinal absorption -- Health aspects ,Bile acid metabolism -- Health aspects ,Carrier proteins -- Health aspects ,Cholesterol metabolism -- Health aspects - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous epidemiological studies have repeatedly found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure associated with higher circulating cholesterol, one of the greatest risk factors for development of coronary artery disease. The main route of cholesterol catabolism is through its conversion to bile acids, which circulate between the liver and ileum via enterohepatic circulation. Patients with coronary artery disease have decreased bile acid excretion, indicating that PFAS-induced impacts on enterohepatic circulation may play a critical role in cardiovascular risk. OBJECTIVES: Using a mouse model with high levels of low-density and very low-density lipoprotein (LDL and VLDL, respectively) cholesterol and aortic lesion development similar to humans, the present study investigated mechanisms linking exposure to a PFAS mixture with increased cholesterol. METHODS: Male and female Ldlr-/- mice were fed an atherogenic diet (Clinton/Cybulsky low fat, 0.15% cholesterol) and exposed to a mixture of 5 PFAS representing legacy, replacement, and emerging subtypes (i.e., PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, GenX), each at a concentration of 2 mg=L, for 7 wk. Blood was collected longitudinally for cholesterol measurements, and mass spectrometry was used to measure circulating and fecal bile acids. Transcriptomic analysis of ileal samples was performed via RNA sequencing. RESULTS: After 7 wk of PFAS exposure, average circulating PFAS levels were measured at 21.6, 20.1, 31.2, 23.5, and 1:5 [micro]g/mL in PFAS-exposed females and 12.9, 9.7, 23, 14.3, and 1:7 [micro]g/mL in PFAS-exposed males for PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, and GenX, respectively. Total circulating cholesterol levels were higher in PFAS-exposed mice after 7 wk (352 mg/dL vs. 415 mg/dL in female mice and 392 mg/dL vs. 488 mg/dL in male mice exposed to vehicle or PFAS, respectively). Total circulating bile acid levels were higher in PFAS-exposed mice (2,978 pg/[micro]L vs. 8,496 pg/[micro]L in female mice and 1,960 pg/[micro]L vs. 4,452 pg/[micro]L in male mice exposed to vehicle or PFAS, respectively). In addition, total fecal bile acid levels were lower in PFAS-exposed mice (1,797 ng/mg vs. 682 ng/mg in females and 1,622 ng/mg vs. 670 ng/mg in males exposed to vehicle or PFAS, respectively). In the ileum, expression levels of the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) were higher in PFAS-exposed mice. DISCUSSION: Mice exposed to a PFAS mixture displayed higher circulating cholesterol and bile acids perhaps due to impacts on enterohepatic circulation. This study implicates PFAS-mediated effects at the site of the ileum as a possible critical mediator of increased cardiovascular risk following PFAS exposure. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14339, Introduction Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of synthetically manufactured chemicals used for their surfactant properties in industrial and consumer products, including nonstick cookware and food storage, [...]
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- 2024
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11. AppAgent: Multimodal Agents as Smartphone Users
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Zhang, Chi, Yang, Zhao, Liu, Jiaxuan, Han, Yucheng, Chen, Xin, Huang, Zebiao, Fu, Bin, and Yu, Gang
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Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition - Abstract
Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have led to the creation of intelligent agents capable of performing complex tasks. This paper introduces a novel LLM-based multimodal agent framework designed to operate smartphone applications. Our framework enables the agent to operate smartphone applications through a simplified action space, mimicking human-like interactions such as tapping and swiping. This novel approach bypasses the need for system back-end access, thereby broadening its applicability across diverse apps. Central to our agent's functionality is its innovative learning method. The agent learns to navigate and use new apps either through autonomous exploration or by observing human demonstrations. This process generates a knowledge base that the agent refers to for executing complex tasks across different applications. To demonstrate the practicality of our agent, we conducted extensive testing over 50 tasks in 10 different applications, including social media, email, maps, shopping, and sophisticated image editing tools. The results affirm our agent's proficiency in handling a diverse array of high-level tasks., Comment: Project Page is https://appagent-official.github.io/
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- 2023
12. Dynamic Knowledge Injection for AIXI Agents
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Yang-Zhao, Samuel, Ng, Kee Siong, and Hutter, Marcus
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Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence ,Computer Science - Machine Learning - Abstract
Prior approximations of AIXI, a Bayesian optimality notion for general reinforcement learning, can only approximate AIXI's Bayesian environment model using an a-priori defined set of models. This is a fundamental source of epistemic uncertainty for the agent in settings where the existence of systematic bias in the predefined model class cannot be resolved by simply collecting more data from the environment. We address this issue in the context of Human-AI teaming by considering a setup where additional knowledge for the agent in the form of new candidate models arrives from a human operator in an online fashion. We introduce a new agent called DynamicHedgeAIXI that maintains an exact Bayesian mixture over dynamically changing sets of models via a time-adaptive prior constructed from a variant of the Hedge algorithm. The DynamicHedgeAIXI agent is the richest direct approximation of AIXI known to date and comes with good performance guarantees. Experimental results on epidemic control on contact networks validates the agent's practical utility., Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, extended length version of paper to be published in AAAI2024
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- 2023
13. EduGym: An Environment and Notebook Suite for Reinforcement Learning Education
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Moerland, Thomas M., Müller-Brockhausen, Matthias, Yang, Zhao, Bernatavicius, Andrius, Ponse, Koen, Kouwenhoven, Tom, Sauter, Andreas, van der Meer, Michiel, Renting, Bram, and Plaat, Aske
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Computer Science - Machine Learning ,Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence ,Computer Science - Computers and Society ,Statistics - Machine Learning - Abstract
Due to the empirical success of reinforcement learning, an increasing number of students study the subject. However, from our practical teaching experience, we see students entering the field (bachelor, master and early PhD) often struggle. On the one hand, textbooks and (online) lectures provide the fundamentals, but students find it hard to translate between equations and code. On the other hand, public codebases do provide practical examples, but the implemented algorithms tend to be complex, and the underlying test environments contain multiple reinforcement learning challenges at once. Although this is realistic from a research perspective, it often hinders educational conceptual understanding. To solve this issue we introduce EduGym, a set of educational reinforcement learning environments and associated interactive notebooks tailored for education. Each EduGym environment is specifically designed to illustrate a certain aspect/challenge of reinforcement learning (e.g., exploration, partial observability, stochasticity, etc.), while the associated interactive notebook explains the challenge and its possible solution approaches, connecting equations and code in a single document. An evaluation among RL students and researchers shows 86% of them think EduGym is a useful tool for reinforcement learning education. All notebooks are available from https://www.edugym.org/, while the full software package can be installed from https://github.com/RLG-Leiden/edugym.
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- 2023
14. Unstable capillary-gravity waves
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Hur, Vera Mikyoung and Yang, Zhao
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Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs - Abstract
We make rigorous spectral stability analysis for non-resonant capillary-gravity waves as well as resonant Wilton ripples of sufficiently small amplitude. Our analysis is based on a periodic Evans function approach, developed recently by the authors for Stokes waves. On top of our previous work, we add to the approach new framework ingredients, including a two-stage Weierstrass preparation manipulation for the Periodic Evans function associated to the wave and the definition of a stability function as an analytic function of the wave amplitude parameter. These new ingredients are keys for proving stability near non-resonant frequencies and defining index functions ruling both stability and instability near non-zero resonant frequencies. We also prove that unstable bubble spectra near non-zero resonant frequencies form, at the leading order, either an ellipse or a circle and provide a justification for Creedon, Deconinck, and Trichtchenko's formal asymptotic expansion for the Floquet exponent. For non-resonant capillary-gravity waves for the stability near the origin of the complex plane, our stability results agree with the prediction from formal multi-scale expansion. New are our stability results near non-zero resonant frequencies. As the effects of surface tension vanish, our result recovers that for gravity waves. Also new are our stability results for Wilton ripples of small amplitude near the origin as well as near non-zero resonant frequencies., Comment: 108 pages, book format
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- 2023
15. Multidimensional stability and transverse bifurcation of hydraulic shocks and roll waves in open channel flow
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Yang, Zhao and Zumbrun, Kevin
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Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs - Abstract
We study by a combination of analytical and numerical methods multidimensional stability and transverse bifurcation of planar hydraulic shock and roll wave solutions of the inviscid Saint Venant equations for inclined shallow-water flow, both in the whole space and in a channel of finite width, obtaining complete stability diagrams across the full parameter range of existence. Technical advances include development of efficient multi-d Evans solvers, low- and high-frequency asymptotics, explicit/semi-explicit computation of stability boundaries, and rigorous treatment of channel flow with wall-type physical boundary. Notable behavioral phenomena are a novel essential transverse bifurcation of hydraulic shocks to invading planar periodic roll-wave or doubly-transverse periodic herringbone patterns, with associated metastable behavior driven by mixed roll- and herringbone-type waves initiating from localized perturbation of an unstable constant state; and Floquet-type transverse ``flapping'' bifurcation of roll wave patterns., Comment: 99 pages
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- 2023
16. Synthesizing Long-Term Human Motions with Diffusion Models via Coherent Sampling
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Yang, Zhao, Su, Bing, and Wen, Ji-Rong
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Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ,Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence - Abstract
Text-to-motion generation has gained increasing attention, but most existing methods are limited to generating short-term motions that correspond to a single sentence describing a single action. However, when a text stream describes a sequence of continuous motions, the generated motions corresponding to each sentence may not be coherently linked. Existing long-term motion generation methods face two main issues. Firstly, they cannot directly generate coherent motions and require additional operations such as interpolation to process the generated actions. Secondly, they generate subsequent actions in an autoregressive manner without considering the influence of future actions on previous ones. To address these issues, we propose a novel approach that utilizes a past-conditioned diffusion model with two optional coherent sampling methods: Past Inpainting Sampling and Compositional Transition Sampling. Past Inpainting Sampling completes subsequent motions by treating previous motions as conditions, while Compositional Transition Sampling models the distribution of the transition as the composition of two adjacent motions guided by different text prompts. Our experimental results demonstrate that our proposed method is capable of generating compositional and coherent long-term 3D human motions controlled by a user-instructed long text stream. The code is available at \href{https://github.com/yangzhao1230/PCMDM}{https://github.com/yangzhao1230/PCMDM}., Comment: Accepted at ACM MM 2023
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- 2023
17. Elucidating the genotoxicity of Fusobacterium nucleatum-secreted mutagens in colorectal cancer carcinogenesis
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Wenye Xu, Yuchen Zhang, Dongjiao Chen, Dan Huang, Yang Zhao, Wei Hu, Ling Lin, Yingzhi Liu, Shilan Wang, Judeng Zeng, Chuan Xie, Hung Chan, Qing Li, Huarong Chen, Xiaodong Liu, Sunny H. Wong, Jun Yu, Francis K. L. Chan, Matthew T. V. Chan, Siew C. Ng, William K. K. Wu, and Lin Zhang
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F. nucleatum ,CRC ,DL-homocystine ,Allantoic acid ,DNA damage ,Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,RC799-869 - Abstract
Abstract Background Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is one of the key tumorigenic bacteria in colorectal cancer (CRC), yet how F. nucleatum is involved in colorectal cancer carcinogenesis remains unknown. Results In the present study, we carried out PathSeq analysis on RNA sequencing data from the 430 primary colon adenocarcinomas in TCGA database to assess the relationship between patients’ survival and F. nucleatum abundance. Among patients with cecum and ascending colon tumors, we found that F. nucleatum transcriptome abundance is positively correlated with mutation load. We further demonstrated that patients with both high tumoral abundance of F. nucleatum and high mutation load exhibited poorer survival and DNA damage. We furthermore determined that F. nucleatum-conditioned medium (Fn. CM) induces DNA damage in both in vitro and in vivo studies. In addition, two F. nucleatum-secreted mutagens, namely DL-homocystine and allantoic acid, were identified to lead to DNA damage. Conclusions Our finding delineates the genotoxicity of F.nucleatum-secreted mutagens, which provides a basis for further work to investigate the role of F. nucleatum in the pathogenicity of CRC.
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18. The use of organoids in creating immune microenvironments and treating gynecological tumors
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Ling-Feng Zhou, Hui-Yan Liao, Yang Han, and Yang Zhao
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Organoid ,Immune cells ,Cancer ,Gynecological tumors ,Co-cultivation model ,Medicine - Abstract
Abstract Owing to patient-derived tumor tissues and cells, significant advances have been made in personalized cancer treatment and precision medicine, with cancer stem cell-derived three-dimensional tumor organoids serving as crucial in vitro models that accurately replicate the structural, phenotypic, and genetic characteristics of tumors. However, despite their extensive use in drug testing, genome editing, and transplantation for facilitating personalized treatment approaches in clinical practice, the inadequate capacity of these organoids to effectively model immune cells and stromal components within the tumor microenvironment limits their potential. Additionally, effective clinical immunotherapy has led the tumor immune microenvironment to garner considerable attention, increasing the demand for simulating patient-specific tumor–immune interactions. Consequently, co-culture techniques integrating tumor organoids with immune cells and tumor microenvironment constituents have been developed to expand the possibilities for personalized drug response investigations, with recent advancements enhancing the understanding of the strengths, limitations, and applicability of the co-culture approach. Herein, the recent advancements in the field of tumor organoids have been comprehensively reviewed, specifically highlighting the tumor organoid co-culture-related developments with various immune cell models and their implications for clinical research. Furthermore, this review delineates the current state of research and application of organoid models regarding the therapeutic approaches and related challenges for gynecological tumors. This study may provide a theoretical basis for further research on the use of patient-derived organoids in tumor immunity, drug development, and precision medicine.
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19. Identification of immune infiltration and PANoptosis‐related molecular clusters and predictive model in Alzheimer's disease based on transcriptome analysis
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Jin‐Lin Mei, Shi‐Feng Wang, Yang‐Yang Zhao, Ting Xu, Yong Luo, and Liu‐Lin Xiong
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Alzheimer's disease ,immune infiltration ,machine‐learning model ,molecular clusters ,PANoptosis ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
Abstract This study aims to explore the expression profile of PANoptosis‐related genes (PRGs) and immune infiltration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Based on the Gene Expression Omnibus database, this study investigated the differentially expressed PRGs and immune cell infiltration in AD and explored related molecular clusters. Gene set variation analysis (GSVA) was used to analyze the expression of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes in different clusters. Weighted gene co‐expression network analysis was utilized to find co‐expressed gene modules and core genes in the network. By analyzing the intersection genes in random forest, support vector machine, generalized linear model, and extreme gradient boosting (XGB), the XGB model was determined. Eventually, the first five genes (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3, Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Receptor Superfamily Member 1B, Interleukin 4 Receptor, Chloride Intracellular Channel 1, TNF Receptor Superfamily Member 10B) in XGB model were selected as predictive genes. This research explored the relationship between PANoptosis and AD and established an XGB learning model to evaluate and screen key genes. At the same time, immune infiltration analysis showed that there were different immune infiltration expression profiles in AD.
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- 2024
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20. 2D discrete element analysis of the footing above excavated circle in soil
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Vahab Sarfarazi, Abdollah Tabaroei, Daniel Dias, Mohammadmahdi Abedi, Amir Hossein Vakili, and Yang Zhao
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Soil slope ,Void ,Discrete element method ,PFC 2D ,Footing pressure ,Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract The bearing capacity and settlements of surface foundations located on a soil slope are the important issues that have to be considered by geotechnical engineers for the design. The presence of an underground void beneath the footing can affect the foundation stability and can lead to serious structure damages. In this study, the results of two-dimensional (2D) discrete element (DE) and finite element (FE) analyses of a surface footing on a soil slope above a void are presented. To validate the numerical model results, the DE results obtained have been compared with experimental test presented in the previous study. After validation of the DE numerical model, parametric studies were carried out to evaluate the effect of important factors on the surface footing performance. The studied parameters include the horizontal spacing of the void axis relative to the slope edge (SH), the vertical spacing of the void crown relative to the footing base (SV), the horizontal spacing of the footing edge relative to the slope edge (De) and the void diameter (Dv). The effects of these parameters on the pressure-settlement curves and the contact force distributions in the soil slope are presented and discussed. The results showed that the footing bearing pressure increases with an increase of SH, SV and De but decreases when Dv increases. The behavior of a surface footing on a soil slope above a void significantly depends on the SV value.
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- 2024
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21. The impact of everolimus on hematologic parameters in patients with renal angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex
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Dongxu Qiu, Wenda Wang, Yang Zhao, Zhan Wang, Xu Wang, Zhangcheng Liao, and Yushi Zhang
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Everolimus ,Tuberous sclerosis complex associated (TSC) ,Renal angiomyolipoma (RAML) ,Hematologic parameters ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Abstract Background Everolimus is an effective treatment for renal angiomyolipoma associated with TSC (TSC-RAML). However, its impact on hematologic parameters in TSC-RAML patients remains unclear. Methods Hematologic data were collected from TSC-RAML patients undergoing everolimus treatment in two registered clinical trials. Dynamic changes in hematologic parameters during treatment were analyzed. Additionally, we also explored variations in hematologic impact based on gender and age within the patient population. Result A total of 55 patients from the two clinical trials are included in this analysis. Hemoglobin, white blood cells (WBC), lymphocytes, neutrophils, and platelet showed significant decreases during everolimus treatment (P
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- 2024
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22. Association between weekend warrior physical activity pattern and all-cause mortality among adults living with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study from NHANES 2007 to 2018
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Jinli Mahe, Ao Xu, Li Liu, Lei Hua, Huiming Tu, Yujia Huo, Weiyuan Huang, Xinru Liu, Jian Wang, Jinhao Tang, Yang Zhao, Zhining Liu, Qiaojun Hong, Rong Ye, Panpan Hu, Peng Jia, Junjie Huang, Xiangyi Kong, Zongyuan Ge, Aimin Xu, Longfei Wu, Chaopin Du, Feng Shi, Hanbin Cui, Shengfeng Wang, Zhihui Li, Liang Wang, Lei Zhang, and Lin Zhang
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Physical activity ,Weekend warrior ,Regularly active ,All-cause mortality ,Type 2 diabetes ,Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases ,RC620-627 - Abstract
Abstract Background It is uncertain whether the weekend warrior pattern is associated with all-cause mortality among adults living with type 2 diabetes. This study explored how the ‘weekend warrior’ physical activity (PA) pattern was associated with all-cause mortality among adults living with type 2 diabetes. Methods This prospective cohort study investigated US adults living with type 2 diabetes in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Mortality data was linked to the National Death Index. Based on self-reported leisure-time and occupational moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), participants were categorized into 3 groups: physically inactive (
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- 2024
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23. Discovering common pathogenetic processes between periodontitis and Alzheimer’s disease by bioinformatics and system biology approach
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Fei Ge, Yang Zhao, Jinren Zheng, Qun Xiang, Pei Luo, Lu Zhu, and Huiyu He
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Periodontitis ,Alzheimer’s disease ,Endoplasmic reticulum stress ,Inflammation ,Mitochondrial dysfunction ,Hub gene ,Dentistry ,RK1-715 - Abstract
Abstract Background There is increasing evidence that inflammation plays a key role in the pathophysiology of periodontitis (PT) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the roles of inflammation in linking PT and AD are not clear. Our aim is to analyze the potential molecular mechanisms between these two diseases using bioinformatics and systems biology approaches. Methods To elucidate the link between PT and AD, we selected shared genes (SGs) with gene-disease-association scores of ≥ 0.1 from the Disease Gene Network (DisGeNET) database, followed by extracting the hub genes. Based on these genes, we constructed gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, pathway enrichment analysis, protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks, transcription factors (TFs)-gene networks, microRNAs (miRNAs)-gene regulatory networks, and gene-disease association analyses. Finally, the Drug Signatures database (DSigDB) was utilized to predict candidate molecular drugs related to hub genes. Results A total of 21 common SGs between PT and AD were obtained. Cell cytokine activity, inflammatory response, and extracellular membrane were the most important enriched items in GO analysis. Interleukin-10 Signaling, LTF Danger Signal Response Pathway, and RAGE Pathway were identified as important shared pathways. IL6, IL10, IL1B, TNF, IFNG, CXCL8, CCL2, MMP9, TLR4 were identified as hub genes. Both shared pathways and hub genes are closely related to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Importantly, glutathione, simvastatin, and dexamethasone were identified as important candidate drugs for the treatment of PT and AD. Conclusions There is a close link between PT and AD pathogenesis, which may involve in the inflammation, ER and mitochondrial function.
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24. Measurement and Optimization of Metro Network Service Efficacy
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Leiju Qiu, Xiao Sun, Yong Tu, and Yang Zhao
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metro network ,service efficacy ,accessibility ,Technology ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 - Abstract
The high efficacy of metro network services not only enhances residents’ travel quality but also brings significant socio-economic benefits, thus is of great importance to urban land use and city development. Existing methods for measuring metro service efficacy often overlook metro network connectivity and rely heavily on subjective questionnaire data analysis from the user experience perspective. This paper proposes a method to measure metro network service efficacy from the user’s perspective. The approach first calculates the connectivity index of metro network and estimates the housing premium brought by metro network connectivity, which reveals users’ willingness to pay for metro network connectivity. This method objectively measures metro network service efficacy from the user’s perspective. Based on this, efficacy optimization methods are proposed, providing quantitative simulation methods for metro expansion, site selection, operation quality adjustments, etc., which are of great reference value to metro management departments and even urban sustainable development.
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25. Joint and interactive associations of body mass index and genetic factors with cardiovascular disease: a prospective study in UK Biobank
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Ruyu Huang, Xinxin Kong, Rui Geng, Jingwei Wu, Tao Chen, Jiong Li, Chunjian Li, Yaqian Wu, Dongfang You, Yang Zhao, Zihang Zhong, Senmiao Ni, and Jianling Bai
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Cardiovascular disease ,Body mass index ,Genetic risk ,Joint association ,Additive interaction ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background Both body mass index (BMI) and genetic factors independently contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, it is unclear whether genetic risk modifies the association between BMI and the risk of incident CVD. This study aimed to investigate whether BMI categories and genetic risk jointly and interactively contribute to incident CVD events, including hypertension (HTN), atrial fibrillation (AF), coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and heart failure (HF). Methods A total of 496,851 participants from the UK Biobank with one or more new-onset CVD events were included in the analyses. BMI was categorized as normal weight (
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26. Changes in physicochemical characteristics of wheat flour and quality of fresh wet noodles induced by microwave treatment
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Jian Zhang, Xuejie Li, Xiujuan Ren, Yanxia An, Xiaoyan Song, Yang Zhao, Yaqing Wen, and Weifeng Zhang
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Microwave treatment ,Sterilization ,Confocal laser scanning microscopy ,Rheological properties ,Protein structures ,Agriculture ,Food processing and manufacture ,TP368-456 - Abstract
Fresh wet noodles (FWN) are popular staple foods due to its unique chewy texture and favorable taste. However, the development of FWN is limited by its short shelf life and high browning rate. It has been found that the quantity of original microorganisms in wheat flour produced by traditional method is relatively high, which is detrimental to the processing quality and storage stability of FWN. Consequently, it becomes imperative to decrease microorganisms in wheat flour. Microwave treatment has been regarded as a promising method in the food industry due to its potential in inhibiting microbial growth and inactivating enzymes without causing adverse effect on the food quality. This study aims to investigate the effects of microwave treatment of wheat kernels under different powers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 kW) on the physicochemical properties of wheat flour and the quality of FWN. The results revealed that microwave treatment had a significant effect on microbial inhibition and enzyme inactivation, wherein the total plate count (TPC) and yeast and mold counts (YMC) decreased by 0.87 lg(CFU/g) and 1.13 lg(CFU/g) respectively, and PPO activity decreased from 11.40 U to 6.31 U. The dough quality properties, such as stability, extensibility, and starch viscosity, improved significantly under different microwave conditions. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images indicated that starch and proteins aggregated gradually in treated flour, altering rheological properties of dough. From the results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), microwave treatment led to the appearance of disrupted structure in the gluten proteins, but the secondary structure of proteins altered slightly. Rheological properties of dough confirmed that the microwave treatment greatly affected processing characteristics of wheat flour products, with significant advantageous consequences on product quality, especially for textural properties of FWN. Furthermore, FWN darkening could be inhibited noticeably after microwave treatment, thereby prolonging its shelf life. Therefore, microwave treatment could thus be an effective, practical technology to produce low-bacterial flour and thereby enhance its product quality.
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27. Development of polymerase chain reaction-lateral flow dipstick assay for detection of Mycoplasma bovis in cattle
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Shengnan Song, Jia Guo, Yang Zhao, Feng Shi, Yong Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhen Wang, and Chuangfu Chen
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Mycoplasma bovis ,Biotin-labeled oligonucleotides ,Colloidal gold-based ,Polymerase chain reaction-lateral flow dipstick assay ,Nucleic acid ,Visual detection ,Veterinary medicine ,SF600-1100 - Abstract
Abstract Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) is capable of causing a range of diseases in cattle, encompassing calf pneumonia, arthritis, conjunctivitis, meningitis, and mastitis. It is widely recognized as one of the predominant pathogens posing a significant threat to the global cattle industry. Therefore, accurate and sensitive methods are urgently needed to detect M. bovis. This study aims to detect M. bovis by combining colloidal gold with biotin-labeled oligonucleotides to improve detection sensitivity and form a chromogenic detection probe based on signal amplification technology. Here, we developed a sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction-lateral flow dipstick assay (PCR-LFD) strip for efficient nucleic acid detection of M. bovis. A pair of specific primers with 5’ ends labeled with biotin and digoxigenin probes was designed for PCR experiments. Colloidal gold particles-labeled anti-digoxigenin IgG coated gold-labeled test strip was prepared, streptavidin was used as the detection probe, and nitrocellulose membrane coated goat anti-mouse IgG was used as the control line. Our results showed that the detection limit of the PCR-LFD was 89 fg/µL for the M. bovis DNA. The results from the test strip were highly consistent with those from real-time qPCR. This assay were highly specific for M. bovis, as there were no cross-reactions with other microorganisms tested and the detection sensitivity of the test was also relatively high (97.67%). The novel strips present a promising tool for the cost-effective and sensitive diagnosis of M. bovis.
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28. Associations of ambient air pollution and lifestyle with the risk of NAFLD: a population-based cohort study
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Xinxin Kong, Ruyu Huang, Rui Geng, Jingwei Wu, Jiong Li, Yaqian Wu, Yang Zhao, Dongfang You, Hao Yu, Mulong Du, Zihang Zhong, Ling Li, Senmiao Ni, and Jianling Bai
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Air Pollution ,Lifestyle ,Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ,Association ,UK Biobank ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background Both ambient air pollution and lifestyle factors contribute to the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but previous studies usually focused on single-factor associations. We aimed to assess the joint associations of ambient air pollution and lifestyle with the NAFLD risk and investigate whether lifestyle modifies the association of air pollution with NAFLD risk. Methods A total of 417,025 participants from the UK Biobank were included in this study. Annual average concentrations of NO2, NOx, PM2.5, PM10, and PM2.5−10 were estimated. A composite lifestyle score was determined based on physical activity, alcohol intake, smoking status, dietary patterns, sedentary time, and sleep duration. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), as well as the population attributable fraction (PAF). Potential additive interactions of air pollution with lifestyle were also examined by the relative excess risk due to the interaction (RERI) and the attributable proportion due to the interaction (AP). Results 4752 (1.14%) incident NAFLD events were recorded. Long-term exposure to air pollutants and an unhealthy lifestyle were significantly associated with the increased risk of incident NAFLD. Lifestyle was the primary factor of incident NAFLD, with a PAF of 37.18% (95% CI: 29.67%, 44.69%). In addition, a significant additive interaction between air pollution and lifestyle for NAFLD risk was observed (RERI: 0.36, 95% CI: 0.09–0.63). Conclusions Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants and poor lifestyle were jointly associated with a higher risk of NAFLD.
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29. Effect of Boron on the Microstructure and Strength-Toughness of Fe-Cr-B-C Alloy after Heat Treatment
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Li Yang, Zhao Guangdi, Zang Ximin, Jiang Haoyuan, Wang Zhaoyu
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fe-cr-b-c alloy; boron; heat treatment; microstructure; secondary carbon-borides; strength-toughness ,Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials ,TA401-492 ,Technology - Abstract
In order to explore new methods for improving the strength-toughness matching of Fe-Cr-B-C alloy, the effect of B content on its microstructure, hardness, and impact toughness after heat treatment were investigated. The results showed that after air-cooling quenching at 1 050 ℃, a large amount of extremely fine secondary carbon-borides precipitated in the interdendritic region of low-B (0.000 6%) alloy, and fine dispersed secondary carbon-borides precipitated in the matrix of intermediate-B (0.51%) and high-B (2.89%) alloys. As the B content increased, the size of secondary carbon-borides increased but the particle density decreased. After air-cooling quenching at 1 050 ℃ plus tempering at 500 ℃, the number of secondary carbon-borides increased and the precipitation region expanded. For the low-B alloy, the dendrite arm was composed of coarse lath-like martensite, and the interdendritic region was composed of acicular martensite, high-density secondary carbon-borides and a small amount of solidification precipitates. For the intermediate-B alloy, the microstructure was composed of acicular martensite matrix with dispersed secondary carbon-borides, and network boron-carbides. For the high-B alloy, the microstructure was composed of γ matrix with a small amount of dispersed secondary carbon-borides, and denser network boron-carbides. The low-B alloy possesses the highest impact toughness and moderate Rockwell hardness. The intermediate-B alloy possesses the highest Rockwell hardness and moderate impact toughness. The high-B alloy possesses the lowest Rockwell hardness and impact toughness. Compared with the as-cast state, the solidification precipitates dissolved slightly after the quenching and tempering treatment, which resulted in the local rupture of netlike boron-carbides in intermediate-B and high-B alloys. Thus, after air-cooling quenching at 1 050 ℃ plus tempering at 500 ℃, the impact toughness of intermediate-B and high-B alloys improved obviously.
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30. Experimental study on time effect of stress structure in impact coal
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Yang ZHAO, Shankun ZHAO, and Yin WANG
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time effect ,rock burst ,stress-structure ,plastic limit structure ,coal-rock combination ,Mining engineering. Metallurgy ,TN1-997 - Abstract
Coal mining engineering involves complex stress structure time effect issues, which are closely related to the occurrence and prevention of rock burst disasters. Therefore, this study conducts experimental research on the stress structure time effect of impact coal. Coal rock specimens were obtained from three coal mines in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia. The stress-time effect of loading rate was studied through coal uniaxial compression static-dynamic load and creep tests. The stress-time effect under the condition of coal in situ release was investigated using a long-term segmented test method. Water immersion tests on coal and structural time-effect studies on coal-rock combinations were conducted. The experimental results indicate that there is a positive correlation between the uniaxial compressive strength of coal and the loading rate, and a negative correlation with the duration of in-situ relief and immersion time. The combined mode of coal-rock structure time effect significantly affects its energy and strength properties, while impact coal exhibits both stress and structural time effects. According to the experimental results, a plastic limit structure is proposed to explain the irreversible deformation of coal-rock mass under stress. Furthermore, by constructing a time-dependent model for plastic strain in coal under impact conditions and comparing the numerical approximations of non-elastic strain and irreversible strain, the plastic limit strain characteristics of shock-induced coal were verified.
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31. Effect of Issatchenkia orientalis on the Microbial Community Structure and Volatile Flavor Substance Synthesis in Nongxiangxing Baijiu Jiupei (Fermented Grains)
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PENG Yuanfeng, YANG Yang, ZHAO Dong, ZHENG Jia, DENG Jie, WANG Hong, LUO Huibo, HUANG Dan
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jiupei ,issatchenkia orientalis ,microbial community ,volatile flavor substances ,correlation analysis ,Food processing and manufacture ,TP368-456 - Abstract
This study aimed to analyze the effect of Issatchenkia orientalis on the microbial community structure and volatile flavor substance synthesis in Nongxiangxing Baijiu Jiupei in order to explore its effect on the microbial interaction and metabolism in the Jiupei. Under laboratory conditions, the microbial system for Nongxiangxing Baijiu brewing consisting of the Jiupei and Huangshui, a by-product of Baijiu brewing, was fermented directly (control group) or after inoculation with a strain of I. orientalis isolated from the Jiupei (experimental group). The composition of microbial communities, microbial interactions, and volatile flavor substances in the 2 groups were analyzed. The results showed that the microbial abundance of Jiupei changed after inoculation with I. orientalis; the relative abundance of Lactobacillus and Issatchenkia increased, and the relative abundance of Paenibacillus and Aspergillus decreased. Moreover, the microbial interaction was strengthened, making the microbial network structure more complex and compact. Compared with the control group, the volatile flavor substances in the experimental group increased significantly, 20 significantly differential volatile flavor substances were identified, and the contents of isopropanol, isoamylol and isobutanol increased significantly. The results of this study disclose the influences of inoculating I. orientalis on the microbial community structure and volatile flavor substances in Nongxiangxing Baijiu Jiupei and help to understand the impact of functional microorganisms on the microbial perturbation and metabolite synthesis in Jiupei.
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32. Elucidation of hemilabile-coordination-induced tunable regioselectivity in single-site Rh-catalyzed heterogeneous hydroformylation
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Benhan Fan, Miao Jiang, Guoqing Wang, Yang Zhao, Bingbao Mei, Jingfeng Han, Lei Ma, Cunyao Li, Guangjin Hou, Tao Wu, Li Yan, and Yunjie Ding
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Science - Abstract
Abstract Revealing key factors that modulate the regioselectivity in heterogeneous hydroformylation requires identifying and monitoring the dynamic evolution of the truly active center under real reaction conditions. However, unambiguous in situ characterizations are still lacking. Herein, we elaborately construct a series of Rh-POPs catalysts for propylene hydroformylation which exhibited tunable regioselectivity. Multi-technique approaches reveal the unique microenvironment of the diverse HRh(CO)(PPh3-frame)2 sites with distinct P-Rh-P bite angles ranging from 90° to 120° and 158° to 168°, respectively. In situ time-resolved XAFS, FT-IR, and quasi-in situ Solid-state NMR experiments combined with DFT calculations explain the dynamic evolution of the electronic and coordinate state of the distinct active sites induced by hemilabile PPh3-frame ligands and further disclose the regulatory mechanism of regioselectivity. These state-of-the-art techniques and multiscale analysis advance the understanding of how hemilabile coordination influences regioselectivity and will provide a new thought to modulate the regioselectivity in future industrial processes.
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33. Oral enzyme-responsive nanoprobes for targeted theranostics of inflammatory bowel disease
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Lin Cao, Dengyi Duan, Jing Peng, Ruinan Li, Qi Cao, Xinwen Li, Yunfei Guo, Jianmin Li, Kangkang Liu, Yiming Li, Wenyi Zhang, Shuang Liu, Xuening Zhang, and Yang Zhao
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Inflammatory bowel disease ,Colitis-targeting ,Cerium oxide nanozyme ,CT imaging ,Microflora regulation ,Biotechnology ,TP248.13-248.65 ,Medical technology ,R855-855.5 - Abstract
Abstract Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a progressive and debilitating inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Despite recent advances, precise treatment and noninvasive monitoring remain challenging. Methods Herein, we developed orally-administered, colitis-targeting and hyaluronic acid (HA)-modified, core-shell curcumin (Cur)- and cerium oxide (CeO2)-loaded nanoprobes (Cur@PC-HA/CeO2 NPs) for computed tomography (CT) imaging-guided treatment and monitoring of IBD in living mice. Results Following oral administration, high-molecular-weight HA maintains integrity with little absorption in the upper GIT, and then actively accumulates at local colitis sites owing to its colitis-targeting ability, leading to specific CT enhancement lasting for 24 h. The retained NPs are further degraded by hyaluronidase in the colon to release Cur and CeO2, thereby exerting anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Combined with the ability of NPs to regulate intestinal flora, the oral NPs result in substantial relief in symptoms. Following multiple treatments, the gradually decreasing range of the colon with high CT attenuation correlates with the change in the clinical biomarkers, indicating the feasibility of treatment response and remission. Conclusion This study provides a proof-of-concept for the design of a novel theranostic integration strategy for concomitant IBD treatment and the real-time monitoring of treatment responses.
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34. Spatiotemporal aberrations due to the groove density mismatching of compression gratings in ultra-intense femtosecond lasers
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Yang Zhao, Fenxiang Wu, Cheng Wang, Jiabing Hu, Zongxin Zhang, Xingyan Liu, Xiaojun Yang, Peile Bai, Haidong Chen, Jiayi Qian, Jiayan Gui, Yi Xu, Yuxin Leng, and Ruxin Li
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract The groove density mismatching of compression gratings, an often-neglected key issue, can induce significant spatiotemporal aberrations especially for super-intense femtosecond lasers. We mainly investigate the angular chirp and the consequent degradation of the effective focused intensity introduced by the groove density mismatching of compression gratings in ultra-intense femtosecond lasers. The results indicate that the tolerances of grating groove density mismatching will rapidly decrease with the beam aperture or spectral bandwidth increases. For our 100PW laser under construction, the grating groove density mismatching should be as small as 0.001 gr/mm if the drop of effective focused intensity has to be controlled below 15%. More importantly, new angular chirp compensation schemes are proposed for both double-grating and four-grating compressors. This work reveals the importance of groove density matching of compression gratings, and can provide helpful guidelines for the design of ultra-intense femtosecond lasers.
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35. Hamiltonian diversity: effectively measuring molecular diversity by shortest Hamiltonian circuits
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Xiuyuan Hu, Guoqing Liu, Quanming Yao, Yang Zhao, and Hao Zhang
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Computer-aided drug design ,Molecular generation ,Molecular diversity ,Shortest Hamiltonian circuit ,Information technology ,T58.5-58.64 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Abstract In recent years, significant advancements have been made in molecular generation algorithms aimed at facilitating drug development, and molecular diversity holds paramount importance within the realm of molecular generation. Nonetheless, the effective quantification of molecular diversity remains an elusive challenge, as extant metrics exemplified by Richness and Internal Diversity fall short in concurrently encapsulating the two main aspects of such diversity: quantity and dissimilarity. To address this quandary, we propose Hamiltonian diversity, a novel molecular diversity metric predicated upon the shortest Hamiltonian circuit. This metric embodies both aspects of molecular diversity in principle, and we implement its calculation with high efficiency and accuracy. Furthermore, through empirical experiments we demonstrate the high consistency of Hamiltonian diversity with real-world chemical diversity, and substantiate its effects in promoting diversity of molecular generation algorithms. Our implementation of Hamiltonian diversity in Python is available at: https://github.com/HXYfighter/HamDiv . Scientific contribution We propose a more rational molecular diversity metric for the community of cheminformatics and drug development. This metric can be applied to evaluation of existing molecular generation methods and enhancing drug design algorithms.
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36. The Chinese version of patient experience with treatment and self-management (PETS vs. 2.0): translation and validation in patients with multimorbidity in primary care in Hong Kong
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Zijun Xu, Dexing Zhang, Yang Zhao, Arpita Ghosh, David Peiris, Yiqi Li, and Samuel Yeung Shan Wong
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PETS ,Treatment burden ,Multimorbidity ,Primary care ,Validation ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Abstract Background Validated and comprehensive tools to measure treatment burden are needed for healthcare professionals to understand the treatment burden of patients in China. The study aimed to translate and validate the Chinese version of Patient Experience with Treatment and Self-management (PETS vs. 2.0) in patients with multimorbidity in primary care. Methodology The translation process of the 60-item PETS vs. 2.0 followed the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Translation, Formatting, and Testing Guidelines. Computer-assisted assessments were conducted in adult primary care patients with multimorbidity from three general out-patient clinics in Hong Kong. A sample of 502 patients completed the assessments from July to December 2023. Internal reliability was examined using Cronbach’s alphas for each domain of the PETS vs. 2.0. Concurrent validity was assessed through the correlations between different domains of PETS vs. 2.0 with established measures including quality of life, frailty, and depression. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with maximum likelihood method was carried out to assess the construct validity. Results The mean age of participants was 64.9 years old and 56.2% were female. Internal consistency reliability was acceptable (alpha ≥ 0.70) for most domains. Higher scores of PETS domains were significantly correlated with worse quality of life, higher level of frailty, and more depressive symptoms (p
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37. Existence and stability of nonmonotone hydraulic shocks for the Saint Venant equations of inclined thin-film flow
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Faye, Grégory, Rodrigues, L. Miguel, Yang, Zhao, and Zumbrun, Kevin
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Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs - Abstract
Extending work of Yang-Zumbrun for the hydrodynamically stable case of Froude number F < 2, we categorize completely the existence and convective stability of hydraulic shock profiles of the Saint Venant equations of inclined thin-film flow. Moreover, we confirm by numerical experiment that asymptotic dynamics for general Riemann data is given in the hydrodynamic instability regime by either stable hydraulic shock waves, or a pattern consisting of an invading roll wave front separated by a finite terminating Lax shock from a constant state at plus infinity. Notably, profiles, and existence and stability diagrams are all rigorously obtained by mathematical analysis and explicit calculation.
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38. Construction of ecological security pattern based on ecosystem service evaluation and minimal cumulative resistance model: a case study of Hefei City, China
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Yang, Xuewei, Wei, Guoyi, Liang, Chaozhong, Yang, Zhao, Fang, Huanying, and Zhang, Shuiming
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39. Two-Memory Reinforcement Learning
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Yang, Zhao, Moerland, Thomas. M., Preuss, Mike, and Plaat, Aske
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Computer Science - Machine Learning ,Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence - Abstract
While deep reinforcement learning has shown important empirical success, it tends to learn relatively slow due to slow propagation of rewards information and slow update of parametric neural networks. Non-parametric episodic memory, on the other hand, provides a faster learning alternative that does not require representation learning and uses maximum episodic return as state-action values for action selection. Episodic memory and reinforcement learning both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Notably, humans can leverage multiple memory systems concurrently during learning and benefit from all of them. In this work, we propose a method called Two-Memory reinforcement learning agent (2M) that combines episodic memory and reinforcement learning to distill both of their strengths. The 2M agent exploits the speed of the episodic memory part and the optimality and the generalization capacity of the reinforcement learning part to complement each other. Our experiments demonstrate that the 2M agent is more data efficient and outperforms both pure episodic memory and pure reinforcement learning, as well as a state-of-the-art memory-augmented RL agent. Moreover, the proposed approach provides a general framework that can be used to combine any episodic memory agent with other off-policy reinforcement learning algorithms.
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40. Semantics-Aware Dynamic Localization and Refinement for Referring Image Segmentation
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Yang, Zhao, Wang, Jiaqi, Tang, Yansong, Chen, Kai, Zhao, Hengshuang, and Torr, Philip H. S.
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Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition - Abstract
Referring image segmentation segments an image from a language expression. With the aim of producing high-quality masks, existing methods often adopt iterative learning approaches that rely on RNNs or stacked attention layers to refine vision-language features. Despite their complexity, RNN-based methods are subject to specific encoder choices, while attention-based methods offer limited gains. In this work, we introduce a simple yet effective alternative for progressively learning discriminative multi-modal features. The core idea of our approach is to leverage a continuously updated query as the representation of the target object and at each iteration, strengthen multi-modal features strongly correlated to the query while weakening less related ones. As the query is initialized by language features and successively updated by object features, our algorithm gradually shifts from being localization-centric to segmentation-centric. This strategy enables the incremental recovery of missing object parts and/or removal of extraneous parts through iteration. Compared to its counterparts, our method is more versatile$\unicode{x2014}$it can be plugged into prior arts straightforwardly and consistently bring improvements. Experimental results on the challenging datasets of RefCOCO, RefCOCO+, and G-Ref demonstrate its advantage with respect to the state-of-the-art methods., Comment: AAAI 2023. 11 pages. 7 figures
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41. deHuBERT: Disentangling Noise in a Self-supervised Model for Robust Speech Recognition
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Ng, Dianwen, Zhang, Ruixi, Yip, Jia Qi, Yang, Zhao, Ni, Jinjie, Zhang, Chong, Ma, Yukun, Ni, Chongjia, Chng, Eng Siong, and Ma, Bin
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Computer Science - Sound ,Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Audio and Speech Processing - Abstract
Existing self-supervised pre-trained speech models have offered an effective way to leverage massive unannotated corpora to build good automatic speech recognition (ASR). However, many current models are trained on a clean corpus from a single source, which tends to do poorly when noise is present during testing. Nonetheless, it is crucial to overcome the adverse influence of noise for real-world applications. In this work, we propose a novel training framework, called deHuBERT, for noise reduction encoding inspired by H. Barlow's redundancy-reduction principle. The new framework improves the HuBERT training algorithm by introducing auxiliary losses that drive the self- and cross-correlation matrix between pairwise noise-distorted embeddings towards identity matrix. This encourages the model to produce noise-agnostic speech representations. With this method, we report improved robustness in noisy environments, including unseen noises, without impairing the performance on the clean set., Comment: Accepted by ICASSP 2023
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42. ChickenSense: A Low-Cost Deep Learning-Based Solution for Poultry Feed Consumption Monitoring Using Sound Technology
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Ahmad Amirivojdan, Amin Nasiri, Shengyu Zhou, Yang Zhao, and Hao Gan
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broiler ,feed intake ,feeding behavior ,precision livestock farming ,audio classification ,pecking detection ,Agriculture (General) ,S1-972 ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 - Abstract
This research proposes a low-cost system consisting of a hardware setup and a deep learning-based model to estimate broiler chickens’ feed intake, utilizing audio signals captured by piezoelectric sensors. The signals were recorded 24/7 for 19 consecutive days. A subset of the raw data was chosen, and events were labeled in two classes, feed-pecking and non-pecking (including singing, anomaly, and silence samples). Next, the labeled data were preprocessed through a noise removal algorithm and a band-pass filter. Then, the spectrogram and the signal envelope were extracted from each signal and fed as inputs to a VGG-16-based convolutional neural network (CNN) with two branches for 1D and 2D feature extraction followed by a binary classification head to classify feed-pecking and non-pecking events. The model achieved 92% accuracy in feed-pecking vs. non-pecking events classification with an f1-score of 91%. Finally, the entire raw dataset was processed utilizing the developed model, and the resulting feed intake estimation was compared with the ground truth data from scale measures. The estimated feed consumption showed an 8 ± 7% mean percent error on daily feed intake estimation with a 71% R2 score and 85% Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (PPMCC) on hourly intake estimation. The results demonstrate that the proposed system estimates broiler feed intake at each feeder and has the potential to be implemented in commercial farms.
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43. Relationship between long pressure short extraction dust removal performance and dust source movement path in comprehensive heading face of coal mines
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Bingyou JIANG, Yifan WANG, Hanyi LIN, Haoyu WANG, and Yang ZHAO
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long pressure short extraction ,fully mechanized driving face ,dust source location ,dust mass concentration ,particle size distribution ,Geology ,QE1-996.5 ,Mining engineering. Metallurgy ,TN1-997 - Abstract
Long pressure short extraction ventilation and dust removal method is one of the effective methods for removing high mass concentration dust in the excavation area of coal mine comprehensive heading face. Especially, the local flow field generated by the combination of pressure and suction is conducive to the removal and reduction of respiratory dust. However, the dynamic changes in the location of dust production sources have an unclear impact on the dust removal performance of this method. By considering the movement paths and reciprocating times of the dust source location in both horizontal and vertical directions, four dust source movement paths were designed based on the long pressure short extraction test platform. Combined with the regulation of the parameters of the long pressure short extraction ventilation system, the impact of the dust source on the spatial dust mass concentration, particle size mass concentration, and particle size distribution under different movement conditions was tested and analyzed. The results show that under the same ventilation parameters, the dust mass concentration caused by the horizontal path on the respiratory belt positions of drivers and pedestrians is lower than that caused by the vertical path. In the horizontal path, when the pressure air duct is located on the side near the exhaust duct and the pressure air outlet is located in an area about 1 m in front of the driver, the particle size mass concentrations of PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 at the breathing zone between the driver and pedestrian are the lowest, and the ventilation and dust removal effect is the best. The diffusion of spatial dust is manifested as: particles with a particle size less than 2.5 µm are easily collected and removed by the exhaust flow field at the exhaust port, while the particles with a particle size greater than 10 µm will escape from the dust generation source and exhaust area to the driver and the area behind them, and mainly settle naturally. Based on the optimal dust source movement path and ventilation parameters obtained from preliminary experiments, on-site experiments were conducted on the 2304 fully mechanized heading face of a coal mine in northern Shaanxi. The results show that the total dust mass concentration at the driver's position and pedestrian breathing zone position under the lateral path decreased to 85.6 mg/m3 and 21.9 mg/m3, respectively, with the highest dust reduction rate reaching 76.9%. The mass concentration of respirable dust decreased to 15.3 mg/m3 and 10.5 mg/m3 respectively, with a maximum dust reduction rate of 85.2% and the dust removal performance was significantly improved.
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44. Numerical study on the development of coalbed methane in multilateral horizontal wells considering coal seam cleats
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Jiaxiang XU, Yang ZHAO, Dandan DONG, Meizhu WANG, Jiaosheng YANG, and Fenghua TIAN
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coalbed methane ,multilateral horizontal well ,coal seam cleat ,stress sensitivity ,productivity analysis ,Geology ,QE1-996.5 ,Mining engineering. Metallurgy ,TN1-997 - Abstract
There are various forms of multilateral horizontal wells for developing coalbed methane, and the role of cleats in the development process is unclear. It is necessary to investigate the impact of the discrete cleat distribution in coal seams and the multilateral horizontal well configuration on gas well productivity. Based on the density and orthogonal characteristics of face and butt cleats in coal seams, the low density, medium density, and high density discrete cleat systems in coal seams are constructed using random methods. Combined with four different forms of multilateral horizontal wells, namely equal-length type, spindle type, staggered type, and dumbbell type, a physical model for developing coalbed methane using multilateral horizontal wells is constructed. The stress sensitive model of coal matrix and cleat system is established considering the effective stress change of coal seams and the matrix shrinkage effect in the development process. The desorption of coal-bed methane is calculated using Langmuir theorem, and a development model of compressible coal-bed methane flowing in the coupling of coal matrix, cleat system and multi branch horizontal wells is established. Furthermore, the influence of the cleat density and the configuration of multilateral horizontal wells on the development of coal-bed methane is studied. The results show that the discrete cleats in coal seams can greatly increase the drainage area of multilateral horizontal wells in a short period of development time, but are only limited to the cleats directly connected to multilateral horizontal wells and surrounding matrix areas. The parts that are not connected to multilateral horizontal wells require longer development time, which is also an important reason for gas wells to achieve peak production in a short period of time and quickly reduce production. The drainage area controlled by equal-length multilateral horizontal wells is the largest, while the drainage area of staggered type, dumbbell type, and spindle type decreases sequentially. When the cleat density is the same in the coal seams, the daily peak production and cumulative production within 20 years of the equal-length multilateral horizontal wells are higher than those of the other three types of multilateral horizontal wells, which can achieve better development results. By increasing the angle between the main and secondary wellbore of multilateral horizontal wells, the development effect of equal-length multilateral horizontal wells becomes much better, and the peak daily production of spindle multilateral horizontal wells is significantly improved. The peak daily production of staggered and dumbbell multilateral horizontal wells is more sensitive to the number of branches. The number of branches in spindle multilateral horizontal wells should not be less than eight, while the number of branches in the dumbbell multilateral wells should not be more than six.
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45. Unraveling pathogenesis, biomarkers and potential therapeutic agents for endometriosis associated with disulfidptosis based on bioinformatics analysis, machine learning and experiment validation
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Xiaoxuan Zhao, Yang Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qingnan Fan, Huanxiao Ke, Xiaowei Chen, Linxi Jin, Hongying Tang, Yuepeng Jiang, and Jing Ma
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Endometriosis ,Disulfidptosis ,Immunity ,Machine learning ,Diagnosis model ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Abstract Background Endometriosis (EMs) is an enigmatic disease of yet-unknown pathogenesis. Disulfidptosis, a novel identified form of programmed cell death resulting from disulfide stress, stands a chance of treating diverse ailments. However, the potential roles of disulfidptosis-related genes (DRGs) in EMs remain elusive. This study aims to thoroughly explore the key disulfidptosis genes involved in EMs, and probe novel diagnostic markers and candidate therapeutic compounds from the aspect of disulfidptosis based on bioinformatics analysis, machine learning, and animal experiments. Results Enrichment analysis on key module genes and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues in EMs suggested that EMs was closely related to disulfidptosis. And then, we obtained 20 and 16 disulfidptosis-related DEGs in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissue, respectively. The protein-protein interaction (PPI) network revealed complex interactions between genes, and screened nine and ten hub genes in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissue, respectively. Furthermore, immune infiltration analysis uncovered distinct differences in the immunocyte, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene set, and immune checkpoints in the eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues when compared with health control. Besides, the hub genes mentioned above showed a close correlation with the immune microenvironment of EMs. Furthermore, four machine learning algorithms were applied to screen signature genes in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissue, including the binary logistic regression (BLR), the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), the support vector machine-recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE), and the extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost). Model training and hyperparameter tuning were implemented on 80% of the data using a ten-fold cross-validation method, and tested in the testing sets which determined the excellent diagnostic performance of these models by six indicators (Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value, Negative Predictive Value, Accuracy, and Area Under Curve). And seven eutopic signature genes (ACTB, GYS1, IQGAP1, MYH10, NUBPL, SLC7A11, TLN1) and five ectopic signature genes (CAPZB, CD2AP, MYH10, OXSM, PDLIM1) were finally identified based on machine learning. The independent validation dataset also showed high accuracy of the signature genes (IQGAP1, SLC7A11, CD2AP, MYH10, PDLIM1) in predicting EMs. Moreover, we screened 12 specific compounds for EMs based on ectopic signature genes and the pharmacological impact of tretinoin on signature genes was further verified in the ectopic lesion in the EMs murine model. Conclusion This study verified a close association between disulfidptosis and EMs based on bioinformatics analysis, machine learning, and animal experiments. Further investigation on the biological mechanism of disulfidptosis in EMs is anticipated to yield novel advancements for searching for potential diagnostic biomarkers and revolutionary therapeutic approaches in EMs.
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46. Numerical simulation of the influence of the structural parameters of a sampling diluter for particulate matter in diesel engines on the internal flow field and dilution ratio
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Limin Geng, Yang Zhao, Guifen Sheng, Nan Gao, Yonggang Xiao, Feichuang Huang, and Hao Chen
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diesel particulate matter ,dilution ratio ,ejector diluter ,flow field distribution ,Technology ,Science - Abstract
Abstract This study investigated how structural parameters (including injection ducts and exhaust nozzle inner diameters) affect the internal flow field and dilution ratio of diesel particulate sampling diluters. Increasing air injection duct diameter increased the injection chamber pressure and decreased the air velocity peak, mixed gas flow velocity, sample temperature, and mixing rate. Excessively small tube diameters caused uneven and discontinuous flow field distributions, while substantial air blockage rendered the flow state poor. Increasing nozzle inner diameters increased the exhaust flow area and the sample temperature, but decreased the velocity of the exhaust and gas mixtures and the pressure drop. Compared with a 2.0 mm inner diameter, 2.5 and 3.0 mm diameters decreased the peak velocity by 11.18% and 14.41%, respectively, and mixing slowed significantly. Inner nozzle diameters of
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47. Permeability of large‐scale fractures with ununiform proppant distributions in coalbed methane development
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Jiaxiang Xu, Yang Zhao, Meizhu Wang, Dandan Dong, Zhe Liu, Jiaosheng Yang, and Fenghua Tian
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coalbed methane ,fracture deformation and closure ,fracture permeability ,hydraulic fracturing ,large‐scale fracture ,ununiform proppant distribution ,Technology ,Science - Abstract
Abstract The coalbed methane (CBM) productivity is directly determined by the fracture permeability during hydraulic fracturing, which is regulated by the distribution of proppants. The proppant may be unevenly distributed in the fracture because of variables like the architecture of the fracture and the characteristics of the sand‐carrying fluid. This study used two types of random functions to produce different ununiform distributions of proppant clusters in large‐scale fractures, with the aim of investigating the effect of these distributions on the overall permeability of the fracture. A model of fluid‐structure coupling is proposed. The closure of large‐scale fractures under in‐situ stress is analyzed using solid mechanics and the penalty function; the CBM flowing in proppant clusters and the high‐speed channel between them is simulated using Darcy's law and the Navier–Stokes equation, respectively; and the overall permeability of fractures is computed using the fluid pressure drop throughout the fracture and the fluid flowing velocity in the fracture's outlet. Since most CBM flows along high‐speed channels between the proppant clusters, the simulated findings show that the overall permeability of fractures with an uneven distribution of proppant clusters is significantly higher than that of the proppant cluster itself. As CBM becomes more discretely distributed, the proportion of CBM flowing within the proppant cluster continuously drops. As the permeability of the proppant cluster increases, the volume ratio of proppant clusters decreases, and the distribution of proppant clusters becomes more discrete, the overall permeability of the fracture continuously increases.
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48. Comparative Study on the Methods for Removal of High-Abundant Proteins in Serum Proteome
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Jia-wei ZHAO, Ao LU, Yang ZHAO, Bo MENG, and Zi-hong YE
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serum ,proteomics ,liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (lc-ms/ms) ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
This study evaluated the protein identification capabilities of the Top14 high-abundance protein removal kit (Top14) and the DMB MagicOmics low-abundance enrichment kit (DMB) on serum samples from healthy individuals (HC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. For HC samples, DMB treatment led to identifying 2.6 times proteins more than Top14 and 3.9 times more than untreated samples. For HCC samples, DMB achieved 3.7 times increase in protein identification over Top14 and 6.2 times increase over untreated samples. Although the Top14 kit was effective in removing high-abundance proteins, it was less proficient in detecting low-abundance proteins when compared to the DMB method. In terms of protein identification frequency, the DMB-treated samples had a significantly higher number of quantifiable proteins than both the Top14 and Blank groups. Over 50% of the proteins identified in the Top14 and Blank groups were also identified in the DMB group, ensuring a comprehensive proteome coverage as evidenced by KEGG analysis. The DMB method significantly outperformed the others in HCC serum samples, identifying 47 differentially expressed (DE) proteins, in contrast to 15 and 17 identified of the Top14 group and untreated samples, respectively, highlighting its superior ability to uncover critical biomarkers for disease analysis. KEGG pathway analysis showed that DE proteins identified by DMB were involved in 21 distinct pathways, significantly more than 5 and 1 pathways identified by Top14 group and untreated samples, demonstrating DMB’s advanced proteomic profiling capability. This study also underscored HSP90AB1, SPP1, ACTR3, SNCA, PECAM1, and SRC proteins increased in HCC serum samples based on DMB method, marking them as promising HCC biomarkers for disease screening.
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49. A retrospective observational study evaluating the association between vasoactive–inotropic score and mortality after major abdominal surgery
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Jiao Huang, Jiemei Ji, Yang Zhao, and Jingchen Liu
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Vasoactive–inotropic score ,Mortality ,Abdominal surgery ,Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract The relationship between VISmax and mortality in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery remains unclear. This study aims to evaluate the association between VISmax and both short-term and long-term all-cause mortality in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, VISmax was calculated (VISmax = dopamine dose [µg/kg/min] + dobutamine dose [µg/kg/min] + 100 × epinephrine dose [µg/kg/min] + 10 × milrinone dose [µg/kg/min] + 10,000 × vasopressin dose [units/kg/min] + 100 × norepinephrine dose [µg/kg/min]) using the maximum dosing rates of vasoactives and inotropics within the first 24 h postoperative ICU admission. The study included 512 patients first admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) who were administered vasoactive drugs after major abdominal surgery. The data was extracted from the medical information mart in intensive care-IV database. VISmax was stratified into five categories: 0–5, > 5–15, > 15–30, > 30–45, and > 45. Compared to patients with the lowest VISmax (≤ 5), those with the high VISmax (> 45) had an increased risk of 30-day mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 3.73, 95% CI 1.16–12.02; P = 0.03) and 1-year mortality (HR 2.76, 95% CI 1.09–6.95; P = 0.03) in fully adjusted Cox models. The ROC analysis for VISmax predicting 30-day and 1-year mortality yielded AUC values of 0.69 (95% CI 0.64–0.75) and 0.67 (95% CI 0.62–0.72), respectively. In conclusion, elevated VISmax within the first postoperative 24 h after ICU admission was associated with increased risks of both short-term and long-term mortality in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
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50. Evaporate-casting of curvature gradient graphene superstructures for ultra-high strength structural materials
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Bing Lu, Li Yu, Yajie Hu, Ying Wang, Fei Zhao, Yang Zhao, Feng Liu, Huhu Cheng, and Liangti Qu
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Abstract In contemporary manufacturing, the processing of structural materials plays a pivotal role in enabling the creation of robust, tailor-made, and precise components suitable for diverse industrial applications. Nonetheless, current material forming technologies face challenges due to internal stress and defects, resulting in a substantial decline in both mechanical properties and processing precision. We herein develop a processing strategy toward graphene superstructure with a curvature gradient, which allows us to fabricate robust structural materials with meticulously designed functional shapes. The structure consists of an arc-shaped assembly of graphene nanosheets positioned at co-axial curvature centers. During the dehydration-based evaporate-casting process, the assembly is tightened via capillary effect, inducing local bending. By precisely tuning the axis-center distance and tilt angle, we achieve accurate control over the shape of obtained structure. Notably, internal stress is harnessed to reinforce a designed mortise and tenon structure, resulting in a high joining strength of up to ~200 MPa. This innovative approach addresses the challenges faced by current material forming technologies and opens up more possibilities for the manufacturing of robust and precisely shaped components.
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