HAO WU^#, NA HUO^#, SITUO WANG, ZIWEI LIU, YI JIANG^*, QUAN SHI^*

BIOCELL, Vol.48, No.11, pp. 1531-1542, 2024, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2024.054278 - 07 November 2024

Abstract Stem cells have shown great application potential in wound repair, tissue regeneration, and disease treatment. Therefore, a full understanding of stem cells and their related regulatory mechanisms in disease treatment is conducive to improving the therapeutic effect of stem cells. However, thus far, there are still many unsolved mysteries in the field of stem cells due to technical limitations, which hinder the in-depth exploration of stem cells and their wide clinical application. Single-cell sequencing (SCS) has provided very powerful and unbiased insights into cell gene expression profiles at the single-cell level, bringing exciting results to More >

Qianqian Zhang¹, Yingmei Li^1,*, Jianjun Zhan^2,*, Shan Chen¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.81, No.1, pp. 1251-1273, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.053892 - 15 October 2024

Abstract This research focuses on improving the Harris’ Hawks Optimization algorithm (HHO) by tackling several of its shortcomings, including insufficient population diversity, an imbalance in exploration vs. exploitation, and a lack of thorough exploitation depth. To tackle these shortcomings, it proposes enhancements from three distinct perspectives: an initialization technique for populations grounded in opposition-based learning, a strategy for updating escape energy factors to improve the equilibrium between exploitation and exploration, and a comprehensive exploitation approach that utilizes variable neighborhood search along with mutation operators. The effectiveness of the Improved Harris Hawks Optimization algorithm (IHHO) is assessed by… More >

Cyril Enault^*

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.33, pp. 273-293, 2024, DOI:10.32604/rig.2024.053490 - 26 August 2024

Abstract La question environnementale est devenue un enjeu majeur de société dans les pays occidentaux et principalement en France. L’Ile de France est aujourd’hui au cœur de cette nouvelle politique de maitrise de l’expansion des agglomérations. Aussi l’étalement urbain et plus particulièrement sa mesure et son évaluation actuelle et future présente un véritable enjeu de société. L’exploration de l’étalement urbain est donc au cœur de la géographie et de l’Economie Géographique depuis le début des années 1980, période où s’amorcent les grands développements du périurbain. Fort de ces enjeux, cet article s’intéresse à la question de… More > Graphic Abstract

Jin Tao¹, Jiatai Tian¹, Dongmei Li¹, Jinlei Zhu², Qun Ma³, Zhiming Zhang¹, Jungang Chen⁴, Yipeng Liu⁵, Jianqiang Qian^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.6, pp. 1129-1141, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.051405 - 27 June 2024

Abstract Human activities and industrialization have significantly increased soil nutrients, such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), profoundly impacting the composition and structure of plant community, as well as the ecosystem functions, especially in nutrient-limited ecosystems. However, as the key propagule pool of perennial grasslands, how belowground bud bank and its relationship with aboveground vegetation respond to short-term changes in soil nutrients was still unclear. In this study, we conducted a short-term (2021–2022) soil fertilization experiment with N addition (10 g N m yr) and P addition (5 g N m yr) in the meadow steppe… More >

Xiaozhuo Xu^1,2, Yilin Huang^1,2, Xu Han^2,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 233-246, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.050231 - 16 May 2024

Abstract Background: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is one of the most challenging congenital heart diseases in clinical treatment. In cardiac tissues, resident macrophages fulfill critical functions in maintaining a stable cardiac state and have strong regenerative capacity and organ specificity. However, the molecular mechanisms of macrophages in HLHS remained unclear. Methods: Single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) data of HLHS and healthy control (donors) samples obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database were normalized and clustered using the Seurat package. The “FindMarkers” function was used to screen differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the HLHS and donor… More > Graphic Abstract

Yu Zhou¹, Bosong Lin¹, Siqi Hu², Dandan Yu^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.1, pp. 161-182, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.047836 - 25 April 2024

Abstract This paper addresses the problem of predicting population density leveraging cellular station data. As wireless communication devices are commonly used, cellular station data has become integral for estimating population figures and studying their movement, thereby implying significant contributions to urban planning. However, existing research grapples with issues pertinent to preprocessing base station data and the modeling of population prediction. To address this, we propose methodologies for preprocessing cellular station data to eliminate any irregular or redundant data. The preprocessing reveals a distinct cyclical characteristic and high-frequency variation in population shift. Further, we devise a multi-view More >

Koren Hyogene Kwag^1,*, Ibrahim Kak¹, Ying Li², Walid Khass¹, Alec McKechnie¹, Oksana Nulman¹, Brande Brown¹, Manoj Chhabra¹

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 107-121, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.045953 - 20 March 2024

Abstract Objective: Accurate measurement of QT interval, the ventricular action potential from depolarization to repolarization, is important for the early detection of Long QT syndrome. The most effective QT correction (QTc) formula has yet to be determined in the pediatric population, although it has intrinsically greater extremes in heart rate (HR) and is more susceptible to errors in measurement. The authors of this study compare six different QTc methods (Bazett, Fridericia, Framingham, Hodges, Rautaharju, and a computer algorithm utilizing the Bazett formula) for consistency against variations in HR and RR interval. Methods: Descriptive Retrospective Study. We… More >

Tao Liu¹, Lin Liu¹, Zeyu Chen^1,*, Rong Fu^2,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.26, No.2, pp. 127-138, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.045071 - 08 March 2024

Abstract Mobile young white-collar workers not only have the characteristics of mobile young people, but also have the characteristics of general white-collar workers. Under the influence of both, their mental health may be suffering from “double disadvantage”. So, based on an ecological model of the stress process, this paper tries to use the data of the questionnaire on the mental health of mobile young white-collar workers in Zhejiang Province to explore the influence of some factors in the middle workplace and residence place on the mental health of micro individuals. The results show that: (1) The… More >

Dandan Wang, Xiaohong Li, Yanwen Zhang^*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.2, pp. 355-369, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.047183 - 27 February 2024

Abstract Taxus cuspidata is a rare plant with important medicinal and ornamental value. Aiming at the obvious differences between wild and cultivated populations of T. cuspidata from Northeast China, a total of 61 samples, that is, 33 wild yews and 28 cultivated yews were used to analyze the differences and correlations of the kinship, genetic diversity, and genetic structure between them by specific length amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq). Finally, 470725 polymorphic SLAF tags and 58622 valid SNP markers were obtained. Phylogenetic analysis showed that 61 samples were classified into 2 clusters: wild populations and cultivated populations, and some… More >

Chunlei Ruan^1,2,*, Cengceng Dong¹, Kunfeng Liang³, Zhijun Liu¹, Xinru Bao¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.138, No.3, pp. 3033-3049, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.030607 - 15 December 2023

Abstract Using Euler’s first-order explicit (EE) method and the peridynamic differential operator (PDDO) to discretize the time and internal crystal-size derivatives, respectively, the Euler’s first-order explicit method–peridynamic differential operator (EE–PDDO) was obtained for solving the one-dimensional population balance equation in crystallization. Four different conditions during crystallization were studied: size-independent growth, size-dependent growth in a batch process, nucleation and size-independent growth, and nucleation and size-dependent growth in a continuous process. The high accuracy of the EE–PDDO method was confirmed by comparing it with the numerical results obtained using the second-order upwind and HR-van methods. The method is More > Graphic Abstract