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Open AccessSubgraphs Matching-Based Side Information Generation for Distributed Multiview Video Coding
We adopt constrained relaxation for distributed multiview video coding (DMVC). The novel framework integrates the graph-based segmentation and matching to generate interview correlated side information without...
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Open AccessWest Pacific subtropical high double ridges and intraseasonal variability of the South China Sea summer monsoon
In this study, the National Center for Environmental Prediction-National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP-NCAR) reanalysis data from 1979 to 2005 is used to investigate the possible impact of IntraSeasona...
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Open AccessNew Insights into the Control of HIV-1 Transcription: When Tat Meets the 7SK snRNP and Super Elongation Complex (SEC)
Recent studies aimed at elucidating the mechanism controlling HIV-1 transcription have led to the identification and characterization of two multi-subunit complexes that both contain P-TEFb, a human transcript...
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Open AccessLinkage between the dominant modes in Pacific subsurface ocean temperature and the two type ENSO events
We investigate the variations of subsurface ocean temperature (SOT) based on the monthly-Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) during 1958–2007, and discuss the linkage between the variations of SOT and the ea...
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Open AccessSpread of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteria in a Southwest Hospital in China
The rapid emergence and dissemination of carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae complicates the treatment of infections caused by these organisms.
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OMEG: Oulu Multi-Pose Eye Gaze Dataset
Data is in a very important position for pattern recognition tasks including eye gaze estimation. In the literature, most researchers used normal face datasets, which are not specifically designed for eye gaze...
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Open AccessImpacts of two types of La Niña on the NAO during boreal winter
The present work identifies two types of La Niña based on the spatial distribution of sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly. In contrast to the eastern Pacific (EP) La Niña event, a new type of La Niña (centra...
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Open AccessAge-specific epidemic waves of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in a subtropical city
Both influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are active throughout the year in subtropical or tropical regions, but few studies have reported on age-specific seasonal patterns of these viruses. We exam...
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Open AccessGlobal Spatio-temporal Patterns of Influenza in the Post-pandemic Era
We study the global spatio-temporal patterns of influenza dynamics. This is achieved by analysing and modelling weekly laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A and B from 138 countries between January 2006 an...
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Open AccessAsian summer monsoon onset barrier and its formation mechanism
The onset process of Asian summer monsoon (ASM) is investigated based on diagnostic analysis of observations of precipitation and synoptic circulation. Results show that after the ASM commences over the easte...
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Open AccessUsing a multilocus phylogeny to test morphology-based classifications of Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae), one of the largest fern genera
Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae) is probably the third largest fern genus in the world and contains ca. 500 species. Species of Polystichum occur on all continents except Antarctica, but ...
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Open AccessPrevention and Control of Zika as a Mosquito-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Disease: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis
The ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in the Americas poses a major global public health emergency. While ZIKV is transmitted from human to human by bites of Aedes mosquitoes, recent evidence indicates that ZIKV...
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Open AccessStructural Properties and Phase Transition of Na Adsorption on Monolayer MoS2
First-principles calculations are performed to investigate the structural stability of Na adsorption on 1H and 1T phases of monolayer MoS2. Our results demonstrate that it is likely to make the stability of disto...
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Open AccessRobust contribution of decadal anomalies to the frequency of central-Pacific El Niño
During year-to-year El Niño events in recent decades, major sea surface warming has occurred frequently in the central Pacific. This is distinct from the eastern Pacific warming pattern during canonical El Niñ...
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Open AccessSpatio-temporal patterns of proportions of influenza B cases
We studied the spatio-temporal patterns of the proportions of influenza B cases out of all typed cases, with data from 139 countries and regions downloaded from the FluNet compiled by the World Health Organiza...
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Open AccessTRPV1 deletion impaired fracture healing and inhibited osteoclast and osteoblast differentiation
Fracture healing, in which osteoclasts and osteoblasts play important roles, has drawn much clinical attention. Osteoclast deficiency or decreased osteoblast activity will impair fracture healing. TRPV1 is a m...
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Open AccessA comparison study of Zika virus outbreaks in French Polynesia, Colombia and the State of Bahia in Brazil
Zika virus (ZIKV) disease outbreaks occurred in French Polynesia in 2013–2014 and in Brazil and Colombia in 2015–2016, respectively. Using our recently developed ZIKV disease model, we simulated the reported Z...
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Different responses of influenza epidemic to weather factors among Shanghai, Hong Kong, and British Columbia
Weather factors have long been considered as key sources for regional heterogeneity of influenza seasonal patterns. As influenza peaks coincide with both high and low temperature in subtropical cities, weather...
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Open AccessViolation of the virial theorem and generalized equipartition theorem for logarithmic oscillators serving as a thermostat
A logarithmic oscillator has been proposed to serve as a thermostat recently since it has a peculiar property of infinite heat capacity according to the virial theorem. In order to examine its feasibility in n...
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Open AccessMicrobiota regulates bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell lineage differentiation and immunomodulation
Health is dependent on the homeostasis of both inner and external microenvironments. The microbiota as the external microenvironment plays a critical role in regulation of several organ systems in mammals. How...
