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Open AccessDSnet: a new dual-branch network for hippocampus subfield segmentation
The hippocampus is a critical component of the brain and is associated with many neurological disorders. It can be further subdivided into several subfields, and accurate segmentation of these subfields is of ...
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The xylem functional traits of eight subtropical tree species is closely related to the intervessel pits ultrastructure
There is a trade-off between plant water transport safety and efficiency, which may be linked to pit ultrastructure traits.
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Deep convolutional neural network for hippocampus segmentation with boundary region refinement
Accurately segmenting the hippocampus from magnetic resonance (MR) brain images is a crucial step in studying brain disorders. However, this task is challenging due to the low signal contrast of hippocampal im...
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Frontier science and challenges on offshore carbon storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is an imperative, strategic, and constitutive method to considerably reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions and alleviate climate change issues. The ocean is the largest ac...
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Open AccessGenome-wide identification and expression analysis of the SAUR gene family in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.)
Auxin performs important functions in plant growth and development processes, as well as abiotic stress. Small auxin-up RNA (SAUR) is the largest gene family of auxin-responsive factors. However, the knowledge of...
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Genetic control and phenotypic characterization of panicle architecture and grain yield-related traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
Multi-environment QTL map** identified 23 stable loci and 34 co-located QTL clusters for panicle architecture and grain yield-related traits, which provide a genetic basis for foxtail millet yield improvement.
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Open AccessFunctional parcellation of the hippocampus by semi-supervised clustering of resting state fMRI data
Many unsupervised methods are widely used for parcellating the brain. However, unsupervised methods aren’t able to integrate prior information, obtained from such as exiting functional neuroanatomy studies, to...
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Aqueous miscible organic-layered double hydroxides with improved CO2 adsorption capacity
Potassium-promoted layered double hydroxide (LDH)-derived materials are suitable elevated temperature CO2 adsorbents for pre-combustion CO2 capture. A challenge for the commercialization of LDHs as efficient CO2 ...
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Simulation and energy consumption comparison of gas purification system based on elevated temperature pressure swing adsorption in ammonia synthetic system
Elevated temperature pressure swing adsorption (ET-PSA) is a novel process for hydrogen purification. By operating steam rinse and purge at conditions beyond the dew point will significantly improve the recove...
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Application of elevated temperature pressure swing adsorption in hydrogen production from syngas
A clean and energy-efficient power system can be developed by the combination of hydrogen (as an energy carrier) and fuel cells (as power generation units); such system has the potential to compete with the cu...
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FCN Based Label Correction for Multi-Atlas Guided Organ Segmentation
Segmentation of medical images using multiple atlases has recently gained immense attention due to their augmented robustness against variabilities across different subjects. These atlas-based methods typicall...
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Open AccessMulti-atlas label fusion with random local binary pattern features: Application to hippocampus segmentation
Automatic and reliable segmentation of the hippocampus from magnetic resonance (MR) brain images is extremely important in a variety of neuroimage studies. To improve the hippocampus segmentation performance, ...
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On-site demonstration of an elevated temperature hydrogen clean-up unit for fuel cell applications
Hydrogen from coal-based syngas is usually purified by deep desulfurization and decarbonization scrubbing technologies. Such electricity consuming processes cost a large number of heat exchangers and compresso...
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Patch-based local learning method for cerebral blood flow quantification with arterial spin-labeling MRI
Arterial spin-labeling (ASL) perfusion MRI is a non-invasive method for quantifying cerebral blood flow (CBF). Standard ASL CBF calibration mainly relies on pair-wise subtraction of the spin-labeled images and...
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Metric Learning for Multi-atlas based Segmentation of Hippocampus
Automatic and reliable segmentation of hippocampus from MR brain images is of great importance in studies of neurological diseases, such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. In this paper, we proposed a novel ...
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Tolerance of Temperature Stress in Plants
Temperature is one of the most important environmental factors that determine the growth and productivity of plants across the globe. Many physiological and biochemical processes and functions are affected by ...
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza improve growth, nitrogen uptake, and nitrogen use efficiency in wheat grown under elevated CO2
Effects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Rhizophagus irregularis on plant growth, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) accumulation, and partitioning was investigated in Triticum aestivum L. plants grown under el...
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Light intensity affects the growth and flavonol biosynthesis of Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.)
Response of growth and secondary metabolites to light intensity are useful measurements to determine suitable silviculture treatments for the cultivation of medicinal plants. Here, we analyzed the growth, flav...
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Investigation on the mechanisms for biotransformation of saponins to diosgenin
In order to improve the efficiency of biotransformation of saponins in Dioscorea zingiberensis to diosgenin, a new enzymatic model was developed to investigate the mechanism of the metabolic systems. Four main sa...
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-enhanced resistance against Phytophthora sojae infection on soybean leaves is mediated by a network involving hydrogen peroxide, jasmonic acid, and the metabolism of carbon and nitrogen
The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhance the resistance to pathogen infection in host plant. However, it is unclear how the AMF are involved in the systemic acquired resistance of host plant against path...
