In this work, we present a novel stationary Gierer-Meinhardt system incorporating non-local proliferation rates, defined as follows: { − Δ u + λ u = J ⁎ u p v q + ρ ( x ) in R N , N ≥ 1 , − Δ v + μ v...
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In this work, we present a novel stationary Gierer-Meinhardt system incorporating non-local proliferation rates, defined as follows: { − Δ u + λ u = J ⁎ u p v q + ρ ( x ) in R N , N ≥ 1 , − Δ v + μ v = J ⁎ u m v s in R N . This system emerges in various contexts, such as biological morphogenesis, where two interacting chemicals, identified as an activator and an inhibitor, are described, and in ecological systems modeling the interaction between two species, classified as specialists and generalists. The non-local interspecies interactions are represented by the terms J ⁎ u p , J ⁎ u m where the ⁎-symbol denotes the convolution operation in R N with a kernel J ∈ C 1 ( R N ∖ { 0 } ) . In the system, we assume that 0 < ρ ∈ C 0 , γ ( R N ) with γ ∈ ( 0 , 1 ) , while the parameters satisfy λ , μ , q , m , s > 0 and p > 1 . Under various integrability conditions on the kernel J , we establish the existence and non-existence of classical positive solutions in the function space C l o c 2 , δ ( R N ) . These results further highlight the influence of the non-local terms, particularly the proliferation rates, in the proposed model.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the selective loss of spinal motor neurons (MNs) and concomitant muscle weakness. Mutation of is known to cause SMA, and restoring SMN pro...
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the selective loss of spinal motor neurons (MNs) and concomitant muscle weakness. Mutation of is known to cause SMA, and restoring SMN protein levels via antisense oligonucleotide treatment is effective for ameliorating symptoms. However, this approach is hindered by exorbitant costs, invasive procedures, and poor treatment responses of some patients. Here, we seek to circumvent these hurdles by identifying reliable biomarkers that could predict treatment efficacy. We uncovered that MiR34 exhibits consistent downregulation during SMA progression in both human and rodent contexts. Importantly, family-knockout mice display axon swelling and reduced neuromuscular junction (NMJ) endplates, recapitulating SMA pathology. Introducing MiR34a via scAAV9 improved the motor ability of SMNΔ7 mice, possibly by restoring NMJ endplate size. Finally, we observed a consistent decreasing trend in MiR34 family expression in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of type I SMA patients during the loading phase of nusinersen treatment. Baseline CSF MiR34 levels before nusinersen injection proved predictive of patient motor skills 1 year later. Thus, we propose that MiR34 may serve as a biomarker of SMA since it is associated with the pathology and can help evaluate the therapeutic effects of nusinersen.
This study investigated the usability of an artificial neural network model (ANN) and the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) method for predicting the compressive strength of self-compacting concrete (SCC). The ANN-GWO model w...
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It is crucial for the community including the government and health workers to collaborate to halt the spread of Covid-19. The idea of developing the mobile application surfaced from the previous findings. Previous re...
It is crucial for the community including the government and health workers to collaborate to halt the spread of Covid-19. The idea of developing the mobile application surfaced from the previous findings. Previous researches have implemented and developed different features to better the application. The development of a mobile application to provide a platform that will assist people with information regarding patients that are around the perimeter of users to help notify them. With the help of the notification, users will be able to avoid the chances of them being in contact with the people (ODP), patients that are under surveillance (PDP) confirmed patients. All patients including ODP and PDP are required to have the application therefore, the Minister of Health will be able to track the geolocation of patients. Moreover, people will be able to be aware of patients that are around their perimeter. Therefore, with the help of the application, it will be able to help assist the community for them to be aware of and to be able to avoid being in contact with the infected patients.
The human hand can detect both form and texture information of a contact surface. The detection of skin displacement (sustained stimulus) and changes in skin displacement (transient stimulus) are thought to be mediate...
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The human hand can detect both form and texture information of a contact surface. The detection of skin displacement (sustained stimulus) and changes in skin displacement (transient stimulus) are thought to be mediated in different tactile channels;however, tactile form perception may use both types of information. Here, we studied whether both the temporal frequency and the temporal coherency information of tactile stimuli encoded in sensory neurons could be used to recognize the form of contact surfaces. We used the fishbone tactile illusion (FTI), a known tactile phenomenon, as a probe for tactile form perception in humans. This illusion typically occurs with a surface geometry that has a smooth bar and coarse textures in its adjacent areas. When stroking the central bar back and forth with a fingertip, a human observer perceives a hollow surface geometry even though the bar is physically flat. We used a passive high-density pin matrix to extract only the vertical information of the contact surface, suppressing tangential displacement from surface rubbing. Participants in the psychological experiment reported indented surface geometry by tracing over the FTI textures with pin matrices of the different spatial densities (1.0 and 2.0 mm pin intervals). Human participants reported that the relative magnitude of perceived surface indentation steeply decreased when pins in the adjacent areas vibrated in synchrony. To address possible mechanisms for tactile form perception in the FTI, we developed a computational model of sensory neurons to estimate temporal patterns of action potentials from tactile receptive fields. Our computational data suggest that i) the temporal asynchrony of sensory neuron responses is correlated with the relative magnitude of perceived surface indentation and ii) the spatiotemporal change of displacements in tactile stimuli are correlated with the asynchrony of simulated sensory neuron responses for the fishbone surface patterns. Based on thes
In this paper,a lumped RC circuit model,which is based on the Transmission Line Modeling(TLM)method,is used to describe the space charge production and displacement mechanisms in three different solid dielectric mater...
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In this paper,a lumped RC circuit model,which is based on the Transmission Line Modeling(TLM)method,is used to describe the space charge production and displacement mechanisms in three different solid dielectric materials(LDPE,PTFE and FR4).Each dielectric material is considered as a transmission line with the capacitive and resistance *** obtained circuit equations are solved along with the continuity equations for the various charged species in the bulk of solid dielectric *** electric potential and field,density of different charged species and their recombination rates,resistive and capacitive properties of the solid dielectric material are *** addition,the effects of the variations in the applied voltage,dielectric permittivity and temperature on these physical parameters are ***,compared with LDPE and PTFE,the net charge density increment rate in FR4 is much ***,the influences of temperature on the net charge density in LDPE are not ***,at the higher applied voltages,the current density is ***,the effects of temperature variations on the recombination rates,net charge and current density in LDPE are much ***,the suitability of LDPE as solid dielectric material is proved.
Computing optical flow is a fundamental problem in computer vision. However, deep learning-based optical flow techniques do not perform well for non-rigid movements such as those found in faces, primarily due to lack ...
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Gelatin, widely employed in hydrogel dressings, faces limitations when used in high fluid environments, hindering effective material adhesion to wound sites and subsequently reducing treatment efficacy. The rapid degr...
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We propose a simple and generic construction of the variational tensor network operators to study the quantum spin systems by the synergy of ideas from the imaginary-time evolution and the variational optimization of ...
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We propose a simple and generic construction of the variational tensor network operators to study the quantum spin systems by the synergy of ideas from the imaginary-time evolution and the variational optimization of trial wave functions. By applying these operators to simple initial states, accurate variational ground-state wave functions with extremely few parameters can be obtained. Furthermore, the framework can be applied to spontaneously study symmetry-breaking, symmetry-protected topological, and intrinsic topologically ordered phases, and we show that symmetries of the local tensors associated with these phases can emerge directly after the optimization without any gauge fixing. This provides a universal way to identify quantum phase transitions without prior knowledge of the system.
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