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Environmental Sciences
Austin J. Gallagher, Nourah A. Alsudairy, Brendan D. Shea, Nicholas L. Payne, Carlos M. Duarte
Summary: Animal-borne 360-degree cameras have the potential to provide more robust scientific data and a greater capacity to map seafloor habitats compared to traditional unidirectional cameras. This study demonstrated the efficacy of using 360-degree camera technology on a large tiger shark, highlighting the benefits of this innovative approach in bio-logging research.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Christian Zeeden, Arne Ulfers, Simona Pierdominici, Mehrdad Sardar Abadi, Mathias Vinnepand, Thomas Grelle, Katja Hesse, Katharina Leu, Thomas Wonik
Summary: There are numerous borehole logging datasets available worldwide, but the potential of these datasets for chronostratigraphic analyses through time series analyses is not fully utilized due to the complexity and pitfalls that may discourage non-experienced users. This paper provides an overview of the relevant properties of borehole logging measurements for time series analysis and cyclostratigraphy, and introduces the most relevant time series analyses methods with examples of borehole logging cyclostratigraphy. It highlights the importance of being aware of the specific pitfalls in borehole logging data, such as variations in borehole diameter, effects of drilling fluids, and merging of results from different depth sections.
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Allison Gallucci, Dipan C. Patel, K'Ehleyr Thai, Jonathan Trinh, Rosalie Gude, Devika Shukla, Susan L. Campbell
Summary: Our study reveals that the diversity of gut microbiota is significantly altered in TMEV-infected mice 5-7 days post-infection, showing a beta diversity separation in TMEV-infected mice depending on seizure phenotype, and a lower abundance of genus Allobaculum in TMEV-infected mice regardless of seizure phenotype. Conversely, a specific reduction in the S-equol-producing genus Adlercreutzia was identified as a microbial hallmark of seizure phenotype post-TMEV infection. Electrophysiological recordings indicated that exogenous S-equol modifies cortical neuronal physiology and ameliorates TMEV-induced hyperexcitability in entorhinal cortex neurons.
Article
Neurosciences
Luigi Caputi, Anna Pidnebesna, Jaroslav Hlinka
Summary: Persistent homology shows potential in analyzing disease-related brain connectivity alterations, performing well in seizure discrimination but less effectively in schizophrenia classification, potentially due to technical challenges in effective connectivity estimation. Standard homology outperformed directed homology, which may be attributed to the accuracy issues in effective connectivity estimation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Connor W. Elliott, Mark S. Ridgway, Paul J. Blanchfield, Bruce L. Tufts
Summary: Improvements in electronic tagging techniques provide new opportunities to gain insights into fish habitat selection and behaviors. This study used acoustic transmitters and pop-off data storage tags (pDSTs) to investigate the feasibility and utility of double tagging walleye in Lake Ontario. The findings showed novel diving behaviors by walleye and highlighted the importance of sampling frequency in obtaining accurate data.
JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Srinivasarao Repudi, Daniel J. Steinberg, Nimrod Elazar, Vanessa L. Breton, Mark S. Aquilino, Afifa Saleem, Sara Abu-Swai, Anna Vainshtein, Yael Eshed-Eisenbach, Bharath Vijayaragavan, Oded Behar, Jacob J. Hanna, Elior Peles, Peter L. Carlen, Rami Aqeilan
Summary: WWOX-related epileptic encephalopathy (WOREE) syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by bi-allelic mutations in the WWOX gene, leading to symptoms such as intractable epilepsy and developmental delay. Studies in mice and human brain organoids have shown evidence of myelination defects and hyperexcitability associated with WWOX function.
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Daniella Bastos de Araujo, Anthony Lucas Gurgel do Amaral, Suzane Maia da Fonseca, Keyla Rodrigues de Souza, Allane Patricia Santos da Paz, Vanessa Joia de Mello, Gabriela Brito Barbosa, Maria Klara Otake Hamoy, Moises Hamoy
Summary: This study evaluated the anticonvulsant effects of Lippia origanoides essential oil and found that it can effectively control seizures. Combining it with diazepam may be a potential option for the treatment of difficult-to-control seizures.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Ana M. M. Sequeira, Malcolm O'Toole, Theresa R. Keates, Laura H. McDonnell, Camrin D. Braun, Xavier Hoenner, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Ian D. Jonsen, Peggy Newman, Jonathan Pye, Steven J. Bograd, Graeme C. Hays, Elliott L. Hazen, Melinda Holland, Vardis M. Tsontos, Clint Blight, Francesca Cagnacci, Sarah C. Davidson, Holger Dettki, Carlos M. Duarte, Daniel C. Dunn, Victor M. Eguiluz, Michael Fedak, Adrian C. Gleiss, Neil Hammerschlag, Mark A. Hindell, Kim Holland, Ivica Janekovic, Megan K. McKinzie, Monica M. C. Muelbert, Chari Pattiaratchi, Christian Rutz, David W. Sims, Samantha E. Simmons, Brendal Townsend, Frederick Whoriskey, Bill Woodward, Daniel P. Costa, Michelle R. Heupel, Clive R. McMahon, Rob Harcourt, Michael Weise
Summary: The study emphasizes the importance of a standardization framework to ensure discoverability, interoperability, and effective translation of bio-logging data for addressing global conservation challenges. By using simple templates and automated procedures, data can be transformed into four standardized levels, facilitating data sharing, interoperability, accuracy-of-use, rightful attribution, and data preservation security. Adoption of this framework will support the collection of Essential Ocean Variables and inter-governmental assessments, and establish a starting point for broader efforts in establishing interoperable bio-logging data formats across all fields in animal ecology.
METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Nikhil S. Rao, Christina Meyer, Suraj S. Vasanthi, Nyzil Massey, Manikandan Samidurai, Meghan Gage, Marson Putra, Aida N. Almanza, Logan Wachter, Thimmasettappa Thippeswamy
Summary: Sex is an important biological variable in epilepsy models. Previous studies have shown that female rats require higher doses to achieve a similar severity of status epilepticus (SE) as males. This study demonstrates that housing mixed-sex cohorts together and using DFP from the same pool of reagents yields reproducible SE severity in both sexes.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Mateusz Komorkiewicz, Alvin Chin, Pawel Skruch, Marcin Szelest
Summary: The higher the vehicle autonomy level, the more challenges engineers face in designing sensors and control systems. Efficient data handling is crucial for the performance, reliability, safety, and quality capabilities required for mass production of automated vehicles. The article discusses the challenges, opportunities, and solutions related to data logging, collection, storage, annotation, reprocessing, and evaluation. Additionally, the behavior of mass-produced automated vehicles must be predictable and more reliable than that of human drivers to ensure safety for passengers and other road users.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Deepesh Agarwal, Balasubramaniam Natarajan
Summary: The computational capabilities of AI engines combined with human knowledge and experience can create intelligent human-in-the-loop decision systems, improving the decision-making process and enhancing the performance of AI-enabled systems. This paper presents a systematic framework for modeling and tracking behavioral biases in a collaborative decision environment within an Active Learning context. Experimental results on a real-world pancreatic cancer dataset show that bias-aware models can significantly improve the classification accuracy of decision models.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Amin Malekizadeh, Hossein Afarideh, Mahdi Sahraeian, Vahid Esmaeili Sani, Masoumeh Mohamadian
Summary: Well logging is essential for identifying and discovering mines, providing necessary data on underground structures and geological information. With advancements in technology, the accuracy of well logging has significantly improved over time, especially in modern drilling techniques where information transmission is more efficient.
ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fabio Poggio, Martina Brofiga, Mariateresa Tedesco, Paolo Massobrio, Enrico Adriano, Maurizio Balestrino
Summary: In this study, the acute and chronic effects of GAA on the electrophysiology of cultured neurons were investigated using MEAs. The results showed that GAA at normal cerebrospinal fluid concentration did not affect any of the parameters tested, while at GAMT deficiency concentration, it only affected the bursting rate of neocortical networks and the burst duration of hippocampal networks. At the highest concentration, it caused a decrease in all parameters. These findings indicate that GAA is not epileptogenic.
Article
Food Science & Technology
Julianne Elba Cunha Azevedo, Alex Luiz Menezes da Silva, Luana Rodrigues Vieira, Chirlene Pinheiro Nascimento, Rafaela Garcia Pereira, Sofia de Franca Rodrigues, Akira Otake Hamoy, Vanessa Joia de Mello, Daniella Bastos de Araujo, Luis Andre Luz Barbas, Maria Elena Crespo Lopez, Dielly Catrina Favacho Lopes, Moises Hamoy
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of a toxic dose of caffeine on behavior and electrocorticographic (ECoG) patterns in rats. Caffeine caused seizures and the ECoG changes were consistent with the observed behavior. The ECoG patterns differed between caffeine and pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures, with beta-band oscillations being predominant. Caffeine-induced seizures were resistant to phenytoin and phenobarbital, but responsive to diazepam.
FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Moritz Mercker, Philipp Schwemmer, Verena Peschko, Leonie Enners, Stefan Garthe
Summary: New wildlife telemetry and tracking technologies have led to an increase in animal tracking data volume and resolution. Statistical methods such as iSSMs and ST-PPMs are recommended for inferring habitat selection or large-scale attraction/avoidance from animal tracking data due to their robustness and statistical power.
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Aline Silva da Cruz, Maria Margarida Drehmer, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Joao Carlos Machado
Summary: This study quantified microcirculation cerebral blood flow in a rat model of ischemic stroke using ultrasound biomicroscopy and ultrasound contrast agents. The results showed high sensitivity and specificity of this method, making it a valuable tool for preclinical studies.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Christina Dalla, Ivana Jaric, Pavlina Pavlidi, Georgia E. Hodes, Nikolaos Kokras, Anton Bespalov, Martien J. Kas, Thomas Steckler, Mohamed Kabbaj, Hanno Wuerbel, Jordan Marrocco, Jessica Tollkuhn, Rebecca Shansky, Debra Bangasser, Jill B. Becker, Margaret McCarthy, Chantelle Ferland-Beckham
Summary: Many funding agencies have emphasized the importance of considering sex as a biological variable in experimental design to improve the reproducibility and translational relevance of preclinical research. Omitting the female sex from experimental designs in neuroscience and pharmacology can result in biased or limited understanding of disease mechanisms. This article provides methodological considerations for incorporating sex as a biological variable in in vitro and in vivo experiments, including the influence of age and hormone levels, and proposes strategies to enhance methodological rigor and translational relevance in preclinical research.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Wenyu Gu, Dongxu Li, Jia-Hong Gao
Summary: We developed a precise and rapid method for positioning and labelling triaxial OPMs on a wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) system, improving the efficiency of OPM positioning and labelling.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Kai Lin, Linhang Zhang, Jing Cai, Jiaqi Sun, Wenjie Cui, Guangda Liu
Summary: The article introduces an EEG feature map processing model for emotion recognition, which achieves significantly improved accuracy by fusing EEG information at different spatial scales and introducing a channel attention mechanism.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
John E. Parker, Asier Aristieta, Aryn H. Gittis, Jonathan E. Rubin
Summary: This work presents a toolbox that implements a methodology for automated classification of neural responses based on spike train recordings. The toolbox provides a user-friendly and efficient approach to detect various types of neuronal responses that may not be identified by traditional methods.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Yun Liang, Ke Bo, Sreenivasan Meyyappan, Mingzhou Ding
Summary: This study compared the performance of SVM and CNN on the same datasets and found that CNN achieved consistently higher classification accuracies. The classification accuracies of SVM and CNN were generally not correlated, and the heatmaps derived from them did not overlap significantly.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Antonino Visalli, Maria Montefinese, Giada Viviani, Livio Finos, Antonino Vallesi, Ettore Ambrosini
Summary: This study introduces an analytical strategy that allows the use of mixed-effects models (LMM) in mass univariate analyses of EEG data. The proposed method overcomes the computational costs and shows excellent performance properties, making it increasingly important in the field of neuroscience.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Xavier Cano-Ferrer, Alexandra Tran -Van -Minh, Ede Rancz
Summary: This study developed a novel rotation platform for studying neural processes and spatial navigation. The platform is modular, affordable, and easy to build, and can be driven by the experimenter or animal movement. The research demonstrated the utility of the platform, which combines the benefits of head fixation and intact vestibular activity.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2024)
