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Jean-Pierre Hamaide, Christian Lerminiaux, Philippe Chanclou, Pierre Sillard
Summary: This article presents papers from the 2021 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC).
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Murat Koklu, Ilkay Cinar, Yavuz Selim Taspinar
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(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paolo Emilio Ricci
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Genetics & Heredity
Hyeonso Ji, Yunji Shin, Chaewon Lee, Hyoja Oh, In Sun Yoon, Jeongho Baek, Young-Soon Cha, Gang-Seob Lee, Song Lim Kim, Kyung-Hwan Kim
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ruifang Yang, Jianhao Tang, Qi Zhao, Zhongze Piao, Gangseob Lee, Changzhao Wan, Jianjiang Bai
Summary: This study explores the impact of moisture content control on the characteristics, properties, and in vitro starch digestion of roasted rice powder made from natural high-resistant starch (RS) rice varieties. The findings reveal that adjusting the moisture content before roasting significantly affects the RS content of the roasted rice powder. Moreover, the roasting process modifies the characteristics of natural high-RS rice, increases the RS content, enhances the flavor, and results in a lower starch digestion rate compared to common rice.
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Microbiology
Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
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Madeleine Rauch, Moritz Loock, Wolfgang H. Guettel
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Tim Verdonck, Bart Baesens, Maria Oskarsdottir, Seppe vanden Broucke
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Jie Lu, Joao Gama, Xin Yao, Leandro Minku
Summary: In recent years, stream learning has significantly developed in both conceptual and application levels, becoming a hot research direction in machine learning and data science. Advancements include detecting concept drift, adapting to drifts, and utilizing online, active, incremental, and reinforcement learning in data streaming scenarios.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS
(2023)
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Agronomy
Kaifu Song, Guangbin Zhang, Jing Ma, Shaobing Peng, Shihua Lv, Hua Xu
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Elizabeth S. S. Yeh
Summary: This special issue includes nine original contributions on various human cancers, covering topics such as cancer stem cell function, cancer immunology, and glycosylation. It addresses critical barriers in curing cancer, including metastasis and resistance to therapeutics.
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Genetics & Heredity
Tosso Leeb
Summary: Wolves were the first animals to be domesticated by humans, and thousands of generations of dog breeding have resulted in more than 350 recognized breeds with distinct morphological, behavioral, and disease predisposition differences. The domestication and breeding of dogs can be seen as a significant genetic experiment for humans, providing unique research opportunities. This special issue, titled Canine Genetics 2, focuses on the importance of canine genetics and includes reports on genetic diseases in dogs, as well as research on wild canids, genetic diversity, and canine morphology.
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Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Kirstie L. Bellman, Ada Diaconescu, Sven Tomforde
Summary: SISSY is a research initiative that aims to address the changing demands of system organization in dynamic environments, promoting automated integration decisions during runtime. Systems must self-integrate and self-improve internally, while also being able to cooperate or coexist with other autonomous systems.
FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESCIENCE
(2021)