Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Rabe Abdalkareem, Suhaib Mujahid, Emad Shihab, Juergen Rilling
Summary: This study aims to automate the process of determining which commits can be skipped in the CI process, proposing a rule-based technique that effectively reduces the number of commits needing CI triggers. Survey results show that the majority of developers consider automatically flagging CI skip commits to be important. A prototype tool called CI-Skipper was developed to operationalize the technique.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maya Wardeh, Matthew Baylis, Marcus S. C. Blagrove
Summary: The study utilized a machine learning approach to predict associations between mammals and multiple coronaviruses, estimating the potential for novel coronavirus generation through recombination. It demonstrated a significant underestimation of the scale of novel coronavirus generation in wild and domesticated animals, while also identifying high-risk species for coronavirus surveillance.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Katherine A. Collett, Stephanie A. Hirmer, Holger Dalkmann, Constance Crozier, Yacob Mulugetta, Malcolm D. McCulloch
Summary: Transport demand in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing due to population growth and economic development, leading to a rise in emissions. Despite the limited presence of electric vehicles in the region, they have the potential to offer benefits to governments, power systems, and vehicle owner-operators.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Hanxiao Shen, Leyi Zhu, Ryan Capouellez, Daniele Panozzo, Marcel Campen, Denis Zorin
Summary: This paper describes a method for generating seamless surface parametrizations with guaranteed local injectivity and full control over holonomy. The ability to control holonomy is crucial for guiding isocurves based on directional information and topological constraints on the parametrization.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alfonso Martinisi, Martin Flach, Frederik Sprenger, Stephan Frank, Markus Tolnay, David T. Winkler
Summary: The study showed that toxic tau species causing neuronal dysfunction can be cleared without inducing seeding effects, suggesting an effective therapeutic intervention in tauopathies. Moreover, recovered mice did not develop more motor impairment or tau pathology in the long term compared to control groups.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Karen B. Abeln, Christian Giebels, Tristan Ehrlich, Jan M. Federspiel, Hans-Joachim Schaefers
Summary: The preservation or repair of the aortic valve has evolved dynamically over the past 20 years. Adequate valve durability is crucial for avoiding complications and improving survival. Factors such as the size of the aortic root and anatomy of the aortic valve play important roles in determining which valves can be repaired or preserved.
CURRENT CARDIOLOGY REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Weilin Song, Ruilin Zhu, Wenna Gao, Chen Xing, Liu Yang
Summary: This study investigates the damage caused by blue light to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and the resulting RPE death. The researchers found that minocycline can reduce RPE death by stabilizing mitochondrial membrane potential, inhibiting necroptosis, and preventing the release of HMGB1. These findings provide new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of retinal degeneration.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Damien Clement, Ulrika Tranaeus, Urban Johnson, Andreas Stenling, Andreas Ivarsson
Summary: Using the model of stress and athletic injury, this study identified three different risk profiles among competitive soccer players and found that players in profiles 1 and 2 reported fewer injuries compared to those in profile 3. However, individuals in profile 1 had a lower predictive risk of sustaining an injury. The findings suggest that the interaction between different proposed risk factors might influence injury risk.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Thomas Weise, Zhize Wu, Xinlu Li, Yan Chen, Joerg Laessig
Summary: Fitness assignment process transforms the features of a candidate solution to a scalar fitness, which is used for selection. Frequency fitness assignment (FFA) assigns a fitness value based on the encounter frequency of the objective value during selection and aims to minimize it. FFA algorithms are unbiased and invariant under objective function value transformations, leading to improved performance in certain difficult problems.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
(2023)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Xichen Wang, Benson O. A. Botchway, Yong Zhang, Min Huang, Xuehong Liu
Summary: Nerve injury has detrimental effects on human motor and sensory function, disrupting nerve structure integrity. Activation of glial cells and disruption of synaptic integrity lead to inflammation and pain hypersensitivity. Maresin1, an omega-3 fatty acid derivative, has shown beneficial effects in various animal models of nerve injury. This review summarizes the anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, and pain hypersensitivity effects of maresin1 and provides the theoretical basis for its clinical application in treating nerve injury.
BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
(2023)
Article
Nuclear Science & Technology
Denise Neudecker, Oscar Cabellos, Alexander R. Clark, Wim Haeck, Roberto Capote, Andrej Trkov, Morgan C. White, Michael E. Rising
Summary: 14-MeV D+T LLNL pulsed-sphere experiments provide complementary information for validating nuclear data compared to traditional experiments like critical assemblies. The neutron-leakage spectra of these experiments have significant sensitivity to scattering and fission nuclear data, with different types of spheres showing sensitivity to different types of nuclear data.
ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Motokazu Sugimoto, Naoto Gotohda, Masashi Kudo, Shin Kobayashi, Shinichiro Takahashi, Masaru Konishi
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the necessity of intraoperative drain placement (IDP) in laparoscopic liver resection (LLR). After comparing clinicopathological data and postoperative outcomes between patients with and without IDP, the study found that the incidence and severity of postoperative complications were similar in both groups, indicating that LLR can be safely performed without IDP.
SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Li-Pao Fang, Qing Liu, Erika Meyer, Anna Welle, Wenhui Huang, Anja Scheller, Frank Kirchhoff, Xianshu Bai
Summary: Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are uniformly distributed in the mammalian brain, but their function varies depending on their origin, location, receptor/channel expression, and age. A subset of OPCs lacking Olig2 was identified in various brain regions, most commonly in the juvenile brain and rarely in the adult brain. These cells do not proliferate and have a less complex morphology compared to OPCs that express Olig2. They prefer to remain in a precursor stage and do not differentiate into highly branched oligodendrocytes. Changes in the brain activity can stimulate the transition of OPCs with Olig2 expression to OPCs without Olig2.
Review
Immunology
Dengqiang Wu, Yujie Li, Ranxing Xu
Summary: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with undefined causes, leading to persistent synovial inflammation and destruction of articular cartilage and bone. Current drugs for RA can relieve joint symptoms, but there are limitations and the need for new mechanisms to prevent and treat RA.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Arejacy A. Silva, Mario Carvalho, Joao Coutinho, Ernesto Vasconcelos, David Fangueiro
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the agronomic effects of new management strategies for using dairy slurry as fertilizer in conservation agriculture. The results showed that acidified dairy slurry performed similarly to traditional injection methods in terms of yield, nutrient recovery, and soil properties, making it a sustainable alternative to replace mineral fertilizer.