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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicholas E. Bush, Sara A. Solla, Mitra J. Z. Hartmann
Summary: Through studying the rodent whisker system, researchers have found that primary sensory neurons can simultaneously represent multiple mechanical features of a stimulus, do not preferentially encode principal components, and represent continuous and tiled variations of all available mechanical information. This diverse representation helps deepen our understanding of the encoding capabilities of Vg neurons.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Taiki Adachi, Yasuhiko Naito, Patrick W. Robinson, Daniel P. Costa, Luis A. Huckstadt, Rachel R. Holser, Wataru Iwasaki, Akinori Takahashi
Summary: This study reveals the significance of whiskers in the natural foraging behavior of free-ranging elephant seals. The whiskers help the seals sense prey in the deep ocean, supplementing their visual prey detection abilities. This finding highlights the adaptive alternative to echolocation in deep-diving mammals and demonstrates the importance of incorporating multiple sensory systems in studying predator foraging success.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
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Biology
Shih-Hsin Chang, Yi-Ching Su, Mien Chang, Jun-An Chen
Summary: MiR34/449 miRNAs play a crucial role in neural functions in the spinal cord, affecting pain response and motor output in mice. They fine-tune the quantity of specific neurons by targeting Satb1 and Satb2 directly, thereby influencing the precision of sensory-to-motor circuit outputs.
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Hong-Wei Wang, Xian-Hua Jin, Ying-Han Xu, Chun-Ping Chu, Fu-Yang Pei, Xiao-Ping Song, De-Lai Qiu
Summary: Nicotine inhibits synaptic transmission in the cerebellum by interacting with α7 nAChRs. It has no significant effect on spontaneous activity or the number of action potentials evoked by facial stimulation.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Philip Barello, Md Shafaeat Hossain
Summary: This paper presents a multimodal person detection system that can fuse data from multiple sensors for detection. Experimental results show that system-level predictions from system perspectives are generally more accurate than system-level predictions from device perspectives.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Hongyan Song, Yu-Ting Liu, Wei-Song Zhang, Xiao-Fang Zhang, Xi Yin, Junfen Li, Gang-Ping Wu
Summary: In this work, a new type of MPL with optimized pore structures was introduced by incorporating WCNTs and KBs onto a macroporous substrate to improve water management performance of PEMFC. The resulting MPL with a superhydrophobic surface showed the highest power density at high humidity conditions.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julio Santos-Terra, Iohanna Deckmann, Giovanna Carello-Collar, Gustavo Della-Flora Nunes, Guilherme Bauer-Negrini, Gustavo Brum Schwingel, Mellanie Fontes-Dutra, Rudimar Riesgo, Carmem Gottfried
Summary: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by brain alterations and E/I imbalance. This study investigates the inhibitory components associated with ASD and suggests that prenatal treatment with resveratrol (RSV) may have preventive effects on ASD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thomas F. Burns, Ramesh Rajan
Summary: The classical view of sensory information flow through the barrel cortex is being challenged by new evidence, which highlights both the presence of general processing and organizational principles as well as a growing number of exceptions to these principles. Investigating gaps in the literature may lead to a better understanding of whisker sensation and broader sensory and cortical processing.
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Food Science & Technology
Eun-Sil Choi, Ha-Lim Lee, Bo-Kyoung Kwon, Min-A Kim, Hye-Seong Lee
Summary: This study examines the effects of the familiarization procedure and reference presentation probability on sensory learning and decision criteria stability using SDT parameters. The results show that a higher reference presentation probability induces more efficient sensory learning and improves discrimination performance.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Jianhua Liu, Peng Xu, Jiaxi Zheng, Xiangyu Liu, Xinyu Wang, Siyuan Wang, Tangzhen Guan, Guangming Xie, Minyi Xu
Summary: This article introduces a bio-inspired whisker sensor that uses triboelectric nanogenerators to perceive underwater environments and assist underwater robots in avoiding obstacles.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Degang Xie, Rongrong Zhang, Xiaohan Dai, Zhiyu Nie, Xinyao Wang, En Ma, Ju Li, Zhiwei Shan
Summary: Under elevated temperature and low strain rate, the compression test with self-supported aluminum pillars may not conserve the local mass/volume of the sample. Plastic flow can occur with continuous shortening while maintaining a constant overall shape. This non-conservation is due to interface diffusion between the metal and the native oxide layer, allowing mass relocation and providing large continuous plastic strain.
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Neurosciences
Susumu Tanaka, Soju Seki, Yudai Ono, Akifumi Enomoto, Mikihiko Kogo
Summary: The study revealed that orexin-A (Ox-A) can affect the membrane properties of mesencephalic trigeminal (Mes V) neurons in several ways, such as shortening the after-hyperpolarization duration, increasing interspike frequency during repetitive discharge, enhancing resonance, and increasing sodium current density. These effects indicate that Ox-A may enhance Mes V neuronal excitability by modulating various membrane properties.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2021)
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Polymer Science
Sakineh Fotouhi, Saber Khayatzadeh, Wei Xia Pui, Mahdi Damghani, Mahdi Bodaghi, Mohamad Fotouhi
Summary: This study investigates the detection of barely visible impact damage (BVID) in composite materials using tactile whisker sensors similar to rat whiskers. The experiments show that BVID cannot be visually detected, but can be identified through ultrasonic C-scan observations, with the damage size increasing with higher impact energy levels. The data collected from whisker sensors can be classified accurately using a support vector machine classifier after training, offering a new and reliable BVID detection technique with potential for automation.
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Anwar Shah, Nouman Azam, Bahar Ali, Muhammad Taimoor Khan, JingTao Yao
Summary: Novelty detection aims to identify novel instances in test data that differ from normal instances in training data. The key challenge is to effectively classify normal instances and reject classification of novel instances. Three-way decisions are a useful strategy to address this challenge.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Hongyan Song, Yu-Ting Liu, Xiao-Fang Zhang, Wei-Song Zhang, Gang-Ping Wu
Summary: The excellent microporous layers (MPLs) in the gas diffusion layer require superior mass transfer capacity for high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells. The correspondence between MPL structure and mass transfer performance is ambiguous. We design efficient mass transfer channels in MPLs with evolutionary structures by adjusting the content of whisker-like carbon nanotubes (WCNTs). The results show that the perforated cracks of 5-10 μm in the MPL provide separated channels for water and gas transport, and the optimal hydrophobic mesopores (34.87%) promote mass transfer efficiency by elevating the capillary force of water transport.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2023)