Background and Objectives: Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from tuberculosis patients in the multiethnic aquarium cleaning supplies province of Alborz, Iran was assessed.Materials and Methods: A total of 17 isolates in the period of 2012-2013 were collected and subjected to a Multiple-locus variable-number tandem r
Background: The use of electrocorticography (ECoG) to avoid intraoperative stimulation-induced seizure (ISS) during awake craniotomy is controversial.Although a standard direct cortical stimulating (DCS) protocol is used to identify the eloquent cortices and subcortical structures, ISS still occurs.Epilepsy is related to alterations in brain networ
As autonomous driving algorithms evolve, algorithms for collision avoidance are being developed for situations that primary algorithms cannot resolve.Generally, the positions of all surrounding vehicles are predicted, and the risk is assessed to create a risk map, which is then used to generate a safe path.Most algorithms focus on collision avoidan
To investigate the different responses to acupuncture in MCI patients and age-matched healthy subjects reflected by the Regional Homogeneity (ReHo) indices.The experiment was performed at the acupoint KI3 in 12 MCI patients and 12 healthy controls, respectively.A novel non-repeated event-related (NRER) fMRI design paradigm was applied to separately
Autophagy has Bags been linked to longevity in many species, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear.Using a GFP-tagged and a new tandem-tagged Atg8/LGG-1 reporter, we quantified autophagic vesicles and performed autophagic flux assays in multiple tissues of wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans and long-lived daf-2/insulin/IGF-1 and glp-1/Notch mutan