Determinant representations for scalar products of the XXZ Gaudin model with general boundary terms

We obtain the determinant representations of the scalar products for the XXZ Gaudin model with generic non-diagonal boundary terms.Comment: Latex file, 17 page

Penghou, a new genus of flea beetles from China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

A new genus (Penghou) with a single new species (P. yulongshan) from Yunnan Province in China is described and illus- trated. It is compared to Hespera Weise, Hesperomorpha Ogloblin, Laotzeus Chen, Luperomorpha Weise, Mandarella Duvivier, Omeiana Chen, Stenoluperus Ogloblin and Taiwanohespera Kimoto

Penghou, a new genus of flea beetles from China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

A new genus (Penghou) with a single new species (P. yulongshan) from Yunnan Province in China is described and illus- trated. It is compared to Hespera Weise, Hesperomorpha Ogloblin, Laotzeus Chen, Luperomorpha Weise, Mandarella Duvivier, Omeiana Chen, Stenoluperus Ogloblin and Taiwanohespera Kimoto

Adaptive Semantic Communications: Overfitting the Source and Channel for Profit

Most semantic communication systems leverage deep learning models to provide end-to-end transmission performance surpassing the established source and channel coding approaches. While, so far, research has mainly focused on architecture and model improvements, but such a model trained over a full dataset and ergodic channel responses is unlikely to be optimal for every test instance. Due to limitations on the model capacity and imperfect optimization and generalization, such learned models will be suboptimal especially when the testing data distribution or channel response is different from that in the training phase, as is likely to be the case in practice. To tackle this, in this paper, we propose a novel semantic communication paradigm by leveraging the deep learning model's overfitting property. Our model can for instance be updated after deployment, which can further lead to substantial gains in terms of the transmission rate-distortion (RD) performance. This new system is named adaptive semantic communication (ASC). In our ASC system, the ingredients of wireless transmitted stream include both the semantic representations of source data and the adapted decoder model parameters. Specifically, we take the overfitting concept to the extreme, proposing a series of ingenious methods to adapt the semantic codec or representations to an individual data or channel state instance. The whole ASC system design is formulated as an optimization problem whose goal is to minimize the loss function that is a tripartite tradeoff among the data rate, model rate, and distortion terms. The experiments (including user study) verify the effectiveness and efficiency of our ASC system. Notably, the substantial gain of our overfitted coding paradigm can catalyze semantic communication upgrading to a new era

Association Between Regulatory T Cells and Ischemic Heart Disease: a Mendelian Randomization Study

BACKGROUND: An imbalance of innate and acquired immune responses is significantly involved in the pathophysiology of coronary atherosclerosis and the occurrence of ischemic heart disease (IHD). Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an essential regulatory role in atherosclerotic plaque formation and maintenance; therefore, dysfunction of Tregs triggers the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and accelerates their progression. However, due to the inherent limitations of observational research, clinical evidence is limited concerning the relationship between the variation in peripheral Tregs and the risk of IHD, and the cause-and-effect relationship between these factors is unclear. Mendelian randomization (MR) uses genetic variation as a proxy for exposure and can be used to inferentially determine the causal effect of exposure on outcomes. We thus used MR analysis to investigate whether there is a causal relationship between the biomarkers of Tregs and IHD. METHODS: Selected genetic variants (P RESULTS: We identified a set of 197 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that served as instrumental variables (IVs) for evaluating 51 Treg subtypes. Thirteen significant variables were found to be potentially associated with IHD. After false-discovery rate (FDR) adjustment, we identified four Treg subtypes to be causally protective for IHD risk: CD28 on activated & secreting CD4 Tregs [odds ratio (OR) =0.89; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.82-0.96; P=3.10E-03; adjusted P=0.04], CD28 on activated CD4 Tregs (OR =0.87; 95% CI: 0.80-0.95; P=3.10E-03; adjusted P=0.04), CD28 on CD4 Tregs (OR =0.87; 95% CI: 0.80-0.96; P=3.41E-03; adjusted P=0.04), and CD28 on resting CD4 Treg cell (OR =0.91; 95% CI: 0.85-0.97; P=3.48E-03; adjusted P=0.04). Reverse MR analysis found eight potential causal variables, but these associations were nonsignificant after FDR correction (all adjusted P values \u3e0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study identified the significance of elevated CD28 expression on CD4 Tregs as a novel molecular modifier that may influence IHD occurrence, suggesting that targeting CD28 expression on CD4 Tregs could offer a promising therapeutic approach for IHD

Application of three-dimensional technology in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sublobectomy

BackgroundDue to the widespread use of imaging techniques, the detection rate of early-stage lung cancer has increased. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sublobectomy has emerged as a prominent alternative to lobectomy, offering advantages like reduced resection range, better preservation of lung function, and enhanced postoperative quality of life. However, sublobectomy is more intricate than lobectomy, necessitating a higher level of surgical proficiency and anatomical understanding.MethodsThree electronic databases were searched to capture relevant studies from January 2016 to March 2023, which related to the application of three-dimensional(3D) technology in VATS sublobectomy.ResultsCurrently, clinical departments such as orthopedics, hepatobiliary surgery, and urology have started using 3D technology. This technology is expected to be widely used in thoracic surgery in future. Now 3D technology assists in preoperative planning, intraoperative navigation and doctor-patient communication.Conclusion3D technologies, instrumental in locating pulmonary nodules and identifying variations in target lung segmental vessels and bronchi, play pivotal roles in VATS sublobectomy, especially in preoperative planning, intraoperative navigation, and doctor-patient communication. The limitations of 3D technology in clinical application are analyzed, and the future direction of existing 3D technology development is prospected