92 research outputs found
Improving carbon cycle projections for better carbon management
Forests absorb large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and store a significant fraction of the carbon in biomass and soils. A March 2016 workshop focused on how best to use modeling approaches, field measurements, and satellite observations to improve projections of carbon cycle dynamics in response to climate change and human activities
A Robot is a Smart Tool: Investigating Younger Users' Preferences for the Multimodal Interaction of Domestic Service Robot
The degree that domestic service robots are generally accepted mainly depends on the user experience and the surprise that the design brings to people. To make the design of robots to follow the trend of interactions of smart devices, researchers should have insights into young people's acceptance and opinions of emerging new interactions. The main content of this study is a user elicitation through which the users' suggestions for commanding a robot in specific contexts are gathered. Accordingly, it sheds light on the features of user preferences for human-robot interaction. This study claims that younger users regard service robots merely as intelligent tools, which is the direct cause of the above interaction preferences. Keywords: Service robot, Interaction design, User preferenc
A study of methods to stimulate students’ problem awareness during university physics lectures
In the context of the active promotion of quality education, the analysis of the current process of cultivating the
comprehensive ability of science and technology college students from the teachers’ perspective often reveals many problems. Many
students have half-understood knowledge, which is ultimately caused by the lack of problem awareness and independent thinking. If we
want to develop students’ physical thinking and improve their overall quality, we need to adjust our teaching methods. This paper carefully
analyzes the possible problems of teachers and students in university physics teaching and their causes, and gives scientifi c and reasonable
improvement measures, in order to promote the comprehensive development of college students
Generating optical cat states via quantum interference of multi-path free-electron-photons interactions
The novel quantum effects induced by the free-electron-photons interaction
have attracted increasing interest due to their potential applications in
ultrafast quantum information processing. Here, we propose a scheme to generate
optical cat states based on the quantum interference of multi-path
free-electron-photons interactions that take place simultaneously with strong
coupling strength. By performing a projection measurement on the electron, the
state of light changes significantly from a coherent state into a non-Gaussian
state with either Wigner negativity or squeezing property, both possess
metrological power to achieve quantum advantage. More importantly, we show that
the Wigner negativity oscillates with the coupling strength, and the optical
cat states are successfully generated with high fidelity at all the oscillation
peaks. This oscillation reveals the quantum interference effect of the multiple
quantum pathways in the interaction of the electron with photons, by that
various nonclassical states of light are promising to be fast prepared and
manipulated. These findings inspire further exploration of emergent quantum
phenomena and advanced quantum technologies with free electrons
A signature based on anoikis-related genes for the evaluation of prognosis, immunoinfiltration, mutation, and therapeutic response in ovarian cancer
BackgroundOvarian cancer (OC) is a highly lethal and aggressive gynecologic cancer, with an overall survival rate that has shown little improvement over the decades. Robust models are urgently needed to distinguish high-risk cases and predict reliable treatment options for OC. Although anoikis-related genes (ARGs) have been reported to contribute to tumor growth and metastasis, their prognostic value in OC remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to construct an ARG pair (ARGP)-based prognostic signature for patients with OC and elucidate the potential mechanism underlying the involvement of ARGs in OC progression.MethodsThe RNA-sequencing and clinical information data of OC patients were obtained from The Center Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases. A novel algorithm based on pairwise comparison was utilized to select ARGPs, followed by the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator Cox analysis to construct a prognostic signature. The predictive ability of the model was validated using an external dataset, a receiver operating characteristic curve, and stratification analysis. The immune microenvironment and the proportion of immune cells were analyzed in high- and low-risk OC cases using seven algorithms. Gene set enrichment analysis and weighted gene co-expression network analysis were performed to investigate the potential mechanisms of ARGs in OC occurrence and prognosis.ResultsThe 19-ARGP signature was identified as an important prognostic predictor for 1-, 2-, and 3-year overall survival of patients with OC. Gene function enrichment analysis showed that the high-risk group was characterized by the infiltration of immunosuppressive cells and the enrichment of adherence-related signaling pathway, suggesting that ARGs were involved in OC progression by mediating immune escape and tumor metastasis.ConclusionWe constructed a reliable ARGP prognostic signature of OC, and our findings suggested that ARGs exerted a vital interplay in OC immune microenvironment and therapeutic response. These insights provided valuable information regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying this disease and potential targeted therapies
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