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Journal of Otology 2021年第1期16卷 6-11页

作者： Pedro Salvador Francisco Moreira da Silva Rui fonseca Department of Otorhinolaryngology Hospital Senhora da OliveiraGuimaraesPortugal

Objectives:To evaluate hearing outcome of salvage treatment with intratympanic steroids(ITS)in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss(ISSNHL)refractory to initial systemic steroid(SS)*** and methods:A retrospective medical chart review was conducted on 54 consecutive patients with ISSNHL refractory to *** treatment with a low dose intratympanic dexamethasone(4 mg/ml)was offered after one week of primary *** were divided into two groups:25 patients accepted ITS(treatment group)and 29 patients did not undergo additional treatment(control group).A pure tone average(PTA)gain of at least 10 dB was considered hearing ***:Hearing improvement rate was higher in ITS group compared to control group(40%vs.13.8%,p=0.035).A mean PTA improvement of 8.6±9.8 dB was observed in the ITS group and,whereas the control group had an average hearing gain of 0.7±2 dB(p<0.001).Audiometric analysis revealed a significant hearing gain in ITS group at all tested frequencies compared to control group(p<0.05).Analysis of the selected variables,identified intratympanic steroid treatment as the only independent prognostic factor for hearing improvement(OR=4.2,95%CI:1.1e15.7;p=0.04).Conclusion:Intratympanic low dose dexamethasone is effective in patients with incomplete hearing recovery after primary systemic steroid treatment.

关键词： Intratympanic Steroids Salvage Sudden sensorineural hearing loss Idiopathic

Automatic detection and evaluation of sugarcane planting rows in aerial images

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Information Processing in Agriculture 2023年第3期10卷 400-415页

作者： Bruno Moraes Rocha Afonso Ueslei da.fonseca Helio Pedrini Fabrızzio Soares Instituto de Informa´tica Universidade Federal de Goia´sGoiaˆnia 74690-900GOBrazil Institute of Computing University of CampinasCampinas 13083-852SPBrazil

Sugarcane planting is an important and growing activity in ***,several techniques have been developed over the years to maximize crop productivity and profit,amongst them,processing of sugarcane field *** this sense,this research aims to identify and analyze crop rows and measure their gaps from aerial images of sugarcane *** this,a small Remotely Piloted Aircraft captured the images,generating orthomosaics of the areas for ***,each orthomosaic is classified with the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm to segment regions of *** row orientation is estimated using the RGB gradient *** operations and computational geometry models are then used to detect and map rows and gaps along the planting row *** evaluate the results,crop rows are mapped and compared to manually taken *** technique obtained an error smaller than 2%when compared to gap length in crop rows from an orthomosaic with the area of 8.05 ha(ha).The proposed approach can map the positioning of the automatically generated row segments appropriately onto manually created ***,our method also achieved similar results when confronted with a manual technique for differing growth stages(40 and 80 days after harvest)of the sugarcane *** proposed method presents a great potential to be adopted in sugarcane planting monitoring。

关键词： Sugarcane Planting Rows Aerial Images Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Integrating an academic management system with blockchain:A case study

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Blockchain(Research and Applications) 2022年第4期3卷 81-90页

作者： Sergio Guerreiro Joao F.Ferreira Tiago fonseca Miguel Correia INESC-ID Rua Alves Redol 91000-029LisbonPortugal Instituto Superior Tecnico University of Lisbon1649-004LisbonPortugal

This paper reports the design,implementation,and experimental phases of the EU H2020 QualiChain pilot“Staffing the Public Sector—The Case of Portugal”.The overall purpose of this pilot is to ensure the authenticity and integrity of the diplomas for all involved stakeholders and therefore to contribute to solving the diploma counterfeiting and/or falsification that is a great threat to the recruitment of qualified *** main innovative aspect of this solution is the integration that is offered between an Academic Management System(the *** platform)and a Blockchain(Ethereum)to automatically deploy *** solution helps the involved stakeholders trust the diplomas *** case study involves four different stakeholders and studies,specifically,the increase in their satisfaction in terms of diploma control,diploma veracity,and diploma *** developed system was tested with external participants who were asked to follow a set of guidelines and complete a survey to assess their *** system interactions were recorded,and the data were *** results indicated that the participants successfully executed the guidelines and that a perception increase toward diploma control,veracity,and credibility was identified.

关键词： Blockchain University management system Authenticity Document verification Education certificate Ethereum Integrity Smart contrac

Simultaneously targeting extracellular vesicle trafficking and TGF-β receptor kinase activity blocks signaling hyperactivation and metastasis

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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy 2024年第1期9卷 308-325页

作者： Adilson fonseca Teixeira Yanhong Wang Josephine Iaria Peter ten Dijke Hong-Jian Zhu Department of Surgery(The Royal Melbourne Hospital) The University of MelbourneParkvilleVICAustralia Huagene Institute Kecheng Science and Technology ParkPukou DistrictNanjingJiangsuChina Department of Cell and Chemical Biology Oncode InstituteLeiden University Medical CenterLeidenThe Netherlands

Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related *** growth factor beta(TGF-β)signaling drives metastasis and is strongly enhanced during cancer ***,the use of on-target TGF-βsignaling inhibitors in the treatment of cancer patients remains unsuccessful,highlighting a gap in the understanding of TGF-βbiology that limits the establishment of efficient anti-metastatic ***,we show that TGF-βsignaling hyperactivation in breast cancer cells is required for metastasis and relies on increased small extracellular vesicle(sEV)*** sEV’s unique role,TGF-βsignaling levels induced by sEVs exceed the activity of matching concentrations of soluble ligand TGF-β.Further,genetic disruption of sEV secretion in highlymetastatic breast cancer cells impairs cancer cell aggressiveness by reducing TGF-βsignaling to nearly-normal ***,TGF-βsignaling activity in non-invasive breast cancer cells is inherently low,but can be amplified by sEVs,enabling invasion and metastasis of poorly-metastatic breast cancer *** the translational potential of inhibiting sEV trafficking in advanced breast cancers,treatment with dimethyl amiloride(DMA)decreases sEV secretion,TGF-βsignaling activity,and breast cancer progression in *** both the sEV trafficking and TGF-βsignaling by combining DMA and SB431542 at suboptimal doses potentiated this effect,normalizing the TGF-βsignaling in primary tumors to potently reduce circulating tumor cells,metastasis,and tumor ***,this study establishes sEVs as critical elements in TGF-βbiology,demonstrating the feasibility of inhibiting sEV trafficking as a new therapeutic approach to impair metastasis by normalizing TGF-βsignaling levels in breast cancer cells.

关键词： metastasis doses invasion

Soot combustion; Ceria; Ternary mixed oxide; Cordierite coating; Diesel particulate filter

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2018年第11期30卷 58-68页

作者： Leandro Fontanetti Nascimento Juliana.fonseca Lima Paulo Cesar de Sousa Filho Osvaldo Antonio Serra Department of Chemistry FFCLRP University of Sao Paulo 14040-901 Ribeirao Preto Sao Paulo Brazil Institute of Chemistry Rio de Janeiro State University 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil Institute of Chemistry Uniuersity of Campinas 13083-970 Campinas Silo Paulo Brazil Center of-Natural and Human Sciences Federal Uniuerty of ABC 09210-580 Santo Andre Sao Paulo Brazil

We report the application of a solid lanthanum-ceria-zinc catalyst in the catalytic regeneration of diesel particulate filters （DPF） in diesel engines. We synthesized a CeO2- ZnO-La2O3 （Ce-Zn-La） mixed oxide by a lactic acid-mediated sol-gel method, which efficiently coated cordierite substrates for soot capture and combustion. We studied the effects of La loading on the physicochemical and catalytic properties of Ce-Zn mixed oxide during lowtemperature soot combustion processes. We characterized the synthesized catalysts by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR）, N2 adsorption, Raman spectroscopy, oxygen storage capacity （OSG）, and scanning and transmission electron microscopy （SEM and TEM）. Thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis （TGA/DTA） confirmed that the catalysts effectively reduced the soot oxidation temperature. The ternary Ce-Zn-La mixed oxide catalyst with Ce/Zn/La atomic ratio of 2：1：0.5 had the highest catalytic activity and promoted soot oxidation at temperatures below 390℃. This indicated that the large number of oxygen vacancies in the catalyst structure generated oxygen species at low temperatures. Raman spectroscopy measurements revealed the presence of oxygen vacancies and lattice defects in Ce-Zn-La samples, which were key parameters concerning the stability and redox properties of the prepared catalysts.

关键词： Soot combustion Ceria Ternary mixed oxide Cordierite coating Diesel particulate filter

Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Network

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Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Heterogeneous Cognitive Radi...

作者： Miguel da.fonseca Quintas 北京邮电大学

学位级别：硕士

人类许多领域的活动依赖于蜂窝通讯的可用性。然而,尽管对频谱的需求很高,但研究表明频谱的利用率很低。有限的频谱可用性和低效率的现在导致了对新拓扑和新技术的需求以提高对频谱的利用。认知网络这一新概念正是在这种背景下被提出的... 详细信息

人类许多领域的活动依赖于蜂窝通讯的可用性。然而,尽管对频谱的需求很高,但研究表明频谱的利用率很低。有限的频谱可用性和低效率的现在导致了对新拓扑和新技术的需求以提高对频谱的利用。认知网络这一新概念正是在这种背景下被提出的,这种技术允许更有效的使用频带带宽。无线应用近年来发展迅猛。所以,电磁波谱越来越少。由于这个原因,研究人员对认知无线电的研究越来越感兴趣。认知无线电是一种可以动态编程和配置的智能技术。认知无线电网络的一个非常重要的任务是频谱感知,感知是否有可用的频谱。在多用户合作的情况下,所有的认知用户都会对频谱进行感知,然后向中央节点报告,该节点作为一个融合中心来做出频谱决策。这被称为集中合作频谱感知。异构网络由覆盖范围大、容量大的宏蜂窝,以及发送功率小、覆盖范围小的小蜂窝组成。异构网络保障了网络性能和用户的高通信速率。异构网络中,每个用户的感知能力不同,这个特征是不可忽视的。考虑到认知无线电网络的动态性和自治性以及异构网络高容量的需求,在异构网络中引入认知无线电技术可实现系统容量的进一步提升。因此,异构认知无线电网络的概念被提出,被研究用于系统性能的进一步提高。本文,我们说明了根据用户的异构能力,在接收频谱条件信息后通过中央节点与用户通信的方式,分配不同的本地检测算法,可以实现更好的频谱感知性能。通过研究和仿真分析,证明了在认知网络中充分利用每一个次用户的异构检测能力,可以大大提高频谱感知性能。本文首先调研了异构网络和认知无线电的研究现状,重点总结和比较了异构认知网络合作频谱感知技术和传统的合作频谱感知技术。然后结合异构网络的特征,利用MATLAB对合作频谱感知技术进行了仿真分析和比较。最后,为了增强合作频谱感知算法的性能,我们提出了一个新的基于次用户异构检测能力的合作频谱感知机制。在此机制中,认知用户将异构检测能力的相关参数将报告发送到中央节点,该节点作为一个融合中心,依次分析了二次用户的报告,根据每个次用户根据其异构检测特性选择最合适的频谱感知算法,并最终得到频谱感知结果。认知无线电网络根据频谱感知结果重新配置参数,在允许通信的波段上进行通讯。仿真结果表明,由于利用了认知用户的异构感知能力,本文提出的新算法可以大幅提升合作频谱感知的性能。

关键词：异构网络认知无线电合作频谱感知

Updates in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

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Hepatoma Research 2019年第10期5卷 19-31页

作者： Leonardo G.da.fonseca Flair JoséCarrilho Medical Oncology São Paulo Clínicas Liver Cancer GroupHospital das Clínicas ComplexInstituto do Cancer do Estado de São PauloUniversity of São Paulo School of MedicineSão PauloSP 05403-000Brazil Department of Gastroenterology São Paulo Clínicas Liver Cancer GroupHospital das Clínicas ComplexInstituto do Cancer do Estado de São PauloUniversity of São Paulo School of MedicineSão PauloSP 05403-000Brazil

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)carries an unfavorable prognosis and novel therapeutic strategies are *** now,only few systemic agents have improved survival in patients with advanced stage *** changed the landscape in several tumor types by producing unprecedented clinical outcomes with a favorable safety *** presents a particular immune-suppressive microenvironment and HCC develops in a background of chronic inflammation in the vast majority of *** this regard,immunotherapy may be a suitable *** research focused on therapies involving immune cells and anti-tumor immune response for HCC has shown encouraging preliminary *** checkpoint inhibitors,such the anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies,have provided durable responses in patients with advanced stage disease,although the pioneers phaseⅢtrials did not confirm survival superiority over the available *** vaccines,adoptive cellular therapies and combinations of local modalities with immunotherapy are promising approaches under active research.

关键词： Hepatocellular carcinoma immunotherapy immunosuppression prognosis immunology antibody vaccine

A Hybrid Statistical-Dynamical Downscaling of Air Temperature over Scandinavia Using the WRF Model

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Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 2020年第1期37卷 57-74页

作者： Jianfeng WANG Ricardo M.fonseca Kendall RUTLEDGE Javier MARTÍN-TORRES Jun YU Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics UmeåUniversitySE 90187UmeåSweden Group of Atmospheric Science Division of Space TechnologyDepartment of Computer ScienceElectrical and Space EngineeringLuleåUniversity of TechnologySE 97187 LuleåSweden Novia University of Applied Sciences PO BOX 6FI-65201 VaasaFinland Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra 18100 GranadaSpain The Pheasant Memorial Laboratory for Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Institute for Planetary MaterialsOkayama University at MisasaTottori 682-0193Japan

An accurate simulation of air temperature at local scales is crucial for the vast majority of weather and climate *** this work,a hybrid statistical–dynamical downscaling method and a high-resolution dynamical-only downscaling method are applied to daily mean,minimum and maximum air temperatures to investigate the quality of localscale estimates produced by *** two downscaling approaches are evaluated using station observation data obtained from the Finnish Meteorological Institute over a near-coastal region of western *** dynamical downscaling is performed with the Weather Research and Forecasting(WRF)model,and the statistical downscaling method implemented is the Cumulative Distribution Function-transform(CDF-t).The CDF-t is trained using 20 years of WRF-downscaled Climate Forecast System Reanalysis data over the region at a 3-km spatial resolution for the central month of each *** performance of the two methods is assessed qualitatively,by inspection of quantile-quantile plots,and quantitatively,through the Cramer-von Mises,mean absolute error,and root-mean-square error *** hybrid approach is found to provide significantly more skillful forecasts of the observed daily mean and maximum air temperatures than those of the dynamical-only downscaling(for all seasons).The hybrid method proves to be less computationally expensive,and also to give more skillful temperature forecasts(at least for the Finnish near-coastal region).

关键词： WRF air temperature Cumulative Distribution Function-transform hybrid statistical–dynamical downscaling,model evaluation Scandinavian Peninsula

A grain-size correction for metal pollution indexes in river sediments

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International Journal of Sediment Research 2021年第3期36卷 362-372页

作者： Thomas Vincent Gloaguen Paula Núbia Soares Dalto Motta Carolina.fonseca Couto Federal University of Reconcavo of Bahia Federal University of Minas Gerais

According to the List of Hazardous Substances of the Agency of the Toxic Substances and Disease Registry(ATSDR 2017), some metallic elements such as Pb or Cd are still considered as the most polluting elements in the world. These elements accumulate in sediments, and there are various methods available that differentiate lithogenic sources from anthropogenic sources. For that, the natural geochemical background is required, however, its definition is far from unanimous: it can be a global or local value,single or statistically estimated value, depending on the studies. Our study is focused on the Subae River in the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil, which was historically contaminated by lead metallurgy. The river sediments were sampled at 21 locations: one at the discharge point of the plant’s rainwater basin,ten upstream, and ten downstream. The total contents of Fe, Ti, Mn, Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, particle-size distribution, and organic matter were analyzed. The conventional geochemical indexes, i.e., the pollution degree(m Cd), pollution load index, and enrichment factor indicated contamination by Zn, Pb, Cr, and ***, a new enrichment factor is introduced, assuming that the sediments come from erosion of soils in the watershed. After obtaining the natural concentrations of metals in the clay, silt, and sand fractions of uncontaminated reference soils, we corrected the pollution indexes by calculating a new individual background in each sediment sample, according to its grain size distribution. This new approach provided more precise indexes in the assessment of sediment pollution, by highlighting higher contamination of Zn and Pb(around 50%) and at the same time the absence of Cr and Cu contamination, two metals not involved with the metallurgical activity.

关键词： Enrichment factor Estimated background Particle-size distribution

Mechanical stimulation devices formechanobiology studies:a market,literature,and patents review

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Bio-Design and Manufacturing 2023年第3期6卷 340-371页

作者： F.Melo-fonseca O.Carvalho M.Gasik G.Miranda F.S.Silva Center for MicroElectroMechanical Systems University of Minho(CMEMS-UMinho)Campus de Azurém4800-058 GuimarãesPortugal LABBELS–Associate Laboratory BragaGuimarãesPortugal International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory(INL) 4715-330 BragaPortugal School of Chemical Engineering Aalto University Foundation00076 EspooFinland Seqvera Ltd. HelsinkiFinland Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering CICECOAveiro Institute of MaterialsUniversity of Aveiro3810-193 AveiroPortugal

Significant advancements in various research and technological fields have contributed to remarkable findings on the physiological dynamics of the human *** closely mimic the complex physiological environment,research has moved from two-dimensional(2D)culture systems to more sophisticated three-dimensional(3D)dynamic *** bioreactors or microfluidic-based culture models,cells are typically seeded on polymeric substrates or incorporated into 3D constructs which are mechanically stimulated to investigate cell response to mechanical stresses,such as tensile or *** review focuses on the working principles of mechanical stimulation devices currently available on the market or custom-built by research groups or protected by patents and highlights the main features still open to *** are the features which could be focused on to perform,in the future,more reliable and accurate mechanobiology studies.

关键词： Biomaterials Polymers Actuators Mechanical stress Mechanotransduction