Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are highly nonlinear and underactuated in nature as they possess fewer control inputs than control variables.A combination multiple UAVs conveying a single load is more complex but offers some advantages due to it’s complimentary nature, as such, heavier loads can be conveyed compared to using single

Chinese quantifiers are heavily loaded with Chinese culture, making it challenging to translate them into idiomatic English.The majority of earlier studies only examined linguistically the English translations of Chinese quantifiers.The interpretation of linguistic information, however, is a developing and pivotal stage of cognition in the translat

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

Abstract Background The inflammatory disease periodontitis results in tooth loss and can even lead to diseases of the whole body if not treated.Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) reflects the condition of the gingiva and contains proteins transuded from serum or cells at inflamed sites.In this study, we aimed to discover potential protein biomarkers f

Adverse experiences in early life can increase mental vulnerability to immune challenges experienced later in life, which may induce the development of stress-related psychopathologies.Here, we investigated whether the combined effect of both events is higher if the first adverse experience occurs when the brain is still in development.Therefore, m