Line Crossings Research Articles

Diastasis coronal suture fracture with frontoparietal (vertex) epidural hematoma in adult

Introduction: Vertex epidural hematoma (VEDH) is an uncommon presentation of extra-axial hematomas and comprises 1-8% of all extradural hematomas. It can represent a surgical dilemma regarding when and how to operate, particularly considering the potential implication of the superior sagittal sinus (SSS). It is estimated that up to 85%-95% of EDHs are associated with skull fractures. Nonetheless, diastasis of cranial sutures in adults has scarce scientific reports, let alone with associated epidural hematoma. Cases: We reported a 42-year-old male patient who came with a main complaint of a lacerated wound on his head due to an accident when he repaired the truck tire. His GCS score was 15 without any neurological deficit. A Head CT scan revealed a hyperdense biconvex lesion on the frontoparietal (vertex), frontal sinus depressed fracture and diastasis fracture of the coronal suture. Craniotomy evacuated EDH and craniectomy elevated depressed fracture with cranialization of frontal sinus were performed. Postoperative there is no surgery complication. Discussion: Vertex epidural hematoma (VEDH) frequently causes a diagnostic dilemma, both clinically and radiographically. Clinically, VEDH are often indicated by elevated intracranial pressure (a headache which is usually severe and unrelenting, nausea, visual impairment, and vomiting). Those resulted from compression of the venous outflow at the SSS and subsequently decreased absorption and outflow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which may not contribute to the establishment of a specific diagnosis. Vertex fractures are present in most cases with a linear fracture line crosses (usually horizontally) the sagittal suture overlying the hematoma or diastasis of the coronal and/or sagittal suture, with or without significant external sub-galeal hematomas, indicating a vertex impact. Conclusion: Vertex epidural hematoma is a rare case. In this case, the patient had GCS score 15 without any neurological deficit. The prompt decision to surgery is vital for good outcomes for the patient with VEDH.

A QCA placement and routing algorithm based on the SA algorithm

ABSTRACT In the Beyond Moore era, QCA (Quantum-dot Cellular Automata) has been widely studied because of its low power consumption and high device concentration. As the core of chip design, EDA technology has become an indispensable step in QCA research. It refers to the use of computer-aided design software to complete large-scale circuit function design, logic synthesis, placement and routing, design rule check and other processes. In the present study, there are still many defects in QCA placement and routing. The main problems it faces are low success rate, too large area and too many cross lines. To address these problems, our team had proposed a hybrid strategy based on the genetic algorithm and the improved A-star algorithm. But the running time of the previously proposed algorithm is not satisfying, besides it lacks self-adaption feature which is important as the problem size varies among different circuits. This paper replaces the genetic algorithm with a simulated annealing algorithm, and introduces a self-adaption strategy to better accommodate different circuit sizes. Experimental results show that the new algorithm combination possesses a higher success rate, lower running time and more intelligent adaption ability.

Relationship Between Leadership Function of Gapoktan and Success Rate of Rural Agribusiness Business Development Program (PUAP)

The purpose of this study is to determine the efforts to improve infrastructure in services and economic growth as well as to determine the impact of increased infrastructure on services and economic growth. The results showed that efforts to improve infrastructure in services and economic growth one of them is the realization of the construction of the Southern Cross Line (JLS). JLS is included in one of the efforts to improve infrastructure in services and economic growth, especially in the southern part of Java. JLS development is a national project. JLS is part of the construction of the south coast of Java Road (Pansela), starting from Pacitan, Trenggalek, Tulungagung Blitar, Malang, Lumajang, Jember and Banyuwangi. The results also show that through the construction of the Southern Cross Line (JLS) is expected to improve services and economic growth, especially economic growth in the southern part of Java considering the income and economic inequality between Southern and Northern Java. The southern part of Java can be categorized as poor, given the limited access to infrastructure.

Improving the network architecture of YOLOv7 to achieve real-time grading of canola based on kernel health

The occurrence of heated and immature canola kernels caused by excessive drying and frost damage is undesired by grain buyers due to lower oil yield and diminished market value. The current grading process is visually examining each kernel's endosperm color and counting the damaged seeds. As this process is time-consuming, laborious, and prone to errors, this study proposes an automated grading technique based on object detection, multi-object tracking, and counting. The detection task was achieved via an improved YOLOv7 network (YOLOv7_ours) that was modified to increase its performance in accurately identifying small objects by adding two convolutional block attention modules in the neck region and decrease its computational complexity (cost) and size by substituting convolutional layers with ghost layers in all the Efficient Layer Aggregation Networks modules, and in the Spatial Pyramid Pooling Cross Stage Partial module present in YOLOv7. The weights of the trained network were fed to the ByteTrack multiple object tracker to track the detections frame-by-frame in a video feed. The unique identities generated by the tracker for each detected object of interest were then used to count the number of defects using a line cross algorithm. The mean average precision (mAP@0.5) obtained after training the YOLOv7_ours model was 1.02% better and its cost and size were 32.1% and 37.1% lower than the baseline YOLOv7 model. In a test video, the overall model achieved a multi-object tracking accuracy and counting accuracy of 84.8% and 93.9%, respectively. This three-stage model can be readily deployed in an edge device for accurate and real-time grading of canola kernels by grain buyers.

Design and Implementation of 3.2-GHz Co-Planar Miniaturized Antenna for S-Band Communication and Wireless Applications

The use of miniaturized antennas in wireless communications is very common. In the current paper, a miniature coplanar-waveguide fed-rectangular patch antenna with semicircular ground is presented. The antenna performance was studied at two different configurations; straight and bent. Cross lines were added to ensure the obtained frequency band. Different parameters were evaluated including return-loss, radiation-pattern, gain and band-width. These parameters were analyzed numerically after twisting along both X and Y axis. Additionally, a prototype of the straight structured antenna is fabricated, and compared with the simulation results. The numerical results show high return loss (− 33 dB) at the straight structure, while the measured return loss decreased to − 28 dB. The bandwidth was 0.75-GHz in case of the straight structure and the measured bandwidth 0.18 GHz. The obtained gain at the resonance frequency is − 13 dB. Moreover, the proposed antenna resonates at frequency 3.22-GHz making it suitable for wireless communications, WIMAX and microwave S-band applications.

Analysis of the intestinal microbiome in young laying hens of the "Hi-Line" cross against the background of the use of the mineral shungite

Growing young chickens under conditions of intensive keeping technology can lead to a decrease in nonspecific resistance, the manifestation of immunodeficiencies and increased susceptibility of the bird to adverse environmental factors and various opportunistic microorganisms. The presence of mycotoxins in feed is one of the main feed stresses. At the same time, stresses associated with vaccinations are added in the future and, of course, heat stresses play a special role in the summer months. The purpose of the work is to study the influence of the domestic natural adaptogen from the mineral shungite on productivity indicators and on the composition of the intestinal microbiome in young chickens of egg breed. The object of research was young laying hens of the High Line cross. To conduct the experiment at a day old, 3 groups of young animals were formed (1 control and 2 experimental - with different concentrations of the mineral shungite). The raw material for the production of a mineral additive from shungite was shungite from the Zazhogino deposit (Republic of Karelia, Medvezhyegorsk region). Fraction 0.2-0.8 mm, humidity up to 10%. Carbon content (C) 25-35%. The composition of the compound feed formula was developed in order to increase the immune status of chickens, accelerate the development of the internal organs of chickens in the early period and, as a result, increase the safety, uniformity and business yield of pullets. The intestinal microbiome of young laying hens was determined using high throughput sequencing. It should be noted that among the bacteria inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract, the function of digestion is performed by several phyla, the main part of which are bacteria of the phyla Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. Thus, based on the results of high-throughput sequencing, the corrective effect of the adaptogen from shungite at different concentrations on the composition of the bird's intestinal microflora was established. The positive effect of shungite at a concentration of 1.0 kg/t of feed on the increase in the number of normoflora of blind processes was confirmed. A significant effect of the additive from the mineral shungite on the number of cellulolytic bacteria was revealed.

Stacked ensembles on basis of parentage information can predict hybrid performance with an accuracy comparable to marker-based GBLUP.

Testcross factorials in newly established hybrid breeding programs are often highly unbalanced, incomplete, and characterized by predominance of special combining ability (SCA) over general combining ability (GCA). This results in a low efficiency of GCA-based selection. Machine learning algorithms might improve prediction of hybrid performance in such testcross factorials, as they have been successfully applied to find complex underlying patterns in sparse data. Our objective was to compare the prediction accuracy of machine learning algorithms to that of GCA-based prediction and genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) in six unbalanced incomplete factorials from hybrid breeding programs of rapeseed, wheat, and corn. We investigated a range of machine learning algorithms with three different types of predictor variables: (a) information on parentage of hybrids, (b) in addition hybrid performance of crosses of the parental lines with other crossing partners, and (c) genotypic marker data. In two highly incomplete and unbalanced factorials from rapeseed, in which the SCA variance contributed considerably to the genetic variance, stacked ensembles of gradient boosting machines based on parentage information outperformed GCA prediction. The stacked ensembles increased prediction accuracy from 0.39 to 0.45, and from 0.48 to 0.54 compared to GCA prediction. The prediction accuracy reached by stacked ensembles without marker data reached values comparable to those of GBLUP that requires marker data. We conclude that hybrid prediction with stacked ensembles of gradient boosting machines based on parentage information is a promising approach that is worth further investigations with other data sets in which SCA variance is high.

Quercetin mitigates depression-like behavior via the suppression of neuroinflammation and oxidative damage in corticosterone-induced mice

Depression is a clinically common and easily overlooked mental disease. Quercetin is a flavonoid compound, which has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant roles. Previous reports presented the anti-depressant role of quercetin. Nevertheless, the latent mechanism of the anti-depressant function of quercetin is blurry. This research aimed to probe its effects on corticosterone (CORT)-induced depression-like behaviors and explore the underlying mechanism. A depression model was established by subcutaneous injection of CORT (20 mg/kg). Thereafter, CORT-treated mice were given 40 mg/kg and 80 mg/kg of quercetin by gavage. This study found that quercetin mitigated depression-like behaviors, as evidenced by increased the number of line crossings, swimming time, and time spent in open arm and reduced thigmotaxis time in CORT-challenged mice in open field test and decreased immobility time as well as the swimming and climbing time in forced swim test and increased number of head dips, time spent and entries in open arm elevated plus maze test. Also, quercetin exerted anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation effects in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of CORT-induced mice. Additionally, quercetin alleviated the pathological injury of the liver tissue and weakened alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentrations of the serum in CORT-induced mice. Quercetin also suppressed Caspase-3 content but advanced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) contents in hippocampus of CORT-treated mice. Based on these results, quercetin mitigated CORT-induced depression-like behaviors, and the mechanism was partly related to the repression of neuroinflammation and oxidative damage.

High band-width mid-infrared frequency-modulated Faraday rotation spectrometer for time resolved measurement of the OH radical.

We present a novel mid-infrared frequency-modulated Faraday rotation spectrometer (FM-FRS) for highly sensitive and high bandwidth detection of OH radicals in a photolysis reactor. High frequency modulation (up to 150 MHz) of the probe laser using an electro-optical modulator (EOM) was used to produce a modulation sideband on the laser output. An axial magnetic field was applied to the multi-pass Herriott cell, causing the linearly polarized light to undergo Faraday rotation. OH radicals were generated in the cell by photolyzing a mixture of ozone (O3) and water (H2O) with a UV laser pulse. The detection limit of OH reaches 6.8 × 108 molecule/cm3 (1σ, 0.2 ms) after 3 and falling to 8.0 × 107 molecule/cm3 after 100 event integrations. Relying on HITRAN absorption cross section and line shape data, this corresponds to minimum detectable fractional absorption (Amin) of 1.9 × 10-5 and 2.2 × 10-6, respectively. A higher signal-to-noise ratio and better long-term stability was achieved than with conventional FMS because the approach was immune to interference from diamagnetic species and residual amplitude modulation noise. To our knowledge, this work reports the first detection of OH in a photolysis reactor by FM-FRS in the mid-infrared region, a technique that will provide a new and alternative spectroscopic approach for the kinetic study of OH and other intermediate radicals.

EFFICIENCY OF USING MALES OF DIFFERENT GENOTYPES AS PARENTAL FORM OF THE CROSS

Introduction. Rabbit meat production can be an important element in solving the problem of lack of dietary protein for the growing human population all over the world, especially in developing countries. Compared to other types of animals, the advantage of rabbits is that rabbit meat has a high protein content and low fat and cholesterol content, has excellent taste qualities, and is a product of healthy and dietary nutrition.
 Using crossbreeding increase the productivity of rabbits due to the effect of heterosis. However, taking into account the fact that the modern technology of industrial rabbit breeding involves the use of rabbits of various crosses, which are imported into our country, there is a need to investigate the possibility of using males of different genotypes as the parent form of the cross and their influence on the reproductive characteristics of female rabbits. Thus, the purpose of the study was to study the selection characteristics of males of different genotypes and the effectiveness of their use as parental forms of the cross.
 Materials and methods of research. The research was carried out in the conditions of "Krolikoff Farm" LLC, which is located in the Uman district of the Cherkasy region, during 2022. The research was conducted using males of four genotypes: males of the parent form of the Hyla – Hyla Max cross (HM, n = 15), males of the parent form of the Hyplus PS59 cross (PS59, n = 15), males of the Termon white breed (TB, n = 12), males of the Poltava silver breed (PS, n = 9). Males were used on female rabbits of the maternal form of the Hyla – Hyla NG cross, from which 4 groups were formed, depending on the genotype of the breeder, with the sperm of which the female rabbits were inseminated. Females of group I were inseminated with sperm of Hyla Max males, group II – Hyplus PS59, group III – Termon white breed, group IV – Poltava silver breed. The females of the experimental groups were similar in age, live weight, and number of hatchlings.
 Research results. Analyzing the results of research on the productivity characteristics of males of different genotypes, it was established that males of the Hyplus PS59 parental form had the highest live weight, it was 0.41 kg more (p ≤ 0.001) than males of the Hyla – Hyla Max parental form. The live weight of the males of the Termon white breed was 14% lower (p ≤ 0.001), and that of the males of the Poltava silver breed was 18% lower (p ≤ 0.001) than that of the Hyla Max males. This fact can be explained by the implementation of directed selection work with males of the original lines of crosses based on live weight indicators.
 Hyla Max males had the highest ejaculate volume values. However, it should be noted that the males of the Thermon white breed were slightly inferior to the males of the parent form of the Hyla cross in terms of this indicator. Males of the Poltava silver breed had the lowest value of ejaculate volume.
 As a result of the research, it was established that female rabbits inseminated with the sperm of Hyla Max males had the highest litter size. Rabbit does inseminated with PS59 males had 5.6% lower fertility than female rabbits inseminated with Hyla Max males, and rabbits inseminated with Termon White males had a 6.9% lower fertility rate. The highest value of high fertility was recorded in female rabbits inseminated with the sperm of PS59 males. There was no significant difference between the high fertility of female rabbits on which Hyla Max males and Termon white males were used. Female rabbits inseminated with males of the Poltava silver breed had the lowest fertility.
 Conclusions. According to the results of the conducted research, it can be stated that the most effective as a parent form of the cross is the use of Hyla Max males, however, the use of males of the Termon white breed of rabbits as a parent form of the cross is expedient due to the high cost of imported cross males. At the same time, the productivity of female rabbits remains at a high level, and according to some signs, female rabbits on which cross males were used prevail.

The Impact of Infrastructure Escalation on Services and Economic Growth in Southern East Java

The purpose of this study is to determine the efforts to improve infrastructure in services and economic growth as well as to determine the impact of increased infrastructure on services and economic growth. The results showed that efforts to improve infrastructure in services and economic growth one of them is the realization of the construction of the Southern Cross Line (JLS). JLS is included in one of the efforts to improve infrastructure in services and economic growth, especially in the southern part of Java. JLS development is a national project. JLS is part of the construction of the south coast of Java Road (Pansela), starting from Pacitan, Trenggalek, Tulungagung Blitar, Malang, Lumajang, Jember and Banyuwangi. The results also show that through the construction of the Southern Cross Line (JLS) is expected to improve services and economic growth, especially economic growth in the southern part of Java considering the income and economic inequality between Southern and Northern Java. The southern part of Java can be categorized as poor, given the limited access to infrastructure.

Artifacts in two-dimensional shear wave elastography of liver.

Artifacts are common when using two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2-D SWE) to measure liver stiffness (LS), but they are poorly recognized. To investigate the presence and influence of artifacts in 2-D SWE of liver. We included 158 patients with chronic liver disease, who underwent 2-D SWE examination by a novice and an expert. A cross line at the center of the elastogram was drawn and was divided it into four locations: top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right. The occurrence frequency of artifacts in different locations was compared. The influence of artifacts on the LS measurements was evaluated by comparing the elastogram with the most artifacts (EMA) and the elastogram with the least artifacts (ELA). The percentage of elastograms with artifacts in the novice (51.7%) was significantly higher than that of the expert (19.6%) (P < 0.001). It was found that both operators had the highest frequency of artifacts at bottom-left, followed by top-left and bottom-right, and top-right had the lowest frequency. The LS values (LSVs) and standard deviation values of EMAs were significantly higher than those of ELAs for both operators. An intraclass correlation coefficient value of 0.96 was found in the LSVs of EMAs of the two operators, and it increased to 0.98 when the LSVs of the ELAs were used. Both operators had lower stability index values for EMAs than ELAs, but the difference was only statistically significant for the novice. Artifacts are common when using 2-D SWE to measure LS, especially for the novice. Artifacts may lead to the overestimation of LS and reduce the repeatability and reliability of LS measurements.

On melting of Boltzmann system of quantum hard spheres.

Melting of a quantum system of hard spheres has been considered in the case when the effects of Bose and Fermi statistics can be neglected. It has been found that the quantum melting line always differs from the classical line except for T = 0, P = 0, where the both lines cross. It is shown that the classical limit is not reachable at any finite temperature.

Genetic dissection of popping quality traits in tropical popcorn (Zea mays L. var. everta)

Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) for popping-related traits viz., popping percentage (PP), popping expansion volume (PEV), flake volume (FV) and seed index (SI), is important in popcorn breeding. Therefore, 198 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from a cross of popcorn and field corn lines were phenotyped for popping traits and genotyped using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). In the RILs, mean values for PP, FV, PEV and SI ranged from 15.7 to 95.4%, 14.0–484.4 cm, 1.6–21.4 cm and 9.0–28.6 g, respectively. The broad sense heritability (H2%) of the target traits ranged from 82.2 to 96.1% within and 58.9–71.0% between environments. The linkage map based on 6627 filtered single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was 2124.30 cM with an average markers interval of 0.33 cM. We mapped four major stable QTLs, one for each SI, PEV, PP and FV on chromosomes 3, 5, 6 and 9, and one minor stable QTL for FV on Chromosome 9 explaining 9.30–29.29% of the phenotypic variance. One major and two minor environment-specific QTLs were mapped on chromosomes 1 and 4 for PEV and SI. In addition, genes involved in kernel endosperm development and metabolic processes were identified and these all can be explored in popcorn improvement.

Productivity of cows depending on the type of mating and genotype of sires

At breeding enterprises, the number of sires of Holstein breed homozygous for the genotype of the ЕАВ-locus is increasing, and there is a tendency for inbreeding coefficients to increase in populations of this breed. The dairy productivity of fi rst-calf heifers obtained from heterozygous and homozygous sires, as well as the change in indicators per generation with intra-line mating and line crosses were studied. It was found that in terms of the total yield of milk fat and protein for 305 days of lactation in the line Wes Back Ideal 1013415, the fi rst-calf heifers obtained from intra-line mating and line crossing exceeded the cows their mothers by 21,4 kg, and in the whole group of fi rst-calf heifers of homozygous sires this indicator was 51,0 kg higher against the average of fi rst-calf heifers of heterozygous sires. At the same time, for the cow-mothers of these groups, the corresponding diff erence was negative: –31,6 and –64,7 kg. Similar data were revealed for another main line Refl ection Sovereign 198998. When mating heterozygous sires according to the variants of line crosses, the milk yield was 227 kg higher (p &lt; 0,05), but the mass fat fraction in milk decreased by 0,06 – 0,08 abs.% (p &lt; 0,01). However, the levels of manifestation of traits among fi rst-calf heifers in comparison with cow-mothers with intra-line mating increased by groups of homozygous sires in milk yield by 32,5 %, mass fat fraction by 17,6 % and mass protein fraction by 25,0 %. The correlation coefficients «mother – daughter» for milk yield, mass fat fraction and mass protein fraction were relatively higher in the group of homozygous sires, whose heritability coeffi cient in one of the farms for milk yield was higher by 0,495, mass fat fraction by 0,305; mass protein fraction by –0,110, and in the other, respectively, by 0,026; 0,161; 0,121. The conclusion is made about a higher prepotency of heterozygous sires with improving mating.

Hybridization and Growth Performance of Progeny from Crosses between Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus sp.

Mixed hybridisation trials involving Clarias gariepinus (CG), Heterobranchus longifilis (HL), and Heterobranchus bidorsalis (HB) were carried out with success using Ovulin as inducing agent. The crossing was followed by an early growth trial using post-yolk sac larvae that lasted ten days. Latency periods in the two catfishes differ, with 11 hours in crosses involving female CG and 12 hours in crosses involving female HL. The fertilisation rates of eggs from the females of the two species indicate that there is no significant discernment in fertilisation (p&gt;0.05), with values ranging from 68.38% (CG×HB) to 80.94% (HL×CG). However, rates &lt;80% indicate egg quality problems. The hatching rate was significantly higher (p&lt;0.05) in both C. gariepinus (62.12%) and Heterobranchus sp. (47.75%) line crosses than the hybrids. There is an additive genetic effect due to the combination of pure-line male and female gametes that elicit better growth as against survival in crosses involving C. gariepinus. The genotype for better survival is in the maternal line of H. longifilis. These culminate into heterosis for growth in hybrid CG×HB and survival in hybrid HL×CG.

Mapping and characterization of the recessive leaf rust resistance gene Lr83 on wheat chromosome arm 1DS

The leaf rust resistance gene in Thatcher wheat derivative 78-1 was mapped to chromosome 1DS with SNP markers and designated as Lr83. 'Thatcher' wheat near isogenic line RL6149, a putative derivative of Triticum dicoccoides, was previously determined to carry leaf rust resistance gene Lr64 on chromosome arm 6AL and a second gene temporarily named LrX on chromosome arm 1DS. The objective of this study was to map and characterize LrX in a population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) that segregated for a single gene. Thatcher line 78-1 with LrX was crossed with Thatcher and individual F2 seedlings and F6 RILs were evaluated for leaf rust response. The 208 F2 plants segregated for a single recessive gene and 148 F6 lines for a single gene. The RILs and parents were characterized by genotyping by sequencing (GBS). Six GBS markers and five Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) markers were used to map LrX on the distal region of chromosome arm 1DS. LrX was 1 centiMorgan (cM) proximal to marker K-IWB38437 and 0.4cM distal to GBS marker 1D_9037138. Line 78-1 was crossed with Thatcher wheat lines with Lr21, Lr42, and Lr60 for allelism tests. LrX mapped 19.49cM from Lr21 and 11.93cM from Lr42. In the cross of line 78-1 with the Thatcher line with Lr60, one recombinant in 1,003 F2 plants was found. LrX and Lr60 are at tightly linked loci on the distal region of chromosome arm 1DS. The gene in line 78-1 was designated as Lr83. Cytological examination of RL6149 provided no evidence of transfer of a chromosome segment of an A- or B-genome chromosome to chromosome 1D.

Natural genetic variation in a dopamine receptor is associated with variation in female fertility in Drosophila melanogaster.

Fertility is a major component of fitness but its genetic architecture remains poorly understood. Using a full diallel cross of 50 Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel inbred lines with whole genome sequences, we found substantial genetic variation in fertility largely attributable to females. We mapped genes associated with variation in female fertility by genome-wide association analysis of common variants in the fly genome. Validation of candidate genes by RNAi knockdown confirmed the role of the dopamine 2-like receptor (Dop2R) in promoting egg laying. We replicated the Dop2R effect in an independently collected productivity dataset and showed that the effect of the Dop2R variant was mediated in part by regulatory gene expression variation. This study demonstrates the strong potential of genome-wide association analysis in this diverse panel of inbred strains and subsequent functional analyses for understanding the genetic architecture of fitness traits.

Position and Direction Measurement of Rock Bolt Hole Using Cross Line Laser and Camera

In this paper, we propose a new position and direction measurement method of rock bolt hole with a cross line laser. A combination of the light-sectioning method and a hole detection in an image is used to estimate a hole position and direction. Experimental results in a tunnel under construction show that the proposed method can measure positions and directions with high accuracy.

6.3: Improving Cross Line Defects of Ultra Narrow Bezel Displays by Decreasing Foreign Matter

Cross line defects are stubborn problems which puzzles ultra narrow bezel displays for a long time. It not only seriously lower yield of ultra narrow bezel displays, but also is difficult to repair in cell processing by NRP (normal repair). In this paper we mainly describe improving cross line defects by decreasingforeign matter in the process of CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition).