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  1. Article ; Online: Crater Detection and Recognition Method for Pose Estimation

    Zihao Chen / Jie Jiang

    Remote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 3467, p

    2021  Volume 3467

    Abstract: A crater detection and recognition algorithm is the key to pose estimation based on craters. Due to the changing viewing angle and varying height, the crater is imaged as an ellipse and the scale changes in the landing camera. In this paper, a robust and ...

    Abstract A crater detection and recognition algorithm is the key to pose estimation based on craters. Due to the changing viewing angle and varying height, the crater is imaged as an ellipse and the scale changes in the landing camera. In this paper, a robust and efficient crater detection and recognition algorithm for fusing the information of sequence images for pose estimation is designed, which can be used in both flying in orbit around and landing phases. Our method consists of two stages: stage 1 for crater detection and stage 2 for crater recognition. In stage 1, a single-stage network with dense anchor points (dense point crater detection network, DPCDN) is conducive to dealing with multi-scale craters, especially small and dense crater scenes. The fast feature-extraction layer (FEL) of the network improves detection speed and reduces network parameters without losing accuracy. We comprehensively evaluate this method and present state-of-art detection performance on a Mars crater dataset. In stage 2, taking the encoded features and intersection over union (IOU) of craters as weights, we solve the weighted bipartite graph matching problem, which is matching craters in the image with the previously identified craters and the pre-established craters database. The former is called “frame-frame match”, or FFM, and the latter is called “frame-database match”, or FDM. Combining the FFM with FDM, the recognition speed is enabled to achieve real-time on the CPU (25 FPS) and the average recognition precision is 98.5%. Finally, the recognition result is used to estimate the pose using the perspective-n-point (PnP) algorithm and results show that the root mean square error (RMSE) of trajectories is less than 10 m and the angle error is less than 1.5 degrees.
    Keywords crater detection ; crater recognition ; convolution neural network ; pose estimation ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 004
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article ; Online: Development of an Insect-like Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle with Parallel Control Mechanism

    Zihao Chen / Weiping Zhang / Jiawang Mou / Jiaxin Zhao

    Applied Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 3509, p

    2022  Volume 3509

    Abstract: Most traditional flapping-wing micro air vehicles (FMAVs) adopt a serial control mechanism, which means that one drive corresponds to one degree of freedom. However, the serial mechanism often struggles to meet FMAV requirements in terms of stiffness, ... ...

    Abstract Most traditional flapping-wing micro air vehicles (FMAVs) adopt a serial control mechanism, which means that one drive corresponds to one degree of freedom. However, the serial mechanism often struggles to meet FMAV requirements in terms of stiffness, size, and reliability. In order to realize a compact reliable control mechanism, we developed a two-wing insect-like FMAV with a parallel control mechanism. The prototype possesses an optimized string-based flapping wing mechanism, a 2RSS/U parallel control mechanism, and an onboard power supply and controller. The pulley’s profile of the string-based mechanism was refined to reduce the deformation and impact of the string. The parameters of the parallel mechanism were designed to enable the stroke plane to rotate a large angle to produce control torque. The prototype had a flapping frequency of 25 Hz, a full wingspan of 21 cm, and a total weight of 28 g. A PID controller with a decoupler based on the kinetics solution of parallel mechanism was designed to control the FMAV. A force and torque (F/T) experiment was carried out to obtain the lift and control torque of the prototype. The measured data showed that the flapping wing mechanism provided sufficient lift and the control mechanism generated a toque caused by the stroke plane rotation and trailing edge movement and were linear to the control input. A flight test was carried out to verify the flight stability of the prototype. The result shows that the attitude angle only fluctuates within a small range, which proved that the control mechanism and control strategy were successful.
    Keywords FMAV ; parallel mechanism ; stroke plane modulation ; trailing edge modulation ; Technology ; T ; Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ; TA1-2040 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Physics ; QC1-999 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 629
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  3. Article ; Online: Quantifying the Landscape and Transition Paths for Proliferation–Quiescence Fate Decisions

    Zihao Chen / Chunhe Li

    Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 2582, p

    2020  Volume 2582

    Abstract: The cell cycle, essential for biological functions, experiences delicate spatiotemporal regulation. The transition between G1 and S phase, which is called the proliferation–quiescence decision, is critical to the cell cycle. However, the stability and ... ...

    Abstract The cell cycle, essential for biological functions, experiences delicate spatiotemporal regulation. The transition between G1 and S phase, which is called the proliferation–quiescence decision, is critical to the cell cycle. However, the stability and underlying stochastic dynamical mechanisms of the proliferation–quiescence decision have not been fully understood. To quantify the process of the proliferation–quiescence decision, we constructed its underlying landscape based on the relevant gene regulatory network. We identified three attractors on the landscape corresponding to the G0, G1, and S phases, individually, which are supported by single-cell data. By calculating the transition path, which quantifies the potential barrier, we built expression profiles in temporal order for key regulators in different transitions. We propose that the two saddle points on the landscape characterize restriction point (RP) and G1/S checkpoint, respectively, which provides quantitative and physical explanations for the mechanisms of Rb governing the RP while p21 controlling the G1/S checkpoint. We found that Emi1 inhibits the transition from G0 to G1, while Emi1 in a suitable range facilitates the transition from G1 to S. These results are partially consistent with previous studies, which also suggested new roles of Emi1 in the cell cycle. By global sensitivity analysis, we identified some critical regulatory factors influencing the proliferation–quiescence decision. Our work provides a global view of the stochasticity and dynamics in the proliferation–quiescence decision of the cell cycle.
    Keywords cell cycle ; landscape ; proliferation–quiescence decision ; kinetic paths ; checkpoints ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 612
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  4. Article ; Online: Quantitative landscapes reveal trajectories of cell-state transitions associated with drug resistance in melanoma

    Maalavika Pillai / Zihao Chen / Mohit Kumar Jolly / Chunhe Li

    iScience, Vol 25, Iss 12, Pp 105499- (2022)

    2022  

    Abstract: Summary: Drug resistance and tumor relapse in patients with melanoma is attributed to a combination of genetic and non-genetic mechanisms. Dedifferentiation, a common mechanism of non-genetic resistance in melanoma is characterized by the loss of ... ...

    Abstract Summary: Drug resistance and tumor relapse in patients with melanoma is attributed to a combination of genetic and non-genetic mechanisms. Dedifferentiation, a common mechanism of non-genetic resistance in melanoma is characterized by the loss of melanocytic markers. While various molecular attributes of de-differentiation have been identified, the transition dynamics remain poorly understood. Here, we construct cell-state transition landscapes, to quantify the stochastic dynamics driving phenotypic switching in melanoma based on its underlying regulatory network. These landscapes reveal the existence of multiple alternative paths to resistance—de-differentiation and transition to a hyper-pigmented phenotype. Finally, by visualizing the changes in the landscape during in silico molecular perturbations, we identify combinatorial strategies that can lead to the most optimal outcome—a landscape with the minimum occupancy of the two drug-resistant states. Therefore, we present these landscapes as platforms to screen possible therapeutic interventions in terms of their ability to lead to the most favorable patient outcomes.
    Keywords Computational bioinformatics ; Cancer systems biology ; Cancer ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  5. Article ; Online: Region Matching of SAR Images Using Blocks for Target Recognition

    Chao Shan / Minggao Li / Zihao Chen / Lei Han

    Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Vol

    2021  Volume 2021

    Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) target recognition method based on image blocking and matching is proposed. The test SAR image is first separated into four blocks, which are analyzed and matched separately. For each block, the monogenic signal is ... ...

    Abstract A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) target recognition method based on image blocking and matching is proposed. The test SAR image is first separated into four blocks, which are analyzed and matched separately. For each block, the monogenic signal is employed to describe its time-frequency distribution and local details with a feature vector. The sparse representation-based classification (SRC) is used to classify the four monogenic feature vectors and produce the reconstruction error vectors. Afterwards, a random weight matrix with a rich set of weight vectors is used to linearly fuse the feature vectors and all the results are analyzed in a statistical way. Finally, a decision value is designed based on the statistical analysis to determine the target label. The proposed method is tested on the moving and stationary target acquisition and recognition (MSTAR) dataset and the results confirm the validity of the proposed method.
    Keywords Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ; RC321-571
    Subject code 006
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Hindawi Limited
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  6. Article ; Online: Single-Manufacturer Multi-Retailer Supply Chain Models with Discrete Stochastic Demand

    Yaqing Xu / Jiang Zhang / Zihao Chen / Yihua Wei

    Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 8271, p

    2021  Volume 8271

    Abstract: Although there are highly discrete stochastic demands in practical supply chain problems, they are seldom considered in the research on supply chain systems, especially the single-manufacturer multi-retailer supply chain systems. There are no significant ...

    Abstract Although there are highly discrete stochastic demands in practical supply chain problems, they are seldom considered in the research on supply chain systems, especially the single-manufacturer multi-retailer supply chain systems. There are no significant differences between continuous and discrete demand supply chain models, but the solutions for discrete random demand models are more challenging and difficult. This paper studies a supply chain system of a single manufacturer and multiple retailers with discrete stochastic demands. Each retailer faces a random discrete demand, and the manufacturer utilizes different wholesale prices to influence each retailer’s ordering decision. Both Make-To-Order and Make-To-Stock scenarios are considered. For each scenario, the corresponding Stackelberg game model is constructed respectively. By proving a series of theorems, we transfer the solution of the game model into non-linear integer programming model, which can be easily solved by a dynamic programming method. However, with the increase in the number of retailers and the production capacity of manufacturers, the computational complexity of dynamic programming drastically increases due to the Dimension Barrier. Therefore, the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) approach is introduced, which significantly reduces the computational complexity of solving the supply chain model.
    Keywords decentralized supply chain ; multiple retailers ; discrete demand ; Fast Fourier Transform ; Environmental effects of industries and plants ; TD194-195 ; Renewable energy sources ; TJ807-830 ; Environmental sciences ; GE1-350
    Subject code 510
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  7. Article ; Online: Novel Therapies for Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients with High-Grade Tumors

    Hao Lin / Lu Chen / Weizhong Li / Zihao Chen

    Life, Vol 11, Iss 813, p

    2021  Volume 813

    Abstract: Background: Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) patients with high-grade tumors usually suffer from high occurrence and poor prognosis. The current study aimed at finding the biomarkers related to tumor grades and proposing potential therapies by these ...

    Abstract Background: Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) patients with high-grade tumors usually suffer from high occurrence and poor prognosis. The current study aimed at finding the biomarkers related to tumor grades and proposing potential therapies by these biomarkers. Methods: The mRNA expression matrix of TSCC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was analyzed to identify hub proteins related to tumor grades. The mRNA expression patterns of these hub proteins between TSCC and adjacent control samples were validated in three independent TSCC data sets (i.e., GSE9844, GSE30784, and GSE13601). The correlation between cell cycle index and immunotherapy efficacy was tested on the IMvigor210 data set. Based on the structure of hub proteins, virtual screening was applied to compounds to find the potential inhibitors. Results: A total of six cell cycle biomarkers (i.e., BUB1, CCNB2, CDC6, CDC20, CDK1, and MCM2) were selected as hub proteins by protein–protein interaction (PPI) analysis. In the validation data sets, the mRNA expression levels of these hub proteins were higher in tumor samples versus normal controls. The cell cycle index was constructed by the mRNA expression levels of these hub proteins, and patients with a high cell cycle index demonstrated favorable drug response to the immunotherapy. Three small molecules (i.e., ZINC100052685, ZINC8214703, and ZINC85537014) were found to bind with hub proteins and selected as drug candidates. Conclusion: The cell cycle index might provide a novel reference for selecting appropriate cancer patient candidates for immunotherapy. The current research might contribute to the development of precision medicine and improve the prognosis of TSCC.
    Keywords TSCC ; cell cycle ; immunotherapy ; drug candidates ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 616
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  8. Article ; Online: Assessing the Spatial Accessibility of Urban Medical Facilities in Multi-Level and Multi-Period Scales Based on Web Mapping API and an Improved Potential Model

    Jingyong Wang / Yuwei Su / Zihao Chen / Lixuan Tang / Guoen Wang / Jiangping Wang

    ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 11, Iss 545, p

    2022  Volume 545

    Abstract: Urban medical facilities are an irreplaceable foundation for ensuring higher levels of public health and medical equity. Hospital accessibility has an extremely important impact on the allocation efficiency and fairness of medical facilities. Although ... ...

    Abstract Urban medical facilities are an irreplaceable foundation for ensuring higher levels of public health and medical equity. Hospital accessibility has an extremely important impact on the allocation efficiency and fairness of medical facilities. Although critical, previous studies on accessibility have often overlooked the layout of medical facilities at different levels and the accurate measures of travel time to hospitals, which are both the most critical and fundamental indicators when assessing hospital accessibility. To avoid these pitfalls, this study considers the Shijingshan District, Beijing, China, as an empirical case and proposes an improved potential model based on Web Mapping API (Application Programming Interface) to assess the hospital accessibility of hospitals at different levels during different time periods. Results show that there are significant spatial and temporal differences in hospital accessibility in Shijingshan District, and traffic congestion and the layout of medical facilities are the two most important factors affecting hospital accessibility. This study further improves the hospital accessibility assessment method, with the findings provide a spatial decision support system for urban planners and policymakers regarding optimizing the spatial structure and layout of transportation systems and medical facilities.
    Keywords hospital accessibility ; improved potential model ; web mapping API ; medical facility ; medical equity ; Geography (General) ; G1-922
    Subject code 360
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  9. Article ; Online: Measuring sound velocity based on acoustic resonance using multiple narrow band transducers

    Na Li / Zihao Chen / Jiejun Zhu / Mi Hyun Choi / Jin Yang / Zhen Yuan / Lei Sun / Chunlong Fei / Zhihai Qiu

    Heliyon, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp e14227- (2023)

    2023  

    Abstract: The sound velocity in a medium is closely related to its material properties, including its composition, structure, density, pressure, and temperature. Various methods have been developed to determine the sound velocity through materials. Among them, a ... ...

    Abstract The sound velocity in a medium is closely related to its material properties, including its composition, structure, density, pressure, and temperature. Various methods have been developed to determine the sound velocity through materials. Among them, a strategy based on ultrasound resonance frequency has been most widely used due to the simplicity. However, it requires a transducer with a wide bandwidth to cover enough resonance frequencies to perform the consequent calculations. In this paper, we develop a resonance method for measuring sound velocity, using multi-frequency narrow-band transducers breaking through the limitation of transducer bandwidth on the utilization of the resonance method. We use different transducers at different center frequencies and with different bandwidth to measure the sound velocity in 100-μm and 400-μm thick steel pieces. The measurement results of different combinations are in good agreement, verifying that the use of multi-frequency narrow-band transducer combinations. Given that most therapeutic transducers have a narrow bandwidth, this method can be used during intracranial ultrasound stimulation to optimize targeting by non-invasively measuring the sound velocity in the skull, especially at thinner locations.
    Keywords Sound velocity measurement ; Multiple ultrasound transducers ; Multiple frequencies ; Resonance frequency ; Science (General) ; Q1-390 ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99
    Subject code 621
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  10. Article ; Online: DeepsmirUD

    Jianfeng Sun / Jinlong Ru / Lorenzo Ramos-Mucci / Fei Qi / Zihao Chen / Suyuan Chen / Adam P. Cribbs / Li Deng / Xia Wang

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 24, Iss 1878, p

    Prediction of Regulatory Effects on microRNA Expression Mediated by Small Molecules Using Deep Learning

    2023  Volume 1878

    Abstract: Aberrant miRNA expression has been associated with a large number of human diseases. Therefore, targeting miRNAs to regulate their expression levels has become an important therapy against diseases that stem from the dysfunction of pathways regulated by ... ...

    Abstract Aberrant miRNA expression has been associated with a large number of human diseases. Therefore, targeting miRNAs to regulate their expression levels has become an important therapy against diseases that stem from the dysfunction of pathways regulated by miRNAs. In recent years, small molecules have demonstrated enormous potential as drugs to regulate miRNA expression (i.e., SM-miR). A clear understanding of the mechanism of action of small molecules on the upregulation and downregulation of miRNA expression allows precise diagnosis and treatment of oncogenic pathways. However, outside of a slow and costly process of experimental determination, computational strategies to assist this on an ad hoc basis have yet to be formulated. In this work, we developed, to the best of our knowledge, the first cross-platform prediction tool, DeepsmirUD, to infer small-molecule-mediated regulatory effects on miRNA expression (i.e., upregulation or downregulation). This method is powered by 12 cutting-edge deep-learning frameworks and achieved AUC values of 0.843/0.984 and AUCPR values of 0.866/0.992 on two independent test datasets. With a complementarily constructed network inference approach based on similarity, we report a significantly improved accuracy of 0.813 in determining the regulatory effects of nearly 650 associated SM-miR relations, each formed with either novel small molecule or novel miRNA. By further integrating miRNA–cancer relationships, we established a database of potential pharmaceutical drugs from 1343 small molecules for 107 cancer diseases to understand the drug mechanisms of action and offer novel insight into drug repositioning. Furthermore, we have employed DeepsmirUD to predict the regulatory effects of a large number of high-confidence associated SM-miR relations. Taken together, our method shows promise to accelerate the development of potential miRNA targets and small molecule drugs.
    Keywords drug discovery ; miRNAs ; small molecule compounds ; regulatory effect prediction ; deep learning ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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