This paper presents a traffic-adaptive contention-free period (CFP) extension (TaCFPext) protocol for IEEE 802.15.4 deterministic and synchronous multichannel extension (DSME) medium access control (MAC), which aims to satisfy the traffic adaptability requirement of industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs).The legacy DSME standard has limitation
BackgroundCRSwNP is an inflammatory disease but the mechanism is not yet fully understood.MiR-21, a member of miRNAs, has been reported to play roles in mediating inflammation.However, the expression of miR-21 and its role in patients with CRSwNP remain elusive.MethodsTurbinates from control subjects, uncinate processes from CRSsNP, polyp tissues f
The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a socially monogamous and colonial opportunistic breeder with pronounced sexual differences in singing and plumage coloration.Its natural history has led to it becoming a model Girls Beanie species for research into sex differences in vocal communication, as well as behavioral, neural and genomic studies of
Background: Secondary thyroid cancer is much less frequent than primary and in the majority of cases represents disseminated disease where operation on thyroid is useless or thyroid tumor is not operable, infiltrating surrounding structures.Methods: Five case reports of patients operated for secondary thyroid cancer.Results: Case 1: In male patient
On the one hand, the solution of computer vision tasks is associated with the development of various kinds of images or random fields mathematical models, i.e., algorithms, that are called traditional image processing.On the other hand, nowadays, deep learning methods play an important role in image recognition tasks.Such methods are based on convo