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Endoscopic Epilepsy Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Ruchika F.N.U , Chaturvedi Jitender , Rao Malla Bhaskara , Mudgal Shiv Kumar , Kumar Mritunjai , Gupta Mohit , Singh Rahul , Gupta Priyanka , Agrawal Sanjay 
Published: October 2024

AbstractEndoscopic epilepsy surgery is a fast emerging minimally invasive alternative to open surgery. The approach minimizes the extent of bone and brain resection and reduces surgical morbidity. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to evaluate the favorable outcome of seizure improvement in patients undergoing endoscopic epilepsy surgery. The search was conducted by two independent researchers using PubMed and Web of Science until January 2023 to find studies reporting results of patients who underwent endoscopic epilepsy surgery. We extracted data on the clinical profile and outcomes of the patients from the eligible studies. Fifteen studies yielded 340 patients, of which 293 underwent endoscopic epilepsy surgery. The patient cohort consisted of 189 (55.6%) males. A total of 171 (58.3) patients had a favorable outcome of either Engel I or II or > 90% seizure control. Thirteen studies were included in our meta-analysis, and demonstrated improved seizure control after endoscopic epilepsy surgery, with a pooled seizure freedom rate of 58% (95% CI: 0.43–0.71, I2 = 77.1%, τ2 = 0.6836). Studies focusing on pediatric populations reported a higher proportion of positive outcomes, with a rate of 73.27% (95% CI: 62–82%, I2 = 0.0%). In comparison, mixed-age populations showed a lower success rate of 48% (95% CI: 32–65%, I2 = 79.0%). Furthermore, there was significant difference in treatment outcomes between the pediatric and mixed age groups (p = 0.014). The hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) patient population demonstrated a favorable outcome proportion of 61.71% (95% CI: 48.92–73.06%), with a moderate level of heterogeneity (I
2 = 62.9%, tau2 = 0.4266). Five patients developed postoperative complications, and there were three deaths. Our findings suggest that endoscopic epilepsy surgery is particularly effective in pediatric populations and among patients with HH, underscoring the importance of considering patient demographics and disease characteristics in clinical decision-making. The heterogeneity across studies necessitates cautious interpretation of the pooled results, advocating for tailored approaches in treatment planning. Prospective trials are required to establish class I evidence for the role of endoscopic epilepsy surgery compared with the recognized open surgical techniques.
Anterior Skull Base Reconstruction Using a Vascularized Pericranial Flap: A Promising Alternative in Sinonasal Malignancies
Authors: Joseph Jeena , Govind Arun , Vediappan Rajan Sundaresan , Thomas Regi , Jonathan Gandham Edmond , Raju Krishnaprabhu 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Background As the scope of endoscopic techniques continues to evolve in the treatment of advanced sinonasal malignancies, the primary challenge is the reconstruction of the resulting anterior skull base dural defect.
Objective This study aimed to assess the efficacy of vascularized pericranial flap reconstruction in addressing anterior skull base defects in sinonasal malignancies, particularly when alternative reconstructive methods, such as nasoseptal flaps, are not viable.
Methods We conducted a retrospective review of nine patients who underwent endoscopic resection of sinonasal malignancy followed by vascularized pericranial flap. Our analysis aimed to evaluate the surgical methods utilized, identify any complications that occurred, and assess the postoperative results of the patients.
Results Excluding the singular instance of tension pneumocephalus that emerged during the immediate postoperative period, necessitating surgical intervention, our clinical experience was devoid of any complications, with a median follow-up duration of 18 months. It is worth noting that no cases of cerebrospinal fluid leaks or meningitis were reported. Moreover, the follow-up check endoscopy verified the successful integration of the flap and its efficacious coverage of the resection site.
Conclusion This study underscores the benefits of using vascularized pericranial flaps as an alternative solution for anterior skull base reconstruction in sinonasal malignancies. The availability of the pericranial flap in the local region, along with its robust blood supply, and the positive outcomes observed in this preliminary series collectively indicate its potential as an integral component of multi-layered reconstruction techniques for addressing anterior skull base defects.
Electrodeposition of graphene oxide on titanium foil. Application field: Rechargeable batteries
Authors: Pastore Adolfo 
Published: October 2024

The method of electrodepositing graphene oxide on titanium utilizes a thin grade 1 titanium foil with a thickness of 0.2 mm, a width of 10 mm, and a rectangular graphite plate with a parallelepiped shape with a thickness of 15 mm, a width of 40 mm, and a length of 100 mm. The titanium foil has a cut on one side, forming an isosceles triangle with a slightly inclined tip, creating an angle where the distance between the tip and the vertical symmetry axis of the foil is 3 mm. The titanium foil is positioned parallel to the graphite plate, with the tip as the only electrical contact. The two electrodes, titanium and graphite, assembled in this way, are immersed in an electrolytic solution composed of water and sulfuric acid. When a direct current voltage is applied between the two electrodes, a strong electric field is generated at the contact point, resulting in high temperature and the production of ultraviolet rays. Following a treatment described later in the so-called “preparation protocol,” reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is produced in suspension in the solution at the contact point between the tip of the titanium foil and the graphite plate, which, due to the electric field, tends to deposit on the titanium surface. A possible application found experimentally refers to rechargeable batteries.
Assessment of loliolide extracted from Biserula pelecinus, present during in vitro oocyte maturation, on fertilisation and embryo development in sheep
Authors: Amir A. A. , Algreiby A. A. , Kelly J. M. , Kleemann D. O. , Durmic Z. , Flematti G. R. , Blache D. , Martin G. B. 
Published: October 2024

Context As a ‘duty of care’, it is important to test whether new forage plants for ruminants contain secondary compounds (PSCs) that affect reproductive performance. We have previously observed, a posteriori, that the presence of a methanolic extract of Biserrula pelecinus during maturation of sheep oocytes increased fertilisation rate and blastocyst development. This result needed to be verified a priori and, if the outcome was repeated, we needed to identify the plant secondary metabolite responsible. Aims To test whether PSCs from B. pelecinus, when added to the oocyte maturation medium, improve fertilisation rate and blastocyst development; to test whether loliolide is the active molecule produced by B. pelecinus. Methods Methanol–chloroform extracts of B. pelecinus were fractionated using rapid silica filtration and solvents of increasing polarity. Fractions at final concentrations of 0, 100 or 200 μg mL−1 were added to the medium used to mature sheep cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) and effects were determined for maturation, subsequent cleavage rate, blastocyst rate, hatching rate, blastocyst efficiency and total blastocyst cell number (TCN). Results Fraction BP-6 at 100 μg mL−1 reduced blastocyst rate (P < 0.05), but had no effect when the dose was doubled to 200 μg mL−1. Further fractionation using semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatography showed loliolide as the most abundant compound in BP-6. Supplementation of the in vitro maturation medium with loliolide (0, 2.5, 5, 10 and 25 μg mL−1) did not affect any measure of embryo development. All COCs treated with B. pelecinus fractions reached the final stage of embryo development, blastocyst hatching. Total blastocyst cell number was not affected. Conclusion The presence of fractions of B. pelecinus extract during in vitro oocyte maturation can reduce embryo development. Implications In vitro techniques can detect potential effects of forages on reproduction. Some fractions from an extract of B. pelecinus when present during oocyte maturation can reduce embryo development. The abundant PSC, loliolide, was not responsible. There was no indication that a PSC in B. pelecinus improves outcomes.
From early to future learner corpus research
Authors: Granger Sylviane 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
The aim of this article is to survey the field of learner corpus research from its origins to the present day and
to provide some future perspectives. Key aspects of the field — learner corpus design and collection, learner corpus methodology,
statistical analysis, research focus and links with related fields, in particular SLA, FLT and NLP — are compared in
first-generation LCR, which extends from the late 1980s to 2000, and second-generation LCR, which covers the period from the early
2000s until today. The survey shows that the field has undergone major theoretical and methodological changes and considerably
extended its range of applications. Future developments that are likely to gain ground are grouped into three categories:
increased diversity, increased interdisciplinarity and increased automation.
Noise & mottle suppression methods for cumulative Cherenkov images of radiation therapy delivery
Authors: Hallett Jeremy E , Bruza Petr , Jermyn Michael , Li Ke , Pogue Brian W 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Purpose. Cherenkov imaging during radiotherapy provides a real time visualization of beam delivery on patient tissue, which can be used dynamically for incident detection or to review a summary of the delivered surface signal for treatment verification. Very few photons form the images, and one limitation is that the noise level per frame can be quite high, and mottle in the cumulative processed images can cause mild overall noise. This work focused on removing or suppressing noise via image postprocessing. Approach. Images were analyzed for peak-signal-to-noise and spatial frequencies present, and several established noise/mottle reduction algorithms were chosen based upon these observations. These included total variation minimization (TV-L1), non-local means filter (NLM), block-matching 3D (BM3D), alpha (adaptive) trimmed mean (ATM), and bilateral filtering. Each were applied to images acquired using a BeamSite camera (DoseOptics) imaged signal from 6x photons from a TrueBeam linac delivering dose at 600 MU min−1 incident on an anthropomorphic phantom and tissue slab phantom in various configurations and beam angles. The standard denoised images were tested for PSNR, noise power spectrum (NPS) and image sharpness. Results. The average peak-signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) increase was 17.4% for TV-L1. NLM denoising increased the average PSNR by 19.1%, BM3D processing increased it by12.1% and the bilateral filter increased the average PSNR by 19.0%. Lastly, the ATM filter resulted in the lowest average PSNR increase of 10.9%. Of all of these, the NLM and bilateral filters produced improved edge sharpness with, generally, the lowest NPS curve. Conclusion. For cumulative image Cherenkov data, NLM and the bilateral filter yielded optimal denoising with the TV-L1 algorithm giving comparable results. Single video frame Cherenkov images exhibit much higher noise levels compared to cumulative images. Noise suppression algorithms for these frame rates will likely be a different processing pipeline involving these filters incorporated with machine learning.
Enhancing versatility and adaptability in soft robotics: design and analysis of an adaptive gripping port
Authors: Chen Siqing , Xu He , Jiang Tian , Yan Youyue , Xiong Xiao , Wu Yaxin 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Currently, soft robots demonstrate the considerable promise for various applications. However, soft actuators tend to be damaged more easily compared to rigid mechanical components. The common practice of replacing soft actuators typically requires manual intervention and a longer duration. In this paper, we design an adaptive gripping port (AGP) for soft robotic interactions, which is used for fast switching and connectivity. Through a combination of theoretical modeling, fabrication, and experimental analysis, its gripping, releasing, and sealing capabilities are demonstrated. We present four types of the AGP with different internal bladder structures, demonstrating maximal enhancements in griping capability and sealing performance of up to 50% and 40%, respectively. Experiments show the AGP’s adaptability to connectors of various sizes, accommodating diameters from 0 mm to 15.76 mm under negative pressure driving. The relationship between gripping force, maximum sealing pressure, connector diameter, and driving pressure is studied. We also exhibit collaborations with a circular gripper and soft grippers incorporating the AGP to verify the possibility of their interactions.
Interaction of driven ‘cold’ electron plasma wave with thermal bulk via ion spatial inhomogeneity
Authors: Pandey Sanjeev Kumar , Ganesh Rajaraman 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Using high resolution Vlasov-Poisson simulations, evolution of driven ‘cold’ electron plasma wave (EPW) in the presence of stationary inhomogeneous background of ions is studied. Mode coupling dynamics between ‘cold’ EPW with phase velocity v

ϕ
greater than thermal velocity i.e. v

ϕ
≫ v

thermal
and its inhomogeneity induced sidebands is illustrated as an initial value problem. In driven cases, formation of BernsteinGreeneKruskal (BGK) like phase space structures corresponding to sideband modes due to energy exchange from primary mode to bulk particles via wave-wave and wave-particle interactions leading to particle trapping is demonstrated for inhomogeneous plasma. Qualitative comparison studies between initial value perturbation and driven problem is presented, which examines the relative difference in energy transfer time between the interacting modes. Effect of variation in background ion inhomogeneity amplitude as well as ion inhomogeneity scale length on the driven EPWs is reported.
A numerical comparison of Gd, Pr0.65Sr0.35MnO3 and single LaFeCoSi, for use in room temperature magnetic cooling applications
Authors: Aziz O , Essajai R , Balli M , Salmani E , Mounkachi O , Fahoume M , Ez-Zahraouy H 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
One of the most significant scientific difficulties to achieving excellent performance for room-temperature magnetic cooling devices is finding suitable magnetocaloric refrigerants. To contribute to this research field, three kinds of magnetocaloric materials (Gd, Pr0.65Sr0.35MnO3 and single LaFeCoSi) in the same conditions (Curie temperature, applied magnetic field) have been considered to evaluate their potential in the magnetic refrigeration application using a 1D-AMRR (Active-Magnetic-Refrigeration-Regenerator) cycle with a parallel plate regenerator. In this way, four cooling performance parameters were investigated, namely the temperature span, the cooling power, the exergy, and the coefficient of performance. The temperature span was found to be 11.79 K for Gd , 8 K for LaFeCoSi and 4.47 K for Pr0.65Sr0.35MnO3. The obtained numerical results reveal that the Gd-based AMR system displays a higher efficiency, while the Pr0.65Sr0.35MnO3-based AMR system exhibits a smaller one. The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in the magnetic refrigerants was considered to explain the result obtained and can be considered as one of the main factors to enhance the magnetic refrigeration performance.
Investigation of non-reciprocity and behavior of defect modes in photonic crystals incorporating Weyl semimetals
Authors: Javid Mahnaz , Entezar Samad Roshan , Madani Amir 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
The ability to control the frequency of defect modes in photonic crystals has led to the emergence of novel applications. Researchers have recognized the unique properties of Weyl semimetals and explored their utilization in photonic crystals. This study investigates the non-reciprocal properties in photonic crystals incorporating Weyl semimetals and examines the behavior of defect modes within these crystals. This paper employs a photonic crystal containing Weyl semimetals with two different structures. Initially, the non-reciprocal properties in both structures are examined, followed by an analysis of the behavior of defect modes. The results indicate that only utilizing Weyl semimetal in the photonic crystal does not result in non-reciprocity. The arrangement of layers next to each other, or the geometry, plays a crucial role in non-reciprocity. Additionally, the behavior of defect modes varies depending on the structure type and propagation direction.
Simulation study on magneto-acoustic concentration tomography of magnetic nanoparticles based on vectorial acoustic source and BICGSTAB method
Authors: Yan Xiaoheng , Wang Yufei , Chen Weihua , Hou Xiaohan , Wang Bing 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
To overcome the vulnerability to noise of the reconstructed image and simplify the cumbersome iteration process of algorithm in the magneto-acoustic concentration tomography with magnetic induction (MACT-MI) for magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), we established the matrix relationship between the concentration of MNPs and the first-order derivative of sound pressure based on the reconstruction method of vectorial acoustic source, and proposed the application of BICGSTAB method in solving the concentration distribution. Firstly, a simulation model was established in COMSOL Multiphysics. Secondly, the obtained data were substituted into the derived formula for imaging reconstruction. Finally, the quality of the reconstructed image was analyzed. The effects of MNP radius, shape, asymptotic concentration, and SNR on the reconstruction results were studied. Simulation results show that under the same noise condition, compared with the reconstruction method based on the LSQR-trapezoidal method, the average correlation coefficient increased by 32.9%, the average relative error decreased by 48.5%, the average structural similarity increased by 48.2%, and the average iterations decreased by 58.5%. The proposed method shows superior imaging quality and noise immunity. The research provides a theoretical basis for subsequent experimental research.
Quaternary functional semiconductor device-based temperature sensors for low and high temperatures (LTs, HTs)
Authors: Altindal Yerişkin S , Yildiz K , Dere A , Orman Y , Yakuphanoğlu F 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
The Al-(Zn:Cd:Ni:TiO2)-pSi diodes with a ratio of 4;2;2;2 were fabricated and their possible current transport mechanisms (CTMs) were investigated between 80–380 K and ±4.5 V range using current–voltage (IV) measurements. The saturation-current (Is), quality/ideality factor (n), and barrier-height (BH)/(Φ
bo) values of the didoes were calculated from the forward-bias ln(IF)-VF curve as function of temperature. While the value of BH is increased with temperature, n value is decreased with increasing temperature. Non-linear behavior was observed in the Arrhenius or Richardson plot (RP) (ln(Io/T2) versus q/kT) at low temperatures (LTs). Also, the Richardson- constant (A*) calculated from the linear part of this plot is quite lesser than its theoretical- value (=32 A.(cm.K)−2 for p-Si), and high values of n at LTs show an evident deviated from thermionic-emission (TE) theory. To explain this case; both the nkT/q-kT/q, Φ
bo and n versus q/2kT curves were plotted to determine the other possible-CTMs and they show that both the tunneling and Double Gaussian - distribution (DGD) are more effective rather than TE. The obtained A* value from the modified RP by using the standard deviation from Φ
bo-q/2kT plot is closer to its theoretical value. The energy-dependent curve of interface states or traps (Nss) was calculated from the IF-VF characteristics by considering the voltage dependence of the BH and n for the studied temperature range and they generally decline with increase in temperature due to the rearrangement and structure of electrons at traps under the influence of temperature. All these results show that the fabricated The obtained results suggest that the fabricated Al-(ZnCdNiTiO2)-pSi diode can be used as a temperature - sensor in low and high temperature applications.
Three-dimensional quasi-complete information numerical simulation of gravity anomalies and parallel computing on CPU-GPU
Authors: Dai Shikun , Zhu Dexiang , Chen Qingrui , Tian Hongjun 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
In order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of numerical simulation of gravity anomalies in large-scale complex models, this paper proposes a method for three-dimensional numerical simulation of gravity anomalies under arbitrary terrain, and implements its CPU-GPU parallel acceleration scheme. By performing a two-dimensional Fourier transform along the horizontal direction, three-dimensional partial differential satisfied by gravitational potential are transformed into one-dimensional ordinary differential equations in different wavenumbers, reducing computational and storage requirements. Moreover, the ordinary differential equations in different wavenumbers are independent of each other and have good parallelism. By retaining the vertical direction as the spatial domain and introducing traveling wave decomposition, the effects caused by upper and lower boundaries are eliminated. The vertical grid is arbitrary. A two-dimensional quasi-complete information Fourier transform is utilized to enhance both the accuracy and efficiency of the Fourier transform process, allowing both uniform and non-uniform flexible sampling. Based on the high parallelism, one-dimensional ordinary differential equations are solved in parallel using CPU, and quasi-complete information Fourier transform are computed in parallel using GPU. An abnormal sphere is designed to analyze the wavenumber spectral distribution characteristics of the anomalous potential and summarize the wavenumber sampling rules. The logarithmic uniform sampling in the wavenumber domain has high accuracy. Compared with Gauss-FFT, the quasi-complete information Fourier transform selects fewer wavenumbers and exhibits higher accuracy. The computational efficiency is greatly enhanced through the use of single-precision CPU-GPU parallel scheme, and a model with tens of millions of nodes only takes a few seconds. Two terrain models are designed to verify the algorithm’s adaptability to arbitrary complex terrains. This is significant for achieving fine inversion imaging and interpretation of gravity anomalies under large-scale complex conditions.