The age of Internet of Things (IoT) has witnessed the rapid development of modern data acquisition devices and communicating-actuating networks, which enables the generation of big data streams shared across platforms for remote and efficient decision making of many critical systems. The monitoring of big data streams remains a challenging task in various practical applications mainly due to their complexity in interrelationships, large volume, and high velocity, which places prohibitive demands on monitoring methodologies and...

Application of algicidal bacteria is a promising technology to control harmful algal blooms (HABs). In this study, algicidal bacteria strains Shigella sp. H3 and Alcaligenes sp. H5 were obtained via two different isolation methods from the same lake water sample, with optimal algicidal efficiencies 96% and 74% against algae mixture. The Shigella sp. H3 and Alcaligenes sp. H5 lysed algae cells through cells-to-cells direct contact and secretion of algicidal metabolites, respectively. The stronger algicidal capability...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen of global significance, but the value of HEV-related markers in the diagnosis of hepatitis E remains controversial. Previous studies on hepatitis E profiles have been mainly cross-sectional and conducted among inpatients in large hospitals, and hepatitis E cases have been primarily defined by limited partial markers. In this community-based study, 4,110 active hepatitis cases from a population of nearly 600,000 were followed over 48 months and serial serum...

This artifact bundles all evaluation resources related to the paper: Yu Gao, Wensheng Dou, Dong Wang, Wenhan Feng, Jun Wei, Hua Zhong, Tao Huang. 2023. Coverage Guided Fault Injection for Cloud Systems. In 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '23).
The full package contains: source code of our tool, tool used to run the experiments, scripts used in our experiments. Moreover, we provide .md files with guides on how to set up and...

The age of Internet of Things (IoT) has witnessed the rapid development of modern data acquisition devices and communicating-actuating networks, which enables the generation of big data streams shared across platforms for remote and efficient decision making of many critical systems. The monitoring of big data streams remains a challenging task in various practical applications mainly due to their complexity in interrelationships, large volume, and high velocity, which places prohibitive demands on monitoring methodologies and...

This artifact bundles all evaluation resources related to the paper: Yu Gao, Wensheng Dou, Dong Wang, Wenhan Feng, Jun Wei, Hua Zhong, Tao Huang. 2023. Coverage Guided Fault Injection for Cloud Systems. In 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '23).
The full package contains: source code of our tool, tool used to run the experiments, scripts used in our experiments. Moreover, we provide .md files with guides on how to set up and...

To evaluate the relationship between ocular magnification correction and macular choroidal thickness (ChT) measurements in children, and to demonstrate when ocular magnification correction is necessary. Chinese children aged 6–9 years with various refractive statuses were included. Swept-source optical coherence tomography was used to measure macular ChT. A self-designed program was adopted to simulate ChT changes in each sector of the ETDRS grid in the macula under various simulated axial lengths (ALs). ChT measurements were not...

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe and fatal clinical syndrome characterized by high blood pressure and vascular remodeling in the pulmonary arterioles, which is also a rapidly progressing disease of the lung vasculature with a poor prognosis. Although PAH medication made great advances in recent years, the efficacy and safety of the medication are unsatisfactory. Therefore, we aimed to update and expand previous studies to explore the efficacy and safety of PAH-targeted medications....

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe and fatal clinical syndrome characterized by high blood pressure and vascular remodeling in the pulmonary arterioles, which is also a rapidly progressing disease of the lung vasculature with a poor prognosis. Although PAH medication made great advances in recent years, the efficacy and safety of the medication are unsatisfactory. Therefore, we aimed to update and expand previous studies to explore the efficacy and safety of PAH-targeted medications....