Ultrasound imaging has been widely used in the screening of kidney diseases. The segmentation of the kidney in ultrasound images can aid in the diagnosis of clinical diseases. However, segmenting the kidney from ultrasound images is challenging, due to the effects of heterostructure, image...

This study presents a methodology of risk early warning of maize drought disaster in Northwestern Liaoning Province from the viewpoints of climatology, geography, disaster science, environmental science, and so on. The study area was disaggregated into small grid cells, which has higher...

Although extensive studies have been carried out on ascites syndrome (AS) in broilers, the pathogenesis of this syndrome remains unclear. In this study, the AS model was successfully developed, and lung tissues of three AS broilers and three healthy broilers were obtained for RNA sequencing...

Soil carbon (C) cycling is mainly mediated by microorganisms. Natural restoration projects have been widely implemented in the degraded karst areas of southwest China. However, their impacts on the functional genes and microbial communities involved in soil C cycling have not been well...