Vascularized composite tissue allotransplantation (VCA) offers treatment options of complex functional deficiencies that cannot be repaired with conventional reconstructive methods.VCAs consist of blocks of T-Shirts functional units comprising different tissue types such as skin, bone, muscle, nerves, blood vessels, tendons, ligaments and others, a
In fast-growing microorganisms, a tRNA concentration profile enriched in major isoacceptors selects for the biased usage of cognate codons.This optimizes translational rate for the least mass invested in the translational apparatus.Such translational streamlining is thought to be growth-regulated, but its genetic basis is poorly understood.First, w
Understanding the mechanisms that protect against or limit muscle atrophy in hibernators during prolonged inactivity has important implications for its treatment.We examined whether external factors influence the pathways regulating protein synthesis and degradation, leading to muscle atrophy prevention in Daurian ground squirrels (Spermophilus dau
In this study, we propose a deep learning framework and a self-supervision scheme for video-based surgical gesture recognition.The proposed framework is modular.First, a 3D convolutional network extracts feature vectors from video clips for encoding spatial and short-term temporal features.Second, the feature vectors are fed into a transformer netw