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GABA and SPER significantly prolonged the vase life and prevented degradation of proteins and chilling damage and increased capacity of detoxifying and scavenging of H2O2 and reactive oxygen species (ROS), led to alleviate the negative consequences of the senescence and CI.We analyze the stability of a unique coexistence equilibrium point of a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE system) modelling the dynamics of a metapopulation, more specifically, a set of local populations inhabiting discrete habitat patches that are connected to one another through dispersal or migration. We assume that the inter-patch migrations are detailed balanced and that the patches are identical with intra-patch dynamics governed by a mean-field ODE system with a coexistence equilibrium. By making use of an appropriate Lyapunov function coupled with LaSalle's invariance principle, we are able to show that the coexistence equilibrium point within each patch is locally asymptotically stable if the inter-patch dispersal network is heterogeneous, whereas it is neutrally stable in the case of a homogeneous network. These results provide a mathematical proof confirming the existing numerical simulations and broaden the range of networks for which they are valid.While the effectiveness of lockdowns to reduce Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission is well established, uncertainties remain on the lifting principles of these restrictive interventions. World Health Organization recommends case positive rate of 5% or lower as a threshold for safe reopening. However, inadequate testing capacity limits the applicability of this recommendation, especially in the low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). To develop a practical reopening strategy for LMICs, in this study, we first identify the optimal timing of safe reopening by exploring accessible epidemiological data of 24 countries during the initial COVID-19 surge. We find that a safe opening can occur two weeks after the crossover of daily infection and recovery rates while maintaining a negative trend in daily new cases. Epidemiologic SIRM model-based example simulation supports our findings. Finally, we develop an easily interpretable large-scale reopening (LSR) index, which is an evidence-based toolkit-to guide/inform reopening decision for LMICs.The tri-layer La[Formula see text]Sr[Formula see text]Mn[Formula see text]O[Formula see text] manganites of Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) series are naturally arranged layered structure with alternate stacking of ω-MnO[Formula see text] (ω = 3) planes and rock-salt type block layers (La, Sr)[Formula see text]O[Formula see text] along c-axis. The dimensionality of the RP series manganites depends on the number of perovskite layers and significantly affects the magnetic and transport properties of the system. Generally, when a ferromagnetic material undergoes a magnetic phase transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic state, the magnetic moment of the system becomes zero above the transition temperature (T[Formula see text]). However, the tri-layer La[Formula see text]Sr[Formula see text]Mn[Formula see text]O[Formula see text] shows non-zero magnetic moment above T[Formula see text] and also another transition at higher temperature T[Formula see text] 263 K. The non-zero magnetization above T[Formula see text] emphmula see text] manganite is also explained with the help of renormalization group theoretical approach for short-range 2D-Ising systems. It has been shown that the layered structure of tri-layer La[Formula see text]Sr[Formula see text]Mn[Formula see text]O[Formula see text] results in three different types of interactions intra-planer ([Formula see text]), intra-tri-layer ([Formula see text]) and inter-tri-layer ([Formula see text]) such that [Formula see text] and competition among these give rise to the canted antiferromagnetic spin structure above T[Formula see text]. Based on the similar magnetic interaction in bi-layer manganite, we propose that the tri-layer La[Formula see text]Sr[Formula see text]Mn[Formula see text]O[Formula see text] should be able to host the skyrmion below T[Formula see text] due to its strong anisotropy and layered structure.Lobar cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) and localized non-hemorrhage iron deposits in the basal ganglia have been associated with brain aging, vascular disease and neurodegenerative disorders. Particularly, CMBs are small lesions and require multiple neuroimaging modalities for accurate detection. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) derived from in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is necessary to differentiate between iron content and mineralization. We set out to develop a deep learning-based segmentation method suitable for segmenting both CMBs and iron deposits. We included a convenience sample of 24 participants from the MESA cohort and used T2-weighted images, susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI), and QSM to segment the two types of lesions. We developed a protocol for simultaneous manual annotation of CMBs and non-hemorrhage iron deposits in the basal ganglia. This manual annotation was then used to train a deep convolution neural network (CNN). Specifically, we adapted the U-Net model with a higher number of resolution layers to be able to detect small lesions such as CMBs from standard resolution MRI. We tested different combinations of the three modalities to determine the most informative data sources for the detection tasks. In the detection of CMBs using single class and multiclass models, we achieved an average sensitivity and precision of between 0.84-0.88 and 0.40-0.59, respectively. The same framework detected non-hemorrhage iron deposits with an average sensitivity and precision of about 0.75-0.81 and 0.62-0.75, respectively. Our results showed that deep learning could automate the detection of small vessel disease lesions and including multimodal MR data (particularly QSM) can improve the detection of CMB and non-hemorrhage iron deposits with sensitivity and precision that is compatible with use in large-scale research studies.Ultrasound is the primary modality for obstetric imaging and is highly sonographer dependent. Long training period, insufficient recruitment and poor retention of sonographers are among the global challenges in the expansion of ultrasound use. For the past several decades, technical advancements in clinical obstetric ultrasound scanning have largely concerned improving image quality and processing speed. Box5 By contrast, sonographers have been acquiring ultrasound images in a similar fashion for several decades. The PULSE (Perception Ultrasound by Learning Sonographer Experience) project is an interdisciplinary multi-modal imaging study aiming to offer clinical sonography insights and transform the process of obstetric ultrasound acquisition and image analysis by applying deep learning to large-scale multi-modal clinical data. A key novelty of the study is that we record full-length ultrasound video with concurrent tracking of the sonographer's eyes, voice and the transducer while performing routine obstetric scans on pregnant women.