ACUPUNCTURE MODULATES THE SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF CALCARINE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS

Acupuncture Modulates the Spontaneous Activity and Functional Connectivity of Calcarine in Patients With Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris

BackgroundAcupuncture is an effective adjunctive therapy for chronic stable angina pectoris (CSAP), while the underlying mechanism is unclear.This study aimed to investigate the central pathophysiology of CSAP and explore the mechanism of different acupoint prescriptions for CSAP from the perspective of brain-heart interaction.MethodsThirty-seven C

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Evidence of Pollinators Foraging on Centipedegrass Inflorescences

Turfgrasses are commonly used for lawns and as recreational surfaces in the USA.Because grasses are largely wind-pollinated, it was thought that pollinators would not forage on turfgrasses.Centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack) is a warm-season turfgrass widely used in the southeastern USA.Centipede grass produces spike-like inflores

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Constrained Approximate Search Algorithms in Knowledge Discovery

Knowledge discovery in big data is one of the most important applications of computing machinery today.Search is essential part of all such procedures.Search algorithms must be extremely efficient, but at the same time knowledge discovery procedures must not produce too many false positives or false negatives.False positives require post-processing

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