Proteomics in non-human primates: utilizing RNA-Seq data to improve protein identification by mass spectrometry in vervet monkeys

Abstract Background Shotgun proteomics utilizes a database search strategy to compare detected mass spectra to a library of theoretical spectra derived from reference genome information.As such, the robustness of proteomics results is contingent upon the completeness and accuracy of the gene annotation in the reference genome.For animal models of d

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EMG-Based Continuous Estimation of Index Finger Movements With Varying Interjoint Coordination Patterns by Modeling Musculoskeletal Dynamics

Surface electromyography (EMG) is widely used for predicting kinematics of intended finger movements in applications including teleoperation.Generally, ‘black-box’ models with high complexity such as neural networks (NN) were used to improve prediction accuracy, which may not reproduce other important movement characteristics such as

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Strengthening spatial reasoning: elucidating the attentional and neural mechanisms associated with mental rotation skill development

Abstract Spatial reasoning is a critical skill in many everyday tasks and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.The current study examined how training on mental rotation (a spatial reasoning task) impacts the completeness of an encoded representation and the ability to rotate the representation.We used a multisession, mu

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