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The disease concept of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders(NMOSD) has undergone a significant change over the last two decades including the detection of Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein(MOG) antibody in patients who are seronegative for aquaporin-4 antibody. Aquaporin-4 antibody positive NMOSD is now regarded as an immune astrocytopathy. Conversely, MOG antibody associated disease is known to target myelin rather than astrocytes, leading to an NMOSD syndrome with distinct clinical and radiological features. Incorporation of clinical features like area postrema syndrome, brainstem syndrome, diencephalic syndrome and cortical manifestations as core clinical characteristics into the revised diagnostic criteria has widened the clinical spectrum of NMOSD. With the development of these criteria, it is possible to make the diagnosis at an earlier stage so that effective immunosuppression can be instituted promptly for a better long-term prognosis. Newer therapeutic agents have been introduced for aquaporin-4 seropositive NMOSD disease; however, challenges remain in treating seronegative disease because of limited treatment options.The design process of a novel adaptive critic based neuro-fuzzy controller is described. The concept is based on separating state variables into groups, assigning the groups to a multi-layer structure, and employing individual neuro-fuzzy controllers for each layer. The correlation procedure between layers is then defined and a proportional-derivative critic is generalized to be used with this structure. The controller's structure leads to a high reduction in the number of tunable parameters. For easier tuning, different gains are considered in the structure and an approach for the synthesis of the networks' initial parameters is given. The effectiveness of the controller is then verified by investigating two case studies 1. Ball and beam regulation 2. Stabilizing the chaotic spinning disk's lateral vibrations. Simulations proved the feasibility and robustness of the proposed controller.To achieve more appropriate fault feature representation for bearing, a statistical-enhanced covariance matrix (SECM) is proposed to extract the global-local features and the interaction of them. Besides, three statistical parameters are introduced to SECM to enhance its statistical characteristics. For fully mining the Riemannian geometric information embedded in SECMs, a Riemannian maximum margin flexible convex hull (RMMFCH) classifier with Log-Euclidean metric (LEM) is designed, where a set of Riemannian kernel mapping functions map SECMs to a higher-dimensional Hilbert space. In this space, the RMMFCH can be directly solved, which reduces the extra computation cost. Hence, we design a fault diagnosis scheme of bearing with SECM and RMMFCH. Olaparib Experiment results prove the promising performance of our method for bearing fault diagnosis.Compared with preprocessed obstacle environments, unknown environments are more challenging for path planning. In unknown environments, an agent can make decisions only by relying on the obstacle information detected by its onboard sensors. However, when facing non-convex obstacles, this limited detection information can easily trap the agent in a local optimum. In this paper, a nature-inspired methodology called Interfered Fluid Dynamic System (IFDS) is extended to anti-local-optimum obstacle avoidance in unknown 3D environments for the first time and a novel fluid-based path planning framework is proposed. First, the detection region of the agent is discretized. Then, spherical virtual obstacles (SVOs) located at detected discrete points are generated and memorized. Thus, obstacle avoidance in unknown environments is transformed into the avoidance of known SVOs. Next, the currently generated and memorized SVOs are input to the core of the framework, the IFDS algorithm, to produce repulsive effects, and the corresponding 3D avoidance path is resolved. On this basis, to address local optimum in cases with non-convex obstacles, and considering compatibility with the IFDS, the direction coefficient and sink-heading angular rate adjustment strategies, which belong to the same system as the IFDS, are introduced to modify the IFDS in this framework. Finally, receding horizon control is introduced to improve the obstacle avoidance performance. Simulations show that the proposed framework can enable the agent to autonomously jump out of the 3D non-convex obstacle environments with typical features of the local optimum, including wall-like and cave-like obstacles, and safely reach the destination.The present study reports a dense bloom of the marine-diatom Hemidiscus hardmanianus observed off the Tuticorin coast in the Gulf of Mannar (GoM), India. The surface water discoloration (pale green) was observed during a coastal survey conducted in the initial period of the northeast monsoon (October 2018). The bloom extended over an area of approximately 5 km2 around the Tuticorin harbor. Distribution and relative abundance of the phytoplankton and zooplankton species together with the water quality and Chlorophyll-a were studied in the area of bloom. H. hardmanianus density was maximum (10.57 × 104 cells L-1) in the bloom site, which was almost 97% of the total phytoplankton population. The present report is the first record of H. hardmanianus bloom in the Gulf of Mannar. The chain-forming diatom Biddulphia biddulphiana was also observed in strong numbers (802 and 432 cells L-1), which has been rarely reported from the Indian coastal waters.In 2008-2018, 1458 georeferenced samples of clams and 343 of mussels were harvested in Italy from classified areas along Marche coast and analyzed within food-safety monitoring plans. Pb, Cd, V, Ni, Cr, and As median levels (mg kg-1) were 0.09, 0.08, 0.29, 0.77, 0.35, and 2.35 in clams and 0.16, 0.15, 0.46, 0.48, 0.25, and 3.34 in mussels. The reported levels were comparable with the published ones, and Hg always fell below LOQ (0.025 mg kg-1). Pb and Cd datasets, based on quarterly results, show a decreasing trend in clams and constant baseline value for mussels. Time-trends and forecasting models represent an asset to predict emerging food safety/security risks. The metal levels in mussels and clams from the same area allow environmental safety assessment and thus enable the evaluation of contaminants in both water column and sediment. Monitoring of elements that are not regulated may help in preserving food and environmental safety.