Vehicles positioned at varying locations in the platoon exhibit differing levels of energy consumption, which may result in the platoon breaking up during travel or even prevent successful formation of the platoon.To solve this problem, a vehicle platooning scheme based on two-way auction was proposed.Specifically, the positions in the vehicle plat
This study focused on the causes of ostracism and explored the relationship between altruistic personality traits and ostracism.Using a combination of questionnaire surveys and laboratory experiments, results showed that: individuals with lower altruism were more vulnerable to be ostracized than those with higher altruism (Study 1 and Study 2).The
Studies from both humans and animal models indicated that maternal chronic poor-quality diet, especially a high fat diet (HFD), is significantly associated with reduced bone density read more and childhood fractures in offspring.When previously studied in a rat model, our data suggested that maternal HFD changes epigenetic marks such as DNA methyla
Congenital heart disease in adults (adult congenital heart disease) is a growing burden for healthcare systems.While infant mortality due to congenital heart disease in the last four decades decreased by almost 3-fold, adult congenital heart disease prevalence increased by read more more than 2-fold in United States.Adult congenital heart disease p