Mechanical stimulation is a widely used sensory paradigm for investigating the neural mechanisms underlying somatosensation, ranging from innocuous tactile perception to nociceptive processing. Studying how such stimuli are represented across distributed brain networks requires imaging approaches capable of capturing large-scale neural dynamics with high spatiotemporal resolution. Functional ultrasound imaging (fUS) has recent...

In response to the deficiencies in existing bridge pier scour protection technologies, this paper introduces a novel protective device, namely a normal distribution-shaped surface (BND) protection devices formed by rotating a concave normal curve. A three-dimensional turbulent SST k−ω model is constructed, and physical model experiments of conical surfaces are conducted to validate the mathematical model. The simulation analyz...