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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent condition that often goes unrecognized in the population, and many risk factors for this disease are not well understood. Glyphosate (GLY) is one of the...
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Lightweight Human Pose Estimation Based on Multi-Attention Mechanism
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Core Investigation of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program from the Cretaceous Songliao Basin (SK-1/SK-2/SK-3), NE China
The exploration of the universe, of the earth's interior and of the oceans are three great endeavors of humanity challenging nature in order to improve living conditions for humans. Scientific drilling is a si...
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a pathophysiological syndrome, characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling. Immunity and inflammation are progressively recognized properties of PAH, which are cruci...
