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Open AccessConstruction of a new complete growth reference for urban Chinese children
Growth chart is a valuable clinical tool to monitor the growth and nutritional status of children. A growth chart widely used in China is based on the merged data sets of national surveys in 2005. We aimed to ...
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Association between urine cobalt and prevalence of kidney stones in Americans aged ≥ 20 years old
To determine whether urine cobalt (Co) is associated with the prevalence of kidney stones, we conducted a cross-sectional study of participants (≥ 20 years) involved in the National Health and Nutrition Examin...
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Open AccessFunctional and metabolic alterations of gut microbiota in children with new-onset type 1 diabetes
Gut dysbiosis has been linked to type 1 diabetes (T1D); however, microbial capacity in T1D remains unclear. Here, we integratively profiled gut microbial functional and metabolic alterations in children with n...
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Open AccessVitamin B12 status and folic acid/vitamin B12 related to the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
This review was conducted to investigate the association between serum vitamin B12 levels as well as folic acid/vitamin B12 during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
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Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles encapsulated in conductive nanowire array for high-performance alkaline seawater oxidation
Design and development of high-efficiency and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is crucial for hydrogen production from seawater splitting. Herein, we report the in situ electrochemical con...
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Open AccessEnhancement of superconductivity on the verge of a structural instability in isovalently doped β-ThRh1−xIrxGe
β-ThRhGe, the high-temperature polymorph of ThRhGe, is isostructural to the well-known ferromagnetic superconductor URhGe. However, contrary to URhGe, β-ThRhGe is nonmagnetic and undergoes an incomplete structura...
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Interstitially carbon-alloyed refractory high-entropy alloys with a body-centered cubic structure
The introduction of carbon interstitials into high-entropy alloys (HEAs) provides an effective way to improve their properties. However, all such HEA systems explored so far are limited to those with the face-...
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N-doped carbon nanotubes supported CoSe2 nanoparticles: A highly efficient and stable catalyst for H2O2 electrosynthesis in acidic media
Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) provides an attractive alternative to anthraquinone process for H2O2 synthesis. Rational design of earth-abundant electrocatalysts for H2O2 synthesis via a two-ele...
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Tripartite motif-containing protein 16 protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by affecting the Keap1/Nrf2 axis
Tripartite motif-containing protein (TRIM16) is a newly identified oxidative-stress-responsive protein. Oxidative stress is a hallmark of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and contributes to the car...
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Superconductivity and strong spin-orbit coupling in a new noncentrosymmetric compound ThIrP
A new noncentrosymmetric phosphide ThIrP has been synthesized and characterized. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that this compound crystallizes in a LaPtSi-type tetragonal lattice (space group I41md, Z = 4), wh...
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Open AccessMetal–insulator-like transition, superconducting dome and topological electronic structure in Ga-doped Re3Ge7
Superconductivity frequently appears by do** compounds that show a collective phase transition. So far, however, this has not been observed in topological materials. Here we report the discovery of supercond...
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Superconductivity in ThMo2Si2C with Mo2C square net
We report the superconductivity of a new quaternary compound ThMo2Si2C, synthesized with the arc-melting technique. The compound crystallizes in a tetragonal CeCr2Si2C-type structure with cell parameters of a = 4...
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Investigation on Loan Approval Based on Convolutional Neural Network
With the economic development, loan business has rapidly developed in China. The risk that customers can’t repay their loans on time has increased. Therefore it is an important problem for financial organizati...
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Open AccessChimeric antigen receptor-engineered natural killer cells for cancer immunotherapy
Natural killer (NK) cells are a critical component of the innate immune system. Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) re-direct NK cells toward tumor cells carrying corresponding antigens, creating major opportuni...
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Open AccessDose-effect relationship and molecular mechanism by which BMSC-derived exosomes promote peripheral nerve regeneration after crush injury
The development of new treatment strategies to improve peripheral nerve repair after injury, especially those that accelerate axonal nerve regeneration, is very important. The aim of this study is to elucidate...
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Open AccessYBX1 mediates autophagy by targeting p110β and decreasing the sensitivity to cisplatin in NSCLC
Y-box binding protein 1 (YBX1) is involved in the development of multiple types of tumors. However, the relationship between YBX1 and autophagy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. In this st...
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Polymorphism and superconductivity in the V-Nb-Mo-Al-Ga high-entropy alloys
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are the focus of current research for their diverse properties, including superconductivity and structural polymorphism. However, the polymorphic transition has been observed only in...
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Answer Selection Based on Mixed Embedding and Composite Features
With the rapid growth of text information, intelligent question answering has gained more attention than ever. In this paper, we focus on answer selection, one kind of question answering tasks. In this field, ...
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Fluorometric determination of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha by using gold nanoparticles and a labeled protein-binding DNA
A method is described for the determination of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPα) which is a regulator in adipocyte differentiation. The method is based on quenching of the red fluorescence (wit...
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Open AccessBES1 is activated by EMS1-TPD1-SERK1/2-mediated signaling to control tapetum development in Arabidopsis thaliana
BES1 and BZR1 were originally identified as two key transcription factors specifically regulating brassinosteroid (BR)-mediated gene expression. They belong to a family consisting of six members, BES1, BZR1, B...
