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Open AccessIncreasing donor-acceptor spacing for reduced voltage loss in organic solar cells
The high voltage losses ( \({V}_{{loss}}\) V ...
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Open AccessComputational optical sectioning with an incoherent multiscale scattering model for light-field microscopy
Quantitative volumetric fluorescence imaging at high speed across a long term is vital to understand various cellular and subcellular behaviors in living organisms. Light-field microscopy provides a compact co...
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Open AccessGiant room temperature electrocaloric effect in a layered hybrid perovskite ferroelectric: [(CH3)2CHCH2NH3]2PbCl4
Electrocaloric effect driven by electric fields displays great potential in realizing highly efficient solid-state refrigeration. Nevertheless, most known electrocaloric materials exhibit relatively poor cooli...
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Open AccessIncreased pollen source area does not always enhance the risk of pollen dispersal and gene flow in Oryza sativa L
Pollen dispersal is one of the main ways of gene flow. In the past years, rice pollen dispersal and gene flow have been well studies. However, there is much dispute whether the risk of pollen dispersal and gen...
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Open AccessA solution-processable and ultra-permeable conjugated microporous thermoset for selective hydrogen separation
The synthesis of a polymer that combines the processability of plastics with the extreme rigidity of cross-linked organic networks is highly attractive for molecular sieving applications. However, cross-linked...
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Open AccessThe associations among quantitative spectral CT parameters, Ki-67 expression levels and EGFR mutation status in NSCLC
Dual-energy spectral computed tomography (DESCT) is based on fast switching between high and low voltages from view to view to obtain dual-energy imaging data, and it can generate monochromatic image sets, iod...
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Open AccessImpacts of Mist Spray on Rice Field Micrometeorology and Rice Yield under Heat Stress Condition
Heat stress is one of the common agrometeorological hazards in rice production in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China. To study the mechanism of mist spray in ameliorating heat stress in...
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Open AccessTissue pO2 distributions in xenograft tumors dynamically imaged by Cherenkov-excited phosphorescence during fractionated radiation therapy
Hypoxia in solid tumors is thought to be an important factor in resistance to therapy, but the extreme microscopic heterogeneity of the partial pressures of oxygen (pO2) between the capillaries makes it difficult...
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Open AccessAssociation between enteral nutrition support and neurological outcome in patients with acute intracranial haemorrhage: A retrospective cohort study
Association between the amount of enteral nutrition (EN) caloric intake and Glasgow coma scale scores at discharge (GCSdis) in intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) was retrospectively investigated in 230 patients in a ...
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Open AccessInvestigation on the pore characteristics of coal specimens with bursting proneness
To achieve further insight into the pore characteristics, the coal specimens with different bursting proneness before and after uniaxial compression failure are tested and compared in this paper. The data of m...
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Open AccessEfficient travelling-mode quantum key agreement against participant’s attacks
Quantum key agreement (QKA) is to negotiate a final key among several participants fairly and securely. In this paper, we show that some existing travelling-mode multiparty QKA protocols are vulnerable to inte...
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Open AccessBerberine inhibits adipocyte differentiation, proliferation and adiposity through down-regulating galectin-3
This study is designed to investigate the effects of berberine (BBR) on galectin-3 (Gal-3) and the relationships to its suppressive activities on adipocyte differentiation, proliferation and adiposity. Our res...
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Open AccessTriboelectric micromotors actuated by ultralow frequency mechanical stimuli
A high-speed micromotor is usually actuated by a power source with high voltage and frequency. Here we report a triboelectric micromotor by coupling a micromotor and a triboelectric nanogenerator, in which the...
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Open AccessLiver-target nanotechnology facilitates berberine to ameliorate cardio-metabolic diseases
Cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CMD) remains a main cause of premature death worldwide. Berberine (BBR), a lipid-lowering botanic compound with diversified potency against metabolic disorders, is a promi...
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Open AccessThe development of a high-density genetic map significantly improves the quality of reference genome assemblies for rose
Roses are important woody plants featuring a set of important traits that cannot be investigated in traditional model plants. Here, we used the restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq) technology t...
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Open AccessIMB-T130 targets 3-dehydroquinate synthase and inhibits Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The anti-tuberculosis (TB) agent IMB-T130 was speculated to be a multi-target compound. In this research, we found that IMB-T130 inhibits the catalytic activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 3-dehydroquinate synt...
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Open AccessMap** the Potential Global Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella L.) Distribution Based on a Machine Learning Method
The spread of invasive species may pose great threats to the economy and ecology of a region. The codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.) is one of the 100 worst invasive alien species in the world and is the most dest...
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Open AccessThe Radiated Deep-frozen Xenogenic Meniscal Tissue Regenerated the Total Meniscus with Chondroprotection
Meniscal allograft transplantation yields good and excellent results but is limited by donor availability. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of radiated deep-frozen xenogenic meniscal ...
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Open AccessSingle-shot 3D coherent diffractive imaging of core-shell nanoparticles with elemental specificity
We report 3D coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) of Au/Pd core-shell nanoparticles with 6.1 nm spatial resolution with elemental specificity. We measured single-shot diffraction patterns of the nanoparticles us...
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Open AccessMolecular basis of dimer formation during the biosynthesis of benzofluorene-containing atypical angucyclines
Lomaiviticin A and difluostatin A are benzofluorene-containing aromatic polyketides in the atypical angucycline family. Although these dimeric compounds are potent antitumor agents, how nature constructs their...