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Understanding Chinese teachers’ informal online learning continuance in a mobile learning community: an intrinsic–extrinsic motivation perspective
While extensive studies on informal online learning have been well documented to afford teachers’ collaborative learning and knowledge sharing, little is still known about their motivational factors regarding ...
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Open AccessA new kinematic model for revolute clearance joints with noncircular bushing and pin in planar multibody systems
Due to manufacturing error and wear, the profiles of bushing and pin in revolute clearance joints are usually non-circular, while traditional kinematic models for revolute clearance joints generally assume a c...
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Open AccessResearch on the coupling coordination characteristics and convergence of digital finance and regional sustainable development: evidence from Chinese city clusters
The study examines the digital finance (DF) and regional sustainable development (RSD) across 90 cities within six major city clusters in China over the period from 2011 to 2020. By constructing an evaluation ...
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Open AccessTranscriptome sequencing of garlic reveals key genes related to the heat stress response
With global warming, heat stress has become an important factor that seriously affects crop yield and quality. Therefore, understanding plant responses to heat stress is important for agricultural practice, bu...
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Open AccessRelationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver and progressive fibrosis and serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
We aimed to analyze the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver and progressive fibrosis and serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Open AccessMSM Fiber Optic Surface Plasmon Resonance Glucose Sensor Based on SnO2 Nanofibers/Au Structure
Glucose is an indispensable nutrient for metabolism in living organisms and is widely used in food, industry, and medical fields. Glucose is often added as a sweetener in food and often used in industry as a r...
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Open AccessGerm granule compartments coordinate specialized small RNA production
Germ granules are biomolecular condensates present in most animal germ cells. One function of germ granules is to help maintain germ cell totipotency by organizing mRNA regulatory machinery, including small RN...
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Open AccessHabitat radiomics and deep learning fusion nomogram to predict EGFR mutation status in stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter study
Develop a radiomics nomogram that integrates deep learning, radiomics, and clinical variables to predict epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in patients with stage I non-small cell lung can...
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Author Correction: LINE-1 transcription activates long-range gene expression
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Open AccessThe determinants of mental health inequalities between Chinese migrants and non-migrants during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
The mental health inequality between migrants and non-migrants was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying key determinants of this inequality is essential in promoting health equity.
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Open AccessDeoxycholic acid inducing chronic atrophic gastritis with colonic mucosal lesion correlated to mucosal immune dysfunction in rats
The present study aimed to explore the underlying mechanism of bile reflux-inducing chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) with colonic mucosal lesion. The rat model of CAG with colonic mucosal lesion was induced by...
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Open AccessPromoting reactive oxygen species accumulation to overcome tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in cancer
In tumor treatment, protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been extensively utilized. However, the efficacy of TKI is significantly compromised by drug resistance. Consequently, finding an effective so...
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Open AccessAssociation between pre-gravid body mass index and clinical outcomes in in vitro fertilization: a multicentered retrospective cohort study
With the increasing incidence of obesity and the childbearing-age delay among women, a debate over obesity’s impacts on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes becomes hot. The potential negative effects of obesity an...
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Open AccessEmodin alleviates intestinal ischemia–reperfusion injury through antioxidant stress, anti-inflammatory responses and anti-apoptosis effects via Akt-mediated HO-1 upregulation
Intestinal ischemia–reperfusion (I/R) injury is a severe vascular emergency. Previous research indicated the protective effects of Emodin on I/R injury. Our study aims to explore the effect of Emodin on intest...
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Open AccessScalarization of Kerr–Newman black holes in the Einstein–Chern–Simons-scalar theory
We investigate the tachyonic instability of Kerr–Newman (KN) black hole with a rotation parameter a in the Einstein–Chern–Simons-scalar theory coupled with a quadratic massive scalar field. This instability analy...
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Open AccessBiliary atresia and cholestasis plasma non-targeted metabolomics unravels perturbed metabolic pathways and unveils a diagnostic model for biliary atresia
The clinical diagnosis of biliary atresia (BA) poses challenges, particularly in distinguishing it from cholestasis (CS). Moreover, the prognosis for BA is unfavorable and there is a dearth of effective non-in...
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Open AccessCircCDC42-encoded CDC42-165aa regulates macrophage pyroptosis in Klebsiella pneumoniae infection through Pyrin inflammasome activation
The circular RNA (circRNA) family is a group of endogenous non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that have critical functions in multiple physiological and pathological processes, including inflammation, cancer, and cardio...
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Open AccessInvestigation of Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. in ticks from Western China and identification of a novel genotype of Babesia caballi
Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. are tick-borne protozoan parasites with veterinary importance. In China, epidemiological and genetic investigations on many Babesia and Theileria species were still absent in many ...
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Open AccessCarbon materials in current zinc ion energy storage devices towards sustainability
Emerging energy storage devices are vital approaches towards peak carbon dioxide emissions. Zinc-ion energy storage devices (ZESDs), including zinc ion capacitors and zinc ion batteries, are being intensely pu...
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Open AccessBreaking down barriers: rationalisations and motivation to stop among Chinese male smokers under cigarette dependence
Smoking rationalisation beliefs are a huge barrier to quitting smoking. What types of rationalisations should be emphasised in smoking cessation interventions? Although past literature has confirmed the negati...
