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Open AccessSafety, immunogenicity and protective effect of sequential vaccination with inactivated and recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine in the elderly: a prospective longitudinal study
The safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in the elderly, a high-risk group for severe COVID-19 infection, have not been fully understood. To clarify these issues, this prospective study followed up 157 eld...
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Open AccessAspirin inhibits rotavirus replication and alters rat gut microbial composition
Aspirin is widely used to treat various clinical symptoms. Evidence suggests that aspirin has antiviral properties, but little is known about its specific effect against rotavirus.
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Open AccessCorrection: Successful treatment with doxycycline monotherapy for human infection with Babesia venatorum (Babesiidae, Sporozoa) in China: a case report and proposal for a clinical regimen
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Open AccessSuccessful treatment with doxycycline monotherapy for human infection with Babesia venatorum (Babesiidae, Sporozoa) in China: a case report and proposal for a clinical regimen
Human babesiosis is a worldwide disease caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Babesia. It is transmitted by bites from ixodid ticks, and mechanically transmitted by blood transfusion. It is primarily ...
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Open AccessPreoperative computed tomography-guided transscapular sens-cure needle localization for pulmonary nodule located behind the scapula
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is an approach that is commonly used to resect pulmonary nodules (PNs). However, when these PNs are located behind the scapula, a transscapular access approach is ge...
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Clinical Analysis of Primary Tracheobronchial Tumors in Children and Evaluation of the Predicting Models for Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
To determine the clinical characteristics and prognosis of primary tracheobronchial tumors (PTTs) in children, and to explore the most common tumor identification methods.
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Open AccessAnalysis of the intestinal microbial community altered during rotavirus infection in suckling mice
Rotavirus (RV) is a principal cause of diarrhea. However, there is a limited understanding regarding alteration of the gut microbial community structure and abundance during RV infection. This study was to cha...
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Gait analysis in the elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
This study aims to analyze the gait characteristics of the elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis by an intelligent device for energy expenditure and activity (IDEEA) to assist clinical work.
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Open AccessSample spinning to mitigate polarization artifact and interstitial-vacancy imbalance in ion-beam irradiation
Accelerator-based ion-beam irradiation has been widely used to mimic the effects of neutron radiation damage in nuclear reactors. However, ion radiation is most often monodisperse in the incoming ions’ momentu...
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Characterization of a G9 group A rotavirus reassortant strain detected in **zhou, China, in 2018–2019
A novel rotavirus A (RVA) strain (JZ) was detected in RVA-positive stool specimens from three pediatric patients in **zhou, Liaoning Province, in 2018–2019. The electrophoresis pattern of the JZ strain showed...
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A review of surface damage/microstructures and their effects on hydrogen/helium retention in tungsten
The change in surface damage/microstructures and its effects on the hydrogen (H) isotope/helium (He) dynamic behavior are the key factors for investigating issues of tungsten (W)-based plasma-facing materials ...
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Moss patch size and microhabitats influence stoichiometry of moss crusts in a temperate desert, Central Asia
Desert mosses, which are important stabilizers in desert ecosystems, are distributed patchily as biological soil crusts in arid lands. Patch size and microhabitats of moss are affected by human activities in d...
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Open AccessThe effects of autophagy on the replication of Nelson Bay orthoreovirus
Nelson Bay orthoreovirus (NBV) was first isolated over 40 years ago from a fruit bat in Australia. Normally, NBV does not cause human diseases, but recently several NBV strains have been associated with human ...
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Logarithmic Uncertainty Relations for Odd or Even Signals Associate with Wigner–Ville Distribution
Heisenberg’s uncertainty relation is a basic principle in the applied mathematics and signal processing community. The logarithmic uncertainty relation, which is a more general form of Heisenberg’s uncertainty...
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Open AccessIM3D: A parallel Monte Carlo code for efficient simulations of primary radiation displacements and damage in 3D geometry
SRIM-like codes have limitations in describing general 3D geometries, for modeling radiation displacements and damage in nanostructured materials. A universal, computationally efficient and massively parallel ...
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Modeling of a deep-groove ball bearing with waviness defects in planar multibody system
An approach for dynamic modeling of a deep-groove ball bearing with waviness defects in planar multibody system is presented. The deep-groove ball bearing is modeled by introducing a nonlinear force system tha...
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Open AccessPathogenicity and tissue distribution of grass carp reovirus after intraperitoneal administration
Grass carp reovirus (GCRV) is the causative agent of grass carp hemorrhage and causes significant loss of fingerlings. However, little is known about how the virus is distributed in organs and tissues. The aim...
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Open AccessCree** Motion of Self Interstitial Atom Clusters in Tungsten
The formation and motion features of self interstitial atom (SIA) clusters in tungsten are studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The static calculations show that the SIA clusters are stable with bin...
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Hydrochromic molecular switches for water-jet rewritable paper
The days of rewritable paper are coming, printers of the future will use water-jet paper. Although several kinds of rewritable paper have been reported, practical usage of them is rare. Herein, a new rewritabl...
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Pressure-sensitive plasticity of lithiated silicon in Li-ion batteries
Lithiation-induced plasticity is a key factor that enables Si electrodes to maintain long cycle life in Li-ion batteries. We study the plasticity of various lithiated silicon phases based on first-principles c...