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Open AccessGravitational waves with generalized holonomy corrections
The cosmological tensor perturbation equation with generalized holonomy corrections is derived in the framework of effective loop quantum gravity. This results in a generalized dispersion relation for gravitat...
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Open AccessIFIT1 + neutrophil is a causative factor of immunosuppressive features of poorly cohesive carcinoma (PCC)
The importance of the immune microenvironment in poorly cohesive carcinoma (PCC) has been highlighted due to its limited response rate to conventional therapy and emerging treatment resistance. A combination o...
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Open AccessSpatiotemporal heterogeneity of LMOD1 expression summarizes two modes of cell communication in colorectal cancer
Cellular communication (CC) influences tumor development by mediating intercellular junctions between cells. However, the role and underlying mechanisms of CC in malignant transformation remain unknown. Here, ...
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Open AccessUnique clinical and electrophysiological features in the peripheral nerve system in patients with sialidosis – a case series study
To investigate the peripheral nervous system involvement in S sialidosis with typical features of myoclonus, seizure, and giant waves in somatosensory evoked potentials suggesting hyperexcitability in the central...
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Open AccessRisk factors for renal outcomes in children with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a nationwide retrospective study in China
Pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a life-threatening systemic vasculitis featured by liability to renal involvement. However, there are few studies on the risk factor...
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Open AccessSyndromic ciliopathy: a taiwanese single-center study
Syndromic ciliopathies are a group of congenital disorders characterized by broad clinical and genetic overlap, including obesity, visual problems, skeletal anomalies, mental retardation, and renal diseases. T...
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Open AccessThe significance of admission blood lactate and fibrinogen in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a single-center clinical study
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients, leading to long-term physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments. Blood lactate and fibrinogen level...
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Open AccessHigh-security learning-based optical encryption assisted by disordered metasurface
Artificial intelligence has gained significant attention for exploiting optical scattering for optical encryption. Conventional scattering media are inevitably influenced by instability or perturbations, and h...
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Open AccessDifferences in lobar microbleed topography in cerebral amyloid angiopathy and hypertensive arteriopathy
Lobar cerebral microbleeds are a characteristic neuroimaging finding in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) but can also be found in hypertensive arteriolosclerosis. We aimed to investigate whether CAA is more a...
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Open AccessDirect Numerical Simulation of Atomization Characteristics of ECN Spray-G Injector: In-Nozzle Fluid Flow and Breakup Processes
In order to sustain applications dealing with various liquid fuels in internal combustion engine (ICE), it is essential to make available prediction methodologies that allow an early evaluation of the potentia...
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Open AccessIntegrated analysis identifies GABRB3 as a biomarker in prostate cancer
Treatment failure following androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) presents a significant challenge in the management of advanced prostate cancer. Thus, understanding the genetic factors influencing this process c...
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Open AccessCell death of alveolar lymphocytes and monocytes is negatively correlated with driving pressure and mechanical power in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) involves immune cell death and removal from the injured lungs. ARDS severity is related to lung compliance. However, the correlation between the respi...
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Open AccessIdentification of patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy at risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias: insights from cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking
Patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) are prone to arrhythmias, and the cause of mortality in these patients is either end-organ dysfunction due to pump failure or malignant arrhythmia-relat...
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Open AccessAssociation between impaired dynamic cerebral autoregulation and BBB disruption in reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
Half of the sufferers of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) exhibit imaging-proven blood-brain barrier disruption. The pathogenesis of blood-brain barrier disruption in RCVS remains unclear a...
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Open AccessTwnbiome: a public database of the healthy Taiwanese gut microbiome
With new advances in next generation sequencing (NGS) technology at reduced costs, research on bacterial genomes in the environment has become affordable. Compared to traditional methods, NGS provides high-thr...
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Open AccessConfirming the association between low serum 25OHD levels in girls with central precocious puberty and its severity
To assess the differences in vitamin D levels in girls with rapidly progressive (RP) or slowly progressive (SP) central precocious puberty (CPP) and to compare whether the factors related to RP-CPP influenced ...
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Open AccessStroma-associated FSTL3 is a factor of calcium channel-derived tumor fibrosis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most widespread histological form of primary liver cancer, and it faces great diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties owing to its tumor diversity. Herein, we aim to estab...
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Open AccessHeart rhythm complexity analysis in patients with inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Heart rhythm complexity (HRC), a subtype of heart rate variability (HRV), is an important tool to investigate cardiovascular disease. In this study, we aimed to analyze serial changes in HRV and HRC metrics in...
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Open AccessCorrection: Acylglycerol kinase promotes tumour growth and metastasis via activating the PI3K/AKT/GSK3β signalling pathway in renal cell carcinoma
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Open AccessCharacteristic oscillatory brain networks for predicting patients with chronic migraine
To determine specific resting-state network patterns underlying alterations in chronic migraine, we employed oscillatory connectivity and machine learning techniques to distinguish patients with chronic migrai...
