Blended Learning. Intelligent Computing in Education
17th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2024, Macao SAR, China, July 29 – August 1, 2024, Proceedings
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Ropeginterferon alfa-2b is a novel mono-pegylated proline-interferon. This clinical study aimed to evaluate its antiviral efficacy of ropeginterferon alfa-2b against SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate over time, and reports on children infected with Omicron BA.5 are limited. We aimed to analyze the specific symptoms of Omicron-infected children and to improve patient care.
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The long-term operation of the lead smelter has brought serious heavy metal pollution to the surrounding soil. The microbial community structure and composition of heavy metal contaminated soil is important fo...
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Transfusion reactions induced by platelet transfusions may be reduced and alleviated by leukocyte reduction of platelets. Although leukoreduction of apheresis platelets can be performed either pre-storage or p...
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To enhance the detection, management and monitoring of Chinese children afflicted with sitosterolemia by examining the physical characteristics and genetic makeup of pediatric patients.
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Zirconium-89 radiolabeled immuno-positron emission tomography (89Zr-iPET) has become a critical tool for patient stratification before and after immunotherapies for therapeutic evaluation. In this study, random a...
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Ultrasonographic structural abnormalities are regarded as one of the risk factors of elbow injuries. Elbow injuries are commonly associated with decreased shoulder/elbow range of motion (ROM). The purpose of t...
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Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR) is the leading cause of neonatal functional intestinal obstruction, which has been identified in many familial cases. HSCR, a multifactorial disorder of enteric nervous system (EN...
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This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of Qingpeng ointment (QPO), a Tibetan medicine for alleviating symptoms in individuals with acute gouty arthritis (AGA).
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17th International Conference on Blended Learning, ICBL 2024, Macao SAR, China, July 29 – August 1, 2024, Proceedings
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As the continuation of Fungal Diversity Notes series, the current paper is the 16th contribution to this series. A total of 103 taxa from seven classes in Ascomycota and Basidiomycota are included here. Of these ...
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To develop an MRI radiomic nomogram capable of identifying muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients with high-risk molecular characteristics related to poor 2-year disease-free survival (DFS).
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In the field of embedding digital information or private message into an audio signal, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and bit error rate (BER) are commonly performance indexes in measuring the distortion and robu...
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Plasmonic nanoparticles (PNPs) with stable nanogaps are important to achieve strong, uniform and quantitative gap-enhanced Raman scattering (GERS) signals. Chiral PNPs with plasmonic circular dichroism (PCD) r...
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Currently, there are no accurate markers for predicting potentially lethal prostate cancer (PC) before biopsy. This study aimed to develop urine tests to predict clinically significant PC (sPC) in men at risk.
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The clinical benefit of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs)-based systemic therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is limited due to drug resistance. Here, we uncover that lipid metabolism reprogramm...
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Current guidelines discourage the use of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) containing protease-inhibitor (PI) in advanced HCV cirrhosis. We aimed to compare the real-world tolerability of PI vs. non-PI DAA regimen...
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Bisphenol A (BPA) and parabens (PBs) are chemicals that are extensively used in personal care products (PCPs). In early childhood development, hearing is critical to speech and language development, communicat...
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is increasing worldwide. Although there is currently no completely curative treatment, helminthic therapy shows cer...
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High-density resistivity imaging method is widely used in landslide monitoring. The resistivity of rock and soil is closely related to factors, such as porosity, moisture content, saturation and temperature. I...