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In Vitro and In Vivo Supplementation with Curcumin Promotes Hippocampal Neuronal Synapses Development in Rats by Inhibiting GSK-3β and Activating β-catenin
The human fetal thyroid gland is not capable of producing thyroid hormones independently until 20 weeks of gestation, and if maternal thyroid hormone synthesis is inadequate in early pregnancy, fetal brain and...
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Establishment of NaLuF4:15%Tb-based low dose X-PDT agent and its application on efficient antitumor therapy
X-ray excited photodynamic therapy (X-PDT) is the bravo answer of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for deep-seated tumors, as it employs X-ray as the irradiation source to overcome the limitation of light penetratio...
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Note on the Indices of the Discrete and Continuous Second Order Hamiltonian System
We establish the relation between Morse index and Maslov-type index of the discrete and continuous second order Hamiltonian system and obtain that ...
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Open AccessAssociation of TP53 rs1042522 G > C, MDM2 rs2279744 T > G, and miR-34b/c rs4938723 T > C polymorphisms with aneuploidy pregnancy susceptibility
Aneuploidy pregnancy is a severe major birth defect and causes about 50% spontaneous miscarriages with unknown etiology. To date, only a few epidemiological studies with small sample sizes have investigated th...
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Open AccessUltrasonographic classification of 26 cases of fetal umbilical-portal-systemic venous shunts and the correlations with fetal chromosomal abnormalities
To investigate the ultrasonographic classification of fetal umbilical-portal-systemic venous shunts (UPSVS) and the correlations with fetal chromosomal abnormalities.
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A belief Rényi divergence for multi-source information fusion and its application in pattern recognition
Multi-source information fusion technology has been widely used because it can maximize the use of information that collected from multiple data sources for decision fusion. As an uncertain information process...
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Open AccessFactors associated with fetal karyotype in spontaneous abortion: a case-case study
Most embryos that spontaneously abort during early pregnancy are found to have chromosomal abnormalities. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors involved in chromosome aberrations during embryogen...
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Open AccessThe fine-scale associations between socioeconomic status, density, functionality, and spread of COVID-19 within a high-density city
Motivated by the need for precise epidemic control and epidemic-resilient urban design, this study aims to reveal the joint and interactive associations between urban socioeconomic, density, connectivity, and ...
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Field study of a new ecological slope protection method applied to expansive soil slope
This paper used a new type of ecological slope protection method—anchor reinforced vegetation system (ARVS) for shallow protection of the expansive soil slope. We established a test slope with different protec...
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Open AccessInvestigation on combined copy number variation sequencing and cytogenetic karyoty** for prenatal diagnosis
We aimed to evaluate the clinical value of copy number variation-sequencing (CNV-Seq) in combination with cytogenetic karyoty** in prenatal diagnosis.
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Open AccessThe Establishment and Application Studies on Precise Lysosome pH Indicator Based on Self-Decomposable Nanoparticles
Acidic pH of lysosomes is closely related to autophagy; thus, well known of the precise lysosomes, pH changes will give more information on the autophagy process and status. So far, however, only pH changes in...
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Layer-by-layer assembled synthesis of hollow yolk-shell CdS–graphene nanocomposites and their high photocatalytic activity and photostability
Herein, we successfully synthesized, for the first time, a diameter of 340 nm hollow yolk-shell type CdS–graphene composite photocatalyst with a hollow core and an independent void space with 5~10 nm between h...
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Open AccessFirst-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein is not a good predictor for adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective study of 3325 cases
It is well known that second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MS-AFP) is a predictor for adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), such as preterm birth, stillbirth, preeclampsia and small for gestational ...
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Open AccessDisruptive mutations in TANC2 define a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with psychiatric disorders
Postsynaptic density (PSD) proteins have been implicated in the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. Here, we present detailed clinical and genetic data for 20 patients with likely ...
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Applications of Cotorsion Pairs on Triangulated Categories
Giving a cotorsion pair in an abelian category \({\mathscr {C}}\) C ...
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Open AccessAn energy- and cost-aware computation offloading method for workflow applications in mobile edge computing
Mobile edge computing is becoming a promising computing architecture to overcome the resource limitation of mobile devices and bandwidth bottleneck of the core networks in mobile cloud computing. Although offl...
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Open AccessMolecular epidemiology, pathogenicity, and structural analysis of haemoglobin variants in the Yunnan province population of Southwestern China
Abnormal haemoglobin (Hb) variants result in the most commonly inherited disorders in humans worldwide. In this study, we investigated the molecular epidemiology characteristics of Hb variants, along with asso...
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Relative Cohomology and Generalized Tate Cohomology
We compare relative cohomology theories arising from using different proper resolutions of modules. Criteria for the vanishing of such distinctions are given in certain cases, and we show that this is related ...
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Clinical and genetic characterization of six cases with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome in China
The mutations of androgen receptor (AR) gene are the most common cause for complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). We aimed to characterize the six cases enrolled in our hospital (the First People’s Hosp...
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Identification of Zygosaccharomyces mellis strains in stored honey and their stress tolerance
To screen yeast with high sugar tolerance and evaluate their stress tolerance, six yeast strains were selected from 17 stored honey samples. The species were identified through 26S rRNA sequencing. Their stres...
