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Animal Shapes, Modal Analysis, and Visualization of Motion (I): Horse and Camel
Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of physical systems and engineering structures can reveal many of the system’s fundamental features and, therefore, become a basis for the study of inverse problems. In this seri...
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Animal Shapes, Modal Analysis, and Visualization of Motion (III): Giraffe, Duck, Goose, T-Rex Dinosaur, and the Flying Modes of Eagle
This paper contains more varieties of animals, including the giraffe, bird species duck, goose and eagle, and the T-Rex dinosaur. They range across mammals, birds and reptiles. For each of them, we present the...
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Open AccessLetter to the Editor Regarding “Efficacy and safety of adjunctive corticosteroids in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials”
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Open AccessNon-invasive arterial blood pressure measurement and SpO2 estimation using PPG signal: a deep learning framework
Monitoring blood pressure and peripheral capillary oxygen saturation plays a crucial role in healthcare management for patients with chronic diseases, especially hypertension and vascular disease. However, cur...
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Open AccessIncidence and clinical features of HHV-7 detection in lower respiratory tract in patients with severe pneumonia: a multicenter, retrospective study
The significance of detecting human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) in the lower respiratory tract of patients with severe pneumonia is unclear. This study aims to evaluate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of ...
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Open AccessConfidence-based laboratory test reduction recommendation algorithm
We propose a new deep learning model to identify unnecessary hemoglobin (Hgb) tests for patients admitted to the hospital, which can help reduce health risks and healthcare costs.
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Open AccessDeep learn-based computer-assisted transthoracic echocardiography: approach to the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis
Myocardial amyloidosis (CA) differs from other etiological pathologies of left ventricular hypertrophy in that transthoracic echocardiography is challenging to assess the texture features based on human visual...
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Open AccessLong noncoding RNA ENST00000436340 promotes podocyte injury in diabetic kidney disease by facilitating the association of PTBP1 with RAB3B
Dysfunction of podocytes has been regarded as an important early pathologic characteristic of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), but the regulatory role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in this process remains lar...
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Open AccessEffects of carbonation on mechanical properties of CAC-GGBFS blended strain hardening cementitious composites
Calcium aluminate cement (CAC)—based strain hardening cementitious composites (SHCC) has been developed and used for the rehabilitation of sewerage pipelines. In addition to well-known microbiologically induce...
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Open AccessLetter to the Editor regarding “Effect of ICU quality control indicators on VAP incidence rate and mortality: a retrospective study of 1267 hospitals in China”
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The anti-fatigue lightweight design of heavy tractor frame based on a modified decision method
This paper proposes a modified preference selection index (MPSI) to improve the efficiency and reliability of the multi-criteria decision-making process. MPSI absorbs the high efficiency of the preference sele...
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Open AccessAspiration of cement slurry
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Open AccessLncRNA ANRIL mediates endothelial dysfunction through BDNF downregulation in chronic kidney disease
Endothelial dysfunction is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but the mechanism is unknown. In this study, we found that the circulating ANRIL level was increased and correlated with vascula...
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Open AccessA comparison of demographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hospital influenza-related viral pneumonia patients
Through the comparison of the demographic, epidemiological, and clinical characteristics of hospital human influenza (influenza A (H1N1) pdm09, H3N2, and B)-related and hospitalized avian-origin influenza A (H...
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Open AccessDynamic changes of miRNAs in skeletal muscle development at New Zealand rabbits
miRNA is one of the crucial roles in the complex and dynamic network that regulates the development of skeletal muscle. The landscape of skeletal muscle miRNAs from fetus to adult in New Zealand rabbits has no...
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Open AccessContrast-enhanced ultrasound tractography for 3D vascular imaging of the prostate
Diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) enables visualization of fiber trajectories in soft tissue using magnetic resonance imaging. DTT exploits the anisotropic nature of water diffusion in fibrous structures to ...
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Open AccessGenetic variants in PPP2CA are associated with gastric cancer risk in a Chinese population
Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a tumor suppressor protein, has been implicated in cell cycle and apoptosis. Additionally, studies have illustrated its crucial roles in transformation of normal human cells to t...
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A cis-eQTL genetic variant of the cancer–testis gene CCDC116 is associated with risk of multiple cancers
Recent studies have found that cancer–testis (CT) genes, which are expressed predominantly in germ and cancer cells, may be candidate cancer drivers. Because of their crucial roles, genetic variants in these g...
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Open AccessThe known genetic loci for telomere length may be involved in the modification of telomeres length after birth
Telomere length varies considerably among individuals. It is highly heritable and decreases with ageing or ageing related diseases. Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several gene...
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Open AccessArsenite-loaded nanoparticles inhibit PARP-1 to overcome multidrug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the highest incidences in cancers; however, traditional chemotherapy often suffers from low efficiency caused by drug resistance. Herein, we report an arsenite-loaded d...
