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Open AccessAre children with IgA nephropathy different from adult patients?
Previously, several studies have indicated that pediatric IgA nephropathy (IgAN) might be different from adult IgAN, and treatment strategies might be also different between pediatric IgAN and adult IgAN.
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Effects of Different Culture Conditions and Growth States on the Structure and Hemostatic Properties of Coscinodiscus sp.
As a renewable marine inorganic material, Coscinodiscus sp. has significant potential in the field of rapid hemostasis. However, the low yield of Coscinodiscus sp. seriously limits the application. In this study,...
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Total-body dynamic PET/CT imaging reveals kinetic distribution of [13N]NH3 in normal organs
To systematically investigate kinetic metrics and metabolic trap** of [13N]NH3 in organs.
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Effect of Sulfate and Acid Orange 7 on Sb(V) Removal by Anaerobic Granular Sludge: Role of Granular Activated Carbon
Antimonate (Sb(V)), sulfate and acid orange 7 (AO7) are common pollutants in printing and dyeing wastewater. Currently, there have been no reports about the effects of sulfate and AO7 on Sb(V) removal by anaer...
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Blind quality evaluator for multi-exposure fusion image via joint sparse features and complex-wavelet statistical characteristics
Multi-Exposure Fusion (MEF) technique aims to fuse multiple images taken from the same scene at different exposure levels into an image with more details. Although more and more MEF algorithms have been develo...
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Molecular and physiological evidence of HvCaLB1 regulates calcium homeostasis and salt tolerance in Barley
The loss of crop productivity due to soil salinity is an increasing threat to agriculture worldwide. Calcium (Ca2+) plays vital roles in salt-responsive signaling through the perception of various calcium-binding...
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Open AccessUltrasonic-responsive piezoelectric stimulation enhances sonodynamic therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer
Breast cancer ranks second as the most common malignancy globally, after lung cancer. Among the various subtypes of breast cancer, HER2 positive breast cancer (HER2 BC)poses a particularly challenging prognosi...
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Open AccessSS-CRE: A Continual Relation Extraction Method Through SimCSE-BERT and Static Relation Prototypes
Continual relation extraction aims to learn new relations from a continuous stream of data while avoiding forgetting old relations. Existing methods typically use the BERT encoder to obtain semantic embeddings...
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Disruption of DNA-PKcs-mediated cGAS retention on damaged chromatin potentiates DNA damage-inducing agent-induced anti-multiple myeloma activity
Targeting DNA damage repair factors, such as DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), may offer an opportunity for effective treatment of multiple myeloma (MM). In combination with DNA damage...
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Open AccessA method to detect uniformity of road base course based on impact imaging technology
The damage of road base course has the characteristics of strong concealment and difficulty in detecting. For this reason, the impact imaging method has been used for detection of road base course. This paper ...
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Nano-silicon/graphite composites caged by mesophase pitch-derived carbon as anode materials for stable lithium storage
The development of silicon/graphite composites is a feasible solution for improving the short cycling life of Si-based anodes. However, unsatisfactory solid interfaces and structural integrity impede the achie...
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Open AccessPhylodynamics unveils invading and diffusing patterns of dengue virus serotype-1 in Guangdong, China from 1990 to 2019 under a global genoty** framework
The strong invasiveness and rapid expansion of dengue virus (DENV) pose a great challenge to global public health. However, dengue epidemic patterns and mechanisms at a genetic scale, particularly in term of c...
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Open AccessAnalysis of correlation between BMI and TWL% outcome following metabolic and bariatric surgery: a retrospective study using restricted cubic spline
This study aimed to examine the correlation between preoperative body mass index (BMI) and adequate percentage of total weight loss (TWL%) outcome and present evidence of tiered treatment for patients with obe...
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Swelling of Spherical Polyelectrolyte Gels
Polyelectrolyte (PE) gels, distinguished by their unique stimuli-responsive swelling behavior, serve as the basis of broad applications, such as artificial muscles and drug delivery. In this work, we present a...
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Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of end-stage liver disease complicated by infections
End-stage liver disease (ESLD) is a life-threatening clinical syndrome and when complicated with infection the mortality is markedly increased. In patients with ESLD, bacterial or fungal infection can induce o...
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Determination of vapor pressure, evaporation enthalpy and polarity of imidazolium-based ionic liquids
In this paper, isothermal thermogravimetric experiments were carried out on eight imidazolium-based ionic liquids. Their vapor pressure was determined using Langmuir equation, and their vapor pressure changed ...
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The value of preoperative diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma pathological T staging based on dual-layer spectral-detector computed tomography extracellular volume fraction: a preliminary study
To investigate the value of preoperative diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRAC) pathological T staging based on dual-layer spectral-detector computed tomography (DLCT) extracellular volume fraction (ECV...
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Ligand effect in surface atomic sites of group VI B transition metals on ultrathin Pt nanowires for enhanced oxygen reduction
Increasing the utilization efficiency of platinum is critical for advancing proton exchange-membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Despite extensive research on catalysts for the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR...
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Energy and delay co-aware intelligent computation offloading and resource allocation for fog computing networks
In the data-rich everything-connected world, rapid and green data processing is essential, especially for some delay-sensitive and computation-intensive tasks. Motivated by these requirements, an energy and de...
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Electrophoresis-deposition construction of covalently bonded interface material with enhanced thermal conductivity
The thermal conductivity (TC) of graphene-based/metal composites is currently not satisfactory because of the existence of large interfacial thermal resistance between graphene and metal originating from the s...