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Open AccessImplementation factors of tuberculosis control program in primary healthcare settings in China: a mixed-methods using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research framework
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death worldwide, and Chinese TB burden ranked the second globally. Chinese primary healthcare (PHC) sectors implement the TB Control Program (TCP) to improve active case f...
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Assessment of the migration characteristics and source-oriented health risks of heavy metals in the soil and groundwater of a legacy contaminated by the chlor-alkali industry in central China
The chlor-alkali industry (CAI) is crucial for global chemical production; however, its operation has led to widespread heavy metal (HM) contamination at numerous sites, which has not been thoroughly investiga...
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Hot-Isostatic Pressed Al Melt-Spun Ribbons with Tailored Microstructures and Mechanical Properties for Metallic Optics
This work demonstrates rapid solidification and precision machining to achieve 6061 aluminum alloys with extremely small surface roughness (2.05 nm), good tensile strength (325 MPa), and uniformly distributed ...
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Open AccessThe optimal second-line therapy for older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis using individual participant data (IPD)
Due to increasing life expectancy, almost half of people with type 2 diabetes are aged 65 years or over worldwide. When metformin alone does not control blood sugar, the choice of which second-line therapy to ...
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Coupling of fluorescent and piezoelectric bifunctions in PVDF-HFP microporous film with highly dispersed carbon dots
S, N-co-doped carbon quantum dots (S, N-CQDs) as the fluorescent source and β piezoelectric phase inducer were implanted into a poly (vinylidene) fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) microporous film to prepar...
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Quantifying the Health Risks of PM2.5-Bound Heavy Metals for Rural Populations with Different Energy Use Types During the Heating Season
Premature deaths in China due to exposure to PM2.5-bound heavy metals (HMs) are notably more prevalent in rural areas than in urban ones. In suburban rural areas, electricity and natural gas have emerged as the p...
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Characterization of a membrane Fcγ receptor in largemouth bass (Micropterus saloumoides) and its response to bacterial challenge
Fc receptors (FcRs), specific to the Fc portion of immunoglobulin (Ig), are required to regulate immune responses against pathogenic infections. However, FcγR is a member of FcRs family, whose structure and fu...
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Anaerobic Co-digestion of Chicken Manure and Corn Straw: Gas Production, Biogas Fertilizer Effectiveness, and Microbial Diversity
This study conducted anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) of chicken manure (CM) and corn straw (CS) with various mixing ratios (1:0, 9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, 5:5, and 4:6, VS) through batch experiments to investigate gas...
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Open AccessMultiple myeloma patients with a long remission after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Autologous stem cell transplantation (autoHCT) is considered standard of care for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM). Although most patients eventually progress after autoHCT, a small proportion achieve a d...
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Open AccessMulti-cohort study on cytokine and chemokine profiles in the progression of COVID-19
Various substances in the blood plasma serve as prognostic indicators of the progression of COVID-19. Consequently, multi-omics studies, such as proteomic and metabolomics, are ongoing to identify accurate bio...
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Open AccessBone marrow stromal cells dictate lanosterol biosynthesis and ferroptosis of multiple myeloma
Ferroptosis has been demonstrated a promising way to counteract chemoresistance of multiple myeloma (MM), however, roles and mechanism of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) in regulating ferroptosis of MM cells...
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Computing offloading and resource scheduling based on DDPG in ultra-dense edge computing networks
To address the current challenge of smart devices in healthcare Internet of things (IoT) struggling to efficiently process intensive applications in real-time, a collaborative cloud-edge offloading model tailo...
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Open AccessArtificial kagome lattices of Shockley surface states patterned by halogen hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks
Artificial electronic kagome lattices may emerge from electronic potential landscapes using customized structures with exotic supersymmetries, benefiting from the confinement of Shockley surface-state electron...
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Open AccessSpectral band selection and ANIMR-GAN for high-performance multispectral coal gangue classification
Low-energy and efficient coal gangue sorting is crucial for environmental protection. Multispectral imaging (MSI) has emerged as a promising technology in this domain. This work addresses the challenge of low ...
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A reversible image watermarking algorithm for tamper detection based on SIFT
The integrity of the digital image content is very important for special types of images. To better locate tampered regions in the image, this paper proposes a reversible watermarking technology for tamper loc...
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Seeded growth of single-crystal black phosphorus nanoribbons
Two-dimensional materials have emerged as an important research frontier for overcoming the challenges in nanoelectronics and for exploring new physics. Among them, black phosphorus, with a combination of a tu...
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Open AccessStudy on the material source and enrichment mechanism of REE-rich phosphorite in Zhi**, Guizhou
Rare earth element (REE)-rich phosphorite in the Guizhou region mainly exists in the Doushantuo Formation and Gezhongwu Formation in early Cambrian strata, which are some of the important strata containing pho...
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Open AccessThe serine/threonine protein kinase MpSTE1 directly governs hyphal branching in Monascus spp.
Monascus spp. are commercially important fungi due to their ability to produce beneficial secondary metabolites such as the cholesterol-lowering agent lovastatin and natural food colorants azaphilone pigments. Al...
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Open AccessDietary antarctic krill improves antioxidant capacity, immunity and reduces lipid accumulation, insights from physiological and transcriptomic analysis of Plectropomus leopardus
Due to its enormous biomass, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) plays a crucial role in the Antarctic Ocean ecosystem. In recent years, Antarctic krill has found extensive application in aquaculture, emerging as...
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Open AccessQuantification of preexisting lung ground glass opacities on CT for predicting checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) can lead to life-threatening pneumonitis, and pre-existing interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) are a risk factor for checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP). However, the ...
