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Open AccessNutritional load in post-prandial oxidative stress and the pathogeneses of diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus affected more than 500 million of people globally, with an annual mortality of 1.5 million directly attributable to diabetic complications. Oxidative stress, in particularly in post-prandial ...
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SC-Unext: A Lightweight Image Segmentation Model with Cellular Mechanism for Breast Ultrasound Tumor Diagnosis
Automatic breast ultrasound image segmentation plays an important role in medical image processing. However, current methods for breast ultrasound segmentation suffer from high computational complexity and lar...
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Open AccessRisk factors of prognosis in older patients with severe brain injury after surgical intervention
Older patients (aged ≥ 60 years) with severe brain injury have a high mortality and disability rate. The objective of this retrospective study was to assess the clinical risk factors of prognosis in older pati...
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Open AccessA method for multiple-sequence-alignment-free protein structure prediction using a protein language model
Protein structure prediction pipelines based on artificial intelligence, such as AlphaFold2, have achieved near-experimental accuracy. These advanced pipelines mainly rely on multiple sequence alignments (MSAs...
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Open AccessLong-term outcomes of offspring from multiple gestations: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study on multi-system diseases using UK Biobank and FinnGen databases
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have increased the incidence of multiple births, which can have a negative impact on maternal and offspring health. The study aimed to investigate the association betwe...
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Magnetic Properties and Enhanced Magneto-Caloric Performances by Zn Substitution in the Dy2BaCu1−xZnxO5 (x = 0.25, 0.5, 0.75) Oxides
Rare earth-based materials with a large magneto-caloric (MC) effect have aroused significant research interest due to their potential application for cryogenic magnetic refrigeration (MR) technology. In this s...
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Temporal Neighborhood Change Centrality for Important Node Identification in Temporal Networks
In the field of complex networks, identifying important nodes is of great importance both in theoretical and practical applications. Compared with the important node identification of the static network, the i...
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Role of melatonin receptor 1B gene polymorphism and its effect on the regulation of glucose transport in gestational diabetes mellitus
Melatonin receptor 1B (MT2, encoded by the MTNR1B gene), a high-affinity receptor for melatonin, is associated with glucose homeostasis including glucose uptake and transport. The rs10830963 variant in the MTNR1B
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Simulation and Optimization of a Double-Helical Rotor Wave Energy Converter
This paper presents a new type of double-helical rotor wave energy converter (WEC), which consists of two isolated sets of helical rotor structures (inner and outer). This device can generate electricity by us...
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Specific β-glucans in chain conformations and their biological functions
The structures and functions of polysaccharides are not fully understood by the scientific community due to their complexity and the limitations of characterization methods. β-(1,3)-D-glucans with or without β-(1...
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Open AccessEndothelial-derived extracellular microRNA-92a promotes arterial stiffness by regulating phenotype changes of vascular smooth muscle cells
Endothelial dysfunction and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) plasticity are critically involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension and arterial stiffness. MicroRNAs can mediate the cellular communication be...
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Integrating Global Features into Neural Collaborative Filtering
Recently, deep learning has been widely applied in the field of recommender systems and achieved great success, among which the most representative one is the Collaborative Filtering based Deep Neural Network....
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A Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Multi-layer Network Reduction for Community Detection
Community detection is an important method to reveal the characteristics of complex systems, which usually requires the system to meet the conditions of close connections within communities but sparse connecti...
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Identifying Multiple Influential Nodes for Complex Networks Based on Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning
The identification of multiple influential nodes that influence the structure or function of a complex network has attracted much attention in recent years. Distinguished from individual significant nodes, the...
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Open AccessComparative transcriptome analysis identified important genes and regulatory pathways for flower color variation in Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum
Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum is a member of Orchidaceae family that is famous for its ornamental value around the globe, it is vulnerable due to over-exploitation and was listed in Appendix I of the Convention on...
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Open AccessMassive pulmonary embolism in patients with extreme bleeding risk: a case series on the successful use of ultrasound-assisted, catheter directed thrombolysis in a district general hospital
Massive pulmonary embolism (PE), characterised by profound arterial hypotension, is a life-threatening emergency with a 90-day mortality of over 50%. Systemic thrombolysis can significantly reduce the risk of ...
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Open AccessFeasibility of anticoagulation using low molecular-weight heparin during catheter-directed thrombolysis for lower extremity deep venous thrombosis
The optimal anticoagulant scheme during catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) remains unknown. This study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of anticoagulation therapy us...
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Open AccessCorrection to: HSP20 Exerts a Protective Effect on Preeclampsia by Regulating Function of Trophoblast Cells Via Akt Pathways
Li F, **e Y, Wu Y, et al. HSP20 exerts a protective effect on preeclampsia by regulating function of trophoblast cells via Akt pathways. Reproduct Sci. 2019;26:961-971. doi:10.1177/1933719118802057.
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Reducing ammonia and greenhouse gas emission with adding high levels of superphosphate fertilizer during composting
Previous studies revealed that superphosphate fertilizer (SSP) as an additive in compost can reduce the nitrogen loss and improve the effectiveness of phosphorus during composting. However, few studies have ex...
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HSP20 Exerts a Protective Effect on Preeclampsia by Regulating Function of Trophoblast Cells Via Akt Pathways
Preeclampsia (PE) remains the leading cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Excessive apoptosis of the placenta and poor remodeling of spiral arteries caused by insufficient invasion of trophobl...
