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Acoustic insulation and directional refraction of dual-functional pentamode metasurface
Acoustic metasurface is a membrane-like two-dimensional metamaterial with subwavelength thickness and special acoustic properties. Based on generalized Snell’s laws, acoustic metasurface produce a series of un...
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Open AccessIntegrated transcriptome and microRNA analysis reveals molecular responses to high-temperature stress in the liver of American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
Fish reproduction, development and growth are directly affected by temperature, investigating the regulatory mechanisms behind high temperature stress is helpful to construct a finer molecular network. In this...
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Radiofrequency ablation for capsular-located versus noncapsular-located papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a propensity score matching study of 1095 patients
To assess the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for capsular-located papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) in a large cohort and to compare its outcomes with those of noncapsular-located P...
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Metal–organic frameworks for biological applications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as exciting potential new candidates for application across nanomedicine, with the first example now in a phase II human clinical trial. MOFs have a range of desira...
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Deciphering the mechanism of groundwater temperature changes associated with longwall mining in a coalfield, China, using the extreme gradient boosting method
Investigations focusing on the impacts of mining on groundwater systems typically provide a qualitative analysis of groundwater flow and chemistry, whereas relatively few studies quantitatively analyze groundw...
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Open AccessAmeliorating and refining islet organoids to illuminate treatment and pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, a significant global public health challenge, severely impacts human health worldwide. The organoid, an innovative in vitro three-dimensional (3D) culture model, closely mimics tissues or or...
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Multi-granularity attention in attention for person re-identification in aerial images
In marrying with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the person re-identification (re-ID) techniques are further strengthened in terms of mobility. However, the simple hybridization brings unavoidable scale diversit...
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The effect of fracture aperture and matrix permeability on suitability of the equivalent porous medium model for steady-state flow in fractured porous media
The equivalent porous medium (EPM) method is an efficient approximate processing method for calculating groundwater yield taking into account the equivalent permeability coefficient of a fractured geological m...
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Open AccessHarnessing three-dimensional porous chitosan microsphere embedded with adipose-derived stem cells to promote nerve regeneration
Nerve guide conduits are a promising strategy for reconstructing peripheral nerve defects. Improving the survival rate of seed cells in nerve conduits is still a challenge and microcarriers are an excellent th...
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Open AccessMacrophages in cardiovascular diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets
The immune response holds a pivotal role in cardiovascular disease development. As multifunctional cells of the innate immune system, macrophages play an essential role in initial inflammatory response that oc...
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Value of radiofrequency ablation for treating locally recurrent thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis for 2-year follow-up
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in treating locoregional recurrent thyroid cancer (LRTC) after a 2-year follow-up time.
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Molecular characterization and function of hif1a and fih1 in response to acute thermal stress in American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
In order to evaluate the function of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (hif1α) and factor inhibiting hif1α (fih1) in response to thermal stress, we first conducted a functional analysis of A. sapidissima hif1α and...
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Open AccessResearch advances in enhanced coal seam gas extraction by controllable shock wave fracturing
With the continuous increase of mining in depth, the gas extraction faces the challenges of low permeability, great ground stress, high temperature and large gas pressure in coal seam. The controllable shock w...
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Insights into the structural variation and photocatalytic performance of g-C3N4 via do** N, O and S atoms
Non-metal (N, O and S) doped g-C3N4 was successfully prepared via thermal polymerization of melamine and dopants and applied for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline (TC). The structure and photocatalytic p...
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The value of Korean, American, and Chinese ultrasound risk stratification systems combined with BRAF(V600E) mutation for detecting papillary thyroid carcinoma in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules
To investigate the value of Korean, American, and Chinese ultrasound risk stratification systems combined with BRAF(V600E) mutation in the detection of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)within cytologically ind...
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Impact of long-term mining activity on groundwater dynamics in a mining district in **njiang coal Mine Base, Northwest China: insight from geochemical fingerprint and machine learning
Long-term coal mining could lead to a serious of geo-environmental problems. However, less comprehensive identification of factors controlling the groundwater dynamics were involved in previous studies. This s...
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Open AccessCervical lymph node metastasis prediction from papillary thyroid carcinoma US videos: a prospective multicenter study
Prediction of lymph node metastasis (LNM) is critical for individualized management of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients to avoid unnecessary overtreatment as well as undesired under-treatment. Artifi...
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Carbon quantum dots derived from marine Eucheuma denticulatum for the efficient and sensitive detection of tetracycline
In this study, Eucheuma denticulatum marine algae were used as the raw material to prepare Eucheuma denticulatum-derived carbon quantum dots (E-CQDs) via a mild chemical oxidation method. The E-CQDs demonstrated ...
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A novel nano-cerium oxide functionalized biochar composite for degradation of organic dye: insight of the photocatalysis mechanism
Recently, visible-light-driven photocatalysis attracts much concerns in the remediation of environmental organic pollutants. In this study, the cerium doped biochar was fabricated through the hydrothermal meth...
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Enhanced performance of Cu/P-type GaN triboelectric nanogenerator through heterojunction
The metal/semiconductor triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is known for its minimal internal resistance, high energy collection efficiency, stability, and affordability. The focus of research has been on enhan...