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Open AccessImproved shape-from-template method with perspective space constraints for disappearing features
Inferring the 3D surface shape of a known template from 2D images captured by a monocular camera is a challenging problem. Due to the severely underconstrained nature of the problem, inferring shape accurately...
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Open AccessSemantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images with Improved U-Net Based on Transfer Learning
Semantic segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images has emerged as one of the foci of research in the remote sensing field, which can accurately identify objects on the ground and determine their lo...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Left ventricular function changes and echocardiographic predictors in adult survivors of fulminant myocarditis treated with the Chinese protocol
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Open AccessLeft ventricular function changes and echocardiographic predictors in adult survivors of fulminant myocarditis treated with the Chinese protocol
Disagreement exists regarding the long-term prognosis and recovery of left ventricular (LV) function in patients with fulminant myocarditis (FM). This study reported the outcome and LV ejection fraction (EF) c...
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Open AccessThe state of the art and future trends of root canal files from the perspective of patent analysis: a study design
The goal of this review is to present a detailed and comprehensive description of the published work from the past decade regarding methods of improved material, geometric design, and additional functions in r...
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Open AccessEstablishment, FEM analysis and experimental validation of tooth movement prediction model of orthodontic archwire T-loop
The T-loop has been used clinically to close gap between teeth. And it is a typical orthodontic archwire bending method. However, the design of the T-loop parameters for different patients is based on the clin...
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Open AccessUsing multi-parametric quantitative MRI to screen for cardiac involvement in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) is a group of heterogeneous autoimmune systemic diseases, which not only involve skeletal muscle but also myocardium. Cardiac involvement in IIM, which eventually devel...
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Open AccessThe absolute and relative changes in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I are associated with the in-hospital mortality of patients with fulminant myocarditis
We sought to describe the tendency and extent of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) changes in patients with fulminant myocarditis (FM) after admission and to explore the relationship between the in...
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Open AccessImpact of mechanical circulatory support and immunomodulation therapy on outcome of patients with fulminant myocarditis: Chinese registry of fulminant myocarditis
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Open AccessMitochondrial dysfunction induces radioresistance in colorectal cancer by activating [Ca2+]m-PDP1-PDH-histone acetylation retrograde signaling
Mitochondrial retrograde signaling (mito-RTG) triggered by mitochondrial dysfunction plays a potential role in regulating tumor metabolic reprogramming and cellular sensitivity to radiation. Our previous studi...
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Open AccessExperimental study on the ratio model of similar materials in the simulation test of coal and gas outburst
To obtain the similar materials with specific physical and mechanical parameters and adsorption and desorption indexes used in coal and gas outburst simulation tests, pulverized coal was selected as aggregate,...
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Open AccessImpact of treatment delay due to the pandemic of COVID-19 on the efficacy of immunotherapy in head and neck cancer patients
Immunotherapy has been a new standard for recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancers (R/M HNC). One of the prominent characteristics of cancer immunotherapy is the induction of immune memory followed by endure...
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Decreased serum albumin level indicates poor prognosis of COVID-19 patients: hepatic injury analysis from 2,623 hospitalized cases
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic which has caused numerous deaths worldwide. The present study investigated the roles of hypoproteinemia in the clinical outcome and liver dysfunction of...
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Open AccessComparison of Apolipoprotein B/A1 ratio, Framingham risk score and TC/HDL-c for predicting clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Apolipoproteins (Apo) are known atherogenic factors that play important roles in many mechanisms related to coronary heart disease (CHD). However, it is unclear whether the apoB/apoA1 ratio is an equal or a be...
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A life support-based comprehensive treatment regimen dramatically lowers the in-hospital mortality of patients with fulminant myocarditis: a multiple center study
Fulminant myocarditis (FM) has unacceptable high mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a life support-based comprehensive treatment regimen (LSBCTR), a completely novel treatment ...
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Open AccessChinese society of cardiology expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of adult fulminant myocarditis
Fulminant myocarditis is primarily caused by infection with any number of a variety of viruses. It arises quickly, progresses rapidly, and may lead to severe heart failure or circulatory failure presenting as ...
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Open AccessImbalanced biomedical data classification using self-adaptive multilayer ELM combined with dynamic GAN
Imbalanced data classification is an inevitable problem in medical intelligent diagnosis. Most of real-world biomedical datasets are usually along with limited samples and high-dimensional feature. This seriou...
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Open AccessImpacts of land use and planning on island ecosystem service values: a case study of Dinghai District on Zhoushan Archipelago, China
Recently designated as a new special economic zone in China, Zhoushan Archipelago is going through a rapid land use change that is expected to have significant impacts on ecosystem services. However, there is ...
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Open AccessEffects of anthropogenic sound on digging behavior, metabolism, Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase activity, and metabolism-related gene expression of the bivalve Sinonovacula constricta
Anthropogenic sound has increased significantly in the past decade. However, only a few studies to date have investigated its effects on marine bivalves, with little known about the underlying physiological an...
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Open AccessLignosulfonate-mediated cellulase adsorption: enhanced enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulose through weakening nonproductive binding to lignin
Thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulose is crucial to bioconversion in the fields of biorefinery and biofuels. However, the enzyme inhibitors in pretreatment hydrolysate make solid substrate washing and ...
