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**u-Hui Fang
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
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Open AccessCounterion docking: a general approach to reducing energetic disorder in doped polymeric semiconductors
Molecular do** plays an important role in controlling the carrier concentration of organic semiconductors. However, the introduction of dopant counterions often results in increased energetic disorder and tr...
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Open AccessLong-term complications and outcomes of augmentation cystoplasty in children with neurogenic bladder
Augmentation cystoplasty (AC) is an effective surgical procedure for patients with neurogenic bladder whenever conservative treatments have failed. The present study aimed to determine the risks of metabolic c...
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Open AccessPick-up single-cell proteomic analysis for quantifying up to 3000 proteins in a Mammalian cell
The shotgun proteomic analysis is currently the most promising single-cell protein sequencing technology, however its identification level of ~1000 proteins per cell is still insufficient for practical applica...
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Open AccessCamrelizumab and apatinib plus induction chemotherapy and concurrent chemoradiotherapy in stage N3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase 2 clinical trial
The antiangiogenic agent apatinib has been shown to clinically improve responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors in several cancer types. Patients with N3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma have a high risk of distant m...
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Open AccessSerum IGFBP-1 as a promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for colorectal cancer
Our previous study showed that levels of circulating insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) has potential diagnostic value for early-stage upper gastrointestinal cancers. This study aimed to as...
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Open AccessUbiquitination-mediated Golgi-to-endosome sorting determines the toxin-antidote duality of fission yeast wtf meiotic drivers
Killer meiotic drivers (KMDs) skew allele transmission in their favor by killing meiotic progeny not inheriting the driver allele. Despite their widespread presence in eukaryotes, the molecular mechanisms behi...
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Open AccessProteomic characterization of epithelial ovarian cancer delineates molecular signatures and therapeutic targets in distinct histological subtypes
Clear cell carcinoma (CCC), endometrioid carcinoma (EC), and serous carcinoma (SC) are the major histological subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), whose differences in carcinogenesis are still unclear....
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Open AccessActinide-lanthanide single electron metal-metal bond formed in mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes
Understanding metal-metal bonding involving f-block elements has been a challenging goal in chemistry. Here we report a series of mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes, ThDy@C2n (2n = 72, 76, 78, and 80) and ThY@C2n
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Open AccessScreening of single nucleotide polymorphisms within HLA region related to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using MassARRAY technology
A growing number of studies showed that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-related genes were associated with the outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HS...
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Open AccessContribution of tree community structure to forest productivity across a thermal gradient in eastern Asia
Despite their fundamental importance the links between forest productivity, diversity and climate remain contentious. We consider whether variation in productivity across climates reflects adjustment among tre...
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Open AccessObstructive sleep apnea in young Asian adults with sleep-related complaints
This study aimed to investigate the proportion of young OSA adults with sleep-related complaints in a sleep center, affiliated with a tertiary medical center for over a decade. This study presents a chronicle ...
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Open AccessA comprehensive evaluation of COVID-19 policies and outcomes in 50 countries and territories
The COVID-19 pandemic struck the world unguarded, some places outperformed others in COVID-19 containment. This longitudinal study considered a comparative evaluation of COVID-19 containment across 50 distinct...
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Open AccessHigh-mobility semiconducting polymers with different spin ground states
Organic semiconductors with high-spin ground states are fascinating because they could enable fundamental understanding on the spin-related phenomenon in light element and provide opportunities for organic mag...
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Open AccessThe interaction between self-care behavior and disease knowledge on the decline in renal function in chronic kidney disease
Multidisciplinary care can improve the outcomes of chronic kidney disease (CKD), however the contribution of self-care behavior and knowledge about CKD is unclear. This study enrolled 454 participants with CKD...
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Open AccessA randomized feasibility study of the effect of ascorbic acid on post-angioplasty restenosis of hemodialysis vascular access (NCT03524846)
Restenosis remains a significant problem after angioplasty of hemodialysis vascular access. Both experimental and clinical studies have shown a protective effect of antioxidants against post-angioplasty resten...
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Open AccessChemopreventive Effect of Phytosomal Curcumin on Hepatitis B Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma in A Transgenic Mouse Model
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Hepatitis B X protein (HBx) and pre-S2 mut...
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Open AccessA chalcone derivative reactivates latent HIV-1 transcription through activating P-TEFb and promoting Tat-SEC interaction on viral promoter
The principal barrier to the eradication of HIV/AIDS is the existence of latent viral reservoirs. One strategy to overcome this barrier is to use latency-reversing agents (LRAs) to reactivate the latent provir...
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Open AccessMachine Learning Algorithms for Risk Prediction of Severe Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease in Children
The identification of indicators for severe HFMD is critical for early prevention and control of the disease. With this goal in mind, 185 severe and 345 mild HFMD cases were assessed. Patient demographics, cli...
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Open AccessLow level of swiprosin-1/EFhd2 in vestibular nuclei of spontaneously hypersensitive motion sickness mice
Susceptibility to motion sickness (MS) varies considerably among humans. However, the cause of such variation is unclear. Here, we used a classical genetic approach to obtain mouse strains highly sensitive and...
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Open AccessThe efficacy of semi-quantitative urine protein-to-creatinine (P/C) ratio for the detection of significant proteinuria in urine specimens in health screening settings
Urine protein detection could be underestimated using the conventional dipstick method because of variations in urine aliquots. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the semi-quantitative urine protein-t...
