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Correlation between alternative insulin resistance indexes and diabetic kidney disease: a retrospective study
This retrospective study aimed to investigate the relationship between alternative insulin resistance (IR) indexes not reliant on insulin and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) incidence in a newly diagnosed cohort...
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Open AccessSKDStream: a dynamic clustering algorithm on time-decaying data stream
Data stream is a type of data that continue to grow over time. For example, network security data stream will constantly be generated in the field of data security, and encrypted data stream will be generated ...
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A reconstruction method of AFM tip by using 2 µm lattice sample
As an ultra-precise instrument to characterize nano-morphology and structure, the morphology of atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip directly affects the quality of the scanned images, which in turn affects the m...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a prediction model for tuberculous pleural effusion: a large cohort study and external validation
Distinguishing tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) from non-tuberculosis (TB) benign pleural effusion (BPE) remains to be a challenge in clinical practice. The aim of the present study was to develop and valida...
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The Intrinsic Thermoreflectance Property of 4H-SiC
As the third-generation semiconductor material, silicon carbide (SiC), is extensively used in microelectronics devices. However, research on SiC in terms of thermoreflectance (TR) is relatively insufficient, s...
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The Cl−/HCO3− exchanger pendrin is downregulated during oral co-administration of exogenous mineralocorticoid and KCl in patients with primary aldosteronism
In primary aldosteronism (PA), the occurrence of K+ loss and hypertension suggest alterations in renal tubular transport, but the molecular basis of these alterations in humans is unclear. In this study, urinary ...
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The interplay of renal potassium and sodium handling in blood pressure regulation: critical role of the WNK-SPAK-NCC pathway
Renal salt handling has a profound effect on body fluid and blood pressure (BP) maintenance as exemplified by the use of diuretic medications to treat states of volume expansion or hypertension. It has recentl...
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Pathogenesis of Familial Hyperaldosteronism Type II: New Concepts Involving Anion Channels
The application of advanced genetic techniques has recently begun to unravel the genetic basis for familial primary aldosteronism type 2 (FH-II).
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Study on Social Stability Risk Detection of Large Hydraulic Project Construction Based on Social Vulnerability Evaluation
Reducing vulnerability of social system is the foundation of social stability, if the social system becomes more and more vulnerable, then the social stability risk is greater, on the contrary, it is smaller, ...
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Robust Subspace Segmentation by Self-Representation Constrained Low-Rank Representation
Low-rank representation (LRR) and its variants have been proved to be powerful tools for handling subspace segmentation problems. In this paper, we propose a new LRR-related algorithm, termed self-representati...
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CLCN2 chloride channel mutations in familial hyperaldosteronism type II
Primary aldosteronism, a common cause of severe hypertension 1 , features constitutive production of the adrenal steroid aldosterone. We analyzed a multiplex family with familial...
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Preparation of amorphous LiZn ferrites hollow microspheres by self-reactive quenching technology
NaCl aqueous solution (15wt%) was used as the quenching medium to prepare amorphous Lithium-Zinc ferrite hollow microspheres (LiZn FHMs) based on self-reactive quenching technology. Investigations by scanning ...
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Effect of Ce and Mg do** on LiZn ferrites hollow microspheres prepared by self-reactive quenching technology
Lithium–Zinc ferrite hollow microspheres (LiZn FHMs) doped with Ce and Mg were synthesized with Fe + Zn + Fe2O3 + O2 + Li2CO3 reactive system by using self-reactive quenching technology. Effect of Ce and Mg dopin...
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Preparation and characterization of a positively charged nanofiltration membrane based on poly(arylene ether sulfone) with tertiary amine groups
A type of poly(arylene ether sulfone) with pendant tertiary amine groups (PSDA) was synthesized via nucleophilic substitution polymerization of 3,3′-dimethylaminemethylene-4,4′-oxybisphenol (DABP) and 4,4′-bis...
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Lack of association between genetic polymorphisms in three folate-related enzyme genes and male infertility in the Chinese population
This study explored the possible association of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the three folate-related enzyme genes: MTHFR C677T and A1298C, MTR A2756G and MTRR A66G, with male infertility in the...
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Formation of nanotubes and secondary assemblies of cyclodextrins induced by BBOT
The study of cyclodextrin nanotubes is a significant topic among the self-assembly behaviors of cyclodextrins. We report herein the interaction of 2,5-bis(5′-tert-butyl-2-benzoxazoyl)thiophene (BBOT) with α-, β-,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation Query Answer over Inconsistent Database with Annotations
In this paper, we introduce an annotation based data model of relational database that may violate a set of functional dependency. In the data model, every piece of data in a relation can have zero or more ann...
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China’s Higher Technical and Vocational Education: Development and Reform
China is a develo** country with a population of 1.3 billion and 9.6 million square kilometres of land. In the last twenty years, under its policy of opening up to the outside world, carrying out reforms and...
