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Open AccessModified ventriculoperitoneal shunt applied to temporary external ventricular drainage
External ventricular drainage (EVD) is a common procedure in neurosurgical practice. Presently, the three methods used most often include direct EVD (dEVD), long-tunneled external ventricular drains (LTEVDs), ...
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Open AccessAssociation between tobacco smoke exposure and serum parathyroid hormone levels among US adults (NHANES 2003–2006)
Tobacco smoke exposure has been demonstrated to impede bone remodeling and diminish bone density, yet research regarding its correlation with parathyroid hormone (PTH) remains limited. This study aims to inves...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Simultaneous downregulation of miR-21 and upregulation of miR-7 has anti-tumor efficacy
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Open AccessReflectance confocal microscopy for plaque psoriasis therapeutic follow-up during an anti-interleukin-17A monoclonal antibody: an observational study
Interleukin-17A therapeutic inhibitors are among the most effective treatment methods for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis (PP). Reflectance confocal microscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique already d...
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Open AccessGenetic basis of an elite wheat cultivar Guinong 29 with harmonious improvement between multiple diseases resistance and other comprehensive traits
Fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew and rusts, significantly affect the quality and yield of wheat. Pyramiding diverse types of resistance genes into cultivars represents the preferred strategy to combat t...
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Open AccessThe effect of cadre–farmer relationship on farmers’ willingness to treat domestic waste: evidence from China
The construction of an ecologically livable rural environment requires treating rural domestic waste. Farmers, as key participants in rural domestic waste disposal, can improve the rural environment by disposi...
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Open AccessDiagnostic role of SPP1 and collagen IV in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus with MASLD
Type 2 diabetes mellitus combined with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) leads to an increasing incidence of liver injury year by year, and patients are at a significantly higher...
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Open AccessA high-quality dataset featuring classified and annotated cervical spine X-ray atlas
Recent research in computational imaging largely focuses on develo** machine learning (ML) techniques for image recognition in the medical field, which requires large-scale and high-quality training datasets...
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Open AccessTrends in maternal and child health in China and its urban and rural areas from 1991 to 2020: a joinpoint regression model
The long-term trends in maternal and child health (MCH) in China and the national-level factors that may be associated with these changes have been poorly explored. This study aimed to assess trends in MCH ind...
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Open AccessRule-based omics mining reveals antimicrobial macrocyclic peptides against drug-resistant clinical isolates
Antimicrobial resistance remains a significant global threat, driving up mortality rates worldwide. Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides have emerged as a promising source of nove...
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Germline AIP variants in sporadic young acromegaly and pituitary gigantism: clinical and genetic insights from a Han Chinese cohort
Variants in the Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) gene have been identified in sporadic acromegaly and pituitary gigantism, especially in young patients, with a predisposition to aggressive clin...
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Open AccessIntegration of ultrasound-based radiomics with clinical features for predicting cervical lymph node metastasis in postoperative patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma
The primary objective was to establish a radiomics model utilizing longitudinal +cross-sectional ultrasound (US) images of lymph nodes (LNs) to predict cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) following different...
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Open AccessThe EV71 2A protease occupies the central cleft of SETD3 and disrupts SETD3-actin interaction
SETD3 is an essential host factor for the replication of a variety of enteroviruses that specifically interacts with viral protease 2A. However, the interaction between SETD3 and the 2A protease has not been f...
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Open AccessEnhancing photocatalytic H2O2 production with Au co-catalysts through electronic structure modification
Gold-based co-catalysts are a promising class of materials with potential applications in photocatalytic H2O2 production. However, current approaches with Au co-catalysts show limited H2O2 production due to intri...
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Open AccessGenetically encoded transcriptional plasticity underlies stress adaptation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Transcriptional regulation is a critical adaptive mechanism that allows bacteria to respond to changing environments, yet the concept of transcriptional plasticity (TP) – the variability of gene expression in ...
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Open AccessKMT2C mutation as a predictor of immunotherapeutic efficacy in colorectal cancer
Immunotherapy had shown good antitumor activity in a variety of solid tumors, but low benefit in CRC, so there was an urgent need to explore new biomarkers. We evaluated the role of KMT2C using publicly available...
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Open AccessIdentification of small molecules affecting the interaction between human hemoglobin and Staphylococcus aureus IsdB hemophore
Human hemoglobin (Hb) is the preferred iron source of Staphylococcus aureus. This pathogenic bacterium exploits a sophisticated protein machinery called Iron-regulated surface determinant (Isd) system to bind Hb,...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Comparison of detection methods for carbonation depth of concrete
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Open AccessThe endocrine disruptor cadmium modulates the androgen–estrogen receptors ratio and induces inflammatory cytokines in luminal (A) cell models of breast cancer
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy that affects women, and it is, to date, their leading cause of death. Luminal A molecular subtype accounts for 40% of BC and is characterized by hormone recepto...
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Open AccessSocial appearance anxiety among the dark tetrad and self-concealment
This study analyzed the effects of the Dark Tetrad (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism) and self-concealment on social appearance anxiety. Empirical investigations on which personality traits in...
