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Open AccessExploring the microbiota difference of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid between community-acquired pneumonia with or without COPD based on metagenomic sequencing: a retrospective study
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have higher disease severity and mortality compared to those without COPD. However, deep investigation into microbi...
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Short-term grazing diminished ecosystem multifunctionality of grassland in northern China
Grasslands play important roles in production as well as having ecological functions. Grazing affects grassland ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF). However, the underlying grazing processes that influence gras...
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Open AccessComparative study of polymyxin B and colistin sulfate in the treatment of severe comorbid patients infected with CR-GNB
With the difficulties in choosing colistin sulfate and polymyxin B sulfate (PBS) for carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB), we compared the efficacy and safety of these two old polymyxins in tre...
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Open AccessStructure of the Acidobacteria homodimeric reaction center bound with cytochrome c
Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy to fuel life on earth. Light energy is harvested by antenna pigments and transferred to reaction centers (RCs) to drive the electron transfer (ET) reacti...
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Open AccessAnalysis of sputum microbial metagenome in COPD based on exacerbation frequency and lung function: a case control study
The role of the sputum microbiome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) progression remains elusive. As the advent of the new culture-independent microbial sequencing technique makes it possible to d...
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Correction to: Long-term nitrogen addition consistently decreased litter decomposition rates in an alpine grassland
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Grassland changes and adaptive management on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
Grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) foster biodiversity, store carbon, maintain productivity and support pastoral livelihoods. These systems are being altered by climate change and anthropogenic ac...
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Long-term nitrogen addition consistently decreased litter decomposition rates in an alpine grassland
Litter decomposition is a crucial component of nutrient recycling. Short-term nitrogen (N) deposition has been shown to influence litter decomposition in temperate steppe with significant variability due to di...
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Quantifying the bioaccumulation of Pb to Chlorella vulgaris in the presence of dissolved organic matters with different molecular weights
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is ubiquitous in natural waters which exhibits obvious effects on the toxicity of heavy metals. However, information on the toxicity of heavy metals in the presence of DOMs with ...
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Observer-Based Adaptive Fuzzy Output Feedback Control for a Class of Fractional-Order Nonlinear Systems with Full-State Constraints
This article focuses on adaptive fuzzy output feedback control for a class of fractional-order uncertain nonlinear strict-feedback systems with unmeasured states and full-state constraints. Fuzzy-logic systems...
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Open AccessPhosphorylation of CAP1 regulates lung cancer proliferation, migration, and invasion
Cyclase-associated protein 1 (CAP1) is a ubiquitous protein which regulates actin dynamics. Previous studies have shown that S308 and S310 are the two major phosphorylated sites in human CAP1. In the present s...
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Mono-macrophage-Derived MANF Alleviates Bacterial Myocarditis by Inhibiting NF-kappaB Activation and Myocardial Inflammation
Bacterial myocarditis is a key cause leading to myocardial damage and cardiac dysfunction. Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) has been found to be an anti-inflammatory factor. This stud...
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Open AccessRetraction Note: Overexpression of miR-499-5p inhibits non-small cell lung cancer proliferation and metastasis by targeting VAV3
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Availability of soil base cations and micronutrients along soil profile after 13-year nitrogen and water addition in a semi-arid grassland
Alteration in the availability of soil base cations and micronutrients is critical to maintain stable ecosystem functioning under the predicted global change scenarios. However, changes in these soil cations a...
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Open AccessThe diagnostic value of metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing in infectious diseases
Although traditional diagnostic techniques of infection are mature and price favorable at present, most of them are time-consuming and with a low positivity. Metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing (mNGS) was s...
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Open AccessThe impact of order with radiation therapy in stage IIIA pathologic N2 NSCLC patients: a population-based study
The aim of this study was to investigate the optimal order of radiation therapy in patients affected by stage IIIA pathologic N2 (IIIA/N2) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to identify its potential risk ...
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Effect of organic matter derived from algae and macrophyte on anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to ferric iron reduction in the sediment of a shallow freshwater lake
As a recently discovered process of nitrogen cycling, anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to ferric iron reduction (Feammox) has attracted more attentions. This study investigated the spatial variation of Fea...
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Blended noise suppression using a hybrid median filter, normal moveout and complex curvelet transform approach
The high-density acquisition technique can improve subsurface imaging accuracy. However, it increases production cost rapidly and limits the wide application in practice. To solve this issue, the high producti...
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Open AccessThe interactive effects of mowing and N addition did not weaken soil net N mineralization rates in semi-arid grassland of Northern China
As the largest portion of the terrestrial ecosystems, the arid and semi-arid grassland ecosystem is relatively sensitive and vulnerable to nitrogen (N) deposition. Mowing, the main management in Inner Mongolia...
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Effects of spring fire and slope on the aboveground biomass, and organic C and N dynamics in a semi-arid grassland of northern China
The aboveground primary production is a major source of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pool and plays an important role in regulating the response of ecosystem and nutrient cycling to natural and anthropogenic di...
