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This study aimed to assess alterations in retinal vascular density in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) patients using optical coherence tomog...
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Interstitial carbon induces enriched Cuδ+ sites in Cu2O nanoparticles to facilitate CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products
The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) holds significant promise in advancing carbon neutrality. Develo** catalysts for the electrochemical CO2RR to multi-carbon (C2+) products (e.g., C2H4) under in...
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Preoperative supine pelvic incidence predicts standing pelvic incidence following S2AI fixation in patients with adult spinal deformity: a prospective study
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Solvent-free flexible epoxy intumescent fire-retardant coatings
Solvent-free epoxy-based intumescent fire-retardant coatings are of significant importance in harsh environments, such as petrochemical facilities, due to their excellent overall protection performance. Howeve...
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Tensor Train Factorization with Spatio-temporal Smoothness for Streaming Low-rank Tensor Completion
Estimating the missing data from an incomplete measurement or observation plays an important role in the area of big data analytic, especially for some streaming data analysis such as video streaming recovery,...
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Potential impairment of spinal cord around the apical vertebral level in hyperkyphotic patients: findings from diffusion tensor imaging
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Open AccessA Regularization-Patching Dual Quaternion Optimization Method for Solving the Hand-Eye Calibration Problem
The hand-eye calibration problem is an important application problem in robot research. Based on the 2-norm of dual quaternion vectors, we propose a new dual quaternion optimization method for the hand-eye cal...
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Open AccessBenefit finding in chronic kidney disease patients receiving hemodialysis: a cross-sectional study
The psychological problems of hemodialysis (HD) patients are prominent, and benefit finding (BF) have been proven beneficial to physical and mental health, fewer researchers explored BF in HD patients. The aim...
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New instability model leading the wrinkling at the positive-curvature arc part during the tube hydro-forging process
The tube hydroforging process (THFG) is an advanced technology for manufacturing tubular components with complex cross-sections. The positive-curvature arc is one of the most fundamental and difficult-to-form ...
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Carbon Accounting for Electricity Use of End Users: A Critical Review
In the current global context of escalating concerns about anthropogenic climate change, electricity consumers on the production side have integrated carbon emissions accounting into their operational and sust...
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A Survey: The Sensor-Based Method for Sign Language Recognition
Sign language is a crucial communication carrier among deaf people to express and exchange their thoughts and emotions. However, ordinary individuals cannot acquire proficiency in sign language in the short te...
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Open AccessRetrospective analysis on the efficacy of epidural labor analgesia on early breast feeding after vaginal delivery
Breastfeeding is essential for infants and mothers. Epidural labor analgesia is used frequently to alleviate pain during vaginal delivery. Studies have found that epidural labor analgesia potentially have nega...
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Open AccessAssociation of bone turnover markers and cognitive function in Chinese chronic schizophrenia patients with or without vitamin D insufficiency
Increasing evidence shows that bone turnover markers (BTMs) and vitamin D can affect human cognitive function. However, there are few studies that have investigated the association between BTMs and cognitive f...
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Diffusion prepared pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling reveals blood–brain barrier dysfunction in patients with CADASIL
Diffusion prepared pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (DP-pCASL) is a newly proposed MRI method to noninvasively measure the function of the blood–brain barrier (BBB). We aim to investigate whether the w...
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TRAF3/STAT6 axis regulates macrophage polarization and tumor progression
Converting tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) from the M2 to the M1 phenotype is considered an effective strategy for cancer therapy. TRAF3 is known to regulate NF-κB signaling. However, the role of TRAF3 in ...
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Numerical and experimental study on axial hydroforging process of 5A03 aluminium alloy S-shaped bellows
To overcome the difficulties of forming S-shaped bellows by conventional hydroforming, such as excessive thinning and high internal pressure, and to obtain S-shaped aluminium alloy bellows with large diameters...
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This work reports an improved tomography method to solve three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions in confined space with enhanced calculation efficiency and accuracy compared to other similar approaches. Confine...
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Diabetic patients frequently experience neuropathic pain, which currently lacks effective treatments. The mechanisms underlying diabetic neuropathic pain remain unclear. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is ...
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Analysis on corner wrinkling for axial hydro-forging of variable-diameter tube
Axial hydro-forging process is a promising alternative for the forming of variable-diameter tubes, in which the tube is subjected to bending and compression deformation. Consequently, wrinkling becomes the pri...
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Clinical relevance of glomerular C4d deposition in children with early IgA nephropathy or Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephropathy
Both IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephropathy (HSPN) are characterized by glomerular mesangial IgA deposition. Several large studies on adults have suggested that glomerular C4d depositi...
