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Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater at the Population Level: Insights into the Implementation of Non-invasive Targeted Monitoring in Singapore and the USA
Early in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in communal sewage was identified all around the world. Its surveillance in wastewater treatment plants or along the sewerage system has...
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Muscle Fat Content Is Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Fibrosis in Chinese Adults
Several studies have linked myosteatosis with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in individuals with obesity The clinical significance of myosteatosis in individuals with NAFLD in the general population ...
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Precipitation Behavior in Low-alloyed Mg–Ca–Zn Alloys
Low-alloyed Mg–Ca–Zn alloys are promising as a base system of heat-treatable wrought alloys because of their rapid age-hardenability. The trace addition of Zn plays a critical role in accelerating the age-hard...
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Retraction Note: Upregulation of long noncoding RNA ZEB1-AS1 promotes tumor metastasis and predicts poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma
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Open AccessLight quantum control of persisting Higgs modes in iron-based superconductors
The Higgs mechanism, i.e., spontaneous symmetry breaking of the quantum vacuum, is a cross-disciplinary principle, universal for understanding dark energy, antimatter and quantum materials, from superconductiv...
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling of Starch-Biosynthetic Genes in Common Wheat
Starch is synthesized through coordinated interactions of a suite of biosynthetic enzymes, including ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases (TaAGP), granule-bound starch synthases (TaGBSS), starch synthases (TaSS), starc...
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Author Correction: 3D-printed vascular networks direct therapeutic angiogenesis in ischaemia
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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Open AccessUltrafast manipulation of topologically enhanced surface transport driven by mid-infrared and terahertz pulses in Bi2Se3
Topology-protected surface transport of ultimate thinness in three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) is breaking new ground in quantum science and technology. Yet a challenge remains on how to disentang...
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Infection and recurrence rates of the C-QUR V-Patch™ in ventral hernia repairs
Ventral hernias are a common surgical issue and a myriad of surgical mesh designs has been developed for their treatment. Many of these new mesh designs have not been extensively tested and their complications...
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3D-printed vascular networks direct therapeutic angiogenesis in ischaemia
Arterial bypass grafts remain the gold standard for the treatment of end-stage ischaemic disease. Yet patients unable to tolerate the cardiovascular stress of arterial surgery or those with unreconstructable d...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Upregulation of long noncoding RNA ZEB1-AS1 promotes tumor metastasis and predicts poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Despite progress in diagnostics and treatment of HCC, its prognosis remains poor. Emerging studies showed that...
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Positive correlation between potassium uptake and salt tolerance in wheat
The aim of our study was to answer whether any positive correlation exists between K+ uptake and salt tolerance in wheat. We carried out a sand-culture experiment with salt-tolerant, DK961 (ST), and salt-sensitiv...
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Determination of Levo-Rotatory Leucine by a Fluorescent Probe
With a certain concentration of Michaelis buffer solution (pH 6.1), and in the presence of CTMAB, the fluorescence intensity of fluorescein, which is quenched by Pd ...
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Nuclear PRAS40 couples the Akt/mTORC1 signaling axis to the RPL11-HDM2-p53 nucleolar stress response pathway
The ribosomal protein (RP)-HDM2-p53 pathway has been shown to have key roles in oncogene-induced apoptosis and senescence, but the mechanism regulating this pathway remains elusive. The proline-rich Akt substr...
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Open AccessAssociation of UGT1A1*28 polymorphisms with irinotecan-induced toxicities in colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis in Caucasians
A meta-analysis in Caucasians was conducted to investigate the possible association of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 gene polymorphisms with irinotecan (IRI)-induced neutropenia and dia...
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Peginterferon plus Chinese herbal therapy is associated with a higher virological response than only peginterferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C
Traditional Chinese herbal therapies are widely used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in China and several Asian countries. The aim of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of randomized cont...
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Mitochondrial minisatellite polymorphisms in fodder and sugar beets reveal genetic bottlenecks associated with domestication
Historically, sugar beets were selected from fodder beets. We used mitochondrial minisatellite loci to analyze cytoplasmic genetic diversity in fodder beet and sugar beet. Among the 8 sugar beet accessions exa...
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Influence of the environment on equilibrium properties of Au-Pd clusters
The question of the influence of the environment on the structure and thermodynamic state of a bimetallic cluster is examined, using Metropolis Monte Carlo methods. An embedded atom model is used to estimate ...
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Two novel BRM insertion promoter sequence variants are associated with loss of BRM expression and lung cancer risk
SWI/SNF (SWItch/sucrose non-fermentable) complexes are ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzymes critically involved in the regulation of multiple functions, including gene expression, differentiation, develo...
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Open AccessABL fusion oncogene transformation and inhibitor sensitivity are mediated by the cellular regulator RIN1
ABL gene translocations create constitutively active tyrosine kinases that are causative in chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia and other hematopoietic malignancies. Consistent retention of ABL S...
