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Open AccessMaternal exposure to housing renovation during the periconceptional period and the risk of offspring with isolated congenital heart disease: a case-control study
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent birth defect in recent decades. The aim of this research was to examine the association between maternal housing renovation exposure during the periconcepti...
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Association between pre-pregnancy BMI and neonatal weight outcomes in twin pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technology: a 10-year cohort study
To examine the effect of pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI) on neonatal weight outcomes of twin infants who were conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART).
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Maternal B-vitamin intake and B-vitamin supplementation during pregnancy in relation to neonatal congenital heart defects: a case-control study with propensity score matching
The effect of dietary folate intake or folic acid (FA) supplementation during pregnancy on neonatal congenital heart defects (CHDs) remains inconclusive. There are limited data about non-folate-B-vitamin intak...
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Risk of congenital heart disease due to exposure to common electrical appliances during early pregnancy: a case-control study
To examine the association between exposure to common electrical appliances in early pregnancy and congenital heart disease (CHD). A case-control study of 2339 participants was conducted in six hospitals in **...
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Open AccessSupercapacitors with alternating current line-filtering performance
Alternating current (AC) line filters have been widely used to smooth the leftover AC ripples on direct current voltage. Currently available commercial aluminum electrolytic capacitors (AECs) are primarily use...
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Open AccessA Matched Case-Control Study on the Association Between Colds, Depressive Symptoms during Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease in Northwestern China
The purpose of this study was to explore the association between colds, depressive symptoms during pregnancy and offspring congenital heart disease (CHD). A 1:2 matching case-control study was conducted in Nor...
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Open AccessPropensity Score-Matched Analysis on the Association Between Pregnancy Infections and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Rural Northwestern China
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between infections and birth outcomes in pregnant Chinese women by using propensity score (PS) matching. The data used here was from a large population-...
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Three-dimensional rose-like ZnCo2O4 as a binder-free anode for sodium ion batteries
Rose-like ZnCo2O4 was directly grown on nickel foam via a facile hydrothermal method combined with a subsequent annealing treatment. Self-assembly ZnCo2O4 manifests three dimensional hierarchical architecture and...
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Design and synthesis of a novel 3D hierarchical mesocarbon microbead as anodes for lithium ion batteries and sodium ion batteries
This work presents a feasible route for the facile synthesis of three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical mesocarbon microbead (MCMB) as anodes for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium ion batteries (SIBs). The M...
