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FCNet: a deep neural network based on multi-channel feature cascading for image denoising
A lot of current work based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has fetched good visual results on AWGN (additive white Gaussian noise) removal. However, ordinary neural networks are unable to recover deta...
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Unique Probiotic Properties and Bioactive Metabolites of Saccharomyces boulardii
Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii) is a probiotic and is widely used to improve the nutritional and functional value of food. This study aimed to compare the probiotic properties of S. boulardii and Saccharom...
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Molecular characterization and expression analysis of selenoprotein W gene in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with dietary selenium levels
Selenium (Se) plays an essential role in the growth of fish and performs its physiological functions mainly through incorporation into selenoproteins. Our previous studies suggested that the selenoprotein W ge...
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Identifying Circulating Tumor DNA Mutations Associated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Efficacy in Local Advanced Breast Cancer
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) correlates with tumor burden and provides early detection of treatment response and tumor genetic alterations in breast cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has become standard...
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Antibacterial effects of a polypeptide-enriched extract of Rana chensinensis via the regulation of energy metabolism
The improper usage of antibiotics is known to cause widespread antibiotic resistance. In this study, the antibacterial effects of a polypeptide-enriched extract from the skin of the amphibian Rana chensinensis (R...
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Open AccessMOB2 suppresses GBM cell migration and invasion via regulation of FAK/Akt and cAMP/PKA signaling
Mps one binder 2 (MOB2) regulates the NDR kinase family, however, whether and how it is implicated in cancer remain unknown. Here we show that MOB2 functions as a tumor suppressor in glioblastoma (GBM). Analys...
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Eleven healthy live births: a result of simultaneous preimplantation genetic testing of α- and β-double thalassemia and aneuploidy screening
To evaluate the efficacy of preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) for α- and β-double thalassemia combined with aneuploidy screening using next-generation sequencing (NGS).
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Open AccessRecombinant oncolytic Newcastle disease virus displays antitumor activities in anaplastic thyroid cancer cells
Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is one of the most aggressive of all solid tumors for which no effective therapies are currently available. Oncolytic Newcastle disease virus (NDV) has shown the potential to in...
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Improvement of physical-layer security and reliability in coherent time-spreading OCDMA wiretap channel
Optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) can enhance the physical-layer security performance of optical fiber communication systems. In asynchronous coherent time-spreading OCDMA employing m sequence and Gol...
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Surface-plasmonic right-angle waveguide amplifiers
We propose a surface-plasmonic right-angle bend waveguide with bismuth ion-doped glass film as core layer and Ag films as cladding layers for first time, to the best of our knowledge. Theoretical analysis show...
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Preoperative NLR for predicting survival rate after radical resection combined with adjuvant immunotherapy with CIK and postoperative chemotherapy in gastric cancer
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of adjuvant immunotherapy with autologous cytokine-induced killer (CIK) for postoperative patients with gastric cancer and to investigate the impacts of t...
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Landslide displacement prediction using discrete wavelet transform and extreme learning machine based on chaos theory
Landslide displacement system is generally characterized by non-stationary and nonlinear characteristics. Traditionally, many artificial neural network (ANN) models have been proposed to forecast landslide dis...
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Open AccessPharmacological modulation of autophagy enhances Newcastle disease virus-mediated oncolysis in drug-resistant lung cancer cells
Oncolytic viruses represent a promising therapy against cancers with acquired drug resistance. However, low efficacy limits its clinical application. The objective of this study is to investigate whether pharm...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Car Collision Compatibility Research and Improvement Measures
Car collision is now the traffic accident with higher incidence and more death. In the process of collision between large trucks and cars, the cars are likely to drill into the trucks in the front or in the ba...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Study on Methods of Electric Vehicle Safety Test
In the process of charging and driving, EV accidents may occur, such as collision, rollover, and other dangerous situations, and those would cause traverse of power system, extrusion, short circuit, cracking, ...
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Open AccessFunctional tongue reconstruction with the anterolateral thigh flap
A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the advantages of anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap in tongue reconstruction.
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Study on the enantioselectivity inhibition mechanism of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase toward haloxyfop by homology modeling and MM-PBSA analysis
Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) has been identified as one of the most important targets of herbicide Aryloxyphenoxypropionates (APPs). ACCase shows different enantioselectivity toward APPs, and only (R)-e...
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Enhanced Activity and Enantioselectivity of a Hyperthermophilic Esterase from Archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1 by Acetone Treatment
To improve the activity and enantioselectivity of hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1 esterase (APE1547) and its mutants, they were purified by acetone-treated method. It was found that the acetone tre...
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Enhanced anthropogenic heavy metal dispersal from tidal disturbance in the Jiaozhou Bay, North China
Heavy metal contamination in surface sediments of the Jiaozhou Bay was investigated in this study. Sediment sample was collected from the Jiaozhou Bay and its rivers. Heavy metal concentration was determined b...
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Genetic and transgenic perturbations of carbon reserve production in Arabidopsis seeds reveal metabolic interactions of biochemical pathways
The biosynthesis of seed oil and starch both depend on the supply of carbon from the maternal plant. The biochemical interactions between these two pathways are not fully understood. In the Arabidopsis mutant shr...
