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Assessment of tritium content and radiation hazard in the water body of the Suifen river basin in China
The tritium content in the surface water of the Suifen River in China was measured using an ultra low-level liquid scintillation spectrometer. In August and October, a total of 30 samples were collected (15 pe...
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Bioinformatics Identification and Experimental Validation of a Prognostic Model for the Survival of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients
Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) kills more than four million people yearly. Creating more trustworthy tumor molecular markers for LUSC early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and customized treatment is ess...
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Open AccessMiR-1976/NCAPH/P65 axis inhibits the malignant phenotypes of lung adenocarcinoma
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a malignancy with an abysmal survival rate. High metastasis is the leading cause of the low survival rate of LUAD. NCAPH, an oncogene, is involved in the carcinogenesis of LUAD. H...
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Integration of Single-Cell and Bulk RNA-seq Data to Identify the Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Subtypes and Risk Model in Glioma
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are an important component of the stroma. Studies showed that CAFs were pivotally in glioma progression which have long been considered a promising therapeutic target. Ther...
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Open AccessSimilarity-based pairing improves efficiency of siamese neural networks for regression tasks and uncertainty quantification
Siamese networks, representing a novel class of neural networks, consist of two identical subnetworks sharing weights but receiving different inputs. Here we present a similarity-based pairing method for gener...
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The preparation of amino-reinforced phosphorylated biochar for efficient uranium adsorption
Biomass transformation is considered as a green, economical and sustainable strategy in the field of wastewater treatment. Herein, we demonstrate a novel amino-reinforced phosphorylated biochar by the modified...
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Spatial and temporal dynamics of base flow in semi-arid montane watersheds and the effects of landscape patterns and topography
Base flow (BF) is harder to predict than other hydrological signatures. The lack of hydrologically relevant information or adequately broad spectrum of typically selected catchment attributes (particularly lan...
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Phosphorylated cellulose carbamate for highly effective capture of U(VI)
A novel phosphorylated cellulose carbamate (PCC-x) by introducing urea into the functionalized reaction is demonstrated. The effects of urea content on the structures and U(VI) adsorption properties of PCC-x are ...
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Degradation of representative perfluorinated and hydrocarbon surfactants by electron beam irradiation
Perfluorinated and hydrocarbon surfactants are important contaminants in wastewater. In this study, degradation of surfactants including PFOS, LAS, and CTAB under electron beam irradiation is investigated unde...
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Cornstalk-derived macroporous carbon materials with enhanced microwave absorption
Biomass transformation is being considered as a green and sustainable strategy for carbon-based functional materials in many fields. To produce porous structure favorable for microwave absorption, we demonstra...
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Corrosion Behavior of Brass H62 in Harsh Marine Atmosphere in Nansha Islands, China
The corrosion behavior of brass H62 exposed to the atmosphere of Nansha Islands for 21 months was investigated by weight loss, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and electrochemical techniques. Th...
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The impact of the oil and gas industry on NORMs of groundwater and their annual effective dose in Ma’rib, central Yemen
The gamma-ray spectrum equipped with a high-purity germanium detector was used to measure the naturally occurring radioactive materials of groundwater samples resources from the petroleum-producing communities...
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Monthly Streamflow Forecasting Using ELM-IPSO Based on Phase Space Reconstruction
We have developed a hybrid model that integrates chaos theory and an extreme learning machine with optimal parameters selected using an improved particle swarm optimization (ELM-IPSO) for monthly runoff analys...
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Analysis of Burnup effects and Its Integrity Assessment in the Interim of Irradiation with Molecular Dynamics
Burnups can cause major structural changes in the edge of the fuel rod and a general degradation of the thermal conductivity. In irradiated mixed oxide fuels of UO2, PuO2 with NpO2 as fission products (FP) variou...
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Cleaning synthesis of core–shell structured Ni@PPy composite as excellent lightweight electromagnetic wave absorber
A novel electromagnetic functionalized Ni@PPy composite was synthesized with a cleaning method. XRD and FTIR analyses showed that the Ni@PPy composite was successfully prepared. SEM, TEM, and HRTEM results pro...
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Enhancing the atypical esterase promiscuity of the γ-lactamase Sspg from Sulfolobus solfataricus by substrate screening
Promiscuous enzymes can be modified by protein engineering, which enables the catalysis of non-native substrates. γ-lactamase Sspg from Sulfolobus solfataricus is an enzyme with high activity, high stability, and...
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Fast and facile graphene oxide grafting on hydrophobic polyamide fabric via electrophoretic deposition route
Fabric surface coating is deemed as the major route to fabricate functional fabrics, and interface stability is a critical factor affecting the performance of fabric. Here, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is ...
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Evaluation of the methods for quantifying particle wash-off loadings in urban impervious surfaces at small scales
Quantifying road-deposited sediment (RDS) wash-off is critical in estimating pollutant load and for supporting the designs of urban storm water low-impact development (LID) best management practices (BMPs). Th...
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Calcium-sensing receptor-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway improves the status of transplanted mouse embryonic stem cells in rats with acute myocardial infarction
Several studies have identified the critical role of calcium-sensing receptors (CaSRs) in cardiac ischaemia/reperfusion injury and cardiac hypertrophy and have demonstrated that CaSRs induce myocardial apoptos...
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Open AccessRUG3 and ATM synergistically regulate the alternative splicing of mitochondrial nad2 and the DNA damage response in Arabidopsis thaliana
The root apical meristem (RAM) determines both RAM activity and the growth of roots. Plant roots are constantly exposed to adverse environmental stresses that can cause DNA damage or cell cycle arrest in the R...
