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Open AccessValue of biplane transrectal ultrasonography plus micro-flow imaging in preoperative T staging and rectal cancer diagnosis in combination with CEA/CA199 and MRI
Rectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors and has a high incidence rate and fatality rate. Accurate preoperative T staging of rectal cancer is critical for the selection of appropriate rectal ca...
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Open AccessA Real-time Look-ahead Trajectory Planning Methodology for Multi Small Line Segments Path
When a robot is required to machine a complex curved workpiece with high precision and speed, the tool path is typically dispersed into a series of points and transmitted to the robot. The conventional traject...
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An improved atom search optimization for optimization tasks
Atom search optimization (ASO) is a newly developed metaheuristic algorithm inspired by molecular basis dynamics. The paramount challenge in ASO is that it is easily trapped into the local optima and premature...
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Ozone reduces lifespan and alters gene expression profiles in Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius)
Rhyzopertha dominica is one of the most important stored grain pests that seriously damage rice and wheat. At present, the method of controlling stored grain pests mainly relies on insecticide fumigation. However...
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An improved Henry gas solubility optimization for optimization tasks
The henry gas solubility optimization (HGSO) is a new nature-inspired algorithm that mimics Henry Gas Solubility to solve global optimization problems. The main changes of premature convergence and poor balanc...
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Pseudomonas laoshanensis sp. nov., isolated from peanut field soil
A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic strain, designated Y22T, was isolated from peanut field soil in Laoshan Mountain in China. Cells of strain Y22T were rod-shaped and motile by a single flagellum. The strain wa...
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Open AccessField evaluation of sex pheromones and binding specificity of pheromone binding protein 4 in Tryporyza intacta (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
The recognition of chemical signal including volatile odorants and pheromones is very important in the olfactory physiological behaviors of insects, such as avoiding predators, seeking food and mating partners...
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Pseudomonas qingdaonensis sp. nov., an aflatoxin-degrading bacterium, isolated from peanut rhizospheric soil
A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, mobile, and rod-shaped bacterium, designated JJ3T, was isolated from peanut rhizospheric soil in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, and was characterized using a polyphasic approac...
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Applying Deep Learning to Individual and Community Health Monitoring Data: A Survey
In the recent years, deep learning models have addressed many problems in various fields. Meanwhile, technology development has spawned the big data in healthcare rapidly. Nowadays, application of deep learnin...
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Open AccessMolecular characterization and functional differentiation of three pheromone-binding proteins from Tryporyza intacta
Insect pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) have been proposed to capture and transport hydrophobic sex pheromone components emitted by con-specific insects to pheromone receptors in the hemolymph of male antenna...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Prioritizing functional phosphorylation sites based on multiple feature integration
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 24735 published online: 19 April 2016; updated: 27 June 2016. The original version of this Article contained typographical errors in the Predict Functional Phosphosites we...
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Open AccessPrioritizing functional phosphorylation sites based on multiple feature integration
Protein phosphorylation is an important type of post-translational modification that is involved in a variety of biological activities. Most phosphorylation events occur on serine, threonine and tyrosine resid...
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Bile salt tolerance of Lactococcus lactis is enhanced by expression of bile salt hydrolase thereby producing less bile acid in the cells
Changes of bile salt tolerance, morphology and amount of bile acid within cells were studied to evaluate the exact effects of bile salt hydrolase (BSH) on bile salt tolerance of microorganism.
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Angular feature of conical emission in an isotropic amorphous medium pumped by femtosecond pulses
Broadband parametric upconverted conical emission (CE) has been investigated in an isotropic amorphous medium pumped by femtosecond laser pulses, which covers a broad range from 470 to 630 nm. Three theoretica...
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Impacts of urea N addition on soil microbial community in a semi-arid temperate steppe in northern China
Nitrogen (N) addition has been well documented to decrease plant biodiversity across various terrestrial ecosystems. However, such generalizations about the impacts of N addition on soil microbial communities ...