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Open AccessFirst identification of Cytauxzoon manul in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in northwestern China
Multiple species of the genera Cytauxzoon and Hepatozoon can infect wild felines, but the diversity of these and other apicomplexan parasites in Eurasian lynx is scarcely known. The aim of this study was to detec...
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Investigation of Seebeck coefficient in organic materials under a magnetic field
Due to environmental issues and energy crisis, the developments of thermoelectric (TE) materials have attracted tremendous attraction for they can convert free heat to electrical energy. To improve the perform...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
PM \(_{2.5}\) Concentration Measurement Based on Natural Scene Statistics and Progressive Learning
To ensure the well-being of residents and ecological balance, it is essential to conduct continuous and precise PM \(_{2.5}\) ...
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Coordination-driven self-assembly of metallo-nanodrugs for local inflammation alleviation
Develo** dedicated nanomedicines to improve delivery efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs is still a formidable challenge. In this study, we present an extremely simple yet efficient approach to obtain hybrid...
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Open AccessSequential inspiratory muscle exercise-noninvasive positive pressure ventilation alleviates oxidative stress in COPD by mediating SOCS5/JAK2/STAT3 pathway
Pulmonary rehabilitation training is of great significance for the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect and pa...
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A urinary proteomic landscape of COVID-19 progression identifies signaling pathways and therapeutic options
Signaling pathway alterations in COVID-19 of living humans as well as therapeutic targets of the host proteins are not clear. We analyzed 317 urine proteomes, including 86 COVID-19, 55 pneumonia and 176 health...
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Open AccessOn the knowledge of solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma of the eyelid: a case series and literature review
Solitary eyelid juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is extremely rare, and there is limited literature on its clinical features and treatment outcomes. Here, we present a case series and comprehensive review of the...
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Temperature and energetic disorder dependence of Seebeck coefficient in organic materials
In clean energy sources, thermoelectric (TE) properties of organic materials have attracted much attention for their potential applications. In present work, using master equation method and considering the in...
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Clinical features and outcomes of IgG4-related idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease: from a large southern China-based cohort
To investigate the clinical features and treatment outcomes of IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD) among idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease (IOID) patients.
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Joint engineering of SACE_Lrp and its target MarR enhances the biosynthesis and export of erythromycin in Saccharopolyspora erythraea
The Lrp and MarR families are two groups of transcriptional regulators widely distributed among prokaryotes. However, the hierarchical-regulatory relationship between the Lrp family and the MarR family remains...
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A Novel Fusion Method for Low Brightness Enhancement Derivatives
In this paper, a straightforward and effective fusion method is designed for low brightness enhancement derivatives, which are generated through using brightness enhancement technique for a single low-brightne...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on Influence of Content Diversity on Full-Reference Image Quality Assessment
With the development of image quality assessment (IQA), the full-reference (FR) IQA algorithms are becoming more and more mature. This paper analyzes the performance of five FR natural scene (NS) IQA algorithm...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Screen Content Picture Quality Evaluation by Colorful Sparse Reference Information
With the rapid development of multimedia interactive applications, the processing volume of the screen content (SC) images is increasing day by day. The research on image quality assessment is the basis of man...
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Open AccessDimorphism of Trichosporon cutaneum and impact on its lipid production
Compared to the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, Trichosporon cutaneum can metabolize pentose sugars more efficiently, and in the meantime is more tolerant to inhibitors, which is suitable for lipid producti...
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Reduced-reference quality assessment of DIBR-synthesized images based on multi-scale edge intensity similarity
Depth-image-based-rendering (DIBR) plays an important role in view synthesis for free-viewpoint videos. The war** process in DIBR causes geometric displacement, which distributes intensively around edges, an...
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Training-free referenceless camera image blur assessment via hypercomplex singular value decomposition
Blur plays an important role in the perception of camera image quality. Generally, blur leads to attenuation of high frequency information and accordingly changes the image energy. Quaternion describes the col...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
No-Reference Quality Assessment of Camera-Captured Distortion Images
In this paper we address the problem of quality assessment of camera images using three types of features. The first type of features measures the naturalness of an image, inspired by a recent finding that the...
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Homogeneous label-free fluorescent assay of small molecule-protein interactions using protein binding-inhibited transcription nanomachine
Quantitative analysis of interactions between small molecules and proteins is a central challenge in chemical genetics, molecular diagnostics and drug developments. Here, we developed a RNA transcription nanom...
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A Novel Nano-Sensor Based on Rhodamine-β-Isothiocyanate – Doped Silica Nanoparticle for pH Measurement
The preparation of fluorescent pH-sensitive nanoparticles and monitoring the pH in real samples is described. A novel fluorescent core-shell nanoparticle was developed by encapsulating the rhodamine-β-isothioc...
