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Exploring the relationship between parasitic plants and answering taxonomic questions is still challenging. The subtribe Scurrulinae (Loranthaceae), which has a wide distribution in Asia and Africa, provides a...
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Open AccessUremic toxins mediate kidney diseases: the role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) was originally identified as an environmental sensor that responds to pollutants. Subsequent research has revealed that AhR recognizes multiple exogenous and endogenous molecule...
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Robust Regression in Environmental Modeling Based on Bayesian Additive Regression Trees
One challenging task in analyzing environmental data is how to achieve better prediction in presence of outliers, which is inevitable, especially in environmental modeling. The purpose of prediction is to draw...
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Open AccessDistinct hybridization modes in wide- and narrow-ranged lineages of Causonis (Vitaceae)
Explaining contrasting patterns of distribution between related species is crucial for understanding the dynamics of biodiversity. Despite instances where hybridization and whole genome duplication (WGD) can y...
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Electrochemical activation of oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2@MXene as high-performance electrochemical sensing platform for detecting imidacloprid in fruits and vegetables
Heterostructured TiO2@MXene rich in oxygen vacancies defects (VO-TiO2@MXene) has been developed to construct an electrochemical sensing platform for imidacloprid (IMI) determination. For the material design, TiO2
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Open AccessOxidized mitochondrial DNA induces gasdermin D oligomerization in systemic lupus erythematosus
Although extracellular DNA is known to form immune complexes (ICs) with autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the mechanisms leading to the release of DNA from cells remain poorly characterized...
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Photoelectrochemical immunosensor for HER2 detection based on BiVO4-Bi2S3 heterojunction as photoactive material and CdS as signal probe
A sandwiched photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor was developed for sensitive detection of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) based on BiVO4-Bi2S3 heterojunction as the photoelectric material accompani...
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Density functional studies of probucol excited states and spectral properties
Probucol (PB) is a lipid-regulating agent with powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic effects. In this paper, based on density functional theory (DFT), B3LYP/def2tzvp functional and basis...
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Enzyme-free nucleic acid dual-amplification strategy combined with mimic enzyme catalytic precipitation reaction for the photoelectrochemical detection of microRNA-21
A novel photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor based on an enzyme-free nucleic acid dual-amplification strategy combined with a mimic enzyme to catalyze the deposition of a quencher is reported for the ultrasens...
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Amplified electrochemical determination of niclosamide in food based on carbon nanohorn@MWCNT composite
In this work, carbon nanohorn (CNH)–decorated multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) (CNH@MWCNT) composite was prepared and used to modify glass carbon electrode (GCE) as sensitive electrochemical sensor for nic...
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Cyber Security Education for College Students in the Context of Big Data
The arrival of the era of big data has brought new opportunities to higher education, but also has a huge impact on the traditional way of higher education. When college students use the Internet to acquire kn...
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2D leaf-like ZIF-L decorated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes as electrochemical sensing platform for sensitively detecting thiabendazole pesticide residues in fruit samples
Excessive use of pesticides in modern agriculture results in large amounts of pesticide residues in agricultural production, greatly threatening human health. Herein, novel two-dimensional leaf-like zeolitic i...
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MXene/carbon nanohorns decorated with conductive molecularly imprinted poly(hydroxymethyl-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for voltammetric detection of adrenaline
A novel molecularly imprinted sensor was developed for the voltammetric determination of adrenaline (AD). MXene/carbon nanohorn (MXene/CNH) composite with good electric conductivity and enormous accessible act...
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Sensitive electrochemical platform for trace determination of Pb2+ based on multilayer Bi-MOFs/reduced graphene oxide films modified electrode
A multilayer Bi-BTC/reduced graphene oxide (Bi-BTC/rGO) (BTC, 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid) film electrode was adopted to construct a highly sensitive Pb2+ electrochemical sensor. The multilayer Bi-BTC/rGO fil...
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Facile synthesis of fluorine-doped graphene aerogel with rich semi-ionic C–F bonds for high-performance supercapacitor application
A three-dimensional (3D) fluorine-doped graphene aerogel (FGA) with rich semi-ionic C–F bonds was synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method and applied as the electrode material in supercapacitor. A porous ...
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Self-powered cathodic photoelectrochemical aptasensor based on in situ–synthesized CuO-Cu2O nanowire array for detecting prostate-specific antigen
A facile and sensitive self-powered cathodic photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor is reported for the detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) based on CuO-Cu2O nanowire array grown on Cu mesh (CuO-Cu2O NWA/...
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Self-template synthesis of flower-like hierarchical graphene/copper oxide@copper(II) metal-organic framework composite for the voltammetric determination of caffeic acid
Flower-like graphene/CuO@Cu-BTC (GR/CuO@Cu-BTC) composite was employed as electrode material for the voltammetric determination of caffeic acid (CA) in the wine. The composite material was prepared via the sel...
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Open AccessRIG-I aggravates interstitial fibrosis via c-Myc-mediated fibroblast activation in UUO mice
Progressive tubulointerstitial fibrosis is the common final outcome for all kidney diseases evolving into chronic kidney disease (CKD), whereas molecular mechanisms driving fibrogenesis remain elusive. Retinoi...
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A photoelectrochemical aptasensor based on p-n heterojunction CdS-Cu2O nanorod arrays with enhanced photocurrent for the detection of prostate-specific antigen
A sensitive photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor was constructed for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) detection using an enhanced photocurrent response strategy. The p-n heterostructure CdS-Cu2O nanorod arrays we...
