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Degradable cellulose/polylactic acid facial masks with antibacterial and antioxidant action from pomegranate extract
Non-wovens are commonly used as substrates for facial masks. To meet the requirements of low-carbon and environmentally friendly developments, natural, degradable fibers were usually used as facial mask materi...
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Tunable perpendicular anisotropic magnetoresistance in CoO/Co/Pt heterostructures
Transport properties of magnetron-sputtered CoO/Co/Pt heterostructures were investigated by physical property measurement system. Different types of magnetoresistance are observed in the heterostructures, inc...
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An Investigation of Predictive Relationships Between University Students’ Online Learning Power and Learning Outcomes in a Blended Course
The researchers reported how university students’ online learning power could predict their learning outcomes in a blended course. The participants were 62 Chinese students enrolled in a university blended cou...
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Open AccessA variant-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine targeting HR1 domain in S2 subunit of spike protein
The emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, commonly with many mutations in S1 subunit of spike (S) protein are weakening the efficacy of the current vaccines and antibody therapeutics. This calls for the variant-proof ...
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Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 Spike protein S2 subunit modulates γ-secretase and enhances amyloid-β production in COVID-19 neuropathy
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Tissue distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in non-human primates after combined intratracheal and intranasal inoculation
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Open AccessPro-inflammatory microenvironment and systemic accumulation of CXCR3+ cell exacerbate lung pathology of old rhesus macaques infected with SARS-CoV-2
Understanding the pathological features of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in an animal model is crucial for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, w...
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Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 envelope protein causes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-like pathological damages and constitutes an antiviral target
Cytokine storm and multi-organ failure are the main causes of SARS-CoV-2-related death. However, the origin of excessive damages caused by SARS-CoV-2 remains largely unknown. Here we show that the SARS-CoV-2 e...
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Open AccessThe toxicological mechanisms and detoxification of depleted uranium exposure
Depleted uranium (DU) has been widely applied in industrial and military activities, and is often obtained from producing fuel for nuclear reactors. DU may be released into the environment, polluting air, soil...
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Varieties in State Capitalism: Outward FDI Strategies of Central and Local State-Owned Enterprises from Emerging Economy Countries
Institutional diversity characterizing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from emerging economies holds critical but under-examined implications for their internationalization activities. Different types of SOEs c...
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2-Connected factor-critical graphs G with exactly |E(G)| + 1 maximum matchings
A connected graph G is said to be a factor-critical graph if G −v has a perfect matching for every vertex v of G. In this paper, the 2-connected factor-critical graph G which has exactly |E(G)| + 1 maximum matchi...
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Outflow angle measurement: a simple approach for the differential diagnosis of intracranial protrusion with a branch artery arising from its top
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is an important diagnosis method for the detection of intracranial aneurysms (IAs), but it is not useful for differentiating between IA and infundibular dilatation (ID) in ...
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Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Increase NMDAR-GluN2B Synaptic Currents in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons
The psychostimulants amphetamine (AMPH) and methamphetamine (MA) are widely abused illicit drugs. Here we show that both psychostimulants acutely increase NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated synaptic currents and d...
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Marketized state ownership and foreign expansion of emerging market multinationals: Leveraging institutional competitive advantages
The emergence of marketized shareholders through corporate ownership reform and their impact on the foreign entry of emerging market firms is a critical but understudied issue. Our study investigates the effec...
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Open AccessMagnesium alloy covered stent for treatment of a lateral aneurysm model in rabbit common carotid artery: An in vivo study
Magnesium alloy covered stents have rarely been used in the common carotid artery (CCA). We evaluated the long-term efficacy of magnesium alloy covered stents in a lateral aneurysm model in rabbit CCA. Magnesi...
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Enhancement of post-annealing stability in Co/Ni multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy by Au insertion layers
Enhancement of post-annealing stability in Co/Ni multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) was obtained by inserting Au layers into Ni/Co interfaces. After annealing at 350 °C, the effective mag...
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Comparison of Percutaneous Cementoplasty with and Without Interventional Internal Fixation for Impending Malignant Pathological Fracture of the Proximal Femur
To compare the efficacy of percutaneous cementoplasty (PCP) with and without interventional internal fixation (IIF) on malignant impending pathological fracture of proximal femur.
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Feedback Control Optimization for Performance and Energy Efficiency on CPU-GPU Heterogeneous Systems
Owing to the rising awareness of environment protection, high performance is not the only aim in system design, energy efficiency has increasingly become an important goal. In accordance with this goal, hetero...
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Anti-tumor activities of active ingredients in Compound Kushen Injection
Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis) has a long history of use for the treatment of tumors, inflammation and other diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. Compound Kushen Injection (CKI) is a mixture of natu...
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Effects of interfacial roughness on the planar Hall effect in NiFe/Cu/IrMn multilayers
This paper reports that the planar Hall effect in NiFe/Cu/IrMn multilayers was strongly influenced by the Cu spacer thickness (t Cu), which was due to the variation of interfacial roughness. With...
