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Variability in necrosis patterns and operative techniques in surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) necessitates a standardized classification system for consistent assessment and comparison. This study intr...
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Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe medical condition that, even after surgery, a portion of the survival infants may still have neurological sequelae. The objective of this study was to ident...
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Removal of SO2 from flue gas using blast furnace dust as an adsorbent
To control the SO2 emission and achieve the target of “waste controlled by waste”, a novel desulfurization method with blast furnace dust slurry was proposed. The effects of reaction temperature, oxygen concentra...
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Open AccessStaphylococcus aureus mediates pyroptosis in bovine mammary epithelial cell via activation of NLRP3 inflammasome
Cell death and inflammation are intimately linked during mastitis due to Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Pyroptosis, a programmed necrosis triggered by gasdermin protein family, often occurs after inflammatory...
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The boosting of microwave roasting technology on the desulfurization of phosphate rock
A green and-easy to operate method, the microwave technology, was developed to promote the desulfurization process of phosphate rock, systematically investigates the strengthening effect of microwave, and uses...
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Open AccessEarly argatroban and antiplatelet combination therapy in acute non-lacunar single subcortical infarct associated with mild intracranial atherosclerosis
Patients with acute non-lacunar single subcortical infarct (SSI) associated with mild intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) have a relatively high incidence of early neurological deterioration (END), resulting i...
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Introduction to the special issue: Management Science in the Fight Against Covid-19
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Open AccessParticle swarm optimization algorithm for the optimization of rescue task allocation with uncertain time constraints
This paper focuses on the problem of robot rescue task allocation, in which multiple robots and a global optimal algorithm are employed to plan the rescue task allocation. Accordingly, a modified particle swar...
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Autophagy of bovine mammary epithelial cell induced by intracellular Staphylococcus aureus
Bovine mastitis is a common disease in the dairy industry that causes great economic losses. As the primary pathogen of contagious mastitis, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) can invade bovine mammary epithelial ...
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Markov model and meta-heuristics combined method for cost-effectiveness analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis is an important topic in public health, which can provide valuable information for medical decisions. Several modeling methods are available for conducting cost-effectiveness analys...
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Protective effects of anthocyanin against apoptosis and oxidative stress induced by arsanilic acid in DF-1 cells
Anthocyanin is a natural plant pigment that acts as an antioxidant and scavenges free radicals. This study aimed to investigate the potential protective role of nightshade anthocyanin (NA), a natural flavonoid...
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Petri Net Model and Its Optimization for the Problem of Robot Rescue Path Planning
Path planning is very important for the problem of robot rescue, establishing an appropriate model is helpful to obtain efficient solutions for the problem above. In this paper, Petri net model for the proble...
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Prevalence, causes and risk factors of hospital readmissions after acute stroke and transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Acute stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a great burden not only during hospitalization but also after hospital discharge. The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the hospital readmissio...
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A genetic local search algorithm for the multi-depot heterogeneous fleet capacitated arc routing problem
This paper studies the multi-depot heterogeneous fleet capacitated arc routing problem (MDHCARP), a problem with rare research in the past, but with many applications in real life. The MDHCARP extends the capa...
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Optimal production control of a service-oriented manufacturing system with customer balking behavior
The great challenge for service-oriented manufacturing (SOM) is how to cope with customer behavior while making decision on production planning and scheduling. In this paper, we consider a single-stage manufac...
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Adaptive bare-bones particle swarm optimization algorithm and its convergence analysis
Bare-bones particle swarm optimization (BBPSO) was first proposed in 2003. Compared to the traditional particle swarm optimization, it is simpler and has only a few control parameters to be tuned by users. In ...
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Erratum to: A hybrid genetic algorithm for the multi-depot open vehicle routing problem
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A hybrid genetic algorithm for the multi-depot open vehicle routing problem
This paper studies the multi-depot open vehicle routing problem (MDOVRP), a variant of the vehicle routing problem (VRP), in which vehicles start from several depots and are not required to return to the depot...
