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Tween 80 and Triton X-100 effects on morphological evolvement and stability of schwertmannite during bacterial reproduction
Nonionic surfactants with ideal surface properties and lower ecotoxicities have been highly attended in metal bioleaching and pollutant bio-treatment in environmental science field. In this study, both Acidithiob...
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Calf Circumference and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Trend Estimation Approaches
To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis and quantify the associations of total mortality with calf circumference (CC) in adults 18 years and older via combining various analyses based on empirical dic...
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Open AccessCorrection: LINC01410-miR-532-NCF2- NF-kB feedback loop promotes gastric cancer angiogenesis and metastasis
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Flow-Induced Vibration Characteristics of a Fix-Supported Elastic Wing
The aerodynamics and responses of an elastic high-aspect-ratio (AR = 9) NACA0012 airfoil with two-end-fixed supports were experimentally investigated. The chord-based Reynolds number is 1.5 × 105 and the angle of...
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Association between iodine intake and thyroid autoantibodies: a cross-sectional study of 7073 early pregnant women in an iodine-adequate region
The association between iodine intake and thyroid autoimmunity has been debated, especially in pregnant women. This study aimed to investigate thyroid autoantibodies and their association with iodine intake an...
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Open AccessThe effects of tourniquet use on blood loss in primary total knee arthroplasty for patients with osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis
The tourniquet is a common medical instrument used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, there has always been a debate about the use of a tourniquet and there is no published meta-analysis to study the e...
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Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient
The global land and ocean carbon sinks have increased proportionally with increasing carbon dioxide emissions during the past decades1. It is thought that Northern Hemisphere lands make a dominant contribution to...
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Control of the Aerodynamic Forces of a Cantilevered Square Cylinder with Free-End Suction
Steady slot suction is applied near the leading edge of the free end of a cantilevered square cylinder to investigate its effects on the aerodynamic forces. The slot suction significantly changes the flow sepa...
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Influence of Sputter Deposition Parameters on Evolution of Oxygenated CdS Window Layers
The evolution of sputtered oxygenated cadmium sulfide (CdS:O) layers in CdTe-based solar cells has been studied. CdS:O window layers were deposited using different amounts of oxygen. The influence of CdTe depo...
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The effect of icariin on bone metabolism and its potential clinical application
Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by reduced bone mass, which leads to increased risk of bone fractures, and poses a significant risk to public health, especially in the elderly population. The trad...
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BrEXL6, a GDSL lipase gene of Brassica rapa, functions in pollen development
Multiple allele-inherited male sterility has been widely used by breeders of Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis, but the molecular mechanisms of male sterility are not yet clear. In this study, we isolated the full...
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Heterologous expression of chaperones from hyperthermophilic archaea inhibits aminoglycoside-induced protein misfolding in Escherichia coli
Aminoglycoside antibiotics affect protein translation fidelity and lead to protein aggregation and an increase in intracellular oxidative stress level as well. The overexpression of the chaperonin GroEL/GroES ...
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Open AccessUncertainty in the response of terrestrial carbon sink to environmental drivers undermines carbon-climate feedback predictions
Terrestrial ecosystems play a vital role in regulating the accumulation of carbon (C) in the atmosphere. Understanding the factors controlling land C uptake is critical for reducing uncertainties in projection...
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Coinjection of IL2 DNA enhances E7-specific antitumor immunity elicited by intravaginal therapeutic HPV DNA vaccination with electroporation
The generation and use of therapeutic human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA vaccines represent an appealing treatment method against HPV-associated cervical cancer owing to their safety and durability. Previously, we...
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Transcriptional properties of eight synthetic pathogen-inducible promoters in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana
Synthetic pathogen-inducible promoters (SPIP) hold a great promise to meet the demands for a desired temporal and spatial regulation of transgenes. Four pathogen-inducible cis-elements (F-box, S-box, Gst1-box, an...
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Open AccessPost-translational modifications as key regulators of TNF-induced necroptosis
Necroptosis is a novel form of programmed cell death that is independent of caspase activity. Different stimuli can trigger necroptosis. At present, the most informative studies about necroptosis derive from t...
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Treatment of colon cancer with oncolytic herpes simplex virus in preclinical models
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are a rare population in any type of cancer, including colon cancer, are tumorigenic and responsible for cancer recurrence and metastasis. CSCs have been isolated from a number ...
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Abnormal subchondral bone microstructure following steroid administration is involved in the early pathogenesis of steroid-induced osteonecrosis
Loss of bone microstructure integrity is thought to be related to osteonecrosis. But the relationship between the time when bone microstructure integrity loss appears and the onset of osteonecrosis has not yet...
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Conditioned media from human ovarian cancer endothelial progenitor cells induces ovarian cancer cell migration by activating epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
Bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) migrate to and engraft at ovarian cancer sites. Understanding the interactions between ovarian cancer cells and EPCs is fundamental for determining wheth...
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A Simple Sb2Te3 Back-Contact Process for CdTe Solar Cells
CdTe solar technology has proved to be a cost-efficient solution for energy production. Formation of the back contact is an important and critical step in preparing high-efficiency, stable CdTe solar cells. In...
