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Investigation on the focusing and separation of polystyrene microbeads in an integrated microfluidic system using magnetized functionalized flexible micro-magnet arrays
Focusing and separation of cells by microfluidic techniques are significant steps in many applications, such as single-cell analysis and disease diagnosis. Among the microfluidic techniques, passive magnetopho...
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Open AccessNucleus Accumbens Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Projecting to the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Promote Wakefulness and Positive Affective State
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) plays an important role in various emotional and motivational behaviors that rely on heightened wakefulness. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the relationship between arous...
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Open AccessApplication prospects of the 2BS cell-adapted China fixed rabies virus vaccine strain 2aG4-B40
Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease whose pathogenesis has not been fully elucidated, and vaccination is the only effective method for protecting against rabies virus infection. Most inactivated vaccines are pr...
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Impedance Modeling and Stability Mechanism Analysis for Grid Forming and Grid Following Converters
When different types of converters exist in a local area, the use of different control methods between converters may bring about system instability, which will lead to the inability of distributed power suppl...
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The effect of L-cysteine on starch and protein degradation during barley germination
In order to investigate the impact of L-cysteine (L-Cys) on starch and protein degradation during barley germination. The amylase activities, degradation of macromolecules during germination were determined in...
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68Ga-pentixafor PET/CT in the localization diagnosis of primary aldosteronism concurrent subclinical cushing’s syndrsome: two case reports
Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is recommended for subty** primary aldosteronism (PA). However, in cases of PA, concurrent subclinical Cushing’s syndrome (SCS) has the potential to confound AVS results. Pentix...
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Open AccessA new direction in periodontitis treatment: biomaterial-mediated macrophage immunotherapy
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammation caused by a bacterial infection and is intimately associated with an overactive immune response. Biomaterials are being utilized more frequently in periodontal therapy d...
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Open AccessA multi-kingdom collection of 33,804 reference genomes for the human vaginal microbiome
The human vagina harbours diverse microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and fungi—with profound implications for women’s health. Genome-level analysis of the vaginal microbiome across multiple kingdoms remains limi...
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Open AccessEstablishment of the Diagnostic Signature of Ferroptosis Genes in Multiple Sclerosis
Ferroptosis is a novel form of membrane-dependent cell death that differs from other cell death modalities such as necrosis, apoptosis, and autophagy. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease ...
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TU-LESS procedure for acute abdomen in late pregnancy: a retrospective study
Acute abdominal conditions during pregnancy are significant risks to maternal and fetal health, necessitating timely diagnosis and intervention. The choice of surgical approach is a major concern for obstetric...
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Open AccessGlobal transcriptome analysis reveals resistance genes in the early response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to Colletotrichum lindemuthianum
Disease can drastically impair common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production. Anthracnose, caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. and Magnus) Briosi and Cavara, is one of the diseases...
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Catalytic effects of V- and O-species derived from PrF3/V2C for efficient hydrogen storage in MgH2
Magnesium hydride (MgH2) is considered as an ideal hydrogen storage material with excellent hydrogen capacity, but the slow kinetics impedes its application. Herein, an efficient additive of V2C MXene-anchored Pr...
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Open AccessNoninvasive pressure-strain loop quantitative assessment of left ventricular function in anemic preterm infants with different modes of respiratory support
To investigate noninvasive pressure-strain loop (PSL) combined with two-dimensional speck tracking imaging and left ventricular pressure measurement in the evaluation of cardiac function changes in anemia of p...
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How does negative work reflection impact cyberloafing? The chain-mediating effect of meaningful work and moral disengagement
The prevalence and harmfulness of cyberloafing are increasingly attracting the attention of scholars and organizations, and how to effectively curb cyberloafing deserves attention. Based on employees’ percepti...
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Open AccessMycoplasma pneumoniae detections in children with lower respiratory infection before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a large sample study in China from 2019 to 2022
Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to reduce the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have suppressed the spread of other respiratory viruses during the ...
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Reasonable Designing of Free-standing MnO2/Graphene Composite Membrane for Lithium-ion Storage
Free-standing membranes show extraordinary promise in energy storage applications, however are usually limited by low capacity and poor rate capabilities. Herein, we assembled a series of free-standing MnO2/GO co...
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The 4-set tree connectivity of hierarchical folded hypercube
The k-set tree connectivity, as a natural extension of classical connectivity, is an extremely significant index to measure the fault-tolerance of interconnection networks. For a connected graph
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The g-faulty-block connectivity of folded hypercubes
There are some attacks on the network, such as botnet attack, DDoS attack and Local Area Network Denial attack, which are attacked on certain group of clustered nodes in the network. At present, the existing c...
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Effect of Y, Al Co-Do** on Hydrogen Storage Properties of La–Mg–Ni-Based Alloys
La–Mg–Ni-based hydrogen storage alloys have excellent hydrogen storage properties. This work reports the hydrogen storage performance of a series of A2B7-type La0.96Mg0.04Ni3.34Al0.13 alloy and La0.96-xYxMg0.04Ni
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Open AccessRelationship between serum apolipoprotein B and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in individuals with hypertension: a prospective cohort study
Dyslipidemia frequently coexists with hypertension in the population. Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is increasingly considered a more potent predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Abnormal levels of serum ApoB c...
