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Thermal and Electrical Properties Depending on the Bonding Structure of Amorphous Carbon Thin Films
Efficient heat energy management during operation remains a critical challenge in Phase Change Memory (PCM) devices. Reducing the thermal conductivity of electrodes has emerged as a promising strategy to addre...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a prediction model for postoperative urinary retention after prolapse surgery: A retrospective cohort study
Postoperative urinary retention (POUR), a common condition after prolapse surgery with potential serious sequelae if left untreated, lacks a clearly established optimal timing for catheter removal. This study ...
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Open AccessDNA methylome profiling of blood to identify individuals in a pair of monozygotic twins
Short tandem repeat (STR) markers cannot be used to distinguish between genetically identical monozygotic (MZ) twins, causing problems in a case with an MZ twin as a suspect. Many studies have shown that in ol...
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Open AccessIdentification of NIFTP-Specific mRNA Markers for Reliable Molecular Diagnosis of Thyroid Tumors
Non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) is a low-risk thyroid tumor with a favorable prognosis. Nonetheless, differentiating NIFTP from other thyroid tumors remain...
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Open AccessBlood eosinophil related to maternal allergic rhinitis is associated with the incidence of allergic rhinitis in offspring: COCOA study
The identification of allergic rhinitis (AR) in early life is important for the target of intervention. AR is caused by various environmental factors, including house dust mites. We investigated the relationsh...
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Description of Deefgea piscis sp. nov., and Deefgea tanakiae sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Korean indigenous fish
Three novel strains, (D17T, D13, and D25T) isolated from the gut of the Korean dark sleeper (Odontobutis platycephala), Kumgang fat minnow (Rhynchocypris kumgangensis), and the Korean oily bitterling (Tanakia kor...
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Open AccessCrystal structure of ChbG from Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals the molecular basis of diacetylchitobiose deacetylation
The chitobiose (chb) operon is involved in the synthesis of chitooligosaccharide and is comprised of a BCARFG gene cluster. ChbG encodes a chitooligosaccharide deacetylase (CDA) which catalyzes the removal of one...
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Effect of Sulfamerazine on Structural Characteristics of Sodium Alginate Biopolymeric Films
The present study was intended to describe and understand the mechanical, structural, morphological, and antimicrobial properties of sodium alginate (SA) biopolymeric films doped with sulfamerazine (SMR). Tens...
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Weak Bruhat interval modules of the 0-Hecke algebra
The purpose of this paper is to provide a unified method for dealing with various 0-Hecke modules constructed using tableaux so far. To do this, we assign a 0-Hecke module to each left weak Bruhat interval, ca...
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Description of Polaribacter batillariae sp. nov., Polaribacter cellanae sp. nov., and Polaribacter pectinis sp. nov., novel bacteria isolated from the gut of three types of South Korean shellfish
Three aerobic, Gram-negative, and rod-shaped bacterial strains, designated strains G4M1T, SM13T, and L12M9T, were isolated from the gut of Batillaria multiformis, Cellana toreuma, and Patinopecten yessoensis coll...
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Lysobacter ciconiae sp. nov., and Lysobacter avium sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of an Oriental stork
Two Gram-stain-negative, mesophilic, strictly aerobic, nonspore forming, and yellow-pigmented strains with rod-shaped cells, designated H21R20T and H23M41T, were isolated from the faeces of an Oriental stork (Cic...
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Open AccessAccurate diagnosis of atopic dermatitis by combining transcriptome and microbiota data with supervised machine learning
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common skin disease in childhood whose diagnosis requires expertise in dermatology. Recent studies have indicated that host genes–microbial interactions in the gut contribute to hum...
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Open AccessAssociation between ambient air pollution and perceived stress in pregnant women
Air pollution may influence prenatal maternal stress, but research evidence is scarce. Using data from a prospective cohort study conducted on pregnant women (n = 2153), we explored the association between air...
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Description of Ornithinimicrobium ciconiae sp. nov., and Ornithinimicrobium avium sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of the endangered and near-threatened birds
Phenotypic and genomic analyses were performed to characterize two novel species, H23M54T and AMA3305T, isolated from the faeces of the Oriental stork (Ciconia boyciana) and the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monach...
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Posterior repair versus no posterior repair for posterior vaginal wall prolapse resolved under simulated apical support at the time of native tissue apical suspension
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an adjuvant posterior repair (PR) on treatment outcomes of native tissue apical suspension.
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Open AccessRadiomics of diffusion-weighted MRI compared to conventional measurement of apparent diffusion-coefficient for differentiation between benign and malignant soft tissue tumors
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is proven useful to differentiate benign and malignant soft tissue tumors (STTs). Radiomics utilizing a vast array of extracted imaging features has a potential to uncover dise...
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Description of Nocardioides piscis sp. nov., Sphingomonas piscis sp. nov. and Sphingomonas sinipercae sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of fish species Odontobutis interrupta (Korean spotted sleeper) and Siniperca scherzeri (leopard mandarin fish)
A polyphasic taxonomic approach was used to characterize three novel bacterial strains, designated as HDW12AT, HDW-15BT, and HDW15CT, isolated from the intestine of fish species Odontobutis interrupta or Siniperc...
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Open AccessAnalysis of reinforced retaining wall failure based on reinforcement length
Reinforced retaining walls are structures constructed horizontally to resist earth pressure by leveraging the frictional force imparted by the backfill. Reinforcements are employed because they exhibit excelle...
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Open AccessMolecular basis of IRGB10 oligomerization and membrane association for pathogen membrane disruption
Immunity-related GTPase B10 (IRGB10) belongs to the interferon (IFN)-inducible GTPases, a family of proteins critical to host defense. It is induced by IFNs after pathogen infection, and plays a role in libera...
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Evaluation of the InnoTyper21® system for the applications into trace and degraded DNA in the Korean population
The InnoTyper 21® Human Identification kit consists of amelogenin and 20 bi-allelic Alus, retrotransposon markers existing abundantly in human genome. The InnoTyper 21® kit produces shorter amplicons (60–125 bp) ...
