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Open AccessEffects of meteorological factors on influenza transmissibility by virus type/subtype
Quantitative evidence on the impact of meteorological factors on influenza transmissibility across different virus types/subtypes is scarce, and no previous studies have reported the effect of hourly temperatu...
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Effect of low-angle grain boundary and twin on precipitation mechanism in pre-rolled AZ91 magnesium alloy
Low-angle grain boundary and twin significantly affect precipitation behavior. Twins were introduced into AZ91 magnesium alloys by pre-rolling. And then, aging treatment was carried out in pre-rolled AZ91 magn...
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Large-scale characteristics of thermokarst lakes across the source area of the Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
As significant evidence of permafrost degradation, thermokarst lakes play an important role in the permafrost regions by regulating hydrology, ecology, and biogeochemistry. In the Sources Area of the Yellow Ri...
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Lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are conducive to regional permafrost development
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) possesses the largest areas of permafrost in the mid-and low latitude regions on the earth and many large lakes in the permafrost area. Based on a comprehensive investigation ar...
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Trends of Ten Leading Causes of Death in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
An understanding of the leading causes of death in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) would be helpful to inform doctors, patients, and healthcare providers on disease management. This...
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Forward modeling of tight sandstone permeability based on mud intrusion depth and its application in the south of the Ordos Basin
Permeability is an important index in reservoir evaluation, oil and gas accumulation control, and production efficiency. At present, permeability can be obtained through several methods. However, these methods...
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Open AccessTrends and seasonality in cause-specific mortality among children under 15 years in Guangzhou, China, 2008–2018
This study analyzed the trends and seasonality in mortality among children aged 0–14 years in Guangzhou, China during 2008–2018. Understanding the epidemiology of this public health problem can guide policy de...
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Open AccessRole of the initial degree of anaemia and treatment model in the prognosis of gastric cancer patients treated by chemotherapy: a retrospective analysis
Anaemia is highly prevalent in gastric cancer (GC) patients. The role of initial haemoglobin levels in predicting the prognosis of GC patients treated by chemotherapy has not been well determined. Our present ...
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Engineering of glycerol utilization in Pseudomonas chlororaphis GP72 for enhancing phenazine-1-carboxylic acid production
Glycerol is a by-product of biodiesel, and it has a great application prospect to be transformed to synthesize high value-added compounds. Pseudomonas chlororaphis GP72 isolated from the green pepper rhizosphere ...
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Dynamic changes in lakes in the Hoh **l region before and after the 2011 outburst of Zonag Lake
Zonag, Kusai, Hedin Noel and Yanhu Lakes are independent inland lakes in the Hoh **l region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In September 2011, Zonag Lake burst after the water level had increased for many years....
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Andrographolide impairs alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate-induced cholestatic liver injury in vivo
To investigate if andrographolide impairs cholestatic liver injury. All rats were randomly divided into six groups—(1) control (n = 6), (2) control + 200 mg/kg andrographolide (n = 6), (3) alpha-naphthylisothiocy...
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Low-temperature synthesis of SiC nanowires with Ni catalyst
SiC nanowires were fabricated on the silicon substrate dipped with a layer of Ni catalyst at 900 °C by gas pressure annealing processing. The morphologies and crystal structures were determined by scanning el...
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Open AccessGenetic diversity and structure of Elymus tangutorum accessions from western China as unraveled by AFLP markers
Understanding genetic diversity of wild plant germplasm and the relationships between ecogeographic and genetic characteristics may provide insights for better utilizing and conserving genetic resources. Elymus t...
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Identification of prognostic markers of high grade prostate cancer through an integrated bioinformatics approach
Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death for male. In the present study, we applied an integrated bioinformatics approach to provide a novel perspective and identified some hub genes of pro...
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Power Pinch Analysis supply side management: strategy on purchasing and selling of electricity
Pinch analysis concept has been recently stepped into the realm of design and optimisation of power systems. One well-established pinch analysis that has been used in power systems design and optimisation is c...
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Open AccessHetero-modification of TRAIL trimer for improved drug delivery and in vivo antitumor activities
Poor pharmacokinetics and resistance within some tumor cell lines have been the major obstacles during the preclinical or clinical application of TRAIL (tumor-necrosis-factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing l...
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Screening effective short interfering RNA/short hairpin RNA for inhibition of human astrovirus ORF2 gene expression in cultured cells
In this study, we have evaluated four different 21-nt duplexes of small interfering RNA (siRNA-469, siRNA-852, siRNA-1802 and siRNA-1806) that specifically target the ORF2 gene of human astrovirus (HAstV) in i...
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Method of Product Development Cost Estimating Based on ProA Hierarchical Decomposition
To realize the cost estimating of product development, a estimating method based on Activity and its Process (ProA) hierarchical decomposition was presented integrating with product development process modelin...
