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Open AccessNegative serum (1,3) -β-D-glucan has a low power to exclude Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in HIV-uninfected patients with positive qPCR
The current study evaluated the diagnostic performance of serum (1,3)-beta-D Glucan (BDG) in differentiating PJP from P. jirovecii-colonization in HIV-uninfected patients with P. jirovecii PCR-positive results.
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Open AccessSingle-cell analysis of adult human heart across healthy and cardiovascular disease patients reveals the cellular landscape underlying SARS-CoV-2 invasion of myocardial tissue through ACE2
The distribution of ACE2 and accessory proteases (ANAD17 and CTSL) in cardiovascular tissue and the host cell receptor binding of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are crucial to und...
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Coproduction of xylose and biobutanol from corn stover via recycling of sulfuric acid pretreatment solution
Sulfuric acid was used in the pretreatment of corn stover to obtain xylose as a value-added by-product, and the pretreated corn stover (Pre-CS) was hydrolyzed to produce glucose for butanol fermentation. The a...
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Panax Notoginseng Saponins Inhibits Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction in Rats Through Regulating ATF3/MAP2K3/p38 MAPK and NF κ B Pathway
To explore whether Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) exhibits heart protective effect in myocardial infarction (MI) rats and to identify the potential signaling pathways involved.
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Open AccessSaccharomyces boulardii Administration Changes Gut Microbiota and Attenuates D-Galactosamine-Induced Liver Injury
Growing evidence has shown that gut microbiome is a key factor involved in liver health. Therefore, gut microbiota modulation with probiotic bacteria, such as Saccharomyces boulardii, constitutes a promising ther...
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Hydrophobic Mutagenesis and Semi-rational Engineering of Arginine Deiminase for Markedly Enhanced Stability and Catalytic Efficiency
Due to its systemic arginine degradation, arginine deiminase (ADI) has attracted attentions as an anti-tumor drug. Its low activity at physiological conditions among other limitations has necessitated its engi...
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Experimental research on oxidation of phenol by activated persulfate
In this paper, the optimum process parameters were obtained through treating phenol of simulated semi-coking wastewater using heat, Fe2+, Fe0 and semi-coke to catalyze persulfate. The results of phenol decomposit...
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Regulation of Entanglement and Geometric Quantum Discord of Hybrid Superconducting Qubits for Circuit QED
We investigate the dynamic evolution behaviors of entanglement and geometric quantum discord (GQD) of hybrid qubits in a circuit QED system. Under certain initial conditions, interactions between qubits and th...
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Anti-inflammation and antioxidant effect of Cordymin, a peptide purified from the medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis, in middle cerebral artery occlusion-induced focal cerebral ischemia in rats
Cordymin is a peptide purified from the medicinal mushroom Cordyceps sinensis. The present study investigated the effects of Cordymin in prevention of focal cerebral ischemic/reperfusion (IR) injury. The right mi...
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The Catalytic Use of Supported Gold Nanoparticles for Styrene Synthesis Via Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene
A series of supported gold catalysts have been prepared and tested as a new type of catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene. The effects of the supports (α-Mn2O3, Fe2O3, TiO2, Al2O3,...
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Pseudo-invariant Eigen-Operator for Deriving Energy-Level Gap for Quantum Bit in Quantum Circuit
Based on the method of pseudo invariant eigenoperator (PIEO), a fully quantum mechanical scheme is investigated for the coupling between a rf SQUID qubit and an off-resonance quantized single-mode electromagne...
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Mesostructured CeO2 as an Effective Catalyst for Styrene Synthesis by Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene
A new type of mesostructured ceria material was synthesized via template-assisted precipitation method and tested for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethylbenzene to styrene by molecular oxygen. The eff...
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Open AccessIn vivo99mTc-HYNIC-annexin V imaging of early tumor apoptosis in mice after single dose irradiation
Apoptosis is a major mode of hematological tumor death after radiation. Early detection of apoptosis may be beneficial for cancer adaptive treatment. 99mTc-HYNIC-annexinV has been reported as a promising agent fo...
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Highly Selective Ce–Ni–O Catalysts for Efficient Low Temperature Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane
Doughnut-like structured CeNiO, prepared by a novel oxalate gel co-precipitation method, exhibited significantly higher activity in oxidative dehydrogenation of propane at a temperature as low as 275 °C than c...
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The Invariant Eigen-Operator Method for Hamiltonians with Coordinates-Coordinates Coupling Terms
In this paper, we apply the method of “invariant eigen-operator” to study the Hamiltonian of harmonic oscillator with couplings and derive their invariant eigen-operator. We first discuss decoupling of coupled...
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Isolation and identification of an arginine deiminase producing strain Pseudomonas plecoglossicida CGMCC2039
Arginine deiminase (ADI), an arginine degrading enzyme, has been studied as a potential anti-cancer agent for arginine-auxotrophic tumors, such as melanomas and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). In this study,...
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Aluminum Containing MCF Silica as Highly Efficient Solid Acid Catalyst for Alcohol Esterification
Aluminum incorporated mesocellulous silica foams (Al-MCF) with various Si/Al ratios have been hydrothermally synthesized. The characterization results indicate that the characteristic mesocellular structural f...
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Enhanced Activity of Spinel-type Ga2O3–Al2O3 Mixed Oxide for the Dehydrogenation of Propane in the Presence of CO2
Catalytic performance of a series of Ga2O3–Al2O3 mixed oxides prepared by alcoholic-coprecipitation method for the dehydrogenation of propane in the presence of CO2 was investigated. It is shown that the combinat...
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Chromium Supported on Mesocellular Silica Foam (MCF) for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane
A series of chromium-containing mesocellular silica foam (MCF) catalysts have been prepared and characterized in the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane between 350 and 600 °C. It is demonstrated that t...
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Highly Effective Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane Over Vanadia Supported on Mesoporous SBA-15 Silica
Vanadia-containing mesoporous SBA-15 catalysts were prepared and characterized for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane. It is demonstrated that the vanadia-supported SBA-15 catalysts exhibit a much ...
