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Effects of Temperature on the Growth and Development, Osmolytes Accumulation and Antioxidant Activity of Sesuvium portulacastrum L
Sesuvium portulacastrum L. is a perennial halophyte, and most studies have focused on its salt tolerance, while there is limited literature on its temperature adaptability. In this study, we conducted experiments...
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Metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer with negative serum stimulated Tg but positive post-therapeutic 131I-SPECT/CT scintigraphy: a single-center retrospective study
This study aimed to describe the characteristics of patients with metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) who had positive 131I-scintigraphy but negative stimulated thyroglobulin (sTg), and to evalua...
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Open AccessReciprocal regulation of TWIST1 and OGT determines the decitabine efficacy in MDS/AML
Chemoresistance poses a significant impediment to effective treatment strategies for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Our previous study unveiled that oncogene TWIST1 interacte...
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Open AccessAdaptive spectroscopic visible-light optical coherence tomography for clinical retinal oximetry
Retinal oxygen saturation (sO2) provides essential information about the eye’s response to pathological changes that can result in vision loss. Visible-light optical coherence tomography (vis-OCT) is a noninvasiv...
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Open AccessThe role of [99mTc]Tc-HFAPi SPECT/CT in patients with malignancies of digestive system: first clinical experience
Recently, PET/CT imaging with radiolabelled FAP inhibitors (FAPIs) has been widely evaluated in diverse diseases. However, rare report has been published using SPECT/CT, a more available imaging method, with [99m
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Open AccessEvaluation of integrin αvβ3-targeted imaging for predicting disease progression in patients with high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (using 99mTc-3PRGD2)
High-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) needs effective early prediction tools to improving clinical management and prognosis. This cohort study aimed to investigate the prognostic impact of 99mTc-PEG4-E[PE...
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Motion-capture technique-based interface screen displaying real-time probe position and angle in kidney ultrasonography
Professional skill is required to reproduce ultrasound images of the kidney as an optimal cross-section is easily lost with slight deviation in scanning location or angle of the probe. We developed a motion-ca...
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High efficiency dual-band filtering power amplifier
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Magnesium Extraction from Magnetic Separation Tailings of Laterite Ore by Sulfuric Acid Leaching and Ammonium Carbonate Precipitation
The magnetic separation tailings of saprolite laterite ore containing magnesium processed by roasting and magnetic separation are used as raw materials, and the product of magnesium oxide was obtained by the p...
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Thermal Shock Behavior of a Novel TiCx–Ni3(Al,Ti)/Ni Functionally Graded Composite
This paper focuses on the study of thermal shock behaviors of a novel TiCx–Ni3(Al,Ti)/Ni functionally graded material (FGM) fabricated from Ti3AlC2 and Ni powders. Thermal shock resistance of resulted FGM was con...
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Investigation on High Temperature Mechanical Behaviors of TiC-γ′ Reinforced Ni Composite
A duplex TiC and γ′-Ni3(Al,Ti) reinforced nickel composite was fabricated through hot-press sintering a 30 vol% Ti2AlC–Ni mixtures followed by thermal treatment method. Detailed microstructural detection was perf...
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Plant Diversity and Soil Properties at Different Wetland Restoration Stages along a Major River in the Arid Northwest of China
Agricultural activity is widely recognized as one of the leading drivers of natural wetland loss in many parts of the world. The suitability of farmland abandonment as the wetland restoration has not been well...
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Simulating the influence of exhaust hood position on ultrafine particles during a cooking process in the residential kitchen
A large amount of ultrafine particles are produced while cooking that seriously endanger human health. This paper uses a computational fluid dynamics model to simulate interior space airflow in an oil-heating ...
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Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of TiCX–Ni3(Al,Ti)/Ni Functionally Graded Composites Fabricated from Ti3AlC2 and Ni Powders
In this paper, a novel type of functionally graded material (FGM) was successfully fabricated from pure Ni and Ti3AlC2 powder mixtures by hot-press sintering route at 1200 °C and 17 MPa. In each layer, Ti3AlC2 pa...
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Synthesis of Ni NW-assisted graphene/indium sulfide nanosheet arrays as electrode material for supercapacitor
Metal sulfide-graphene hybrid materials have attracted increased attention as promising supercapacitor electrode materials. Herein, three-dimensional multi-layered graphene (3D GR) is prepared by chemical vapo...
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A novel electrode material of polyaniline nanowire array/three-dimensional hollow graphene balls-graphene oxide for symmetric supercapacitor
A novel hybrid of polyaniline nanowire array/three-dimensional hollow graphene balls-graphene oxide (PANI NWA/3D HGBs-GO) is prepared. 3D HGBs are first fabricated by template-oriented carbon segregation, and the...
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The social team building optimization algorithm
A wolf pack can hunt prey efficiently due to reasonable social team hierarchy and effective team cooperation. Inspired by the collective intelligence of wolf pack, in this paper, a novel swarm algorithm named ...
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Open Accessκ-Opioid receptor stimulation reduces palmitate-induced apoptosis via Akt/eNOS signaling pathway
This study was designed to test the hypothesis that κ-opioid receptor (κ-OR) stimulation reduces palmitate-induced HUVECs apoptosis and to investigate its mechanisms.
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Open AccessSfrp1 attenuates TAC-induced cardiac dysfunction by inhibiting Wnt signaling pathway- mediated myocardial apoptosis in mice
Hemodynamic overload causes cardiac hypertrophy leading to heart failure. Wnt signaling pathway was reported activated in heart failure. Secreted frizzled related protein 1 (Sfrp1) is a suppressor of Wnt signa...
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Lightweight Body-In-White Design Driven by Optimization Technology
Structural optimization technologies are increasingly applied to lightweight automotive structural design. In a body-in-white (BIW) development project, optimization technologies are applied in three steps tha...