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Open AccessIdentifying latent activity behaviors and lifestyles using mobility data to describe urban dynamics
Urbanization and its problems require an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of urban dynamics, especially the complex and diversified lifestyles in modern cities. Digitally acquired data can accurately c...
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Open AccessWatershed carbon yield derived from gauge observations and river network connectivity in the United States
River networks play a critical role in the global carbon cycle. Although global/continental scale riverine carbon cycle studies demonstrate the significance of rivers and streams for linking land and coastal r...
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Open AccessDynamic nomogram prediction model for diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
To develop a dynamic prediction model for diabetic retinopathy (DR) using systemic risk factors.
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Open AccessIntercellular adhesion molecule 4 and ischemic stroke: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Experimental studies suggested that intercellular adhesion molecule 4 (ICAM-4) might be implicated in ischemic stroke, but the population-based evidence on the relationship between ICAM-4 and ischemic stroke w...
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Effect of Sodium Fluoride on Reproductive Function Through Regulating Reproductive Hormone Level and Circulating SIRT1 in Female Rats
Fluorosis causes female reproductive dysfunction with reduced fertility without established pathogenesis. To clarify the mechanism, Sprague–Dawley female rats were selected with drinking water containing 0, 50...
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Study on characteristics and microscopic mechanism of composite environment-friendly dust suppressant for urban construction site soil fugitive dust based on response surface methodology optimization
Soil fugitive dust pollution caused by urban construction sites is a significant problem. To improve the dust suppression efficiency on the urban construction sites, hydroxypropyl guar (HPG), dodecyl dimethyl ...
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Open AccessA monocarboxylate transporter-dependent mechanism confers resistance to exercise-induced fatigue in a high-altitude hypoxic environment
The body is more prone to fatigue in a high-altitude hypoxic environment, in which fatigue occurs in both peripheral muscles and the central nervous system (CNS). The key factor determining the latter is the i...
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Open AccessA single-cell transcriptional atlas reveals resident progenitor cell niche functions in TMJ disc development and injury
The biological characteristics of the temporomandibular joint disc involve complex cellular network in cell identity and extracellular matrix composition to modulate jaw function. The lack of a detailed charac...
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Open AccessExosomal miR-767 from senescent endothelial-derived accelerating skin fibroblasts aging via inhibiting TAB1
Skin aging is a complicated physiological process, and microRNA-mediated regulation has been shown to contribute to this process. Exosomes mediate intercellular communication through miRNAs, mRNAs and proteins...
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Open AccessAssociation between human blood metabolome and the risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women with limited treatment options. To identify promising drug targets for breast cancer, we conducted a systematical Mendelian randomization (MR) study to scree...
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Transparent conductive SnO2 thin films via resonant Ta do**
Transparent conductive oxide (TCO) thin films are highly desired as electrodes for modern flat-panel displays and solar cells. Alternative indium-free TCO materials are highly needed, because of the scarcity a...
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A feature temporal attention based interleaved network for fast video object detection
Object detection in videos is a fundamental technology for applications such as monitoring. Since video frames are treated as independent input images, static detectors ignore the temporal information of objec...
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Open AccessA health promoting-lifestyle prediction model for dementia prevention among chinese adults: based on the health belief model
People’s health belief is an important factor affecting health behavior. However, there has been little use of the health belief model (HBM) in determining the pathway effect of patients’ beliefs on health beh...
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Open AccessNon-targeted detection of food adulteration using an ensemble machine-learning model
Recurrent incidents of economically motivated adulteration have long-lasting and devastating effects on public health, economy, and society. With the current food authentication methods being target-oriented, ...
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The Transition of Robot Identity from Partner to Competitor and Its Implications for Human–Robot Interaction
With the rapid development of technology, have humans come to regard robots as their competitors? If so, how has this perception affected human–robot interactions? This present study investigated three questio...
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Association of PFKM gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to cryptorchidism in a Chinese Han population
Cryptorchidism is one of the most common congenital anomalies in newborn boys. There are various risk factors that have been verified to have relationship with cryptorchidism, including exogenous and genetic, ...
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Prognostic Value of PFKM Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in Han Women of Southwest China
Phosphofructokinase muscle (PFKM), encoded by PFKM on chromosome 12q13.11, is abundantly expressed in skeletal muscle. PFKM is a member of the glycolytic gene family that is involved in the carcinogenesis of vari...
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Open AccessOnline selection of a physician by patients: the impression formation perspective
With the rapid development of online health communities (OHCs), an increasing number of physicians provide services in OHCs that enable patients to consult online in China. However, it is difficult for patient...
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Open AccessTransmission of antibiotic resistance at the wildlife-livestock interface
Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms (ARMs) are widespread in natural environments, animals (wildlife and livestock), and humans, which has reduced our capacity to control life threatening infectious disease. Y...
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Carbon matrix of biochar from biomass modeling components facilitates electron transfer from zero-valent iron to Cr(VI)
Biochar-harbored zero-valent iron (ZVI/BC) has been extensively used to detoxify hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). However, the role played by biochar in promoting electron transfer of ZVI and Cr(VI) reduction was...
