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Open AccessTofu processing wastewater as a low-cost substrate for high activity nattokinase production using Bacillus subtilis
Even though tofu is a traditional Chinese food loved by Asian people the wastewater generated during the production of tofu can pollute the environment, and the treatment of this generated wastewater can incre...
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Open AccessIntensification, regulation and diversification: The changing face of inland aquaculture in China
Trends in aquatic food consumption were matched against farm production surveys within Hubei province and compared to official production data and statistics. Surveys showed that consumer tastes were changing ...
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Open AccessEffect of different resumption strategies to flatten the potential COVID-19 outbreaks amid society reopens: a modeling study in China
The effect of the COVID-19 outbreak has led policymakers around the world to attempt transmission control. However, lockdown and shutdown interventions have caused new social problems and designating policy re...
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Risk assessment of the step-by-step return-to-work policy in Bei**g following the COVID-19 epidemic peak
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China. As the virus spread worldwide causing a global pandemic, China reduced transmission at considerable social and econ...
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Correction to: Ghrelin ameliorates nerve growth factor Dysmetabolism and inflammation in STZ-induced diabetic rats
In the original published article: A wrong GFAP immunohistochemistry staining image was inadvertently chosen to present as Control group image (the published Fig.1B).
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Open AccessStructural insights into NDH-1 mediated cyclic electron transfer
NDH-1 is a key component of the cyclic-electron-transfer around photosystem I (PSI CET) pathway, an important antioxidant mechanism for efficient photosynthesis. Here, we report a 3.2-Å-resolution cryo-EM stru...
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Open AccessClinical features of rabies patients with abnormal sexual behaviors as the presenting manifestations: a case report and literature review
Abnormal sexual behaviors presenting as manifestations of rabies have occasionally been reported in the literature, although little attention has been paid to these cases to date. This study aimed to analyze t...
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Open AccessHigh-Dose Paraquat Induces Human Bronchial 16HBE Cell Death and Aggravates Acute Lung Intoxication in Mice by Regulating Keap1/p65/Nrf2 Signal Pathway
Paraquat (PQ) intoxication seriously endangers human beings’ health, however, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. Here we found that PQ inhibits human bronchial 16HBE cell proliferation and promotes c...
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Open AccessAnti-breast Cancer Activity of SPG-56 from Sweet Potato in MCF-7 Bearing Mice in Situ through Promoting Apoptosis and Inhibiting Metastasis
SPG-56 is a newly isolated glycoprotein from sweet potatoes (Zhongshu NO. 1), but its value for suppressing breast cancer progression remains unknown. This study was designed to investigate the potential anti-...
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Large Kernel Spatial Pyramid Pooling for Semantic Segmentation
Spatial pyramid pooling is growing to become an important component in the network for semantic segmentation. However, it faces a dilemma of using larger kernels for better global context and computation cost....
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Open AccessAnalysis of voltage stability uncertainty using stochastic response surface method related to wind farm correlation
Wind speed follows the Weibull probability distribution and wind power can have a significant influence on power system voltage stability. In order to research the influence of wind plant correlation on power ...
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Open AccessTunable angle-independent refractive index sensor based on Fano resonance in integrated metal and graphene nanoribbons
We propose a novel mechanism to construct a tunable and ultracompact refractive index sensor by using the Fano resonance in metal-graphene hybrid nanostructure. Plasmon modes in graphene nanoribbons and wavegu...
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Open AccessUncertainty analysis for an effluent trading system in a typical nonpoint-sources-polluted watershed
Conventional effluent trading systems (ETSs) between point sources (PSs) and nonpoint sources (NPSs) are often unreliable because of the uncertain characteristics of NPSs. In this study, a new framework was es...
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Open AccessIL-27 inhibits the TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in alveolar epithelial cells
IL-27 is a multifunctional cytokine that has both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory functions. Although IL-27 has been shown to potently inhibit lung fibrosis, the detailed mechanism of IL-27 in this proc...
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Open AccessWeight restoration on a high carbohydrate refeeding diet promotes rapid weight regain and hepatic lipid accumulation in female anorexic rats
There is currently no standard clinical refeeding diet for the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). To provide the most efficacious AN clinical care, it is necessary to define the metabolic effects of current r...
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Open AccessIL-27 alleviates the bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by regulating the Th17 cell differentiation
Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is a multifunctional cytokine with both pro-inflammatory and immunoregulatory functions. At present, the role of IL-27 in pulmonary fibrosis remains unknown.
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Esophageal human β-defensin expression in eosinophilic esophagitis
Defensins are antimicrobial peptides expressed on mucosal surfaces that contribute to maintaining intestinal homeostasis by providing innate defense mechanisms for the epithelia. Defensin expression is altered...
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Open AccessAmbient temperature and coronary heart disease mortality in Bei**g, China: a time series study
Many studies have examined the association between ambient temperature and mortality. However, less evidence is available on the temperature effects on coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, especially in Chi...
