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On Robust Cross-view Consistency in Self-supervised Monocular Depth Estimation
Remarkable progress has been made in self-supervised monocular depth estimation (SS-MDE) by exploring cross-view consistency, e.g., photometric consistency and 3D point cloud consistency. However, they are ver...
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Integrating distributed acoustic sensing and computer vision for real-time seismic location of landslides and rockfalls along linear infrastructure
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) using fiber-optic cables has potential for landslide and rockfall monitoring along linear infrastructure but faces challenges for accurate seismic source localization due to ...
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Open AccessThe optimal threshold of PD-L1 combined positive score to predict the benefit of PD-1 antibody plus chemotherapy for patients with HER2-negative gastric adenocarcinoma: a meta-analysis
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) combined with chemotherapy have become the first-line treatment of metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas (GEACs). This study aims to figure out the optimal...
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Open AccessUniversal Murray’s law for optimised fluid transport in synthetic structures
Materials following Murray’s law are of significant interest due to their unique porous structure and optimal mass transfer ability. However, it is challenging to construct such biomimetic hierarchical channel...
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Characterization of tumor microbiome and associations with prognosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
The tumor microbiome has been characterized in several malignancies; however, no previous studies have investigated its role in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Hence, we explored the tumor microbiome an...
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Towards 360 \(^{\circ }\) image compression for machines via modulating pixel significance
The rapid growth of computer vision-based applications, including smart cities and autonomous driving, has created a pressing demand for efficient 360
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TiO2-Fe2TiO5 heterostructure hollow spheres enable high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries via interfacial engineering
The shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides between sulfur cathode and lithium anode is a notorious problem in the commercial application of lithium-sulfur batteries. Herein, heterostructured TiO2-Fe2TiO5 hollow s...
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Open AccessMicro-computed tomographic evaluation on the quality of single-cone obturation using a modified passive-deflation sealer injection needle: an in vitro study
This study aimed to design a modified passive-deflation sealer injection needle and investigate its ability to improve obturation quality of single-cone technique through assessing the distribution of voids in...
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Earth Pressure Calculation of High Fill Culvert Considering Inclination of Soil Column Interface
In current theory of earth pressure calculations for high fill culverts, the extended modes of sliding surface and shear friction stress are always neglected, leading to great difference between theoretical ca...
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Open AccessVDR promotes pancreatic cancer progression in vivo by activating CCL20-mediated M2 polarization of tumor associated macrophage
Activation of VDR pathway was a promising anti-tumor therapy strategy. However, numerous clinical studies have demonstrated the effect of activating VDR is limited, which indicates that VDR plays a complex rol...
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Open AccessTargeting Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency in MPP+/MPTP-induced Parkinson’s Disease Cell Culture and Mouse Models by Transducing Yeast NDI1 Gene
MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine), original found in synthetic heroin, causes Parkinson’s disease (PD) in human through its metabolite MPP+ by inhibiting complex I of mitochondrial respiratory c...
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Predictive modeling of methylmercury in rice (Oryza sativa L.) and species-sensitivity-distribution-based derivation of the threshold of soil mercury in karst mountain areas
The bioavailable mercury (Hg) in the soil is highly active and can affect the formulation of methyl-Hg (MeHg) in soil and its accumulation in rice. Herein, we predicted the concentration of MeHg in rice using ...
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Open AccessThe dual role of mesenchymal stem cells in apoptosis regulation
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely distributed pluripotent stem cells with powerful immunomodulatory capacity. MSCs transplantation therapy (MSCT) is widely used in the fields of tissue regeneration and ...
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Effect of grain orientation on the corrosion behavior of AZ31 alloy sheet
Modifying the gain orientation is considered a crucial method for enhancing the corrosion resistance of Mg alloys. This study aims to improve the corrosion properties of AZ31 alloy sheet through pre-stretch de...
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Effects of foliar application of Zn combined with organic matters on Cd accumulation and its chemical forms in rice
Rice consumption is a key Cd exposure pathway, which poses a health risk to humans. Reducing cadmium (Cd) concentrations in rice remains challenging. In this study, a pot experiment was conducted to examine th...
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Taxonomic notes on the genus Onychomesa Wygodzinsky (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)
The thread-legged bug genus Onychomesa Wygodzinsky 1966 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Emesini, formerly Metapterini) and its three described species are reviewed. The Sri Lankan species Ischnonyctes alatus Di...
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A mutually enhanced multi-scale relation-aware graph convolutional network for argument pair extraction
Argument pair extraction (APE) is a fine-grained task of argument mining which aims to identify arguments offered by different participants in some discourse and detect interaction relationships between argume...
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Effect of Gd2O3 Addition on High-Temperature Oxidation Performance of NiCoCrAlYTa Coatings
Herein, the effects of Gd2O3 on the laser cladding NiCoCrAlYTa coatings in terms of microstructure, phase structures, high temperature oxidation behaviors were investigated. The results showed that the addition o...
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Open AccessBenchmarking highly entangled states on a 60-atom analogue quantum simulator
Quantum systems have entered a competitive regime in which classical computers must make approximations to represent highly entangled quantum states1,2. However, in this beyond-classically-exact regime, fidelity ...
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The lasting impact of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: COVID-19 vaccination hesitation among African Americans
It is widely recognized that African Americans have a higher level of mistrust towards the medical and health sector, which results in insufficient utilization of public health services, low participation in c...
