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Aspirin in Patients with Viral Hepatitis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a disease demonstrating increasing morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. Studies have shown that aspirin can reduce the incidence of li...
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Mid-infrared to terahertz ultra-broadband absorber based on all-dielectric metamaterial
A mid-infrared to terahertz ultra-broadband all-dielectric absorber is proposed and numerically verified, which consists of a single medium of tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) with pyramid arrays on a film substrate. A...
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Spatial–temporal characteristics of geological disaster resilience in poverty and disaster-prone areas in China: a case study of Ganzi Prefecture
Under the tremendous challenges of frequent disasters, disaster resilience is imperative for risk reduction and sustainable management in poverty and disaster-prone areas. Ganzi Prefecture has a complicated to...
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MsDIUP1 encoding a putative novel LEA protein positively modulates salt tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
Salt stress seriously impacts the plantation and productivity of global alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Previously, we genetically defined the M. sativa DROUGHT-INDUCED UNKNOWN PROTEIN 1 (MsDIUP1) as a drought toleran...
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Open AccessJAZF1 safeguards human endometrial stromal cells survival and decidualization by repressing the transcription of G0S2
Decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells (hESCs) is essential for the maintenance of pregnancy, which depends on the fine-tuned regulation of hESCs survival, and its perturbation contributes to pregn...
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Open AccessThe association of serum total bile acid with new-onset hypertension during pregnancy
There has been considerable interest in the interrelationship between the liver and hypertension. The relationship between serum total bile acid (TBA) and hypertension has been reported. Moreover, intrahepatic...
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Open AccessVisible light-regulated cationic polymer coupled with photodynamic inactivation as an effective tool for pathogen and biofilm elimination
Pathogenic microorganism pollution has been a challenging public safety issue, attracting considerable scientific interest. A more problematic aspect of this phenomenon is that planktonic bacteria exacerbate b...
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Open AccessAssociation between the second-stage duration of labor and perinatal outcomes in women with a prior cesarean delivery
The cesarean delivery (CD) rate has been increasing globally. Trial of labor after cesarean delivery (TOLAC) has been used as a key method for the reduction of the CD rate. Little is known, however, about the ...
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Open AccessCurcumin and its analog alleviate diabetes-induced damages by regulating inflammation and oxidative stress in brain of diabetic rats
Diabetic encephalopathy is a severe diabetes complication with cognitive dysfunction and neuropsychiatric disability. The mechanisms underlying diabetic encephalopathy is believed to be relevant with oxidative...
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Open AccessMaternal age at first cesarean delivery related to adverse pregnancy outcomes in a second cesarean delivery: a multicenter, historical, cross-sectional cohort study
To determine the effects of maternal age at first cesarean on maternal complications and adverse outcomes of pregnancy with the second cesarean.
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Oxidative degradation of sulfamethoxazole antibiotic catalyzed by porous magnetic manganese ferrite nanoparticles: mechanism and by-products identification
Magnetic porous manganese ferrite nanoparticles (MnxFe3-xO4) with diverse ingredient Mn/Fe mole ratios were synthesized to degrade sulfamethoxazole (SMX) antibiotic residues involving peroxymonosulfate (PMS) diss...
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Identification of new QTL for yield-related traits in Chinese landrace and elite wheat varieties through a genome-wide linkage map**
Spike length (SL), fertile spikelet number per spike (SNS), thousand grain weight (TGW) and plant height (PH) are important agronomic traits related to yield in wheat. By the 55 K SNP assay, we constructed a h...
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Open AccessEvolution of PHAS loci in the young spike of Allohexaploid wheat
PhasiRNAs (phased secondary siRNAs) play important regulatory roles in the development processes and biotic or abiotic stresses in plants. Some of phasiRNAs involve in the reproductive development in grasses, ...
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Few-layered boron nitride nanosheets as superior adsorbents for the rapid removal of lead ions from water
Newly few-layered boron nitride (BN-550) nanosheets were developed by a low-temperature synthesis method, which was used to rapidly and efficiently adsorb lead ions (Pb2+). The samples were characterized by using...
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Open AccessThe genome-wide transcriptional consequences of the nullisomic-tetrasomic stocks for homoeologous group 7 in bread wheat
Hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L) arose by two polyploidisation events from three diploid species with homoeologous genomes. Nullisomic-tetrasomic (nulli-tetra or NT) lines are aneuploid wheat plants la...
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Open AccessTargeted mutagenesis using the Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated CRISPR-Cas9 system in common wheat
Recently, the CRISPR/Cas9 system has been widely used to precisely edit plant genomes. Due to the difficulty in Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of wheat, the reported applications in CRISPR/Cas9 sys...
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Broadband LWIR and MWIR absorber by trapezoid multilayered grating and SiO2 hybrid structures
A broadband metamaterial absorber with high absorption simultaneously in mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) was proposed. In the MWIR, the absorption higher than 0.8 is from 4 to 6.3 µm, wh...
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Open AccessEnhancement of grain number per spike by RNA interference of cytokinin oxidase 2 gene in bread wheat
This study aimed to validate the function of CKX gene on grain numbers in wheat.
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Open AccessMiR-18a and miR-17 are positively correlated with circulating PD-1+ICOS+ follicular helper T cells after hepatitis B vaccination in a chinese population
While vaccination remains the most effective method to control hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, 5–10% of recipients exhibit non-responsiveness to the HB vaccine. Immunological analysis of strong, weak or abs...
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Open AccessA more comprehensive investigation of disability and associated factors among older adults receiving home-based care in rural Dongguan, China
No previous study has evaluated disability in older persons according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Framework guidelines. We conducted a more comprehensive investiga...
