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Interaction of base excision repair gene polymorphism and estrogen-DNA adducts in breast cancer risk among East Asian women
In East Asia, the incidence of breast cancer has been increasing rapidly, particularly among premenopausal women. An elevated ratio of estrogen-DNA adducts was linked to a higher risk of breast cancer. The pre...
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Molecular phylogeny of Podoscypha (Basidiomycota, Podoscyphaceae) with descriptions of four new species, inferred from nuclear rDNA sequences
Seven species of Podoscypha (including four new species) and two species of Cymatoderma collected from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southwest China were studied. Phylogenetic analyses of both the ITS a...
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Open AccessEnhanced polarization switching characteristics of HfO2 ultrathin films via acceptor-donor co-do**
In the realm of ferroelectric memories, HfO2-based ferroelectrics stand out because of their exceptional CMOS compatibility and scalability. Nevertheless, their switchable polarization and switching speed are not...
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Chimeric proteins of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae as vaccine and preclinical model for immunological evaluation
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) is a primary agent of porcine enzootic pneumonia, a disease that causes significant economic losses to pig farming worldwide. Commercial vaccines induce partial protect...
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Open AccessCarbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli exhibit diverse spatiotemporal epidemiological characteristics across the globe
Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (CREC) poses a severe global public health risk. This study reveals the worldwide geographic spreading patterns and spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of resistance ...
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Saliency Detection of Turbid Underwater Images Based on Depth Attention Adversarial Network
The turbidity of the water leads to problems such as low contrast between the underwater optical images target and the background, and the target information is weakened. These problems severely limit the perf...
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Research on L-Band Interference Detection Based on UAV Aerial Monitoring System
GPS interference incidents of domestic civil aircraft have occurred frequently in recent years, seriously threatening flight safety. Accurate and efficient detection of GPS interference sources and elimination...
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Numerical analysis of turbulent fluctuations around an axisymmetric body of revolution based on wall-modeled large eddy simulations
Wall-modeled large eddy simulation (WMLES) is used to investigate turbulent fluctuations around an axisymmetric body of revolution. This study focuses on evaluating the ability of WMLES to predict the fluctuat...
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Investigating the Planarization of Al0.5CoCrFeNi2 High-Entropy Thin Films Through Chemical Mechanical Polishing
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) exhibit a variety of characteristics and provide industries with more options in high-end applications, as HEAs differ from the design concept of conventional alloys. In semiconducto...
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Numerical investigations of focused wave interact with a moving cylinder
This paper presents a numerical study on focused wave and current interactions with a cylinder. The cylinder is moving in the opposite direction to the wave propagation. An effective computational decompositio...
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Open AccessRapidly adaptable automated interpretation of point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostics
Point-of-care diagnostic devices, such as lateral-flow assays, are becoming widely used by the public. However, efforts to ensure correct assay operation and result interpretation rely on hardware that cannot ...
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Assessment of subgrid-scale models in wall-modeled large-eddy simulations of turbulent channel flows
Considering the demanding of grid requirements for high-Reynolds-number wall-bounded flow, the wall-modeled large-eddy simulation (WMLES) is an attractive method to deal with near wall turbulence. However, the...
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Causes of the discordance in the south-north distribution of the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake sequences
In the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake sequence, the distribution of aftershocks in the north of the main earthquake was scattered, while the distribution of aftershocks in the south of the main earthquake was line...
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Optimization of 5′UTR to evade SARS-CoV-2 Nonstructural protein 1-directed inhibition of protein synthesis in cells
Maximizing the expression level of therapeutic proteins in cells is the general goal for DNA/mRNA therapies. It is particularly challenging to achieve efficient protein expression in the cellular contexts wit...
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Rheological and filtration properties of water-based drilling fluids as influenced by cellulose nanomaterials: different aspect ratios and modified groups
In this work, the application potential of three kinds of cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) with different aspect ratios and surface modified groups in water-based drilling fluids (WBMs) was studied. The surface ...
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Correction: Identification of extracellular vesicles from J strain and wild isolate of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
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Response to COVID-19 Pandemic and Ethical Innovations in Taiwan
Taiwan has established itself in recent decades as a democracy that values and protects human rights. By extension, the rights and well-being of research subjects are clearly defined through legislation. Two n...
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Video in 10 Bits: Few-Bit VideoQA for Efficiency and Privacy
In Video Question Answering (VideoQA), answering general questions about a video requires its visual information. Yet, video often contains redundant information irrelevant to the VideoQA task. For example, if...
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Open AccessIdentification of a novel interaction site between the large hepatitis delta antigen and clathrin that regulates the assembly of genotype III hepatitis delta virus
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV), a satellite virus of hepatitis B virus (HBV), is a small, defective RNA virus strongly associated with the most severe form of hepatitis and progressive chronic liver disease and c...
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Open AccessGender differences in the intention to withhold life-sustaining treatments involving severe dementia for self and on behalf of parent or spouse
Few studies have explored gender differences in the attitudes toward advanced care planning and the intention to withhold life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) involving severe dementia in Asian countries. We exam...
