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Open AccessAssessment of the influence of levees along Yangtze River on Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum
Oncomelania hupensis is the exclusive intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in China. Snail control is an essential component of schistosomiasis elimination programme. With 70 years of continuous efforts, th...
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Open AccessHOXD10 attenuates renal fibrosis by inhibiting NOX4-induced ferroptosis
In chronic kidney disease (CKD), renal fibrosis is an unavoidable result of various manifestations. However, its pathogenesis is not yet fully understood. Here, we revealed the novel role of Homeobox D10 (HOXD...
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IL-22 promotes occludin expression by activating autophagy and treats ulcerative colitis
IL-22 serves a protective function in the intestinal barrier. These protective properties of IL-22 may offer a potential treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC). However, the exact mechanisms of action remain un...
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ASSESS-IE: a Novel Risk Score for Patients with Infective Endocarditis
Mortality in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) remains high. The existing risk scores are relatively complex with limited clinical application. This study was conducted to establish a new risk model to...
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Open AccessA Retrospective Analysis of Central and Peripheral Metabolic Characteristics in Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis
Most current treatment strategies and investigations on cryptococcal meningitis (CM) focus primarily on the central nervous system (CNS), often overlooking the complex interplay between the CNS and the periphe...
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Open AccessGanoderma tsuage promotes pain sensitivity in aging mice
Advances in modern medicine have extended human life expectancy, leading to a world with a gradually aging society. Aging refers to a natural decline in the physiological functions of a species over time, such...
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Open AccessArchitecting the metabolic reprogramming survival risk framework in LUAD through single-cell landscape analysis: three-stage ensemble learning with genetic algorithm optimization
Recent studies have increasingly revealed the connection between metabolic reprogramming and tumor progression. However, the specific impact of metabolic reprogramming on inter-patient heterogeneity and progno...
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Open AccessTowards an actionable One Health approach
Despite the increasing focus on strengthening One Health capacity building on global level, challenges remain in devising and implementing real-world interventions particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Reco...
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Methylated derivatives of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in road dust, green belt soil and parking lot dust: occurrence, spatial distribution and emission sources
Convenient transportation facilities not only bring the higher standard of living to big cities, but also bring some environmental pollution problems. In order to understand the presence and sources of methyla...
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Open AccessAnalysis of the thickness characteristics of the left atrial posterior wall and its correlation with the low and no voltage areas of the left atrial posterior wall in patients with atrial fibrillation
To analyze the relationship between the thickness of the left atrial posterior wall and the low and no voltage zones in the left atrial posterior wall in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
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Open AccessElucidating the ecophysiology of soybean pod-sucking stinkbug Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) based on de novo genome assembly and transcriptome analysis
Food security is important for the ever-growing global population. Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., is cultivated worldwide providing a key source of food, protein and oil. Hence, it is imperative to maintain or ...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of human immunodeficiency virus prevention strategies by map** the geographic dispersion pattern of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence in Nanning, China
The Guangxi government initiated two rounds of the Guangxi AIDS Conquering Project (GACP) in 2010 (Phase I) and 2015 (Phase II) to control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ...
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Open AccessChromosome-level genome assembly of Oncomelania hupensis: the intermediate snail host of Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma japonicum is a parasitic flatworm that causes human schistosomiasis, which is a significant cause of morbidity in China, the Philippines and Indonesia. Oncomelania hupensis (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae)...
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Open AccessAbnormal interlimb coordination of motor developmental delay during infant crawling based on kinematic synergy analysis
Previous studies have reported that abnormal interlimb coordination is a typical characteristic of motor developmental delay (MDD) during human movement, which can be visually manifested as abnormal motor post...
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Research on Oilfield Surface Environment Assessment Method Based on High-Precision Global Land Cover Data Analysis
In recent years, the country has successively passed a series of laws and regulations on the reform of the mining rights system, especially related to exploration and construction, land use, and ecological env...
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Temperature dependence in tensile properties and deformation behavior of GH4169 alloy
The effect of temperature on the tensile properties and deformation mechanism of GH4169 alloy has been systematically studied over a wide range of room temperature (RT) to 1000 °C. The results indicate that th...
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Open AccessRegular gastroscopy and colonoscopy during the evaluation of urachal cancer: do we really need them?
Urachal cancer is similar to gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma in histology, and gastroscopy/colonoscopy is often administered during perioperative evaluation. However, gastroscopy and colonoscopy have correspon...
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Open AccessOptimized strategy for schistosomiasis elimination: results from marginal benefit modeling
Poverty contributes to the transmission of schistosomiasis via multiple pathways, with the insufficiency of appropriate interventions being a crucial factor. The aim of this article is to provide more economic...
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Open AccessCCSD: cross-camera self-distillation for unsupervised person re-identification
Existing unsupervised person re-identification (Re-ID) methods have achieved remarkable performance by adopting an alternate clustering-training manner. However, they still suffer from camera variation, which ...
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Open AccessA diagnostic model for sepsis-induced acute lung injury using a consensus machine learning approach and its therapeutic implications
A significant proportion of septic patients with acute lung injury (ALI) are recognized late due to the absence of an efficient diagnostic test, leading to the postponed treatments and consequently higher mort...
