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The dynamic instability analysis of electrodynamic tether system
The libration motion of conductive tether in the electrodynamic tether system has been demonstrated to be inherently unstable. However, the relationship between the instability of libration motion and the teth...
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A Critical Discussion on the Use of Discrete Fracture Network Models in Rock Engineering Practice: Why Rock Mass Characterisation Methods can Benefit from Considering Fracture Connectivity
Fracture connectivity refers to the degree to which fractures within a rock mass are spatially arranged and interconnected. As a result, fracture connectivity can affect the pattern and magnitude of deformatio...
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Open AccessTargeting S100A12 to Improve Angiogenesis and Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing
Long-term inflammation and impaired angiogenesis are thought to be the causes of delayed healing or nonhealing of diabetic wounds. S100A12 is an essential pro-inflammatory factor involved in inflammatory react...
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Modular assembly of arenes, ethylene and heteroarenes for the synthesis of 1,2-arylheteroaryl ethanes
The 1,2-arylheteroaryl ethane motif stands as a privileged scaffold with promising implications in drug discovery. Conventional de novo syntheses of these molecules have relied heavily on pre-functionalized sy...
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Degree assortativity in collaboration networks and breakthrough innovation: the moderating role of knowledge networks
Collaboration networks are widely recognized as essential channels for accessing innovation resources and facilitating creative activities by enabling the exchange of knowledge and information. However, there ...
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Role of miRNAs in macrophage-mediated kidney injury
Macrophages, crucial components of the human immune system, can be polarized into M1/M2 phenotypes, each with distinct functions and roles. Macrophage polarization has been reported to be significantly involve...
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Open AccessDealing with elemental toxicities in crops: hot topics and likely solutions
The widespread presence of arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) in agricultural soils coupled with a problem of Al phytotoxicity threatens sustainability of agricultural production system as well as natural ecosystems.
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Open AccessEvolution of the SPX gene family and its role in the response mechanism to low phosphorus stress in self-rooted apple stock
Phosphorus plays a key role in plant adaptation to adversity and plays a positive role in the yield and quality formation of apples. Genes of the SPX domain-containing family are widely involved in the regulation...
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Open AccessCharacterization and functional evidence for Orf2 of Streptomyces sp. 139 as a novel dipeptidase E
Aspartyl dipeptidase (dipeptidase E) can hydrolyze Asp-X dipeptides (where X is any amino acid), and the enzyme plays a key role in the degradation of peptides as nutrient sources. Dipeptidase E remains unchar...
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Toward Carbon Neutral Road Transport: Development Strategies and New R&D Organizational Paradigms
Transportation electrification is accelerating worldwide as part of the concerted effort to achieve carbon neutrality within the transportation sector. However, some challenges still need to be overcome. Gover...
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A neurofunctional signature of subjective disgust generalizes to oral distaste and socio-moral contexts
While disgust originates in the hard-wired mammalian distaste response, the conscious experience of disgust in humans strongly depends on subjective appraisal and may even extend to socio-moral contexts. Here,...
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Distribution of polarization squeezed light through a 20 km fiber channel
We prepared and distributed the polarization squeezed light through a 20 km fiber channel. After this distribution, a polarization squeezed light with −0.57 dB squeezing is still observed. We demonstrate that ...
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Open AccessLarge area single crystal gold of single nanometer thickness for nanophotonics
Two-dimensional single crystal metals, in which the behavior of highly confined optical modes is intertwined with quantum phenomena, are highly sought after for next-generation technologies. Here, we report la...
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Open AccessProfessional values education for undergraduate nursing students: develo** a framework based on the professional values growth theory
Education has been recognised as necessary in forming and internalising professional values. The system and instructors' content in existing educational institutions focus on develo** students' knowledge, sk...
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Open AccessPatterns of neural activity in response to threatening faces are predictive of autistic traits: modulatory effects of oxytocin receptor genotype
Autistic individuals generally demonstrate impaired emotion recognition but it is unclear whether effects are emotion-specific or influenced by oxytocin receptor (OXTR) genotype. Here we implemented a dimensio...
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Open AccessOperative treatment of pulmonary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a case report and literature review
Pulmonary primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), a member of the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors, is a rare malignancy that is associated with a grim prognosis. To date, fewer than 30 cases of pulmonary PNET h...
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A loading rate switch strategy for stable nitritation in mainstream municipal wastewater
Implementation of biological ammonia-to-nitrite conversion (nitritation) is crucial to more sustainable municipal wastewater treatment. However, achieving stable nitritation, especially in low-temperature main...
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Current perspectives of sudden cardiac death management in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a rare but the most catastrophic complication in patients with H...
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Simulation studies for the first pathfinder of the CATCH space mission
The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is an intelligent constellation consisting of 126 micro-satellites in three types (A, B, and C), designed for X-ray observation with the o...
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Circulating Lipoproteins Mediate the Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline: A Community-Based Cohort Study
Cardiovascular health metrics are now widely recognized as modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia. Metabolic perturbations might play roles in the linkage of cardiovascular diseases and dem...
