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Open AccessAnalyzing the correlation between low proportion of hobnail features in papillary thyroid carcinoma and clinical aggressiveness risk
Hobnail features may enhance the clinical aggressiveness of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, whether a low proportion (<30%) of these features contributes to increased PTC aggressiveness remains unc...
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Benefits of Hepatitis C Viral Eradication: A Real-World Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan
Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) increases the risk of liver cirrhosis (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This nationwide cohort study assessed the effectiveness of viral eradication of CHC.
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Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes following lumbar spine surgery for degenerative disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
This study aimed to consolidate the evidence regarding the prognostic influence of sarcopenia in degenerative lumbar spine surgeries.
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Effect of pile-head breaking methods on the triaxial creep behavior of a concrete: a constitutive modeling approach
This study investigated the long-term creep behavior of concrete in drilled shafts using conventional and soft-cutting head techniques, focusing on their propensity for internal defects and crack propagation u...
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Open AccessReal-World Efficacy and Safety of Universal 8-Week Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for Treatment-Naïve Patients from a Nationwide HCV Registry in Taiwan
Eight-week glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB) is indicated for treatment-naïve (TN) patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC), with or without compensated cirrhosis. Given that the Taiwanese government is commit...
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Open AccessA novel long non-coding RNA MIR4500HG003 promotes tumor metastasis through miR-483-3p-MMP9 axis in triple-negative breast cancer
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide. The 5-year survival rate is over 90% in BC patients, but once BC cells metastasis into distal org...
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Left ventricular entropy is a novel predictor of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with coronary atherosclerosis: a multi-center study
To investigate the incremental prognostic value of left ventricular (LV) entropy in a large multi-center population with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAD).
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Open AccessBasal actomyosin pulses expand epithelium coordinating cell flattening and tissue elongation
Actomyosin networks constrict cell area and junctions to alter cell and tissue shape. However, during cell expansion under mechanical stress, actomyosin networks are strengthened and polarized to relax stress....
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Open AccessAn algorithm for simplified hepatitis C virus treatment with non-specialist care based on nation-wide data from Taiwan
Both European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (AASLD-IDSA) guidelines recommend simplified ...
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Open AccessUtilizing the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) to confirm the impact of emergency department management in sepsis patients: a cohort study from taiwan 1998–2020
Most sepsis patients could potentially experience advantageous outcomes from targeted medical intervention, such as fluid resuscitation, antibiotic administration, respiratory support, and nursing care, prompt...
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Open AccessA von-Neumann-like photonic processor and its application in studying quantum signature of chaos
Photonic quantum computation plays an important role and offers unique advantages. Two decades after the milestone work of Knill-Laflamme-Milburn, various architectures of photonic processors have been propose...
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Effect and Safety of Herbal Medicine Foot Baths in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Multicenter Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
To evaluate the effect and safety of foot baths with Tangbi Waixi Decoction (TW) in treating patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
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Open AccessAdvances in nuclear detection and readout techniques
“A Craftsman Must Sharpen His Tools to Do His Job,” said Confucius. Nuclear detection and readout techniques are the foundation of particle physics, nuclear physics, and particle astrophysics to reveal the nat...
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Research on efficient utilization of high-phosphorus oolitic hematite for iron enrichment and dephosphorization by hydrogen mineral phase transformation
The paper proposes the innovative technology of hydrogen mineral phase transformation–magnetic separation–acid leaching for iron enrichment and dephosphorization, based on the mineralogical characteristics of ...
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Effects of Compound Danshen Drip** Pills on Ventricular Remodeling and Cardiac Function after Acute Anterior Wall ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (CODE-AAMI): Protocol for a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Ventricular remodeling after acute anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (AAMI) is an important factor in occurrence of heart failure which additionally results in poor prognosis. Therefore,...
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Open AccessOutcomes of surgery and subsequent therapy for central nervous system oligoprogression in EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients
Oligoprogression is an emerging issue in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the surgical treatment for central nervous system (CNS) oligo...
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Open AccessPrediction of clinically significant prostate cancer through urine metabolomic signatures: A large-scale validated study
Currently, there are no accurate markers for predicting potentially lethal prostate cancer (PC) before biopsy. This study aimed to develop urine tests to predict clinically significant PC (sPC) in men at risk.
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Open AccessEssential role of momentum-forbidden dark excitons in the energy transfer responses of monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides
We present a theoretical investigation of exciton-mediated Förster resonant energy transfers (FRET’s) from photoexcited quantum dots (QD’s) to transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers (TMD-ML’s), implemented...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Coherent dynamics of multi-spin V \({}_{{{{{{{{{{\rm{B}}}}}}}}}}}^{-}\) center in hexagonal boron nitride
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Effectiveness and safety of 8-week glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in HCV treatment-naïve patients with compensated cirrhosis: real-world experience from Taiwan nationwide HCV registry
Large-scale real-world data of the 8-week glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB) therapy for treatment-naïve patients of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with compensated cirrhosis is scarce.
