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Multipotentiality of Iris Pigment Epithelial Cells in Vertebrate Eye
The discovery of adult stem cells indicated a previously unrecognized degree of plasticity in stem cell function (1-3). Recent extensive studies have suggested that mammalian stem cells residing in one tissue may...
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Potential effect of sedimentary iron-phosphorus accumulation on frequent algal bloom in the Pearl River Estuary
Based on laboratory culture of harmful alga on iron and phosphorus uptake, and the study of accumulation of iron-phosphorus in cores and release of iron and phosphorus from surficial sediments collected in the...
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Synergistic interactions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia promoted the growth of Lathyrus sativus under sulphate salt stress
In order to examine the influence of microsymbionts on plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and rhizobia were used to examine the growth of Lathyrus sativus under sulphate salt stress. Seedlings of L. sativu...
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Significantly enhanced rate capability in supercapacitors using carbide-derived carbons electrode with superior microstructure
Mesoporous carbide-derived carbons (CDC) with hierarchical pore structure were fabricated by chlorine etching of mesoporous titanium carbides. Their capacitive behaviors for electrochemical capacitor were inve...
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TGB: the tobacco genetics and breeding database
The germplasm of the genus Nicotiana contains more than 5,000 accessions and plays an important role in modern biological research. Tobacco can be used as a model system to develop methodologies for plant transfo...
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Erratum to: In situ forming chitosan-based hydrogel as a lung sealant for biological lung volume reduction
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Injectable in situ forming chitosan-based hydrogels for curcumin delivery
In this paper, a series of injectable in situ forming chitosan-based hydrogels were prepared by chemical crosslinking of chitosan and genipin with the cooperation of ionic bonds between chitosan and sodium salts ...
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In situ forming chitosan-based hydrogel as a lung sealant for biological lung volume reduction
Biological lung volume reduction (BLVR) using lung sealant has received more attention recently as a new non-surgical approach to emphysema treatment. Many tissue sealants have been studied but only a few have...
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Remarkable Improvement of Shape-Memory Effect in a Co-31Ni-3Si Alloy by Ausforming
In order to improve the shape-memory effect (SME) in Co-Ni alloys, the influence of ausforming temperature on the SME, microstructures, and mechanical behavior in a Co-31Ni-3Si alloy was studied. The results s...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a Biomimetic Chondroitin Sulfate-modified Hydrogel to Enhance the Metastasis of Tumor Cells
Tumor metastasis with resistance to anticancer therapies is the main cause of death in cancer patients. It is necessary to develop reliable tumor metastasis models that can closely recapitulate the pathophysio...
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Open AccessAlgae explosive growth mechanism enabling weather-like forecast of harmful algal blooms
As a global problem in coastal environments, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have seriously affected the health of coastal ecosystems and regional economies. Here we report an aerosol-trigger mechanism for the occ...
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Open AccessFive-year outcomes of posterior affected-vertebrae fixation in lumbar tuberculosis patients
Posterior instrumentation after deformity correction is an important method for reconstruction of spinal stability in the management of lumbar tuberculosis (TB). However, the commonly used methods include both...
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Can sarcopenia be a predictor of prognosis for patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis
We aimed to explore whether sarcopenia diagnosed with the third lumbar vertebra skeletal muscle index (L3 SMI) can be a predictor of prognosis for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.
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Design of three-dimensional macroporous reduced graphene oxide–Fe3O4 nanocomposites for the removal of Cr(VI) from wastewater
Three-dimensional macroporous reduced graphene oxide–Fe3O4 nanocomposites (3D macroporous rGO–Fe3O4 nanocomposites) were synthesized through electrostatic self-assembly method. The morphology and structure charac...
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Impact of the preoperative prognostic nutritional index on postoperative and survival outcomes in colorectal cancer patients who underwent primary tumor resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
We aimed to explore whether the preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI) could be an indicator of prognostic outcomes in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.
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Ghrelin Promotes Cortical Neurites Growth in Late Stage After Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation/Reperfusion Injury
Acyl ghrelin, a novel brain-gut peptide, is an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor. Accumulated research data have shown that acyl ghrelin exercises a significant neuroprotective eff...
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Open AccessInvestigating Potential Molecular Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis and Genes as Biomarkers for Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Based on Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis
Gastric cancer, as the fifth most common malignancy worldwide, is a deadly disease afflicting nearly a million people. Researchers have devoted much to study the mechanisms of carcinogenesis and progression, b...
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Telephone-based reminiscence therapy for colorectal cancer patients undergoing postoperative chemotherapy complicated with depression: a three-arm randomised controlled trial
Colorectal cancer patients undergoing postoperative chemotherapy often exhibit symptoms of depression that in turn may negatively affect outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of telephone-b...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multi-scale Convolutional Neural Network for Remote Sensing Image Change Detection
Intelligence method to detect changes in remote sensing images is a difficult but important issue and it is of great significance for natural resources, environmental and social-economy monitoring. In this pap...
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A novel cellulose acetate/poly (ionic liquid) composite air filter
Global air pollution poses a serious risk to human health. Among the variety of types of pollution, inhalable particulate matter (PM 2.5) is proved to be extremely harmful. In this work, a simple method was de...
