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Parental relationships and the social emotional and behavioral problem of children in China: insights for the three-child policy
As the three-child policy is implemented in China, a limited amount of research to date has considered how mothers’ and fathers’ relationships and conflicts with their children’s social–emotional development m...
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Open AccessLoss of NDUFS1 promotes gastric cancer progression by activating the mitochondrial ROS-HIF1α-FBLN5 signaling pathway
Recent studies suggested that NDUFS1 has an important role in human cancers; however, the effects of NDUFS1 on gastric cancer (GC) are still not fully understood.
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Open AccessRapid imaging and product screening with low-cost line-field Fourier domain optical coherence tomography
Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is a well-established imaging technique that provides high-resolution internal structure images of an object at a fast speed. Modern FD-OCT systems typicall...
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Open AccessIndoleacrylic acid produced by Parabacteroides distasonis alleviates type 2 diabetes via activation of AhR to repair intestinal barrier
Anti-inflammatory therapy is an effective strategy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies found that inflammatory responses in vivo were strongly associated with defects in the mucosal barrier func...
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Open AccessUsing a graph-based image segmentation algorithm for remote vital sign estimation and monitoring
Reliable and contactless measurements of vital signs, such as respiration and heart rate, are still unmet needs in clinical and home settings. Mm-wave radar and video-based technologies are promising, but curr...
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Structural Characterization and Immunoenhancing Effects of a Polysaccharide from the Soft Coral Lobophytum sarcophytoides
Previous studies on the soft coral Lobophytum sarcophytoides (Lobophytum sp.) are mainly about small molecules, and there has been no systematic research on polysaccharides. In the study, a novel polysaccharide (...
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Open AccessQuasi-perfect vortices generated by Pancharatnam-Berry phase metasurfaces for optical spanners and OAM communication
Optical vortex (OV) can be used in the fields of optical manipulation and optical communication because of its inherent orbital angular momentum (OAM). The size of the OV ring increases with the correlated top...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
TransBridge: A Lightweight Transformer for Left Ventricle Segmentation in Echocardiography
Echocardiography is an essential diagnostic method to assess cardiac functions. However, manually labelling the left ventricle region on echocardiography images is time-consuming and subject to observer bias. ...
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Open AccessLine-Field Optical Coherence Tomography as a tool for In vitro characterization of corneal biomechanics under physiological pressures
There has been a lot of interest in accurately characterising corneal biomechanical properties under intraocular pressure (IOP) to help better understand ocular pathologies that are associated with elevated IO...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fast Blur Detection and Parametric Deconvolution of Retinal Fundus Images
Blur is a significant problem in medical imaging which can hinder diagnosis and prevent further automated or manual processing. The problem of restoring an image from blur degradation remains a challenging tas...
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Synergism and Performance for Systems Containing Binary Mixtures of Anionic/Cationic Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery
The surfactant structure–performance relationship and application properties in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) for binary mixtures of anionic and cationic surfactants are presented and discussed. A polyoxyethylen...
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Evaluation of miR-720 prognostic significance in patients with colorectal cancer
Aberrant expression of miR-720 had been reported in several cancers. However, the expression level and prognostic value of miR-720 in colorectal cancer (CRC) had not been addressed. In our study, we detected t...
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Comparison of Nitrous Oxide to No Sedation and Deep Sedation for Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
In China, great efforts are dedicated to reducing discomfort and minimizing undesirable complications for patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy.
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Comparison of Terahertz Pulse Imaging and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Rapid, Non-Destructive Analysis of Tablet Coating Thickness and Uniformity
In this study, coating thickness and uniformity of production-scale pharmaceutical tablets were investigated using near-infrared (NIR) and terahertz pulse imaging (TPI) spectroscopy. Two coating formulations w...
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An efficient method-development strategy for quantitative chemical imaging using terahertz pulse spectroscopy
The purpose of our research was to investigate efficient procedures for generating multivariate prediction vectors for quantitative chemical analysis of solid dosage forms using terahertz pulse imaging (TPI) r...
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Influence of bubble size on micro-bubble drag reduction
Micro-bubble drag reduction experiments were conducted in a turbulent water channel flow. Compressed nitrogen was used to force flow through a slot injector located in the plate beneath the boundary layer of t...
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Interaction between tetrasulfophthalocyanines and colloidal titanium dioxide and photoelectric behavior on sensitized microporous TiO2 electrodes
Strong interaction between sulfophthalocyanines and TiO2 occur when the former is adsorbed on the colloidal TiO2 surface. Upon excitation, electron transfer from excited singlet state of sulfophthalocyanine to th...
