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Open AccessEpidemiological variations and trends in glaucoma burden in the Belt and Road countries
Analyzing the glaucoma burden in "Belt and Road" (B&R) countries based on age, gender, and risk factors from 1990 to 2019 in order to provide evidence for future prevention strategies.
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Study on the rumor detection of social media in disaster based on multi-feature fusion method
In recent years, there is a significant increase in research combining social media data for disaster warning and damage assessment. When natural disasters occur, social media data can also contain rumors, whi...
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Open AccessPatterns and trends of mortality from metastatic colorectal cancer in Shanghai, China from 2005 to 2021: a population-based retrospective analysis
Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is the leading cause of CRC deaths, however, the relative epidemiological research was insufficient. We aimed to analyze the patterns and trends of mortality of mCRC in Shan...
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Dynamic-Clustering Extreme Intensity Prior Based Blind Image Deblurring
In blind image deblurring, feasible solutions have been obtained by exploiting image prior information such as dark channel prior, extreme channel prior, and local minimal intensity prior. The performance high...
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CHD-related/specific mortality of 3.17 million people in a transitioning region: trends, risk factors, and prevention
Demographic shifts cause uncertain changes in the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) in transitioning regions. We aimed to analyze the trends of CHD burden and its risk factors in Pudong, Shanghai, and exp...
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Study on typhoon disaster assessment by mining data from social media based on artificial neural network
Typhoon disaster is a major threat to the economy and personnel safety in coastal areas. After the disaster, the objective assessment of typhoon disaster economic losses can provide an important reference for ...
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Open AccessCase report: a Chinese girl like atypical Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome caused by a novel heterozygous mutation of the EP300 gene
Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is an extremely rare autosomal dominant inheritable disorder caused by CREBBP and EP300 mutations, while atypical RSTS harbouring variant from the same genes but not obvious resem...
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Open AccessPredictive models for overall survival in breast cancer patients with a second primary malignancy: a real-world study in Shanghai, China
The incidents of second primary malignancy (SPM) is increasing among breast cancer (BC) patients with long-term progression, adversely affecting survival. The purpose of this study was to screen independent ov...
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Open AccessKnowledge of a cancer diagnosis is a protective factor for the survival of patients with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study
The health burden of breast cancer is rising in China. The effect of informed diagnosis on long-term survival is not fully understood. This retrospective cohort study aims to explore the association between ea...
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Long-Term Existence of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 Patients: Host Immunity, Viral Virulence, and Transmissibility
COVID-19 patients can recover with a median SARS-CoV-2 clearance of 20 days post initial symptoms (PIS). However, we observed some COVID-19 patients with existing SARS-CoV-2 for more than 50 days PIS. This stu...
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Open AccessYears of life lost due to premature death and their trends in people with malignant neoplasm of female genital organs in Shanghai, China during 1995–2018: a population based study
The increasing aging population has been posing a significant challenge to disease burden in develo** countries. In particular, the contribution of population aging to and long term changes of disease burden...
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Open AccessCharacteristics and trends of childhood cancer in Pudong, China, 2002–2015
With the growing threat of cancer to children’s health, it is necessary to analyze characteristics and trends of childhood cancer to formulate better cancer prevention strategies.
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Open AccessDynamic changes of D-dimer and neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio as prognostic biomarkers in COVID-19
Since December 2019, the outbreak of COVID-19 caused a large number of hospital admissions in China. Many patients with COVID-19 have symptoms of acute respiratory distress syndrome, even are in danger of deat...
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Open AccessThe impact of screening on the survival of colorectal cancer in Shanghai, China: a population based study
Shanghai is one of the earliest cities in develo** countries to introduce an organized colorectal screening program for its residents to fight against the rising disease burden of colorectal cancer (CRC). Th...
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Variation in MERRA-2 aerosol optical depth over the Yangtze River Delta from 1980 to 2016
In this study, 765 instantaneous MERRA-2 (second Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications) aerosol optical depth (AOD) values at 550 nm were compared with those of a sky radiometer in He...
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Structural Formation and Improved Performances of Chemically Synthesized Composition-Controlled Micron-Sized Fe100−x Co x Particles
Micron-sized composition-controlled Fe100−x Co x (20 < x < 75) alloy particles with high purity have been prepared by an optimized reduction reaction. T...
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Open AccessEffects of temperature and heat waves on emergency department visits and emergency ambulance dispatches in Pudong New Area, China: a time series analysis
In July 2013, an extended heat episode with extreme high temperature covered Pudong New Area, the largest district in Shanghai. The current study estimates the impacts of temperature and heat waves on emergenc...
