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Open AccessMolecular transmission network analysis of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Nan**g from 2019 to 2021
The objective of this study was to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the molecular transmission networks and transmitted drug resistance (TDR) patterns among individuals newly diagnosed with HIV-1 in Nan**g.
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CANet: cross attention network for food image segmentation
Food image segmentation which aims to distinguish various ingredients is crucial for food safety, as estimating calories and other nutrients is important for human health and sustainable development. However, ...
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Epidemiological characteristics of human metapneumovirus among children in Nan**g, China
The objective of this study was to examine the molecular epidemiology and clinical characteristics of HMPV infection among children with ARIs in Nan**g.
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Open AccessEffects of mini-basketball training program on social communication impairments and regional homogeneity of brain functions in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder
Social communication impairments (SCI) is a core symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is marked by challenges in social interaction. Although physical exercise has been shown to improve SCI, this find...
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Clinical sonochemotherapy of inoperable pancreatic cancer using diagnostic ultrasound and microbubbles: a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled trial
Sonochemotherapy, which uses microbubble (MB)-assisted ultrasound (US) to deliver chemotherapeutic agents, has the potential to enhance tumour chemotherapy. The combination of US and MB has been demonstrated t...
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Dissipative control of switched nonlinear systems with sliding mode: an event-triggered control scheme
This paper introduces the event-triggered scheme to study the problems of dissipative control and dissipativity-based sliding mode control (SMC) for switched nonlinear systems. Firstly, based on a designed eve...
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Open AccessSononeoperfusion: a new therapeutic effect to enhance tumour blood perfusion using diagnostic ultrasound and microbubbles
Hypoperfusion or resultant hypoxia in solid tumours is a main reason for therapeutic resistance. Augmenting the blood perfusion of hypovascular tumours might improve both hypoxia and drug delivery. Cavitation ...
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Effects of learning item difficulty and value on cognitive offloading during middle childhood
The storage of information in external tools (e.g., notebook, cellphone) has become increasingly common. Some researchers have defined this behavior as cognitive offloading, which is a type of learning strateg...
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Event-triggered control of a class of cascade switched nonlinear systems
In this paper, the event-triggered control of a class of cascaded switched nonlinear systems is studied. By applying a designed event-triggered sampling strategy, the minimum inter-event interval is obtained a...
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Open AccessInnate scavenger receptor-A regulates adaptive T helper cell responses to pathogen infection
The pattern recognition receptor (PRR) scavenger receptor class A (SR-A) has an important function in the pathogenesis of non-infectious diseases and in innate immune responses to pathogen infections. However,...
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Guided longer pulses from a diagnostic ultrasound and intraclot microbubble enhanced catheter-directed thrombolysis in vivo
The mechanism of ultrasound thrombolysis (UT) is generally attributed to cavitation. The insufficiency of microbubbles (MB) to serve as cavitation nuclei in the vessel-obstructing thrombi significantly reduces...
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The Roles of Tight Junctions and Claudin-1 in the Microbubble-Mediated Ultrasound-Induced Enhancement of Drug Concentrations in Rat Prostate
Although microbubble-mediated ultrasound irradiation can enhance the prostate permeability, little is known about the mechanism. In our study, the healthy, adult male SD rats were divided into four groups: the...
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Open AccessAn association of Aquaporin-4 with the immunoregulation of liver pathology in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease that affects approximately 200 million people. In Schistosomiasis japonica and mansoni, parasite eggs were trapped in host liver and stimulated the CD4+T cell respon...
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Sensitivity of isolated eggs of pond snails: a new method for toxicity assays and risk assessment
The concentration of heavy metals in the environment is normally low. We here address whether using the development of isolated pond snail Radix auricularia eggs would provide a more sensitive endpoint and whethe...
