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Game-theoretic multi-agent motion planning in a mixed environment
The motion planning problem for multi-agent systems becomes particularly challenging when humans or human-controlled robots are present in a mixed environment. To address this challenge, this paper presents an...
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Ecological barriers: An approach to ecological conservation and restoration in China
The Chinese government has pursued comprehensive ecological conservation and restoration by establishing an ecological barrier system. However, the majority of international research tends to focus on the conn...
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Recurrent neural network robust curvature tracking control of tendon-driven continuum manipulators with simultaneous joint stiffness regulation
Continuum manipulators, despite their prominent flexibility and compliance, possess relatively low inherent stiffness and weak load capacity. Realizing simultaneous curvature tracking control and joint stiffne...
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Role of Gesturing Onscreen Instructors in Video Lectures: A Set of Three-level Meta-analyses on the Embodiment Effect
Although gesturing onscreen instructors are widely included in video lectures, it is still unclear whether, when, and how they are conducive to learning. To clarify this issue, we conducted a set of three-leve...
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Open AccessHidden orders and phase transitions for the fully packed quantum loop model on the triangular lattice
Quantum loop and dimer models are prototypical correlated systems with local constraints, which are not only intimately connected to lattice gauge theories and topological orders but are also widely applicable...
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Open AccessPatients with ASPSCR1-TFE3 fusion achieve better response to ICI based combination therapy among TFE3-rearranged renal cell carcinoma
TFE3-rearranged renal cell carcinoma (TFE3-rRCC) is a rare but highly heterogeneous renal cell carcinoma (RCC) entity, of which the clinical treatment landscape is largely undefined. This study aims to evaluate a...
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Open AccessHealth impacts of lifestyle and ambient air pollution patterns on all-cause mortality: a UK Biobank cohort study
Extensive evidence indicates that both lifestyle factors and air pollution are strongly associated with all-cause mortality. However, little studies in this field have integrated these two factors in order to ...
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Correlation between mental status and prevalence of asthenopia in Chinese college students
The purpose of this study was to identify the possible association between mental status and the risk of self-reported asthenopia among college students in China.
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SimAC: simulating agile collaboration to generate acceptance criteria in user story elaboration
In agile requirements engineering, Generating Acceptance Criteria (GAC) to elaborate user stories plays a pivotal role in the sprint planning phase, which provides a reference for delivering functional solutio...
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Open AccessA step-by-step guide to causal study design using real-world data
Due to the need for generalizable and rapidly delivered evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, real-world data have grown increasingly important to answer causal questions. However, causal inference us...
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Tunable superconductivity in electron- and hole-doped Bernal bilayer graphene
Graphene-based, high-quality, two-dimensional electronic systems have emerged as a highly tunable platform for studying superconductivity1–21. Specifically, superconductivity has been observed in both electron- a...
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Mutations of Two Florigen Genes have Different Effects on Controlling Flowering Time in Rice Under Natural Long-Day Conditions
Flowering time of crops is critical for maximizing yield, quality and regional adaptability under target environments. In rice, Heading date 3a (Hd3a) and Rice Flowering Locus T 1 (RFT1) proteins are the key f...
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Open AccessReal-world performance of HIV low viral load values in diagnosing acute HIV infection in a tertiary care hospital in Bei**g, China
Early diagnosis of HIV infection decreases the time from HIV diagnosis to viral suppression and reduces further HIV transmission. The Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (2021 editio...
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Open AccessAssociation of leukocyte telomere length with risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged and older individuals without cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study of NHANES 1999–2002
Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) shorting was significantly associated with mortality. This study aimed to investigate the potential association between LTL and all-cause mortality as well as cardiovascular dis...
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The Association Between Functional Variants in Long Non-coding RNAs and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder Was Not Mediated by Gut Microbiota
The effect of functional variants in long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) gene regions on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the association of functional variants l...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of exercise rehabilitation on aplastic anemia patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Although hematopoietic stem cell transplantation provides the chances of survival for aplastic anemia patients, it is also related to many treatment-related physical and psychological side effects that severel...
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Open AccessA novel score for predicting falls in community-dwelling older people: a derivation and validation study
Early detection of patients at risk of falling is crucial. This study was designed to develop and internally validate a novel risk score to classify patients at risk of falls.
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Photothermal therapy of tuberculosis using targeting pre-activated macrophage membrane-coated nanoparticles
Conventional antibiotics used for treating tuberculosis (TB) suffer from drug resistance and multiple complications. Here we propose a lesion–pathogen dual-targeting strategy for the management of TB by coating M...
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Global burden and trends in female premenstrual syndrome study during 1990–2019
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is prevalent worldwide and considered a crucial issue regarding women’s health. In the present study, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019 dataset was utilized to assess th...
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Low-cost Co–Al spinel and M–Co–Al (M = Fe and Ce) catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3
In this work, the Co–Al spinel catalyst and M–Co–Al (M = Fe and Ce) catalysts were synthesized to explore their catalytic performance for the NH3-SCR reaction. The physicochemical properties of these catalysts we...