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Optimal methods for convex nested stochastic composite optimization
Recently, convex nested stochastic composite optimization (NSCO) has received considerable interest for its applications in reinforcement learning and risk-averse optimization. However, existing NSCO algorithm...
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Open AccessCircPAPPA2 plays a role in preeclampsia pathogenesis via regulation of the miR-942/miR-5006-3p
CircRNAs are a class of endogenous non-coding RNAs implicated in the pathogenesis of many pregnancy related diseases, one of which is pre-eclampsia (PE). This study aims to investigate the role of CircPAPPA2 (c.....
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Open AccessAssociations of obesity with chronic inflammatory airway diseases and mortality in adults: a population-based investigation
The association between obesity and respiratory diseases has been confirmed. However, few studies have reported the relationship between obesity and the risk and mortality of chronic inflammatory airway diseas...
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Missing microbes in infants and children in the COVID-19 pandemic: a study of 1,126 participants in Bei**g, China
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many fatalities worldwide and continues to affect the health of the recovered patients in the form of long-COVID. In this study, we compared the gut microbiome of uninfected in...
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Enhanced photoelectric performance of dual cations quantum dots carbon-based perovskite solar cells with stacked structure
All-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) are promising candidates in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to its excellent stability. However, the large bandgap of PQDs and expensive materials of hole tr...
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Open AccessInfluencing risk factors of voriconazole-induced liver injury in Uygur pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
We aimed to investigated the influencing risk factors of voriconazole-induced liver injury in Uygur pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
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Open AccessAssociation between plasma metal exposure and health span in very elderly adults: a prospective cohort study with mixture statistical approach
Metals have been linked to a diverse spectrum of age-related diseases; however, the effects of metal exposure on health span remains largely unknown. This cohort study aims to determine the association between...
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Progress of 3-ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenases for steroid production
3-ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenases (Δ1-KstDs) are FAD-dependent and substrate-inducing enzymes, which catalyze the introduction of double bonds between C1 and C2 atoms of the A ring of 3-ketosteroid substrates. They...
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Open AccessAssociation and mediation between educational attainment and respiratory diseases: a Mendelian randomization study
Respiratory diseases are a major health burden, and educational inequalities may influence disease prevalence. We aim to evaluate the causal link between educational attainment and respiratory disease, and to ...
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Open AccessLevel constrained first order methods for function constrained optimization
We present a new feasible proximal gradient method for constrained optimization where both the objective and constraint functions are given by summation of a smooth, possibly nonconvex function and a convex si...
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Interpretable Predictive Models to Understand Risk Factors for Maternal and Fetal Outcomes
Although most pregnancies result in a good outcome, complications are not uncommon and can be associated with serious implications for mothers and babies. Predictive modeling has the potential to improve outco...
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Open AccessReinforcement learning-based control for waste biorefining processes under uncertainty
Waste biorefining processes face significant challenges related to the variability of feedstocks. The supply and composition of multiple feedstocks in these processes can be uncertain, making it difficult to a...
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Open AccessThe 50% effective dose of hydromorphone and morphine for epidural analgesia in the hemorrhoidectomy: a double-blind, sequential dose-finding study
Although previous studies have showed that epidural morphine can be used as a complement to local anesthetics for analgesia after postcesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia, there is little known about the ...
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Alkali Carbonate Reaction (ACR): Investigations on Mechanism of Dedolomitization of Dolomite in Dolomitic Limestones and Argillaceous Dolomitic Limestones
Alkali-carbonate reaction (ACR) is chemical reaction in concrete which may induce significant damage in concrete structures. Researchers have been focusing on studies of the symptoms of alkali carbonate reacti...
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Multi-source Autoregressive Entity Linking Based on Generative Method
The task of entity linking aims to map the entity reference in the text with the unambiguous entity in the knowledge base. However, under the background of the continuous growth of science and technology servi...
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Diverse Bagging Effort Estimation Model for Software Development Project
Creating successful projects is challenging and estimation of software development efforts is thus an important activity of the software engineering community. It enables project managers to organize and manag...
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The most productive age of the management scholars in Taiwan
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of Republic of China (Taiwan) launched a program named the Columbus Program in 2017 for university professors younger than thirty-five (extended to thirty-eight o...
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Open AccessRecombinant human thrombopoietin therapy for primary immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy: a retrospective comparative cohort study
Treatment options for pregnant women with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who do not respond to first-line treatment are limited. Few studies have reported the use of recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) for...
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Open Access2D quasi-layered material with domino structure
Interlayer coupling strength dichotomizes two-dimensional (2D) materials into layered and non-layered types. Traditionally, they can be regarded as atomic layers intrinsically linked via van der Waals (vdW) fo...
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Open AccessPhytochromes transmit photoperiod information via the evening complex in Brachypodium
Daylength is a key seasonal cue for animals and plants. In cereals, photoperiodic responses are a major adaptive trait, and alleles of clock genes such as PHOTOPERIOD1 (PPD1) and EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3) have been...
