-
Article
Utilizing procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, and serum amyloid A in combination for diagnosing sepsis due to urinary tract infection
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the combined diagnostic value of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and serum amyloid A (SAA) in sepsis caused by urinary tract infection.
-
Article
Open AccessThe association of female reproductive factors with history of cardiovascular disease: a large cross-sectional study
This study aimed to explore the association of female reproductive factors (age at first birth (AFB), age at last birth (ALB), number of pregnancies, and live births) with history of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
-
Article
Control of aluminum distribution in ZSM-5 zeolite for enhancement of its catalytic performance for propane aromatization
Regulation of aluminum distribution in zeolite framework is an effective method for improving its catalytic performance for propane aromatization. Herein, we found that recrystallization and post-realuminizati...
-
Article
A method of embedding a high-resolution image into a large field-of-view image
Images captured by wide-angle cameras or fisheye cameras are with large Field-of-View (FOV) but low resolution, while images captured by conventional cameras are with high-resolution but limited FOV. To handle...
-
Article
Open AccessCytological and molecular characterization of wheat lines carrying leaf rust and stem rust resistance genes Lr24 and Sr24
Previous studies showed that Australian wheat cultivars Janz and Sunco carry leaf rust and stem rust resistance genes Lr24 and Sr24 derived from Thinopyrum ponticum chromosome arm 3AgL. However, the size of the a...
-
Article
Open AccessGenome-wide identification and investigation of monosaccharide transporter gene family based on their evolution and expression analysis under abiotic stress and hormone treatments in maize (Zea mays L.)
Monosaccharide transporter (MST) family, as a carrier for monosaccharide transport, plays an important role in carbon partitioning and widely involves in plant growth and development, stress response, and sign...
-
Article
Recent progress in the deactivation mechanism of zeolite catalysts in methanol to olefins
Methanol to olefins (MTO) as an important reaction in C1 chemistry can effectively transform non-petroleum carbon resources into value-added chemicals. Zeolites have been widely used as MTO catalysts. However,...
-
Article
A multi-parameter-induced activation of gas therapeutic platform to remarkably amplify photodynamic therapy efficacy
Gas therapy (GT) combined with photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective strategy to compensate for the PDT limitation caused by the hypoxic tumor microenvironment, which can greatly improve PDT efficacy. The...
-
Article
Open AccessCorrelation between small-cell lung cancer serum protein/peptides determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and chemotherapy efficacy
Currently, no effective measures are available to predict the curative efficacy of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) chemotherapy. We expect to develop a method for effectively predicting the SCLC chemotherapy eff...
-
Article
SoxB family genes delay regeneration and cause abnormal movement in Dugesia japonica
SoxB subfamily is an important branch of Sox family and plays a key role in animal physiological process, but little is known about their function in planarian regeneration. This study aims to evaluate the functi...
-
Article
Regioselective hydroformylation of propene catalysed by rhodium-zeolite
Hydroformylation is an industrial process for the production of aldehydes from alkenes1,2. Regioselective hydroformylation of propene to high-value n-butanal is particularly important, owing to a wide range of bu...
-
Article
DRP1 inhibition-mediated mitochondrial elongation abolishes cancer stemness, enhances glutaminolysis, and drives ferroptosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Mitochondrial dynamics play a fundamental role in determining stem cell fate. However, the underlying mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics in the stemness acquisition of cancer cells are incompletely understood.
-
Article
Tuning crystal size and inhibiting aggregation by adding guanidinoacetic acid in ZSM-5 zeolite synthesis for catalysing methanol-to-olefin reaction
Nanosized ZSM-5 zeolite with high-quality is highly desired in industrial application. This paper reports an approach of rapid synthesis of this type zeolite, being realized by crystallizing gels with the Si/A...
-
Article
Robust corner detection in continuous space
Corner detection is important in image analysis and understanding, but most existing corner detectors are sensitive to image quality, lens radial distortion, and illumination. In this paper, we propose a corne...
-
Article
Open AccessDeficiency of the HGF/Met pathway leads to thyroid dysgenesis by impeding late thyroid expansion
The mechanisms of bifurcation, a key step in thyroid development, are largely unknown. Here we find three zebrafish lines from a forward genetic screening with similar thyroid dysgenesis phenotypes and identif...
-
Article
Open AccessA bionic self-driven retinomorphic eye with ionogel photosynaptic retina
Bioinspired bionic eyes should be self-driving, repairable and conformal to arbitrary geometries. Such eye would enable wide-field detection and efficient visual signal processing without requiring external en...
-
Article
A sine transform based preconditioned MINRES method for all-at-once systems from constant and variable-coefficient evolutionary PDEs
In this work, we propose a simple yet generic preconditioned Krylov subspace method for a large class of nonsymmetric block Toeplitz all-at-once systems arising from discretizing evolutionary partial different...
-
Article
Open AccessRNA-binding proteins potentially regulate the alternative splicing of apoptotic genes during knee osteoarthritis progression
Alternative splicing (AS) is a principal mode of genetic regulation and one of the most widely used mechanisms to generate structurally and functionally distinct mRNA and protein variants. Dysregulation of AS ...
-
Article
Open AccessIntact lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid are both suitable for the evaluation of murine lung microbiome in acute lung injury
Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that lung microbiome is closely linked to the progression of pulmonary diseases; however, it is still controversial which specimen type is preferred for the evaluation o...
-
Article
A harmful MYH11 variant detected in a family with thoracic aortic dissection and patent ductus arteriosus
Thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) is an important cause of sudden cardiac death and is characterized by high morbidity, mortality, and a poor prognosis. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common congenital hea...
