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Open AccessDifferent clinicopathological features between young and older patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma and ground-glass opacity
After the recommendation of computed tomography as a routine procedure for lung cancer screening, an increasing number of young adults have been diagnosed with pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO). Up to 63% o...
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Open AccessIL-33 regulates adipogenesis via Wnt/β-catenin/PPAR-γ signaling pathway in preadipocytes
Interleukin-33 (IL-33), an emerging cytokine within the IL-1 family, assumes a pivotal function in the control of obesity. However, the specific mechanism of its regulation of obesity formation remains unclear...
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Institutions, innovation and performance in Guangdong firms: The role of entrepreneurial orientation and environmental turbulence
This study combines the institution-based perspective and the innovation systems literature to examine the role of public policies in the entrepreneurship-innovation-performance relationships. It does so by pr...
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Temperature-driven controllable deformation in 4D printing through programmable heterogeneous laminated bilayer structure
In the field of four-dimensional (4D) printing deformation, shape memory deformation can be achieved by changing printing parameters or materials. However, the effect of different thickness ratios between hete...
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Open AccessMolecular characterization of extensively drug-resistant hypervirulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in China
Recently, extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (XDR-PA) isolates have been increasingly detected and posed great challenges to clinical anti-infection treatments. However, little is known about exten...
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Open AccessApplication of robot navigation system for insertion of femoral neck system in the treatment of femoral neck fracture
To evaluate the short-term clinical efficacy and advantages of surgery robot positioning system for insertion of Femoral Neck System (FNS) in the treatment of femoral neck fractures.
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Nonlinear Multiple-Delay Feedback Based Kernel Least Mean Square Algorithm
In this paper, a novel algorithm called nonlinear multiple-delay feedback kernel least mean square (NMDF-KLMS) is proposed by introducing a nonlinear multiple-delay into the framework of multikernel adaptive f...
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Single Feedback Based Kernel Generalized Maximum Correntropy Adaptive Filtering Algorithm
This paper presents a novel single feedback based kernel generalized maximum correntropy (SF-KGMC) algorithm by introducing a single delay into the framework of kernel adaptive filtering. In SF-KGMC, the histo...
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Recursive Constrained Maximum Versoria Criterion Algorithm for Adaptive Filtering
This paper proposes a recursive constrained maximum Versoria criterion (RCMVC) algorithm. In comparison with recursive competing methods, our proposed RCMVC can achieve smaller steady-state misalignment in non...
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Phosphonitrogenated methyl epoxyoleate as sustainable bio-based lubricating additive for paraffin oil and vegetable oil
Phosphonation and nitrogenation of methyl epoxyoleate (MEO) were done to prepare phosphonitrogenated methyl epoxyoleate (PNMEO). The structural characteristics of PNMEO were characterized. The tribological pro...
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Open AccessAssociation between co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis or Mycoplasma genitalium and cervical lesions in HPV-positive population in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) among HPV-positive women undergoing colposcopy at the Second **angya Hospital of Central South Un...
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Open AccessPrevalence and associations of sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity in end-stage knee osteoarthritis patients
To identify the prevalence of obesity, sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity in end-stage knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients and analyze influences of obesity and sarcopenia in the progression of KOA.
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Multiscale study on differences in regional economic resilience in China
As a consequence of global political and economic changes and multiple crisis shocks, regional economic resilience has emerged as one of the most important themes in studying regional development. A multiscale...
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Flexible conductive patterns using electrohydrodynamic jet printing method based on high-voltage electrostatic focusing lens
To improve the resolution of printed patterns fabricated with PEDOT:PSS organic conductive polymer printing solutions by an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jet printing method, the EHD jet printing method based on t...
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Open AccessIdentification of a novel compound heterozygous mutation and a homozygous mutation of SLURP1 in Chinese families with Mal de Meleda
Mal de Meleda is an autosomal recessive palmoplantar keratoderma, with SLURP1 identified as the pathogenic gene responsible. Although over 20 mutations in SLURP1 have been reported, only the mutation c.256G > A (...
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Epidemiological survey of bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) infection in cattle and buffalo from Pakistan
This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of bovine gammaherpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) among healthy cattle and buffaloes as well as those associated with different diseases (respiratory tract infection, ma...
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ASO Visual Abstract: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Navigation Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma—A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study
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Open AccessShort- and Long-Term Outcomes of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Navigation- Versus Conventional-Laparoscopic Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Propensity Score-Matched, Retrospective, Cohort Study
Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging technology is increasingly widely used in laparoscopic hepatectomy. However, whether it can provide long-term survival benefits to patients with liver malignancies ...
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Open AccessClonal transmission of polymyxin B-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates coharboring blaNDM-1 and blaKPC-2 in a tertiary hospital in China
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (MDR-hvKP) has gradually increased. It poses a severe threat to human health. However, polymyxin-resistant hvKP is rare. Here, we collected eight ...
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Highly sensitive and wide linearity flexible pressure sensor with randomly distributed columnar arrays
Flexible pressure sensors with high sensitivity and a wide linear pressure response range have great potential in human health monitoring and robotics. Nevertheless, the performance and control of flexile sens...
