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Open AccessSepM mutation in Streptococcus mutans clinical isolates and related function analysis
Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is an important pathogenic bacterium that causes dental caries, while Streptococcus gordonii (S. gordonii) is a non-cariogenic bacterium that inhibits the growth of S. mutans. The...
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Open AccessExploring online consumer behavior on fraudulent energy-saving products
Purchasing energy-saving products is key for public participation in energy conservation and sustainable development. However, the sale of fraudulent energy-saving products has boomed through online shop**, ...
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Open AccessElectrochemical synthesis of peptide aldehydes via C‒N bond cleavage of cyclic amines
Peptide aldehydes are crucial biomolecules essential to various biological systems, driving a continuous demand for efficient synthesis methods. Herein, we develop a metal-free, facile, and biocompatible strat...
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Hemodialysis bilayer bionic blood vessels developed by the mechanical stimulation of hepatitis B viral X (HBX) gene-transfected hepatic stellate cells
Artificial vascular graft (AVG) fistula is widely used for hemodialysis treatment in patients with renal failure. However, it has poor elasticity and compliance, leading to stenosis and thrombosis. The ideal a...
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Discovery of the Significant Impacts of Swell Propagation on Global Wave Climate Change
This study compared the differences in the wave climate in the South China Sea and North Indian Ocean under these two datasets: ERA-40 wave reanalysis and Mei’s hindcast wave data. In the numerical calculation...
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Open AccessAssociation between dietary consumption of fatty acids and age-related macular degeneration in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between dietary intake of fatty acids and the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the United States population. Adult participants of the 2005–2008 Nat...
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The combined current drive of the lower hybrid wave and the high harmonic fast wave under the influence of the radial transport of fast electrons
The combined current drive (CD) of the lower hybrid wave (LHW) and the high harmonic fast wave (HHFW) is investigated theoretically under the influence of the radial transport of fast electrons in DIII-D. The ...
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An Improved Prototypical Network for Endoscopic Grading of Intestinal Metaplasia
Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is confirmed to be the commonest symptom of early gastric cancer. IM grading by endoscopic images is essential to reduce the risk and mortality of gastric cancer. However, expensive ...
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Analysis of Corrosion Behavior and Residual Strength of Lightweight 2060-T8 Al-Li Alloy
An improvement of residual strength after corrosion is the key to augment the tolerance to the damage of aviation components made from light-weight Al-Li alloy. In this study, the electrochemical behavior, cor...
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Graph Structure Learning-Based Compression Method for Convolutional Neural Networks
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved remarkable performance in diverse applications. Nevertheless, the substantial scale and computational intricacy limit the practical implementation of CNNs, pa...
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A positive trend in the stability of global offshore wind energy
The recognition on the trend of wind energy stability is still extremely rare, although it is closely related to acquisition efficiency, grid connection, equipment lifetime, and costs of wind energy utilizatio...
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Open AccessSNAP25 is a potential target for early stage Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), two common irreversible neurodegenerative diseases, share similar early stage syndromes, such as olfaction dysfunction. Yet, the potential comorbidity mec...
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Open AccessRepeatability and agreement of AOCT-1000 M, RTVue XR and IOL master 500 in measuring corneal thickness map** and axial length applying principle of optical coherence tomography
To evaluate the repeatability and agreement of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (AOCT-1000 M and RTVue XR) and partial coherence interferometry biometer (IOL Master 500) in measuring corneal thickne...
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Open AccessEigenmode-based approach reveals a decline in brain structure–function liberality across the human lifespan
While brain function is supported and constrained by the underlying structure, the connectome-based link estimated by current approaches is either relatively moderate or accompanied by high model complexity, w...
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MiR-9-1 controls osteoblastic regulation of lymphopoiesis
The highly conserved MicroRNA-9 (miR-9) family consists of three members. We discovered that miR-9-1 deletion reduced mature miR-9 expression, causing 43% of the mice to display smaller size and postweaning le...
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Open AccessEnhanced brain structure-function tethering in transmodal cortex revealed by high-frequency eigenmodes
While the link between brain structure and function remains an ongoing challenge, the prevailing hypothesis is that the structure-function relationship may itself be gradually decoupling from unimodal to trans...
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The Influence of Industrial Pulling Effect on the Coordinated Development of China’s Water Resources and Economic System
Global water resources are constantly flowing in the process of industrial trade, and changes in water resource production and consumption demand not only affect the total consumption and flow pattern of water...
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Facial Expression Recognition Based on Spatial-Temporal Fusion with Attention Mechanism
Facial expression recognition (FER) plays an important role in human-computer interaction and has been introduced in fatigue detection, human-computer interactive games, social robot, teaching effect analysis,...
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A critical application of different methods for the vulnerability assessment of shallow aquifers in Zhengzhou City
Groundwater vulnerability can partially reflect the possibility of groundwater contamination, which is crucial for ensuring human health and a good ecological environment. The current study seeks to assess the...
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Interpreting institute culture dynamics of technology adoption: a downscaling dynamic model
This study proposed a dynamic model of organizational technology adoption within a school institute culture. We described an implementation of a nonhomogeneous hidden Markov model based on a downscaling scheme...
