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Open AccessExploring the long-term impact of a cadmium pollution accident on microbial communities in river ecosystems
The large leakage accidents of heavy metals from industrial facilities pose a serious environmental problem; however, not enough studies have been conducted to assess the long-term ecological risk associated w...
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Non-Localized Effects on Coupled Construction Vehicle-Rural Road Vibration
In order to understand the influence of non-local effects of rural road subsoil soil skeleton on the vibration attenuation of rural roads randomly induced by engineering construction vehicles. This study aims ...
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Analysis of Surface Vibration Response Induced by PHC Piles Driven into Non-Uniform Saturated Soil Layer
The current theories on pile driving vibration are based on localized theories. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to consider the gradient variation of porosity along the depth in relation to the depth...
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Women’s strength in science: exploring the influence of female participation on research impact and innovation
Prevailing attention centers on the plight of female scientists in modern academia. However, female contributions and potential remain insufficiently recognized. To unravel this veil, we leverage large-scale c...
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Open AccessFTO deficiency in older livers exacerbates ferroptosis during ischaemia/reperfusion injury by upregulating ACSL4 and TFRC
Older livers are more prone to hepatic ischaemia/reperfusion injury (HIRI), which severely limits their utilization in liver transplantation. The potential mechanism remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate older...
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Protective Effects of Lactoferrin Treatment Against Sodium Arsenite Exposure-Induced Nephrotoxicity
It is said that a wide range of renal functions are at risk from arsenic exposure. We examined how lactoferrin administration may mitigate inflammation, apoptosis, redox imbalance, and fibrosis in order to cou...
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Open AccessRelationship between serum endothelin-1 and in-stent restenosis following vertebral artery stenting
The study objective was to investigate the relations between serum endothelin-1 and in-stent restenosis in vertebral artery stenting. Sixty-eight patients undergoing re-examination of vertebral artery stenting...
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Carbothermal Reduction of Oil Shale Residue (OSR) in DC Electric Furnace to Prepare Si–Al–Fe Alloy
The growing scarcity of conventional oil resources has intensified the focus on shale oil, known for its abundant reserves. Nevertheless, in the process of shale oil retorting, a substantial quantity of harmfu...
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Open AccessHMGN1 loss sensitizes lung cancer cells to chemotherapy
The high mobility group nucleosome binding (HMGN) family, constitutes a large family of non-histone protein family known to bind the acidic patch of the nucleosomes with various key cellular functions. Several...
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The chromosomal characteristics of spontaneous abortion and its potential associated copy number variants and genes
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between chromosomal abnormalities in spontaneous abortion with clinical features and seek copy number variations (CNVs) and genes that might be connected to spon...
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Effects of ultrasonic vibration-assisted machining methods on the surface polishing of silicon carbide
The ultrasonic vibration-assisted polishing (UVAP) method, a recently developed advanced processing technology, is widely used in the processing of brittle materials. This study uses molecular dynamics (MD) si...
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Open AccessExploring impacts of COVID-19 on spatial and temporal patterns of visitors to Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks from social media big data
COVID-19 posed challenges for global tourism management. Changes in visitor temporal and spatial patterns and their associated determinants pre- and peri-pandemic in Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks are ...
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A breakthrough in phytochemical profiling: ultra-sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy platform for detecting bioactive components in medicinal and edible plants
A perennial challenge in harnessing the rich biological activity of medicinal and edible plants is the accurate identification and sensitive detection of their active compounds. In this study, an innovative, u...
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Dynamic Characteristics and Numerical Simulation of Granite Rock-Filled Subgrade Based on Energy Damage
With the continuous development and improvement of China's highway traffic network, rock-filled subgrade has been paid more and more attention in highway engineering. In order to analyze the impact dynamic cha...
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Rod-shaped hollow mesoporous silica drug delivery system: synthetic design, ibuprofen delivery, and optical imaging
In this work, we proposed a synthesis strategy for a novel drug delivery system (DDS) composed of rod-shaped hollow mesoporous silica core and luminescent Gd2O3:Eu shell. This interesting nanostructure combines t...
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Open AccessPANoptosis: a potential new target for programmed cell death in breast cancer treatment and prognosis
Breast cancer is a prevalent and severe form of cancer that affects women all over the world. The incidence and mortality of breast cancer continue to rise due to factors such as population growth and the agin...
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A modified CEUS risk stratification model for adnexal masses with solid components: prospective multicenter study and risk adjustment
To evaluate the additional advantages of integrating contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) into the Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) ultrasound (US) for the characterization of adnexal lesions ...
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Open AccessModelling the factors that affect medical students’ occupational identity in long COVID: an integrated perspective of motivation, opportunity and ability
The medical workforce plays a critical role in building resilience in the medical system and society to respond to long COVID. The threat of career pressure and the proliferation of social media disinformation...
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Open AccessOffline and online task allocation algorithms for multiple UAVs in wireless sensor networks
In recent years, UAV techniques are develo** very fast, and UAVs are becoming more and more popular in both civilian and military fields. An important application of UAVs is rescue and disaster relief. In po...
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Open AccessPrognostic factors in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer patients with organ-specific metastasis: unveiling commonalities and disparities
This study aimed to identify shared and distinct prognostic factors related to organ-specific metastases (liver, lung, bone, and brain) in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) patients, then constr...
