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Open AccessEffectiveness assessment of recent large vision-language models
The advent of large vision-language models (LVLMs) represents a remarkable advance in the quest for artificial general intelligence. However, the models’ effectiveness in both specialized and general tasks war...
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Open AccessAssociation between monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio and gallstones in U.S. adults: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–2020
Studies have indicated that monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) can be a reliable indicator of various diseases. However, the association between MHR and gallstone prevalence remains u...
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The impact of environmental regulation and economic expectations on crop-livestock integration among hog farmers: a field study from China
Decoupling of crop-livestock systems increases the risks of pollution, waste of nutrient resources, and biodiversity loss. Crop-livestock integration (CLI) is an effective solution to these problems, and motiv...
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Arm integrated double capacitor submodule for modular multilevel solid-state transformers with DC short-circuit fault ride-through capability
Modular multilevel converter-based solid-state transformers (MMC-SST) usually use the input series output parallel structure or the dual active bridge (DAB) structure. These two structures suffer from low powe...
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The impact of urbanization on carbon emissions of rural households: a study based on micro-level measurement
As urbanization continues to advance, the living standards of households in rural areas of China are improving, and carbon emissions are gradually increasing. Rural households will become a key area of emissio...
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APE1 inhibition enhances ferroptotic cell death and contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma therapy
Ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death triggered by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment, particularly in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)....
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Centrifuge shaking table tests on a subway station structure in liquefiable interlayer site
Two centrifuge shaking table tests were carried out to investigate the seismic response of a subway station structure in liquefiable interlayer site. For the centrifuge shaking table test of underground struct...
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Open AccessPhotocobilins integrate B12 and bilin photochemistry for enzyme control
Photoreceptor proteins utilise chromophores to sense light and trigger a biological response. The discovery that adenosylcobalamin (or coenzyme B12) can act as a light-sensing chromophore heralded a new field of ...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of germline DNA damage response gene mutations in ovarian cancer in Southwest China
DNA damage response (DDR) pathways are responsible for repairing endogenous or exogenous DNA damage to maintain the stability of the cellular genome, including homologous recombination repair (HRR) pathway, mi...
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Open AccessPIK3CA mutation-driven immune signature as a prognostic marker for evaluating the tumor immune microenvironment and therapeutic response in breast cancer
Gene mutations drive tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) heterogeneity, in turn affecting prognosis and immunotherapy efficacy. PIK3CA is the most frequently mutated gene in breast cancer (BC), yet its releva...
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ECSIT facilitates memory CD8+ T cell development by mediating fumarate synthesis during viral infection and tumorigenesis
Memory CD8+ T cells play a crucial role in infection and cancer and mount rapid responses to repeat antigen exposure. Although memory cell transcriptional programmes have been previously identified, the regulator...
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Causal relationships between coffee intake, apolipoprotein B and gastric, colorectal, and esophageal cancers: univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization
Coffee intake and apolipoprotein B levels have been linked to gastric, colorectal, and esophageal cancers in numerous recent studies. However, whether these associations are all causal remains unestablished. T...
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Open AccessHigh-frequency channel attention and contrastive learning for image super-resolution
Over the last decade, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have allowed remarkable advances in single image super-resolution (SISR). In general, recovering high-frequency features is crucial for high-performan...
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Open AccessA dynamic nomogram predicting symptomatic pneumonia in patients with lung cancer receiving thoracic radiation
The most common and potentially fatal side effect of thoracic radiation therapy is radiation pneumonitis (RP). Due to the lack of effective treatments, predicting radiation pneumonitis is crucial. This study a...
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Open AccessMolecular epidemiological characteristics of osteoarthritis-associated Brucella melitensis in China: evidence from whole-genome sequencing-based analysis
Brucellosis, develo** complications including arthritis, spondylitis, sacroiliitis, and osteomyelitis, is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the current world which causes economic losses to the liv...
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Optimized topology design of finned ducts for internal flow thermal performance by discrete variable eigenvalue-related optimization
A discrete variable topology optimization method of internally finned ducts in heat exchangers for efficient thermal performance is proposed. Fully developed convective heat transfer (FDCHT) model, which has b...
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Performance and mechanism of graphene oxide removal from aqueous solutions by calcite: adsorption isotherms, thermodynamics, and kinetics
The flow of graphene oxide (GO) into natural water systems can adversely affect water environments and ecosystems. In this study, the adsorption effect of calcite on GO under different conditions was studied u...
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A hyperspectral pansharpening method using retrain transformer network for remote sensing images in UAV communications system
Remote sensing images with abundant feature details are of great significance for the application of unmanned aerial vehicles. Hyperspectral (HS) pansharpening aims to improve the visual effect of remote sensi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Study on the Application of Cloud-Based Database Construction in Language Subject
Database is a warehouse that organizes, stores and manages data according to data structure, which was created more than sixty years ago. The Chinese curriculum is instrumental and humanistic, and its essence ...
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A New Smart City Construction Performance Evaluation System from the Perspective of User Experience: An Empirical Study of Qingdao, China
The concept of smart city development originated from the idea of ‘Smart Earth’ proposed by IBM in 2008. The Chinese government has been actively promoting the planning and construction of smart cities to addr...
