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Radiological characteristics predicting early poor drug response in patients with hemifacial spasm
Patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) often resort to botulinum toxin injections or microvascular decompression surgery when medication exhibits limited effectiveness. This study aimed to identify MRI and demog...
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β-hydroxybutyrate impairs nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell aggressiveness via histone deacetylase 4 inhibition
Cancer stem cell phenotype confers tumor aggressiveness in multiple malignancies, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Many studies supported that β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), a ketone body, acts as an epigen...
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Increased FGL1 Expression Predicts Poor Prognosis and Promotes EMT in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Fibrinogen-like protein 1 (FGL1) is a proliferation- and metabolism-related factor secreted by the liver that is aberrantly expressed and functionally abnormal in human malignancies. However, the role of FGL1 in ...
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Review of Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics. Theoretical Developments
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The State of the Field Report XII: Contemporary Chinese Studies of the Philosophy of Language in the Gongsun Longzi
The philosophy of language in the Gongsun Longzi 公孫龍子 has been a hot topic since the 20th century, but there is still controversy about what point Gongsun Long 公孫龍 is making. This article reviews representative s...
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Treg Immunomodulation Contributes to the Anti-atherosclerotic Effects of Huxin Formula in ApoE-/- Mice
To explore the effects of Huxin formula (HXF) in curtailing atherosclerosis and its underlying mechanism.
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Open AccessEffectiveness of simulation-based clinical research curriculum for undergraduate medical students - a pre-post intervention study with external control
Simulation is widely utilized in medical education. Exploring the effectiveness of high-fidelity simulation of clinical research within medical education may inform its integration into clinical research train...
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Open AccessExtension of Japan’s Prefectural Emission Accounting and Enrichment of Socioeconomic Data from 1990 to 2020
With the continuous increase in carbon dioxide emissions due to human activities and the resulting severe climate issues, there is global concern about energy conservation and emission reduction. However, deta...
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Open AccessThe optimization method of wing plasma ice shape regulation based on quantitative assessment of flight risk
Plasma ice shape regulation is a technology which uses plasma actuator to regulate the continuous ice into safer intermittent ice by its significant thermal effect with limited energy. Whether plasma ice shape...
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Converting intercalation-type cathode in spent lithium-ion batteries into conversion-type cathode
The widespread applications of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) generate tons of spent LIBs. Therefore, recycling LIBs is of paramount importance in protecting the environment and saving the resources. Current com...
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Open AccessEEG emotion recognition based on differential entropy feature matrix through 2D-CNN-LSTM network
Emotion recognition research has attracted great interest in various research fields, and electroencephalography (EEG) is considered a promising tool for extracting emotion-related information. However, tradit...
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Open AccessChanges in disease burden and global inequalities in bladder, kidney and prostate cancers from 1990 to 2019: a comparative analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2019
Bladder, kidney and prostate cancers make significant contributors to cancer burdens. Exploring their cross-country inequalities may inform equitable strategies to meet the 17 sustainable development goals bef...
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Open AccessAdvanced hybrid LSTM-transformer architecture for real-time multi-task prediction in engineering systems
In the field of engineering systems—particularly in underground drilling and green stormwater management—real-time predictions are vital for enhancing operational performance, ensuring safety, and increasing e...
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Open AccessAssessing urban livability in Shanghai through an open source data-driven approach
Urban livability has become a major policy and practice priority in many parts of the world. However, its attainment remains challenging in many cities of develo** and emerging economies. The lack of data wi...
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Hypocrellin A-cisplatin-intercalated hectorite nano formulation for chemo-photodynamic tumor-targeted synergistic therapy
Hectorite is trioctahedral clay mineral that possess unique characteristics of surface reactivity and adsorption, cation exchange capacity and easy delamination in water into individual nano layers. Thus, hect...
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Open AccessNetwork pharmacology combined with experimental verification to explore the potential mechanism of naringenin in the treatment of cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women worldwide. Traditional treatment methods have become limited. Naringenin, a flavonoid abundant in various fruits and herbal medic...
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Open AccessReview of anomaly detection in large span bridges: available methods, recent advancements and future trends
During the life-cycle service of the constructed large span bridges, they face various threats every day due to the sophisticated operational environments. To ensure the structural safety, it is necessary to d...
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Open AccessLithium-Ion Charged Polymer Channels Flattening Lithium Metal Anode
The LiNO3-implanted electroactive β phase polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene was built as an artificial solid electrolyte interphase layer for dendrite suppression.
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An Empirical Study on the Urgent Self-admitted Technical Debt
Technical Debt (TD) refers to the phenomenon of taking shortcuts to achieve short-term gains at the cost of higher maintenance effort in the future. While Self-Admitted Technical Debt (SATD) is the TD that has...
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Fatigue Life Prediction of the High Lock Bolts in Aircraft Connection Structure
For high lock bolt in aircraft connection structure, a new method is proposed to approximate real experiment values with high accuracy to predict the fatigue life. In the method, the computation algorithms of ...
