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Open AccessRobotic versus laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for resectable gastric cancer: a randomized phase 2 trial
Robotic surgery may be an alternative to laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer (GC). However, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reporting the differences in survival between these two approaches are curren...
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Open AccessTuning of the flat band and its impact on superconductivity in Mo5Si3−xPx
The superconductivity in systems containing dispersionless (flat) bands is seemingly paradoxical, as traditional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory requires an infinite enhancement of the carrier masses. However...
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Open AccessTrust in government moderates the association between fear of COVID-19 as well as empathic concern and preventive behaviour
With the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioural scientists aimed to illuminate reasons why people comply with (or not) large-scale cooperative activities. Here we investigated the motives that underlie support for COV...
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Open AccessMechanical properties and acoustic emission characteristics of deep hard coal after segmented high-temperature treatment
Based on engineering background that local heating of coal seam is uneven due to underground coal gasification, coal-bed gas exploitation via heat injection, spontaneous combustion of coal seam, etc., segmente...
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A long-duration gamma-ray burst with a peculiar origin
It is generally believed that long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are associated with massive star core collapse1, whereas short-duration GRBs are associated with mergers of compact star binaries2. However, gro...
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Open AccessSuperatomic icosahedral-CnB12-n (n = 0, 1, 2) Stuffed mononuclear and binuclear borafullerene and borospherene nanoclusters with spherical aromaticity
Boron and boron-based nanoclusters exhibit unique structural and bonding patterns in chemistry. Extensive density functional theory calculations performed in this work predict the mononuclear walnut-like Ci C50B5...
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Open AccessRealization of topological Mott insulator in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice model
Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene has recently become a thriving material platform realizing correlated electron phenomena taking place within its topological flat bands. Several numerical and analytical me...
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Open AccessAssociation between MIF gene promoter rs755622 and susceptibility to coronary artery disease and inflammatory cytokines in the Chinese Han population
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is an essential mediator of atherosclerotic plaque progression and instability leading to intracoronary thrombosis, therefore contributing to coronary artery diseas...
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Open AccessA space hurricane over the Earth’s polar ionosphere
In Earth’s low atmosphere, hurricanes are destructive due to their great size, strong spiral winds with shears, and intense rain/precipitation. However, disturbances resembling hurricanes have not been detecte...
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Open AccessPalladium-catalyzed allene synthesis enabled by β-hydrogen elimination from sp2-carbon
The rational design based on a deep understanding of the present reaction mechanism is an important, viable approach to discover new organic transformations. β-Hydrogen elimination from palladium complexes is a f...
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Open AccessNFKB1 gene rs28362491 ins/del variation is associated with higher susceptibility to myocardial infarction in a Chinese Han population
Myocardial infarction (MI), the leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide, is a disease in which multiple environmental and genetic factors are involved. Recently, researches suggested that insertion...
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Open AccessA facile synthesis of bismuth oxychloride-graphene oxide composite for visible light photocatalysis of aqueous diclofenac sodium
In this study, bismuth oxychloride/graphene oxide (BiOCl-GO) composite was fabricated by facile one pot hydrothermal method. The pure BiOCl and BiOCl-GO composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction, Transm...
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Open AccessPreoperative Serum Fibrinogen is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Valve Replacement Surgery
Acute kidney injury (AKI) after open cardiac surgery is associated with a longer hospital stay and higher risk of mortality. We aimed to explore the association between preoperative serum fibrinogen level and ...
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Open AccessKosterlitz-Thouless melting of magnetic order in the triangular quantum Ising material TmMgGaO4
Frustrated magnets hold the promise of material realizations of exotic phases of quantum matter, but direct comparisons of unbiased model calculations with experimental measurements remain very challenging. He...
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Open AccessMIF gene rs755622 polymorphism positively associated with acute coronary syndrome in Chinese Han population: case–control study
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been recognized as a major player in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. This study determined the association between polymorphisms of MIF gene and acute coro...
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Open AccessRoot and nitrate-N distribution and optimization of N input in winter wheat
Scientific management of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has a significant effect on yield while also reducing the environmental risks. In this study, we conducted field experiments over three years at two different s...
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Open AccessLocally collective hydrogen bonding isolates lead octahedra for white emission improvement
As one of next-generation semiconductors, hybrid halide perovskites with tailorable optoelectronic properties are promising for photovoltaics, lighting, and displaying. This tunability lies on variable crystal...
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Open AccessThe specific absorption rate in different brain regions of rats exposed to electromagnetic plane waves
Accurate dosimetry of a specific brain region in rats exposed to an electromagnetic field (EMF) is essential for studies focusing on dose-effect relationship of the region. However, only dosimetry of whole bra...
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Open AccessThird BIR domain of XIAP binds to both Cu(II) and Cu(I) in multiple sites and with diverse affinities characterized at atomic resolution
The X-chromosome linked inhibitor of apoptosis, XIAP, is mainly known as the inhibitor of caspases by direct interaction with caspases with its baculoviral IAP repeat (BIR) domains. XIAP has three BIR domains ...
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Open AccessVertical and horizontal biogeographic patterns and major factors affecting bacterial communities in the open South China Sea
Microorganisms display diverse biogeographic patterns in the three-dimensional contiguous seawater. The distance-decay relationship, the change in species composition similarity between different communities o...