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Open AccessOptimization of ultrasonic pretreatment and analysis of chlorogenic acid in potato leaves
Chlorogenic acid (CA) is an effective ingredient that can strengthen immunity during following the COVID-19 era. The current cost of CA is high owing to its complex purification process and low yield (approxim...
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Open AccessThe effect of intravenous granisetron on prophylactic ephedrine for preventing hypotension after general anaesthesia induction in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial
Serotonin 3 receptor antagonists, a commonly used drug for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting, have recently been reported to decrease the incidence of hypotension and the need for vasoactive drugs a...
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Response to Jacques Caton, MD’s comments on the article “Distraction osteogenesis at the proximal third of the ulna for the treatment of Masada type I/IIb deformities in children with hereditary multiple exostoses: a retrospective review of twenty cases” by Lu et al.
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Open AccessGenome-wide identification of potential odontogenic genes involved in the dental epithelium-mesenchymal interaction during early odontogenesis
Epithelium-mesenchymal interactions are involved in odontogenic processes. Previous studies have focused on the intracellular signalling regulatory network in tooth development, but the functions of extracellu...
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Distraction osteogenesis at the proximal third of the ulna for the treatment of Masada type I/IIb deformities in children with hereditary multiple exostoses: a retrospective review of twenty cases
Ulna distraction by monolateral external fixator (MEFix) is a good option for the treatment of Masada type I and IIb deformities in children with hereditary multiple exostoses (HMEs). However, there is no cons...
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Open AccessReversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting
Noble metal electrocatalysts (e.g., Pt, Ru, etc.) suffer from sluggish kinetics of water dissociation for the electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen in alkaline and neutral pH environments. H...
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Open AccessThe diverse life-course cohort (DLCC): protocol of a large-scale prospective study in China
The Diverse Life-Course Cohort (DLCC) is a large-scale prospective study including around 130,000 participants in mainland China. The primary aims of DLCC include contributing to knowledge on noncommunicable c...
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Open AccessA deep learned nanowire segmentation model using synthetic data augmentation
Automated particle segmentation and feature analysis of experimental image data are indispensable for data-driven material science. Deep learning-based image segmentation algorithms are promising techniques to...
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Open AccessHumidity influence on mechanics of paper materials: joint numerical and experimental study on fiber and fiber network scale
Paper materials are well-known to be hydrophilic unless chemical and mechanical processing treatments are undertaken. The relative humidity impacts the fiber elasticity, the interfiber joint behavior and the f...
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Open AccessMap** humidity-dependent mechanical properties of a single cellulose fibre
Modelling of single cellulose fibres is usually performed by assuming homogenous properties, such as strength and Young’s modulus, for the whole fibre. Additionally, the inhomogeneity in size and swelling beha...
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Research on Obstacle Avoidance Motion Planning Technology of 6-DOF Manipulator
As we know, the robot is a mechanical device that integrates mechanical engineering, electronic technology, automatic control, and computer science. With the wide application of robot technology, obstacle avoi...
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Open AccessGut microbiota regulates neuropathic pain: potential mechanisms and therapeutic strategy
Neuropathic pain (NP) is a sustained and nonreversible condition characterized by long-term devastating physical and psychological damage. Therefore, it is urgent to identify an effective treatment for NP. Unf...
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Open AccessPropionibacterium acnes induces cartilaginous endplate degeneration by promoting MIF expression via the NF-κB pathway
Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is a novel pathogenic factor that contributes to cartilaginous endplate (CEP) degeneration. However, the underlying mechanism of P. acnes-induced CEP degeneration remains unclea...
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A High-matched Melamine Sensor Using Core/shell Nano Particles of Fe3O4@Polyrutin–COOH and Ionic Liquid as Imprinted Polymeric Monomers
We describe here a magnetic molecular imprinted polymeric ionic liquid (MMIPIL) film by using a functionalized ionic liquid (3-vinyl-4-amino-5-imidazole carboxamide chloride, IL) and Fe3O4@Polyrutin–COOH as a fun...
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A nanocomposite film fabricated with simultaneously extracted protein-polysaccharide from a marine alga and TiO2nanoparticles
This paper describes an edible nanocomposite packaging film fabricated with simultaneously extracted protein-polysaccharide (biopolymers) from the marine red alga Gracilaria lemaneiformis and TiO2 nanoparticles. ...
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Open AccessA geometric viewpoint of manifold learning
In many data analysis tasks, one is often confronted with very high dimensional data. The manifold assumption, which states that the data is sampled from a submanifold embedded in much higher dimensional Eucli...
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Modeling Task FMRI Data via Supervised Stochastic Coordinate Coding
Task functional MRI (fMRI) has been widely employed to assess brain activation and networks. Modeling the rich information from the fMRI time series is challenging because of the lack of ground truth and the i...
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Protective effect of myokine IL-15 against H2O2-mediated oxidative stress in skeletal muscle cells
The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during oxidative stress may cause cellular injury. Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is one of the skeletal muscle secreted myokines, and there is no information that repor...
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Myokine IL-15 regulates the crosstalk of co-cultured porcine skeletal muscle satellite cells and preadipocytes
The present study was carried out to preliminarily reveal the underlying mechanisms of the co-culture system between porcine muscle satellite cells (SCs) and stromal-vascular cells (SVs). The two cell types we...
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Small fluctuations in the recovery of fusaria across consecutive sampling intervals with unmanned aircraft 100 m above ground level
The aerobiology of fungi in the genus Fusarium is poorly understood. Recent work has highlighted the role of Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) in the movement of fusaria in the lower atmosphere. Here, we exte...
