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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Fermionic order by disorder in a van der Waals antiferromagnet
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Comprehensive Lifestyle Improvement Program for Prostate Cancer (CLIPP) is associated with improvement in weight and components of metabolic syndrome in men exposed to androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer is associated with adverse effects, such as obesity and metabolic syndrome, which increase cardiovascular risk, the most common cause of non-cancer mortal...
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Study of Crystallinity in μc-Si:H Films Deposited by Cat-CVD for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications
The crystallinity of the hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) film was known to influence the solar cell efficiency greatly. Also hydrogen was found to play a critical role in controlling the crysta...
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Influence of Hydrogen on the Germanium Incorporation in a-Si1-xGex:H for Thin-film Solar Cell Application
In this work, we examined the Ge incorporation and the accompanied defect formation during PECVD deposition of hydrogenated amorphous silicon-germanium alloys (a-Si1-xGex:H). In particular, we studied the effect ...
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Open AccessFermionic order by disorder in a van der Waals antiferromagnet
CeTe3 is a unique platform to investigate the itinerant magnetism in a van der Waals (vdW) coupled metal. Despite chemical pressure being a promising route to boost quantum fluctuation in this system, a systemati...
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Microstructure and mechanical performance of (AlCrNbSiTiV)N films coated by reactive magnetron sputtering
(AlCrNbSiTiV)N films are prepared on cermet cutter tool substrates using direct current reactive magnetron sputtering with a high-entropy alloy target. The use of a grey based Taguchi method to determine the d...
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CK1δ/GSK3β/FBXW7α axis promotes degradation of the ZNF322A oncoprotein to suppress lung cancer progression
Overexpression of Cys2His2 zinc-finger 322A (ZNF322A) oncogenic transcription factor is associated with lung tumorigenesis. However, the mechanism of ZNF322A overexpression remains poorly understood. Here, we ...
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Development of a simple static microwell array with uniform cell seeding and a chemical concentration gradient
For personalized screening and therapeutic inventions across many diseases, the drug–dose response for an individual patient is a major unmet need. In this work, we applied a direct strategy to generate a stat...
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Open AccessContrast enhancement for early cancer imaging by Gd-nanoparticles and active feedback MRI
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Open AccessA phase I study of two dosing schedules of volasertib (BI 6727), an intravenous polo-like kinase inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid malignancies
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) has an important role in mitosis. Volasertib (BI 6727), a potent and selective cell cycle kinase inhibitor, induces mitotic arrest and apoptosis by targeting Plk; this phase I study s...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-18a is elevated in prostate cancer and promotes tumorigenesis through suppressing STK4 in vitro and in vivo
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) comprise a class of short, non-coding RNAs that regulate protein synthesis through posttranscriptional modifications. In this study, we found significant upregulation of miR-18a in prostate ...
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Employing μc-SiOX:H as n-Type Layer and Back TCO Replacement for High-Efficiency a-Si:H/μc-Si:H Tandem Solar Cells
The n-type hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon oxide (μc-SiOX:H(n)) films with different stoichiometry have been successfully prepared by varying the CO2-to-SiH4 flow ratio in the PECVD system. By using the μc-...
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Development of a-SiOx:H/a-Si1−xGex:iH Tandem Solar Cell for Triple-Junction Solar Cell Applications
In this work, the development of hydrogenated amorphous silicon oxide (a-SiOx:H) absorber, a-SiOx:H single-junction solar cells and a-SiOx:H/a-Si1−xGex:H tandem solar cells were presented. The oxygen content of t...
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Open AccessPrognosis of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients enrolled in clinical trials can be classified by current staging systems
Patients enrolled in clinical trials of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are usually required to have good liver reserve and organ function. However, their outcomes are still highly variable. We aimed t...
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This work demonstrates the valence band-edge effective work function (φ m ,eff) of a titanium nitride (TiN) gate with a hafnium oxide (HfO2) dielectric using a c...
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Open AccessThe HPV E6 oncoprotein targets histone methyltransferases for modulating specific gene transcription
Expression of viral proteins causes important epigenetic changes leading to abnormal cell growth. Whether viral proteins directly target histone methyltransferases (HMTs), a key family enzyme for epigenetic re...
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The Transparent Conductive Properties of Manganese-Doped Zinc Oxide Films Deposited by Chemical Bath Deposition
Manganese-doped zinc oxide (Mn-doped ZnO) thin films were prepared using chemical bath deposition (CBD), and the impacts of the manganese dopant concentration on the structure, electrical resistivity, optical ...
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Optimal production run time for two-stage production system with imperfect processes and allowable shortages
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The hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) single-junction thin-film solar cells were fabricated on SnO2:F-coated glasses by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system. The boron-doped amorphous si...
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The study focuses on the influence of the hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) buffer layer in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) single-junction and tandem thin-film solar cells. By increasin...
