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Open AccessThe microRNA Let-7 and its exosomal form: Epigenetic regulators of gynecological cancers
Many types of gynecological cancer (GC) are often silent until they reach an advanced stage, and are therefore often diagnosed too late for effective treatment. Hence, there is a real need for more efficient d...
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The independent storage mechanisms of visual and vibrotactile working memory
Whether information in working memory (WM) is stored in a domain-independent or domain-specific system is still the subject of intense debate. This study used the delayed match-to-sample paradigm, the dual-tas...
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Open AccessConvergence Research and Training in Computational Bioengineering: A Case Study on AI/ML-Driven Biofilm–Material Interaction Discovery
Historically, research disciplines have successfully operated independently. However, the emergence of transdisciplinary research has led to convergence methodologies, resulting in groundbreaking discoveries. ...
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Open AccessThe initial stages of cement hydration at the molecular level
Cement hydration is crucial for the strength development of cement-based materials; however, the mechanism that underlies this complex reaction remains poorly understood at the molecular level. An in-depth und...
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Open AccessAtlantic origin of the increasing Asian westerly jet interannual variability
The summer Eurasian westerly jet is reported to become weaker and wavier, thus promoting the frequent weather extremes. However, the primary driver of the changing jet stream remains in debate, mainly due to t...
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Open AccessOritavancin Versus Daptomycin for Osteomyelitis Treatment After Surgical Debridement
Weekly intravenous (IV) oritavancin and daily daptomycin were compared in an outpatient setting following extensive surgical debridement for treating patients with osteomyelitis.
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Open AccessAn experimental study of Lode angle impact on the rock failure procession based on acoustic emission
The laws of acoustic emission (AE) before and during rock failure are different under different stress states. In this article, a new multi-functional true triaxial geophysical (TTG) apparatus was applied to a...
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Fusion of kinematic and physiological sensors for hand gesture recognition
The uncertainty of hand gestures, the variability of gestures across subjects, and the high cost of collecting a large amount of annotated data lead to a great challenge to the robust recognition of gestures, ...
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Open AccessUnraveling the strong covariability of tropical cyclone activity between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea
Herein, we report a strong in-phase covariability of tropical cyclone (TC) activity between the Bay of Bengal (BOB) and the South China Sea (SCS) during October–December of 1979–2019, and which is also the dom...
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Invasion by exogenous RNA: cellular defense strategies and implications for RNA inference
Exogenous RNA poses a continuous threat to genome stability and integrity across various organisms. Accumulating evidence reveals complex mechanisms underlying the cellular response to exogenous RNA, including...
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Open AccessThe mechanism of linear ubiquitination in regulating cell death and correlative diseases
Linear ubiquitination is a specific post-translational modification in which ubiquitin is linked through M1 residue to form multiple types of polyubiquitin chains on substrates in order to regulate cellular pr...
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COSense: collaborative and opportunistic sensing of road events by vehicles’ cameras
The road event (e.g., traffic accidents) usually causes traffic jams, especially during rush hours, and drivers will be very interested to see what happened and how it goes. We propose the framework named COSe...
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Multi-hazard risk assessment of the Great Wall relics: a case study in the Miyun District, Bei**g
As a world heritage, the Great Wall is threatened by many natural disasters, such as mountain floods and debris flows. The natural disaster risk assessment of the Great Wall is of great significance to the ris...
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A Non-Destructive Pavement Evaluation for the Development of a Multi Distress Regression Model Integrated with the BACKCSA Model
This paper highlights the application of non-destructive tests (NDT) to evaluate the pavement for maintenance in a road network. The falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and the network survey vehicle (NSV) test...
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Report and Phylogeny of a Novel Euplotes Species from China: E. mazeii n. sp., and Review of E. balteatus (Alveolata, Ciliophora)
The freshwater species, Euplotes mazeii n. sp., and the marine species, E. balteatus (Dujardin, 1841) Diesing, 1850 were collected from China and investigated based on their living morphology, ciliary pattern, an...
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Open AccessThe capacity and cognitive processing of vibrotactile working memory for frequency
A hallmark of working memory (WM) is its limited capacity. While visual and verbal domains of WM are able to store multiple items, the capacity of parametric vibrotactile WM (vtWM) has not yet been established...
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Open AccessIdentification of FCN1 as a novel macrophage infiltration-associated biomarker for diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases
The incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) has been steadily increasing globally. Delayed diagnosis of PIBD increases the risk of complications and contributes to growth retardation. To impro...
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Clinical Application of Antibody Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2: Comprehensive Review on Immunoassay and Immunotherapy
The current COVID-19 global pandemic poses immense challenges to global health, largely due to the difficulty to detect infection in the early stages of the disease, as well as the current lack of effective an...
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New considerations on the phylogeny of Sessilida (Protista: Ciliophora: Peritrichia) based on multiple-gene information, with emphasis on colonial taxa
The subclass Peritrichia, containing two orders Sessilida and Mobilida, is a major group of ciliates with worldwide distribution and high species diversity. Several studies have investigated the phylogeny of p...
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Spatial resolution and object segmentation efficiency constrain grou** effects in attentive tracking
Previous studies of multiple object tracking suggested that spatiotemporal features (e.g., speed, direction, location) and surface features (e.g., color, shape, size) can guide perceptual grou**. However, it...
