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Factors associated with peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is an emerging effective treatment for achalasia. However, a significant proportion of patients do not respond well to the treatment. After over a decade of clinical practice,...
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Risk Factors for Rebleeding After Endoscopic Injection of Cyanoacrylate Glue for Gastric Varices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Rebleeding is a significant complication of endoscopic injection of cyanoacrylate in gastric varices in cirrhotic patients.
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Risk factors for positive resection margins after endoscopic resection for gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors
In recent years, the incidence of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (GI-NETs) has remarkably increased due to the widespread use of screening gastrointestinal endoscopy. Currently, the most common treatme...
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Open AccessLesion size affects the risk of technical difficulty in gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection
Current evidence shows an inter-country inconsistency in the effect of lesion size on the technical difficulty of gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). We aimed to evaluate the specific correlation a...
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Open AccessA Mendelian randomization study on the effects of plasma lipids on irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia
Although functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) is a common clinical condition, its risk factors remain unclear. We performed a Mendelian randomization study to explore the association between plasma lipi...
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The feasibility of endoscopic resection for colorectal laterally spreading tumors
The present study aimed to investigate the feasibility and safety of endoscopic resection for colorectal laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) in different size groups. This retrospective study included 2699 patie...
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia in Older Adults: A Retrospective Analysis of 39 Cases with a Minimum Follow-Up of 5 Years
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has demonstrated favorable short-term safety and efficacy in older adults, while a comprehensive understanding of the long-term outcomes were vague. We aimed to evaluate clini...
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Open AccessIndoleacrylic acid produced by Parabacteroides distasonis alleviates type 2 diabetes via activation of AhR to repair intestinal barrier
Anti-inflammatory therapy is an effective strategy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies found that inflammatory responses in vivo were strongly associated with defects in the mucosal barrier func...
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Open AccessA congestion control scheme based on path recovery for smart grid communication
In order to solve the problem that the original path forwarding traffic caused by congestion that cannot be recovered in time in Smart Grid Communication, a congestion control scheme RFCC (Router Forwarding Co...
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Safety and efficacy of surgical and endoscopic resection in the treatment of duodenal subepithelial lesions
Duodenal subepithelial lesions (D-SELs) are rare and their resection is challenging. Unfortunately, data on surgical and endoscopic resection of D-SELs are scarce. This study aimed to assess the safety and eff...
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Structural Characterization and Immunoenhancing Effects of a Polysaccharide from the Soft Coral Lobophytum sarcophytoides
Previous studies on the soft coral Lobophytum sarcophytoides (Lobophytum sp.) are mainly about small molecules, and there has been no systematic research on polysaccharides. In the study, a novel polysaccharide (...
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Thalidomide Attenuates Colitis and Is Associated with the Suppression of M1 Macrophage Polarization by Targeting the Transcription Factor IRF5
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. The TNF-α inhibitor thalidomide is reported to be effective for inducing remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease (CD) and adults with refractory ...
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Reductions in liver cirrhosis hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic
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miR-124-3p promotes BMSC osteogenesis via suppressing the GSK-3β/β-catenin signaling pathway in diabetic osteoporosis rats
The purpose of this study is to investigate miRNAs’ effects, targeting the Wnt signaling pathway, on osteogenic differentiation to provide new targets for diabetic osteoporosis treatments. Twelve male rats wer...
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Enhanced Photodegradation Activity of Organic Pollutants Contained in Sewage Through Construction of a CuO/Ag Composite Nanostructure
Noble metal deposition is one of the most effective optimization methods for improving the photochemical properties of metal semiconductor oxides. In this paper, vertically aligned CuO nanowires were synthesiz...
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Berberine ameliorates colonic damage accompanied with the modulation of dysfunctional bacteria and functions in ulcerative colitis rats
Intestinal flora imbalance is one of the potential pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases, and the study aims to discover the effect of berberine on the composition and function of gut microbiota in ulcer...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Method for 2D DOA Estimation Based on URA in Massive MIMO Systems
Massive MIMO is one of the enabling technologies to cope with exponential data growth. It is very crucial for downlink precoding to accurately estimate direction-of-arrival. A lot of work has been done for 2D ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Implementation of a Numerical Control High-Precision Low-Temperature Drift Constant Current Source
According to the testing demand of a certain type of equipment, the current design scheme of constant current source is compared and analyzed, and the overall scheme is determined by considering the factors su...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Two-Dimensional DOA Estimation for 5G Networks
Mobile communication is coming to the fifth generation (5G) networks. In the age of 5G, the three-dimensional (3D) beamforming is one of the highlighted technologies. 3D beamforming increases vertical dimensio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on the Linear Interpolation of Equal-Interval Fractional Delay Filter
To the demand of accurate time delay (TD) for digital broadband signal, the equal-interval fractional delay (EIFD) filter and its linear interpolation method are studied. Based on the theory of multi-rate sign...
