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Cation exchange resin supported nanoscale zero-valent iron for removal of phosphorus in rainwater runoff
Self-made cation exchange resin supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (R-nZVI) was used to remove phosphorus in rainwater runoff. 80% of phosphorus in rainwater runoff from grassland was removed with an initial...
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Top-Level System Designs for Hybrid Low-Field MRI–CT with Potential of Pulmonary Imaging
We previously discussed “omni-tomography”, but intrinsic conflicts between the magnetic fields of the MRI and the X-ray tube within the CT are inherent. We propose that by using low-field MRI with a negligible...
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Ultrathin BiOBr nanocrystals with dominant {001} facets and their high photocatalytic activity
A facile synthesis of ultrathin BiOBr nanocrystals with dominated {001} facets is achieved via an oleylamine-assisted non-hydrolytic approach. The results of scanning and transmission electron microscopy show ...
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Removing phosphorus from aqueous solutions by using iron-modified corn straw biochar
Iron-modified corn straw biochar was used as an adsorbent to remove phosphorus from agricultural runoff. When agricultural runoffs with a total phosphorus (TP) concentration of 1.86 mg·L−1 to 2.47 mg·L−1 were fil...
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Open AccessAnnoLnc: a web server for systematically annotating novel human lncRNAs
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play essential roles in almost every important biological process through multiple mechanisms. Although the repertoire of human lncRNAs has rapidly expanded, th...
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Open AccessThe IGCA staging system is more accurate than AJCC7 system in stratifying survival of patients with gastric cancer in stage III
A new staging system recently proposed by the IGCA has demonstrated a better capacity of stratifying different prognoses for gastric cancer than the 7th edition AJCC staging system (AJCC7). The aim of this stu...
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Performance and mechanism for cadmium and lead adsorption from water and soil by corn straw biochar
Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in water and soil could be adsorbed by biochar produced from corn straw. Biochar pyrolyzed under 400°C for 2 h could reach the ideal removal efficiencies (99.24%and 98.62% for Cd and...
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LOX-1 is a poor prognostic indicator and induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in pancreatic cancer patients
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an aggressive type of cancer that exhibits a rapid progression. Previously LOX-1, which is a type II trans-membrane glycoprotein that is expressed in endothelial cells, has been found...
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Open AccessStudy on safety of laparoscopic total gastrectomy for clinical stage I gastric cancer: the protocol of the CLASS02–01 multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial
The safety of laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) for the treatment of gastric cancer remains lack of clinical evidence. The Chinese Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (CLASS) Group recently launched...
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The role of oxaliplatin in the adjuvant setting of different Lauren’s type of gastric adenocarcinoma after D2 gastrectomy: a real-world study
To compare the efficacy of oxaliplatin-based and oxaliplatin-free adjuvant chemotherapies in patients with different Lauren type gastric cancers after D2 gastrectomy.
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Kinect-based hand gesture recognition using trajectory information, hand motion dynamics and neural networks
Hand gestures are spatio-temporal patterns which can be characterized by collections of spatio-temporal features. Recognition of hand gestures is to find the re-occurrences of such spatio-temporal patterns thr...
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Classification of asymptomatic and osteoarthritic knee gait patterns using gait analysis via deterministic learning
Gait measures have received increasing attention in the evaluation of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Comprehending gait parameters is an essential requirement for studying the causes of knee disorders...
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Classification of focal and non focal EEG signals using empirical mode decomposition (EMD), phase space reconstruction (PSR) and neural networks
Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals can be used to identify the human brain in different disease conditions. Nonetheless, it is difficult to detect the subtle and vital differences in EEG simply by visual inspe...
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Open AccessSystematic comparative analysis of single-nucleotide variant detection methods from single-cell RNA sequencing data
Systematic interrogation of single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) is one of the most promising approaches to delineate the cellular heterogeneity and phylogenetic relationships at the single-cell level. While SNV ...
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Open AccessGenomic basis for RNA alterations in cancer
Transcript alterations often result from somatic changes in cancer genomes1. Various forms of RNA alterations have been described in cancer, including overexpression2, altered splicing3 and gene fusions4; however...
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Ammonia and phosphorus removal from agricultural runoff using cash crop waste-derived biochars
Adsorption of biochars (BC) produced from cash crop residuals is an economical and practical technology for removing nutrients from agricultural runoff. In this study, BC made of orange tree trunks and tea tre...
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Multi-stage metasomatism of lithospheric mantle by asthenosphere-derived melts: evidence from mantle xenoliths in daxizhuang at the eastern North China craton
A detailed study on petrology and mineral chemistry of 12 mantle xenoliths from Late Cretaceous basaltic lava flows at Daxizhuang has been conducted to constrain the nature and secular evolution of the Mesozoi...
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Identification of epileptic seizures in EEG signals using time-scale decomposition (ITD), discrete wavelet transform (DWT), phase space reconstruction (PSR) and neural networks
Traditionally, detection of epileptic seizures based on the visual inspection of neurologists is tedious, laborious and subjective. To overcome such disadvantages, numerous seizure detection techniques involvi...
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Activated HIF1α of tumor cells promotes chemoresistance development via recruiting GDF15-producing tumor-associated macrophages in gastric cancer
Chemotherapy is the preferred treatment for advanced stage gastric cancer (GC) patients, and develo** chemoresistance is a tremendous challenge to efficacy of GC treatment. The treatments of anti-tumor chemo...
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A big landslide on the **sha River, Tibet, China: geometric characteristics, causes, and future stability
On October 10, 2018, a big landslide occurred on the right bank of the **sha River in Baige Village, Polo Township, Jiangda County, Tibet (hereafter called the Baige landslide), which blocked the **sha River...
