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Open AccessAssociation of myopia and astigmatism with postoperative ocular high order aberration after small incision lenticule extraction
To investigate the correlation between higher-order aberrations (HOA) after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and the severity of myopia and astigmatism, along with the relevant factors. These findin...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of gut microbiota-based therapies in autoimmune and rheumatic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 80 randomized controlled trials
Previous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggested that gut microbiota-based therapies may be effective in treating autoimmune diseases, but a systematic summary is lacking.
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Open AccessChanges of dry eye parameters after small incision lenticule extraction surgery in patients with different ocular surface disease index scores
To evaluate the changes of dry eye parameters after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery in patients with different ocular surface disease index (OSDI) scores. Prospective research. Participants...
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Insight into different adsorption behaviors of two fluoroquinolone antibiotics by sediment aggregation fractions
Sediment, consisting of different aggregation fractions, is a hotspot site for transport and transformation of various pollutants including antibiotics. However, the fate of different antibiotics in aquatic se...
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Open AccessNudCD1 as a prognostic marker in colorectal cancer and its role in the upregulation of cellular spindle assembly checkpoint genes and LIS1 pathways
To investigate the role of NudCD1 in spindle assembly checkpoint regulation and in the prognosis of colorectal cancer.
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Personalized route recommendation through historical travel behavior analysis
Popular navigation applications and services optimize routes based on either distance or time, disregarding drivers’ preferences when suggesting routes. Various unknown circumstances may affect users’ travel b...
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Hidden Markov map matching based on trajectory segmentation with heading homogeneity
Map matching is to locate GPS trajectories onto the road networks, which is an important preprocessing step for many applications based on GPS trajectories. Currently, hidden Markov model is one of the most wi...
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Early Intervention of Gastrodin Improved Motor Learning in Diabetic Rats Through Ameliorating Vascular Dysfunction
The mechanism of cognitive dysfunction in diabetes is still unclear. Recently, studies have shown that the cerebellum is involved in cognition. Furthermore, diabetes-induced cerebellar alterations is related t...
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Accelerated Versus Conventional Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in the Treatment of Keratoconus: A Meta-analysis and Review of the Literature
Our aim was to examine existing literature, and determine if there are outcome differences between accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking (A-CXL) and conventional corneal collagen cross-linking (C-CXL).
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Imidazolium ionic liquids as mobile phase additives in reversed phase liquid chromatography for the determination of iodide and iodate
An analytical method for the simultaneous determination of iodide and iodate by reversed phase liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection using imidazolium ionic liquids as mobile phase additives was dev...
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Open AccessHypoxia promotes the migration and invasion of human hepatocarcinoma cells through the HIF-1α–IL-8–Akt axis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The 5-year survival rate remains low despite considerable research into treatme...
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Open AccessHIF-1α promotes the migration and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the IL-8–NF-κB axis
Hypoxia plays a critical role in many cancers. Hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is an important mediator of the hypoxia response. It regulates the expression of various chemokines involved in tumor growth,...
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Analysis of stable 1,2-dichlorobenzene-degrading enrichments and two newly isolated degrading strains, Acidovorax sp. sk40 and Ralstonia sp. sk41
Stable degrading 1,2-dichlorobenzene (1,2-DCB) enrichments were generated from original contaminated soil and groundwater via enrichment procedures using a mineral salt medium containing 1,2-DCB as the sole ca...
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Sequence-Based Bidirectional Merge Map-Matching Algorithm for Simplified Road Network
Current map matching algorithms do not perform well for simplified road networks. In this paper, we propose a sequence-based bidirectional merge algorithm called SBBM for map matching on the simplified road ne...
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MaP2R: A Personalized Maximum Probability Route Recommendation Method Using GPS Trajectories
Personalized travel route recommendation refers to the planning of an optimal travel route between two geographical locations based on the road networks and users’ travel preferences. In this paper, we extract...
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Prediction of surface settlement process based on model shield tunnel driving test
When ground volume loss is the major factor leading to ground settlement, some traditional methods based on an assumed ground volume loss are still able to predict the ground settlement caused by shield tunnel...
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Tespa1 is associated with susceptibility but not severity of rheumatoid arthritis in the Zhejiang Han population in China
Observational and experimental studies in animal models have shown that Tespa1 may be associated with B cell function and the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We hypothesized that Tespa1 may also play an impor...
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A Kernel Density Method for Aggregating Boundary Collision Data into Areal Units
Boundary collisions are motor accidents which occur on the boundaries of areal units. In some areas, boundary collisions may account for a large proportion of the total collisions. Generally, it is a critical ...
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A Preliminary Study Using Granular Computing for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation Involving Roughness
Granular computing partitions the universe into granules, allowing for their further analysis. For several years granular computing has been used to address problems in the field of machine learning, image ana...
