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Spinal subarachnoid hematoma (SSH) is a known but rare entity that can cause cauda equina compression. The occurrence of SSH associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage has rarely been described in the ...
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Open AccessEnhanced anti-glioma efficacy of biodegradable periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles through target delivery of chemotherapeutics
Glioma is the most common malignant tumor of the brain and enhancing the efficacy of chemotherapy in glioma is critical for improving patients’ prognosis. In this study, a glioma-targeting drug delivery system...
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MMP-2 and upconverted UV dual-mediated drug sequential delivery and on-site immobilization for enhanced multidrug-resistant cancer therapy
Controlled drug delivery holds great potential for effective tumor treatment owing to the merits of overcoming drug resistance and improving therapeutic efficacy while minimizing systemic toxicity. However, ac...
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A nomogram for predicting thrombus composition in stroke patients with large vessel occlusion: combination of thrombus density and perviousness with clinical features
To establish a nomogram incorporating pretreatment imaging parameters and clinical characteristics for predicting the thrombus composition of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with large vessel occlusion (LVO).
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Predictors of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction after endovascular thrombectomy: results of DIRECT-MT trial
Predictors of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction (mMCAi) in patients after intravenous thrombolysis were well documented, but the risk factors of mMCAi after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) were not f...
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Early cardiac involvement detected by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with preserved ejection fraction
Cardiac involvement is common in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) but often subclinical. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a promising tool in detecting cardiac involvement in patients with IIM. The ai...
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Open AccessPrognostic nomogram for acute pancreatitis after percutaneous biliary stent insertion in patients with malignant obstruction
This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram to predict the risk of pancreatitis after percutaneous transhepatic biliary stent insertion (PTBS) in patients with malignant biliary obstruction (MBO).
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Optimal time point of response assessment for predicting survival is associated with tumor burden in hepatocellular carcinoma receiving repeated transarterial chemoembolization
Objective response rate (ORR) under mRECIST criteria after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a well-perceived surrogate endpoint of overall survival (OS). However, its optimal time point remains contro...
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Open AccessSimultaneous glutamine metabolism and PD-L1 inhibition to enhance suppression of triple-negative breast cancer
Blockade of programmed cell death 1 ligand (PD-L1) has been used to treat triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and various strategies are under investigation to improve the treatment response rate. Inhibition...
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Evaluating crop coefficient and associated processes in a drip irrigation with different color of biodegradable film mulching
Biodegradable film mulching (BFM) has been developed as an alternative to conventional plastic film mulching (PFM) to reduce residual plastic film in soil. However, there remains insufficient knowledge of the ...
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Open AccessA hydrogen sulphide-responsive and depleting nanoplatform for cancer photodynamic therapy
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as an important biological gasotransmitter plays a pivotal role in many physiological and pathological processes. The sensitive and quantitative detection of H2S level is therefore crucial ...
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Open AccessEndovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
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Feasibility of T2WI-MRI-based radiomics nomogram for predicting normal-sized pelvic lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer patients
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Open AccessA novel humanized Frizzled-7-targeting antibody enhances antitumor effects of Bevacizumab against triple-negative breast cancer via blocking Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Anti-angiogenic therapy has been widely applied to the clinical treatment of malignant tumors. However, the efficacy of such treatments has been called into question, especially in triple-negative breast cance...
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A quantitative and clinical evaluation of nerve roots in lumbosacral radiculopathy using diffusion tensor imaging
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the fractional anisotropy (FA) values of compressed nerves derived in diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and the corresponding clinical symptoms for quantit...
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Human Action Classification in Basketball: A Single Inertial Sensor Based Framework
Human Action Recognition is becoming more and more important in many fields, especially in sports. However, conventional algorithm are almost camera-based methods, which make it cumbersome and expensive. As th...
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A Smartphone Inertial Sensor Based Recursive Zero-Velocity Detection Approach
A reliable and robust zero velocity points (ZVPs) detection approach is important to restrain the accumulative error in the pedestrian inertial navigation systems. A novel recursive zero-velocity detection (RZ...
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Heading Judgement for Indoor Position Based on the Gait Pattern
In the inertial sensing unit based indoor positioning systems, the gyroscope drift is the primary source of heading error. To reduce this error, we proposed that the heading drift and the real heading change c...
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Irrigation Water-Saving Technologies to Adapt to Global Changes in the Yellow River Basin, China: A Hetao Case Study
Water resources management in the Yellow River basin, China, is facing a paradigmatic change in consequence of an unbalanced supply and demand due to an increased demand for water from non-agricultural sectors...
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Biological responses to recent eutrophication and hydrologic changes in **ngyun Lake, southwest China
The synergistic influence of multiple environmental stressors on lake ecosystems has typically been evaluated paleolimnologically, through examination of a single biological indicator. Aquatic organisms, howev...
