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Open AccessAge-specific differences in association of glycosylated hemoglobin levels with the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among nondiabetics: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2018
Previous research has supported the presence of an association between high glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The objective of the present study was to determine whether incr...
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Open AccessGlobal disease burden attributed to unsafe sex in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Unsafe sex has become a public safety problem that endangers society, and research on deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) related to unsafe sex is valuable for global policy-making. We aimed to e...
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Dynamic polarization rotation and vector field steering based on phase change metasurface
Polarization rotation and vector field steering of electromagnetic wave are of great significance in modern optical applications. However, conventional polarization devices are bulky, monofunctional and lack o...
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Open AccessDetermination of the energy expenditure, sources, and loss of water among young adults
Few studies on measuring human energy expenditure with the doubly labeled water method has been conducted in China. The sources and loss of water among human body have never been systematically evaluated. Less...
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Open AccessIncidence trends and survival prediction of urothelial cancer of the bladder: a population-based study
The aim of this study is to determine the incidence trends of urothelial cancer of the bladder (UCB) and to develop a nomogram for predicting the cancer-specific survival (CSS) of postsurgery UCB at a populati...
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Full polarization states modulating via an ultra-thin quarter-wave plate
We theoretically and numerically demonstrate a design of an ultra-thin quarter-wave plate (QWP) based on plasmonic metasurface. With the designed QWP, the ellipticity of the output light can be generalized as X ...
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Open AccessThe comparison of water intake patterns and hydration biomarkers among young adults with different hydration statuses in Hebei, China
Water is essential for maintaining the functions of human body properly. Studies have shown that the amounts and contributions of fluids were associated with health and hydration status. The objectives of the ...
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Open AccessGlobal, regional, and national burdens of bladder cancer in 2017: estimates from the 2017 global burden of disease study
The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence and mortality of bladder cancer (BCa) using data obtained in the Global Burden of Disease study performed in 2017 (GBD 2017).
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Open AccessA convenient clinical nomogram for predicting the cancer-specific survival of individual patients with small-intestine adenocarcinoma
The objective of this study was to develop a practical nomogram for predicting the cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients with small-intestine adenocarcinoma.
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Correction to: Nomogram predicting cancer-specific mortality in early-onset rectal cancer: a competing risk analysis
The original version of this article, unfortunately, contained errors.
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Nomogram predicting cancer-specific mortality in early-onset rectal cancer: a competing risk analysis
The incidence of rectal cancer has meaningfully increased in young patients. However, quantitative evaluation for the competing data of early-onset rectal cancer is lacking. So, we performed a competing risk a...
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Open AccessDrinking patterns and hydration biomarkers among young adults with different levels of habitual total drinking fluids intake in Baoding, Hebei Province, China: a cross-sectional study
The purposes were to investigate the drinking patterns and hydration biomarkers among young adults with different levels of habitual total drinking fluids intake.
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Open AccessAssociations between hydration state and pregnancy complications, maternal-infant outcomes: protocol of a prospective observational cohort study
Water requirements increases with gestational age. Insufficient water intake causes dehydration, which may adversely affect maternal health and birth outcomes. However, few related studies have been conducted....
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The amounts and contributions of total drinking fluids and water from food to total water intake of young adults in Baoding, China
To investigate the amounts and contributions of total drinking fluids and water from food to total water intake (TWI), to explore the drinking pattern, and to compare the amount of TWI with the recommendations...
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Open AccessAssociation between the content of intracellular and extracellular fluid and the amount of water intake among Chinese college students
Normal distribution of body fluid is important for maintaining health through the balance of water metabolism. Studies have shown that disease states and diuretics perturb the balance and then induce abnormal ...
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Open AccessVisceral fat reduction is positively associated with blood pressure reduction in overweight or obese males but not females: an observational study
Visceral adiposity has been reported to play a key role in hypertension compared with other measurements of regional or general obesity. The aim of current study was to evaluate the relationship between viscer...
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Characterization of a LAL-type regulator NemR in nemadectin biosynthesis and its application for increasing nemadectin production in Streptomyces cyaneogriseus
Nemadectin, a macrocyclic lactone antibiotic, is produced by Streptomyces cyaneogriseus ssp. noncyanogenus. A methoxime derivative of nemadectin, moxdectin, has been widely used to control insect and helminth in ...
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Associations between interleukin-10 polymorphisms and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis and meta-regression
This study aimed to explore whether interleukin-10 polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Studies that have analyzed the associations of the interleukin-10-1082G>A, -592...
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Spirillospora tritici sp. nov., a Novel Actinomycete Isolated from Rhizosphere Soil of Triticum aestivum L.
A Gram-positive, aerobic actinomycetes, designated strain SJ 21T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Triticum aestivum L. collected from Langfang, Hebei Province, Central China. Strain SJ 21T with weak ant...
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Open AccessPoor prognosis of nucleophosmin overexpression in solid tumors: a meta-analysis
Nucleophosmin is a non-ribosomal nucleolar phosphoprotein that is found primarily in the nucleolus region of cell nucleus, plays multiple important roles in tumor processes. Accumulated previous studies have r...
