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The chloroplast genome of Camellia sinensis var. assamica cv. Duntsa (Theaceae) and comparative genome analysis: mutational hotspots and phylogenetic relationships
Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze var. assamica cv. Duntsa (herein C. duntsa) has been used since ancient times in Hunan, China. To understand the genetic background information of C. duntsa and clarify the relati...
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Improving discharge voltage and ion storage dynamic in polyaniline via modulation of carrier charge density for magnesium-metal batteries
Rechargeable magnesium-metal batteries (RMBs) have gained much attention due to their abundant resources as well as high safety. However, the high charge density of Mg2+ is one of the main reasons for the slow ki...
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Open AccessDevelopment and preliminary evaluation of the Comprehensive Health Self-Assessment Questionnaire (CHSAQ) for individuals in the Chinese People Liberation Army
There is currently no widely accepted multidimensional health assessment questionnaire for individuals in the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA). This study developed a multidimensional health survey questio...
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Open AccessTangshen formula improves diabetic nephropathy in STZ-induced diabetes rats fed with hyper-methionine by regulating the methylation status of kidney
The objective of this study was to examine and analyze differential methylation profiles in order to investigate the influence of hyper-methioninemia (HM) on the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Male ...
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Open AccessMethylomics and cancer: the current state of methylation profiling and marker development for clinical care
Epigenetic modifications have long been recognized as an essential level in transcriptional regulation linking behavior and environmental conditions or stimuli with biological processes and disease development...
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Open AccessArctic cyclones have become more intense and longer-lived over the past seven decades
Intense cyclones driving extreme Arctic weather and climate events have been more frequently observed during recent years, causing dramatic environmental and socioeconomic impacts. However, inconsistencies hav...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Neoadjuvant adebrelimab in locally advanced resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase 1b trial
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Open AccessNeoadjuvant adebrelimab in locally advanced resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase 1b trial
Overall survival (OS) benefits of neoadjuvant immunotherapy remain elusive in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCC). Here, we reported the results of a phase 1b trial of neoadjuvant PD-L1...
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The nutritional literacy of breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and its association with treatment self-regulation and perceived social support
Chemotherapy can lead to malnutrition and post-menopausal recurrence among breast cancer (BC) patients, who need to achieve nutritional literacy (NL) to cope. The objective of this study was to explore the NL ...
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Uncertain chemical reaction equation with delay
In the previous study, it is assumed that chemical reactions occur instantaneously. While products of some reactions emerge after certain time delays. In order to get the time evolution of molecular concentrat...
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Open AccessComparison of pulmonary function changes between patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy prior to minimally invasive esophagectomy: a randomized and controlled trial
Adequate pulmonary function is important for patients undergoing surgical resection of esophageal cancer, especially those that received neoadjuvant therapy. However, it is unknown if pre-operative radiation a...
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Extreme Cold Events from East Asia to North America in Winter 2020/21: Comparisons, Causes, and Future Implications
Three striking and impactful extreme cold weather events successively occurred across East Asia and North America during the mid-winter of 2020/21. These events open a new window to detect possible underlying ...
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Open AccessCyclic pulsation stress promotes bone formation of tissue engineered laminae through the F-actin/YAP-1/β-Catenin signaling axis
Mechanical loads are fundamental regulators of bone formation and remodeling. However, the molecular regulation of mechanotransduction during vertebral laminae regeneration remains poorly understood. Here, we ...
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2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine protects retinal photoreceptors against endoplasmic reticulum stress by modulating ATF4-mediated inhibition of PRP aggregation
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a common threat to photoreceptors during the pathogenesis of chronic retinopathies and often results in irreversible visual impairment. 2,3,5,6-Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP), w...
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Open AccessAdverse reactions of targeted therapy in cancer patients: a retrospective study of hospital medical data in China
The adverse reactions (ADRs) of targeted therapy were closely associated with treatment response, clinical outcome, quality of life (QoL) of patients with cancer. However, few studies presented the correlation...
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A Text Information Hiding Method Based on Sentiment Word Substitution
Text information hiding based on synonym substitution is sensitive to synonym dictionary quality. Synonym word forest has a large number of irreplaceable old words, and the network new words are not added, usi...
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Uncertain vector autoregressive model with imprecise observations
Prior uncertain autoregressive (UAR) model research has focused principally on a univariate time series. However, different variables tend to influence each other in reality. In order to fill this gap, this pa...
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Nodal Downstaging of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: Survival Analysis if ypN0 Is Achieved
It is known that ypN0 status after induction treatment can be divided into “natural” N0 (cN0/ypN0) and “downstaged” N0 (cN+/ypN0). Whether natural N0 patients and downstaged N0 patients with esophageal squamou...
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Chinese Experiences of the Treatment of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Esophageal cancer, ranking sixth in the incidence and fourth in mortality of all cancers with 258,000 new cases and 193,000 deaths, is a severe disease in China. Over the last decades, the treatment of esophag...
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Preconcentration/Extraction of Phthalate Esters in Milk Samples Using MFe2O4-Based Magnetic Ionic Liquid Effervescent Tablets Consisting of Accessory Functional Fillers
Magnetic effervescent tablet-based (MEFTs) microextraction has recently gained much attention because it requires no physical energy inputs or dispersive solvent. A prominent shortcoming of MEFTs results from ...
