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Transcriptome-wide analysis of a superior xylan degrading isolate Penicillium oxalicum 5–18 revealed active lignocellulosic degrading genes
Lignocellulose biomass raw materials have a high value in energy conversion. Recently, there has been growing interest in using microorganisms to secret a series of enzymes for converting low-cost biomass into...
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Open AccessPathogenic mechanisms of cardiovascular damage in COVID-19
COVID-19 is a new infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2). Since the outbreak in December 2019, it has caused an unprecedented world pandemic, leading to a...
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Open AccessPotential role of salivary lactic acid bacteria in pathogenesis of oral lichen planus
Emerging evidence emphasized the role of oral microbiome in oral lichen planus (OLP). To date, no dominant pathogenic bacteria have been identified consistently. It is noteworthy that a decreased abundance of Str...
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Chinese Medicine Prolongs Overall Survival of Chinese Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer: Treatment Pattern and Survival Analysis of a 20-Year Real-World Study
To describe the treatment patterns and survival status of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) in China in the past two decades, and objectively evaluate the impact of standardized Chinese medicine (CM) treatment on ...
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Open AccessClinical, histopathological characteristics and malignant transformation of proliferative verrucous leukoplakia with 36 patients: a retrospective longitudinal study
Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia (PVL), distinguished by its malignant transformation rate of 43.87% to 65.8%, stands as the oral potentially malignant disorder with the highest propensity for malignancy. P...
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A modified adventitial inversion with graft insertion technique in acute Type A aortic dissection
Acute type A aortic dissection may originate from a primary intimal tear located in the ascending aorta and often extends retrogradely into the aortic root. How to prevent bleeding in the aortic root and elimi...
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Open AccessCirculating retinol and 25(OH)D contents and their association with symptoms in children with chronic tic disorders
The present study measured serum levels of vitamin A (VA) and vitamin D (VD) in children with chronic tic disorders (CTD) and investigated their potential association with CTD and comorbidity of attention defi...
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Comprehensive metabolome characterization and comparison between two sources of Dragon’s blood by integrating liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and chemometrics
Dragon’s Blood (DB) serves as a precious Chinese medicine facilitating blood circulation and stasis dispersion. Daemonorops draco (D. draco; Qi-Lin-Jie) and Dracaena cochinchinensis (D. cochinchinenesis; Long-Xue...
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Vitamin D3 improves iminodipropionitrile-induced tic-like behavior in rats through regulation of GDNF/c-Ret signaling activity
Children with chronic tic disorders (CTD), including Tourette syndrome (TS), have significantly reduced serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]. While vitamin D3 supplementation (VDS) may reduce tic symptoms in th...
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Experiences of cancer survivors returning to work decision-making: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies
Return to work for cancer survivors (CSs) may be challenging, and there is a research gap in integrating the relevant experiences of the return-to-work decision-making process for CSs. Our aim was to synthesiz...
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Open AccessLaser manufacturing of spatial resolution approaching quantum limit
Atomic and close-to-atom scale manufacturing is a promising avenue toward single-photon emitters, single-electron transistors, single-atom memory, and quantum-bit devices for future communication, computation,...
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Open AccessCompositional and functional changes in the salivary microbiota related to oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a case control study
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumours with increasing incidence, and oral leukoplakia (OLK) has a strong tendency to undergo malignant transformation. The oral microbi...
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Cyclic voltammetric determination of phosphate in tap water via [Omim]6Mo7O24-carbon paste electrodes
Stably retaining the water-soluble molybdate within electrodes is of great significance in phosphate analysis. This study fabricated an [Omim]6Mo7O24 carbon paste electrode (OCPE), which was able to effectively r...
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Phytochemistry, data mining, pharmacology, toxicology and the analytical methods of Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae): a comprehensive review
Cyperus rotundus L. has been widely used in the treatment and prevention of numerous diseases in traditional systems of medicine around the world, such as nervous, gastrointestinal systems diseases and inflammati...
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Open AccessThe global prevalence of oral leukoplakia: a systematic review and meta-analysis from 1996 to 2022
Oral leukoplakia(OLK) is a common oral potentially malignant disorder. The global prevalence of solely OLK was published in 2003, while the prevalence varied among different studies. In recent years, large-sca...
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Late Miocene Hipparion (Equidae, Perissodactyla) fossils from Fugu, northern Shaanxi, China, and their stratigraphic significance
We describe new material of Hipparion (Hippotherium) chiai from Fugu, northern Shaanxi, China. This collection represents the greatest number of skulls and mandibles of H. chiai that have been reported from a giv...
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Open AccessAligning the Global Delta Risk Index with SDG and SFDRR global frameworks to assess risk to socio-ecological systems in river deltas
River deltas globally are highly exposed and vulnerable to natural hazards and are often over-exploited landforms. The Global Delta Risk Index (GDRI) was developed to assess multi-hazard risk in river deltas a...
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Light Field Displays
Light field displays (LFDs) provide natural and comfortable viewing of 3D content. The generalized light field can be described by a 7D plenoptic function. This can be simplified into a 4D light field that can...
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Attenuation-compensated reverse time migration of GPR data constrained by resistivity
The high-frequency electromagnetic waves of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) attenuate severely when propagated in an underground attenuating medium owing to the influence of resistivity, which remarkably decrea...
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Open AccessPhytochemical and pharmacological studies on Solanum lyratum: a review
Solanum lyratum is one of the temperate plants, broadly distributed in Korea, China, Japan, India, and South-East Asia and well-documented in those oriental ethnic medicine systems for curing cancers, jaundice, e...
