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Structural characterization and magnetic behavior of Ni2FeGa alloy nanowires fabricated by pulsed electrodeposition
Ni44.1Fe33.2Ga22.8 (NFG) Heusler alloy nanowires were fabricated using a pulsed electrodeposition method. The challenge of co-depositing the Ga element in ternary alloy nanowires was addressed by employing dual c...
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Open AccessThe transition of eldercare responsibility and traditional filial piety concepts and its urban-rural differences in China: an age-period-cohort analysis from 2006 to 2017
With rapid urbanization, massive migration, and non-family–based eldercare involvement, Chinese concepts of eldercare responsibility and filial piety are shifting. We performed age-period-cohort (APC) analyses...
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Open AccessEffects of drug-induced sleep endoscopy in children with conventional obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis and systematic review of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) in pediatric conventional obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) without previous upper airwa...
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The Complement System and C4b-Binding Protein: A Focus on the Promise of C4BPα as a Biomarker to Predict Clopidogrel Resistance
The complement system plays a dual role in the body, either as a first-line defense barrier when balanced between activation and inhibition or as a potential driver of complement-associated injury or diseases ...
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Numerical analysis of building structures response under effect of continuous and stepped non-uniform settlement
The occurrence of non-uniform building settlement and mine-induced earthquakes are common in areas with frequent mining activities. This phenomenon can be attributed to soil deformation and redistribution of i...
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Open AccessLaparoscopic Anatomical Liver Resection of Segment VIII by Using ICG Fluorescence Positive Staining Under the Guidance of Laparoscopic Ultrasonography
Anatomical segmentectomy is a surgical procedure that completely removes a territory (or territories) of the third-order portal venous branches of a Couinaud segment (Wakabayashi et al. in J Hepatobil Pancreat...
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Computationally guided discovery of novel non-steroidal AR-GR dual antagonists demonstrating potency against antiandrogen resistance
As a major class of medicine for treating the lethal type of castration-resistant prostate cancer (PCa), long-term use of androgen receptor (AR) antagonists commonly leads to antiandrogen resistance. When AR s...
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Open AccessTranscutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation Improves Postoperative Sleep Quality in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Tumor Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial
This study was conducted to observe the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) on the postoperative sleep quality of patients undergoing gastrointestinal tumor surgery and to verify t...
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Silencing circ_0000644 inhibits papillary thyroid cancer cell malignancy by combining with miR-671-5p to release the inhibition on ANXA2
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is life-threatening due to its malignant progression. Considerable evidence demonstrates that circular RNA (circRNA) regulates PTC development. This study aims to explore the mec...
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Effect of gradient magnetic field on corrosion of carbon steel pipes in seawater pumped storage power plants
Seawater pumped storage power plants are one of the most important means of maintaining a stable operation of power systems in coastal areas. However, the development of seawater pumped storage power plants ha...
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Mechanism and application of an online intelligent evaluation model for energy consumption of a reheating furnace
An online model was proposed to identify the reasons behind changes in the energy consumption of the reheating furnace of a steel processing plant. The heat conversion of the furnace was analyzed and integrate...
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Open AccessClinical features of Kawasaki disease initially mimicking retropharyngeal abscess: a retrospective analysis
Incomplete Kawasaki disease (IKD) initially presenting as retropharyngeal abnormality is very rare and is prone to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, often leading to poor prognosis. Most patients were misdiag...
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Evaluation of heavy roller compaction on a large-thickness layer of subgrade with full-scale field experiments
Subgrade construction is frequently interrupted due to precipitation, soil shortage, and environmental protection. Therefore, increasing the thickness layer is required to reduce construction costs and to allo...
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Open AccessUltrafast photoinduced dynamics of a donor-( \(\mathrm \pi\) )bridge-acceptor based merocyanine dye
Merocyanine dyes are of great interest amongst researchers due to their nonlinear optical (NLO) properties and solvatochromism. Molecular structure of these dyes constitutes conjugated pathway between the dono...
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Identification and quantitation of the novel insecticide sulfoxaflor and its metabolites in floral nectar from Salvia splendens Ker Gawl. (Lamiaceae)
Sulfoxaflor is a new systemic insecticide developed as a replacement for older neonicotinoids which are known to be toxic to pollinators. However, its metabolism in nectar and effect on nectar biosynthesis hav...
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Multi-stage Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Online Scenario Update for Semi-batch Polymerization Processes
In this paper, the problem of multi-stage nonlinear model predictive control with scenario update is investigated for semi-batch polymerization processes. The objective is to propose novel online scenario upda...
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A scale-dependent hybrid algorithm for multi-dimensional time fractional differential equations
Time fractional differential model is an effective tool to characterize anomalous diffusion phenomena in hydrology and environmental science. Efficient numerical method is necessary to overcome the bottleneck ...
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Depression compromises antiviral innate immunity via the AVP-AHI1-Tyk2 axis
Depression is a serious public-health issue. Recent reports have suggested higher susceptibility to viral infections in depressive patients. However, how depression affects antiviral innate immune signaling re...
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Correction to: Proteomics and post‑secretory content adjustment of Nicotiana tabacum nectar
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Multipartite nonlocality and topological quantum phase transitions in a spin-1/2 XXZ model on a zigzag lattice
Multipartite nonlocality is a measure of multipartite quantum correlations. In this paper, we investigate multipartite nonlocality in a spin- ...
