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Open AccessAssociations between UGT1A1, SLCO1B1, SLCO1B3, BLVRA and HMOX1 polymorphisms and susceptibility to neonatal severe hyperbilirubinemia in Chinese Han population
Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia could lead to kernicterus and neonatal death. This study aimed to analyze the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes involved in bilirubin metabolism an...
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Bispecific antibody targeting both B7-H3 and PD-L1 exhibits superior antitumor activities
Clinical application of PD-1 and PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is hindered by their relatively low response rates and the occurrence of drug resistance. Co-expression of B7-H3 with PD-L1 has been found in...
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Open AccessIntegrated analysis of tRNA-derived small RNAs in proliferative human aortic smooth muscle cells
Abnormal proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) contributes to vascular remodeling diseases. Recently, it has been discovered that tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs), a new type of noncoding RNAs,...
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New Semi-Quantum Key Agreement Protocol Based on the χ-Type Entanglement States
A new two-party semi-quantum key agreement protocol is proposed with the four-particle χ-type entanglement states. In this protocol, the shared secret key is generated by using Bell measurement, Z-basis measur...
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Open AccessRisk Factors for Generalization in Patients with Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Many patients with ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) progress to generalized disease within the first 2 years of the onset of ocular symptoms. Several retrospective studies have identified risk factors associated...
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The fastest relaxation rate of Born-Infeld black hole
The relaxation rate has an important application in information emission rate and in the ringdown of black hole merger. In this paper, we study the relaxation rate for the Born-Infeld black holes with nonlinea...
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Hierarchical Fe3O4@C nanofoams derived from metal–organic frameworks for high-performance lithium storage
A facile method was employed to in situ prepare hierarchical mesoporous Fe3O4@C nanofoams through pyrolysis of a post-treated MIL-53(Fe) precursor. Well-defined carbon network-encapsulated ultrasmall and uniform ...
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Microencapsulation of immunoglobulin Y: optimization with response surface morphology and controlled release during simulated gastrointestinal digestion
Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) is an effective orally administered antibody used to protect against various intestinal pathogens, but which cannot tolerate the acidic gastric environment. In this study, IgY was microe...
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Comparative study of the Eu3+ luminescence in the AGd9(SiO4)6O2 (A = Li, Na) red phosphor with high color purity and brightness
Novel red-emitting phosphors LiGd9(SiO4)6O2:Eu3+ (LGSO:Eu3+) and NaGd9(SiO4)6O2:Eu3+ (NGSO:Eu3+) were successfully synthesized via a high-temperature solid-state reaction. The phase formation of LGSO:Eu3+ and NGS...
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Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of a novel Ca2LaNbO6:Mn4+ double perovskite phosphor for plant growth LEDs
In this paper, a series of Ca2LaNbO6 (CLN):Mn4+ far-red phosphors with different do** concentration were successfully prepared by traditional high temperature solid state method at 1250 °C. The samples were cha...
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Feasibility of free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of gastric cancer using a golden-angle radial stack-of-stars VIBE sequence: comparison with the conventional contrast-enhanced breath-hold 3D VIBE sequence
To investigate the feasibility and diagnostic value of free-breathing, radial, stack-of-stars three-dimensional (3D) gradient echo (GRE) sequence (“golden angle”) on dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI of gast...
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Two acyclicizations of a complex and an explicit recollement
By assigning to each complex over a semi-simple ring two acyclicizations, we construct an explicit recollement for homotopy categories of a certain triangular matrix ring such that all the six triangle functor...
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Open AccessRoom temperature electrically tunable rectification magnetoresistance in Ge-based Schottky devices
Electrical control of magnetotransport properties is crucial for device applications in the field of spintronics. In this work, as an extension of our previous observation of rectification magnetoresistance, a...
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Open AccessDevelopment of an HSV-1 neutralization test with a glycoprotein D specific antibody for measurement of neutralizing antibody titer in human sera
Investigating the neutralizing antibody (NAb) titer against HSV-1 is essential for monitoring the immune protection against HSV-1 in susceptible populations, which would facilitate the development of vaccines ...
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Open AccessLarge rectification magnetoresistance in nonmagnetic Al/Ge/Al heterojunctions
Magnetoresistance and rectification are two fundamental physical properties of heterojunctions and respectively have wide applications in spintronics devices. Being different from the well known various magnet...
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Construction of 0D, 1D and 2D cobalt(II) complexes containing flexible bis(benzimidazole) and dicarboxylic acid ligands
Three complexes {[Co0.5(HL1)(H2O)2]·(tbta)} n (1), [Co0.5(L2)(ndc)0.5] n (2) and [Co(L3)(tp)] n (3) (L1 = 1...
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Synthesis and characterization of three cobalt(II) coordination polymers with tetrabromoterephthalic acid and flexible bis(benzimidazole) ligands
Three cobalt(II) coordination polymers, namely {[Co(tbta)(pbdmbm)]·0.5H2O} n (1), [Co(tbta)(bbdmbm) (H2O)2] n (2), and [Co(tbta)(bbbm)] ...
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Design, synthesis, crystal structure, bioactivity, and molecular docking studies of novel sulfonylamidine-derived neonicotinoid analogs
Two novel series of sulfonylamidine-derived neonicotinoid analogues were designed and synthesized via a Cu-catalyzed one pot reaction. The structures of the target compounds were characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR,...
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Erratum to: Two cobalt(II) metal–organic frameworks based on mixed 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid and bis(benzimidazole) ligands
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Two cobalt(II) metal–organic frameworks based on mixed 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid and bis(benzimidazole) ligands
Two cobalt(II) metal–organic frameworks constructed from 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid and flexible bis(5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole) ligands, namely {[Co1.5(Hbtec)(L1)1.5(H2O)2]·(H2O)} n ...