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Open AccessRelationship between first trimester physical activity and premature rupture of membranes: a birth cohort study in Chinese women
This study aimed to examine prospective associations of different intensity levels and types of physical activity (PA) in early pregnancy with premature rupture of membranes (PROM) among Chinese pregnant women.
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Characterization of individual spores of two biological insecticides, Bacillus thuringiensis and Lysinibacillus sphaericus, in response to glutaraldehyde using single-cell optical approaches
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and Lysinibacillus sphaericus (Ls) are the most widely used microbial insecticides. Both encounter unfavorable environmental factors and pesticides in the field. Here, the responses of...
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Open AccessStretchable, Transparent, and Ultra-Broadband Terahertz Shielding Thin Films Based on Wrinkled MXene Architectures
A stretchable, transparent, and ultra-broadband (0.1–10 THz) terahertz shielding MXene (Ti3C2Tx) film has been fabricated by a structure engineering strategy.
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Open AccessM1 Macrophage-Derived Exosome LncRNA PVT1 Promotes Inflammation and Pyroptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Inhibiting miR-186-5p and Regulating HMGB1
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a chronic vascular degenerative disease. Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are essential for maintaining the integrity of healthy blood vessels. Macrophages play an import...
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Open AccessIn-plane dipolar nano-antenna steers polariton waves at nanoscale
Hyperbolic polaritons can be launched and guided into mirror-symmetric-broken trajectories using an in-plane dipolar nano-antenna, and this asymmetry can be configured by adjusting the polarization direction o...
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Open AccessIn-plane hyperbolic polariton tuners in terahertz and long-wave infrared regimes
One of the main bottlenecks in the development of terahertz (THz) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) technologies is the limited intrinsic response of traditional materials. Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) of ...
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Open AccessTransition metal dichalcogenide metaphotonic and self-coupled polaritonic platform grown by chemical vapor deposition
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently attracted growing attention in the fields of dielectric nanophotonics because of their high refractive index and excitonic resonances. Despite the recent ...
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Effects of three surfactants on co-conversion of endogenous carbon and nitrogen of dairy wastewater in mesophilic hydrolytic acidification coupled microalgae culture system
To determine the feasibility of enhancing co-conversion of endogenous C and N in dairy wastewater by surfactants, the effects of varying dosages of sodium lignosulfonate (LS), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and...
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Open AccessThe short-term safety and effectiveness of a new distal perforating stent graft in Type B aortic dissection: a retrospective study
Spinal artery ischemia (SCI) events can result from over coverage of the descending thoracic aorta with a coated stent during Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR). The aim of this study was to determine...
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Open AccessEnhanced Performance of a Monolayer MoS2/WSe2 Heterojunction as a Photoelectrochemical Cathode
Transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors have attracted interest as photoelectrochemical (PEC) electrodes due to their novel band-gap structures, optoelectronic properties, and photocatalytic activ...
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Open AccessFast identification of the conduction-type of nanomaterials by field emission technique
There are more or less dopants or defects existing in nanomaterials, so they usually have different conduct-types even for the same substrate. Therefore, fast identification of the conduction-type of nanomater...
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Open AccessTailoring the thermal and electrical transport properties of graphene films by grain size engineering
Understanding the influence of grain boundaries (GBs) on the electrical and thermal transport properties of graphene films is essentially important for electronic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric application...
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Open AccessMolybdenum Nanoscrews: A Novel Non-coinage-Metal Substrate for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
For the first time, Mo nanoscrew was cultivated as a novel non-coinage-metal substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). It was found that the nanoscrew is composed of many small screw threads stac...
