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Effects of behaviors and surrounding environment on myopia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of children and adolescents in China
To investigate the relationship between related factors and visual acuity of Chinese school students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mediating Effect of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Underlying the Link Between Vitamin D and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Vitamin D was well-known to be associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) has been linked to vitamin D and GDM, respectively. We hypothesize that changes in IGF-I...
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Associations between multiple sleep dimensions and suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: a cross-sectional study of 3828 Chinese young people
Suicide and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are preventable concerns in young people. Suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal plans (SP) and suicidal attempt (SA) are closely related to death. Sleep problems are know...
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Open AccessNomogram to predict overall survival of patients receiving radical gastrectomy and incomplete peri-operative adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II/III gastric cancer: a retrospective bi-center cohort study
To establish a nomogram to predict the probability of survival of patients with stage II/III gastric cancer (GC) who received incomplete peri-operative adjuvant chemotherapy (PAC).
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Effect of tumor exosome-derived Lnc RNA HOTAIR on the growth and metastasis of gastric cancer
HOX transcribed antisense RNA (HOTAIR) is a long noncoding RNA (LncRNA) that promotes tumor progression. Exosomes are critically involved in cancer progression. The presence of HOTAIR in the circulating exosom...
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Open AccessPrognostic value of post-operative serum procalcitonin in gastric adenocarcinoma patients undergoing radical gastrectomy: propensity score matching analysis of extended cohort from a prospective bi-center study
The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of procalcitonin (PCT) on post-operative day (POD) 3 and 5 for the prognosis of gastric adenocarcinoma (GA) patients who underwent radical gastrect...
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Open AccessPlant-based dietary patterns, genetic predisposition and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective study from the UK Biobank
Plant-based dietary patterns may affect colorectal cancer (CRC) related outcomes, while risks differ in the quality of plant foods. We aimed to examine the association of plant-based diet quality with risks of...
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Open AccessUnhealthy lifestyles and clusters status among 3637 adolescents aged 11–23 years: a school-based cross-sectional study in China
Unhealthy lifestyles are risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and tend to be clustered, with a trajectory that extends from adolescence to adulthood. This study investigated the association of die...
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Health utility of type 2 diabetes patients using basal insulin in China: results from the BEYOND II study
To derive the health utility scores of type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients using basal insulin (BI) with diverse characteristics in China.
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Health status and associated factors of HIV-infected patients in Kunming, China
To assess health status of HIV-positive patients and to examine its predictors in Kunming, China.
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Association among the prognostic nutritional index, completion of adjuvant chemotherapy, and cancer-specific survival after curative resection of stage II/III gastric cancer
To investigate the impact of preoperative immunological and nutritional status, using the prognostic nutritional index (PNI), on completion of planned adjuvant chemotherapy (AC), and the potential additive eff...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a prognostic nomogram for predicting early recurrence after curative resection of stage II/III gastric cancer
The biological behavior of early recurrence is more invasive and the prognosis is worse in gastric cancer (GC). The risk of early recurrence (ER) for GC in stage II/III has not been reported of which the major...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a prognostic nomogram for predicting post-operative pulmonary infection in gastric cancer patients following radical gastrectomy
The aim of this retrospective study was to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting the risk of post-operative pulmonary infection (POI) in gastric cancer (GC) patients following radical gastrectomy. 246...
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Open AccessThe effect of preoperative smoking cessation and smoking dose on postoperative complications following radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a retrospective study of 2469 patients
To investigate whether smoking adversely affects the short-term outcomes and the potential effects of cigarette dose and preoperative smoking cessation, in patients who underwent gastric cancer (GC) surgery.
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Molecular Simulation Study on the Interaction of Nanoparticles with Clay Minerals: C60 on Surfaces of Pyrophyllite and Kaolinite
Buckminsterfullerene (C60) is one of the most important carbon-based nanoparticles (CNPs). Industrial-scale production of C60 has reached the level of tons; release to the environment has been confirmed (Tremblay...
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Tool damage and machined-surface quality using hot-pressed sintering Ti(C7N3)/WC/TaC cermet cutting inserts for high-speed turning stainless steels
A Ti(C7N3)/WC/TaC cermet cutting tool was developed using a hot-pressed technology. A standard orthogonal array was used to investigate the cutting performance of this newly developed insert in the high-speed tur...
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Machinability of Hastelloy C-276 using Hot-pressed sintered Ti(C7N3)-based cermet cutting tools
C-276 nickel-based alloy is a difficult-to-cut material. In high-speed machining of Hastelloy C-276, notching is a prominent failure mode due to high mechanical properties of work piece, which results in the s...
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Experimental study on correlation between sound velocity and solute molecular weight in polyethylene glycol solution
In this study, ultrasound grating was used to measure the sound velocity in solutions of ethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol with molecular weights of 200, 600, 2000, and 10000. We found Parthasarathy empi...
