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The fabrication of hemoglobin encapsulation into ZIF-67 and its electrochemical property
Hemoglobin (Hb)-based electrodes were fabricated using a Co-based complex with cobalt nitrate hexahydrate and 2-methylimidazole as fundamental elements to accommodate enzymes via the conventional solvothermal ...
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Unloading damage patterns of rock slopes in open pit mines and analyses of their mechanisms
The stability of slopes is essential for ensuring safe production in open-pit mines. Analyzing and managing the deformation and failure of the slope rock mass becomes more challenging as the slope height incre...
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Spatial Impact of Industrial Agglomeration and Environmental Regulation on Environmental Pollution—Evidence from Pollution-Intensive Industries in China
In the context of China's efforts to achieve green economic development and adjust the spatial layout of industries, this article focuses on pollution-intensive industries. Based on the panel data of 30 Chine...
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Groundwater and root trait diversity jointly drive plant fine root biomass across arid inland river basin
As one of the key determinants of water availability in arid regions, groundwater plays an essential role in regulating biodiversity, key ecosystem processes and functioning. Meanwhile, biodiversity is known t...
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Open AccessComparing the performance of time series models with or without meteorological factors in predicting incident pulmonary tuberculosis in eastern China
Many studies have compared the performance of time series models in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), but few have considered the role of meteorological factors in their prediction models. This study ai...
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Open AccessNoninvasive model for predicting future ischemic strokes in patients with silent lacunar infarction using radiomics
This study aimed to investigate integrating radiomics with clinical factors in cranial computed tomography (CT) to predict ischemic strokes in patients with silent lacunar infarction (SLI).
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Open AccessOCT proves that vitreomacular adhesion is significantly more likely to develop vision-threatening retinal complications than vitreomacular separation
SD-OCT is becoming commonplace in everyday practice. Vitreomacular adhesions (VMAs) are being more routinely diagnosed. Predictive studies to the natural course of VMA are thus clinically significant. Spectral...
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An Improved Generalized Finite Element Method for Electrical Resistance Tomography Forward Model
Electrical resistance tomography is a noninvasive imaging modality, where imperceptible currents are applied to the skin and the resulting surface voltages are measured. It has the potential to be of great val...
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Microstructure, mechanical and corrosion properties of TiN/Ni nanomultilayered films
Nanomultilayered TiN/Ni thin films with different bilayer periods (57.8–99.7 nm) and Ni single-layer thickness (3.9–19.2 nm) were prepared by alternatively sputtering Ti and Ni targets in N2 gas atmosphere. The m...
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Nonclassical properties of induced states from single-mode squeezed vacuum state related with Hermite excited elementary superposition operation
Based on single-mode squeezed vacuum state (SVS) and Hermite-excited elementary superposition operator \( H_{m} (xa^{\dagger}+ya)\) ...
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Assessment of cardiac function in infants with transposition of the great arteries after surgery: comparison of two methods
Assessment of cardiac function is crucial in pediatric patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery, monitoring cardiac output and changing hemodynamic conditions during surgery accordingly is important to impro...
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Dynamical Evolution of Properties for Atom and Field in the Process of Two-Photon Absorption and Emission Between Atomic Levels
Using dressed state method, we cleverly solve the dynamics of atom-field interaction in the process of two-photon absorption and emission between atomic levels. Here we suppose that the atom is initially in th...
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Influence of bias voltage on structure, mechanical and corrosion properties of reactively sputtered nanocrystalline TiN films
Nanocrystalline TiN films were prepared by DC reactive magnetron sputtering. The influence of substrate biases on structure, mechanical and corrosion properties of the deposited films was studied using X-ray d...
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Open AccessThe Prognostic Value of Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Previous clinical studies have found that the levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) significantly correlated with prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, these conclusions and data rema...
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High temperature oxidation resistance of CrN/ (Ti, Al, Zr, Cr) N bilayer films deposited by multi-arc ion plating
CrN/(Ti, Al, Zr, Cr) N bilayer films were successfully deposited on cemented carbide (WC-8%Co) substrates by multi-arc ion plating process using two Ti-Al-Zr alloy targets and one pure Cr target. As a result o...
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Melanin production by a yeast strain XJ5-1 of Aureobasidium melanogenum isolated from the Taklimakan desert and its role in the yeast survival in stress environments
The yeast strain XJ5-1 isolated from the Taklimakan desert soil was identified to be a strain of Aureobasdium melanogenum and could produce a large amount of melanin when it was grown in the PDA medium, but its m...
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Transperitoneal laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for native upper tract urothelial carcinoma in renal transplant recipients
To analyze the safety and clinical outcome of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (LNUT) for native upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UC) in renal transplant (RT) recipients.
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Successful treatment of a woman with relapsing neuromyelitis optica by interferon beta
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an antibody-mediated disease with the target antigen being the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4). More than 90% of NMO patients have relapse. Optimal treatments to prevent recurren...
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Parallel Algorithm for SWFFT Using 3D Data Structure
Sliding-Window Fast Fourier Transform (SWFFT) is a very important and widely used time-frequency representation of a signal. In the paper, we mainly focus on the problem of how to implement non-recursive SWFFT...
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[C5Li5]Mg n [C5Li5] (n = 2–8): novel sandwich complexes containing –Mg–Mg– chain
A density functional theory (DFT) investigation on novel sandwich-type D 5 [C5Li5]Mg n [C5Li5] (n = 2–8) complexes containing –Mg–Mg– chain has been perfo...