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Effect of Surface Roughness on the Properties of Ag/Cu Composite Strips
Ag/Cu composite strips with an alternating arrangement of 4 silver and 5 copper, which can be used as a fuse element, were successfully prepared by diffusion welding + cold rolling processes. The changing law ...
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Open AccessIdentification and characterization of two Bacillus anthracis bacteriophages
Anthrax is an acute infectious zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that is considered a potential biological warfare agent. Bacillus bacteriophages shape the composition and evolution of ba...
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Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters
A universal characteristic of eukaryotic transcription is that the promoter recruits RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) to produce both precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs) and short unstable promoter upstream transcripts (PRO...
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Weighted Entropy Formulae on Feldman-Katok Metric
In this paper, we prove that the weighted topological entropy defined by FK metric and Bowen metric are equal. Moreover, we establish a Brin-Katok formula and a Katok formula on weighted FK metric, respectively.
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Open AccessThe association between smoking and family health with the mediation role of personality among Chinese people: nationwide cross-sectional study
There may be unexplored interactions between family health, personality, and smoking that could help provide new perspectives on tobacco control.
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Hypoxia Potentiated Lung Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion by up-regulating HIF1α/JAK2/STAT3 Axis and Activating MMP13 Transcription
Excessive aggressive migration and invasion are important factors that increase the mortality of cancer patients. Matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) expression is positively correlated with lung cancer malign...
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Nitrogen and Straw Management for Sustainable Maize-Wheat Crop** in the North China Plain: Insight from Crop Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency
This paper sought to explore the sustainable potential of nitrogen (N) fertilizer saving and effects of consecutive straw incorporation on grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) as well as their associa...
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Open AccessPotentials of emergent plant residue derived biochar to be alternative carbon-based phosphorus fertilizer by Fe(II)/Fe(III) magnetic modification
Emergent plants have been remarkably effective in reducing phosphorus (P) discharge from ecological ditches; however, the treatment and recycling of these residues is a great challenge. In this study, magnetic...
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Open AccessOxidative stress in acute pulmonary embolism: emerging roles and therapeutic implications
Oxidative stress is an imbalance between the body’s reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense mechanisms. Oxidative stress is involved in the development of several cardiovascular diseases, such as pulmo...
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Signal difference-based nondestructive low-frequency electromagnetic testing for ferromagnetic material pipe equipment
Nondestructive testing for ferromagnetic material equipment based on low-frequency electromagnetic technique (LFET) and signal difference is proposed. Magnetic field distributions of the defect area in or on t...
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Open AccessMultiple independent losses of the biosynthetic pathway for two tropane alkaloids in the Solanaceae family
Hyoscyamine and scopolamine (HS), two valuable tropane alkaloids of significant medicinal importance, are found in multiple distantly related lineages within the Solanaceae family. Here we sequence the genomes...
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The correlation between serum 1, 5-anhydroglucitol and β-cell function in Chinese adults with different glucose metabolism statuses
Serum 1, 5-AG is a glycaemic marker reflecting control and fluctuations of short-term glucose. To reveal the relationship between 1, 5-AG with β-cell function, we investigated a certain number of Chinese adult...
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Paper-based microfluidic sensor array for tetracycline antibiotics discrimination using lanthanide metal–carbon quantum dots composite ink
Tetracycline antibiotics are extensively used as anti-infective drugs, but their residues pose a significant threat to the environment and public health. However, there is a lack of effective and affordable to...
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Open AccessESD with elastic ring traction is more effective and safer than conventional ESD in large proximal colon neoplastic lesions: a retrospective cohort study (with video)
Colorectal endoscopic submucosal resection (ESD), especially ESD in proximal colon, has always been challenging. We invented a novel elastic ring as a traction method to facilitate ESD. Our study aims to compa...
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A Statistical Linkage between Extreme Cold Wave Events in Southern China and Sea Ice Extent in the Barents-Kara Seas from 1289 to 2017
Arctic sea ice loss and the associated enhanced warming has been related to midlatitude weather and climate changes through modulate meridional temperature gradients linked to circulation. However, contrasting...
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Open AccessRisk profiles for smoke behavior in COVID-19: a classification and regression tree analysis approach
COVID-19 pandemic emerged worldwide at the end of 2019, causing a severe global public health threat, and smoking is closely related to COVID-19. Previous studies have reported changes in smoking behavior and ...
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Open AccessAssociation between ozone and influenza transmissibility in China
Common air pollutants such as ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and particulate matter play significant roles as influential factors in influenza-like illness (ILI). However, evidence rega...
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Open AccessEvolutionary origin of genomic structural variations in domestic yaks
Yak has been subject to natural selection, human domestication and interspecific introgression during its evolution. However, genetic variants favored by each of these processes have not been distinguished pre...
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Enhanced piezoelectric properties of Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-BiAlO3 ceramics by quenching treatment
Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-based (NBT) ferroelectric ceramics have wide application prospects due to their high Curie temperature and large spontaneous polarization. However, the low depolarization temperature (Td) and high ...
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A bridged backbone strategy enables collective synthesis of strychnan alkaloids
Bridged frameworks are of high chemical and biological significance, being ubiquitous in pharmaceutical molecules and natural products. Specific structures are usually preformed to build these rigid segments a...
