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Study on microbial diversity of washing machines
Health and environmental protection are the development trend of household appliances, coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic in the past few years. Consumers have unprecedented concerns and expectat...
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Low-molecular-weight aromatic acids mediated the adsorption of Cd2+ onto biochars: effects and mechanisms
Low-molecular-weight aromatic acids (LWMAAs), a ubiquitous organic substance in natural systems, are important in controlling the environmental fate of potentially toxic metals. However, little is known about ...
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Adsorption of fluoroquinolone antibiotics onto ferrihydrite under different anionic surfactants and solution pH
To date, little information is available regarding the impacts of the widespread anionic surfactants on the adsorption behaviors of antibiotics onto typical iron oxides. Herein, we have investigated the effect...
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Study of CO molecules on Pd/Al2O3/NiAl(110) surface by atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy
Reactant adsorption sites of novel metal catalysts are difficult to characterize precisely, which is vital for understanding heterogeneous reactions and designing efficient catalytic systems. However, even at ...
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Candida-associated denture stomatitis: clinical, epidemiological, and microbiological features
The identification of Candida spp. in denture stomatitis, the clinical manifestations, and the antifungal susceptibility profile lead to a correct and individualized therapeutic management of the patients. This s...
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Open AccessThe furosemide stress test predicts the timing of continuous renal replacement therapy initiation in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a double-blind prospective intervention cohort study
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) remains a crucial treatment for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), although the timing of its initiation is still a matter of contention. Furose...
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Open AccessRetraction Note: Long non-coding RNA PTPRG-AS1 promotes cell tumorigenicity in epithelial ovarian cancer by decoying microRNA-545-3p and consequently enhancing HDAC4 expression
This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13048-020-00723-7.
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Surfactant-mediated mobility of carbon dots in saturated soil: comparison between anionic and cationic surfactants
Understanding the mobility, retention, and fate of carbon dots (CDs) is critical for the risk management of this emerging carbon material. However, the influences of surfactants on CDs’ transport through subsu...
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OsWRKY28 positively regulates salinity tolerance by directly activating OsDREB1B expression in rice
OsWRKY28 confers salinity tolerance by directly binding to OsDREB1B promoter and increasing its transcriptional activity, and negatively regulates abscisic acid mediated seedling establishment in rice.
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Insight into the effect of phosphate on ferrihydrite colloid-mediated transport of tetracycline in saturated porous media
Colloid-mediated contaminant mobility is absolutely critical for the environmental behavior of contaminants such as antibiotics in water resources. In this study, the influences of phosphate (a commonly inorga...
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Prevalence and risk factors of stroke in a rural area of northern China: a 10-year comparative study
Stroke is currently the leading cause of death in China; however, the past decade has produced no new epidemiological studies of stroke. Therefore, the current study aimed to compare the prevalence and risk fa...
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Dexmedetomidine Alleviates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Hippocampal Neuronal Apoptosis via Inhibiting the p38 MAPK/c-Myc/CLIC4 Signaling Pathway in Rats
Dexmedetomidine (DEX) has multiple biological effects. Here, we investigated the neuroprotective role and molecular mechanism of DEX against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced hippocampal neuronal apoptosis. Spr...
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Mechanism of TonB-dependent transport system in Halomonas alkalicola CICC 11012s in response to alkaline stress
Halomonas alkalicola CICC 11012s can grow at pH 12.5, the highest pH at which the organisms in the genus Halomonas can grow. Genomic analysis reveals that H. alkalicola adapts to alkaline stress using a variety o...
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Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Long non-coding RNA PTPRG-AS1 promotes cell tumorigenicity in epithelial ovarian cancer by decoying microRNA-545-3p and consequently enhancing HDAC4 expression
Long non-coding RNA PTPRG antisense RNA 1 (PTPRG-AS1) deregulation has been reported in various human malignancies and identified as an important modulator of cancer development. Few reports have focused on th...
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Transport of graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated kaolinite- and goethite-coated sand columns: effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids
The effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs) on the transport of graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated kaolinite- and goethite-coated sand columns were studied. Acetic acid, glycolic acid, ma...
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Genome sequencing and heterologous expression of antiporters reveal alkaline response mechanisms of Halomonas alkalicola
Halomonas alkalicola CICC 11012s is an alkaliphilic and halotolerant bacterium isolated from a soap-making tank (pH > 10) from a household-product plant. This strain can propagate at pH 12.5, whi...
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Genetic diversity and drivers of genetic differentiation of Reaumuria soongorica of the Inner Mongolia plateau in China
We quantified genetic diversity and gene flow among eight populations of Reaumuria soongorica in Inner Mongolia, China. Our results showed that genetic differentiation of R. soongorica across the Inner Mongolian ...
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Open AccessQuantitative detection of nitric oxide in exhaled human breath by extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) is a useful biomarker of various physiological conditions, including asthma and other pulmonary diseases. Herein a fast and sensitive analytical method has been developed for the qua...
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Effects of climatic gradients on genetic differentiation of Caragana on the Ordos Plateau, China
The genus Caragana (Fabr.) in the Ordos Plateau of Inner Mongolia, China, provides a strong opportunity to investigate patterns of genetic differentiation along steep climatic gradients, and to identify the envir...
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Genetic diversity of Caragana species of the Ordos Plateau in China
Plants of the genus Caragana (Fabaceae) are dominant shrub species of high ecological and economic importance on the Ordos Plateau in China. Due to natural environmental variability and anthropogenic impacts, Car...
