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Engineered nanoparticles for clinical assays
Nanoparticles exhibit distinctive physical and chemical properties that make them effective mediators for optical, magnetic or electric signal transduction. Consequently, nanoparticles are increasingly used in...
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Open AccessNanobody peptide conjugate: a novel CD163 based broad neutralizing strategy against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a prevalent swine pathogen, which has caused adverse impact on the global swine industry for almost 30 years. However, due to the immune suppressi...
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Sleep characteristics and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is on the rise in our aging society, making it crucial to identify additional risk factors to mitigate its increasing incidence. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to provi...
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Double-layered SnO2@NC hollow spheres as anode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries
Tin dioxide-based high-performance anode materials for lithium-ion batteries have been a hot research topic in recent years. In this study, nitrogen-doped and double-layered SnO2@NC hollow spheres were prepared v...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of intrathecal dexamethasone combined with isoniazid in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis: a meta-analysis
The treatment regimen for tuberculous meningitis (TBM) remains unclear and requires optimization. There are some reports on successful adjunct intrathecal dexamethasone and isoniazid (IDI) treatment strategies...
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A simple and sensitive electrochemical sensing based on amine-functionalized metal–organic framework and polypyrrole composite for detection of lead ions in meat samples
The effective detection of trace lead ions in food is a challenging task due to its stability, difficulty in elimination, and high toxicity to the human health. Therefore, an electrochemical sensing based on a...
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Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking
Liquid crystal elastomers hold promise in various fields due to their reversible transition of mechanical and optical properties across distinct phases. However, the lack of local phase patterning techniques a...
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Laser-induced wet stability and adhesion of pure conducting polymer hydrogels
Conductive hydrogels can be used to make electrodes that interface with biological tissues due to their similar mechanical properties and high electrical conductivity in physiological environments. The electri...
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Automatic evaluation of EDM electrode wear via integration of image segmentation and 3D registration (IS-3DR)
Electrode wear (EW) during the electrical discharge machining (EDM) process determines surface topography accuracy. In this paper, an automatic evaluation method is proposed by integrating image segmentation a...
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Open AccessAutomatic segmentation and classification of frontal sinuses for sex determination from CBCT scans using a two-stage anatomy-guided attention network
Sex determination is essential for identifying unidentified individuals, particularly in forensic contexts. Traditional methods for sex determination involve manual measurements of skeletal features on CBCT sc...
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Open AccessComposition of breast milk from mothers of premature and full-term infants and its influence in Z-Scores for infant physical growth
Breast milk contains various crucial nutrients and biologically active substances and is ideal for newborns. This study aimed to analyze the composition of breast milk from mothers of premature and full-term i...
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Open AccessThe prognostic value of sialylation-related long non-coding RNAs in lung adenocarcinoma
There has been increasing interest in the role of epigenetic modification in cancers recently. Among the various modifications, sialylation has emerged as a dominant subtype implicated in tumor progression, me...
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Open AccessLifestyle factors, glycemic traits, and lipoprotein traits and risk of liver cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis
The current state of knowledge on the relationship between lifestyle factors, glycemic traits, lipoprotein traits with liver cancer risk is still uncertain despite some attempts made by observational studies. ...
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Open AccessSprouty genes regulate activated fibroblasts in mammary epithelial development and breast cancer
Stromal fibroblasts are a major stem cell niche component essential for organ formation and cancer development. Fibroblast heterogeneity, as revealed by recent advances in single-cell techniques, has raised im...
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Open AccessChromosome-level genome assembly of milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.)
Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., commonly known as milk thistle, is a medicinal plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. This plant has been recognized for its medicinal properties for over 2,000 years. However, t...
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Research on the Leaching of Calcium Ions from De-vanadiumized Steel Slag for Indirect CO2 Mineral Sequestration: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Parameter Optimization
Steel slag is a kind of bulk alkaline industrial solid waste produced in the steelmaking process. Resource utilization of this solid waste is an urgent problem to be solved in the steel industry to achieve gre...
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Open AccessExperimental realization of entangled coherent states in two-dimensional harmonic oscillators of a trapped ion
Entangled coherent states play pivotal roles in various fields such as quantum computation, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. We experimentally demonstrate the generation of entangled coherent states...
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Correction to: Al-12Si Alloy Fabricated Via Selective Laser Melting: Residual Stress and Microstructural Factors after Heat Treatment
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Al-12Si Alloy Fabricated Via Selective Laser Melting: Residual Stress and Microstructural Factors after Heat Treatment
This study investigated the correlation between the residual stress and microstructural factors, such as the thermal expansion mismatch of Al and Si, Si solid solubility, and dislocation density, in Al-12Si al...
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Open AccessStrategy to improve synaptic behavior of ion-actuated synaptic transistors—the use of ion blocking layer to improve state retention
Synaptic transistors (STs) with a gate/electrolyte/channel stack, where mobile ions are electrically driven across the solid electrolyte, have been considered as analog weight elements for neuromorphic computi...
