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Open AccessHepatic artery infusion chemotherapy combined with camrelizumab plus rivoceranib for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis: a multicenter propensity score-matching analysis
Portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) signifies late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with high-risk progression and poor prognosis. As a standard treatment, sorafenib monotherapy has limited the efficacy in...
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Open Access3D-printed PCL framework assembling ECM-inspired multi-layer mineralized GO-Col-HAp microscaffold for in situ mandibular bone regeneration
In recent years, natural bone extracellular matrix (ECM)-inspired materials have found widespread application as scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. However, the challenge of creating scaffolds that mimic n...
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Open AccessPrognosis prediction and risk stratification of transarterial chemoembolization or intraarterial chemotherapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma based on machine learning
To develop and validate a risk scoring scale model (RSSM) for stratifying prognostic risk after intra-arterial therapies (IATs) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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A novel enriched degree of freedom method for absorbing boundary conditions in the time-domain finite element method
This paper proposes an enriched degree of freedom method for absorbing boundary conditions in the time-domain finite element method (TD-FEM). In the proposed method, to reduce the reflection of the elastic wav...
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Open AccessConstruction of a prediction model for rebleeding in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
The incidence of rebleeding in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) remains despite advances in intervention approaches. Therefore, early prediction of the risk of rebleeding could help to grea...
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Open AccessSafety, efficacy, and survival of drug-eluting beads-transarterial chemoembolization vs. conventional-transarterial chemoembolization in advanced HCC patients with main portal vein tumor thrombus
To compare the efficacy, overall survival (OS) and safety of drug-eluting beads-TACE (DEB-TACE) and C-TACE as initial treatment in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with main portal vein tumor t...
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Open AccessSelective venous sampling in primary hyperparathyroidism caused by ectopic parathyroid gland: a case report and literature review
As an invasive technique, selective venous sampling (SVS) is considered a useful method to identify a lesion’s location to increase the success rate of secondary surgery in patients with primary hyperparathyro...
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Noise Reduction and Sound Intelligibility Improvement in Acoustic Environment in Long Traffic Tunnels with Wall Absorption
Acoustic environment in long traffic tunnels with low absorption performance shows high level noise and low speech intelligibility. In this paper, a numerical study is conducted to investigate noise reduction ...
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Open AccessDEM-TACE as the initial treatment could improve the clinical efficacy of the hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus: a retrospective controlled study
Conventional-transarterial chemoembolization (C-TACE) was proven to improve overall survival (OS) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT), drug-eluting microsphere-TAC...
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MRI–radiomics–clinical–based nomogram for prenatal prediction of the placenta accreta spectrum disorders
To investigate whether an MRI–radiomics–clinical–based nomogram can be used to prenatal predict the placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders.
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A novel method for accurate simulations of concentrated forces in finite element analysis
In this paper, the analytical displacement solution at the point of the application of a concentrated force is derived using elastic mechanics. Then, the concentrated-force asymptotic function is obtained. Nex...
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Open AccessSulfarotene, a synthetic retinoid, overcomes stemness and sorafenib resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma via suppressing SOS2-RAS pathway
Recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) shows strong resistance to sorafenib, and the tumor-repopulating cells (TRCs) with cancer stem cell-like properties are considered a driver for its high recurrent rate ...
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Recent Advances in the Understanding of the Surface Reconstruction of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts and Materials Development
The electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays an important role in many clean electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems, such as electrochemical water splitting, rechargeable metal–air ...
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Open AccessNanoarray heterojunction and its efficient solar cells without negative impact of photogenerated electric field
Efficient, stable and low-cost solar cells are being desired for the photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electricity for sustainable energy production. Nanorod/nanowire arrays of narrow-bandgap semico...
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Author Correction: Soft fibrin gels promote selection and growth of tumorigenic cells
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Practical synthesis of C1 deuterated aldehydes enabled by NHC catalysis
The recent surge in applications of deuterated pharmaceutical agents has created an urgent demand for synthetic methods that efficiently generate deuterated building blocks. Here, we show that N-heterocyclic c...
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Open AccessPreferentially oriented large antimony trisulfide single-crystalline cuboids grown on polycrystalline titania film for solar cells
Photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electricity is an alternative way to use renewable energy for sustainable energy production. The great demand of low-cost and efficient solar cells inspires researc...
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Open AccessLow dose of IL-2 combined with rapamycin restores and maintains the long-term balance of Th17/Treg cells in refractory SLE patients
The development of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been associated with the balance of Th17 and Treg cells. IL-2 and rapamycin can influence the populations of both Th17 and Treg cells. However, it is u...
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Tissue cell differentiation and multicellular evolution via cytoskeletal stiffening in mechanically stressed microenvironments
Evolution of eukaryotes from simple cells to complex multicellular organisms remains a mystery. Our postulate is that cytoskeletal stiffening is a necessary condition for evolution of complex multicellular org...
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First insight into diversity of leaf color of loquat (Eribotrya) and its potential value on taxonomy
Leaf morphology is the most intuitive and representative feature that has been applied into field identification and determination of the genetic diversity of loquat germplasms. Using a colorimeter, we analyze...
