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Open AccessFractional-Order Water Flow Optimizer
The water flow optimizer (WFO) is the latest swarm intelligence algorithm inspired by the shape of water flow. Its advantages of simplicity, efficiency, and robust performance have motivated us to further enha...
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Open AccessAssessment of brain structure and volume reveals neurodevelopmental abnormalities in preterm infants with low-grade intraventricular hemorrhage
There is increasing evidence of abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants with low-grade intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). The purpose of the study was to explore whether brain microstructure an...
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GehB Inactivates Lipoproteins to Delay the Healing of Acute Wounds Infected with Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most prevalent bacteria found in acute wounds. S. aureus produces many virulence factors and extracellular enzymes that contribute to bacterial survival, dissemination, and pat...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Weak influence of the secondary surface processes on the regolith of Chang’E-5 landing site
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Open AccessMultimodality MRI Radiomics Based on Machine Learning for Identifying True Tumor Recurrence and Treatment-Related Effects in Patients with Postoperative Glioma
Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features have difficulty distinguishing glioma true tumor recurrence (TuR) from treatment-related effects (TrE). We aimed to develop a machine-learning model based...
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting overall survival of resected N2 non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy
Currently, the prognosis of resected N2 non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiotherapy is poor. The goal of this research was to develop and validate a novel nomogram for exactly predi...
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An anoikis-based gene signature for predicting prognosis in malignant pleural mesothelioma and revealing immune infiltration
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive, treatment-resistant tumor. Anoikis is a particular type of programmed apoptosis brought on by the separation of cell–cell or extracellular matrix (ECM). A...
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Open AccessImmunogenic cell death-based prognostic model for predicting the response to immunotherapy and common therapy in lung adenocarcinoma
Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a malignant tumor in the respiratory system. The efficacy of current treatment modalities varies greatly, and individualization is evident. Therefore, finding biomarkers for predi...
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Open AccessWeak influence of the secondary surface processes on the regolith of Chang’E-5 landing site
Soils at the Chang’E-5 landing site on the Moon were weakly influenced by secondary surface processes, according to analyses of light noble gas characteristics which are relatively less fractionated than those...
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Open AccessHierarchical Manta Ray Foraging Optimization with Weighted Fitness-Distance Balance Selection
Manta ray foraging optimization (MRFO) tends to get trapped in local optima as it relies on the direction provided by the previous individual and the best individual as guidance to search for the optimal solut...
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Open AccessA rise-to-threshold process for a relative-value decision
Whereas progress has been made in the identification of neural signals related to rapid, cued decisions1–3, less is known about how brains guide and terminate more ethologically relevant decisions in which an ani...
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Differential modulation of creative problem solving by monetary rewards: Electrophysiological evidence
Previous studies have suggested that facilitating creative problem solving via supraliminal monetary rewards is unsuccessful and controversial. In contrast, subliminal monetary rewards have been found to facil...
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Deep-Layered Differential Evolution
Single-objective bounded optimization problems are a type of complex problem that frequently arises in industry. These problems are often challenging due to the limited internal information available. In this ...
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Open AccessChaotic Wind Driven Optimization with Fitness Distance Balance Strategy
Wind driven optimization (WDO) is a meta-heuristic algorithm based on swarm intelligence. The original selection method makes it easy to converge prematurely and trap in local optima. Maintaining population di...
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PoTA: A hybrid consensus protocol to avoid miners’ collusion for BaaS platform
The emergence of the blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform reduces the application barrier of blockchain technology. However, in BaaS, the transaction processing demand generated by BaaS users is continuous ...
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Open AccessComparative analysis of the value of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in evaluating the histological grade of cervical squamous carcinoma
Uterine cervical cancer (UCC) was the fourth leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. The conventional MRI hardly revealing the microstructure information. This study aimed to compare the value of ...
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Evaluation of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging for endometrial carcinoma histological features: a comparative study with diffusion kurtosis imaging
To investigate whether amide proton transfer-weighted imaging (APTWI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) can be used to evaluate endometrial carcinoma (EC) in terms of clinical type, histological grade, subt...
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The sub-inhibitory concentration of cinnamaldehyde resists Aeromonas hydrophila pathogenicity via inhibition of W-pili production
Aeromonas hydrophila is one of the most important pathogens of zoonotic importance globally, causing various diseases in humans and animals. With the increase of drug resistance and the emergence of multidrug-res...
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Noninvasive DW-MRI metrics for staging hepatic fibrosis and grading inflammatory activity in patients with chronic hepatitis B
To assess the value of various diffusion parameters obtained from monoexponential, biexponential, and stretched-exponential diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) models for staging hepatic fibrosis (HF) and grading...
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A comparative study of the value of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging in the diagnosis and evaluation of breast cancer
To compare the value of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging (APTWI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in differentiating benign and malignant breast lesions and analyze the correlations between the deriv...
