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Open AccessToward energy-efficient urban rail transit with capacity constraints under a public health emergency
Urban rail transit (URT) plays a pivotal role in mitigating urban congestion and emissions, positioning it as a sustainable transportation alternative. Nevertheless, URT’s function in transporting substantial ...
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Open AccessLipoprotein (a)-Related Inflammatory Imbalance: A Novel Horizon for the Development of Atherosclerosis
The primary objective of this review is to explore the pathophysiological roles and clinical implications of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] in the context of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). We seek to ...
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Open AccessRadiomics signature for dynamic changes of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells and macrophages in cervical cancer during chemoradiotherapy
Our previous study suggests that tumor CD8+ T cells and macrophages (defined as CD68+ cells) infiltration underwent dynamic and heterogeneous changes during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in cervical canc...
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An Economical Velocity Planning Algorithm for Intelligent Connected Electric Vehicles Based on Real-Time Traffic Information
The energy efficiency of intelligent networked connected electric vehicle (EV) is directly related to its velocity. Aiming at the influence of real-time traffic flow information on road speed interval, a two-l...
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Research on the time-varying mesh stiffness and dynamic characteristics of steel–POM gear pair with off-line meshing
Plastic gears have been widely used in fields such as instruments, meters, and automotive electronics. In particular, metal–plastic gear pairs are commonly used in the low-speed stages of multi-stage gear tran...
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Open AccessNovel polymorphisms in CYP4A22 associated with susceptibility to coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease (CHD) has become a worldwide public health problem. Genetic factors are considered important risk factors for CHD. The aim of this study was to explore the correlation between CYP4A22 ge...
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Model test study on the deformation and stability of rainfall-induced expansive soil slope with weak interlayer
Rainfall infiltration softens the filling material of deep cracks in expansive soil, significantly reducing its mechanical strength and causing slope instability and failure. Investigating this influence is cr...
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Effect of Co Content on the Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Al0.3CoxCrFeNi High Entropy Alloys
The influence of Co content on the microstructure and corrosion behavior of Al0.3CoxCrFeNi (x = 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0) high entropy alloys were investigated. The results indicated that the increased content of Co imp...
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Open AccessMulti-animal 3D social pose estimation, identification and behaviour embedding with a few-shot learning framework
The quantification of animal social behaviour is an essential step to reveal brain functions and psychiatric disorders during interaction phases. While deep learning-based approaches have enabled precise pose ...
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Open AccessCYP4V2 rs56413992 C > T was associated with the risk of coronary heart disease in the Chinese Han population: a case–control study
The research aimed to detect the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CYP4V2 gene and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.
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Controlling assembly-induced symmetry-breaking by tuning the vortex-responsive nanostructures
The generation of chirality in supramolecular structures from achiral building blocks has remained a challenge for a long time. In this study, we present a vortex-assisted chiral supramolecular polymerization ...
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Efficacy of fosaprepitant combined with tropisetron plus dexamethasone in preventing nausea and emesis during fractionated radiotherapy with weekly cisplatin chemotherapy: interim analysis of a randomized, prospective, clinical trial using competing risk analysis
There are no well-recognized guidelines for antiemesis during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for cervical cancer (CC) and nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) until now. The study was designed to assess the effica...
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Corrosion engineering on AlCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys toward highly efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution of alkaline seawater
Seawater splitting is a prospective approach to yield renewable and sustainable hydrogen energy. Complex preparation processes and poor repeatability are currently considered to be an insuperable impediment to...
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Altered pupil responses to social and non-social stimuli in Shank3 mutant dogs
Pupillary response, an important process in visual perception and social and emotional cognition, has been widely studied for understanding the neural mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, there h...
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Task-Driven-Based Robust Control Design and Fuzzy Optimization for Coordinated Robotic Arm Systems
Uncertainty and Jacobian transformation matrix (JMT) are two critical aspects that affect the coordinated robotic arm systems (CRAS) to achieve high accuracy task space trajectory tracking. To address the abov...
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Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study on the Influence of Gaseous Water on the Mechanical Properties of Red-Layer Mudstone in Central Sichuan
Water has a significant effect on the mechanical properties of rocks, especially those containing expansive clay minerals. The red-layer mudstone contains various clay minerals, which easily collapse in water....
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Relationship between capillary water absorption mechanism and pore structure and microfracture of red-layer mudstone in central Sichuan
The pore-microfracture structure, water-rock interaction and capillary water absorption mechanism of red-layer mudstone were comprehensively studied. The mineral composition was determined using X-ray diffract...
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Open AccessSequential treatment of teriparatide and alendronate versus alendronate alone for elevation of bone mineral density and prevention of refracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty in osteoporosis: a prospective study
Percutaneous vertebroplasty was the most common strategy for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. However, refracture after vertebroplasty also occurred and bone mineral density (BMD) was one of the ma...
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Open AccessA variant of RAG1 gene identified in severe combined immunodeficiency: a case report
The recombination-activating gene 1 (RAG1) protein is essential for the V (variable)-D (diversity)-J (joining) recombination process. Mutations in RAG1 have been reported to be associated with several types of im...
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Niagara: Scheduling DNN Inference Services on Heterogeneous Edge Processors
Intelligent applications heavily rely on deep neural network (DNN) inference services executed on edge devices to fulfill functional prerequisites while safeguarding user data privacy. However, the execution o...
