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Research of Neural Network Classifier Based on FCM and PSO for Breast Cancer Classification
Breast cancer is one of the most common tumors related to death in women in many countries. In this paper, a novel neural network classification model is developed. The proposed model uses floating centroids m...
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How carnivorous fungi use three-celled constricting rings to trap nematodes
Predacious fungi form specialized hyphae structures to trap nematodes and other microscopic animals. Among the six kinds of trap** devices, the constricting ring is the only one that actively captures nemato...
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A Heat Shock Protein Gene, CsHsp45.9, Involved in the Response to Diverse Stresses in Cucumber
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a family of highly conserved proteins present in all organisms. They mediate a range of cytoprotective functions as molecular chaperones and are recently reported to regulate the...
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Open AccessDrechslerella stenobrocha genome illustrates the mechanism of constricting rings and the origin of nematode predation in fungi
Nematode-trap** fungi are a unique group of organisms that can capture nematodes using sophisticated trap** structures. The genome of Drechslerella stenobrocha, a constricting-ring-forming fungus, has been se...
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Open AccessPhenol-soluble modulin α4 mediates Staphylococcus aureus-associated vascular leakage by stimulating heparin-binding protein release from neutrophils
Vascular leakage frequently occurs in patients with severe Staphylococcus aureus infection. However, the mechanism underlying S. aureus infection-induced vascular leakage remains unclear. Here, we identified the
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Open AccessSuilysin-induced Platelet-Neutrophil Complexes Formation is Triggered by Pore Formation-dependent Calcium Influx
Platelet activation and platelet–neutrophil interactions have been found to be involved in inflammation, organ failure and soft-tissue necrosis in bacterial infections. Streptococcus suis, an emerging human patho...
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Progress on sensors based on nanomaterials for rapid detection of heavy metal ions
The heavy metal ions, especially Cd2+, Pb2+ and Hg2+, show extremely hazard to the environment and human being. The measurement of heavy metal ions using sensors is catching more and more attention for its advant...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Driver Head Analysis Based on Deeply Supervised Transfer Metric Learning with Virtual Data
Driver head analysis is of paramount interest for the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Recently proposed methods almost rely on training with labeled samples, especially deep learning. However, the l...
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Chemical proteomics reveals new targets of cysteine sulfinic acid reductase
Cysteine sulfinic acid or S-sulfinylation is an oxidative post-translational modification (OxiPTM) that is known to be involved in redox-dependent regulation of protein function but has been historically difficul...
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Open AccessA novel ABA functional analogue B2 enhances drought tolerance in wheat
Drought stress negatively affects wheat growth and yield. Application of drought agent is an effective way to improve crop drought tolerance, therefore increasing crop yield. Based on the structure of abscisic...
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Open AccessThe driver of dengue fever incidence in two high-risk areas of China: A comparative study
In China, the knowledge of the underlying causes of heterogeneous distribution pattern of dengue fever in different high-risk areas is limited. A comparative study will help us understand the influencing facto...
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Open AccessClimate factors driven typhus group rickettsiosis incidence dynamics in **shuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture of Yunnan province in China, 2005–2017
Typhus group rickettsiosis (TGR), which is a neglected vector-borne infectious disease, including epidemic typhus and endemic typhus. We explored the lag effects and nonlinear association between meteorologica...
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Potentially inappropriate medications in Chinese community-dwelling older adults
Background There is a lack of data on the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in community-dwelling older adults in China. Objective To assess the prevalence of potentially inappropriate me...
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Ambulatory care pharmacy practice in China: status and future efforts
In recent years, as the era of deepening healthcare reform in China progresses, there is a gradual development of ambulatory care pharmacy practice. This commentary reviews the current state of ambulatory care...
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Effects of enhanced depth imaging and en face averaging on optical coherence tomography angiography image quantification
To examine the effects of enhanced depth imaging (EDI) and en face averaging on global vascular measurements of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images.
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Open AccessMorphological changes in intraretinal microvascular abnormalities after anti-VEGF therapy visualized on optical coherence tomography angiography
To examine the baseline morphological characteristics and alterations in intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (IRMAs) in response to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment, documente...
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Open AccessVisual and anatomic outcomes of sustained single agent anti-VEGF treatment versus double anti-VEGF switching in the treatment of persistent diabetic macular edema
To compare the anatomical and visual outcomes in eyes with persistent diabetic macular edema (DME) after initial anti-VEGF therapy that were retreated continuously with the same anti-VEGF drug versus those tha...
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A quantitative thiol reactivity profiling platform to analyze redox and electrophile reactive cysteine proteomes
Cysteine is unique among all protein-coding amino acids, owing to its intrinsically high nucleophilicity. The cysteinyl thiol group can be covalently modified by a broad range of redox mechanisms or by various...
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Open AccessIdentification and characterization a novel polar tube protein (NbPTP6) from the microsporidian Nosema bombycis
Microsporidians are opportunistic pathogens with a wide range of hosts, including invertebrates, vertebrates and even humans. Microsporidians possess a highly specialized invasion structure, the polar tube. Wh...
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The process of embryo abortion of stenospermocarpic grape and it develops into plantlet in vitro using embryo rescue
Using stenospermocarpic grapes as female parents could improve the seedless ratio of offspring via embryo rescue techniques, so they are widely used for breeding seedless grapes. Here, we report the variation ...
