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Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapid and severe soft tissue infection that targets subcutaneous fat tissue, muscle, and fascia. This study compares the clinical outcomes of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) versus con...
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The Synchronization of Fractional-Order Chaotic Systems Based on Event-Triggered Strategies
To solve the problem that chaotic systems are highly dependent and sensitive to initial values, the control of chaotic systems is investigated. Due to the introduction of the event triggering strategy, the pul...
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A model for the uptake of advance care planning in older cancer adults: a sco** review
Advance care planning (ACP) might assist older cancer patients in expressing their goals, values, and care preferences; yet, the ACP uptake rates in this group are low. The goal of this study is to discover fa...
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The subjective experience of family caregivers of people living with Parkinson’s disease: a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature
Parkinson’s disease patients (PwPD) rely heavily on their family caregivers. However, there remains uncertainty regarding the subjective experience of the family caregivers of PwPD. This study aims to provide ...
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Open AccessArbuscular mycorrhizal enhancement of phosphorus uptake and yields of maize under high planting density in the black soil region of China
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses are an attractive means of improving the efficiency of soil phosphorus (P) that difficult to be used by plants and may provide a sustainable way of maintaining high yields...
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Specific affinity and relative abundance of methanogens in acclimated anaerobic sludge treating low-strength wastewater
Kinetic parameters affecting effluent water quality including half saturation constant (Ks), maximum specific growth rate (μmax), and specific affinity ( ...
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Deterministic and stochastic processes driving the shift in the prokaryotic community composition in wastewater treatment plants of a coastal Chinese city
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) rely mainly on the microbial assemblages to contribute significantly for the removal of organic pollutants and nutrients. However, limited information is available on the ec...
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Density-functional study of the structures and properties of holmium-doped silicon clusters HoSi n (n = 3–9) and their anions
The structures and properties of Ho-doped Si clusters, including their adiabatic electron affinities (AEAs), simulated photoelectron spectra (PESs), stabilities, magnetic moments, and charge-transfer character...
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Reexamination of structures, stabilities, and electronic properties of holmium-doped silicon clusters HoSi n (n = 12–20)
The total energies, growth patterns, equilibrium geometries, relative stabilities, hardnesses, intramolecular charge transfer, and magnetic moments of HoSi n (n = 12–20) cluster...
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Open AccessCharacterization of marine diatom-infecting virus promoters in the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Viruses are considered key players in phytoplankton population control in oceans. However, mechanisms that control viral gene expression in prominent microalgae such as diatoms remain largely unknown. In this ...
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Mounting evidence suggests that Archaea are widespread and abundant in aquatic and terrestrial habitats and play fundamental roles in global biogeochemical cycles, yet the pattern and its ecological drivers of...
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Probing the electronic structures and properties of neutral and charged arsenic sulfides [As n S2 (−1,0,+1), n = 1–6] with Gaussian-3 theory
The structures and energies of neutral and charged arsenic sulfides As n S2 (−1,0,+1) (n = 1–6) were investigated systematically by means of the Gaussian-3 (G3) s...
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Open AccessRelease of single cells from the colonial oil-producing alga Botryococcus braunii by chemical treatments
We tested for chemical reagents that would be useful in preparing a large number of vital single cells from colonial Botryococcus braunii B-race, variety Showa. Among the 18 reagents assayed, glycerol and erythri...
