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Open AccessImprovement of insulin sensitivity by dietary fiber consumption during late pregnant sows is associated with gut microbiota regulation of tryptophan metabolism
Dietary fiber (DF) consumption was reported to improve insulin sensitivity, change the tryptophan metabolism, and alter the gut microbiota. Herein, this study aimed to investigate the effects of DF consumption...
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Super-efficient and stable detection of toxic heavy metal by polyethylenimine-modified graphene electrode sensor
A novel graphene-modified electrode with polyethylenimine (PEI) and chitosan (CS) was created to detect Pb(II) via differential pulsed anodic strip** voltammetry (DPASV). PEI grafted on graphene oxide (GO) b...
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On the \(\sigma \) duals and \(\sigma \) hulls of linear codes
Let \(\text{SLAut}(\mathbb{F}_{q}^{n})\) SLAut ( ...
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Bevel-edge epitaxy of ferroelectric rhombohedral boron nitride single crystal
Within the family of two-dimensional dielectrics, rhombohedral boron nitride (rBN) is considerably promising owing to having not only the superior properties of hexagonal boron nitride1–4—including low permittivi...
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Integrated Heterogeneous Graph Attention Network for Incomplete Multi-modal Clustering
Incomplete multi-modal clustering (IMmC) is challenging due to the unexpected missing of some modalities in data. A key to this problem is to explore complementarity information among different samples with in...
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Open AccessMi-2β promotes immune evasion in melanoma by activating EZH2 methylation
Recent development of new immune checkpoint inhibitors has been particularly successfully in cancer treatment, but still the majority patients fail to benefit. Converting resistant tumors to immunotherapy sens...
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Open AccessEvaluation of mandibular motion in adolescents with skeletal class II division 1 malocclusion during mandibular advancement using clear functional aligners: a prospective study
This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of mandibular protrusive condylar trajectory in adolescents with skeletal Class II Division 1 malocclusion and the changes of condylar trajectory during mandibu...
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Open AccessProtein disulfide isomerase family member 4 promotes triple-negative breast cancer tumorigenesis and radiotherapy resistance through JNK pathway
Despite radiotherapy ability to significantly improve treatment outcomes and survival in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients, acquired resistance to radiotherapy poses a serious clinical challenge. P...
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Predicting Learning Performance with Large Language Models: A Study in Adult Literacy
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) have significantly enhanced adult literacy training, a key factor for societal participation, employment opportunities, and lifelong learning. Our study investigates the app...
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Several new families of MDS EAQECCs with much larger dimensions and related application to EACQCs
In 2006, Brun, Devetak and Hsieh developed the theory of entanglement-assisted quantum error-correcting codes (EAQECCs), which generalizes that of quantum stabilizer codes. The study of EAQECCs is currently a ...
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Components of the JNK–MAPK pathway play distinct roles in hepatocellular carcinoma
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), specifically the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)–MAPK subfamily, play a crucial role in the development of various cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). How...
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Open AccessGinseng-derived nanoparticles reprogram macrophages to regulate arginase-1 release for ameliorating T cell exhaustion in tumor microenvironment
Lines of evidence indicated that, immune checkpoints (ICs) inhibitors enhanced T cell immune response to exert anti-tumor effects. However, T cell exhaustion has been so far a major obstacle to antitumor immun...
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Self-supervised robust Graph Neural Networks against noisy graphs and noisy labels
In the paper, we first explore a novel problem of training the robust Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) against noisy graphs and noisy labels. To the problem, we propose a general Self-supervised Robust Graph Neura...
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Pharmaceutical digital transformation in China: digital quality assurance takes the driver’s seat
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Open AccessExosomal ACADM sensitizes gemcitabine-resistance through modulating fatty acid metabolism and ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer
This study aimed to evaluate the potential of exosomes from cancer cells to predict chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer (PC) and explore the molecular mechanisms through RNA-sequencing and mass spectrometry. ...
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Geant4 simulation of energy deposition ratio and physical processes of CdZnTe crystals irradiated by high energy particles
CdZnTe (CZT) is an II–VI compound semiconductor with a zinc blende structure and has a wide range of applications in nuclear radiation detectors. As the device size becomes nanoscale, the displacement damage c...
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Open AccessThe orthodontic implant site-switching technique: a preliminary study in dogs
To evaluate the quantity and quality of bone in the newly formed edentulous area produced by the orthodontic implant site-switching technique.
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Ultrasensitive and highly selective detection of strontium ions
Strontium-90 is one of the most frequently released radioactive products in waste discharged from nuclear reactors. With a long half-life and chemical similarity to calcium, this radioisotope takes hundreds of...
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Open AccessMachine learning in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: new approaches toward understanding the neural mechanisms
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent and heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder in children and has a high chance of persisting in adulthood. The development of individualiz...
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Damage Monitoring of Fiber Metal Laminates by Graphene Nanoplatelets/Epoxy Resin Conductive Matrix
In this study, the real-time monitoring of the internal damage state of fiber metal laminates (FMLs) under quasi-static loading was conducted by measuring the rate of change of resistance using graphene nanopl...
