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Chapter and Conference Paper
ICDAR 2023 Competition on Structured Text Extraction from Visually-Rich Document Images
Structured text extraction is one of the most valuable and challenging application directions in the field of Document AI. However, the scenarios of past benchmarks are limited, and the corresponding evaluatio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Learnable Oriented-Derivative Network for Polyp Segmentation
Gastrointestinal polyps are the main cause of colorectal cancer. Given the polyp variations in terms of size, color, texture and poor optical conditions brought by endoscopy, polyp segmentation is still a chal...
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Article
The characteristics and genome analysis of vB_ApiP_XC38, a novel phage infecting Acinetobacter pittii
Acinetobacter pittii is an important pathogen causing nosocomial infection worldwide. In this study, a multidrug-resistant A. pittii ABC38 was used as host bacterium to isolate the lytic phage vB_ApiP_XC38. The b...
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Biological properties and genomics analysis of vB_KpnS_GH-K3, a Klebsiella phage with a putative depolymerase-like protein
Bacteriophages have been recently revisited as an alternative biocontrol tool due to the limitations of antibiotic treatment. In this study, we reported on the biological characteristics and genomic informatio...
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Open AccessEndolysin LysEF-P10 shows potential as an alternative treatment strategy for multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis infections
Phage-derived lysins can hydrolyse bacterial cell walls and show great potential for combating Gram-positive pathogens. In this study, the potential of LysEF-P10, a new lysin derived from a isolated Enterococcus ...
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Open AccessLysGH15 kills Staphylococcus aureus without being affected by the humoral immune response or inducing inflammation
The lysin LysGH15, derived from the staphylococcal phage GH15, exhibits a wide lytic spectrum and highly efficient lytic activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Here, we found that Ly...
