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Associations between atherosclerotic luminal stenosis in the distal internal carotid artery and diffuse wall thickening in its upstream segment
Significant atherosclerotic stenosis or occlusion in the distal internal carotid artery (ICA) may induce diffuse wall thickening (DWT) in the upstream arterial wall. This study aimed to assess the association ...
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Effect of Differences in Anchoring Sites on the Hydrogenation Performance of Diethyl Oxalate in Cu–Al Catalyzed Systems
Aiming to optimize the product distribution of the Cu–Al catalytic system in the oxalate hydrogenation reaction as a way to optimize and improve the product structure of the coal-to-ethylene glycol process (Co...
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Do** for ohmic contacts in 2D transistors
Atomic-layer yttrium do** can be used to form ohmic contacts between molybdenum disulfide channel layers and metals, creating high-performance 2D transistors with low contact resistances.
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Open AccessPostoperative rehabilitation and quality of life evaluation for transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach
There are no targeted rehabilitation training modalities and assessment tools for patients after transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA). Herein, we develop a new assessment questionnai...
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Towards experimental studying the airborne sound insulation of light frame walls with staggered studs
Light frame walls (LFWs) serve as common partition walls in prefabricated buildings due to their lightweight nature, cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency, and adaptability for rapid on-site assembly. However,...
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Open AccessIdentification of a novel MEF2C::SS18L1 fusion in childhood acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia
Leukemia-associated fusion genes are closely related to the occurrence, development, diagnosis, and treatment of leukemia. DNA microarrays and second-generation sequencing have discovered multiple B-ALL fusion...
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Perspectives on the involvement of the gut microbiota in salt-sensitive hypertension
Salt-sensitivity hypertension (SSH) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular event-related death. Despite the extensiveness of research on hypertension, which covers areas such as the sympathetic nervous ...
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Open AccessFluvial geomorphic parameters of the Shuiluo River Catchment and their tectonic implications, SE Tibetan Plateau
The Shuiluo River Catchment (SRC) is the front zone of the southeast compression and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, with intense tectonic activity. In the basin, a series of regional large NW–SE trending activ...
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Research on the Influencing Factors of Peristalsis Amplitude Based on an in Vitro Bionic Rat Stomach Model
The In Vitro Bionic Digestion Model (IVBDM) are used to simulate the digestion process of food or pharmaceuticals in corresponding digestion tracts for obtaining the digestion data, which are expected to repla...
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Open AccessAdd-Vit: CNN-Transformer Hybrid Architecture for Small Data Paradigm Processing
The vision transformer(ViT), pre-trained on large datasets, outperforms convolutional neural networks (CNN) in computer vision(CV). However, if not pre-trained, the transformer architecture doesn’t work well o...
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Al-containing Ge-rich IWV: rapid synthesis via interzeolite transformation and application in Baeyer-Villiger oxidation
Ge-containing Lewis acidic zeolites are typically synthesized using a conventional hydrothermal strategy from amorphous silica sources, through a long time- and energy-consuming approach limiting their wide ap...
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Open AccessA dataset describing chip parameters for rock breaking by chisel pick under deep-sea hydrostatic pressure
Chip is a visual representation of rock breaking by cutter, and their related parameters are crucial for revealing the rock breaking mechanism in deep-sea mining. Based on sieving and three-dimensional size me...
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Anchor-free object detection network based on non-local operation
Keypoint detector has achieved satisfactory performance in facial recognition and computer vision-related fields. However, convolutional neural network are somewhat limited for capturing global information, wh...
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Avoiding unnecessary biopsy: the combination of PRIMARY score with prostate-specific antigen density for prostate biopsy decision
Avoiding unnecessary biopsies for men with suspected prostate cancer remains a clinical priority. The recently proposed PRIMARY score improves diagnostic accuracy in detecting clinically significant prostate c...
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A particle-scale study of the triaxial compression behavior of methane hydrate-bearing sands
Macroscopic geomechanical properties of methane hydrate-bearing sands (MHBSs) have attracted much scholarly attention. But the associated particle-level mechanisms often rely on assumptions. In this paper, tri...
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Turbulent flow field in maglev centrifugal blood pumps of CH-VAD and HeartMate III: secondary flow and its effects on pump performance
Secondary flow path is one of the crucial aspects during the design of centrifugal blood pumps. Small clearance size increases stress level and blood damage, while large clearance size can improve blood washou...
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Post-treatment of Ti-MWW zeolite with potassium fluoride for propylene epoxidation
Epoxidation of propylene to propylene oxide (PO) with hydrogen peroxide (HPPO) is an environmentally friendly and cost-efficient process in which titanosilicates are used as catalysts. Ti-MWW is a potential in...
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Open AccessFerroptosis: a potential bridge linking gut microbiota and chronic kidney disease
Ferroptosis is a novel form of lipid peroxidation-driven, iron-dependent programmed cell death. Various metabolic pathways, including those involved in lipid and iron metabolism, contribute to ferroptosis regu...
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Open AccessPharmaceutical treatment status of patients with COPD in the community based on medical Internet of Things: a real-world study
This study aimed to investigate the real-world standardisation and adherence of medical treatment regimens in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the community for making future manag...
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Machine learning in prenatal MRI predicts postnatal ventricular abnormalities in fetuses with isolated ventriculomegaly
To evaluate the intracranial structures and brain parenchyma radiomics surrounding the occipital horn of the lateral ventricle in normal fetuses (NFs) and fetuses with ventriculomegaly (FVs), as well as to pre...
