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Open AccessA comprehensive scoring system for the better prediction of bowel resection in pediatric intussusception
Intussusception presents a significant emergency that often necessitates bowel resection, leading to severe complications and management challenges. This study aims to investigate and establish a scoring syste...
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Mitigating selection bias in counterfactual prediction through self-supervised domain embedding learning with virtual samples
Treatment effect estimation (TEE) is widely adopted in various domains such as machine learning, dvertising and marketing, and medicine. During the TEE, there normally exist selection bias on counterfactual pr...
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Open AccessLiberal surgical laparoscopy reduction for acute intussusception: experience from a tertiary pediatric institute
The optimal treatment for acute intussusception has not yet been defined. In this study, we explored whether employing a liberal laparoscopic intervention for intussusception could lead to favorable outcomes. ...
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Constraints of palaeoenvironment on organic matter of Benxi Formation shale and discussion on enrichment mechanism under different facies
As a hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary basin in China, the Ordos Basin has enormous potential for shale gas resources. The shale of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation is rich in organic matter, however, its pa...
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Open AccessAltered expression of the L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in ovarian cancer: metabolic biomarkers and biological implications
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a highly lethal gynecological malignancy. Extensive research has shown that OC cells undergo significant metabolic alterations during tumorigenesis. In this study, we aim to leverage the...
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Water quality, natural chemical weathering and ecological risk assessment of the contaminated area of vanadium ore in Yinhua River, China: Evidence from major ions and trace elements
There are abundant vanadium ores in the Cambrian strata in southern Shaanxi, China. Many years of mining activities and surface leaching have polluted the surface water to a certain extent, but the researches ...
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Open AccessYang’s Classification of Juvenile TMJ Anterior Disc Displacement Contributing to Treatment protocols
This study aims to establish a new staging system of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) anterior disc displacement (ADD) and evaluate its role in guiding the treatment plan. A consecutive sample of 522 juvenile pat...
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Open AccessCan anterior repositioning splint effectively treat temporomandibular joint disc displacement?
The aim of this study was to determine whether anterior repositioning splint (ARS) can effectively treat temporomandibular joint (TMJ) anterior disc displacement with reduction (DDwR) in juvenile Class II pati...
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Oral Ganglioside Supplement Improves Growth and Development in Patients with Ganglioside GM3 Synthase Deficiency
Ganglioside GM3 synthase is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of gangliosides. GM3 synthase deficiency (GM3D) causes an absence of GM3 and all downstream biosynthetic derivatives. The affected individu...
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Cooperative Privacy Preservation for Internet of Vehicles with Mobile Edge Computing
The mobile edge computing is an attractive system paradigm to perform the local data processing and interactions at the edge of networks. The mobile edge computing enabled the internet of vehicles (MEC-IoV) is...
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Syntheses of lactam derivatives of chenodeoxycholic acid and in vitro antiproliferative activity
With chenodeoxycholic acid as starting material, a series of lactam derivatives of chenodeoxycholic acid was synthesized and their antiproliferative activities against some cancer cells were determined. Among ...
