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Open AccessOptimization of Wet-Spun PEDOT:PSS Fibers for Thermoelectric Applications Through Innovative Triple Post-treatments
Owing to the high flexibility, low thermal conductivity, and tunable electrical transport property, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) exhibits promising potential for designin...
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Open AccessBoosting thermoelectric performance of single-walled carbon nanotubes-based films through rational triple treatments
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)-based thermoelectric materials, valued for their flexibility, lightweight, and cost-effectiveness, show promise for wearable thermoelectric devices. However, their therm...
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Open AccessHigh Thermoelectric Performance and Flexibility in Rationally Treated PEDOT:PSS Fiber Bundles
Organic thermoelectric fibers have great potential as wearable thermoelectric textiles because of their one-dimensional structure and high flexibility. However, the insufficient thermoelectric performance, hig...
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Open AccessUterus-preserving surgical management of placenta accreta spectrum disorder: a large retrospective study
The two-child policy implemented in China resulted in a surge of high-risk pregnancies among advanced maternal aged women and presented a window of opportunity to identify a large number of placenta accreta sp...
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Open AccessPostoperative radiotherapy for supraglottic cancer on real-world data: can we reduce dose to lymph node levels?
To evaluate prognosis for reducing postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) dose to lymph node levels of supraglottic cancer (SC) on real-world data.
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Open AccessDosimetric and clinical analysis of pseudo-progression versus recurrence after hypo-fractionated radiotherapy for brain metastases
The main challenge in follow-up duration of patients with brain metastases after stereotactic radiotherapy is to distinguish between pseudo-progression and tumor recurrence. The objective of this study is to r...
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Open AccessThe aldolase inhibitor aldometanib mimics glucose starvation to activate lysosomal AMPK
The activity of 5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is inversely correlated with the cellular availability of glucose. When glucose levels are low, the glycolytic enzyme aldolase is not ...
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Open AccessmiR-199-5p regulates spermiogenesis at the posttranscriptional level via targeting Tekt1 in allotriploid crucian carp
Sperm abnormalities are one of the primary factors leading to male sterility, but their pathogenesis is still unclear. Although miRNAs are suggested to exert important roles in the regulation of spermatogenesi...
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Open AccessIrradiation-induced nasopharyngeal necrosis (INN) in newly diagnosed nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy: clinical characteristics and the influence of treatment strategies
To define the clinical characteristics of irradiation-induced nasopharyngeal necrosis (INN) after intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and identify the influence of treatment strategies on INN in primary na...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Donkey genomes provide new insights into domestication and selection for coat color
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21014-9
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Open AccessDonkey genomes provide new insights into domestication and selection for coat color
Current knowledge about the evolutionary history of donkeys is still incomplete due to the lack of archeological and whole-genome diversity data. To fill this gap, we have de novo assembled a chromosome-level ...
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Open AccessA prospective, single-arm, phase II clinical trial of intraoperative radiotherapy using a low-energy X-ray source for local advanced Laryngocarcinoma (ILAL): a study protocol
Laryngocarcinoma (LC), in most cases a squamous cell carcinoma, accounts for 1 ~ 5% of the incidence of all tumors. At present, laryngocarcinoma is mainly managed with the integration of surgery and radio- and...
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Open AccessVariation among 532 genomes unveils the origin and evolutionary history of a global insect herbivore
The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella is a cosmopolitan pest that has evolved resistance to all classes of insecticide, and costs the world economy an estimated US $4-5 billion annually. We analyse patterns o...
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Open AccessOrigin and evolution of qingke barley in Tibet
Tibetan barley (Hordeum vulgare L., qingke) is the principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan Plateau for at least 3,500 years, but its origin and domestication remain unclear. Here, based on deep-coverage whole-...
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Open AccessAsymmetric expression patterns reveal a strong maternal effect and dosage compensation in polyploid hybrid fish
Hybridization and polyploidization are regarded as the major driving forces in plant speciation, diversification, and ecological adaptation. Our knowledge regarding the mechanisms of duplicated-gene regulation...
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Open AccessSpecial role of JUN in papillary thyroid carcinoma based on bioinformatics analysis
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignancy in thyroid tissue, and the number of patients with PTC has been increasing in recent years. Discovering the mechanism of PTC genesis and progress...
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Open AccessCell fusion as the formation mechanism of unreduced gametes in the gynogenetic diploid hybrid fish
The gynogenetic diploid hybrid clone line (GDH) derived from red crucian carp (♀ RCC) × common carp (♂ CC) possesses the unusual reproductive trait of producing unreduced diploid eggs. To identify the mechanis...
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Open AccessGrowing Ultra-flat Organic Films on Graphene with a Face-on Stacking via Moderate Molecule-Substrate Interaction
The electronic properties of small molecule organic crystals depend heavily on the molecular orientation. For multi-layer organic photovoltaics, it is desirable for the molecules to have a face-on orientation ...
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Open AccessTandem amino acid repeats in the green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and other squamates may have a role in increasing genetic variability
Tandem amino acid repeats are characterised by the consecutive recurrence of a single amino acid. They exhibit high rates of length mutations in addition to point mutations and have been proposed to be involve...
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Sparse Representation Based Complete Kernel Marginal Fisher Analysis Framework for Computational Art Painting Categorization
This paper presents a sparse representation based complete kernel marginal Fisher analysis (SCMFA) framework for categorizing fine art images. First, we introduce several Fisher vector based features for featu...
