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Open AccessInvestigation of the epidemiology, pathogenicity and immunogenicity of Bordetella bronchiseptica isolated from cats and dogs in China from 2021 to 2023
Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) is recognized as a leading cause of respiratory diseases in dogs and cats. However, epidemiological data on Bb in dogs and cats in China are still limited, and there is no commercia...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Boosting QA Performance Through SA-Net and AA-Net with the Read+Verify Framework
This paper proposes an ensemble model for the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD) with the aim of improving performance compared to baseline models such as Albert, and Electra. The proposed ensemble mo...
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High-risk population of progressive hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients on antiviral therapy
Progressive hepatic fibrosis leads to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and decompensated cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to identify the high-risk population for progressive hepatic fibrosis and the inciden...
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A self-adaptive correction method for perspective distortions of image
Frequently, the shooting angles available to photograph an object are limited, and the resultant images contain perspective distortions. These distortions make more difficult to perform subsequent tasks like f...
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Open AccessSodium tanshinone IIA sulfate adjunct therapy reduces high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level in coronary artery disease patients: a randomized controlled trial
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is independently associated with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and reducing the hs-CRP level may further benefit this population. ...
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Open AccessActivated hepatic stellate cells impair NK cell anti-fibrosis capacity through a TGF-β-dependent emperipolesis in HBV cirrhotic patients
Natural killer (NK) cells can induce liver fibrosis remission by killing hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and producing interferon (IFN)-γ in a mouse model; however, their anti-fibrotic immune-characteristics and...
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Roles of RPS41 in Biofilm Formation, Virulence, and Hydrogen Peroxide Sensitivity in Candida albicans
In eukaryotes, loss of cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins (RPs) results in a reduced growth rate and other phenotypic defects. The ability to transition from a unicellular budding yeast to a filamentous form is ve...
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Emplacement age and tectonic implications of the brecciated limestone at the edge of the Longmenshan klippe
The Longmenshan thrust belt (LMTB) is one of the best natural laboratories for thin-skinned tectonics and has developed a series of NE-SW trending fold-and-thrust structures represented by a series of nappes a...
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Reversal of B-cell hyperactivation and functional impairment is associated with HBsAg seroconversion in chronic hepatitis B patients
B cells play an important role in the clearance of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and protection against reinfection. However, the functional characteristics of these cells that are associated with the outcome of chr...
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Open AccessBlocking and reversing hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B treated by traditional Chinese medicine (tablets of biejia ruangan or RGT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) can progress to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and ultimately liver-related death. Although oral antiviral therapy for patients with CHB reduces the risk of such complicati...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Security On-demand Architecture with Multiple Modules Support
It’s very important for a general-purpose operating system to have a security-tunable feature to meet different security requirements. This can be achieved by supporting diverse security modules, invoking them...
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Occurrences of Permian radiolarians in central and eastern Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) and their geological significance to the Northern China Orogen
The Zhesi (Jisu) Formation of the Middle Permian in Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) was commonly considered to be a shallow marine sequence. Here I report the radiolarians found in the argillite bed of that format...
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Late Permian magnetostratigraphy and its global correlation
A calibration among magnetic polarity sequence, biostratigraphy zonation and isotopic age reveals that the boundary between the Carboniferous-Permian reversed Polarity Superzone and Permian-Triassic Mixed Pola...
