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A Potential Role for MAGI-1 in the Bi-Directional Relationship Between Major Depressive Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent symptoms such as fatigue, loss of interest in activities, feelings of sadness and worthlessness. MDD often coexist with cardiovascular disease (CV...
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Open AccessThe Psychology of Kink: A Cross‐Sectional Survey Investigating the Association Between Adult Attachment Style and BDSM-Related Identity Choice in China
BDSM is a type of sexual preference that includes bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism. Research has identified three specific power exchange roles in the practice of BDSM...
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Open AccessA relay velocity model infers cell-dependent RNA velocity
RNA velocity provides an approach for inferring cellular state transitions from single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. Conventional RNA velocity models infer universal kinetics from all cells in an scRNA...
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Open AccessLactiplantibacillus plantarum ELF051 Alleviates Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea by Regulating Intestinal Inflammation and Gut Microbiota
Probiotics are widely recognized for their ability to prevent and therapy antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). This study was designed to evaluate Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ELF051 ability to prevent colon in...
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CRAT links cholesterol metabolism to innate immune responses in the heart
Chronic inflammation is associated with increased risk and poor prognosis of heart failure; however, the precise mechanism that provokes sustained inflammation in the failing heart remains elusive. Here we rep...
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Open AccessGSDME-dependent pyroptosis signaling pathway in diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the serious chronic microvascular complications of diabetes, and leads to the increased morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Gasdermin E (GSDME)-dependent pyroptosi...
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Open AccessAn injectable, self-healing and degradable hydrogel scaffold as a functional biocompatible material for tissue engineering applications
Injectable hydrogels derived from natural extracellular matrices exhibit excellent adhesion to endothelial cells in vitro and are ideal for many biomedical applications. However, their applicability in vivo is...
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Rigidity of bordered polyhedral surfaces
This paper investigates the rigidity of bordered polyhedral surfaces. Using the variational principle, we show that bordered polyhedral surfaces are determined by boundary value and discrete curvatures on the ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Chinese Medical Named Entity Recognition Based on Label Knowledge Enhancement
To solve the problem of text complexity in Chinese medical text named entity task, a model BERT-Label-Span based on label knowledge enhancement had been proposed, which can improve the accuracy of medical info...
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Open AccessFractal features of soil grain-size distribution in a typical Tamarix cones in the Taklimakan Desert, China
Tamarix cones play key roles in preventing sand erosion and maintaining regional ecosystem stability. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of soil grain size distribution (GSD) in Tamarix cones across ...
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Open AccessLactobacillus plantarum S9 alleviates lipid profile, insulin resistance, and inflammation in high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome rats
Probiotics are considered to play an crucial role in the treatment of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced lipid metabolic diseases, including metabolic syndrome (MS). This study aimed to investigate the effects of Lactob...
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Centimeter-accurate vehicle navigation in urban environments with a tightly integrated PPP-RTK/MEMS/vision system
Emerging applications like autonomous cars and unmanned aerial vehicles demand accurate, continuous and reliable positioning. The PPP-RTK technique, which could provide a rapid centimeter-accurate positioning ...
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Excimer laser atherectomy combined with drug-coated balloon versus drug-eluting balloon angioplasty for the treatment of infrapopliteal arterial revascularization in ischemic diabetic foot: 24-month outcomes
There are few studies on excimer laser (308 nm) atherectomy in the treatment of infrapopliteal artery disease. The purpose of this retrospective clinical study was to assess the efficacy and safety of excimer ...
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Open AccessGIL: a tightly coupled GNSS PPP/INS/LiDAR method for precise vehicle navigation
Accurate positioning and navigation play a vital role in vehicle-related applications, such as autonomous driving and precision agriculture. With the rapid development of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (G...
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Effects of eco-policy on Kuwait based upon data envelope analysis
The eco-protection policy of Kuwait, located in the northeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the northwestern shore of the Persian Gulf, has greatly influenced the desertification and marine environment c...
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WPU/Cu2-XSe coated cotton fabrics for photothermal conversion and photochromic applications
Multifunctional cotton fabrics were fabricated by coating of anionic waterborne polyurethane (WPU)/Cu2-XSe. The surface morphology of WPU/Cu2-XSe coated cotton fabric was characterized by scanning electron micros...
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Enhancing navigation performance through visual-inertial odometry in GNSS-degraded environment
In recent years, with the rapid development of automated driving technology, the task for achieving continuous, dependable, and high-precision vehicle navigation becomes crucial. The integration of the global ...
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Open AccessSemi-tightly coupled integration of multi-GNSS PPP and S-VINS for precise positioning in GNSS-challenged environments
Because of its high-precision, low-cost and easy-operation, Precise Point Positioning (PPP) becomes a potential and attractive positioning technique that can be applied to self-driving cars and drones. However...
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Solvothermal preparation of Co-doped CoxV6−xO13 of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
V6O13 cathode materials have received great attention owing to its high theoretical specific capacity and energy density; however, the poor cycle stability and rate performance have constrained their development....
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Progress and prospects of applied research on physical geography and the living environment in China over the past 70 years (1949–2019)
Physical geography is a basic research subject of natural sciences. Its research object is the natural environment which is closely related to human living and development, and China’s natural environment is c...
