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Open AccessRecent advances, challenges, and perspectives on carbon capture
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies play an essential role in achieving Net Zero Emissions targets. Considering the lack of timely reviews on the recent advancements in promising CCUS t...
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Open AccessSTK3 kinase activation inhibits tumor proliferation through FOXO1-TP53INP1/P21 pathway in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis, caused by the inactivation of critical cell growth regulators that lead to uncontrolled proliferation and increased mal...
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Open AccessTRPM8 inhibits substance P release from primary sensory neurons via PKA/GSK-3beta to protect colonic epithelium in colitis
Transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) is a cold sensory receptor in primary sensory neurons that regulates various neuronal functions. Substance P (SP) is a pro-inflammatory neuropeptide secreted b...
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Open AccessRole of cell rearrangement and related signaling pathways in the dynamic process of tip cell selection
Angiogenesis is a complex, highly-coordinated and multi-step process of new blood vessel formation from pre-existing blood vessels. When initiated, the sprouting process is spearheaded by the specialized endot...
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Open AccessEffects of empowerment education on the self-management and self-efficacy of liver transplant patients: a randomized controlled trial
Despite the increasing survival rates, liver transplant patients experience numerous postoperative complications and encounter significant challenges in long-term self-management. This study aims to examine th...
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Active site identification and engineering during the dynamic evolution of copper-based catalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
To date, copper-based catalysts are one of the most prominent catalysts that can electrochemically reduce CO2 towards high-value fuels or chemicals, such as ethylene, ethanol, acetic acid. However, the chemically...
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Draw Textured Yarn Packages Hairiness Defect Detection Based on the Multi-directional Anisotropic Gaussian Directional Derivative
Draw textured yarn (DTY) packages is a significant raw material in manufacturing. Various defects will be generated on surface during production and transportation, of which hairiness is the most common and in...
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Open AccessAssociation between socio-economic factors and the risk of overweight and obesity among Chinese adults: a retrospective cross-sectional study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
With the rising prevalence of obesity and overweight, increasing number of scholars paid attention to the negative effects on human health and life. Recent years, many studies have focused on the relation of s...
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Norovirus detection in wastewater and its correlation with human gastroenteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Norovirus (NoV) is a major cause of sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis (AGE), thereby imposing threat to health globally. It is unclear how quantitation of wastewater NoV reflects the incide...
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SubGraph Networks Based Entity Alignment for Cross-Lingual Knowledge Graph
Entity alignment is the task of discovering entities representing the equal real-world object in two knowledge graphs (KGs). Cross-lingual knowledge graph entity alignment aims to discover the cross-lingual li...
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Biological features and clinical outcome in infant neuroblastoma: a multicenter experience in Bei**g
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood, with 37% of patients diagnosed during infancy. This study is aimed at evaluating the survival outcome in infants diagnosed with neur...
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Open AccessOutcome of two pairs of monozygotic twins with pleuropulmonary blastoma: case report
Pleuropulmonary blastomas (PPB) are rare aggressive paediatric lung malignancies and are among the most common DICER1-related disorders: it is estimated that 75–80% of children with a PPB have the DICER1 mutation...
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Environmentally persistent free radicals in PM2.5: a review
Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are a new class of pollutants that are long-lived in fine particles (PM2.5), i.e., their 1/e lifetime ranges from days to months (or even infinite). They are capab...
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Simultaneous removal of SO2 and NO by FeII(EDTA) solution: promotion of Mn powder and mechanism of reduction
The effect of Mn powder addition on the simultaneous removal of SO2 and NO coupled with FeII(EDTA) absorption was investigated in this work. In the NO absorption system with FeII(EDTA), SO2 reduced FeII(EDTA)-NO ...
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Activation of T Lymphocytes as a Novel Mechanism in Beta1-Adrenergic Receptor Autoantibody-Induced Cardiac Remodeling
Numerous studies have reported significantly elevated titers of serum autoantibody against the second extracellular loop of β1-adrenoceptor (β1-AA), a catecholamine-like substance with β1-adrenergic activity, in ...
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Fundamental Research on the Iron Nugget Process from Carbon Composite Pellet
The rotary hearth furnace iron nugget process is in line with China’s energy and resource condition. It has the advantages of short reaction time and high quality iron nugget. The fundamental study on the nove...
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Open AccessPathway of FeEDTA transformation and its impact on performance of NOx removal in a chemical absorption-biological reduction integrated process
A novel chemical absorption-biological reduction (CABR) integrated process, employing ferrous ethylenediaminetetraacetate (Fe(II)EDTA) as a solvent, is deemed as a potential option for NOx removal from the flue g...
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Re-acclimation performance and microbial characteristics of a thermophilic biofilter for NOx removal from flue gas
Currently, a novel chemical absorption-biological reduction (CABR) integrated process, employing Fe(II)EDTA as a solvent, is being under development to reduce the cost of NOx removal from flue gas. In this work, ...
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Current advances of integrated processes combining chemical absorption and biological reduction for NO x removal from flue gas
Anthropogenic nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emitted from the fossil-fuel-fired power plants cause adverse environmental issues such as acid rain, urban ozone smoke, and photochemical s...
