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The metabolic benefits associated with long-term physical activity are well appreciated and growing evidence suggests that it involves the gut microbiota. Here we re-evaluated the link between exercise-induced...
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As harmless alternative of antibiotics, two antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), including anti-lipopolysaccharide factor isoform 3 (ALFPm3) and cathelicidin (CATHPb1), were co-expressed in the common fish food Tetrase...
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Oral Administration of Antimicrobial Peptide NZ2114 Through the Microalgal Bait Tetraselmis subcordiformis (Wille) Butcher for Improving the Immunity and Gut Health in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.)
Antibiotics are widely used in aquaculture to treat the bacterial diseases. However, the improper use of antibiotics could lead to environmental pollution and development of resistance. As a safe and eco-frien...
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Open AccessMetformin protects ovarian granulosa cells in chemotherapy-induced premature ovarian failure mice through AMPK/PPAR-γ/SIRT1 pathway
Premature ovarian failure (POF) caused by chemotherapy is a growing concern for female reproductive health. The use of metformin (MET), which has anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects, in the treatment ...
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Digital transformation (DT) is a strategic priority for commercial banks in China. It is important to explore the relationship between DT and bank systemic risk to maintain financial stability and promote high...
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Multi-scale learning frameworks have been regarded as a capable class of models to boost semantic segmentation. The problem nevertheless is not trivial especially for the real-world deployments, which often de...
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The leverage of large volumes of web videos paired with the query (short phrase for searching the video) or surrounding text (long textual description, e.g., video title) offers an economic and extensible alte...
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Particle shape and surface roughness affect both the macro- and micro-mechanical behaviour of natural sands. In geotechnical practice, the global shape of sands is generally characterized by visual comparison ...
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The process of natural silk production in the spider major ampullate (Ma) gland endows dragline silk with extraordinary mechanical properties and the potential for biomimetic applications. However, the precise...
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Contextual and selective attention networks for image captioning
The steady momentum of innovations has convincingly demonstrated the high capability of attention mechanisms for the sequence to sequence learning. Nevertheless, the computation of attention across a sequence ...
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In order to remediate the phytotoxicity of quinclorac to tomato by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), the adsorption of quinclorac to MWCNTs was monitored and the effect of MWCNTs on the phytotoxicity of ...
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This study explored the feasibility of mesoplasty with end-to-side anastomosis in the treatment of different apple-peel mesenteric defects with high jejunal atresia.
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The use of microalgae cultured in wastewater to produce high-value products has gained considerable attention. We studied the ability of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum to remove nutrients from diluted swine...
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Ubiquitin-like modifier 1 ligating enzyme 1 (UFL1), the ligase of the UFMylation system, has recently been reported to be involved in apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress) in a variety of dise...
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A membrane of triolein-embedded cellulose acetate membrane (TECAM), as an integrative passive sampler, was applied to adsorb 28 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from pure water and sea water in order to probe...
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Myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) is associated with hyperactivity and might be a novel risk gene for susceptibility to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Therefore, this study aimed to explore...
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3D-Producer: A Hybrid and User-Friendly 3D Reconstruction System
In this paper, we introduce a hybrid and user-friendly 3D reconstruction system for objects, which seamlessly integrates a deep neural network model for 3D shape reconstruction and a multi-band image blending ...
