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Pollution levels and health risk assessment of potentially toxic metals of size-segregated particulate matter in rural residential areas of high lung cancer incidence in Fuyuan, China
The highest incidence and mortality rate of lung cancer in rural area of Fuyuan has been a research hotspot, and the pathogenesis is still unclear. Therefore, atmospheric particulate matters (APMs) samples wer...
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Freshwater species diversity loss embodied in interprovincial hydroelectricity transmission with ecological network analysis
A major strategy for addressing the imbalance in source-network-load distribution is interprovincial electricity transmission; however, this process also causes various environmental effects. Previous studies ...
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Pollution characteristics and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements of fine street dust during COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh government took the measure like partial lockdown (PL) and complete lockdown (CL) to curb the spread. These measures gave a chance for environmental restoration. In thi...
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Sex differences in microstructural alterations in the corpus callosum tracts in drug-naïve children with ADHD
Widespread alterations in the corpus callosum (CC) microstructure and organization have been found in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, few studies have investigated the d...
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Open AccessExplore the attitudes of children and adolescent parents towards the vaccination of COVID-19 in China
With the increasing incidence of asymptomatic carriers or milder symptoms, children and adolescents are likely to become a silent source of infection. In view of the efficacy and safety of vaccines in the trea...
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Open AccessA TMT-based shotgun proteomics uncovers overexpression of thrombospondin 1 as a contributor in pyrrolizidine alkaloid-induced hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome
Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction disease (HSOS) is a rare but life-threatening vascular liver disease. However, its underlying mechanism and molecular changes in HSOS are largely unknown, thus greatly hindering ...
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Plant-soil feedback of the invasive Sorghum halepense on Hainan island, China
Sorghum halepense is a perennial invasive weed causing great harm worldwide, including various regions on Hainan island. In this study, using two approaches, we examined plant-soil feedback of different S. halepe...
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Open AccessInitial experience of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus toripalimab in a patient with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a case report
Immune checkpoint inhibitors were used for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) more and more frequently and the effects were thrilling. Toripalimab as a new immune checkpoint inhibitor ha...
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Aberrant white matter properties of the callosal tracts implicated in girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Aberrant microstructure of the callosal tracts has been found in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, it is unclear whether the previously identified white matter (WM) alteration...
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Size characteristics and health risks of inorganic species in PM1.1 and PM2.0 of Shanghai, China, in spring, 2017
Ambient particulates of Shanghai with 5-stage particle sizes were firstly determined in spring, 2017. The particles’ mass concentrations were mainly observed in fine particle matter (PM1.1) and coarse particles (...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic analysis of mouse cochleae suffering from gentamicin damage reveals the signalling pathways involved in hair cell regeneration
There is a strong capacity for hair cell regeneration after damage in the inner ear of non-mammals. However, mammalian hair cells are substantially unable to regenerate. To obtain insights into the mechanism o...
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Study of the Mechanisms by Which Aminoglycoside Damage Is Prevented in Chick Embryonic Hair Cells
A major side effect of aminoglycoside antibiotics is mammalian hair cell death. It is thus intriguing that embryonic chick hair cells treated with aminoglycosides at embryonic day (E) 12 are insensitive to oto...
