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High similarity controllable face anonymization based on dynamic identity perception
In the meta-universe scenario, with the development of personalized social networks, interactive behaviors such as uploading and sharing personal and family photographs are becoming increasingly widespread. Co...
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Open AccessATG14 targets lipid droplets and acts as an autophagic receptor for syntaxin18-regulated lipid droplet turnover
Lipid droplets (LDs) are dynamic lipid storage organelles that can be degraded by autophagy machinery to release neutral lipids, a process called lipophagy. However, specific receptors and regulation mechanism...
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Open AccessAssociation between serum uric acid/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and hypertension among reproductive-aged women
Uric acid/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (UHR) is a novel index of inflammation and metabolism that has been investigated in various diseases. However, association between UHR and hypertension amon...
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Effects of a heavy metal (cadmium) on the responses of subtropical coastal tree species to drought stress
With global climate change and increased industrialization, drought and heavy metals have become common abiotic stress factors for coastal vegetation. In this study, we investigated the ecophysiological respon...
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New models for calculating the electrical resistivity of loess affected by moisture content and NaCl concentration
Saline loess is an important cause of environmental geo-issues in northwest China. In this research, electrical resistivity of loess with different moisture contents and NaCl concentrations was measured at thr...
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One-pot synthesis of nitrogen-doped highly ordered mesoporous polymer nanospheres as a highly efficient catalyst for the water-medium Knoevenagel reactions
Nitrogen-doped mesoporous polymer nanospheres (3HP-MPS) with short channel structures were prepared by a template strategy using 3-hydroxypyridine as a nitrogen source. The nitrogen basic active sites are inco...
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Effects of water content and salt content on electrical resistivity of loess
As a special soil widely existing in world, loess engineering properties are often disturbed by water and salt. Hence, the influence of water content and salt content on the conductivity properties of loess wa...
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FLOURY ENDOSPERM19 encoding a class I glutamine amidotransferase affects grain quality in rice
As a staple food for more than half of the world’s population, the importance of rice is self-evident. Compared with ordinary rice, rice cultivars with superior eating quality and appearance quality are more p...
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Mn-Induced Neurocytes Injury and Autophagy Dysfunction in Alpha-Synuclein Wild-Type and Knock-Out Mice: Highlighting the Role of Alpha-Synuclein
Overexposure to manganese (Mn) is an important environmental risk factor for Parkinsonian-like symptoms referred to as manganism. Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) oligomerization is a major cause in Mn-induced neurotox...
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Open AccessMild thermotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen enhance sensitivity of TMZ/PSi nanoparticles via decreasing the stemness in glioma
Glioma is a common brain tumor with a high mortality rate. A small population of cells expressing stem-like cell markers in glioma contributes to drug resistance and tumor recurrence.
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Chromium poisoning and degradation at LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3 cathode with LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3–Gd0.2Ce0.8O2 functional layer for SOFC under open circuit condition
We fabricate symmetrical cells adopting LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3–δ (LNF) cathode with LNF–Gd0.2Ce0.8O2 (GDC) functional layer on scandia-stabilized zirconia electrolyte by screen printing. Degradation of cathode performanc...
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Open AccessMinilaparoscopic versus single incision cholecystectomy for the treatment of cholecystolithiasis: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Over the past decade, mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC) and single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) have been the two main successful mini-invasive surgical interventions for the treatment of cho...
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Computational and Experimental Studies of ADP-Ribosylation
The macrodomains are a multifunctional protein family that function as receptors and enzymes acting on poly(ADP-ribose), ADP-ribosylated proteins, and other metabolites of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)...
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Open AccessEGR1 decreases the malignancy of human non-small cell lung carcinoma by regulating KRT18 expression
Early growth response 1 (EGR1) is a multifunctional transcription factor; Positive and negative functions of EGR1 in various tumors rely on the integrated functions of various genes it regulates. In this study...
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Ant Colony System for Optimizing Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW)
Research on the optimization of Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) is a significant investigation area of ant colony system (ACS). This paper proposes an enhanced ACS, which embeds the sequentia...
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An Orthogonal Search Embedded Ant Colony Optimization Approach to Continuous Function Optimization
Ant colony optimization has been one of the most promising meta-heuristics since its appearance in early 1990s but it is specialized in discrete space optimization problems. To explore the utility of ACO in th...
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Continuous Function Optimization Using Hybrid Ant Colony Approach with Orthogonal Design Scheme
A hybrid Orthogonal Scheme Ant Colony Optimization (OSACO) algorithm for continuous function optimization (CFO) is presented in this paper. The methodology integrates the advantages of Ant Colony Optimization ...
