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Open AccessClinical analysis of a new multifunctional instrument set for gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy with two different approaches
Following the rapid development of endoscopic thyroidectomy techniques, various surgical procedures have been developed (e.g., transoral, submandibular, areolar, axillary, retroauricular, and combined procedur...
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Extraction, Optimization, Characterization, and Antioxidant Activities of Chinese Wild Rice Nanoparticles
Plant-derived extra-cellular vesicles are a new food resource, rich in functional factors. However, the extraction rate of nanoparticles is low. Therefore, in this experiment, single-factor experiments were ca...
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Open AccessSecoisolariciresinol diglucoside regulates estrogen receptor expression to ameliorate OVX-induced osteoporosis
Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) is a phytoestrogen that has been reported to improve postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) caused by estrogen deficiency. In our work, we aimed to investigate the mechanism ...
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A Novel ECG Enhancement and QRS Detection Scheme Based on the 1-D High-Order Non-convex Total Variation Denoising
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a crucial tool for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases, while it is typically contaminated by numerous sorts of noise or artifacts, for instance, non-stationary noise because of muscl...
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A three-dimensional double-helical structure microfluidic chip with efficient mixing
In recent years, the mechanism based on changing the cross-sectional shape of long and straight channels for increasing mixing efficiency has reached a bottleneck, while the vortex effect brought by curved cha...
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Structural local sparse and low-rank tracker using deep features
Visual trackers based on the sparse representation and low-rank constraints imposed on candidate targets have achieved commendable results. However, combining low-rank constraint imposed on local patches with ...
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Low delay flexible paper-based electrode for capacitive sensor filled through carbon-based materials
Paper-based sensors have good application prospects due to their flexibility and environmental protection. However, paper-based materials are difficult to balance both conductivity and flexibility. This paper ...
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Structural Identification of Lipid-α: A Glycosyl Lipid Involved in Oligo- And Polysaccharides Metabolism in Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus)
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a gram-positive bacterium that is an asymptomatic colonizer commonly found in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract of healthy adults. GBS is also t...
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Theoretical study of the strain influence on lead-free bismuth-based halide perovskites
The existence of bio-accumulative lead hinders the commercialization of optoelectronic applications of Pb-based halide perovskites (PVKs). Therefore, researchers are seeking for comparative lead-free PVKs. Owi...
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Kindergarten Interactive Lighting Design Based on Cognitive Development Theory
Our study focuses on the preschool education stage, taking kindergartens as the main body to explore the dynamic relationship between children’s behavior and the lit environment. And then, we propose interacti...
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Interactions between heavy metals and other mineral elements from soil to medicinal plant Fengdan (Paeonia ostii) in a copper mining area, China
In order to analyze the interaction relationship between heavy metals and other mineral elements during the processes of absorption and translocation by plant grown on heavy metal–contaminated area, the concen...
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Transfer of heavy metals from the polluted rhizosphere soil to Celosia argentea L. in copper mine tailings
Copper mine tailings are often contaminated by a range of heavy metals, which can restrict plant growth. The aim of this study was to investigate the degree of soil contamination by copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lea...
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Open AccessDirectional Movement of Droplets in Grooves: Suspended or Immersed?
The behavior of droplets trapped in geometric structures is essential to droplet manipulation applications such as for droplet transport. Here we show that directional droplet movement can be realized by a V-s...
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Correlation of pretreatment serum tissue polypeptide specific antigen (TPS) with prognosis in primary breast cancer
The aim of this study was to explore the correlation of pretreatment serum tissue polypeptide specific antigen (TPS) with prognosis in primary breast cancer.
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Serum thymidine kinase 1 correlates to clinical stages and clinical reactions and monitors the outcome of therapy of 1,247 cancer patients in routine clinical settings
Thymidine kinase 1 in serum (STK1) has been found to be a reliable proliferation marker in clinical trials. In this study, we examined the significance of STK1 in routine clinical settings.