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Investigation of Improved Double Quantum Coherence Filter for Localized Detection of Brain γ-Aminobutyric Acid at 1.5T
A single voxel proton point-resolved spectroscopy (PRESS)-localized double quantum filter was introduced at 1.5T clinical scanner for the detection of Brainγ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). This method selectively prep...
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Levels and risk factors of antimony contamination in human hair from an electronic waste recycling area, Guiyu, China
The primitive electronic waste (e-waste) recycling has brought a series of environmental pollutants in Guiyu, China. Antimony is one of the important metal contaminants and has aroused the global concerns rece...
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Glutathione-Protected Hierarchical Colorimetric Response of Gold Nanoparticles: a Simple Assay for Creatinine Rapid Detection by Resonance Light Scattering Technique
Although numerous methods have been reported for the analysis of creatinine in human serum, the development of a simple, rapid, and practical sensor still remains a great challenge. In this work, a hierarchica...
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A novel reverse fluorescent immunoassay approach for sensing human chorionic gonadotropin based on silver-gold nano-alloy and magnetic nanoparticles
A novel and environmentally friendly reverse fluorescent immunoassay approach was proposed and utilized for sensing human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in human serum by coupling a newly prepared and highly flu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Global-Local Feature Attention Network with Reranking Strategy for Image Caption Generation
In this paper, a novel framework, named global-local feature attention network with reranking strategy (GLAN-RS), is presented for image captioning task. Rather than only adopt unitary visual information in th...
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Open AccessGut metagenomes of type 2 diabetic patients have characteristic single-nucleotide polymorphism distribution in Bacteroides coprocola
Gut microbes play a critical role in human health and disease, and researchers have begun to characterize their genomes, the so-called gut metagenome. Thus far, metagenomics studies have focused on genus- or s...
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Open AccessBCIP: a gene-centered platform for identifying potential regulatory genes in breast cancer
Breast cancer is a disease with high heterogeneity. Many issues on tumorigenesis and progression are still elusive. It is critical to identify genes that play important roles in the progression of tumors, espe...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: BCIP: A gene-centered platform for identifying potential regulatory genes in breast cancer
Scientific Reports 7: Article number: 45235; published online: 22 March 2017; updated: 22 December 2017. The original version of this Article contained an incorrect link to the Breast Cancer Integrative Platfo...
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A photoelectrochemical aptasensor for thrombin based on the use of carbon quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 and visible-light photoelectrochemical activity
A photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor for the highly sensitive and specific detection of thrombin is described. This aptasensor is based on an indium tin oxide (ITO) support that is covered with carbon quant...
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Vegetation segmentation based on variational level set using multi-channel local wavelet texture and color
The existing spectrum index-based methods for detecting vegetation coverage suffer from an over-dependence on spectrum. To address these issues, this paper proposes a graph cut-based variational level set segm...
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Sampling with level set for pigmented skin lesion segmentation
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, and its incidence is increasing. The first step in automated melanoma analysis of dermoscopy images is to segment the area of the lesion from the surrounding skin...
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An enhanced photoelectrochemical biosensor for colitoxin DNA based on HKUST-1/TiO2 and derived HKUST-CuO/TiO2 heterogeneous composites
HKUST-1 MOFs and its derivative HKUST-CuO were coupled with TiO2 nanoparticles to form the heterogeneous composites of HKUST-1/TiO2 and HKUST-CuO/TiO2 based on their well-suitable bandgap energies (Eg). Compared...
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Sensitive photoelectrochemical detection of colitoxin DNA based on NCDs@CuO/ZnO heterostructured nanocomposites with efficient separation capacity of photo-induced carriers
A metal–organic framework (MOF) of Cu-TPA (terephthalic acid) microsphere was prepared, followed by calcinating the MOF precursor of Cu-TPA/ZIF-8 mixture to obtain the CuO/ZnO. N-doped carbon dots (NCDs) were...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Heat Loss Characteristics and Economic Insulation Optimization of Solar Storage Tank in the Extreme Plateau Climate
The Tibet plateau presents low atmospheric pressure, low air density, high sky transparency. Hence the convective and radiant heat transfer in Tibet plateau are quite different from that in plains, which resul...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Energy and Exergy Analysis of Centralized Solar and Biogas Combined Heating System
The objective of this paper is to propose a centralized solar and biogas combined heating system (SBCHS) applied in rural areas, and to carry out thermodynamic analysis. The thermodynamic model of the SBCHS is...
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Non-uniform operative temperature distribution characteristics and heat-source-controlled core-area range of local heating radiators
Heating the whole space, which is currently used in northern China, leads to high energy consumption and substantial pollution. A transition to local heating has the potential to help address this problem. In ...
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Article
Enhancing Wear Resistance and Microstructural Evolution of Brass Through Laser Shock Peening
In this work, the effect of laser shock peening (LSP) on the microstructure evolution and deformation mechanism of a lubricated brass surface layer has been systematically investigated. Prior to LSP treatment,...
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Open AccessMosaic integration and knowledge transfer of single-cell multimodal data with MIDAS
Integrating single-cell datasets produced by multiple omics technologies is essential for defining cellular heterogeneity. Mosaic integration, in which different datasets share only some of the measured modali...
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Open AccessDeep learning in computed tomography to predict endotype in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
As treatment strategies differ according to endotype, rhinologists must accurately determine the endotype in patients affected by chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) for the appropriate managemen...
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Molecular Dynamics Study on the Mechanism of Improved Tribological Properties of Nano-ZnO with Decanol Lubrication
This study employs molecular dynamics simulation to examine the tribological behavior of nano zinc oxide (nano-ZnO) lubricated with decanol. The changes in electrostatic interaction energy, molecular structure...