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An encoder-decoder network for crowd counting based on multi-scale attention mechanism
Crowd counting is a challenging computer vision task, which is widely used in video surveillance and public safety applications. With the increase of camera resolution and the complexity of crowd image, it bec...
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Preventing viral relapse with prophylactic tenofovir in hepatitis B carriers receiving chemotherapy: a phase IV randomized study in Taiwan
This study aimed to compare the efficacy of shorter vs. longer tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) prophylaxis in preventing hepatitis B virus (HBV) relapse in cancer patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) un...
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Open AccessRole of the structure order in the transport and magnetic properties of high-entropy alloy films
The fabrication and development of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with exceptional functionalities is a rapidly expanding field with numerous applications. When the role of entropy in HEAs is considered, the extri...
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Ferroelectric transistors based on shear-transformation-mediated rhombohedral-stacked molybdenum disulfide
To develop low-power, non-volatile computing-in-memory device using ferroelectric transistor technologies, ferroelectric channel materials with scaled thicknesses are required. Two-dimensional semiconductors, ...
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Open AccessLong noncoding RNA SNHG16 regulates TLR4-mediated autophagy and NETosis formation in alveolar hemorrhage associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
Dysregulated long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expression with increased apoptosis has been demonstrated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with alveolar hemorrhage (AH). SNHG16, a lncRNA, can enhance pu...
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Open AccessUpregulation of galectin-3 in influenza A virus infection promotes viral RNA synthesis through its association with viral PA protein
Influenza is one of the most important viral infections globally. Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) consists of the PA, PB1, and PB2 subunits, and the amino acid residues of each subunit are highly con...
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Open AccessHepatitis C micro-elimination through the retrieval strategy of patients lost to follow-up
World Health Organization sets up an ambitious and attainable goal to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) by 2030. The previous diagnosed HCV patients lost to follow-up were considered as an important target group for...
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Correction: Comparing Predictability of Non‑invasive Tools for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Treated Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
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Open AccessTropifexor for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: an adaptive, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2a/b trial
The multimodal activities of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists make this class an attractive option to treat nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The safety and efficacy of tropifexor, an FXR agonist, in a randomiz...
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Comparing Predictability of Non-invasive Tools for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Treated Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
Non-invasive tools including liver stiffness measurement (LSM) or FIB-4, assessed before or after direct acting antivirals (DAA), have been suggested to predict hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
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Advanced Liver Fibrosis Is Associated with Necroinflammatory Grade but Not Hepatic Steatosis in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are at an increased risk of disease progression. The influence of hepatic steatosis (HS) to liver fibrosis was controversial. We aim to investigate the association betwe...
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Evolution pattern mining on dynamic social network
Recently, due to the popularity of social websites and apps, considerable attention has been paid to the analysis of the structure of social networks. Clearly, social networks usually evolve over time; some ne...
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A collaborative filtering recommendation system with dynamic time decay
The collaborative filtering (CF) technique has been widely utilized in recommendation systems due to the precise prediction of users' interests. Most prior CF methods adapted overall ratings to make prediction...
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Open AccessFlexible transparent heteroepitaxial conducting oxide with mobility exceeding 100 cm2 V−1 s−1 at room temperature
Flexible and transparent applications have become an emerging technology and have shifted to the forefront of materials science research in recent years. Transparent conductive oxide films have been applied fo...
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Open AccessImpact of hepatic steatosis on treatment response in nuclesos(t)ide analogue-treated HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: a retrospective study
The impact of hepatic steatosis (HS) on treatment response following nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) treatment for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients has not been clearly elucidated. We aimed to investigate the di...
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A GALNT14 rs9679162 genotype-guided therapeutic strategy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: systemic or hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy
Although targeted agents are recommended as the first-line treatments for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC), systemic chemotherapy or hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) are still being used i...
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A novel algorithm for mining opinion leaders in social networks
Recently, social network analysis (SNA) has attracted researchers’ attention due to its practicability and popularity. Several mining techniques have been developed for extracting useful knowledge from users’ ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Simulation Analysis of Information-Based Animal Observation System
There are many animal species have extinct from the earth because of the behavior of human being, such as killing and the change of habitat environment due to climate change, contamination and pollution, etc. ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Geometry and Contact Patterns of Crossed-Axes Helipoid Gears Generated by Helical Shapers
Helipoid gears are designed and manufactured for transmitting crossed-axes motion. The purpose of this study is to analyze the tooth geometry and contact patterns of Helipoid gears generated by helical shapers...
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Open AccessAn engineered arginine-rich α-helical antimicrobial peptide exhibits broad-spectrum bactericidal activity against pathogenic bacteria and reduces bacterial infections in mice
The increase in the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has become a major public health concern. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are emerging as promising candidates addressing this issue. In this study...
