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Study on the Arrangement of Roller Sets in the Transition Segment of the Pipe Belt Conveyor
The pipe belt conveyor is one of the most important bulk material transportation equipment in the world nowadays, which has great advantages compared with traditional belt conveyor and meets the requirements a...
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Open AccessA novel peptide PDHK1-241aa encoded by circPDHK1 promotes ccRCC progression via interacting with PPP1CA to inhibit AKT dephosphorylation and activate the AKT-mTOR signaling pathway
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most prevalent kidney cancer with high aggressive phenotype and poor prognosis. Accumulating evidence suggests that circRNAs have been identified as pivotal media...
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Open AccessBidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis identifies causal associations between cardiovascular diseases and frozen shoulder
Although prior observational studies indicate an association between cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and frozen shoulder (FS), the potential causal relationship between them remains uncertain. This study aims t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sensitivity of Spline Self-excited Vibration to Structure Parameters
Many aviation splines have to work in grease-lubricated or non-lubricated environments because of structural, weight and space restrictions. When a spline rotor system works at speeds above the critical speed,...
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Holographic 3D renal segments reconstruction protects renal function by promote choice of selective renal artery clam** during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy
To investigate the impact of selective artery clam** (SAC) and main artery clam** (MAC) during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) on renal function and the influence of holographic three-dimensional...
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Open AccessInvestigation and analysis of porcine epidemic diarrhea cases and evaluation of different immunization strategies in the large-scale swine farming system
Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is a contagious intestinal disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, and dehydration, which has caused huge economi...
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Open AccessSpatial heterogeneity of tumor microenvironment influences the prognosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is an immunologically and histologically diverse tumor. However, how the structural heterogeneity of tumor microenvironment (TME) affects cancer progression and treatmen...
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Open AccessGenomic and transcriptomic features between primary and paired metastatic fumarate hydratase–deficient renal cell carcinoma
Fumarate hydratase–deficient renal cell carcinoma (FH-RCC) is a rare highly aggressive subtype of kidney cancer for which the distinct genomic, transcriptomic, and evolutionary relationships between metastatic...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of nonpharmacological strategies for the treatment of oligoasthenospermia: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis
Oligoasthenospermia (OAT) is the most common cause of male infertility, and the annual incidence of the disease continues to increase due to changing lifestyle habits, increased work pressure and increased env...
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Photoselective sharp enucleation of the prostate with a front-firing 532-nm laser: an innovative surgical technique for benign prostatic hyperplasia—a single-center study of 475 cases
To describe the novel technique of photoselective sharp enucleation of the prostate (PSEP) with a front-firing 532-nm laser and evaluate its efficacy and safety.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mr-ResNeXt: A Multi-resolution Network Architecture for Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep related breathing disorder causing sleepiness and several chronic medical conditions, for which the gold-standard diagnostic test is polysomnography (PSG)...
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A methodology of setting module groups for the design of reconfigurable machine tools
The modular design of reconfigurable machine tools (RMTs) is the key enabling technology to reconfigurability. A systematic methodology for setting the constituent modules of RMTs is proposed in this paper. Ac...
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Effectiveness and tolerability of targeted drugs for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) refers to prostate cancer that has progressed after initial androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Over the years, treatment strategies for metastatic CRPC (mCRPC) have...
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Open AccessUrethral orifice hyaluronic acid injections: a novel animal model of bladder outlet obstruction
We produced a novel model of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) by periurethral injection of hyaluronic acid and compared the cystometric features, postoperative complications, and histopathological changes of t...
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Procalcitonin as an early diagnostic and monitoring tool in urosepsis following percutaneous nephrolithotomy
To evaluate the value of procalcitonin (PCT) as an early marker for diagnosis and differentiation of without urosepsis, urosepsis, severe urosepsis, and uroseptic shock following PCNL and the ability of PCT t...
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Heme Induces IL-1β Secretion Through Activating NLRP3 in Kidney Inflammation
To produce proinflammatory master cytokine IL-1β in macrophages, two stimulation pathways are needed including TLRs-NF-κB axis and NLRPs/ASC-caspase-1 axis. Different signals including exogenous and endogenous...
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Dynamic performance of dissipative dielectric elastomers under alternating mechanical load
This paper presents a theoretical study about the effect of dissipation on the dynamic performance of a dielectric elastomer membrane subject to a combination of mechanical load and voltage. The thermodynamic ...
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Efficacy and Safety of Parecoxib/Phloroglucinol Combination Therapy Versus Parecoxib Monotherapy for Acute Renal Colic: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial
To investigate whether the addition of phloroglucinol to parecoxib could improve the efficacy in patients with acute renal colic. Patients of acute renal colic were randomly allocated to receive intravenous Pa...
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Expression of Hsp27 correlated with rat detrusor contraction after acute urinary retention
Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) can regulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics and contractile protein activation. This study investigates whether Hsp27 expression is related to bladder contractile dysfunction after a...
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A dynamic visco-hyperelastic model of dielectric elastomers and their energy dissipation characteristics
In this paper, we present a model describing the nonlinear dynamic visco-hyperelastic behaviors of dielectric elastomers (DE), with the purpose to explain the material’s dynamic energy dissipation mechanism, a...
