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Magnetic propulsion performance of a compound spiral micro-robot applied in viscoelastic environment
In this paper, a novel robotic system in a viscoelastic intestine environment is described. It is about a magnetically actuated compound spiral robot (CoSbot), where an external master permanent magnet (MPM) i...
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) and mixed pulmonary infection are difficult to be diagnosed due to the non-specificity and their overlap** clinical manifestations. In terms of the clinical diagnosis of PC and ...
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Open AccessIntegrative analyses of maternal plasma cell-free DNA nucleosome footprint differences reveal chromosomal aneuploidy fetuses gene expression profile
Chromosomal aneuploidy is the most common birth defect. However, the developmental mechanism and gene expression profile of fetuses with chromosomal aneuploidy are relatively unknown, and the maternal immune c...
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Open AccessDimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1 protects PM2.5 exposure-induced lung injury in mice by repressing inflammation and oxidative stress
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The disease burden of bladder cancer is increasing worldwide; therefore, to deal with this situation, many studies on bladder cancer have been carried out extensively. Among these studies, the risk factors stu...
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Oncogene-induced tumorigenesis results in the variation of epigenetic modifications, and in addition to promoting cell immortalization, cancer cells undergo more intense cellular stress than normal cells and d...
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In this paper, a symmetrical, totally 3D printed, Petal-shaped capsule robot (PCR), with fluid resistance torsion moment-weaken effect, is presented. The distribution of fluid dynamic pressure and torsion mome...
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Comparison for the efficacy and safety of time-to-isolation protocol and conventional protocol of cryoballoon in the treatment of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Cryoballoon (CB) has been widely utilized in the treatment of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation (AF), but the balance point between efficacy and safety has been unclear. The protocol based on the time-to-iso...
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Correction to: Association Study Between Genetic Variation in Whole Mitochondrial Genome and Ischemic Stroke
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The adverse health effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure are associated with marked inflammatory responses. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) have immunosuppressive effects, and ADSC transplantatio...
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Degradation of acetochlor and beneficial effect of phosphate-solubilizing Bacillus sp. ACD-9 on maize seedlings
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hybrid Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulation
This paper presents a robust and automated approach to generate unstructured hybrid grids comprised of prismatic and tetrahedral elements for viscous flow computations. The hybrid mesh generation starts from a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Algorithms for Delay Constrained and Energy Efficiently Routing in Wireless Sensor Network
The growing popularity of wireless sensor network applications has stimulated strong interest in extending quality of service support to existing routing protocols. Conventional wireless sensor network routing...
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Automatic Near-Body Domain Decomposition Using the Eikonal Equation
