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Raddeanin A Protects the BRB Through Inhibiting Inflammation and Apoptosis in the Retina of Alzheimer’s Disease
Neuroinflammation and endothelial cell apoptosis are prominent features of blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption, which have been described in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and can predict cognitive decline. Recent ...
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Finite-temperature ductility-brittleness and electronic structures of AlnSc (n = 1, 2 and 3)
Finite-temperature ductility-brittleness and electronic structures of Al3Sc, Al2Sc and AlSc are studied comparatively by first-principles calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics. Results show that Al3Sc and...
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Open AccessRecent advances in the pathogenesis and prevention strategies of dental calculus
Dental calculus severely affects the oral health of humans and animal pets. Calculus deposition affects the gingival appearance and causes inflammation. Failure to remove dental calculus from the dentition res...
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Structural design and simulation of PDMS/SiC functionally graded substrates for applications in flexible hybrid electronics
Flexible hybrid electronics possess significant potential for applications in biomedical and wearable devices due to their advantageous properties of good ductility, low mass, and portability. However, they of...
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Open AccessMetabolomic and transcriptomic analyses of peach leaves and fruits in response to pruning
Pruning is an important cultivation management option that has important effects on peach yield and quality. However, the effects of pruning on the overall genetic and metabolic changes in peach leaves and fru...
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Open AccessAssociation between admission pan-immune-inflammation value and short-term mortality in septic patients: a retrospective cohort study
Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value (PIV) has recently received more attention as a novel indicator of inflammation. We aimed to evaluate the association between PIV and prognosis in septic patients. Data were extra...
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Open AccessPerformance improvements in complementary metal oxide semiconductor devices and circuits based on fin field-effect transistors using 3-nm ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2
In this work, a conventional HfO2 gate dielectric layer is replaced with a 3-nm ferroelectric (Fe) HZO layer in the gate stacks of advanced fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs). Fe-induced characteristics, e.g....
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Carbon dots with enhanced red emission for ratiometric sensing and encryption applications
The excitation-dependent emission properties of carbon dots (Cdots) are extensively reported, but their red emission is often weak, limiting their wider application. Here we introduce ethidium bromide, as a fu...
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Microstructural evolution, mechanical properties and degradation mechanism of PS-PVD quasi-columnar thermal barrier coatings exposed to glassy CMAS deposits
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) applied in aero-engines tend to be attacked by molten calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS) at high operating temperatures. Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) coatings with quas...
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Typhoon-Induced Ocean Waves and Stokes Drift: A Case Study of Typhoon Mangkhut (2018)
Ocean waves and Stokes drift are generated by typhoons. This study investigated the characteristics of ocean waves and wave-induced Stokes drift and their effects during Typhoon Mangkhut using European Centre ...
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Association of Delirium with Long-Term Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with COPD Who Survived to Discharge: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face significant mortality after hospital discharge. Delirium is common in patients with COPD, but its impact on long-term mortality in...
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One-neutron strip** process in the 209Bi(6Li, 5Li)210Bi* reaction reaction
One-neutron strip** process between \(^{6}\) 6 ...
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AHNAK2 Regulates NF-κB/MMP-9 Signaling to Promote Pancreatic Cancer Progression
Early metastasis of pancreatic cancer (PaC) is a major cause of its high mortality rate. Previous studies have shown that AHNAK2 is involved in the progression of some tumors and is predicted to be an independ...
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Open AccessResveratrol activates MAPK/ERK pathway to regulate oestrogen metabolism in type I endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancer (EC) is an oestrogen-dependent tumour, the occurrence of which is closely related to an imbalance of oestrogen homeostasis. Our previous studies explored the effects of Resveratrol(Res) on o...
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Open AccessDesign, modeling, and manufacturing of high strain composites for space deployable structures
The demand for larger and lighter mechanisms for next-generation space missions necessitates using deployable structures. High-strain fiber polymer composites show considerable promise for such applications du...
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Boundary modes of a charge density wave state in a topological material
Charge density waves appear in numerous condensed matter platforms ranging from high-temperature superconductors to quantum Hall systems. Despite such ubiquity, there has been a lack of direct experimental stu...
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Suppression of seismic random noise by deep learning combined with stationary wavelet packet transform
Many traditional denoising methods, such as Gaussian filtering, tend to blur and lose details or edge information while reducing noise. The stationary wavelet packet transform is a multi-scale and multi-band a...
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Macroscopic Dynamic Response and Microscopic Damage Formation Analysis of Steel Plates with Different Explosive Distances
As one of the protective components, the high strength low alloy structural steel plate had attracted extensive attention because of frequent threats of explosive loads. In this paper, combining explosion expe...
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Mechanical Behavior and Failure Mechanism of an As-Extruded Mg–11wt%Y Alloy at Elevated Temperature
Through carrying out the high-temperature tensile experiments on an as-extruded Mg–11wt%Y alloy at 350 °C, 400 °C, 450 °C, 500 °C and 550 °C, the mechanical behavior and fracture mechanisms at elevated tempera...
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Ultrahigh saturation magnetization in FeCoB powders with controllable amorphous-nanocrystalline structure via the synergism of deformation and energy injection
Amorphous-nanocrystalline magnetic powder cores (ANMPCs) are highly potential soft magnetic materials in high-frequency applications of power electronic devices. However, their relatively low saturation magnet...