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Open AccessPrevalence of insulin resistance and its associated factors in drug-naïve patients with bipolar disorder among Han Chinese population
Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is commonly seen in bipolar disorder (BD). As the key component and early biological index of Mets, insulin resistance (IR) among BD has received more and more attention. However, lit...
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The impact of comorbid premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual dysphoric disorder on the clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder among Han Chinese women
Bipolar disorder (BD) is commonly comorbid with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). However, little is known about their relationship. This study aimed to assess the impact o...
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An Empirical Analysis of the Causal Relationship Between Equity Incentives and Idiosyncratic Volatility in Chinese A-Share Listed Companies
In recent years, the relationship between equity incentives (EI) and idiosyncratic volatility (IV) has become an increasingly important topic in corporate finance research. By creating a measure of EI using th...
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Different responses of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge to PVC microplastics
The effect of microplastics (MPs) retained in waste activated sludge (WAS) on anaerobic digestion (AD) performance has attracted more and more attention. However, their effect on thermophilic AD remains unclea...
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Open AccessCurrent status and influencing factors of spiritual needs of patients with advanced cancer: a cross-sectional study
Spiritual needs have been associated with better physical health outcomes and provide a context for patients to gain hope and significance in co** with disease. This study aimed to understand the status of s...
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Effect of Carbon and Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Properties of VAlTiCrSi High-Entropy Alloy Films
The VAlTiCrSi, (VAlTiCrSi)90C10 and (VAlTiCrSi)80C20 (atomic percent) high-entropy alloy films were deposited by magnetron sputtering, and the effects of various C contents and heat treatment at 700 °C on the mic...
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Open AccessPredicting the risk of acute kidney injury after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: development of a new predictive nomogram
The purpose was to predict the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) within 100 days after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with hematologic disease by using a new predictive nomogram. Co...
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Open AccessBlood transfusion risk prediction in spinal tuberculosis surgery: development and assessment of a novel predictive nomogram
The present study attempted to predict blood transfusion risk in spinal tuberculosis surgery by using a novel predictive nomogram.
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Open AccessRapid cycling bipolar disorder is associated with antithyroid antibodies, instead of thyroid dysfunction
Conclusions regarding the association between antithyroid antibodies or thyroid dysfunction and rapid cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD) have been conflicting. Previous studies suggest that the impact of antithyr...
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Open AccessAtomic configurations at InAs partial dislocation cores associated with Z-shape faulted dipoles
The atomic arrangements of two types of InAs dislocation cores associated by a Z-shape faulted dipole are observed directly by aberration-corrected high-angle annular-dark-field imaging. Single unpaired column...
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Open AccessValidation of the Chinese version of the "Mood Disorder Questionnaire" for screening bipolar disorder among patients with a current depressive episode
The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is a well-recognized screening tool for bipolar disorder, but its Chinese version needs further validation. This study aims to measure the accuracy of the Chinese version ...
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Functional analysis of a rice late pollen-abundant UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (OsUgp2) promoter
OsUgp2, a rice UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene, has previously been shown to preferentially express in maturing pollens and plays an important role in pollen starch accumulation. Here, a 1943 bp promoter fragm...
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A toy model for magnetized neutrino-dominated accretion flows
In this paper, we present a simplified model for a magnetized neutrino-dominated accretion flow (NDAF) in which the effect of black hole (BH) spin is taken into account by adopting a set of relativistic correc...
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Energy dissipation and angular momentum transfer within a magnetically torqued accretion disc
We discuss transportation and redistribution of energy and angular momentum in the magnetic connection (MC) process and Blandford-Payne (BP) process. MC results in readjusting the interior viscous torque, and ...
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Effective Gene Selection Method Using Bayesian Discriminant Based Criterion and Genetic Algorithms
Microarray gene expression data usually consist of a large amount of genes. Among these genes, only a small fraction is informative for performing cancer diagnostic tests. This paper focuses on effective ident...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimal Components Selection for Analog Active Filters Using Clonal Selection Algorithms
In design and realization of analog electronic circuit, we usually use preferred value components, the performance of practical circuits often deviate from the ideal design target due to rounding the calculate...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Synthesis of Practical Passive Filters Using Clonal Selection Principle-Based Gene Expression Programming
This paper proposes a new method to synthesize practical passive filter using Clonal Selection principle-based Gene Expression Programming and binary tree representation. The circuit encoding of this method is...
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MgB2 thick films with remarkable ductility on stainless steel substrate
We fabricated several superconducting MgB2 thick films on stainless steel (SS) substrates by using hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition (HPCVD) technique. The thickness was in the 10μm to 20μm range, and the...
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Articulated Body Tracking by Immune Particle Filter
The tracking of articulated body in images sequences is a challenging problem due to complexity and high dimensionality of the configuration space. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm to combine Artifici...
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Driving Gastric Electrical Activity with Electrical Stimulation
Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) therapy is generating a lot of interest, but it is still investigational. Its efficacy in driving gastric electrical activity and improving motility, and the ideal frequenc...
