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Perioperative impact of liver cirrhosis on robotic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study
The safety and efficacy of robotic liver resection (RLR) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been reported worldwide. However, the exact role of RLR in HCC patients with liver cirrhosis is no...
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Open AccessEfficacy and safety of robotic versus laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study
Evidence concerning long-term outcome of robotic liver resection (RLR) and laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients is scarce.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Electricity Price Prediction Framework Based on Two-Stage Time Series Decomposition
This research tackles the issue of insufficient accuracy in short-term electricity price forecasting. The novel approach combines a dual-stage signal decomposition technique using CEEMDAN and VMD, alongside a ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimal Efficiency Point Control of Wireless Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles
Wireless charging technology shows great promise for efficient power transfer. However, the effectiveness of power transfer largely depends on various operational parameters such as coupling coefficients, load...
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LCDA-Net: Efficient Image Dehazing with Contrast-Regularized and Dilated Attention
To address the issues of incomplete dehazing and low dehazing efficiency in existing dehazing networks, this study introduces a Lightweight Contrast-Regularized Dilated Attention Network (LCDA-Net) for single-...
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Open Access18F-FDG-PET/CT-based deep learning model for fully automated prediction of pathological grading for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma before surgery
The determination of pathological grading has a guiding significance for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients. However, there is a lack of an accurate and safe method to obtain pat...
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Bounded controllers for LOS-based coordinated path following in networks of marine surface vehicles with delayed communications
The purpose of this paper is to develop a new type of coordinated path following controllers for multiple marine surface vehicles (MSVs) which track parameterized paths under the influence of time-varying comm...
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Open AccessPIWIL4 and SUPT5H combine to predict prognosis and immune landscape in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is a fatal primary liver cancer, and its long-term survival rate remains poor. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play an important role in critical cellular processes, failure o...
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Worldwide diffusion of robotic approach in general surgery
The robotic system has overcome some laparoscopic shortcomings, such as stereoscopic 3D-magnified vision, a stable camera and flexible and tremor filtering manipulation. Therefore, robotic surgery has made man...
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Open AccessA metabolism-related 4-lncRNA prognostic signature and corresponding mechanisms in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) plays a critical role in the malignant progression of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA). This study aimed to establish a 4-lncRNA prognostic signature and explore correspondin...
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Open AccessA nomogram predicting overall survival in patients with non-metastatic pancreatic head adenocarcinoma after surgery: a population-based study
Pancreatic head adenocarcinoma (PHAC), a malignant tumour, has a very poor prognosis, and the existing prognostic tools lack good predictive power. This study aimed to develop a better nomogram to predict over...
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Open AccessEffective and persistent antitumor activity of HER2-directed CAR-T cells against gastric cancer cells in vitro and xenotransplanted tumors in vivo
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) proteins are overexpressed in a high proportion of gastric cancer (GC) cases and affect the maintenance of cancer stem cell (CSC) subpopulations, which are used ...
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Open AccessPreliminary clinical experience with robotic retroperitoneoscopic pancreatic surgery
Retroperitoneoscopic surgery has shown advantages in urological surgery. However, its application in pancreatic surgery for neoplasm is rare. Robotic surgical system with its magnified view and flexible instru...
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Identification of a novel cytoplasmic male sterile line M2BS induced by partial-length HcPDIL5-2a transformation in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
A cytoplasmic male sterile line (designated as M2BS) was obtained from an indica rice maintainer M2B induced by partial-length HcPDIL5-2a (Hibiscus cannabinus protein disulfide isomerase-like) transformation. The...
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An information-theoretic approach for detecting communities in networks
Detecting communities in a network can be helpful to comprehend its structure and understand its function. The detecting-communities approach, in essence, is a model of classification and belongs to the scope ...
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15d-Prostaglandin J2 Protects Cortical Neurons Against Oxygen–Glucose Deprivation/Reoxygenation Injury: Involvement of Inhibiting Autophagy Through Upregulation of Bcl-2
We have previously shown that PPAR-γ agonist 15d-PGJ2 inhibited neuronal autophagy after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, the underlying mechanism of its regulatory role in neuronal autophagy remain...
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Study on Bone Density at Various Skeletal Sites for the Diagnosis of Primary Osteoporosis
The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of bone density changes in lumbar vertebrae and femoral necks in patients with primary osteoporosis (OP) at various ages. Dual-energy X-ray abso...
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Berberine is a novel cholesterol-lowering drug working through a unique mechanism distinct from statins
We identify berberine (BBR), a compound isolated from a Chinese herb, as a new cholesterol-lowering drug. Oral administration of BBR in 32 hypercholesterolemic patients for 3 months reduced serum cholesterol b...
