Design and fabrication of {111}-textured nanotwinned silver coating for enhancing surface wear resistance of depleted uranium by Kunming Yang, Xiaobo Wang, Shengfa Zhu, Yawen Zhao, Qingdong Xu, Yiyun Wei, Chao Lu, Zhiyuan Wen, Tongxiang Fan, Mingyu Gong, Anyi Yin, Wenhua Luo

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Use of Machine Learning to Predict the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Among Relatively Healthy Adults: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study in Taiwan by Ying-Qiang Liu, Tzu-Wei Chang, Lung-Chun Lee, Chia-Yu Chen, Pi-Shan Hsu, Yu-Tse Tsan, Chao-Tung Yang, Wei-Min Chu

“…Although machine learning (ML) models and data mining approaches have been applied to diabetes research, there was no study utilizing ML models to predict diabetes incidence in Taiwan. …”
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Anticancer Drugs Induced Severe Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions: An Updated Review on the Risks Associated with Anticancer Targeted Therapy or Immunotherapies by Chau Yee Ng, Chun-Bing Chen, Ming-Ying Wu, Jennifer Wu, Chih-Hsun Yang, Rosaline Chung-Yee Hui, Ya-Ching Chang, Chun-Wei Lu

“…Anticancer drugs, including chemotherapy, target therapy, and recent immunotherapy causing skin reactions ranging from mild skin rash to life-threatening severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs), such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrosis (TEN) with increase morbidity and mortality while they are receiving cancer treatments, have been proposed to be a result of direct skin toxicity or drug hypersensitivity reactions (these are proposed mechanism, not definite). …”
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Empirical Models of foF2 and hmF2 Reconstituted by Global Ionosonde and Reanalysis Data and COSMIC Observations by Fuqing Huang, Haibing Ruan, Jiuhou Lei, Jiahao Zhong, Xinan Yue, Guozhu Li, Yiding Chen, Jianhui He, Na Li, Xiaoli Luan, Chao Xiong, Xiankang Dou

“…The comparison results revealed that the empirical foF2 model performs better in capturing the foF2 variations than the IRI CCIR model, which can overcome the underestimation of the IRI CCIR model at low latitudes. …”
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Pretransplant immunotherapy increases acute rejection yet improves survival outcome of HCC patients with MVI post-liver transplantation by Xinjun Lu, Qi Zhu, Junfeng Cai, Zuozhong Yang, Guangxiang Gu, Li Pang, Mingye Su, Fapeng Zhang, Haoming Lin, Wenrui Wu, Leibo Xu, Chao Liu

“…Abstract Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based immunotherapy has emerged as the most promising strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) downstaging prior to liver transplantation (LT). …”
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Towards climate-resilient conservation: Integrating genetics and environmental factors in determining adaptive units of a xeric shrub by Yong-Zhi Yang, Pei-Wei Sun, Chong-Yi Ke, Min-Xin Luo, Jui-Tse Chang, Chien-Ti Chao, Run-Hong Gao, Pei-Chun Liao

“…Genomic turnover analysis showed significant allelic changes along climatic gradients, highlighting local adaptation to temperature fluctuations. …”
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Physician Asthma Management Practices in Canada by Robert Jin, Bernard CK Choi, Benjamin TB Chan, Louise McRae, Felix Li, Lisa Cicutto, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Ian Mitchell, Robert Beveridge, Eric Leith

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Actin Alpha 2 (ACTA2) Downregulation Inhibits Neural Stem Cell Migration through Rho GTPase Activation by Ji Zhang, Xuheng Jiang, Chao Zhang, Jun Zhong, Xuanyu Fang, Huanhuan Li, Fangke Xie, Xiaofei Huang, Xiaojun Zhang, Quan Hu, Hongfei Ge, Anyong Yu

“…To date, various methods have been developed to enhance NSC migration and a number of factors, which are affecting NSC migration potential, have been identified. …”
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Ribosomal Protein L40e Fused With a Ubiquitin Moiety Is Essential for the Vegetative Growth, Morphological Homeostasis, Cell Cycle Progression, and Pathogenicity of Cryptococcus ne... by Jingyu Zhao, Jingyu Zhao, Yali Yang, Yali Yang, Yibin Fan, Jiu Yi, Chao Zhang, Zhongkai Gu, Weihua Pan, Julin Gu, Wanqing Liao, Wei Fang

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Prognostic Value of Skull Base Foramen Invasion Subclassification in T Category Modification and Induction Chemotherapy Management for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Post‐Hoc Analysis o... by Siyu Zhu, Shuqi Li, Di Cao, Chao Luo, Zhiying Liang, Shaobo Liang, Guoyi Zhang, Qin Zhao, Guangying Ruan, Lizhi Liu, Gui Fu, Haojiang Li

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Learning experience on sentinel cases of COVID-19 at a public healthcare institution: sharing on operating room processes by Frederick H Koh, Keen-Chong Chau, Siok-Peng Ng, Li-Ming Teo, Sharon GK Ong, Wai-Keong Wong, Biauw-Chi Ong, Min-Hoe Chew

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Fabrication of Ni-Mn Microprobe Structure with Low Internal Stress and High Hardness by Employing DC Electrodeposition by Kuan-Hui Cheng, Fu-Je Chen, Chun-Ying Lee, Chao-Sung Lin, Jung-Tang Huang, Chang-Cheng Lan, Ping-Huan Tsou, Tzu-I Ho

“…Due to its widely tunable mechanical property and incompatibility with most solders, Ni-Mn alloy can become a viable candidate in the fabrication of testing probe for microelectronic devices. …”
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Exploring its Incidence in Malaysia and the Potential of Streptomyces sp. as an Anti-Vibrio Agent by Ke-Yan Loo, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Priyia Pusparajah, Sunny Hei Wong, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…A potential candidate for probiotics is Streptomyces sp., a class of filamentous, Gram-positive bacteria that produce a variety of bioactive compounds during their life cycle, which can be useful in drug discovery. The bioactive compounds produced by Streptomyces sp. have been proven to have microbiota-modulating and stimulatory effects on the host, enhancing immunity and providing protective effects against V. parahaemolyticus infections. …”
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Potential Value of Circular RNA circTBC1D4 in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors by null Chunyan-Zou, null Yanpeng-He, null Changshun-Xie, null Fulai-Gao, null Xiaoli-Xie, null Xiukun-Chai, null Chenxi-He, null Dongqiang-Zhao

“…Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are mainly distributed in the stomach and small intestine. Recently, it has been verified that circular RNA (circRNA) has an important function in the regulation of GIST. …”
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An efficient measure for the isolation of chenodeoxycholic acid from chicken biles using enzyme-assisted extraction and macroporous resins refining by Biao Yang, Fangyun Lu, Pengpeng Li, Jingjing Ma, Jing Yang, Xinxiao Zhang, Mei Cheng, Wenjing Yu, Yao Chai, Ye Zou, Weimin Xu, Daoying Wang

“…In order to further refine CDCA from the extract obtained by enzyme-assisted extraction, a more preferable resin, AB-8 was selected for the purification of CDCA, which had a good adsorption capacity of 61.06 ± 0.57 mg/g for CDCA. …”
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Complete Whole-Genome Sequence of Streptomyces sp. MUM 178J, a Potential Anti-Vibrio Agent by Ke-Yan Loo, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Kah-Ooi Chua, Priyia Pusparajah, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“… Streptomyces sp. is a group of filamentous, Gram-positive bacteria notoriously known for their capabilities in producing bioactive compounds that have been used as novel drugs and lead in drug development. …”
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The triglyceride–glucose index and its obesity-related derivatives as predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients: insights from NHANES data with... by Chenyang Li, Zixi Zhang, Xiaoqin Luo, Yichao Xiao, Tao Tu, Chan Liu, Qiming Liu, Cancan Wang, Yongguo Dai, Zeying Zhang, Cheng Zheng, Jiafeng Lin

“…The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index and its derivatives (TyG–BMI, TyG–WC, and TyG–WHtR) have emerged as reliable IR markers. In this study, we evaluated their associations with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients using machine learning techniques. …”
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Fluorescence engineering in metamaterial-assisted super-resolution localization microscope by Choi Kyu Ri, Li Shilong, Ozerov Igor, Bedu Frédéric, Park Dong Hee, Joo Bin Chan, Wu Jeong Weon, Nic Chormaic Síle, Lee Yeon Ui

“…Single-molecule localization microscopies have gained much attention for their efficient realization of a sub-diffraction-limit imaging with the resolution down to the 10-nm range. …”
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Corrigendum: Ribosomal protein L40e fused with a ubiquitin moiety is essential for the vegetative growth, morphological homeostasis, cell cycle progression, and pathogenicity of Cr... by Jingyu Zhao, Jingyu Zhao, Yali Yang, Yali Yang, Yibin Fan, Jiu Yi, Chao Zhang, Zhongkai Gu, Weihua Pan, Julin Gu, Wanqing Liao, Wei Fang

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Screening and identification of vascular endothelial cell targeting peptide in gastric cancer through novel integrated in vitro and in vivo strategy by Yan-ting Zhang, Sheng-hui Wang, Li Zhao, Hui-min Wang, Lin Wang, Rong-rong Shi, Si-chao Liang, Bao-feng Li, Bei Chen

“…However, GX1 also showed some non-specific binding with normal gastric vessels, which can lead to toxic side effects on normal endothelial cells. …”
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