-
Article
Open AccessRelationship between socioeconomic status and hypertension incidence among adults in southwest China: a population-based cohort study
To investigate the correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence of hypertension among adults aged 18 or above in southwest China.
-
Article
Carbon Emissions and Economic Cost of Different Collection, Storage, and Transportation Models for Crop Straw Off-Field Utilization
The off-field utilization of crop straw requires a highly efficient collection, storage, and transportation system, focusing on the synergistic optimization of efficiency, cost, and carbon emissions. Four typi...
-
Article
Anthropogenic heat release, a non-negligible climatic factor for Eastern China in boreal summer
In this study, high-resolution anthropogenic heat release (AHR) due to energy consumption is considered in Community Earth System Model version 1 (CESM1) to explore possible climatic effects and physical mecha...
-
Article
Impact of Land-Use Intensification on the Development of Sustainable Agricultural Green Innovation Technology
Green technology aims to follow the ecological principles and ecological economic laws, save resources and energy, and avoid, eliminate, or reduce the pollution and destruction of the ecological environment. A...
-
Article
Domain-adaptive person re-identification via domain alignment and mutual pseudo-label refinement
Unsupervised domain-adaptive person re-identification refers to transferring knowledge from labeled to unlabeled datasets, thus alleviating the need for large amounts of labeled data. Existing methods address ...
-
Article
Effect of water content and sodium sulfate concentration on the resistivity of red clay
Red clay is widely distributed globally and is closely related to human production and life. The middle reaches of the Yellow River basin in China are characterized by complex geological structures, concentrat...
-
Article
Seed Priming with Gibberellic Acid and Ethephon Improved Rice Germination under Drought Stress via Reducing Oxidative and Cellular Damage
Gibberellic acid (GA) and ethephon (ETH) can stimulate seed germination and seedling growth. However, uncertainties persist concerning the efficacy of GA or ETH priming in mitigating drought stress effects. Th...
-
Article
Identification of novel homozygous asthenoteratospermia-causing ARMC2 mutations associated with multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella
To identify the genetic causes of multiple morphological abnormalities in sperm flagella (MMAF) and male infertility in patients from two unrelated Han Chinese families.
-
Article
Open AccessImaging predictors of hemorrhagic progression of a contusion after traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The hemorrhagic progression of a contusion (HPC) after Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the important causes of death in trauma patients. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the predictive ...
-
Article
Quantitative evaluation of disc degeneration using dual-energy CT: advantages of R-VH, D-VH values and the IVNCa + CT model
To evaluate the correlation between dual-energy CT (DECT) virtual calcium free (VNCA), CT attenuation, the ratio and difference of VNCA to CT attenuation, and Pfirrmann grading of lumbar disc degeneration.
-
Article
Open AccessSynthesis and superconductivity in yttrium-cerium hydrides at high pressures
Further increasing the critical temperature and/or decreasing the stabilized pressure are the general hopes for the hydride superconductors. Inspired by the low stabilized pressure associated with Ce 4f electrons...
-
Article
Open AccessSustainable conversion of alkaline nitrate to ammonia at activities greater than 2 A cm−2
Nitrate (NO3‒) pollution poses significant threats to water quality and global nitrogen cycles. Alkaline electrocatalytic NO3‒ reduction reaction (NO3RR) emerges as an attractive route for enabling NO3‒ removal a...
-
Article
Open AccessProgestin and adipoQ receptor 7 (PAQR7) mediate the anti-apoptotic effect of P4 on human granulosa cells and its deficiency reduces ovarian function in female mice
PAQR7 plays a key role in cell apoptosis as a progesterone membrane receptor. The physiological mechanism of PAQR7 in ovarian function and its anti-apoptotic action in mammals remain poorly understood.
-
Article
A controlled trial of percutaneous adrenal arterial embolization for hypertension in patients with idiopathic hyperaldosteronism
Our prior study has suggested that percutaneous superselective adrenal arterial embolization (SAAE) with ethanol reduces blood pressure in patients with primary aldosteronism. This study aimed to compare the e...
-
Article
Open AccessCausal effects of gut microbiota on sepsis and sepsis-related death: insights from genome-wide Mendelian randomization, single-cell RNA, bulk RNA sequencing, and network pharmacology
Gut microbiota alterations have been implicated in sepsis and related infectious diseases, but the causal relationship and underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
-
Article
Quantitative Estimation on Methane Storage Capacity of Organic-Rich Shales from the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, China
The assessment of gas storage capacity is crucial to furthering shale gas exploration and development in the eastern Sichuan Basin, China. Eleven organic-rich shale samples were selected to carry out the high ...
-
Article
Unilateral chemical ablation of the adrenal gland lowers blood pressure and alleviates target organ damage in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Adrenal gland hormones play a critical role in the development and maintenance of hypertension. Adrenal ablation has been used to treat primary aldosteronism but not essential hypertension. The present study a...
-
Article
Open AccessCombination of genomic instability score and TP53 status for prognosis prediction in lung adenocarcinoma
The genomic instability (GI) /homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) score, calculated as the sum of the events of loss of heterozygosity (LOH), large-scale state transition (LST) and telomere allele imbala...
-
Article
Open AccessNonlinearity synergy: An elegant strategy for realizing high-sensitivity and wide-linear-range pressure sensing
Flexible pressure sensors are indispensable components in various applications such as intelligent robots and wearable devices, whereas develo** flexible pressure sensors with both high sensitivity and wide ...
-
Article
Open AccessAnthropogenic heat release due to energy consumption exacerbates European summer extreme high temperature
Anthropogenic heat release (AHR) is the release of heat generated by anthropogenic energy consumption. The global mean flux of AHR is 0.03 W m−2, while AHR is geographically concentrated and fundamentally correla...
