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Open AccessPeer Bullying Victimization Trajectories for Sexually and Gender Diverse Youth from Early Childhood to Late Adolescence
Sexually and gender diverse (SGD) youth experience more peer bullying victimization than heterosexual, cisgender youth during adolescence, yet the emergence and persistence of these disparities remain underexp...
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Adoption of region-specific diets in China can help achieve gains in health and environmental sustainability
The vast heterogeneity in dietary practices across China has led to profound regional disparities in health and environment. To address this issue, we developed a region-specific reference diet (RRD) that is b...
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Open AccessNumerical simulation of sulfur particle agglomeration at bends of high sulfur natural gas gathering pipelines based on Euler–PBM coupling
Sulfur deposition can result in an increase in the wall thickness of high-sulfur natural gas gathering pipelines, leading to issues like unstable pipeline flow. It is crucial to reveal the aggregation of sulfu...
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Open AccessLinear fractal evolution characteristics of rock crack distributions during loading process
To investigate the fractal characteristics of rock crack distributions during the loading process, discrete element method was used to make rock samples with joints and record the crack propagation. The Box-co...
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A novel evaluation method-based effect analysis of urbanization on extreme precipitation in Guangxi, South China
Intense rainfall occurrences are increasing globally due to rapid urbanization, necessitating effective flood management and disaster reduction in urban areas. This study examines the spatiotemporal patterns o...
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Open AccessA novel variant in the SLCO2A1 gene in a Chinese patient with chronic gastroenteropathy and primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 gene (CEAS) results from loss-of-function variants in SLCO2A1, which encodes the prostaglandin transporter (PGT). CEAS follows an autosomal recessive inheritance patter...
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Open AccessClinical and genetic characteristics of Chinese patients diagnosed with chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 gene
Chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 gene is a rare intestinal disease caused by loss-of-function SLCO2A1 mutations, with clinical and genetic characteristics remaining largely unknown, especially in Chine...
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Open AccessTrends in the mobility of primary healthcare human resources in underdeveloped regions of western China from 2000 to 2021: Evidence from Nanning
This research aimed to identify the fundamental and geographic characteristics of the primary healthcare personnel mobility in Nanning from 2000 to 2021 and clarify the determinants that affect their transitio...
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Removing Efficiency and Mechanism of Ciprofloxacin from Aqueous Solution Using Rectorite
This work found that rectorite (REC) has a good adsorption effect on cationic pollutants such as ciprofloxacin (CIP), with a maximum adsorption capacity of 79.73 mg/g for CIP. The zeta potential analysis showe...
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The adverse effect of competition on consumers under foreign competition
We examine undesirable competition in an asymmetric Cournot oligopoly under foreign competition and indirect taxation. We find that entry of inefficient domestic firms benefits consumers, while that of efficie...
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Open AccessA combined amplicon approach to nematode polyparasitism occurring in captive wild animals in southern China
Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) nematodes prefer to live in the intestines of wild animals, causing damage and even death, and posing a zoonotic risk. The polyparasitism of GIT nematodes results in the complex dy...
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Open AccessSupramolecular polymers form tactoids through liquid–liquid phase separation
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biopolymers has recently been shown to play a central role in the formation of membraneless organelles with a multitude of biological functions1–3. The interplay between L...
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Hot Compression Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of an Mg–Gd–Y–Zn–Zr Alloy Containing the 14H LPSO Phase with Different Morphologies
In this paper, the microstructures with two different morphologies of intragranular lamellar 14H long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) phase were designed in Mg–4.7Gd–3.4Y–1.2Zn–0.5Zr (wt pct) alloy, and their h...
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Open AccessAssociation of serum copper (Cu) with cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality in a general population: a prospective cohort study
Copper (Cu) homeostasis and Cu-induced cell death are gaining recognition as crucial processes in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Circulating Cu associated with CVD and mortality is yet to be...
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Open AccessExcitatory purinergic and cholinergic expression changed in a partial bladder outlet obstruction-induced overactive bladder rat model
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common, long-term symptom complex with a high prevalence in women worldwide. OAB has caused a social burden, and effective treatments are urgently needed. However, the pathogenesi...
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Open AccessGenetic risk assessment of lethal prostate cancer using polygenic risk score and hereditary cancer susceptibility genes
The genetic risk of aggressive prostate cancer (PCa) is hard to be assessed due to the lack of aggressiveness-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Prostate volume (PV) is a potential well-establishe...
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Open AccessAssociation of body mass index with mortality of sepsis or septic shock: an updated meta-analysis
The effects of body mass index (BMI) on mortality of sepsis remain unknown, since previous meta-analyses have reported conflicting results. Several observational studies published recently have provided new ev...
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Superhydrophobic sodium alginate/cellulose aerogel for dye adsorption and oil–water separation
The wide application of polysaccharide-based aerogel is limited by its hydrophilicity. To solve this problem, silica nanoparticles and methyl trimethoxysilane were employed as hydrophobic modifiers to prepare ...
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Coffee grounds derived sulfur and nitrogen dual-doped porous carbon for the cathode material of lithium‑sulfur batteries
The development of functional carbon materials using waste biomass as raw materials is one of the research hotspots of lithium-sulfur batteries in recent years. In this work, used a natural high-quality carbon...
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Risk assessment and environmental determinants of urinary phthalate metabolites in pregnant women in Southwest China
Pregnant women are widely exposed to phthalic acid esters (PAEs) that are commonly used in most aspects of modern life. However, few studies have examined the cumulative exposure of pregnant women to a variety...