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Open AccessExperimental evidence and isotopomer analysis of mixotrophic glucose metabolism in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Heterotrophic fermentation using simple sugars such as glucose is an established and cost-effective method for synthesizing bioproducts from bacteria, yeast and algae. Organisms incapable of metabolizing gluco...
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Steady-State and Instationary Modeling of Proteinogenic and Free Amino Acid Isotopomers for Flux Quantification
Metabolic flux analysis (MFA) is a powerful tool for exploring and quantifying carbon traffic in metabolic networks. Accurate flux quantification requires (1) high-quality isotopomer measurements, usually of b...
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Open AccessComparative analysis of rodent and small mammal viromes to better understand the wildlife origin of emerging infectious diseases
Rodents represent around 43% of all mammalian species, are widely distributed, and are the natural reservoirs of a diverse group of zoonotic viruses, including hantaviruses, Lassa viruses, and tick-borne encep...
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An Improved PSO Algorithm with an Area-Oriented Learning Strategy
The classical particle swarm optimization (PSO) trains the particles to move toward the global best particle in every iteration. So, it has a great possibility of being trapped into local optima. To deal with ...
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering method for the identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using positively charged silver nanoparticles
The article describes a SERS-based method for diagnosis of bacterial infections. Positively charged silver nanoparticles (AgNPs+) were employed for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (M...
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Open AccessIntegration of flux measurements and pharmacological controls to optimize stable isotope-resolved metabolomics workflows and interpretation
Stable isotope-resolved metabolomics (SIRM) provides information regarding the relative activity of numerous metabolic pathways and the contribution of nutrients to specific metabolite pools; however, SIRM exp...
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Dual-network design to enhance the properties of agar aerogel adsorbent by incorporating in situ ion cross-linked alginate
Natural and synthetic adsorbents are used to remove contaminants from polluted waters. In particular, polymer-based aerogels are promising but their adsorption capacity and dimensional stability should be impr...
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Fast smoothing on diamond surface by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching
The synergetic effects of surface smoothing exhibited during the inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching (ICP-RIE) of free-standing polycrystalline diamonds (PCDs) were investigated. Changing the assis...
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Open AccessLaser-induced graphitization of polydopamine leads to enhanced mechanical performance while preserving multifunctionality
Polydopamine (PDA) is a simple and versatile conformal coating material that has been proposed for a variety of uses; however in practice its performance is often hindered by poor mechanical properties and hig...
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Design and therapeutic application of sodium alginate-based hydrogel with biodegradability and catalytic activity
How to efficiently treat cancer in a minimally invasive manner has become one of the major focuses of recent developments in biomedicine. In this research, biodegradable sodium alginate (SA) hydrogel encapsula...
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Open AccessPrenatal and postnatal diagnoses and phenotype of 8p23.3p22 duplication in one family
Distal 8p duplication is rare but clinically significant. Duplication syndrome results in variable phenotypes, such as developmental delay, intellectual disability, and malformation of the heart. We aimed to p...
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Carbon materials: The burgeoning promise in electronics
Current electronic technology based on silicon is approaching its physical and scientific limits. Carbon-based devices have numerous advantages for next generation electronics (e.g., fast speed, low power cons...
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Chemical vapor deposited diamond with versatile grades: from gemstone to quantum electronics
Chemical vapor deposited (CVD) diamond as a burgeoning multifunctional material with tailored quality and characteristics can be artificially synthesized and controlled for various applications. Correspondingl...
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Open AccessQuantitative inspiratory–expiratory chest CT findings in COVID-19 survivors at the 6-month follow-up
We evaluated pulmonary sequelae in COVID-19 survivors by quantitative inspiratory–expiratory chest CT (QCT) and explored abnormal pulmonary diffusion risk factors at the 6-month follow-up. This retrospective s...
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Research of New Energy Vehicles User Portrait and Vehicle-Owner Matching Model Based on Multi-source Big Data
Due to the national policy of energy conservation and emission reduction, the new energy vehicular industry experiences fast development in China, and the sales of new energy vehicles have grown rapidly in the...
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Resource Multiplexing Schemes of URLLC and eMBB Under Multi-service Coexistence Scenario Based on Management Aspects
URLLC and eMBB are two typical scenarios of 5G networks: eMBB is mainly designed for public UEs to provide broad-bandwidth and high-bitrate communication service while URLLC is mainly designed for vertical ind...
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Research on Low Latency and High Reliability Wireless Technologies and Solutions
As one of the three major 5G scenarios, URLLC has features such as ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability. It provides high reliability transmission guarantee of real-time information for industrial auto...
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Simulation of COVID-19 symptoms in a genetically engineered mouse model: implications for the long haulers
The ongoing pandemic (also known as coronavirus disease-19; COVID-19) by a constantly emerging viral agent commonly referred as the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 has revealed u...
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The construction efficiency study of China National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone with network SBM model: a city-based analysis
The Chinese government proposed the establishment of China National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone in 2016 to further explore the coordinated development of economy and environment. Fujian, Jiangxi, and Gu...
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Open AccessSuppression strategy for the inrush current of a solid-state transformer caused by the reclosing process
The automatic reclosing strategy is an effective measure to improve the reliability of a distribution network. It can quickly clear instantaneous faults in the grid. The traditional transformer has proven to b...