Zhao. Formal analysis: Yi Zhao. Funding acquisition: Xi Zhang. Investigation: Yi Zhao. Methodology: Yi Zhao, Ronghui Liu. Supervision: Ronghui Liu. Writing ± original draft: Yi Zhao. Writing
administration: Changbin Sun, Jiawen Zhang. Resources: Jian Wang. Supervision: Huanming Yang, Xi Zhang. Validation: Huanming Yang. Writing ± original draft: Changbin Sun. Writing ± review & editing: Xi Zhang
the topic and contributed to manuscript editing. SS supervised the research. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Compliance with Ethical Standards Conflict of Interest Xi Zhang, Simone
Contributions Conceptualization: Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Data curation: Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Formal analysis: Benjamin Emmanuel, Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Investigation: Cheol-Woo Kim, Alison Murphy, Xi ... Zhang, Michael Sneller, Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Methodology: Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Supervision: Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Validation: Shyamasundaran Kottilil. Visualization: Shyamasundaran
In real networks, traffic flows are different in amount as well as their priorities. However, the latter priority has rarely been examined in routing strategy studies. In this paper, a novel routing algorithm, which is based on the efficient path routing strategy (EP), is proposed to overcome network congestion problem caused by large amount of traffic flows with different ...
Objective The aim of this study was used meta-analysis to investigate changes of serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Methods Relevant literatures were identified from PubMed, Cochrane Library, CNKI, WanFang and Chinese-Cqvip databases (published from January 1, 1999 to September 30, 2016). Eligible reports were included for ...
Background Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are important in the tumorigenesis and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial roles regulating CD133 + and EpCAM + CSCs in HCC, although it is unclear whether miRNAs regulate CD90 + CSCs in HCC. Methods The miRNA profiles of CD90 + and CD90 - HCC cells were analyzed using a miRNA microarray and quantitative ...
. Sluiter 0 0 Xi Zhang and Marcel H.F. Sluiter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology , Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft , The Netherlands. Contact Cluster expansions have
Background Seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) are produced mainly in the accessory gland of male insects and transferred to females during mating, in which they induce numerous physiological and post-mating behavioral changes. The brown plant hopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, is an economically important hemipterous pest of rice. The behavior and physiology of the female of this species ...
Scientists of State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology 2015SKLAB6-15. Xi Zhang, Xinglin Wei, Yuanyuan Wu, Yuzhe Wang, Cheng Tan, Xiaoxiang Hu, Ning Li, Mario R. Capecchi and Sen Wu declare that they have no ... Li1, Mario R. Capecchi2, Sen Wu1& Xi Zhang, Xinglin Wei, and Yuanyuan Wu have contributed equally to this work. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13238
Background This study aimed to evaluate and compare the utility values associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a sample of Chinese patients and ophthalmologists. Methods Utility values were evaluated by both the time trade-off (TTO) and rating scale (RS) methods for 109 eligible patients with DR and 2 experienced ophthalmologists. Patients were stratified by Snellen ...
Background Antifungal prophylaxis is currently regarded as the gold standard in situations with allo-genetic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). However, the epidemiological information regarding prophylaxis of invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) is not clear in China. Methods We report the first large-scale (1053 patients) observational study of the prophylaxis and ...
To explore the potential alterations in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and functional connectivity of recent onset post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) induced by a single prolonged trauma exposure, we recruited 20 survivors experiencing the same coal mining flood disaster as the PTSD (n = 10) and non-PTSD (n = 10) group, respectively. The pulsed arterial spin labeling (ASL) images ...
Background High prevalence of metabolic diseases among young professional athletes with large body sizes has raised growing attention. However, few studies specifically examined whether additional aerobic exercise provides cardiometabolic beneficial effect among these young athletes under regularly intensive strength training. Objective We conducted a pilot trial to evaluate the ...
Background Direct brow lift surgery remains popular among Asian women despite its disadvantages. The traditional direct brow lift by a supra-brow incision is not suitable for Asian women because of their unique facial features, such as higher eyebrows, wider upper eyelids, and more orbital fat. Therefore, we designed a novel brow lift technique via a supra-brow combined with an ...
Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) is one of the major causative agents of hand, foot, and mouth disease worldwide. The non-neutralizing antibody response that targets CA16 VP1 remains poorly elucidated. In the present study, antibody responses against CA16 VP1 in Shanghai blood donors and Shanxi individuals were analyzed by ELISA and inhibitory ELISA using five CA16 VP1 antigens: VP11-297, ...
Background We previously demonstrated that endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are increased in mitral valve diseases and impair valvular endothelial cell function. Perioperative systemic inflammation is an important risk factor and complication of cardiac surgery. In this study, we investigate whether EMPs increase in congenital heart diseases to promote inflammation and endothelial ...
Background Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and Tenascin-C (TN-C) have been shown to be involved in the metastasis of many tumors. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the co-expression of these two molecules and the clinical prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Methods We investigated the expression of TN-C and MMP-9 in 103 pancreatic cancer tissues by ...
Introduction Mild induced hypothermia (MIH) is believed to reduce mortality and neurological impairment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, a recently published trial demonstrated that hypothermia at 33 °C did not confer a benefit compared with that of 36 °C. Thus, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was made to investigate the ...
