Aim Stroke is the leading cause of disability and death in China. Ischaemic stroke accounts
for about 60%–80% of all strokes. It is of considerable significance to carry out …

Background: The association of genetic polymorphisms and clopidogrel efficacy in patients
with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) remains controversial. We performed …

Microwaves provide alternative heating and allow process intensification due to their rapid,
volumetric, and selective nature. Recognizing the central role of multiphase reactors in …

Transformers have achieved superior performances in many tasks in natural language
processing and computer vision, which also triggered great interest in the time series …

Strigolactones (SLs), a newly discovered class of carotenoid-derived phytohormones, are
essential for developmental processes that shape plant architecture and interactions with …

Concentrations of selected heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Ni and Fe) in surface
sediments from nine sites in western Xiamen Bay and its vicinity were studied in order to …

Retinal fundus diseases can lead to irreversible visual impairment without timely diagnoses
and appropriate treatments. Single disease-based deep learning algorithms had been …

Traffic forecasting is of great importance to transportation management and public safety,
and very challenging due to the complicated spatial-temporal dependency and essential …

This study used the results of a questionnaire survey of 230 secondary school teachers to
analyze the factors constituting job satisfaction and its effects on teacher attrition and work …

Samples of surface sediment and suspended particulate matter (SPM) were collected from
the Pearl River estuary, China, and the distribution and concentration of …