Background: Characterized by its high mortality and easy recurrence, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) poses significant clinical challenges. The association between copper metabolism and development of cancer has been identified. However, the underlying mechanisms of copper metabolism-related long non-coding RNAs (CMRLs) in HCC remain elusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Functional defects caused by mutations in the insulin receptor (INSR) gene often lead to severe hereditary insulin resistance syndromes, including but not limited to type A insulin resistance syndrome.
Method And Result: Here, we report a case of a 12-year-old girl with elevated fasting blood glucose detected by opportunistic testing, associated with severe insulin resistance and hyperandrogenemia. She had axillary hair, acne, clitoral hypertrophy, prominent labia minora hypertrophy and thickened voice with BMI 20.
The study of isothermal adsorption models for coal and methane under supercritical conditions helps us to understand the gas content distribution in coal seams and improve gas management in coal mines. Coal samples from the Hebi mine and Longshan coal mine were selected for this research. Using the weight method, isothermal adsorption curves of supercritical methane at temperatures of 308, 313, and 318 K were measured.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn order to investigate the electrical response characteristics of anthracite coal reservoirs and their correlation with water saturation, salinity, and porosity, the complex resistivity of Zhaogu No. 2 mine anthracite coal was measured across a frequency range of 1 Hz to 100 kHz. The experimental findings indicate that as water saturation, salinity, and porosity increase, the amplitude of both the real and imaginary components of the complex resistance of the coal sample gradually decreases, leading to a decrease in the dispersion degree and an increase in the interface polarization frequency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree-dimensional models of Earth's seismic structure can be used to identify temperature-dependent phenomena, including mineralogical phase and spin transformations, that are obscured in 1-D spherical averages. Full-waveform tomography maps seismic wave-speeds inside the Earth in three dimensions, at a higher resolution than classical methods. By providing absolute wave speeds (rather than perturbations) and simultaneously constraining bulk and shear wave speeds over the same frequency range, it becomes feasible to distinguish variations in temperature from changes in composition or spin state.
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January 2022
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology allows people with disabilities to communicate with the physical environment. One of the most promising signals is the non-invasive electroencephalogram (EEG) signal. However, due to the non-stationary nature of EEGs, a subject's signal may change over time, which poses a challenge for models that work across time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing is site-specific modification of RNAs that increases the diversity of the transcriptome and proteome. Most insects undergo complete metamorphosis, including four life cycle stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Many previous studies have confirmed that RNA-editing events occur in a development-specific manner; in other words, RNA-editing levels change during metamorphosis.
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February 2015
Insects are one of the most successful animal groups on earth. Some insects, such as the silkworm and honeybee, are beneficial to humans, whereas others are notorious pests of crops. At present, the genomes of 38 insects have been sequenced and made publically available.
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