Context As a novel therapeutic method for erectile dysfunction (ED), low-intensity extracorporeal
shock wave treatment (LI-ESWT) has been applied recently in the clinical setting. We …

Mixed matrix membrane is a highly potential material that may possibly overcome the
challenges faced by the membrane technology today. We explored the gas separation …

Objective: To identify the risk factors predicting septic shock and severe hemorrhage in
percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 420 renal calculi …

Block copolymers self-assemble in bulk, forming a number of intricate block segregation
patterns. Such assembled structures can serve as precursors to nano- or microstructures with …

A visible-light-active BiVO 4 /BiOCl photocatalyst with a heterojunction structure was obtained
by a simple one-pot combustion method. The structures, morphologies, optical and visible-…

In recent years, an increasing number of circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been discovered in
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the functions of most circRNAs require further …

Background We previously reported that progenitor cells, or stem cells, exist within penile
tissue. We hypothesized that acoustic wave stimulation by low-intensity extracorporeal …

Exosomes derived from cancer cells are deemed important drivers of pre-metastatic niche
formation at distant organs, but the underlying mechanisms of their effects remain largely …

We investigate the problem of enumerating source signals impinging on an array of sensors
in an information theoretic framework. The conventional Bayesian information criterion (BIC) …

Circular (circ)RNA is a special type of endogenous RNA consisting of a covalently closed
loop structure without 5‘ to 3‘ polarity and a polyadenylated tail. Accumulating evidence …