The advance rate (AR) of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) in hard rock condition is a key
parameter for the successful accomplishment of a tunneling project, and the proper and reliable …

Identifying functional effects of noncoding variants is a major challenge in human genetics.
To predict the noncoding-variant effects de novo from sequence, we developed a deep …

For a large and evolving software system, the project team could receive a large number of
bug reports. Locating the source code files that need to be changed in order to fix the bugs is …

This study focuses on culturally endorsed implicit theories of leadership (CLTs). Although
cross-cultural research emphasizes that different cultural groups likely have different …

A 2D metastable carbon allotrope, penta-graphene, composed entirely of carbon pentagons
and resembling the Cairo pentagonal tiling, is proposed. State-of-the-art theoretical …

A newly identified coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has been posing significant threats to public
health since December 2019. ACE2, the host cell receptor for severe acute respiratory …

Background: Primary liver cancer, around 90% are hepatocellular carcinoma in China, is
the fourth most common malignancy and the second leading cause of tumor-related death, …

Purpose: We developed a novel systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) based on
lymphocyte, neutrophil, and platelet counts and explored its prognostic value in hepatocellular …

The band offsets and heterostructures of monolayer and few-layer transition-metal dichalcogenides
MX2 (M¼Mo, W; X¼S, Se, Te) are investigated from first principles calculations. The …

… Provision of study materials or patients: Shuang-Jian Qiu, Jia Fan, Jian Zhou, Xiao-Ying
Wang, Yong-Sheng Xiao, Yang Xu … Yong-Sheng Xiao, Yang Xu, Yi-Wei Li Data analysis …