Purpose To compare the safety and effectiveness of primary closure with those of T-tube
drainage in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) for choledocholithiasis. …

AIM: To investigate the effect of being overweight on the surgical results of patients with gastric
cancer. METHODS: Comprehensive electronic searches of the PubMed, Web of Science, …

Individuals with gallbladder carcinoma (GBC), the most aggressive malignancy of the biliary
tract, have a poor prognosis. Here we report the identification of somatic mutations for GBC …

A general companding transform method is proposed to effectively reduce peak-to-average
power ratio (PAPR) of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals. By …

The rolling bearings play a vital role in mechanical production and transportation. However,
when it appears abnormal, the fault characteristics are weak and different to be extracted in …

Empathic pain has attracted the interest of a substantial number of researchers studying the
social transfer of pain in the sociological, psychological, and neuroscience fields. However, …

Developing efficient oxygen electrocatalysts with low cost, high catalytic activity, and robust
stability remains a formidable challenge for rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs). Herein, …

To face with the surge of cloud computing services, energy problem and carbon mission
constraint, more and more geo-distributed hybrid powered data centers are build over the world. …

Only two genome-wide significant loci associated with longevity have been identified so far,
probably because of insufficient sample sizes of centenarians, whose genomes may harbor …

Objectives Patients with gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) lack effective treatment methods largely
due to the inadequacy of both molecular characterisation and potential therapeutic targets…