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Peroxiredoxin 6 Protects Pulmonary Epithelial Cells From Cigarette-related Ferroptosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6) has a protective effect on pulmonary epithelial cells against cigarette smoke (CS)-induced ferroptosis. This study investigates the role of PRDX6 in the development of chronic obstructi...
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Iron Overload–Dependent Ferroptosis Aggravates LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Impairing Mitochondrial Function
Ferroptosis is a newly proposed form of programmed cell death that is iron-dependent and closely linked to oxidative stress. Its specific morphological changes include shrunken mitochondria, increased density ...
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Behaviors of non-wetting phase snap-off events in two-phase flow: microscopic phenomena and macroscopic effects
Snap-off events are one of the most common and essential phenomena in two-phase flow in porous media. This paper uses the scanning results of a siltstone slice to construct a two-dimensional heterogeneous pore...
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Effects of clay content on the desiccation cracking behavior of low-plasticity soils
Effects of clay content on soil desiccation cracking characteristics were explored by testing three soils, i.e., a natural low-plasticity loess, the loess with clay removal, and the loess with 25% clay additio...
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Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-19
Policies and measures to control pandemics are often failing. While biological factors controlling transmission are usually well explored, little is known about the environmental drivers of transmission and in...
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Open AccessStudy on water cooling island effects under different climatic conditions
Water bodies are regarded as effective tools to improve urban thermal environment. However, there is little information regarding the impacts of the water bodies under different climatic conditions. In this st...
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Open AccessHow to understand the heat island effects in high-rise compact urban canopy?
Alleviating the urban heat island effect is of great significance to improve thermal comfort, energy saving and carbon reduction, and realize sustainable urban development. At present, several methods are deve...
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Open AccessA Gaussian process regression accelerated multiscale model for conduction-radiation heat transfer in periodic composite materials with temperature-dependent thermal properties
Prediction of the coupled conduction-radiation heat transfer in composite materials with periodic structure is important in high-temperature applications of the materials. The temperature dependence of thermal...
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Lattice Boltzmann Method for Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer in Composite Materials
In this work, the utilization of lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) in the simulation of coupled conduction and radiation heat transfer in composite materials is studied. The novel D3Q30-LBM and D3Q38-LBM models a...
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Sandstorms and desertification in Mongolia, an example of future climate events: a review
As global temperatures continue to increase and human activities continue to expand, many countries and regions are witnessing the consequences of global climate change. Mongolia, a nomadic and picturesque lan...
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Experimentation of a Membrane-based Concentration Gradient Energy Storage of Liquid Desiccant Solutions Driven by Solar Energy
Solar energy storage is an indispensable and sustainable utilization mode of renewable energy; environment friendly, large-capacity, low heat loss, and long-term storage are critical to improving the integrati...
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Impact Factors on Airflow and Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Street Canyons and Comprehensive Simulations: a Review
The air quality management within urban street canyons can be improved by enhancing ventilation for dispersion of pollutants. The purpose of this review is to summarize effects of various impact factors on air...
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Experimental Study on Hybrid Organic Phase Change Materials Used for Solar Energy Storage
The solar energy utilization in built environment has been limited due to its low heat flux, uneven distribution in time and space and temporal difference in day and night. The phase change materials have been...
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Open AccessExamining the physical and chemical contributions to size spectrum evolution during the development of hazes
China has experienced severe hazes with high concentrations of particulate matter in recent years. The understanding of the size spectrum evolution of submicron particulate matter is critical to making efficie...
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Dust Devil Steady-State Structure from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective
Simple analytical models for the flow structure of dust devils in steady state, and a “thermophysical” scaling theory that explains how these flow structures are maintained are reviewed. Then, results from hig...
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Open AccessHistory and Applications of Dust Devil Studies
Studies of dust devils, and their impact on society, are reviewed. Dust devils have been noted since antiquity, and have been documented in many countries, as well as on the planet Mars. As time-variable vorte...
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Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices
In this review, we address the use of numerical computations called Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) to study dust devils, and the more general class of atmospheric phenomena they belong to (convective vortices). ...
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An Efficient RIGID Algorithm and Its Application to the Simulation of Particle Transport in Porous Medium
RIGID algorithm was recently proposed to identify the contact state between spherical particles and arbitrary-shaped walls, demonstrating significantly improved robustness, accuracy and efficiency compared to ...
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Open AccessFrom Dust Devil to Sustainable Swirling Wind Energy
Dust devils are common but meteorologically unique phenomena on Earth and on Mars. The phenomenon produces a vertical vortex motion in the atmosphere boundary layer and often occurs in hot desert regions, espe...
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Kinetic model of low temperature coal tar hydrocracking in supercritical gasoline for reducing coke production
To reduce coke production during low temperature coal tar hydrocracking in supercritical gasoline, a lump kinetic model was derived on the basis of catalytic cracking reaction mechanism. Lumps were defined by ...
