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Estimation of water saturation based on optimized models in tight gas sandstone reservoirs: a case study of Triassic Xujiahe Formation in northwestern Sichuan Basin
Water saturation estimation faced a great challenge in tight gas sandstone reservoirs because of the effect of pore structure and strong heterogeneity. The classic Archie’s equation cannot be always well used....
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Environmentally benign techniques of lithium extraction from salt lakes: a review
To address the increasing demand for lithium, the recovery of lithium from salt lake brines has garnered significant attention. Techniques have been developed; however, these approaches exhibit drawbacks such ...
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Modeling of tow-to-spot diameter ratio for laser cutting of single-layer carbon fiber–reinforced plastics (CFRP)
Carbon fiber–reinforced plastics (CFRP) is a kind of advanced composite material with resin as the matrix and carbon fiber as the reinforcing phase. Due to differences in material orientation, laser cutting of...
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Flow Physics of a Top-Mounted Bump Inlet at Subsonic Cruise Condition
In order to explore the aerodynamic performance of the bump inlet with different angles of attack, a supersonic top-mounted bump inlet is designed. The objective of this study is to investigate the performance...
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Process fundamentals and quality investigation in extrusion 3D printing of shear thinning materials: extrusion process based on Nishihara model
Due to the complexity of extrusion 3D printing objects and lack of universal parameters, there are few classified statistics or quantitative description for the “extrudability” of material with shear thinning ...
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Open AccessThe prevalence and risk factors of Trichomonas vaginalis in Wuhan and the Tibetan area, China: a two-center study
Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide and is associated with several complications. However, the paucity of research regarding the prev...
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Open AccessHuman papillomavirus prevalence and genotype distribution landscapes in Shannan City, Tibet Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
Data regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and genotype distribution are limited in Shannan City, Tibet Tibetan Autonomous Region, China. The purpose of this study is to provide reliable data for gui...
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Open AccessSuccessful treatment of a kidney transplant patient with COVID-19 and late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Solid transplant patients are susceptible to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). While the vast majority of PJP cases occur within the first 6 months after transplantation, very few PJP cases are seen beyond ...
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Three-dimensionally nonlocal tensile nanobars incorporating surface effect: A self-consistent variational and well-posed model
A naturally discrete nanobar implies that the continuum axiom is failed, and its surface-to-volume ratio is very large. The nonlocal theory of elasticity releasing the continuum axiom and the surface theory of...
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Open AccessAlpha and beta-Thalassemia mutations in Hubei area of China
Thalassemia is a group of inherited hemoglobic disorders resulting from defects
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A well-posed Euler-Bernoulli beam model incorporating nonlocality and surface energy effect
This study shows that it is possible to develop a well-posed size-dependent model by considering the effect of both nonlocality and surface energy, and the model can provide another effective way of nanomechan...
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Dynamic response of beams under moving loads with finite deformation
A novel material parameter-dependent model is proposed in this work to investigate the nonlinear vibration of a beam under a moving load within a finite deformation framework. For the planar vibration problem,...
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Open AccessMicrobial transformation of artemisinin by Aspergillus terreus
Artemisinin (1) and its derivatives are now being widely used as antimalarial drugs, and they also exhibited good antitumor activities. So there has been much interest in the structural modification of artemisini...
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Open AccessA de novo deletion mutation in SOX10 in a Chinese family with Waardenburg syndrome type 4
Waardenburg syndrome type 4 (WS4) or Waardenburg-Shah syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with a prevalence of <1/1,000,000 and characterized by the association of congenital sensorineural hearing loss, pigmen...
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Genetic association of CALHM1 rs2986017 polymorphism with risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis
Recent studies investigating the association of Calcium homeostasis modulator 1 (CALHM1) p.P86L polymorphism (rs2986017) with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are controversial. Herein, we performed a meta-analysis to...
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Open AccessPossible association of CCDC62 rs12817488 polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease risk in Chinese population: a meta-analysis
Conflicting results identifying the association between coiled-coil domain containing 62 (CCDC62) polymorphism, rs12817488 and Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been reported. To clarify whether rs12817488 is rela...
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FOXO3 rs12212067: T > G Association with Active Tuberculosis in Han Chinese Population
It is well known that the human innate immune and adaptive immune response play important role in tuberculosis (TB) infection and progress. Emerging evidence shows that FOXO3 plays an important role in the hum...
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Open AccessGenetic association of RIT2 rs12456492 polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease susceptibility in Asian populations: a meta-analysis
Recent studies investigating the association of the Ras-like without CAAX 2 (RIT2) polymorphism, rs12456492, with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to study the association ...
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STAT4 genetic polymorphisms association with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis B virus infection
STAT4 signal pathway plays an important role in IFN-γ-mediated antiviral activity. Recent studies show an association of STAT4 polymorphisms with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We therefore investigated t...
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Open AccessSome new fractional q-integral Grüss-type inequalities and other inequalities
In this paper, we employ a fractional q-integral on the specific time scale, T ...
