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The three-dimensional numerical manifold method (3D-NMM), which is based on the derivation of Galerkin’s variation, is a powerful calculation tool that uses two cover systems. The 3D-NMM can be used to handle ...
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Defending ChatGPT against jailbreak attack via self-reminders
ChatGPT is a societally impactful artificial intelligence tool with millions of users and integration into products such as Bing. However, the emergence of jailbreak attacks notably threatens its responsible a...
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Genetic Mechanism of Water-Rich Landslide Considering Antecedent Rainfalls: A Case Study of **yikou Landslide in Three Gorges Reservoir Area
Water-rich slope, which could easily fail after prolonged or heavy rain, is very sensitive to rainfall. **yikou Landslide is a typical water-rich slope located in the Three Gorges Reservoir area of China. It...
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Open AccessMolecular and expression characterization of insulin-like signaling in development and metabolism of Aedes albopictus
Insulin-like signaling (IS) in insects is a conserved pathway that regulates development, reproduction and longevity. Insulin-like peptides (ILPs) activate the IS pathway by binding to the insulin receptor (In...
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Thermodynamic Analysis and Optimization of Nuclear Closed Air Brayton Cycle
In order to improve the flexibility and adaptability of micro nuclear power systems, air is considered as an optional working fluid of nuclear Brayton cycle. It has ability to avoid shortage of working fluid u...
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Open AccessPlasma biomarker profiles and the correlation with cognitive function across the clinical spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease
Plasma biomarkers showed a promising value in the disease diagnosis and management of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, profiles of the biomarkers and the associations with cognition across a spectrum of cogn...
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Correction to: IL-17A Induces MIP-1α Expression in Primary Astrocytes Via Src/MAPK/PI3K/NF-kB Pathways: Implications for Multiple Sclerosis
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in Fig. 5B. The corrected Fig. 5 is given below. The authors declare that this amendment does not change the result or conclusion of the p...
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Social networks formed by follower–followee relationships on academic social networking sites: an examination of corporation users
As academic social networking sites become important platforms for researchers to carry out research activities, more and more corporation researchers begin to use them. This paper explores the academic intera...
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Open AccessA non-invasive far-red light-induced split-Cre recombinase system for controllable genome engineering in mice
The Cre-loxP recombination system is a powerful tool for genetic manipulation. However, there are widely recognized limitations with chemically inducible Cre-loxP systems, and the UV and blue-light induced system...
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At nanoscale, surface free energies of the atoms located on the free surfaces of structures significantly affect their mechanical characteristics. In this study, nonlinear large-amplitude free vibration respon...
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Design and Implementation of Security System for IPv6 Sensor Networks
This paper analyzes the security requirements for IPv6 Sensor Networks (IPv6 SNs). Aiming at the security threats existed in IPv6 SNs, a security system for IPv6 SNs is designed. In this system, security assoc...
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Research on Self-adaptive Strategy of Video Communication in Power Transmission and Transformation Project
According to the existing problems in the construction site of transmission and transformation project, an on-site monitoring and control system of power transmission and transformation project was designed. T...
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Multi-channel Man-in-the-Middle Attack Against Communication-Based Train Control Systems: Attack Implementation and Impact
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Pyramid Multi-view Stereo Net with Self-adaptive View Aggregation
In this paper, we propose an effective and efficient pyramid multi-view stereo (MVS) net with self-adaptive view aggregation for accurate and complete dense point cloud reconstruction. Different from using mea...
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Dense Hybrid Recurrent Multi-view Stereo Net with Dynamic Consistency Checking
In this paper, we propose an efficient and effective dense hybrid recurrent multi-view stereo net with dynamic consistency checking, namely $$...
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How Corporations Utilize Academic Social Networking Website?: A Case Study of Health & Biomedicine Corporations
Health & Biomedicine corporations are representatives that begin to flexibly utilize academic social networking websites to carry out research work and academic communications. As a typical academic social net...
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Cyclic loading test of three-bay RC space frame strengthened with X-shape RC braces
Previous studies showed improved seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) plane frames by adding RC braces. However, in literature, the studies on the efficiency of RC braces for the improvement of seis...
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IL-17 induces MIP-1α expression in primary mouse astrocytes via TRPC channel
Our previous study demonstrated IL-17-mediated induction of MIP-1α through its binding to the cognate IL-17RA and MIP-1α was involved in astrocyte activation. Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) chan...
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Preference-Aware Top-k Spatio-Textual Queries
A novel query type named preference-aware top-k spatial-textual query is proposed in this paper. Unlike the common measure, this query returns spatial-textual objects ranked according to the warefare of the fa...
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IL-17A Induces MIP-1α Expression in Primary Astrocytes via Src/MAPK/PI3K/NF-kB Pathways: Implications for Multiple Sclerosis
Neuroinflammation plays critical roles in multiple sclerosis (MS). In addition to the part played by the lymphocytes, the underlying mechanisms could, in part, be also attributed to activation mediated by astr...
