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Open AccessSubthreshold micropulse laser therapy for early postoperative macular thickening following surgical removal of epiretinal membrane
This study aimed to investigate the functional and anatomical outcomes of subthreshold micropulse laser (SMPL) therapy in eyes with early postoperative macular thickening after idiopathic epiretinal membrane (...
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Low-Carbon Technology in Power Transformation Engineering
The goal of “dual carbon” and the goal of building a new power system also put forward new requirements for power transformation engineering. The application of various low-carbon technologies in the whole lif...
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Green and Low Carbon Assessment for Substation Based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Model
In the context of achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, building sustainable substations throughout their entire life cycle is of paramount importance
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Research on Low-Carbon Operation of Substation Power Supply System Based on Microgrids
In order to solve the problem of carbon emissions in substations, a substation-microgrids system with microgrids as the source side and substations as the load side is proposed. Firstly, a mathematical model o...
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Open AccessAssociation between human herpesvirus infection and cervical carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common gynecologic tumors among women around the world. Although the etiological role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in CC is well established, other factors in CC carcin...
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Open AccessA small global village: the effects of collectivist, tight and Confucian cultures on the spread of COVID-19
While previous studies have emphasised several important factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 and strategies to reduce transmission, few studies have focused on the social and cultural factors that m...
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Analysis of DC Inductive Arc Restriking Characteristics of HVDC Relays
Arc restriking will prolong the arc extinguishing time and increase the erosion of the contacts, seriously reduces the electrical life and reliability of the relays. In particular, arc restriking is more likel...
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Ultra-high conductive 3D aluminum photonic crystal as sulfur immobilizer for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
The practical application of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries is hampered by the insulative nature of sulfur, sluggish electrochemical kinetics, and large volume variation, which result in capacity-fading at a ...
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Open AccessOptimal Design for Metal Additive Manufacturing: An Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Approach
We present our latest results on linking the process–structure–properties–performance (PSPP) chain for metal additive manufacturing (AM), using a multi-scale and multi-physics integrated computational material...
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The Effects of Winter Temperature and Land Use on Mangrove Avian Species Richness and Abundance on Leizhou Peninsula, China
Mangrove wetlands are indispensable habitats for birds but are being altered by global warming and changes in land use. The effects of climate and land use on migratory birds at their stopover or wintering gro...
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Becoming Immaterial Labour: The Case of Macau’s Internet Users
Macau’s peculiar position not only demonstrates its potential as a nodal point of the logistical worlds but also offers a local illustration of the transformation of labour in the Internet age. This chapter em...
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Multiscale, Coupled Chemo-mechanical Modeling of Bainitic Transformation During Press Hardening
We present our recent developments in multiscale and multiphysics modeling of bainite formation under mechanical loads in the press hardening process. The full field description of the bainitic microstructure ...
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Scale Bridging Simulations of Large Elastic Deformations and Bainitic Transformations
The multiscale process of bainitic microstructure formation is still insufficiently understood from a theoretical and simulation perspective. Production processes of press hardened bainitic steels lead to larg...
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Characteristic of rich-mixture ignition kernel driven by nanosecond repetitive pulsed discharge
Plasma-assisted ignition is a promising technology to improve engine performance. Nanosecond repetitive pulsed discharge is widely used in plasma-assisted ignition owing to its chemical activations and thermal...
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Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice
**angdong Fu and colleagues show that variation in DEP1, which encodes a G protein subunit known to influence rice panicle architecture, underlies a major quantitative trait locus for nitrogen-use efficiency. The...
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The tricks plants use to reach appropriate light
The perception of ambient light signals that produce a relevant response to ensure exposure to appropriate levels of light energy is vital for plants. In response to this, intricate molecular mechanisms to med...
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Open AccessMembers of miR-169 family are induced by high salinity and transiently inhibit the NF-YA transcription factor
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenously expressed small RNAs with a length of about 21 nt. MiRNAs silence their target genes at the post-transcriptional level. In plants, miRNAs play various developmental and phys...
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Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication
Zuhua He and colleagues identify the gene underlying a quantitative trait locus for grain-filling in rice, which contributes to grain weight. The gene, GIF1, encodes a protein with cell-wall invertase activity an...
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Morphology and map** analysis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) clustered spikelets (Cl) mutant
The rice clustered spikelets (Cl) mutant exhibits a phenotype that most of branch apical have 2–3 spikelets clustered together. SEM (scanning electron microscope) observation suggested that the Cl gene controlled...
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Association of quantitative trait loci for plant height with major dwarfing genes in rice
Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for plant height in rice were mapped on to RFLP maps in five populations, whose sizes varied from 135 to 250. A total of 23 QTLs were located in all 12 rice chromosomes, and eigh...
