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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Low-Temperature Personalized Radiant Cooler: Thermal Environment and Local Thermal Comfort Evaluation
A new personalized radiant cooler (PRC) is presented in this study, which uses an air-layer integrated radiative cooling unit (AiRCU) to create a microthermal environment for individuals. The AiRCU separates t...
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Article
Open AccessEnhancing anti-viral neutralization response to immunization with HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein immunogens
An effective human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) vaccine that robustly elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins (Envs) to block viral entry is still not avai...
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A heterostructure NiCo-layered double hydroxide nanosheets/Co3O4 Nanowires/Ni foam for the enhanced oxygen evolution reaction
Cobalt oxide (Co3O4) is a promising non-noble metal electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER), but it is hard to provide competitive performance relative to noble metal catalysts. In this paper, Cobalt ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Study on Thermal Comfort and Energy Saving Potential of Decoupled Ceiling Radiant Cooling Panels
We report in this paper the thermal comfort and energy saving potential of a decoupled ceiling radiant cooling panel (DCRCP), which is an infrared transparent and high resistance layer to separate cooling surf...
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Cooling load characteristics of indoor spaces conditioned by decoupled radiant cooling unit with low radiant temperature
Decoupled radiant cooling units (DRCUs) are capable of increasing the cooling capacity without increasing condensation risks even using a much lower cooling temperature than conventional radiant cooling units ...
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Anti-sorting signal design for radio frequency stealth radar based on cosine-exponential nonlinear chaotic map**
The anti-sorting transmission is one of the primary RF stealth signals, as well as radio frequency (RF) stealth is one of the greatest significant study areas in radar stealth technology. This study first exam...
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Open AccessAnalysis of circRNAs profile in TNF-α treated DPSC
Pulpitis often are characterized as sustained inflammation and impaired pulp self-repair. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been reported to be involved in the development of inflammation, but their influence in p...
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Open AccessCereal grain 3D point cloud analysis method for shape extraction and filled/unfilled grain identification based on structured light imaging
Cereals are the main food for mankind. The grain shape extraction and filled/unfilled grain recognition are meaningful for crop breeding and genetic analysis. The conventional measuring method is mainly manual...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
New Trends of Energy Efficiency Requirements for LED Lighting Products in China, EU and US
Around the world, lighting markets are becoming more efficient, abandoning old traditional light sources in favour of new light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and luminaires. China is the world leader in the manuf...
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Ang II Promotes SUMO2/3 Modification of RhoGDI1 Through Aos1 and Uba2 Subunits, and then Regulates RhoGDI1 Stability and Cell Proliferation
Ang II regulates RhoGDI1 stability and cell proliferation via SUMOylation. However, how Ang II regulates RhoGDI1 SUMOylation remains unknown. In this study, we focused on revealing the effects of E1 subunits (...
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Synergistic bactericidal activities of tobramycin with ciprofloxacin and azithromycin against Klebsiella pneumoniae
Trans-translation is a unique bacterial ribosome rescue system that plays important roles in the tolerance to environmental stresses. It is composed of an ssrA-encoded tmRNA and a protein SmpB. In this study, we ...
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Dynamic Compression Behavior of a Mg–Gd-Based Alloy at Elevated Temperature
The dynamic compression behavior and microstructure evolution at 400 °C of an extruded Mg–8Gd–4Y–Nd–Zr alloy with different tempers were investigated. The peak-aged samples exhibit the highest compressive stre...
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A high-throughput and low-cost maize ear traits scorer
In this study, based on automatic control and image processing, a high-throughput and low-cost maize ear traits scorer (METS) was developed for the automatic measurement of 34 maize ear traits. In total, 813 m...
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Open AccessIntervertebral disc degeneration associated with vertebral marrow fat, assessed using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging
To investigate the potential clinical application of quantitative MRI in assessing the correlation between lumbar vertebrae bone marrow fat deposition and intervertebral disc degeneration.
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Open AccessMeasuring cortical mean diffusivity to assess early microstructural cortical change in presymptomatic familial Alzheimer’s disease
There is increasing interest in improving understanding of the timing and nature of early neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and develo** methods to measure this in vivo. Autosomal dominant famili...
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Open AccessLongitudinal measurement of serum neurofilament light in presymptomatic familial Alzheimer’s disease
To investigate how serum neurofilament light (NfL) concentration changes through the course of disease in familial Alzheimer’s disease (FAD) and to assess when NfL concentration first increases.
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Open AccessComparison of rRNA-based and DNA-based nucleic acid amplifications for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Ureaplasma urealyticum in urogenital swabs
Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) are well-accepted in diagnosis and surveillance of sexually infectious pathogens worldwide. However, performance differences between a RNA-based NAAT and DNA-based NAAT ...
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High-order solutions of motion near triangular libration points for arbitrary value of \({\varvec{\mu }}\)
In this paper, a new methodology is proposed to derive the high-order approximations of motions near them in three cases, i.e., the mass ratio is greater than, smaller than and equal to Gascheau and Routh crit...
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Protocol
Assays to Assess Arenaviral Glycoprotein Function
Arenaviruses, such as Lassa virus (LASV) and Pichindé virus (PICV), are enveloped viruses with a bi-segmented ambisense RNA genome. The large (L) genomic segment encodes the Z matrix protein and the L RNA-depe...
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Protocol
Assays to Demonstrate the Roles of Arenaviral Nucleoproteins (NPs) in Viral RNA Synthesis and in Suppressing Type I Interferon
Arenaviruses, such as Lassa virus (LASV) and Pichindé virus (PICV), are enveloped viruses with a bi-segmented ambisense RNA genome. The large (L) genomic segment encodes the Z matrix protein and the L RNA-depe...
