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Investigation of the Stress and Strain Distribution in the Surrounding Soil of a Tunnel Induced by the Double-Heading at Bottom Method
The tunneling process in water-rich silty fine sand stratum often faces challenges such as arch collapse due to the instability of the initial support arch foot. The present study focuses on the Taoshu** 3# ...
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Bimetallic NiCoP catalysts anchored on phosphorus-doped lignin-based carbon for robust oxygen evolution performance
Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts are the key core materials that determine the performance of fuel cells, metal-air batteries, electrolytic water decomposition, and other applications. In this work, a...
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Response Mechanism of Dynamic Tensile Mechanics in Granite Under Microwave Irradiation: Insights from Experiments and Simulations
Microwave-assisted mechanical rock-breaking can effectively solve the problems of low efficiency of hard rock-breaking and severe wear and tear of equipment. This study used granite as the research object and ...
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Open AccessEffects of percutaneous endovascular angioplasty for severe stenosis or occlusion of subclavian artery
To investigate the effect and safety of percutaneous endovascular angioplasty (PEA) with optional stenting for the treatment of severe stenosis or occlusion of subclavian artery, patients with severe stenosis ...
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Icariin Ameliorates D-galactose-induced Cell Injury in Neuron-like PC12 Cells by Inhibiting MPTP Opening
Icariin (ICA) has a good neuroprotective effect and can upregulate neuronal basal autophagy in naturally aging rats. Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with brain aging-related neurodegenerative diseases....
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Open AccessSusceptibility gene identification and risk evaluation model construction by transcriptome-wide association analysis for salt sensitivity of blood pressure
Salt sensitivity of blood pressure (SSBP) is an intermediate phenotype of hypertension and is a predictor of long-term cardiovascular events and death. However, the genetic structures of SSBP are uncertain, an...
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Determinants of saturation magnetic flux density in Fe-based metallic glasses: insights from machine-learning models
Fe-based metallic glasses have garnered significant attention due to their low coercivity force and core loss. Enhancing the saturation magnetic flux density (Bs) of Fe-based metallic glasses is crucial for their...
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Dynamic magnetic properties for the Ising-type borophene monolayer in an oscillating magnetic field
Recently, the novel two-dimensional (2D) borophene which exhibits unique magnetic properties has attracted intense attention due to its diverse potential applications in sensors and information storage. In thi...
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Corrugated Graphene Paper Reinforced Silicone Resin Composite for Efficient Interface Thermal Management
With the rapid development of high-power-density electronic devices, interface thermal resistance has become a critical barrier for effective heat management in high-performance electronic products. Therefore,...
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CircNSD1 promotes cardiac fibrosis through targeting the miR-429-3p/SULF1/Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Cardiac fibrosis is a detrimental pathological process, which constitutes the key factor for adverse cardiac structural remodeling leading to heart failure and other critical conditions. Circular RNAs (circRNA...
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Open AccessSignificance of atherosclerotic plaque location in recanalizing non-acute long-segment occlusion of the internal carotid artery
To investigate the significance of atherosclerotic plaque location in hybrid surgery comprising both endovascular recanalization approaches and carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic atherosclerotic non-acute ...
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Exploitation of healthcare IoT–fog-based smart e-health gateways: a resource optimization approach
In the domains of health and medicine, current technology facilitates the quicker identification of effective solutions. Smart electronic health networks based on IoT–fog are one of these technologies. It comb...
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Open AccessFloods and cause-specific mortality in the UK: a nested case-control study
Floods are the most frequent weather-related disaster, causing significant health impacts worldwide. Limited studies have examined the long-term consequences of flooding exposure.
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Analysis of blood methylation quantitative trait loci in East Asians reveals ancestry-specific impacts on complex traits
Methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) are essential for understanding the role of DNA methylation changes in genetic predisposition, yet they have not been fully characterized in East Asians (EAs). Here ...
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Open AccessDialGNN: Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks for Dialogue Classification
Dialogue systems have attracted growing research interests due to its widespread applications in various domains. However, most research work focus on sentence-level intent recognition to interpret user uttera...
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Adsorption of Cr(VI) on calcined MgAl-layered double hydroxides and recycling of spent adsorbents for the removal of organic dyes
Adsorption is considered an effective strategy for removing Cr(VI) from wastewater, but disposal of spent adsorbents is still a thorny problem. This work aims to develop an efficient adsorbent for Cr(VI) remov...
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Open AccessUltra-wide field and new wide field composite retinal image registration with AI-enabled pipeline and 3D distortion correction algorithm
This study aimed to compare a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) method to conventional mathematical war** in accurately overlaying peripheral retinal vessels from two different imaging devices: confocal scann...
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Effects of radius and electronegativity of donors on the microstructure and mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of ZnO varistors
In this paper, influence of radius and electronegativities of seven kinds of donors on the composition, microstructure, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of ZnO varistors were investigated via XRD,...
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Open AccessThe role of macrophage polarization and cellular crosstalk in the pulmonary fibrotic microenvironment: a review
Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a progressive interstitial inflammatory disease with a high mortality rate. Patients with PF commonly experience a chronic dry cough and progressive dyspnoea for years without effect...
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Working more, paying less: differential effects of austerity measures on the motivation of public employees
Public organizations worldwide are increasingly expected to perform more effectively at a lower cost. Austerity measures are thus taken, affecting the wellbeing of hundreds and thousands of employees. By utili...
