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Experimental Evaluation of Negative Flexural Capacity of Composite Slabs Embedded with Truss Girders
In this study, a novel composite slab integrating truss girders was introduced. Flexural tests were conducted on a total of eight composite slab specimens to evaluate their negative flexural capacities. Based ...
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Development of ceramic additive manufacturing: process and materials technology
Ceramic additive manufacturing (C-AM) is highlighted as a technology that can overcome the inherent limitations of ceramics such as processability and formability. This process creates a structure by slicing a...
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Study on mechanical properties of kaolin-based geopolymer with various Si/Al ratio and aging time
Geopolymers are a class of aluminosilicate-based ceramics that contain 3D network synthesized by condensation of tetrahedral aluminosilicate units, produced by the aluminosilicate raw materials and alkaline ac...
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Densification of ZrB2–SiC nanocomposites prepared using ZrSi2, B4C, and C additives
Dense ZrB2–SiC nanocomposites were fabricated at 1450 °C by the high-energy ball milling (HEBM) of ZrB2 powder with ZrSi2–B4C–C additives and reactive spark plasma sintering (R-SPS). The sizes of ZrB2 and SiC gra...
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Open AccessOverexpression of N141I PS2 increases γ-secretase activity through up-regulation of Presenilin and Pen-2 in brain mitochondria of NSE/hPS2m transgenic mice
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is known to induce alterations of mitochondrial function such as elevation of oxidative stress and activation of apopotosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hum...
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Embedded Fiber Optic Sensing for Accurate State Estimation in Advanced Battery Management Systems
The problems of using performance parameters such as voltage, current and temperature measured with electrical sensors in today’s battery management systems (BMS) are well known. These parameters can be weakly...
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Embedded Fiber Optic Chemical Sensing for Internal Cell Side-Reaction Monitoring in Advanced Battery Management Systems
Cell aging and state-of-health (SOH) estimation is widely acknowledged as a challenge in state-of-the-art battery management systems deployed today. Towards addressing this issue, gas evolution monitoring from...
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Embedded Fiber Optic Sensors for In Situ and In-Operando Monitoring of Advanced Batteries
Our team is develo** an optically-based smart monitoring system prototype targeting batteries for advanced battery applications such as hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs). The system concept envisions fiber ...
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3,4,5-Trihydroxycinnamic acid inhibits lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation by Nrf2 activation in vitro and improves survival of mice in LPS-induced endotoxemia model in vivo
NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) has been demonstrated to be a key transcription factor regulating the anti-inflammatory genes including heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in experimental sepsis models. Based on the fact th...
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Identification of origin of unknown derivative chromosomes by array-based comparative genomic hybridization using pre- and postnatal clinical samples
Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) is a high-resolution and comprehensive method for detecting both genome-wide and chromosome-specific copy-number imbalance. We have developed an a...
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Fabrication of hydroxyapatite-poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds by a combination of the extrusion and bi-axial lamination processes
Hydroxyapatite (HA)/poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) composite scaffolds were fabricated using a combination of the extrusion and bi-axial lamination processes. Firstly, HA/PCL composites with various HA contents (0, 5...
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Macrochanneled poly (ɛ-caprolactone)/ hydroxyapatite scaffold by combination of bi-axial machining and lamination
A combination of bi-axial machining and lamination was used to fabricate macrochanneled poly (ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL)/hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds. Thermoplastic PCL/HA sheets with a thickness of 1 mm, consisti...
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Hydroxyapatite (HA) bone scaffolds with controlled macrochannel pores
Hydroxyapatite (HA) macrochanneled porous scaffolds, with a controlled pore structure, were fabricated via a combination of the extrusion and lamination processes. The scaffold was architectured by aligning an...