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Open AccessFracture of the C15 CaAl2 Laves phase at small length scales
The cubic C15 CaAl2 Laves phase is an important brittle intermetallic precipitate in ternary Mg–Al–Ca structural alloys. Although knowledge of the mechanical properties of the co-existing phases is essential for ...
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Open AccessThe fracture toughness of martensite islands in dual-phase DP800 steel
In situ microcantilever bending tests were performed on martensite islands in a dual-phase (DP) steel to extract the fracture toughness of martensite at the microscale and to understand damage initiation durin...
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Open AccessLncRNA THRIL is upregulated in sepsis and sponges miR-19a to upregulate TNF-α in human bronchial epithelial cells
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to play critical roles in various diseases. Our bioinformatics analysis showed that lncRNA TNFα and heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein L (hnRNPL) relat...
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Efficient characterization tools for deformation-induced damage at different scales
In modern multiphase materials, damage initiation and growth during plastic deformation is a commonly observed and technologically relevant process. To reliably assess the state of damage in a specimen or, ult...
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Open AccessTransformation from Quantum to Classical Mode: the Size Effect of Plasmon in 2D Atomic Cluster System
On the basis of tight-binding approximation, the energy absorption of 2D atomic clusters is calculated by the linear response theory. Through the energy-absorption peaks in the presence of different external p...
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FeCo alloy nanoparticles supported on ordered mesoporous carbon for enhanced microwave absorption
Composites of carbon and magnetic metal are always the most attractive candidates for high-performance microwave absorbing materials (MAMs) due to their synergetic loss mechanisms and tunable electromagnetic p...
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Synthesis and microwave absorption enhancement of yolk–shell Fe3O4@C microspheres
Rational design on the microstructure of microwave-absorbing materials is paving the way for upgrading their performances in electromagnetic pollution prevention. In this study, a Fe3O4/C composite with unique yo...
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Precursor-directed synthesis of porous cobalt assemblies with tunable close-packed hexagonal and face-centered cubic phases for the effective enhancement in microwave absorption
Metal cobalt is one of the most promising candidates for high-performance microwave absorbers due to its compatible dielectric loss and magnetic loss abilities. Rational design on the microstructure of metal c...
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Digital IIR Filter Design with Fix-Point Representation Using Effective Evolutionary Local Search Enhanced Differential Evolution
Previously, the parameters of digital IIR filters were encoded with floating-point representations. It is known that a fixed-point representation can effectively save computational resources and is more conven...
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Continuous Summarization of Co-evolving Data in Large Water Distribution Network
While traditional water data stream analysis focuses mainly on single sensor node or monitoring station, having an accurate picture of the overall data patterns is more meaningful in understanding large water ...
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An Integer Linear Programming for Container Stowage Problem
So far most stowage planning only consider the stowage of single type containers or do not consider the stability of the containership. Here a 0-1 linear programming model for this problem is proposed. The obj...
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Extensive Epidemic Spreading Model Based on Multi-agent System Framework
In current epidemic spreading study, continuous system dynamics model and discrete agent model are often regarded as two types of incompatible models. However these two types of models may coexist in large-sca...
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Epidemic Alert & Response Framework and Technology Based on Spreading Dynamics Simulation
There have been many research works on epidemic spreading by mathematical or simulation methods. However, to make it practical as a decision support tool for policy maker, it should be combined with business o...
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Continual Business Transformation Technology
Enterprises always have to pursue for profitability while maintaining long term competitive advantages. Today, this task becomes more challenging due to globalization and dynamic changing business environment....
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Value-Oriented IT Project Portfolio Management
In the present enterprise computing environment, it becomes more and more important to be able to demonstrate financial gains of IT (Information Technology) initiatives compared to their cost. A valuation meth...
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Customer Future Profitability Assessment: A Data-Driven Segmentation Function Approach
One of the important tasks in customer relationship management is to find out the future profitability of individual and/or groups of customers. Data mining-based approaches only provide coarse-grained custome...
