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Climatic effects of afforestation over the middle-upper reaches of the yellow river
Afforestation is an important human activity that changes land use, and would affect regional climate. However, the impact of afforestation on the regional climate in arid and semi-arid regions remains a subje...
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Open AccessNanocomposite magnetic hydrogel with dual anisotropic properties induces osteogenesis through the NOTCH-dependent pathways
Physical factors in the cellular microenvironment have critical effects on stem cell differentiation. The utilization of physical factors to promote the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells has been establ...
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Open AccessChanges in the moisture contribution over global arid regions
Arid regions have deficient precipitation, understanding the sources and transportation of moisture for precipitation are crucial. This study examined the major moisture contributions for global six arid regio...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Improvement of summer precipitation simulation by correcting biases of spring soil moisture in the seasonal frozen-thawing zone over the Northern Hemisphere
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Numerical Simulations of a Florida Sea Breeze and Its Interactions with Associated Convection: Effects of Geophysical Representation and Model Resolution
The Florida peninsula in the USA has a frequent occurrence of sea breeze (SB) thunderstorms. In this study, the numerical simulation of a Florida SB and its associated convective initiation (CI) is simulated u...
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Open AccessImprovement of summer precipitation simulation by correcting biases of spring soil moisture in the seasonal frozen-thawing zone over the Northern Hemisphere
Soil moisture (SM) plays an important role in the climate system, and the effects of SM anomalies on climate can persist from month to season. The seasonal frozen-thawing zone (SFTZ) in the northern hemisphere...
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Improvement of summer precipitation simulation in China by assimilating spring soil moisture over the Tibetan Plateau
The snow melting and frozen soil thawing processes in spring could lead to the significant anomaly in soil moisture (SM) over the Tibetan Plateau (TP), which has a strong influence on the interaction between l...
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Open AccessDual anisotropicity comprising 3D printed structures and magnetic nanoparticle assemblies: towards the promotion of mesenchymal stem cell osteogenic differentiation
Leveraging physical factors in cellular microenvironments to promote adipose tissue-derived stem cell (ADSC) osteogenic differentiation has emerged as a new strategy in the development of scaffolds for bone ti...
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Effect of nanoscale bioactive glass with radial spherical particles on osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
To validate the feasibility of two types of bioactive glass that contains spherical and radical spherical nano-sized particles in promoting bone repair, we hypothesize that radical spherical nano-sized particl...
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Enhanced mechanical properties and biosafety evaluation of surface-modified fiberglass-reinforced resin-based composite piles
The purpose of this study is to analyze various surface grafting modifications of fiberglass-reinforced resin based composite piles. In addition, the effects of surface modifications of fiberglass-reinforced r...
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Impacts of Soil Moisture on the Numerical Simulation of a Post-Landfall Storm
Surface heat and moisture fluxes are important to the evolution of a tropical storm after its landfall. Soil moisture is one of the essential components that influence surface heating and moisture fluxes. In t...
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Open AccessMost of the Northern Hemisphere Permafrost Remains under Climate Change
Degradation of cryospheric components such as arctic sea ice and permafrost may pose a threat to the Earth’s climate system. A rise of 2 °C above pre-industrial global surface temperature is considered to be a...
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Open AccessPre-vascularization in fibrin Gel/PLGA microsphere scaffolds designed for bone regeneration
Blood supply plays a central role in alveolar bone regeneration within a large bone defect filled with a cell-laden scaffold material, as it provides sufficient oxygen and nutrition to cells inside the scaffol...
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Numerical simulation of the rapid intensification of Hurricane Katrina (2005): Sensitivity to boundary layer parameterization schemes
Accurate forecasting of the intensity changes of hurricanes is an important yet challenging problem in numerical weather prediction. The rapid intensification of Hurricane Katrina (2005) before its landfall in...
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Open AccessUse of polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine solution for sterilisation and preservation improves mechanical properties and osteogenesis of allografts
Allografts eliminate the disadvantages associated with autografts and synthetic scaffolds but are associated with a disease-transmission risk. Therefore, allograft sterilisation is crucial. We aimed to determi...
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Fabrication and evaluation of light-curing nanocomposite resins filled with surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles for dental application
A kind of light-curing nanocomposite resin, which consisted of reactive monomers, surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles and a photoinitiation system, has been developed for the application of dental restoration. It...
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Effect of ZrN coating by magnetron sputtering and sol–gel processed silica coating on titanium/porcelain interface bond strength
In this study, a coating technique was applied to improve the bond strength of titanium (Ti) porcelain. ZrN coating was prepared by magnetron sputtering, and silica coating was processed by a sol–gel method. T...
