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Time-lag effect of thermal displacement and its compensation method for long-span bridges
The time-lag effect between temperature and thermal displacement may induce the displacement-based safety assessment results of long-span bridges to derivate from the truth. In this paper, the typical characte...
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Open AccessStandardization construction and development trend of bridge health monitoring systems in China
Bridge health monitoring (BHM) technology has been widely accepted as a powerful tool to assess structural performance and has moved from research to practice. Driven by the enormous demand of ensuring bridge ...
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Nintedanib inhibits keloid fibroblast functions by blocking the phosphorylation of multiple kinases and enhancing receptor internalization
Keloid is a benign skin tumor characterized by its cell hyperproliferative activity, invasion into normal skin, uncontrolled growth, overproduction and deposition of extracellular matrices and high recurrence ...
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Robust perovskite-based triboelectric nanogenerator enhanced by broadband light and interface engineering
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are a widely researched type of energy harvester suited to powering mobile micro-electronic devices. In this study, we present a hybrid MAPbIxCl3-x perovskite-based triboelect...
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Phytoremediation potential of Pteris vittata L. under the combined contamination of As and Pb: beneficial interaction between As and Pb
The frequent co-existence of arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) necessitates the investigation of clean-up technologies for multi-metal(loid)s. Field survey and hydroponic experiments were conducted to elucidate the c...
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Prediction of extreme wind velocity at the site of the Runyang Suspension Bridge
This paper presents a distribution free method for predicting the extreme wind velocity from wind monitoring data at the site of the Runyang Suspension Bridge (RSB), China using the maximum entropy theory. The...
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Open AccessDifferentiation of human multipotent dermal fibroblasts into islet-like cell clusters
We have previously obtained a clonal population of cells from human foreskin that is able to differentiate into mesodermal, ectodermal and endodermal progenies. It is of great interest to know whether these ce...
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Open AccessDegradation or excretion of quantum dots in mouse embryonic stem cells
Quantum dots (QDs) have been considered as a new and efficient probe for labeling cells non-invasively in vitro and in vivo, but fairly little is known about how QDs are eliminated from cells after labeling. T...
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Dermal fibroblasts, an old population in new environments