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Bulk ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of dicyclopentadiene and 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene: mixing rules, polymerization behaviors and properties
This work aims to explore the bulk ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of dicyclopentadiene and 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene by modifying the comonomer feed ratios. Thorough studies showed that their perform...
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Zero voltage switching non-isolated bidirectional DC–DC converter with transient current built-up technique
Non-isolated bidirectional dc–dc converters (NBDCs) are widely used in energy storage systems. However, the zero-voltage switching (ZVS) for NBDCs is hard to realize by adding auxiliary circuits. The auxiliary...
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Understanding the Effect of Oxygen on the Glass-Forming Ability of Zr55Cu55Al9Be9 Bulk Metallic Glass by ab initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Oxygen (O) is an inevitable impurity in bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) and its influence over the glass-forming ability (GFA) of BMGs is a longstanding controversy. The present ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) s...
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A multi-objective study on the constructal design of non-uniform heat generating disc cooled by radial- and dendritic-pattern cooling channels
A three-dimensional disc model with non-uniform heat generating is built. A series of cooling channels are inserted to cool this disc which is strewn in a hierarchical pattern. To reveal thermal and flow chara...
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Chronic cocaine exposure causes reduced blood flow and vasoconstriction in mouse prefrontal cortex in vivo
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Cocaine-induced ischemia in prefrontal cortex is associated with escalation of cocaine intake in rodents
Cocaine-induced vasoconstriction reduces blood flow, which can jeopardize neuronal function and in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) it may contribute to compulsive cocaine intake. Here, we used integrated optical i...
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Constructal design of a non-uniform heat generating disc based on entropy generation minimization
Non-uniform heat generating phenomenon is ubiquitous in real electronic devices. Based on this point, this paper researches the entropy generation rate (EGR) performance of a non-uniform heat generating (NUHG)...
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Thermodynamic performance of Dual-Miller cycle (DMC) with polytropic processes based on power output, thermal efficiency and ecological function
This study reports a new model of an air standard Dual-Miller cycle (DMC) with two polytropic processes and heat transfer loss. The two reversible adiabatic processes which could not be realized in practice ar...
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Open AccessHigh-speed swept source optical coherence Doppler tomography for deep brain microvascular imaging
Noninvasive microvascular imaging using optical coherence Doppler tomography (ODT) has shown great promise in brain studies; however, high-speed microcirculatory imaging in deep brain remains an open quest. A ...
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Simultaneous Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Exposures
Tissue-mimicking phantoms, including bovine serum albumin phantoms and egg white phantoms, have been developed for, and in laboratory use for, real-time visualization of high intensity focused ultrasound-induc...