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Open AccessAn integrated design concept evaluation model based on interval valued picture fuzzy set and improved GRP method
The objective of this research is to enhance the precision and efficiency of design concept assessments during the initial stages of new product creation. Design concept evaluation, which occurs at the end of ...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-191 regulates oral squamous cell carcinoma cells growth by targeting PLCD1 via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Studies have shown that microRNA-191 (miR-191) is involved in the development and progression of a variety of tumors. However, the function and mechanism of miR-191 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) have ...
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Experimental Study on Fractal Characteristics of Surface Roughness of Briquettes and their Effect on Wettability of Coal Samples
To quantify the influence of surface roughness and its fractal characteristics on the wettability of the samples, coal samples of five particle sizes were selected to produce different cylindrically shaped coa...
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Batch Gradient Training Method with Smoothing Group \(L_0\) Regularization for Feedfoward Neural Networks
\(L_0\) L 0 reg...
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Distributed Cooperative Guidance of Multi-missile with Unreliable Communications
The salvo attack of multi-missile is investigated, where the communication topology is randomly switching and unsustainably connected due to the unreliable links, and the probability of the packet loss is unav...
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Selenium Exerts Protective Effects Against Fluoride-Induced Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress and Altered the Expression of Bcl-2/Caspase Family
Fluoride is widely distributed in nature, and at high concentrations, it targets the kidney and especially proximal tubule epithelial cells. Selenium is a typical trace element beneficial to humans, and the ro...
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4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts
Locust plagues threaten agricultural and environmental safety throughout the world1,2. Aggregation pheromones have a crucial role in the transition of locusts from a solitary form to the devastating gregarious fo...
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Selenium attenuates apoptosis and p-AMPK expressions in fluoride-induced NRK-52E cells
Fluoride is widely distributed in the environment, and excessive fluoride intake can induce cytotoxicity, DNA damage, and cell cycle changes in many tissues and organs, including the kidney. Accumulating evide...
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Open AccessElevated O3 enhances the attraction of whitefly-infested tomato plants to Encarsia formosa
We experimentally examined the effects of elevated O3 and whitefly herbivory on tomato volatiles, feeding and oviposition preferences of whiteflies and behavioural responses of Encarsia formosa to these emissions...
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Open AccessThe locust genome provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight
Locusts are one of the world’s most destructive agricultural pests and represent a useful model system in entomology. Here we present a draft 6.5 Gb genome sequence of Locusta migratoria, which is the largest ani...
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Optimum tactics of parallel multi-grid algorithm with virtual boundary forecast method running on a local network with the PVM platform
In this paper, an optimum tactic of multi-grid parallel algorithm with virtual boundary forecast method is disscussed, and a two-stage implementation is presented. The numerical results of solving a non-linear...
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Application of Capture-Recapture Models for Estimating Coffee Stemborer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Abundance
The population of coffee stemborers (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was estimated at six sites in south-west China using two capture-recapture models. Two sampling methods (simple and systematic random sampling), e...
