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Heat-resistant super-dispersed oxide strengthened aluminium alloys
Oxided-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) alloys are promising high-strength materials used in extreme environments such as high-temperature and radiation tolerance applications. Until now, ODS alloys have been dev...
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Improving collaborative filtering with SNE–GCN: a second-order neighbor enhanced graph convolutional network
Graph collaborative filtering uses user-item interactions to capture user preferences for items. While this approach proves highly effective, its performance may suffer from the sparse user-item interactions. ...
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Open AccessMaternal smoking, consumption of alcohol, and caffeinated beverages during pregnancy and the risk of childhood brain tumors: a meta-analysis of observational studies
We conducted this meta-analysis to investigate the potential association between maternal smoking, alcohol and caffeinated beverages consumption during pregnancy and the risk of childhood brain tumors (CBTs).
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CA-PDBPR: category-aware privacy preserving POI recommendation using decentralized Bayesian personalized ranking
Point-of-interest (POI) recommendation has gained significant traction recently due to the rising trend of location-based networks. Traditional approaches rely on a centralized collection of user data. Concern...
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Degradation of Dimethyl Phthalate by Heterogeneous Electro-Fenton Process Using Fe3O4-Doped Biomass Porous Carbon
Homogeneous electro-Fenton technology is a promising approach for treating the increasing numbers of refractory organic pollutants in water. However, it has disadvantages, such as a narrow pH usage range and t...
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Open AccessRevealing the room temperature superplasticity in bulk recrystallized molybdenum
Body-centered cubic refractory metallic materials exhibit excellent high-temperature strength, but often suffer from brittle intergranular fracture due to the recrystallization-induced enrichment of trace elem...
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Targeting TNFAIP2 induces immunogenic cell death and sensitizes glioblastoma multiforme to anti-PD-1 therapy
The efficacy of current immunotherapeutic strategies for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains unsatisfactory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between tumor necrosis ...
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Open AccessDiscovering a cohesive football team through players’ attributed collaboration networks
The process of team composition in multiplayer sports such as football has been a main area of interest within the field of the science of teamwork, which is important for improving competition results and gam...
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Open AccessSynergy of multiple precipitate/matrix interface structures for a heat resistant high-strength Al alloy
High strength aluminum alloys are widely used but their strength is reduced as nano-precipitates coarsen rapidly in medium and high temperatures, which greatly limits their application. Single solute segregati...
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Understanding Partitioning and Segregation of Boron in Continuously Cast Slabs of 27MnB5 Steel
Trace addition of boron at approximate 40 ppm can have a significant effect on strength of steels. This research addresses B distribution in a continuously cast slab of 27MnB5 steel using nanoscale secondary i...
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Open AccessA nanodispersion-in-nanograins strategy for ultra-strong, ductile and stable metal nanocomposites
Nanograined metals have the merit of high strength, but usually suffer from low work hardening capacity and poor thermal stability, causing premature failure and limiting their practical utilities. Here we rep...
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Open AccessDesigning against phase and property heterogeneities in additively manufactured titanium alloys
Additive manufacturing (AM) creates digitally designed parts by successive addition of material. However, owing to intrinsic thermal cycling, metallic parts produced by AM almost inevitably suffer from spatial...
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Uniting tensile ductility with ultrahigh strength via composition undulation
Metals with nanocrystalline grains have ultrahigh strengths approaching two gigapascals. However, such extreme grain-boundary strengthening results in the loss of almost all tensile ductility, even when the me...
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Flow field analyses of a porous membrane-separated, double-layered microfluidic chip for cell co-culture
Organs-on-chips composed of a porous membrane-separated, double-layered channels are used widely in elucidating the effects of cell co-culture and flow shear on biological functions. While the diversity of cha...
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Open AccessGlobal map** of live cell mechanical features using PeakForce QNM AFM
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been widely used to acquire surface topography upon different scanning modes and to quantify mechanical properties of a cell using single-point ramp force mode. However, these...
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Open AccessUltrastrong nanocrystalline steel with exceptional thermal stability and radiation tolerance
Nanocrystalline (NC) metals are stronger and more radiation-tolerant than their coarse-grained (CG) counterparts, but they often suffer from poor thermal stability as nanograins coarsen significantly when heat...
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Open AccessTRIM14 promotes colorectal cancer cell migration and invasion through the SPHK1/STAT3 pathway
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most lethal malignancies. Tripartite Motif Containing 14 (TRIM14) is a member of TRIM family proteins, which are involved in the pathogenesis of various cancers. This stud...
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Core–shell porphyrin·multi-walled carbon nanotube hybrids linked by multiple hydrogen bonds: nanostructure and electronic communication
In this paper, multiple hydrogen bonding interaction of ureidopyrimidinone (UPM) was employed as the linking bridge for the formation of a novel porphyrin·multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) hybrid, which was...
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Bauschinger Effect and Back Stress in Gradient Cu-Ge Alloy
Using surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT), a gradient structure composed of two gradient structure (GS) layers and a coarse grain (CG) layer was generated from a Cu-5.7 wt pct Ge alloy, significantly...
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Open AccessThe protective role of montelukast against intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats
Several drugs are effective in attenuating intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI); however little is known about the effect of montelukast. Fifty rats were randomly assigned to 3 groups: model group (ope...
