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A Lightweight Damage Diagnosis Method for Frame Structure Based on SGNet Model
Due to the complex structure of most frame structure, a large amount of sensor data needs to be processed for damage diagnosis, which increases the computational cost of diagnosis models and poses a serious ch...
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Fabrication of functional surfaces of aluminum alloy with a transition from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic by nanosecond laser irradiation
The wettability of metal surfaces is of importance in different practical applications. In the present work, we investigated the role of alumina coatings in the variation of the surface wettability of aluminum...
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Controlling Hydraulic Fracture Growth Through Precise Vertical Placement of Lateral Wells: Insights from HFTS Experiment and Numerical Validation
Vertical placement of the lateral portion of a wellbore in shale formations is crucial for the optimization of hydraulic fracture geometry and the resultant well production. It is common to design the trajecto...
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Open AccessAltered genome-wide hippocampal gene expression profiles following early life lead exposure and their potential for reversal by environmental enrichment
Early life lead (Pb) exposure is detrimental to neurobehavioral development. The quality of the environment can modify negative influences from Pb exposure, impacting the developmental trajectory following Pb ...
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Surrogate Models in Rock and Soil Mechanics: Integrating Numerical Modeling and Machine Learning
A surrogate model is an engineering method to predict the outcome of some process rather than model the real process itself. Here, we use surrogate models based on the machine learning that have been trained u...
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Open AccessSuppression of MD2 inhibits breast cancer in vitro and in vivo
To explore the effects of the intervening measure targeting myeloid differentiation 2 (MD2) on breast cancer progression in vitro and in vivo.
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Stability Analysis of Soil Slopes Subject to Action of Rainfall-Induced Wetting Front
The stability of shallow soil slope was analyzed considering the wetting front within the slope during rainfall. The slope failure model (composed of an upper arc, a straight part in the middle, and a lower ar...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ti Crystallization with Solid–Liquid Configuration Method
The computation models were created with the solid-liquid configuration method. The molecular dynamics simulations were performed to exhibit the crystallization process of liquid pure Ti to hexagonal close pac...
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Wetting and Brazing of Alumina by Sn0.3Ag0.7Cu-Ti Alloy
The wetting behavior of Sn0.3Ag0.7Cu (wt pct) with the addition of Ti on alumina was studied at 1273 K (1000 °C) using the sessile drop method. The wettability of Sn0.3Ag0.7Cu is significantly enhanced with th...
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Novel mutations in the SEC24D gene in Chinese families with autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta
We sought to characterize the phenotypes and identify the SEC24D gene mutations associated with Chinese families of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Using whole-exome sequencing, we discovered two novel compound SEC...
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No causal effect of serum urate on bone-related outcomes among a population of postmenopausal women and elderly men of Chinese Han ethnicity—a Mendelian randomization study
We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to assess the effect of serum uric acid on bone-related outcomes using a weighted urate transporter genetic risk score as the instrumental variable. The results ...
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Catalytic behavior and synergistic effect of nonthermal plasma and CuO/AC catalyst for benzene destruction
Nonthermal plasma-catalysis hybrid technology (NTP-C) operated at ambient temperature and pressure offers an innovative and effective approach to solving the problem of dilute volatile organic compounds pollu...
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Open AccessHigh e+/e− Ratio Dense Pair Creation with 1021W.cm−2 Laser Irradiating Solid Targets
We report results of new pair creation experiments using ~100 Joule pulses of the Texas Petawatt Laser to irradiate solid gold and platinum targets, with intensities up to ~1.9 × 1021 W.cm−2 and pulse durations a...
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Accuracy and Reproducibility of Patient-Specific Hemodynamic Models of Stented Intracranial Aneurysms: Report on the Virtual Intracranial Stenting Challenge 2011
Validation studies are prerequisites for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to be accepted as part of clinical decision-making. This paper reports on the 2011 edition of the Virtual Intracranial St...
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Agile Firm Organisation and Upgrading in the Greater Pearl River Delta
This chapter analyses an original firm-level dataset collected by our own Hong Kong (HK) Company Survey 2007 to investigate agility patterns applied by HK companies in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) in organising...
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Decreasing P-selectin and ICAM-1 via activating Akt: a possible mechanism by which PARG inhibits adhesion of mouse colorectal carcinoma CT26 cells to platelets
Poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG), which was discovered during studies on DNA damage study and in inflammation research, is an attractive target protein in current cancer research. The enzymatic hydrolys...
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Open AccessApoptosis of osteosarcoma cultures by the combination of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor SCH727965 and a heat shock protein 90 inhibitor
Osteosarcoma (OS) is an aggressive bone cancer typically observed in adolescents and young adults. Metastatic relapse accounts primarily for treatment failure, and obstacles to improving cure rates include a l...
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Microbiologic characteristics of pathogenic bacteria from hospitalized trauma patients who survived Wenchuan earthquake
The purpose of this study is to investigate the microbiological characterization of pathogenic bacteria isolated from trauma patients after Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. Most infections were identified in the p...
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d-amino acids for the enhancement of a binary biocide cocktail consisting of THPS and EDDS against an SRB biofilm
Biofilms of sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are often responsible for Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) that is a major problem in the oil and gas industry as well as water utilities and other indus...
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Early treatment of necrotizing fasciitis secondary to perianal abscess
BACKGROUND: The present study analyzed the surgical treatment effects of necrotizing fasciitis secondary to perianal abscess at different treatment times to determine a better treatment approach. METHODS: Sixt...
