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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Top-Down Approach to an Armoured Face Conveyor Family Design
The Armored Face Conveyer is typical product for customization. To achieve Mass customization, a top-down approach to product family design is introduced. The steps and tools of the approach are discussed when...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Process Model of Product Platform Building for the Products With the Same Function Structure
Product platform is a good way to achieve Mass Customization. The ability of deriving variants of a product platform depends on its configuration, which ultimately is determined by voices of customer. The natu...
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Factors influencing long-term follow-up clinic attendance among survivors of childhood cancer
Attendance at long-term follow-up clinic is necessary for survivors of childhood cancer to facilitate education about cancer-related health risks, early detection of treatment-related morbidity, and implementa...
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Open AccessSynthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of Fe-doped TiO2 Supported on Hollow Glass Microbeads
In this paper, Fe-doped TiO2 photocatalyst supported on hollow glass microbeads (Fe-TiO2/beads) is prepared by dip-coating method, which uses hollow glass microbeads as the carriers and tetrabutylorthotitanate [T...
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Spatial Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Lake Taihu, China
A total of 30 sediments, overlying water and porewater samples were collected from Lake Taihu, China for the analysis of PAHs. The total PAHs varied from 209 to 3,843 ng g−1 in sediments, from 238 to 7,422 ng L−1
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A Phase I trial of dose escalation of topotecan combined with whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastasis in lung cancer
The aim of this study was to define the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) and observe the toxicity of escalating topotecan combined whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastasis in lung cancer.
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Effect of CeO2 on the Crystalline Structure of Forsterite Synthesized from Low-Grade Magnesite
The influence of CeO2 on the crystalline structure of forsterite synthesized from low-grade magnesite and natural silica is discussed in this paper. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ...
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Biological and clinical implications of endocan in gastric cancer
Endocan overexpression has been reported to be associated with poor prognosis in various cancer types such as breast cancer, kidney cancer, and lung cancer. However, the biological and prognostic significance ...
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Chapter
Electrochemical Behaviour of Carbon Anodes in Na3AlF6-K3AlF6-Based Low-Melting Electrolytes for Aluminium Electrolysis
The anode processes of carbon electrodes in 49 wt% Na3AlF6 — 21 wt% K3AlF6 — 30 wt% AlF3-Al2O3 (saturated or free) melts were studied in a wide range of potentials by cyclic voltammetry. Two electrolysis processe...
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Overexpression of Rab5a promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and invasion via FAK signaling pathway
Rab5a was reported to be overexpressed in human malignancy and associated with the malignant phenotype. To data, its expression pattern and biological function in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have not been s...
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Overexpression of Rab25 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and invasion
Rab25 was reported to be associated with several human cancers and malignant biological behavior of cancer cells. The goal of the present study was to determine its expression pattern and biological function i...
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Degradation of streptomycin in aquatic environment: kinetics, pathway, and antibacterial activity analysis
Streptomycin used in human and veterinary medicine is released into the environment mainly through excretions. As such, its elimination in water should be investigated to control pollution. In this study, the ...
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Hydrothermal growth of symmetrical ZnO nanorod arrays on nanosheets for gas sensing applications
The hierarchical ZnO nanostructures with 2-fold symmetrical nanorod arrays on zinc aluminum carbonate (ZnAl-CO3) nanosheets have been successfully synthesized through a two-step hydrothermal process. The primary ...
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Separation and determination of cinchona alkaloids by ligand-exchange capillary electrophoresis using a Cu(II)–l-lysine complex as selector
The purpose of this study was to develop a novel, simple and precise ligand-exchange capillary electrophoresis method to separate the diastereomer pairs of four major cinchona alkaloids (quinine/quinidine and...
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LaNiO3 modified with Ag nanoparticles as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc–air batteries
No-precious bifunctional catalysts with high electrochemical activities and stability were crucial to properties of rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Herein, LaNiO3 modified with Ag nanoparticles (Ag/LaNiO3) was p...
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Gastric Sleeve Surgery Alleviates Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance and Suppresses Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Adipose Tissue of db/db Mice
The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of gastric sleeve surgery on diabetes remission in db/db mice as well as to determine the underlying mechanisms.
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Pretreatment of Grape Seed Proanthocyanidin Extract Exerts Neuroprotective Effect in Murine Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Injury by Its Antiapoptotic Property
Grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE), an active component extracted from the grape, has been reported to demonstrate antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antiapoptosis effects. However, little...
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Open AccessEfficacy and factors affecting the choice of enucleation and liver resection for giant hemangioma: a retrospective propensity score-matched study
Liver resection (LR) and enucleation (EN) are the main surgical treatment for giant hepatic hemangioma (HH), but how to choose the type of surgery is still controversial. This study aimed to explore the effica...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design of High-Efficiency Heterogeneous Processing System for on-Board Mass Telemetry Data Analysis
The large amount of telemetry data generated during the operation of satellites in orbit cannot be transmitted to the ground in real time due to the limitation of space link. In order to analyze the massive te...
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Open AccessLINC00242/miR-1-3p/G6PD axis regulates Warburg effect and affects gastric cancer proliferation and apoptosis
Reprogrammed glucose metabolism of enhanced Warburg effect (or aerobic glycolysis) is considered as a hallmark of cancer. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been certified to play a crucial role in tumor prog...
