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Binaphthol diimide scintillators for X-ray imaging
Rylene diimides are an attractive class of organic dyes owing to their exceptional optical properties and optoelectronic applications. Herein, we extend their applications to the realm of X-ray imaging. The em...
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Damage mechanism and fracture evolution of rock containing defects with LCEM-GFEM method under explosive load
Defects in rock masses have significant influence on the fracture propagation during blasting. In this study, a numerical model is developed using the local cohesive element based on the global finite element ...
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Resource Allocation Method for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Assisted and User Cooperation Non-Linear Energy Harvesting Mobile Edge Computing System
Aimed at the doubly near-far problems in a large range suffered by the remote user group and in a small range existing in both nearby and remote user groups during energy harvesting and computation offloading,...
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The Sasa-Satsuma Equation on a Non-Zero Background: The Inverse Scattering Transform and Multi-Soliton Solutions
We concentrate on the inverse scattering transformation for the Sasa-Satsuma equation with 3 × 3 matrix spectrum problem and a nonzero boundary condition. To circumvent the multi-value of eigenvalues, we intro...
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Effects of in-situ stress and delay time on rock damage under shaped charge jet blasting
In-situ stress and delay time in shaped charge jet blasting (SCJB) have significant effects on rock damage. In this study, the stress distribution pattern and damage mechanism of rock around the blast hole und...
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Surface functionalization of phosphorene via P-H bond for ambient protection and robust photocatalytic H2 evolution
The facile oxidation of few-layer black phosphorus (i.e., phosphorene) in the atmospheric environment is a major hurdle for its applications in photocatalytic solar-energy conversion. The introduction of prote...
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The impact of spatial autocorrelation on CPUE standardization between two different fisheries
Catch per unit of effort (CPUE) data can display spatial autocorrelation. However, most of the CPUE standardization methods developed so far assumes independency of observations for the dependent variable, whi...
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Hydraulic properties analysis of the unsaturated cracked soil
Morphological parameters of cracks significantly affect the hydraulic conductivity of cracked soil. A laboratory test was conducted to study the hydraulic properties of cracks. The dynamic development of crack...
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Evaporation of a nanodroplet on a rough substrate
The wettability and roughness of a substrate are crucial to the evolution of the contact angle and three-phase contact line in the evaporation of sessile droplets. In this paper, by performing molecular dynami...
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Dielectric properties of Bi4Ti3O12 ceramics by impedance spectroscopic method
Various lead-free ceramics have been investigated in search for new high-temperature dielectrics. In particular, Bi4Ti3O12 is a type of ferroelectric ceramics, which is supposed to replace leadcontaining ceramics...
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Carrier transport across grain boundaries in polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors
We established a model for investigating polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film transistors (TFTs). The effect of grain boundaries (GBs) on the transfer characteristics of TFT was analyzed by considering ...
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The influences of controlling sintering mechanism on electrical properties of multilayer PTCR chip
Experiments were designed to investigate the influence of controlling sintering mechanism on electrical properties of multilayer PTCR chip. During the preparation process, heating rate, sintering temperature, ...
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Evaluating the impact of spatio-temporal scale on CPUE standardization
This study focused on the quantitative evaluation of the impact of the spatio-temporal scale used in data collection and grou** on the standardization of CPUE (catch per unit effort). We used the Chinese squ...
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Evaluation of FAD-associated purse seine fishery reduction strategies for bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the Indian Ocean
In the Indian Ocean, bigeye tuna supports one of the most important fisheries in the world. This fishery mainly consists of two components: longline and purse seine fisheries. Evidence of overfishing and stock...
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Enhancements of major aerosol components due to additional HONO sources in the North China Plain and implications for visibility and haze
The Weather Research and Forecasting/Chemistry model (WRF-Chem) was updated by including photoexcited nitrogen dioxide (NO2) molecules, heterogeneous reactions on aerosol surfaces, and direct emissions of nitrous...
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Age, maturation, and population structure of the Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas off the Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zones
Age, maturation and population structure of the Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas were studied based on random sampling of the Chinese jigging fishery off the Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) during 2008–2010...
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Characteristics of aerosol activation efficiency and aerosol and CCN vertical distributions in North China
By analyzing airborne observations over North China from 30 flights during spring and autumn of 2005–2007, characteristics of the vertical distributions of aerosol and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) at 0.3% s...
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Functionalizing ps microspheres by supercritical deposition of P(S-b-tBA) for diverse interfacial properties exemplified with biocidal ability
Polystyrene (PS) microspheres were functionalized with poly(styrene-b-tert-butyl acrylate) (P(S-b-tBA)) by adsorption from supercritical mixture of CO2 and hexane. Supercritical deposition formed a shell-core str...
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Modeling a habitat suitability index for the eastern fall cohort of Ommastrephes bartramii in the central North Pacific Ocean
The eastern fall cohort of the neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii, has been commercially exploited by the Chinese squid jigging fleet in the central North Pacific Ocean since the late 1990s. To understand ...
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Species composition and diversity of pelagic fishes based on a longline fishery catch in the North Pacific Ocean
Evaluation of spatial-temporal variability of species composition and diversity in oceanic ecosystems is not easy because it is usually difficult to obtain sufficient data quantifying such variability. In this...
