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Ginkgo biloba Leaf Polysaccharide Induces Autophagy and Modulates the Expression of Apoptosis Markers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy and poses a severe threat to human health. Ginkgo biloba leaf polysaccharide (GBLP) is a bioactive component, and its sulphated derivativ...
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Open AccessAdaptive partitioning-based discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for flows in all flow regimes
To improve the efficiency of the discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) in capturing cross-scale flow physics, an adaptive partitioning-based discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (ADUGKS) is developed in t...
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Asperosaponin VI Protects Against Bone Loss Due to Hindlimb Unloading in Skeletally Growing Mice Through Regulating Microbial Dysbiosis Altering the 5-HT Pathway
Osteoporosis is a complex multifactorial disease that can lead to an increased risk of fracture. However, selective and effective osteoporosis drugs are still lacking. We showed that Asperosaponin VI (AVI) has...
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Precipitation Behavior in Low-alloyed Mg–Ca–Zn Alloys
Low-alloyed Mg–Ca–Zn alloys are promising as a base system of heat-treatable wrought alloys because of their rapid age-hardenability. The trace addition of Zn plays a critical role in accelerating the age-hard...
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Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Sn-0.3Ag-0.7Cu-0.5CeO2 Composite Solder Alloy
The low-cycle fatigue behavior of Sn-0.3Ag-0.7Cu-0.5CeO2 composite solder alloy was studied. The results show that the fatigue life exponent and material ductility coefficient of the composite solder alloy are de...
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Pressure-induced phase transition of layer-structured host–guest hybrid based on C70 and p-But-calix[8]arene
Host–guest hybrid (HGH) consisting of p-But-calix[8]arene and fullerene C70 were fabricated with a facial solution deposition method. The as-prepared HGH samples are well periodic arranged in a layer structure, i...
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Whose fracture toughness is stronger? 3Y-TZP vs Si3N4
The femtosecond lasers were used to cut an ultra-sharp V-notch with a tip radius less than 0.5 μm on 3Y-TZP and Si3N4 ceramic samples. The KIc were measured accurately with the improved single-edge V-notched beam...
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Progress of Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Experiment JUNA in China
Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Experiment in China (JUNA) takes the advantage of the ultra-low background in **** underground lab. High current mA level 400 KV accelerator with an ECR source, BGO and neut...
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Open AccessProgress in nuclear astrophysics of east and southeast Asia
Nuclear astrophysics is an interdisciplinary research field of nuclear physics and astrophysics, seeking for the answer to a question, how to understand the evolution of the universe with the nuclear processes...
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Effects of waterborne mercury at different temperatures on hematology and energy metabolism in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
Aquatic ecosystem is greatly affected by metal pollution and global climate change. Mercury (Hg) is one of the most common metal pollutants that pose harmful effects to organisms. In this study, we evaluated t...
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Toward Development of Strong and Formable Magnesium Alloy Sheets with Bake-Hardenability
To enable broader applications of magnesium alloy sheets, one requirement is to achieve comparable strength-formability balance with that of aluminum-based alloys. Based on the review of recent studies on prec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mechanical Properties and Seismic Performance Research on Primary-Secondary Structure for High-Rise Building
Primary-secondary structures have advantages on constructing high-rise buildings because of its superior structural performance and building adaptability, but systematic research on its mechanical properties a...
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Open AccessSize effect characteristics of structural surfaces by improved projective covering method
Accurate characteristic of structural surfaces roughness at the relevant scale is very important to understand mechanical properties of rock mass discontinuities. So, a systematic investigation has been carrie...
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Numerical study on the CRLD cable–rock interaction under static pull-out loading using coupled DEM–FDM method
As an effective energy-absorbing cable, constant resistance large deformation (CRLD) cables have been widely applied in rock engineering projects; however, to the best of our knowledge, its interaction mechani...
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Correction to: Effects of Zn Additions on the Room Temperature Formability and Strength in Mg–1.2Al–0.5Ca–0.4Mn Alloy Sheets
The original version of this chapter was inadvertently published with incorrect Figure. Author provided figure corrections has been updated: Figure 4 has been removed and remaining figures are renumbered.
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Effects of Zn Additions on the Room Temperature Formability and Strength in Mg–1.2Al–0.5Ca–0.4Mn Alloy Sheets
We investigated the effects of Zn additions on the and of Mg–1.2Al–0.5Ca–0.4Mn and Mg–1.2Al–0.5Ca–0.4Mn–1.6Zn (wt%) sheets fabricated by and conventional hot . The room temperature stretch of the so...
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Open AccessExperimental Study on the Mechanism of the Combined Action of Cavitation Erosion and Abrasion at High Speed Flow
A new experimental method on simulating the combined action of cavitation erosion and abrasion was proposed to investigate the erosion mechanism of overflow structure induced by the said processes. An automati...
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A new set of scaling relationships for DEM-CFD simulations of fluid–solid coupling problems in saturated and cohesiveless granular soils
The discrete element method (DEM) cannot effectively account for macroscale problems because of its high computational cost and time-consuming nature, especially for fluid–solid coupling problems. Therefore, a...
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Consistent modeling of a catastrophic flowslide at the Shenzhen landfill using a hydro-elasto-plastic model with solid–fluid transition
Flow-type landslides are an important hazard that can cause great destruction due to the rapid flow velocity and large disaster area. This paper presents a catastrophic flowslide that recently occurred at a la...
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Morphological Evolution and Growth Kinetics of Interfacial Cu6Sn5 and Cu3Sn Layers in Low-Ag Sn-0.3Ag-0.7Cu-xMn/Cu Solder Joints During Isothermal Ageing
The morphological evolution and growth kinetics of interfacial Cu6Sn5 and Cu3Sn intermetallic compound (IMC) layers between Cu substrates and Sn-0.3Ag-0.7Cu-xMn (x = 0 wt.%, 0.02 wt.%, 0.05 wt.%, 0.1 wt.%, and 0....
