13 Result(s)

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Superhydrophobic and anti-icing properties of sol–gel prepared alumina coatings

Sol–gel is a convenient method to fabricate micro-nano structures on various surfaces. In the present study, rough alumina surfaces were prepared from aluminum isopropoxide and ethyl acetoacetate and modified ...

M. Ruan, J. W. Wang, Q. L. Liu, F. M. Ma, Z. L. Yu… in Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals (2016)

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Quality of life and emotional distress in patients and burden in caregivers: a comparison between assisted peritoneal dialysis and self-care peritoneal dialysis

Assisted peritoneal dialysis (PD) involving caregivers allows more patients to get started on home-based dialysis with good clinical outcomes, but evidence on patient-reported and caregiver-reported outcomes ...

K. Griva, C. S. Goh, W. C. A. Kang, Z. L. Yu, M. C. Chan… in Quality of Life Research (2016)

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Quality of life and emotional distress between patients on peritoneal dialysis versus community-based hemodialysis

Patient-reported outcomes are important endpoints to evaluate new models of renal delivery. This is the first study to compare Quality of Life (QOL) and emotional adjustment outcomes between patients on commun...

K. Griva, A. W. Kang, Z. L. Yu, N. K. Mooppil, M Foo… in Quality of Life Research (2014)

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Early-Life Lead Exposure Affects the Activity of TNF-α and Expression of SNARE Complex in Hippocampus of Mouse Pups

This study aims to investigate the effects of maternal lead exposure on learning and memory ability and the protein expression of TNF-α and SNARE complex (SNAP-25, VAMP-2, and Syntaxin 1A) in hippocampus of mi...

N. Li, Z. L. Yu, L. Wang, Y. T. Zheng, J. X. Jia… in Biological Trace Element Research (2009)

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Enhancement of the Gibberella zeae growth inhibitory lipopeptides from a Bacillus subtilis mutant by ion beam implantation

Bacillus subtilis JA antagonized the growth of Gibberella zeae. In order to reduce growth of this fungi pathogen to a greater extent, low-energy ion beam implantation was applied in mutant breeding. We studied th...

J. Liu, M. Liu, J. Wang, J. M. Yao, R. R. Pan… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2005)

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Thermo-mechanical fatigue behavior of Ti-6-22-22 alloy

Z. L. Yu, S. X. Li, Y. Y. Liu, J. F. Lei in Journal of Materials Science (2005)

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M/BCS (M=Ni, Co; BCS=30 mol% BaCl₂/Sm₂O₃): Effective Catalysts for the Partial Oxidation of Ethane to a Feedstock Gas Suitable for Ethene Hydroformylation

The M (M = Ni, Co)-loaded BaCl₂-promoted Sm₂O₃ (BCS) catalysts have been investigated for the partial oxidation of ethane to a feedstock gas suitable for ethene hydroformylation. It is found that at a temperature...

H.X. Dai, Z.L. Yu, C.T. Au in Catalysis Letters (2002)

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Catalytic Production of Carbon Nanotubes by Decomposition of CH4 over the Pre-reduced Catalysts LaNiO3, La4Ni3O10, La3Ni2O7 and La2NiO4

A large amount of more graphitic carbon nanotubes with a narrow size distribution was produced from catalytic decomposition of CH₄ over pre-reduced LaNiO₃, La₄Ni₃O₁₀, La₃Ni₂O₇ and La₂NiO₄. The structure and compo...

H. Li, Q. Liang, L.Z. Gao, S.H. Tang, Z.Y. Cheng, B.L. Zhang, Z.L. Yu… in Catalysis Letters (2001)

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A study on carbon nanotubes prepared from catalytic decomposition of C2H2 or CH4 over the pre-reduced LaCoO3 perovskite precursor

A large amount of carbon nanotubes with uniform diameter were produced from catalytic decomposition of C₂H₂ or CH₄ over perovskite oxide LaCoO₃ catalyst precersor. The result of XRD measurement indicated that aft...

B.C. Liu, L.Z. Gao, Q. Liang, S.H. Tang, M.Z. Qu, Z.L. Yu in Catalysis Letters (2001)

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Shortest polygonal paths in space

A classical problem of geometry is the following: given a convex polygon in the plane, find an inscribed polygon of shortest circumference. In this paper we generalize this problem to arbitrary polygonal paths...

R. E. Burkard, G. Rote, E. Y. Yao, Z. L. Yu in Computing (1990)