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Dielectric properties of CB@TiO2/BaTiO3/epoxy composites
High-k (High permittivity) dielectric composites with low dielectric loss exhibit great potential applications in embedded capacitors and energy storage systems. In this study, CB@TiO2 core–shell particles and Ba...
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Models of Replicator Proliferation Involving Differential Replicator Subunit Stability
Several models for the origin of life involve molecules that are capable of self-replication, such as self-replicating polymers composed of RNA or DNA or amino acids. Here we consider a hypothetical replicator...
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Search of Somatic Mutations of NKX2-5 and GATA4 Genes in Chinese Patients with Sporadic Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital heart disease (CHD) usually occurs sporadically, with only a minority of cases associated with a known genetic mechanism. Cardiac-specific transcription factors NKX2-5 and GATA4 play key roles in th...
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Whole-Exome Sequencing Reveals Novel Genetic Variation for Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Pediatric Chinese Patients
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by left or bilateral ventricular dilation and systolic dysfunction without rational conditions, which can lead to progressive heart failure and sudden cardiac deat...
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Open AccessSerotype distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes of Salmonella isolated from a pig slaughterhouse in Yangzhou, China
Salmonella is an important food-borne pathogen associated with public health and high economic losses. To investigate the prevalence and the characteristics of Salmonella in a pig slaughterhouse in Yangzhou, a to...
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Combined support system and calculation model for deep foundation pits in fill soil areas
In central and southern China, deep and loose unconsolidated soil means that current conventional support methods cannot simultaneously address the needs to minimize environmental disturbance and accommodate s...
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Credit scoring of micro and small entrepreneurial firms in China
It is difficult for micro and small entrepreneurial firms (MSEFs) to access external financing from formal financial institutions because financial institutions cannot obtain sufficient and reliable credit inf...
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Analytical solutions of the forced vibration of Timoshenko micro/nano-beam under axial tensions supported on Winkler–Pasternak foundation
Axially loaded micro/nano-beams supported on foundations are extensively applied in micro/nano-medicine field. This paper aims to derive analytical solutions of the forced vibration of Timoshenko micro/nano-be...
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Discrete Stochastic Optimization for Public Health Interventions with Constraints
Many public health threats exist, motivating the need to find optimal intervention strategies. Given the stochastic nature of the threats (e.g., the spread of pandemic influenza, the occurrence of drug overdos...
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Open AccessScreening of immunogenic proteins and evaluation of vaccine candidates against Mycoplasma synoviae
Mycoplasma synoviae (M. synoviae) is a serious avian pathogen that causes significant economic losses to chicken and turkey producers worldwide. The currently available live attenuated and inactivated vaccines pr...
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High-bandwidth perovskite photonic sources on silicon
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are ubiquitous in modern society, with applications spanning from lighting and displays to medical diagnostics and data communications. Metal-halide perovskites are promising mater...
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Effect of job demands-control match on employee creativity: perspective of match in the context of job design
Intense market competition has caused organizations to pay increasing attention to employee creativity. At the same time, as two typical job characteristics, job demands for employees are gradually increasing,...
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Designing semiconductor materials and devices in the post-Moore era by tackling computational challenges with data-driven strategies
In the post-Moore’s law era, the progress of electronics relies on discovering superior semiconductor materials and optimizing device fabrication. Computational methods, augmented by emerging data-driven strat...