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Open AccessA rare long-term undetected pheochromocytoma leading to Takotsubo syndrome in an older male patient: a case report
Takotsubo syndrome is an uncommon, acute, and reversible cardiomyopathy that occurs primarily in postmenopausal females. The clinical presentation of the syndrome resembles acute coronary syndrome, but coronar...
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Fabrication and characterization of Polyvinylidene fluoride and Myristic acid-Tetradecanol eutectic composite Nanofibers by electrospinning
In this work, the composite nanofibers with energy storage potential were fabricated by means of electrospinning, with the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as filament-material. The phase change eutectic mixture...
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Open AccessExtracellular matrix hydrogel derived from decellularized tissues enables endodermal organoid culture
Organoids have extensive therapeutic potential and are increasingly opening up new avenues within regenerative medicine. However, their clinical application is greatly limited by the lack of effective GMP-comp...
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The Simulation and Research of Etching Function Based on Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy
Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) has already been employed as a micromachining method for a long time. However, coupling effects of some factors, including the voltage of the tool electrode, the dist...
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Biochar synthesized via pyrolysis of Broussonetia papyrifera leaves: mechanisms and potential applications for phosphate removal
In this study, Broussonetia papyrifera leaves collected from land near a restored manganese mine in the Hunan Province of China were converted into biochar under high-temperature anaerobic conditions, regeneratio...
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The coupling effect of slow-rate mechanical motion on the confined etching process in electrochemical mechanical micromachining
By introducing the mechanical motion into the confined etchant layer technique (CELT), we have developed a promising ultra-precision machining method, termed as electrochemical mechanical micromachining (ECMM)...
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Coordinated collision avoidance for connected vehicles using relative kinetic energy density
Vehicular collision often leads to serious casualties and traffic congestion, and the consequences are worse for multiple-vehicle collision. Many previous works on collision avoidance have only focused on the ...
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Towards Systematic Parallelization of Graph Transformations Over Pregel
Graphs can be used to model many kinds of data, from traditional datasets to social networks or semi-structured datasets. To process large graphs, many systems have been proposed. The Pregel programming model ...
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Open AccessOne-pot synthesis of carbon supported calcined-Mg/Al layered double hydroxides for antibiotic removal by slow pyrolysis of biomass waste
A biochar supported calcined-Mg/Al layered double hydroxides composite (CLDHs/BC) was synthesized by a one-pot slow pyrolysis of LDHs preloaded bagasse biomass. Multiple characterizations of the product illust...
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Open AccessThe role of GRIP1 and ephrin B3 in blood pressure control and vascular smooth muscle cell contractility
Several erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular receptor B family (EPHB) and their ligands, ephrinBs (EFNBs), are involved in blood pressure regulation in animal models. We selected 528 single nucleotide polym...
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Open AccessStatistical Analysis of Main and Interaction Effects on Cu(II) and Cr(VI) Decontamination by Nitrogen–Doped Magnetic Graphene Oxide
A nitrogen–doped magnetic graphene oxide (NMGO) was synthesized and applied as an adsorbent to remove Cu(II) and Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions. The individual and combined effects of various factors (A: p...
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Open AccessROS-based ground stereo vision detection: implementation and experiments
This article concentrates on open-source implementation on flying object detection in cluttered scenes. It is of significance for ground stereo-aided autonomous landing of unmanned aerial vehicles. The ground ...
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Study on the anisotropic response of condensed-phase RDX under repeated stress wave loading via ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulation
Anisotropic mechanical response and chemical reaction process of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) along crystal orientations were studied with molecular dynamics simulations using ReaxFF potential under re...
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Open AccessSelf-forming TiBN Nanocomposite Multilayer Coating Prepared by Pulse Cathode Arc Method
Novel multilayer structured TiBN coatings were deposited on Si (100) substrate using TiBN complex cathode plasma immersion ion implantation and deposition technique (PIIID). The coatings were characterized by ...
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Open AccessAprilTag array-aided extrinsic calibration of camera–laser multi-sensor system
This paper presents a new algorithm for extrinsically calibrating a multi-sensor system including multiple cameras and a 2D laser scanner. On the basis of the camera pose estimation using AprilTag, we design ...
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Feature-based classification of bidirectional transformation approaches
Bidirectional model transformation is a key technology in model-driven engineering (MDE), when two models that can change over time have to be kept constantly consistent with each other. While several model tr...
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Open AccessTranscriptional quiescence of paternal mtDNA in cyprinid fish embryos
Mitochondrial homoplasmy signifies the existence of identical copies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and is essential for normal development, as heteroplasmy causes abnormal development and diseases in human. Hom...
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Machining slight burr formed micro-channels with different moving trajectories of a pyramidal diamond tip
In this study, a tip-based channel fabricating method on aluminum alloy material is studied using different tip moving trajectories. A three-sided pyramidal tip is driven by a three-axis piezoelectric actuator...
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Constructing format-preserving printing from syntax-directed definitions
Transformations between source codes, such as refactorings and program analysis, are frequently used in software engineering. Typically, transformations are effectively implemented using an abstract syntax tre...