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In-situ Corrosion Characterization of API X80 Steel and Its Corresponding HAZ Microstructures in an Acidic Environment
During heat treatment processing, microstructurcs of heat affected zone (HAZ) were formed in X80 pipeline steel. After observation by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron ...
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Open AccessEffect of admission time on mortality in an intensive care unit in Mainland China: a propensity score matching analysis
The relationship between admission time and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality is inconclusive and influenced by various factors. This study aims to estimate the effect of admission time on ICU outcomes in a ...
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Stress corrosion cracking of X80 pipeline steel exposed to high pH solutions with different concentrations of bicarbonate
Susceptibilities to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of X80 pipeline steel in high pH solutions with various concentrations of HCO 3 − at a passive potential of...
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Interleukin-1 Beta Increases Activity of Human Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Involvement of PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway
Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a multifunctional proinflammatory cytokine upregulated in acute phase of heart ischemic disease. Controversial effects of IL-1β have been demonstrated on endothelial progenitor cells ...
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Passivation process of X80 pipeline steel in bicarbonate solutions
The passivation process of X80 pipeline steel in bicarbonate solutions was investigated using potentiodynamic, dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (DEIS), and Mott-Schottky measurements. The results...
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Study on pitting process of 316L stainless steel by means of staircase potential electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Pitting corrosion of 316L stainless steel in NaCl solution was investigated by means of staircase potential electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (SPEIS). The investigation focused on the transition of stainl...
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Construction and identification of the helper plasmids for reverse genetic system of rabies virus street strain
To obtain the helper plasmids for a reverse genetics system of rabies virus, the cDNAs of the complete open reading frames of the N, P, G, and L genes of rabies street virus stain HN10 were each cloned into ex...
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Effect of environmental factors on electrochemical behavior of X70 pipeline steel in simulated soil solution
Potentiodynamic polarization measurement was used to investigate the effects of temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration and pH on the electrochemical behavior of X70 pipeline steel in simulated solution ac...
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Electrochemical characteristics of pipeline-steel with planardefect epoxy-coating in simulated solutions of Ku’erle soil
An X70 pipeline steel and a low-carbon steel with different types of coating defects were studied using corrosion tests in Ku’erle simulated soil solution containing 0.6000 mol/L Cl−. Electrochemical characterist...
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A follow-up study of mortality among the arseniasis patients exposed to indoor combustion of high arsenic coal in Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture, China
This study was directed to ascertain the mortality of a group of arseniasis patients in an endemic rural township in Southwest China, where the residents were exposed for decades to indoor combustion of high a...
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Effects of quasi-periodicity on defect modes of photonic crystals
In this letter, the effects of Bragg-mirror quasi-periodicity on the shifts and quality factor in defect modes of photonic crystals are studied by using the transfer matrix method. Furthermore the influence of...
