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Open AccessSpatio-temporal patterns in the biomass, species composition and nitrogen content of drift macroalgae in an urbanised coastal embayment
Understanding spatio-temporal variability in the production of drift macroalgae is useful for monitoring and assessing the influence of local anthropogenic nutrient sources on coastal ecosystems. In this study...
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Open AccessIncreased prevalence but decreased survival of nonviral hepatocellular carcinoma compared to viral hepatocellular carcinoma in recent ten years
Due to the comprehensive hepatitis B virus vaccination program in Taiwan since 1986, the development of antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C infection and covered by National healt...
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Open AccessA qualitative study of the experiences of interdisciplinary nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak following the announcement of the “Ten new guidelines” in China
On December 7, 2022, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of China’s State Council released the “Ten New Guidelines” to optimize the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention policies further. This ...
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Open AccessThe influencing factors of hearing protection device usage among noise-exposed workers in Guangdong Province: a structural equation modeling-based survey
There are numerous complex barriers and facilitators to continuously wearing hearing protection devices (HPDs) for noise-exposed workers. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship betw...
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Research on the Road Performance of Carbonaceous Mudstone Soil-Rock Mixtures under Multifactor Influence
To investigate the effects of compaction (K), rock content (RC), and wet-dry cycle (WD) on the road performance of carbonaceous mudstone soil-rock mixtures (CMSRM), orthogonal tests were designed to measure th...
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Numerical simulation of liquid sloshing in a spherical tank by MPS method
This paper investigates the sloshing phenomena in a spherical liquid tank using the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method, a crucial study in fluid dynamics. Distinct from previous research focused on rec...
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Open AccessAn algorithm for simplified hepatitis C virus treatment with non-specialist care based on nation-wide data from Taiwan
Both European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (AASLD-IDSA) guidelines recommend simplified ...
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Numerical investigation of the coupled aero-hydrodynamic performances of a semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbine with inclined columns
Numerical investigations of floating platforms with different outer column inclined angles under two operating conditions of regular wave and irregular wave are presented in this paper. A coupled aero-hydrodyn...
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Meso-Geometric Modeling and Failure Behavior of 2.5D Three-Harness-Twill Warp-Reinforced Woven Composites
A novel material, i.e. 2.5D three-harness-twill warp-reinforced woven composites (2.5D-THT-WR-WC), is proposed, which has wide engineering applications. In this work, geometrical relationships with different m...
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Open AccessEvaluating the Demand for Nucleic Acid Testing in Different Scenarios of COVID-19 Transmission: A Simulation Study
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been recognized as the most severe human infectious disease pandemic in the past century. To enhance our ability to control potential infectious diseases in the future...
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A design approach for class-AB operational amplifier using the gm/ID methodology
The primary contribution of this paper is the extension of the gm/ID design methodology to two-stage operational amplifiers with class-AB output stages. First, the circuit is analyzed from the perspective of the ...
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A time-marching procedure based on a sub-step explicit time integration scheme for non-viscous dam** systems
An improved time-marching procedure based on a composite explicit method is proposed for non-viscous dam** systems. In this method, an improved integral approximation scheme is developed to improve the convo...
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Open AccessMetabolomic and genome-wide association studies drive genetic dissection and gene mining in tea plant
As a vital reproductive organ, flowers significantly influence the yield, sensory quality, and breeding efficacy of Camellia sinensis. Many biological characteristics of tea plants are influenced by metabolites; ...
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Open AccessThe EIF3H-HAX1 axis increases RAF-MEK-ERK signaling activity to promote colorectal cancer progression
Eukaryotic initiation translation factor 3 subunit h (EIF3H) plays critical roles in regulating translational initiation and predicts poor cancer prognosis, but the mechanism underlying EIF3H tumorigenesis rem...
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Open AccessImproving dengue fever predictions in Taiwan based on feature selection and random forests
Dengue fever is a well-studied vector-borne disease in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Several methods for predicting the occurrence of dengue fever in Taiwan have been proposed. However, to the b...
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Open AccessBiomimetic nanocluster photoreceptors for adaptative circular polarization vision
Nanoclusters with atomically precise structures and discrete energy levels are considered as nanoscale semiconductors for artificial intelligence. However, nanocluster electronic engineering and optoelectronic...
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Integrating Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Covalent Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Nanozyme for Colorimetric Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide and Glutathione
The controllable growth of metal nanoparticles on nanomaterials is becoming an effective strategy for develo** nanocomposites with designated performance. Herein, a simple and mild strategy for the in situ g...
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A zero-inflated model for spatiotemporal count data with extra zeros: application to 1950–2015 tornado data in Kansas
In many tornado climate studies, the number of tornado touchdowns is often the primary outcome of interest. These outcome measures are usually generated under a spatiotemporal correlation structure and contain...
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Initial Upper Palaeolithic material culture by 45,000 years ago at Shiyu in northern China
The geographic expansion of Homo sapiens populations into southeastern Europe occurred by ∼47,000 years ago (∼47 ka), marked by Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) technology. H. sapiens was present in western Siber...
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Study of the uniaxial compressive strength of water-sensitive carbonaceous mudstones based on the single-particle crushing strength
Fundamental research on single-particle breaking and the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of carbonaceous mudstone aggregates at different water contents was carried out to investigate the relationship betw...
