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Microstructural Characteristics and Carbide Transformation of Laser-cladded Fe-Cr-W-Ni-C Coatings During High-temperature Tempering
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Microstructural features of an iron-based laser coating
A high toughness wear resistant coating is produced by laser clad Fe-Cr-W-Ni-C alloys. The microstructural and compositional features of the laser-solidified microstructures and phase evolutions occurring duri...
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Nonlinear Stability of General Linear Methods for Delay Differential Equations
This paper is devoted to a study of nonlinear stability of general linear methods for the numerical solution of delay differential equations in Hilbert spaces. New stability concepts are further introduced. Th...
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Effect of grass coverage on sediment yield in the hillslope-gully side erosion system
By scouring experiments, the changeable process and characteristics of sediment yield in the hillslope-gully side erosion system with different coverage degrees and spatial locations of grass were studied. Fiv...
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Valuing primary issue convertible bonds: Evidence from China
This study examines the valuation of primary issue convertible bonds (CBs) in China. It proposes and tests a valuation model based on partial least squares regression, by using data from the Chinese stock mark...
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Self-assembling chimeric polypeptide–doxorubicin conjugate nanoparticles that abolish tumours after a single injection
New strategies to self-assemble biocompatible materials into nanoscale, drug-loaded packages with improved therapeutic efficacy are needed for nanomedicine. To address this need, we developed artificial recomb...
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High prevalence of a novel porcine bocavirus in weanling piglets with respiratory tract symptoms in China
This study presents the first evidence of infection by a novel porcine bocavirus (PBoV) in Chinese swine herds. The PCR detection results showed that PBoV was significantly more prevalent in weanling piglets (...
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Interface delamination of the thermal barrier coating subjected to local heating
To investigate the possible failure modes of the thermal barrier coating (TBC) used to protect the scramjet combustion chamber, the local heating via laser beam irradiation was utilized to simulate the service...
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Ensemble-Based Relative Permeability Estimation Using B-Spline Model
A novel technique has been developed to implicitly estimate relative permeability by history matching the production data with the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) method. Water and oil relative permeability curv...
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Experimental study on the hydraulic characteristics of vortex diodes
Vortex diode, as an important component in power fluidics, has been used in nuclear reprocessing engineering where it is desirable to avoid pumps with moving parts. The performance of the fluidic system depend...
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Liquidity, Skewness and Stock Returns: Evidence from Chinese Stock Market
In this paper, a capital asset pricing model (CAPM) incorporating liquidity and skewness factors is proposed and tested by using the Chinese stock market data. The empirical results indicate that, under variou...
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Non-human Primate Studies Inform the Foundations of Fair and Just Human Institutions
Experiments with human participants have inspired new theories to capture human social, economic, and justice preferences, and shed new light on the foundation of institutions that promote and support large-sc...
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Enhancing the value of multiple use plantations: a case study from southeast Queensland, Australia
In the 1990s, an expansion of small-scale (farm) forestry in medium to low rainfall areas was considered to be an important part of increasing the national forest estate but it remains a very minor source of t...
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A case study of user immersion-based systematic design for serious heritage games
Modern digital technologies support the preservation and transfer of cultural heritage information via devices and applications such as digital storage systems, electronic books and virtual museums. Advances i...
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Blueberry anthocyanins at doses of 0.5 and 1 % lowered plasma cholesterol by increasing fecal excretion of acidic and neutral sterols in hamsters fed a cholesterol-enriched diet
The present study investigated the underlying mechanism associated with the hypocholesterolemic activity of blueberry anthocyanins by examining its effect on fecal sterol excretion and gene expression of major...
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Melampsora larici-populina, the main rust pathogen, causes loss in biomass production of black cottonwood plantations in the south of China
Epidemic outbreaks of rust disease have been observed in most of the black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) plantations in the south of China in recent years. However, the exact pathogens that cause rust disease ...
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Discovery and experimental analysis of microsatellites in an oil woody plant Camellia chekiangoleosa
Oil camellia trees are important woody plants for the production of high-quality cooking oil. On the contrary to their economic importance, their genetic and genomic resources are very limited, which greatly h...
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Marker-Aided Selection of Polyploid Poplars
Polyploid breeding is an important means for creating elite varieties for the development of poplar plantations. However, polyploid poplars are rare in natural stands. In this study, we established an analytic...
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Enhanced transesterification of ethyl ferulate with glycerol for preparing glyceryl diferulate using a lipase in ionic liquids as reaction medium
Glyceryl diferulate (DFG) is a water-soluble ester of ferulic acid. A novel ionic liquid (IL) system for enzymatic transesterification of ethyl ferulate (EF) with glycerol to produce DFG was developed. Of thre...
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A novel hybrid random copolymer poly(MAPOSS-co-NIPAM-co-OEGMA-co-2VP): Synthesis, characterization, self-assembly behaviors and multiple responsive properties
A novel organic/inorganic hybrid amphiphilic random copolymer poly(methacrylate isobutyl POSS-co-N-isopropylacrylamide-co-oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-co-2-vinylpyridine), poly(MAPOSS-co-NIPAM...