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Spatial Distribution Pattern and Influencing Factors of Physical Bookstores of Large Cities: A Case Study of Three National Central Cities in Western China
As cultural facilities, physical bookstore is an important part of urban infrastructure. Influenced by the development of social economy and the internet, physical bookstores also have become a combination of ...
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Bending stiffness characterization of braided stent using spring-based theoretical formula
Flexibility is critical to the braided stent in curing vascular diseases, but there is no theoretical method to characterize its bending stiffness. In this paper, firstly based on the theory of mechanical spri...
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Open AccessThe role of the tumor microbe microenvironment in the tumor immune microenvironment: bystander, activator, or inhibitor?
The efficacy of cancer immunotherapy largely depends on the tumor microenvironment, especially the tumor immune microenvironment. Emerging studies have claimed that microbes reside within tumor cells and immun...
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Open AccessTwist of Tubular Mechanical Metamaterials Based on Waterbomb Origami
Origami-inspired mechanical metamaterials have recently drawn increasing attention since their flexible mechanical performance has been greatly enhanced by introducing origami patterns to the thin-shell struct...
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Design and Mechanical Properties of a Novel Cerebral Flow Diverter Stent
Brain arterial aneurysms are localised dilatation in the wall of cerebral arteries that are common among adult population and associated with high incidence of morbidity and mortality. Using flow diverter sten...
