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Centrifuge Modeling of In-Situ Chemical Oxidation for Remediation of Organic Contaminated Soil
In-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) has been widely utilized for the remediation of organic contaminated soil, while the long-term remediation efficiency and mechanism have been rarely explored, which is of grea...
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Simultaneously Improved Curing, Mechanical, Antioxidative Properties and Reduced ZnO Loading of Silica Filled NR Composites by Incorporation of Low-cost Crude Carbon Dots via Conventional Melt-milling Method
Rubbers or elastomers play an important role in hi-tech technology and civilian daily life because of their unique and strategical properties. Generally, the rubber additives are essential components for rubbe...
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Lightweight, Strong and High Heat-Resistant Poly(lactide acid) Foams via Microcellular Injection Molding with Self-Assembly Nucleating Agent
Poly(lactide acid) (PLA) foams have shown considerable promise as eco-friendly alternatives to nondegradable plastic foams, such as polystyrene (PS) foams. Nevertheless, PLA foam typically suffers from low hea...
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Human amniotic epithelial stem cell is a cell therapy candidate for preventing acute graft-versus-host disease
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), an immunological disorder that arises from donor T cell activation through recognition of host alloantigens, is the major limitation in the application of allogeneic hematopoi...
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Open AccessEarly cartilage lesion and 5-year incident joint surgery in knee osteoarthritis patients: a retrospective cohort study
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Differentiating mixed epithelial and stromal tumor family from predominantly cystic renal cell carcinoma using magnetic resonance imaging-based Bosniak classification system version 2019
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Open AccessSafety, immunogenicity and protective effect of sequential vaccination with inactivated and recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine in the elderly: a prospective longitudinal study
The safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in the elderly, a high-risk group for severe COVID-19 infection, have not been fully understood. To clarify these issues, this prospective study followed up 157 eld...
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High power nanosecond optical vortex laser oscillation in mode-selection slab resonator
A method for generating high-power, millijoule level single pulse energy optical vortex laser using a mode-selection slab resonator is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The optical resonator forms a st...
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Open AccessTumor-repopulating cells evade ferroptosis via PCK2-dependent phospholipid remodeling
Whether stem-cell-like cancer cells avert ferroptosis to mediate therapy resistance remains unclear. In this study, using a soft fibrin gel culture system, we found that tumor-repopulating cells (TRCs) with st...
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Biomimetic design of highly flexible metal oxide nanofibrous membranes with exceptional mechanical performance for superior phosphopeptide enrichment
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Strength and fracture properties of coral concrete under impact of coral aggregate type and fiber hybridization
Seawater coral aggregate concrete (SCAC) has demonstrated advantages in reducing material cost and energy consumption of marine infrastructure on reefs and islands. However, SCAC exhibits increased brittleness...
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Mechanical and Volumetric Fracturing Behaviors of Layered Composite Sandstones with a Contrast in Grain Size Under True Triaxial Stresses
The failure characteristics of layered rocks are a vital issue for stability evaluations of underground engineering projects. Layered rocks in a restricted true three-dimensional (3D) stress state behave subst...
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Locally optimum watermark decoder based on fast quaternion generic polar complex exponential transform
Digital image watermarking, as an important image content security protection technology, has higher research value. It is well-known that imperceptibility, robustness, and watermark payload are three paramoun...
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Open AccessSyndromic ciliopathy: a taiwanese single-center study
Syndromic ciliopathies are a group of congenital disorders characterized by broad clinical and genetic overlap, including obesity, visual problems, skeletal anomalies, mental retardation, and renal diseases. T...
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The actin (ACT) family genes are essential for plant growth and development. However, the evolution and function of the ACT family within the Rosaceae species, particularly in pear, remain poorly understood. Here...
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Structure of GPR101–Gs enables identification of ligands with rejuvenating potential
GPR101 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor actively participating in energy homeostasis. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of GPR101 constitutively coupled to Gs heterotrimer, which rev...
