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Effect of heat treatments on microstructure and mechanical properties of AlSi10Mg alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion
This study investigated the microstructures and tensile properties of as-build and heat-treated (including T6, T2, and T6-T2 treatments) AlSi10Mg samples fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The micro...
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An Approach of Combining Convolution Neural Network and Graph Convolution Network to Predict the Progression of Myopia
To develop an approach of combining convolution neural network and graph convolution network to predict the progression of myopia. The working distance (WD) and light intensity (LI) of three hundred and sevent...
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Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Other Gynecological Related Diseases
Abdominal wall endometriosis, a rare extrapelvic disease, normally is related to obstetric or gynecologic surgery; however, focused ultrasound surgery may be an alternative with a lower incidence of adverse ev...
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ARCosmetics: a real-time augmented reality cosmetics try-on system
A virtual cosmetics try-on system provides a realistic try-on experience for consumers and helps them efficiently choose suitable cosmetics. In this article, we propose a real-time augmented reality virtual co...
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Conserved and divergent evolution of the bZIP transcription factor in five diploid Gossypium species
495 bZIP members with 12 subfamilies were identified in the five diploid cottons. Segmental duplication events in cotton ancestor might have led to primary expansion of the cotton bZIP members.
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A local RBFs-based DQ approximation for Riesz fractional derivatives and its applications
The mathematical models built based on space-fractional derivatives adequately describe the phenomena incorporating spatial heterogeneity, but their numerical simulation on general domains remains a difficult ...
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HIFU Ablation
Ultrasound monitoring is the method to apply diagnostic imaging technology to guide the treatment of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). The treatment is called ultrasound-guided HIFU (USgHIFU) ablation ...
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A Comparison Study of Three Types of Parameter Estimation Methods on Weibull Model
Estimation of the Weibull parameters is vital to reliability engineering. In engineering, the least squares regression of y (LS Y) is often used for Weibull distribution’s parameter estimation. LS Y only invol...
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Principles and Protocols of HIFU Ablation for Adenomyosis
Selective ablation of endometriotic lesions in the myometrium reduces the extent and sizes of adenomyosis lesions and limits the ectopic endometrial functions and growth. Eventually, it may achieve the purpose...
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Thermal error prediction of motorized spindle for five-axis machining center based on analytical modeling and BP neural network
To ensure the stability of precision of the motorized spindle for five-axis machining center, the thermal error of five-axis machining center was investigated, and the temperature rise-thermal deformation mode...
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Open AccessKnockdown of ALPK2 inhibits the development and progression of Ovarian Cancer
Alpha protein kinase 2 (ALPK2) was known to play a vital role in cancer by regulating cell cycle and DNA repair. Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most lethal malignancies in the female reproductive system. Th...
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Increased plasma level of apelin with NYHA grade II and III but not IV
The change in plasma apelin level in heart failure (HF) patients is controversial. We investigated the change in plasma apelin level in HF patients versus control and non-HF patients. The plasma level of apeli...
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Building a Junior Stock Exchange: Lessons from China
China established its own junior stock exchange, the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ), to solve the financial constraints of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in 2013. Its short history has w...
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Learning a Cost-Effective Strategy on Incomplete Medical Data
Deep learning techniques have shown remarkable success in classification tasks. However, the prerequisite for high accuracy is that data is easily accessible, which is unrealistic since most features come at a...
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Brain Age Estimation from MRI Using a Two-Stage Cascade Network with Ranking Loss
As age increases, human brains will be aged, and people tend to experience cognitive decline with a higher risk of neuro-degenerative disease and dementia. Recently, it was reported that deep neural networks, ...
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Open AccessA Galerkin FEM for Riesz space-fractional CNLS
In quantum physics, fractional Schrödinger equation is of particular interest in the research of particles on stochastic fields modeled by the Lévy processes, which was derived by extending the Feynman path in...
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An approach to predict the residual stress and distortion during the selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg parts
In the selective laser melting manufacturing, an accurate estimation of residual stresses and distortion is necessary to achieve high-quality specimens. During the manufacturing, the scanned layers are subject...
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On Quantifying Local Geometric Structures of Fiber Tracts
In diffusion MRI, fiber tracts, represented by densely distributed 3D curves, can be estimated from diffusion weighted images using tractography. The spatial geometric structure of white matter fiber tracts is...
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Open AccessAn exponential B-spline collocation method for the fractional sub-diffusion equation
In this article, we propose an exponential B-spline approach to obtain approximate solutions for the fractional sub-diffusion equation of Caputo type. The presented method is established via a uniform nodal co...
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Result Diversification in Event-Based Social Networks
Result diversification is an important aspect in query events, web-based search, facility location and other applications. To satisfy more users in event-based social networks (EBSNs), search result diversific...