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An olivine LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4/rGO composite cathode material prepared from manganese ore tailings with excellent lithium storage performance
The high-value utilization of manganese ore tailings is of great significance for saving mineral resources and achieving environmental protection. Herein, an olivine LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4/rGO composite is synthesized b...
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Coal-based activated carbon prepared by H2O activation process for supercapacitors using response surface optimization method
The scalable production of high grade activated carbon from abundant coal for supercapacitors application is an efficient way to achieve high value-added utilization of coal sources. However, this technology i...
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Physics-informed neural networks for friction-involved nonsmooth dynamics problems
Friction-induced vibration is very common in engineering areas, such as aerospace, high-speed railways, robotics, and human/artificial joints. Analysing the dynamic behaviour of systems containing a multiple-c...
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Zinc-ion conductive buffer polymer layer eliminating parasitic reactions of Zn anode in aqueous zinc-ion batteries
The spontaneous parasitic reactions (hydrogen evolution, dendrite growth, etc.) of Zn metal hinder the commercial application of aqueous zinc ion batteries. Herein, a highly adhesive zinc-ion conductive buffer...
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Elastic Fiber-Reinforced Silk Fibroin Scaffold with A Double-Crosslinking Network for Human Ear-Shaped Cartilage Regeneration
Tissue engineering provides a promising approach for regenerative medicine. The ideal engineered tissue should have the desired structure and functional properties suitable for uniform cell distribution and st...
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Open AccessA survey on deep learning tools dealing with data scarcity: definitions, challenges, solutions, tips, and applications
Data scarcity is a major challenge when training deep learning (DL) models. DL demands a large amount of data to achieve exceptional performance. Unfortunately, many applications have small or inadequate data ...
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Carbonitride MXene Ti3CN(OH)x@MoS2 hybrids as efficient electrocatalyst for enhanced hydrogen evolution
Renewable energy powered electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising strategy for hydrogen generation, and the design and development of high-efficiency and earth-abundant electrocatalysts for hydrogen evo...
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A physics-informed neural network technique based on a modified loss function for computational 2D and 3D solid mechanics
Despite its rapid development, Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN)-based computational solid mechanics is still in its infancy. In PINN, the loss function plays a critical role that significantly influences...
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Open AccessTemperature and Heat Transfer Control During Freeze Drying. Effect of Vial Holders and Influence of Pressure
A common issue of freeze drying is the inhomogeneity between samples, both in regards to water content and structure. The purpose of this study is to address this issue, and try to understand the cause of inho...
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Strategic design and fabrication of MXenes-Ti3CNCl2@CoS2 core-shell nanostructure for high-efficiency hydrogen evolution
CoS2 is considered to be a promising electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, its further widespread applications are hampered by the unsatisfactory activity due to relatively high chemisor...
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Improving stability of MXenes
Due to their superior hydrophilicity and conductivity, ultra-high volumetric capacitance, and rich surface-chemistry properties, MXenes exhibit unique and excellent performance in catalysis, energy storage, el...
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Single Stage Virtual Try-On Via Deformable Attention Flows
Virtual try-on aims to generate a photo-realistic fitting result given an in-shop garment and a reference person image. Existing methods usually build up multi-stage frameworks to deal with clothes war** and...
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Open AccessRecent advances of MXenes as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
MXenes, an emerging two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides, have exhibited great potential as electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) due to the excellent cha...
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of esophageal diverticulum: an experience in China
With the development of minimally invasive endoscopic approaches for the esophagus in recent years, peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in the treatment of esophageal diverticulum has been described recently in ...
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Open AccessRomidepsin (FK228) regulates the expression of the immune checkpoint ligand PD-L1 and suppresses cellular immune functions in colon cancer
Romidepsin (FK228), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi), has anti-tumor effects against several types of solid tumors. Studies have suggested that HDACi could upregulate PD-L1 expression in tumor cells and...
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Open AccessComparative genomics of Klebsiella michiganensis BD177 and related members of Klebsiella sp. reveal the symbiotic relationship with Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera dorsalis is a destructive polyphagous and highly invasive insect pest of tropical and subtropical species of fruit and vegetable crops. The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been used for decades to c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Power Management of a Full DC Microgrid for Building Self-Consumption Applications
Microgrid is a small-scale power supply system that can support the intelligent energy management integrated with multisource, multi-storage, and local demand side management in multiple operational modes and ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimal Power Dispatching in the DC Microgrid with Clear Sky Irradiance Model
The optimization of power dispatching has been proved to be useful for reducing the operation energy cost of a microgrid based on photovoltaic source. However, the formulation of the optimization problem needs...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Class-Wise Dynamic Graph Convolution for Semantic Segmentation
Recent works have made great progress in semantic segmentation by exploiting contextual information in a local or global manner with dilated convolutions, pyramid pooling or self-attention mechanism. In order ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Sixth Visual Object Tracking VOT2018 Challenge Results
The Visual Object Tracking challenge VOT2018 is the sixth annual tracker benchmarking activity organized by the VOT initiative. Results of over eighty trackers are presented; many are state-of-the-art trackers...