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Synergistic Effect of Co–Ni Bimetal on Plasma Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis
Plasma synthesis of ammonia is a potential and sustainable way of nitrogen fixation. In this work, a series of M/Al2O3 (M =Co, Ni, Co–Ni) catalysts have been investigated to enhance the synthesis of NH3 from N2 a...
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Manufacture and Tests of a Bi2223/YBCO Coil for a 1-MJ/0.5-MVA Fault Current Limiter-Magnetic Energy Storage System
With the increasing of wind energy, it is necessary to develop an energy storage system to level the wave of wind power, and to develop a fault current limiter for improvement of the LVRT capability of the win...
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Open AccessReemergence of high-Tc superconductivity in the (Li1-xFe x )OHFe1-ySe under high pressure
In order to elucidate pressure-induced second superconducting phase (SC-II) in A x Fe2−ySe2 (A = K, Rb, Cs, and Tl) having an intrinsic phase separation, we perform a detailed hi...
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Intracellular IL-37b interacts with Smad3 to suppress multiple signaling pathways and the metastatic phenotype of tumor cells
Multiple signaling pathways that promote tumor cell metastasis are differentially activated in low/non-metastatic and metastatic tumor cells, resulting in the differential expression of metastasis-related gene...
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Seasonal concentrations, contamination levels, and health risk assessment of arsenic and heavy metals in the suspended particulate matter from an urban household environment in a metropolitan city, Bei**g, China
The levels and health risks of arsenic and heavy metals (As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in the suspended particulate matter (SPM) collected from an urban household environment in Bei**g of China ...
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Comparison between the EQ-5D-5L and the EQ-5D-3L in patients with hepatitis B
The purpose of the study was to compare psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L (5L) and the EQ-5D-3L (3L) health outcomes assessment instruments in patients with hepatitis B in China.
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Bone mineral density in postmenopausal Chinese women treated with calcium fortification in soymilk and cow's milk
Eighteen months of daily consumption of milk containing 250 mg calcium prevented bone mineral density (BMD) loss at the hip and the femoral neck in postmenopausal Chinese women aged 45 to 65.
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Symmetric smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SSPH) method and its application to elastic problems
We discuss the symmetric smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SSPH) method for generating basis functions for a meshless method. It admits a larger class of kernel functions than some other methods, including the ...
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SSPH basis functions for meshless methods, and comparison of solutions with strong and weak formulations
We propose a new and simple technique called the Symmetric Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SSPH) method to construct basis functions for meshless methods that use only locations of particles. These basis func...
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Search algorithm, and simulation of elastodynamic crack propagation by modified smoothed particle hydrodynamics (MSPH) method
We first present a nonuniform box search algorithm with length of each side of the square box dependent on the local smoothing length, and show that it can save up to 70% CPU time as compared to the uniform bo...
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Carbon nanotube as the core of conical carbon fiber: fabrication, characterization and field emission property
Conical carbon fibers (CCFs) with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as their cores were grown on graphite substrates with a chemical vapor deposition method. The CNT-cored CCFs were about several tens of micrometers in ...
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Synthesis and characterization of tungsten oxide nanorods
Single crystalline nanorods (15–200 nm in diameter and hundreds nanometers in length) have been formed on the carbon-covered W wires by simple electric heating under a vacuum of 5 × 10-4 Pa. The chemical composit...
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Modified smoothed particle hydrodynamics method and its application to transient problems
A modification to the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method is proposed that improves the accuracy of the approximation especially at points near the boundary of the domain. The modified method is used to stu...
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Theoretical simulation of a rotary motor driven by surface acoustic waves
A simulation model for theoretically studying the operation behavior of a rotary motor driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs) is proposed. According to the model, some simulation results are obtained as follo...
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Work function of single-walled carbon nanotubes determined by field emission microscopy
The field emission characteristics of a single micro-bundle of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were investigated using field emission microscopy (FEM). Fowler–Nordheim plots revealed that the work func...
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Spectral densities of response functions for the O(3) symmetric Anderson and two channel Kondo models
The O(3) symmetric Anderson model is an example of a system which has a stable low energy marginal Fermi liquid fixed point for a certain choice of parameters. It is also exactly equivalent, in the large U limit,...
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Higher order nonlinear response in random resistor networks: numerical studies for arbitrary nonlinearity
The higher order effective response of random resistor networks (RRNs) consisting of two different kinds resistor is studied numerically. One kind of resistor is assumed to be Ohmic, while the other is assumed...
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Higher order nonlinear response in random resistor networks: numerical studies for arbitrary nonlinearity
The higher order effective response of random resistor networks (RRNs) consisting of two different kinds resistor is studied numerically. One kind of resistor is assumed to be Ohmic, while the other is assumed...
