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Role of Remelting in Grain Refinement of Undercooled Single-Phase Alloys
Bulk and thin samples of Cu75Ni25 (at. pct) alloy were solidified over a range of undercoolings. Unlike the bulk samples, in which grains were significantly refined at undercoolings between 45 K and 75 K, the thi...
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Metastable Phase Formation and Its Transformation in Highly Undercooled Ni75B25 Alloy
Ni75B25 alloy was solidified at various undercooling. The formation and subsequent transformation of metastable Ni23B6 phase were clearly identified. If undercooling prior to nucleation is less than a critical va...
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Removal of acid orange II azo dyes using Fe-based metallic glass catalysts by Fenton-like process
The unique structural characteristics of metallic glasses make them highly qualified to be applied in the treatment of organic pollutants. In this work, the degradation of azo dyes in aqueous solutions by usin...
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Preparation, characterization and application of Fe72Cu1Co5Si9B13 metallic glass catalyst in degradation of azo dyes
The presence of pollutants such as azo dyes in industrial wastewaters has become a major global problem and has attracted a large number of researchers to find solutions. In present work, a new type of Fe-base...
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Resistance of Lattice Core Sandwich Cylinders to Internal Blast Loading
Explosion has been a serious threat in military and civil, accordingly the blast resistance capacity is an important indication in design and optimization of structure to ensure the safety of device and person...
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The Growth Pattern of Co3Sn2 in Directional Solidification of Co-Sn Hypereutectic Alloy Melts
Co70Sn30 hypereutectic alloy was directionally solidified at various velocities at temperature gradients of 200 and 300 K/cm. At a given temperature gradient, α-Co/β-Co3Sn2 lamellar eutectic grows with a planar i...
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Open AccessAcceptability and practicability of self-management for patients with Parkinson’s disease based on smartphone applications in China
China has had about 1.2 billion mobile-phone users, and this number continues to grow. However, mobile-health services (mHealth) are currently in the initial stage, and have not yet prevailed in China. Additio...
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Compression Behavior of Biodegradable Thermoplastic Plasticizer-Containing Composites
Thermoplastic starch-based composites generate worldwide interest as they are based on green raw materials and undergo complete degradation. The composites were first fabricated from starch and sisal fibers as...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analysis and Optimization of Key Index of Public Investment Building Project’s Performance Evaluation Based on Project Governance
In order to improve performance evaluation systems, this paper analyses and optimises the indexes for a public investment-building project. A new public management theory and law-based administration theory ar...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Game Analysis of Stakeholders in Urban Renewal Based on Maximization of Social Welfare
Urban renewal is one of the important ways in the urbanization process of China. Compared to the new construction, the rights of stakeholders in urban renewal are more complex and the game is more intense. Bas...
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A theoretical model for load prediction in rolling correction process of thin-walled aeronautic parts
In the aviation industry, flexural distortion of thin-walled aeronautic parts after machining processes is inevitable, especially for high-strength aluminum alloy. To satisfy the accuracy requirement for subse...
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Cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: medications and risk factors in China
This study aims to assess the risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to determine the association of traditional and biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with risk for CVD in Chin...
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CH4/CO2 reforming over highly active catalysts that is Ce-promoted Ni supported on KIT-1 with wormlike pore structure
A new type of Ce-promoted Ni catalyst with KIT-1 as the support is prepared by using a sol-gel method. The catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic activity and superior stability in CO2 reforming of methane (CH4/CO
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Structural characterization and prediction of Kovats retention indices (RI) for alkylbenzene compounds
A new molecular structural characterization (MSC) method called the molecular vertex eigenvalue correlative index (MVECI) is constructed and used to describe the structures of 122 alkylbenzene compounds. Throu...
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Numerical Study of Failure Modes and Crack Propagation in 2A12 Aluminum Target Against Blunt-Nosed Projectile at Low Yaw Angle
Simulation models of 2A12 aluminum targets with thickness 1 mm stricken by the high strength 38CrSi blunt-nosed projectiles at different yaw angle have been established with the help of ABAQUS, then the failur...
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Open AccessMolecular cloning, expression, and subcellular localization of a PAL gene from Citrus reticulata under iron deficiency
Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) is a specific branch point enzyme of primary and secondary metabolism. The Citrus reticulata Blanco PAL gene was cloned and designated as CrPAL1. The cDNA sequence of CrPAL1 was ...
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Metastable Co23B6 phase solidified from deeply undercooled Co79.3B20.7 alloy melt
M23X6 (M-transition metal, X-nonmetal) phases widely exist in alloy steels and some other multicomponent alloys, but were seldom solidified from binary alloys. In the present work, the alloy melt with the nominal...
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Cutting signals analysis in milling titanium alloy thin-part components and non-thin-wall components
Cutting signals can monitor the cutting status in metal cutting process such as acceleration, cutting force, motor current, and acoustic emission. In this paper, cutting force and spindle acceleration signals ...
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The role of human epididymis protein 4 in the diagnosis of epithelial ovarian cancer
Epithelial ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal female genital tract cancers. Early diagnosis of EOC would benefit the patients a lot. Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) has been regarded as a new powerful ...
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Polymorphisms and DNA methylation level in the CpG site of the GHR1 gene associated with mRNA expression, growth traits and hormone level of half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis)
The objectives of the present study were to estimate the GHR1 gene mutations and methylation status of CpGs, and whether those mutations and methylation were involved in the regulation of GHR1 gene expression, ho...
