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Open AccessEnhanced collapsible linear blocks for arbitrary sized image super-resolution
Image up-scaling and super-resolution (SR) techniques have been a hot research topic for many years due to its large impact in the field of medical imaging, surveillance etc. Especially single image super-reso...
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Open AccessPhysics-based fluid simulation in computer graphics: Survey, research trends, and challenges
Physics-based fluid simulation has played an increasingly important role in the computer graphics community. Recent methods in this area have greatly improved the generation of complex visual effects and its c...
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A New Block Preconditioner for Double Saddle Point Systems Arising from Liquid Crystal Directors Modeling
We develop and investigate a new block preconditioner for a class of double saddle point (DSP) problems arising from liquid crystal directors modeling using a finite element scheme. We analyze the spectral pro...
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Retraction Note: A New Cluster-Based MOF for Selective Gas Sorption and Treatment Effect on Acute Glomerulonephritis by Reducing NF-κb Pathway Activation and Cytokines Release
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Open AccessHybrid architecture based intelligent diagnosis assistant for GP
As the first point of contact for patients, General Practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in the National Health Service (NHS). An accurate primary diagnosis from the GP can alleviate the burden on specialis...
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Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors for subclinical hypothyroidism in older patients with major depressive disorder
Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is highly correlated with major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the prevalence and risk factors for SCH in older patients with MDD have rarely been reported in China.
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Chronic social comparison elicits depression- and anxiety-like behaviors and alterations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in male rats
Social comparison is a fundamental human characteristic; however, long-term social comparison may induce psychological stress and can lead to depression and anxiety. Recent studies have shown that nonhuman pri...
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Supramolecular Complexes Built of Octahedral [Ta6Cl12(CN)6]3−/4− Clusters and Terpyridine-Metal Complexes
The preparation and characterization of two supramolecular complexes from octahedral [Ta6Cl12(CN)6]4−/3− units and 2, 2′: 6′, 2″-terpyridine (Terpy) metal complexes as building blocks are reported. Single crystal...
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Open AccessMonolithic integration of embedded III-V lasers on SOI
Silicon photonic integration has gained great success in many application fields owing to the excellent optical device properties and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatibility. Realizing mon...
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Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 BA.2 (Omicron) variant infection in pediatric liver transplanted recipients and cohabitants during 2022 Shanghai outbreak: a prospective cohort
The Omicron variant BA.2 was the dominant variant in the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai since March 2022. We aim to investigate the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection in pediatric liver-tra...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Hybrid Variable Impedance Force Control Method for Industrial Robots
This paper proposes a hybrid variable impedance force control method for industrial robots to address two types of problems: soft contact force control and force overshoot. Firstly, in order to realise soft fo...
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Open AccessSIG-Former: monocular surgical instruction generation with transformers
Automatic surgical instruction generation is a crucial part for intra-operative surgical assistance. However, understanding and translating surgical activities into human-like sentences are particularly challe...
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A comparison study on interfacial properties of fluorine-bearing and fluorine-free mold flux for casting advanced high-strength steels
A comparison study on interfacial properties of a traditional fluorine-bearing (F-bearing) mold flux and a newly designed fluorine-free (F-free) mold flux to produce advanced high-strength steels (AHSSs) by co...
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Crystal structure, thermal decomposition behavior, and fluorescence property of lanthanide complexes with 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic acid
Three new mononuclear lanthanide complexes [Ln(2,4,6-TMBA)3(terpy)(H2O)]·C2H5OH·H2O (Ln = Gd(1), Er(2) and [Tb(2,4,6-TMBA)3(terpy)(H2O)]·C2H5OH(3) (2,4,6-TMBA = 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoate, terpy = 2,2′:6′,2′-terpyri...
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Synthesis, crystal structure, thermal behavior, and fluorescence property of lanthanide complexes based on 2,6-dimethylbenzoic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline
Three dinuclear lanthanide complexes were prepared using 2,6-dimethylbenzoic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline as main ligand and auxiliary ligand, namely: [Eu(2,6-DMBA)3(phen)]2(1), [Gd(2,6-DMBA)3(phen)]2·1.5H2O(2) a...
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Syntheses, crystal structures, thermodynamic and fluorescent properties of dinuclear lanthanide complexes constructed with 2-fluorobenzoic acid and 5,5′-dimethy-2,2′-bipyridine
2-fluorobenzoic acid and 5,5′-dimethy-2,2′-bipyridine were used to construct two novel isostructural lanthanide complexes [Ln(2-FBA)3(5,5′-DM-2,2′-bipy)]2 (Ln = Eu(1), Tb(2); 2-FBA = 2-fluorobenzoate; 5,5′-DM-2,2...
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Open AccessUltrafast coherent control of a hole spin qubit in a germanium quantum dot
Operation speed and coherence time are two core measures for the viability of a qubit. Strong spin-orbit interaction (SOI) and relatively weak hyperfine interaction make holes in germanium (Ge) intriguing cand...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Review of 3D Point Clouds Parameterization Methods
3D point clouds parameterization is a very important research topic in the fields of computer graphics and computer vision, which has many applications such as texturing, remeshing and morphing, etc. Different...
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Open AccessSD-Net: joint surgical gesture recognition and skill assessment
Surgical gesture recognition has been an essential task for providing intraoperative context-aware assistance and scheduling clinical resources. However, previous methods present limitations in catching long-r...
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The germanium quantum information route
In the effort to develop disruptive quantum technologies, germanium is emerging as a versatile material to realize devices capable of encoding, processing and transmitting quantum information. These devices le...
