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Unveiling the Use of Natural and Early Synthetic Dyes in Indonesian Historical Silk Textiles
Dye analysis is an important subject in historical textile research because it helps researchers understand the structural and chemical features of colorants and provides a solid base to determine the date, pr...
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Multifunctional Peptide-Melanin Hybrid Nanodots with Robust Anti-Cutaneous Photoaging Activity
Skin aging is a systematic and complex process, mainly including intrinsic aging caused by time change and extrinsic aging caused by environmental factors. Photoaging caused by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is ...
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Assessing the determinants of corporate environmental investment: a machine learning approach
In recent years, experts and academics in the environmental management field have developed an interest in the factors and evaluation techniques that influence corporate environmental investment decisions. How...
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A new exploration in Baltic Dry Index forecasting learning: application of a deep ensemble model
World trade is growing constantly, facilitated by the fast expansion of logistics. However, risks and uncertainty in ship** have also increased, in dire need to be addressed by the research community, throug...
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A novel hypergraph convolution network for wafer defect patterns identification based on an unbalanced dataset
In semiconductor industry, various wafer defect patterns represent different causes of manufacturing failures. Identification of specific defect patterns is important to wafer fabrication process. Recently, ma...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Gradually Anchored Prestressed NSM CFRP Strengthened Beams: A Finite Element Method
Gradually anchored prestressed is a technique of gradually lowering and anchoring prestress at both ends of the reinforcement material, which has the advantages of reducing the prestress concentration, delayin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental and Finite Element Study of RC Beams Shear Strengthened with Prestressed NSM CFRP
In order to improve the shear performance of prestressed concrete beam bridges and to solve the diseases such as shear cracks in the web and beam deflection, this paper proposed a method of shear strengthening...
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Workability and mechanical properties for GGBFS–MK geopolymer synthesis: influencing factor analysis and a mix design method
In this study, the fluidity, setting time, and compressive strength for 40%/60% ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS)/metakaolin (MK) based geopolymer synthesis were experimentally investigated. By cond...
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Dyeing of Silk with Natural Lac Dye from Laccifer lacca Kerr. and Evaluation of Antibacterial and UV-Protective Properties
Insect-based colorants have been utilized for textile dyeing since antiquity due to their color variation and easy availability. In the past few years, the ancient sources of colorants have gained both academi...
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The Advanced Space-Based Solar Observatory (ASO-S)
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) was successfully launched at 23:43 UT on 8 October 2022. Here we describe the final technical status of the whole mission right before the launch, including the ...
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The determinants of China’s outward foreign direct investment: a vector error correction model analysis of coastal and landlocked countries
An essential objective of China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is to expand international trade and access to overseas markets to garner resources and improve transportation routes. This study iden...
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Open AccessSite-specific nanomodulator capable of modulation apoptosis for enhanced colorectal cancer chemo-photothermal therapy
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy with the second highest mortality and the third highest morbidity worldwide. However, the overall survival of patients is unsatisfactory, thus requiring more effe...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Comparative Analysis of NMT and Human Translation
With President **’s stress of “telling Chinese stories well” in the new era and the increasing needs of economic and cultural exchanges among countries around the world, translation is playing a critical role ...
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Application of an interpretable artificial neural network to predict the interface strength of a near-surface mounted fiber-reinforced polymer to concrete joint
Accurately estimating the interfacial bond capacity of the near-surface mounted (NSM) carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) to concrete joint is a fundamental task in the strengthening and retrofit of existin...
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State-of-the-art review of the development and application of bridge rotation construction methods in China
This work provides a comprehensive review of the development and applications of bridge rotation construction methods (BRMs) and related critical construction technologies in China. A brief history of BRMs and...
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Full-scale field experimental investigation on the interfacial shear capacity of continuous slab track structure
This paper presents the experimental observations and results of six full-scale field ballast-less track structure specimens, and tested under longitudinal and transverse shear load. The tests aimed to examine...
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Correlation of drought resistance in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) with reactive oxygen species scavenging and osmotic adjustment
Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.), a legume crop in arid and semi-arid areas, is widely acknowledged as highly drought tolerant. We report here an analysis of grass pea and garden pea seedlings stressed with 20% po...
