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Incipient Fault Diagnosis of Batch Process Based on Deep Time Series Feature Extraction
Intelligence modeling interpretable for incipient fault diagnosis of batch process represents a serious challenge. For the multivariate, nonlinear, and high-dimensionality characteristics of process data, exis...
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Development of Eight-Node Curved-Side Quadrilateral Membrane Element Using Chain Direct Integration Scheme (SCDI) in Area Coordinates (MHCQ8-DI)
This paper proposes an integration scheme using successively direct integration and conventional numerical integration to solve the element stiffness matrix. First, construct the integral formula for the eleme...
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Preparation of sound ribbons with submicrometer-grained microstructure on a Mg–Zn alloy
In this paper, a viable way to fabricate Mg alloy sound ribbons with ultra-fine-grained microstructure was presented. The hot-rolled and annealed Mg–0.4Zn (at%) alloy exhibited excellent rollability to form so...
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Comparing the diurnal variations in the SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices SML and SMU
Diurnal variations of the SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices (SML and SMU) were examined for the period of 1980–2010, and the differences between SML and SMU were especially analyzed. The diurnal variation of SM...
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Synthesis of mesoporous polymeric carbon nitride exhibiting enhanced and durable visible light photocatalytic performance
A thiourea precursor was employed to synthesize mesoporous carbon nitride (C3N4) by a thermal polycondensation process with high surface area SiO2 and nanosphere SiO2 as two types of hard templates. The resultant...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-142-3p is frequently upregulated in colorectal cancer and may be involved in the regulation of cell proliferation
MicroRNAs are small single-stranded RNA molecules consisting of approximately 22 nucleotides (nt), and have post-transcriptional regulatory functions. By gene chip screening, we previously showed that miR-142-...
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Open AccessNicotine-induced upregulation of antioxidant protein Prx 1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Nicotine is a source of exogenous oxidative stress, which is associated with the pathogenesis of numerous diseases including oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), whereas an antioxidant protein, peroxiredoxin 1...
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Open AccessThe orbital characters of low-energy electronic structure in iron-chalcogenide superconductor K x Fe2−y Se2
The newly discovered iron-chalcogenide superconductor K x Fe2−y Se2 exhibits a distinct electronic structure from other iron-based superconductors. Exploiting pol...
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Open AccessMHC polymorphism and disease-resistance to Edwardsiella tarda in six turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) families
This study examined genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class II B gene in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) by virulent bacterial pathogen challenge. One hundred fry from ...
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Open AccessMultimodal swimming control of a robotic fish with pectoral fins using a CPG network
The neural-based approaches inspired by biological neural mechanisms of locomotion are becoming increasingly popular in robot control. This paper investigates a systematic method to formulate a Central Pattern...
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Open AccessFar-field coseismic displacements associated with the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan observed by Global Positioning System
Analysis of GEONET observations covering the entire territory of Japan shows that the great Tohoku-oki earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 off the east coast of Honshu in Japan caused an eastward moveme...
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Open AccessPolyploidization and epigenetics
The occurrence of polyploidy, or whole genome duplication, can result in instantaneous speciation. Because new polyploids are immediately reproductively isolated from their non-polyploid congeners, polyploidiz...
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Risk analysis for the highly pathogenic avian influenza in Mainland China using meta-modeling
A logistic model was employed to correlate the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) with related environmental factors and the migration of birds. Based on MODIS data of the normalized differen...
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The novel H1N1 Influenza A global airline transmission and early warning without travel containments
A novel influenza A (H1N1) has been spreading worldwide. Early studies implied that international air travels might be key cause of a severe potential pandemic without appropriate containments. In this study, ...
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Near-field surface movement during the Wenchuan M s8.0 earthquake measured by high-rate GPS
Based on high-rate (1 Hz) GPS data from the Sichuan GPS Continuous Observation Network on the footwall of the Longmenshan Fault, we have characterized the near-field surface movement process during the 5.12 We...
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The molecular mechanism of photodynamic therapy to fibrosis: Regulation on the pyridinoline cross-link formation in collagen
Fibrotic processes in tissues are characterised by an excessive accumulation of collagen containing increased levels of pyridinoline cross-links, which has been taken as an important criterion to diagnose the ...
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Export and remineralization of POM in the Southern Ocean and the South China Sea estimated from 210Po/210Pb disequilibria
Disequilibria between 210Po and 210Pb in the upper water and their potential applications as a proxy of particle export and remineralization were examined in the Southern Ocean (station IV3) and the South China S...
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Impacts of intraseasonal oscillation on the onset and interannual variation of the Indian summer monsoon
The role of the intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) on the seasonal and interannual variations of the Indian summer monsoon is investigated based on the analysis of observational data. It is shown that the ISO sig...
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Identification of the deposited layers in landslides reservoir and investigation of the sediment yields during the later sixteenth century on the Hill Loess Plateau, China
There are many sediment trap** reservoirs in the Hill Loess Plateau. The Huangtuwa small catchment is selected as a research field where samples were collected in a sediment deposit profile with a vertical l...
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The U/Θ effect of electricity parameters of the lotus root silk in the liquor with different pH values
The silk of lotus root is a kind of natural biomaterial with the advantages of easy absorbing and dissolving and poisonless. It may become a new engineering material for clinic and tissue engineering. However,...