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Chapter and Conference Paper
EFPNet: Effective Fusion Pyramid Network for Tiny Person Detection in UAV Images
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have found extensive applications in the field of rescue and navigation scenarios. The objects in UAV images are generally with small sizes, which rises a serious challenge of o...
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Special Issue: Iteration and persuasion as key conditions of digital societies
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Open AccessRe-directing socialist persuasion through affective reiteration: a discourse analysis of ‘Socialist Memes’ on the Chinese internet
Previous research has noted the ambiguous persuasive potentials of reiteration: repeating a statement, slogan or image can work both positively and negatively, can both help and hinder the effectiveness of a p...
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ELECTRE II method based on the cosine similarity to evaluate the performance of financial logistics enterprises under double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic environment
It is very common to use linguistic information to solve decision-making problems in real life, and the double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (DHHFLTS) has been widely used because of its powerfu...
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Open AccessSymbolic iteration method based on computer algebra analysis for Kepler’s equation
The Kepler’s equation of elliptic orbits is one of the most significant fundamental physical equations in Satellite Geodesy. This paper demonstrates symbolic iteration method based on computer algebra analysis...
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Open AccessDihydromyricetin alleviates Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide-induced hepatic injury in chickens by inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome
Dihydromyricetin (DHM), a flavonoid in vine tea, has many pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. Lipopolysaccharide is the key inducer of inflammation in avian patho...
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Prevention of acetaminophen-induced hepatocyte injury: JNK inhibition and GSTA1 involvement
Glutathione S-transferase A1 (GSTA1) is a detoxification enzyme and a sensitive marker for hepatotoxicity. We investigated the effects of JNK inhibition on different degrees of Acetaminophen (APAP)-induced hep...
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An integrated method for multi-criteria decision-making based on the best-worst method and Dempster-Shafer evidence theory under double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic environment
Double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic term set (DHHFLTS) is a newly developed complex linguistic expression model, and has been well applied to multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems. However, the...
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One-step fabrication of HNBR/MIL-100 composites via selective hydrogenation of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber with a catalyst derived from MIL-100(Fe)
Heterogeneous catalyst has been widely used in hydrogenation process. However, the heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) usually requires high temperature and thus remai...
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Pressure-flow curve derived from coronary CT angiography for detection of significant hemodynamic stenosis
Coronary CT angiography (cCTA) has been used to non-invasively assess both the anatomical and hemodynamic significance of coronary stenosis. The current study investigated a new CFD-based method of evaluating ...
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Araneose Ti3+ self-do** TiO2/SiO2 nanowires membrane for removal of aqueous MB under visible light irradiation
Araneose Ti3+ self-doped TiO2/SiO2 nanowires (RTiO2/SiO2) were prepared and anchored onto a polyethersulfone (PES) membrane. Careful characterizations and measurements indicated a covalent grafting of SiO2 onto r...
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Triple stimuli-responsive polymers based on pyrene-functionalized poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate): synthesis, self-assembled nanoparticles and controlled release
A series of photo, temperature, and pH-responsive polymers have been synthesized by the quaternization of poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) with 1-(bromomethyl)pyrene. Nanoparticles self-assemble...
