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ADAM10 Alleviates Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Cardiomyocyte Injury by Activating the Notch Signaling Pathway
The occurrence of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury is commonly observed during cardiac surgery; however, there remains a dearth of effective therapeutic strategies to mitigate this injury. The a disinteg...
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Design and Analysis of Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor with Open-Loop Side-Polished Photonic Crystal Fiber
A novel open-loop photonic crystal fiber (PCF) refractive index sensor based on the surface plasmon resonance effect is proposed. The gold film is applied to the surface of the air-core PCF to induce the SPR e...
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Open AccessCorrection: Thermal Cracking in High Volume of Fly Ash and GGBFS Concrete
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Simulated Indonesian Throughflow in Makassar Strait across the SODA3 products
The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF), which connects the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans, plays important roles in the inter-ocean water exchange and regional or even global climate variability. The Makassar St...
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On-chip optoelectronic logic gates operating in the telecom band
Optoelectronic logic gates (OELGs) are promising building blocks for next-generation logic circuits and potential applications in light detection and ranging, machine vision and real-time video analysis. On-ch...
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Open AccessThermal Cracking in High Volume of Fly Ash and GGBFS Concrete
Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) are found to control the maximum temperature and the accompanying thermal gradients effectively. How...
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Open AccessMultifunctional nanozyme-reinforced copper-coordination polymer nanoparticles for drug-resistance bacteria extinction and diabetic wound healing
Drug-resistant bacterial infections in chronic wounds are a persistent issue, as they are resistant to antibiotics and can cause excessive inflammation due to generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). An ef...
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High-performance violet phosphorus photodetectors with van der Waals-assisted contacts
Black phosphorus (BP) as a narrow-bandgap two-dimensional semiconductor material has been extensively studied. And the allotrope violet phosphorus (VP) exhibits wide bandgap properties extending the applicatio...
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Assessment and Optimization of Grinding Process on Zirconia Ceramic Using Response Surface Method
Zirconia ceramic (ZrO2) has been widely utilized in industrial areas for its excellent physical and mechanical properties. It is essential to study the grinding effect and the parameters optimization, to achieve ...
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L-tyrosine-assisted synthesis of nanosilver/titanium nitride with hollow microsphere structure for electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide
The nano-Ag–TiO2 hollow microsphere precursors were prepared by the one-pot solvothermal method using L-tyrosine as the template agent and reducing agent. Subsequently, the nano-Ag–TiN hollow microsphere composit...
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A comparative study of sea surface wind datasets and their induced circulation characteristics in the North Pacific Ocean
Mainly driven by wind stress, the upper ocean dynamic processes in the North Pacific Ocean serve as important pathways for mass and energy exchanges of the global ocean and thus play an essential role in modul...
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Intelligent optimization of stiffener unit cell via variational autoencoder-based feature extraction
Grid-stiffened structures are widely used in industrial equipment, where the layout of stiffener unit cells is critical in the structural performance. However, owing to the lack of design techniques, existing ...
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Objective array design for three-dimensional temperature and salinity observation: Application to the South China Sea
In this study, a moored array optimization tool (MAOT) was developed and applied to the South China Sea (SCS) with a focus on three-dimensional temperature and salinity observations. Application of the MAOT in...
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Vertical velocity and transport in the South China Sea
Deep water in the South China Sea is renewed by the cold and dense Luzon Strait overflow. However, from where and how the deep water upwells is poorly understood yet. Based on the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model...
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Variability of the deep South China Sea circulation derived from HYCOM reanalysis data
This study aims to investigate variability of the deep South China Sea (SCS) circulation using the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) global reanalysis product. The results reveal that annual cycle is a dom...
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Although the microbial diversity of the Indian Ocean has been extensively investigated, little is known about the community composition of microbes in the Southern Indian Ocean. In the present study, we divide...
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Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit enormous potential in photodetectors because of novel and extraordinary properties, such as passivated surfaces, tunable bandgaps, and high mobility. High...
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Open AccessDamage control of a twin-column pier with a replaceable steel shear link in a cap beam under transverse seismic motion
This paper proposes a novel twin-column pier with a steel shear link (SSL) installed in the cap beam to reduce seismic damage in the transverse direction. The SSL interrupts the rigid cap beam and relieves the...
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Analysis of static stiffness fluctuation in radially loaded ball and roller bearings
The radial stiffness of rolling bearings is the basis for analyzing the dynamic performance of bearing-rotor systems. The changes of rolling element position may cause continuous change of radial stiffness and...
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Superior Hg0 capture performance and SO2 resistance of Co–Mn binary metal oxide-modified layered MCM-22 zeolite for SO2-containing flue gas
A Co–Mn binary metal oxide-modified layered MCM-22 zeolite was designed to capture gaseous elemental mercury (Hg0) from SO2-containing flue gas. The physicochemical properties of the Co–Mn/MCM-22 zeolite were cha...
