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Chapter and Conference Paper
Assessing the Social Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder via Language-Image Pre-training Models
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has gained global attention due to its prevalence. Clinical assessment measures rely heavily on manual scoring conducted by specialized phys...
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Secondary compost products improved tomato production via regulating primary/secondary metabolism and hormone signal interaction
The secondary compost products (SCP), originated from secondary composting process of the agriculture organic waste fermentation CO2 enrichment devices, can promote tomato plants growth, yield and fruit quality, ...
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All for striving status: how and when do overqualified employees engage in OCB towards individual
The issue of how overqualified employees engage in organizational citizenship behavior towards individual (OCBI) is gaining traction. Existing literatures have mostly explored the relationship between perceive...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sim-to-Real Deep Reinforcement Learning with Manipulators for Pick-and-Place
When transferring a Deep Reinforcement Learning model from simulation to the real world, the performance could be unsatisfactory since the simulation cannot imitate the real world well in many circumstances. T...
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Open AccessBeneficial effect of the short-chain fatty acid propionate on vascular calcification through intestinal microbiota remodelling
Vascular calcification is a major cause of the high morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases and is closely associated with the intestinal microbiota. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are derived from...
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Open AccessGenome-wide identification and characterization of GATA family genes in wheat
Transcription factors GATAs were a member of zinc finger protein, which could bind DNA regulatory regions to control expression of target genes, thus influencing plant growth and development either in normal c...
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Open AccessBSA-Seq and Fine Linkage Map** for the Identification of a Novel Locus (qPH9) for Mature Plant Height in Rice (Oryza sativa)
Plant height is a key factor in the determination of rice yield since excessive height can easily cause lodging and reduce yield. Therefore, the identification and analysis of plant height-related genes to elu...
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A review on particle assembly in standing wave acoustic field
Acoustic-induced nanoparticle self-assembly has good development prospects in tailored, bottom-up material design. Acoustic tweezers technology is used for nanoparticle manipulation due to its versatility, non...
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Improved performance in organic solar cells using aluminum-doped cathode-modifying layer
Organic solar cells (OSCs) have been developed using aluminum-doped bathocuproine (BCP:Al) as cathode-modifying layer. Although BCP:Al thin film shows decreased electron mobility than neat BCP thin film, the f...
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The width of exciton formation zone dominates the performance of phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes
Phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) have been fabricated with structure of indium tin oxide/MoO3 doped 4,4′-N,N'-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP) 30 nm/tris(4-carbazoyl-9-ylphenyl)amine 10 nm/CBP dop...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Comparative Study for Obstacle Avoidance Inverse Kinematics: Null-Space Based vs. Optimisation-Based
Obstacle avoidance for robotic manipulators has attracted much attention in robotics literature, and many algorithms have been developed. In this paper, two algorithms are explored which perform obstacle avoid...
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Household biogas digesters or medium–large-scale biogas plants: a conflicting issue in rural China
There has been a conflicting issue in rural China that whether or not encouraging the development of medium–large-scale biogas plants (MLBPs) to reduce household biogas digesters (HBDs) will be better for Chin...
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Mutation of a histidine-rich calcium-binding-protein gene in wheat confers resistance to Fusarium head blight
Head or ear blight, mainly caused by Fusarium species, can devastate almost all staple cereal crops (particularly wheat), resulting in great economic loss and imposing health threats on both human beings and live...
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Application of sulfur fertilizer reduces cadmium accumulation and toxicity in tobacco seedlings (Nicotiana tabacum)
Greenhouse pot experiments were carried out to illuminate the mitigation effects of sulfur (S) on cadmium (Cd) uptake and toxicity in tobacco using two levels of exogenous sulfur of S1 and S2 containing 47 and...
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Open AccessIdentification of genes and pathways potentially related to PHF20 by gene expression profile analysis of glioblastoma U87 cell line
Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive brain tumor associated with a poor prognosis. Plant homeodomain finger protein 20 (PHF20) is highly expressed in primary human gliomas and its expression is assoc...
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Open AccessRecyclable Polydimethylsiloxane Network Crosslinked by Dynamic Transesterification Reaction
This article reports preparation of a crosslinked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) network via dynamic transesterification reaction between PDMS-diglycidyl ether and pripol 1017 with Zn(OAc)2 as the catalyst. The ther...
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Genotype-dependent effects of phosphorus supply on physiological and biochemical responses to Al-stress in cultivated and Tibetan wild barley
Aluminium (Al) toxicity and phosphorus (P) deficiency often co-exist in acidic soils and limit plant growth and crop production. To investigate the alleviating effects of different levels of phosphorus on Al s...
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Open AccessAcetyl-11-Keto-β-Boswellic Acid Attenuates Prooxidant and Profibrotic Mechanisms Involving Transforming Growth Factor-β1, and Improves Vascular Remodeling in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Vascular remodeling is an important complication of hypertension with oxidative stress-related profibrotic pathways involved. The transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) has been shown to be a potential target ...
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Comparative proteomic analysis of two tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) genotypes differing in Cd tolerance
Tobacco can easily accumulate cadmium (Cd) in leaves and thus poses a potential threat to human health. Cd-stress-hydroponic-experiments were performed, and the proteomic and transcriptional features of two co...
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Collective coupling of randomly dispersed oscillators with cavities filled with zero-index metamaterials
In cavity quantum electrodynamics, it is hard to enhance the coupling strength between quantum dot (QD) and cavity, owing to the limited choice of QDs and the positional uncertainty brought by the inhomogeneou...
