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With the change of people’s dietary structures, obesity, diabetes, and other related chronic metabolic diseases characterized by energy metabolism disorders have become a public health problem worldwide. Stabl...
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Solid-state photochemical reactions of olefinic compounds have been demonstrated to represent powerful access to organic cyclic molecules with specific configurations. However, the precise control of the stere...
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In order to explore the biomedical application of nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs), researchers have used numerous methods to develop nanosecond pulse generators. Transmission line-based generators a...
