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A study on performance of natural rubber bearings with time under freeze–thaw cycles
Considering that the rubber isolation bearing of buildings is exposed to the air will be, respectively, subjected to the freeze–thaw cycles in the wintertime period, the isolation effect of the bearing is very...
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Constraint information extraction for 3D geological modelling using a span-based joint entity and relation extraction model
Data sparsity has long been a problem in 3D geological modeling work. The geometric, topological, and attribute information of geological bodies in geological reports provide important constraint information d...
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Design Methods for Catalyzing Co-creation in Community Building: An Evaluating Approach
Community building, an intricate design endeavor integrating place, people, and their interactions, involves the provision of diverse methods by designers to facilitate stakeholder co-creation. Despite this pr...
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Challenges and advances on low-temperature rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have demonstrated the potential to conquer the energy storage related market due to the extremely high energy density. However, their performances at low temperature are still n...
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Research on urban 3D geological modeling based on multi-modal data fusion: a case study in **an, China
Urban underground 3D geological modeling can accurately express various geological phenomena and provide a decision-making basis for urban planning and geological analysis. The construction of smart cities has...
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Influence of freeze–thaw cycles and aging on the horizontal mechanical properties of high dam** rubber bearings
Freeze–thaw cycles, aging, and freeze–thaw cycles superimposed aging test on high-dam** rubber bearings (HDR) were performed to study the durability of HDR for sea-crossing bridges in northern coastal areas....
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Rate-dependent mechanical properties of cured conductive adhesives and drop impact behavior of adhesive bonding points in electronic interconnection
Given the boom of portable electronic products and the increasing risk of drop impact load in electronic interconnection points, the rate-dependent mechanical properties of cured conductive adhesives and the d...
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HIPK3 Mediates Inflammatory Cytokines and Oxidative Stress Markers in Monocytes in a Rat Model of Sepsis Through the JNK/c-Jun Signaling Pathway
Sepsis is a fetal immunological disorder and its complication worsens in the patients with hemodialysis which may increase the risk of death. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of homeodo...
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Retrospective deformation of the Baige landslide using optical remote sensing images
Detecting slope deformations before major landslides is crucially important for mitigating landslide disasters. In this work, we explored the use of Sentinel-2 images and an image correlation method, Co-Regist...
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Sequential co-immobilization of β-glucosidase and yeast cells on single polymer support for bioethanol production
Co-immobilization of enzymes and microorganism is an effective way to enable cells to use nonmetabolizable substrates and accelerate reaction rate of overall process. Herein, a facile strategy to separately co...
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Construction of 3D polypyrrole/CoS/graphene composite electrode with enhanced pseudocapacitive performance
Herein, 3D graphene/nickel foam (GE/NF) composite matrix was successfully fabricated by using NF as template through a self-catalytic thermal chemical vapor deposition process. By using the prepared GE/NF as s...
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A mild route to entrap papain into cross-linked PEG microparticles via visible light-induced inverse emulsion polymerization
Entrapment of enzymes into a cross-linked network is an effective way to enable their recycling. In order to obtain a satisfied recovery of enzyme activity, a mild encapsulating condition is highly required du...
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The Attenuation of 14-3-3ζ is Involved in the Caffeic Acid-Blocked Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Inflammatory Response in RAW264.7 Macrophages
Inflammation plays important roles in the initiation and progress of many diseases. Caffeic acid (CaA) is a naturally occurring hydroxycinnamic acid derivative, which shows hypotoxicity and diverse biological ...
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Development of a modified Mooney-Rivlin constitutive model for rubber to investigate the effects of aging and marine corrosion on seismic isolated bearings
In this study, aging and marine corrosion tests of a large number of rubber material and rubber bearings have been carried out. The constitutive Mooney-Rivlin model parameters for a rubber isolated bearing hav...
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Open AccessAcupuncture treatment on the motor area of the scalp for motor dysfunction in patients with ischemic stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Scalp acupuncture has shown a remarkable treatment efficacy on motor dysfunction in patients with stroke in China, especially the motor area of Jiao’s scalp acupuncture, which is the most widely used treatment...
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Open AccessImmune regulator ABIN1 suppresses HIV-1 transcription by negatively regulating the ubiquitination of Tat
A20-binding inhibitor of NF-κB activation (ABIN1), an important immune regulator, was previously shown to be involved in HIV-1 replication. However, the reported studies done with overexpressed ABIN1 provided ...
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Open AccessSuper-adsorbent material based on functional polymer particles with a multilevel porous structure
Porous polymer particles with multilevel structures consisting of submicron-sized hollow cavities and interconnected mesopores within the crosslinked shell were designed and prepared. An extremely high density...
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Open AccessNet-Immobilization of β-glucosidase on Nonwoven Fabrics to Lower the Cost of “Cellulosic Ethanol” and Increase Cellulose Conversions
The main limitation preventing the use of enzymatic cellulosic ethanol in industrial production is its higher cost which is mainly due to the elevated price of β-glucosidase (BG). Herein, we report on a simple...
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Simplified TERP to achieve living free radical polymerization with crude ethyl 2-phenyltellanyl-2-methylpropionate as mediator
Organotellurium compounds-mediated living radical polymerization (TERP) is one of the most robust tools of living free radical polymerizations (LRP). However, synthesis and purification of organotellurium com...
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Open AccessPEG Molecular Net-Cloth Grafted on Polymeric Substrates and Its Bio-Merits
Polymer brushes and hydrogels are sensitive to the environment, which can cause uncontrolled variations on their performance. Herein, for the first time, we report a non-swelling “PEG molecular net-cloth” on a...
