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Development and testing of a wireless smart toolholder with multi-sensor fusion
The smart toolholder is the core component in the development of intelligent and precise manufacturing. It enables in situ monitoring of cutting data and machining accuracy evolution and has become a focal point ...
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Correction to: Modulating red mud for the fabrication of cementitious material by analyzing the thermal evolution of hydrogarnets
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Modulating red mud for the fabrication of cementitious material by analyzing the thermal evolution of hydrogarnets
This work aims to develop a modulation strategy for converting red mud (RM) into cementitious material based on elucidating the phase transformation of hydrogarnet. The results show that cementitious minerals ...
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Multiple Scale Comparative Analysis of Classical, Dynamic and Intelligent Edge Detection Schemes
Edge detection acts as a fundamental segmentation technique in the fields of remote sensing, computer vision and pattern recognition. It locates significant discontinuities and variations of digital images so ...
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The influence of bicine on the hydration and properties of Portland cement
Nitrogenous strength enhancer is an organic chemical additive, which is popularly used to regulate cement hydration and improve cement properties. In this work, the effect of N, N-di(hydroxyethyl)glycine (bici...
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Using a peptide-based mass spectrometry approach to quantitate proteolysis of an intact heterogeneous procollagen substrate by BMP1 for antagonistic antibody screening
Proteases are critical proteins involved in cleaving substrates that may impact biological pathways, cellular processes, or disease progression. In the biopharmaceutical industry, modulating the levels of prot...
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Open AccessRobust Joule-heating ceramic reactors for catalytic CO oxidation
Joule-heating reactors have the higher energy efficiency and product selectivity compared with the reactors based on radiative heating. Current Joule-heating reactors are constructed with electrically-conducti...
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Open AccessPyomelanin produced by Streptomyces sp. ZL-24 and its protective effects against SH-SY5Y cells injury induced by hydrogen peroxide
A soluble melanin pigment produced by Streptomyces sp. ZL-24 was purified and named StrSM. The elemental analysis of StrSM showed it consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The spectrum analysis, including ultr...
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Characterization of Salinity Impact on Synthetic Floc Strength via Nonlinear Component Analysis
Many complex mechanisms are inherently engaged in flocculation processes with nonlinear nature. The strength of synthetic flocculates or natural flocculates may be relevant to numerous factors as well. It will...
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Study on the hydration product of ettringite in cement paste with ethanol-diisopropanolamine
Ettringite (AFt) is a very important hydration product of hardened cement pastes in the early stage. The effect of ethanol-diisopropanolamine (EDIPA) on the formation and transform process of AFt in cement pas...
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Streptomyces tibetensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from the Tibetan Plateau
A novel actinomycete, designated strain XZ 46T, was isolated from acid sandy soil collected from the Tibetan Plateau, China. Its taxonomic position was determined using a polyphasic approach. Strain XZ 46T shows ...
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Effects of graphene oxide on the hydration behavior of ye’elimite
The research on the cement hydration with graphene oxide (GO) can provide a guidance for designing GO-modified cement-based materials. Ye’elimite is the dominant mineralogical phase in calcium sulfoaluminate c...
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Open AccessMICA immune complex formed with alpha 3 domain-specific antibody activates human NK cells in a Fc-dependent manner
One of the mechanisms by which tumors evade immune surveillance is through shedding of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related protein A and B (MICA/B) from their cell surface. MICA/B ...
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The effect of gypsum on the hydration of alite–belite–ferrite phase system
Thermal analysis is a very effective method for the study of the hydration process of cement. This paper focuses on the interactions between the alite–belite–ferrite phase system and different amounts of gypsu...
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Influence of synthesis methods on ettringite dehydration
Ettringite is an important cement hydration product and has a significant effect on cement performance. H-ettringite (synthesized by hydration reaction) and S-ettringite (solution synthesis) samples are synthe...
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Aerial Scene Classification and Information Retrieval via Fast Kernel Based Fuzzy C-Means Clustering
Fast kernel based fuzzy C-Means clustering is proposed in this article to accomplish both accurate and robust segmentation, via integration with watershed transform and fast level set schemes. Aerial scenes ar...
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The innate immune sensor NLRC3 attenuates Toll-like receptor signaling via modification of the signaling adaptor TRAF6 and transcription factor NF-κB
Sensors of the NLR family generally activate innate immunity. Ting et al., however, demonstrate that the little-known NLRC3 negatively regulates Toll-like receptor signaling by altering ubiquitination of the sign...
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Digital Image Processing for Spatial Object Recognition via Integration of Nonlinear Wavelet-Based Denoising and Clustering-Based Segmentation
Spatial digital image analysis plays an important role in information decision support systems, especially for regions frequently affected by hurricanes and tropical storms. For aerial and satellite imaging ba...
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Development and Realization of an Amphibious Vehicle Simulator for Driver Skill Training
Driving simulator provides an available method to train driver’s operation skill without actual vehicle. Amphibious driving simulator was built to solve the driver’s operation skill in water problem. Hardware ...
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High-Performance InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots Infrared Photodetector With/Without Al0.2Ga0.8As Blocking Layers
InAs/AlGaAs quantum dot infrared photodetectors based on bound-to-bound intraband transitions in undoped InAs quantum dots are reported. AlGaAs blocking layers were employed to achieve low dark current. The ph...
