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Effect of deep cryogenic treatment on microstructures and mechanical properties of automotive 6063Al alloy
In this paper, the effect of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) on the microstructure and properties of automotive 6063 aluminum alloy at different times was investigated with automotive 6063 aluminum alloy as the...
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Open AccessStatus and influencing factors of work stress among nurse managers in western China: a cross-sectional survey study
Due to the nature of their work, nurses are more prone to experiencing psychological consequences than other healthcare workers. However, evidence on the emotional burden of nurse managers in China is limited....
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Application of Improved Clustering Algorithms in Modern Education Technology’s Blended Learning
Blended learning is a novel teaching paradigm that overcomes the limitations of time and location inherent in traditional classroom teaching and allows learners to grasp key and challenging content more effect...
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Deficiency of HtrA3 Attenuates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Via TGF-β1/Smad Signaling Pathway
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease characterized by excessive extracellular matrix deposition. No effective treatments are currently available for IPF. High-...
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Model Testing Technique for Piles in Soft Rock Considering the Overlying Layers
Model test is a common method to study the bearing peculiarity of pile foundation. The influence of overlying soil thickness and overburden pressure on the bearing capacity of soft rock-socketed pile should be...
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EdTech for Equity in China: Can Technology Improve Teaching for Millions of Rural Students?
Despite major advancements in China’s K-12 educational outcomes over the past several decades, large regional inequities in academic achievement still exist, a proximal cause of which are gaps in teaching qual...
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Bubble Formation and Surface Sloshing in the TSL Flow with a Viscous Liquid
Due to the ever-increasing importance of the top-submerged lance (TSL) process in metal recycling and slag valorization, considerable effort have been devoted to studying TSL flow characteristics. In this work...
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LOPO: a location privacy preserving path optimization scheme for spatial crowdsourcing
While spatial crowdsourcing has become a popular paradigm for spatio-temporal data collection, location privacy has raised increasing concerns among the participants of spatial crowdsourcing projects in recent...
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Author Correction: Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01102-y.
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Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States
Universities contribute to economic growth and national competitiveness by equip** students with higher-order thinking and academic skills. Despite large investments in university science, technology, engine...
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Open AccessThe grapevine R2R3-type MYB transcription factor VdMYB1 positively regulates defense responses by activating the stilbene synthase gene 2 (VdSTS2)
Resveratrol is a naturally occurring plant stilbene that exhibits a wide range of valuable biological and pharmacological properties. Although the beneficial effects of trans-resveratrol to human health and pl...
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Open AccessThe impact of “Child Care” intervention in rural Primary Health Care Program on prevalence of diarrhea among children less than 36 months of age in rural western China
It was unclear how and to what extent the “Child Care” intervention (CCI) in rural Primary Health Care Program affected the prevalence of childhood diarrhea in rural western China.
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Validating the Use of Translated and Adapted HEIghten ® Quantitative Literacy Test in Russia
In responding to the need for internationally comparable data on higher education student learning outcomes, some modules of the HEIghten ® Outcomes Assessment Suite, developed by Educational Testing Service, hav...
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Open AccessCombining magnetic nanoparticle with biotinylated nanobodies for rapid and sensitive detection of influenza H3N2
Our objective is to develop a rapid and sensitive assay based on magnetic beads to detect the concentration of influenza H3N2. The possibility of using variable domain heavy-chain antibodies (nanobody) as diag...
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Open AccessRole of helicity of α-helical antimicrobial peptides to improve specificity
A major barrier to the use of antimicrobial peptides as antibiotics is the toxicity or ability to lyse eukaryotic cells. In this study, a 26-residue amphipathic α-helical antimicrobial peptide A12L/A20L (Ac-KW...
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Mechanism and kinetic model of in-situ TiB2/7055Al nanocomposites synthesized under high intensity ultrasonic field
In-situ TiB2/7055Al nanocomposites are fabricated by in situ melt chemical reaction from 7055Al-K2TiF6-KBF4 system under high intensity ultrasonic field, and the mechanism and kinetic mod...
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Ultrafast photo-induced turning of magnetization and its relaxation dynamics in GaMnAs
We report that, by linearly polarized pum** of different wavelengths, Kerr transients appear at zero magnetic field only in the case when GaMnAs samples are initialized at 3 K by first applying a 0.8 Tesla f...
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Spin injection in the multiple quantum-well LED structure with the Fe/AlO x injector
A spin-injection/-detection device has been fabricated based on the multiple quantum well light emitting diode (LED) structure. It is found that only a broad electroluminescence (EL) peak of a full width at ha...
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A Catalytic Resonance Fluorometry Method for Determination of Hydroquinone and Its Applications
Pyronin Y (PY) has a strong resonance fluorescence in sulfuric acid medium. The characteristics of the resonance fluorescence spectra and the factors affecting the spectra were studied. A catalytic resonance f...
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Active Vibration Control Analysis of Piezoelectric Intelligent Beam
The new theory and new method of the analysis of intelligent structures are studied in the paper. With piezoelectric intelligent beam as a example: the spline dispersing dynamical equations of the piezoelectri...
