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Effect of oxygen concentration on the heat release behaviour of bituminous coal over the complete spontaneous combustion process
The effect of different oxygen concentration conditions on the heat release behaviour of bituminous coal during spontaneous combustion was investigated. Thermal analysis experiments were conducted using differ...
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Open AccessApparent activation energy of mineral in open pit mine based upon the evolution of active functional groups
This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of mineral spontaneous combustion in an open pit. On the study of coal and mineral mixture in open pit mines, as well as through the specific surface area and Sear...
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Effect mechanism of dry and wet alternate ageing on wood during exothermic behaviour
In recent years, ancient wooden building fires have been a hot issue that has not been properly solved. The existing ancient wood buildings objectively have serious natural ageing phenomenon, among which the d...
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Influence mechanism of dry and wet alternate aging on thermal property characteristics of wood
Over the past years, multiple fire accidents have been witnessed in ancient wooden buildings around the world, thereby causing major losses of cultural relics and social impact. Because of the damage of the an...
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Allele frequency and proportion defined by circulating tumor DNA profiling predict tyrosine kinase inhibitors’ therapeutic outcomes for non-small cell lung cancer
Circulating tumor DNA is more and more accessible for patients who cannot undergo biopsy. No consistent conclusion has been reached on whether frequency and proportion of mutations defined by ctDNA profiling c...
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Comparative analysis of exothermic behaviour of fresh and aged pine wood
To determine the effect of natural ageing on the macroscopic thermal effect of wood combustion, this study explored the exothermic behaviour of naturally aged wood during combustion. The physical and chemical ...
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Open AccessSemi-enclosed experimental system for coal spontaneous combustion for determining regional distribution of high-temperature zone of coal fire
Temperature variation and gas generation at different depths and positions in the coal combustion process were studied to determine the propagation and evolution of high temperature regions in the process of c...
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Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated carbon-coated NH4V3O8 as cathode materials with superior cycle stabilities for lithium-ion batteries
Advanced cathode materials for high power and great cycle stability have attracted much attention. Layer-structured NH4V3O8 (NVO) has been intensively studied because by their large distance between the layers an...
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HOXC13 promotes cervical cancer proliferation, invasion and Warburg effect through β-catenin/c-Myc signaling pathway
Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most common malignancy and is the second leading cause of death in gynecologic malignancies worldwide. The homeobox transcription factor homeobox C13 (HOXC13) has been demons...
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Open AccessA case-control study on correlation between the single nucleotide polymorphism of CLEC4E and the susceptibility to tuberculosis among Han people in Western China
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Western China. Preclinical studies have suggested the protective effect of the C-type lectin receptor of family 4 member E (CLEC4E) fro...
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Open AccessXStar: a software system for handling taxi trajectory big data
Advances in positioning and communicating technologies make it possible to collect large volumes of taxi trajectory data, quickly providing a complete picture of the ground traffic systems and thus being appli...
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Open AccessTuning of lattice oxygen reactivity and scaling relation to construct better oxygen evolution electrocatalyst
Develo** efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction is crucial in realizing practical energy systems for sustainable fuel production and energy storage from renewable energy source...
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Intersperse Super P nanoparticles between NH4V3O8 microsheets to increase Li+ diffusion coefficient for lithium-ion battery
Ammonium vanadate (NH4V3O8) materials have attracted considerable attention due to their low cost, high discharge capacity, and simple synthesis process. However, the further application of NH4V3O8 materials as c...
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Cobalt-doped Vanadium Pentoxide Microflowers as Superior Cathode for Lithium-Ion Battery
To meet the ever-increasing demand for higher energy density and power density, develo** cathode materials with high specific capacity has become an urgent problem. V2O5 has been considered as one of the most p...
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NH4V3O8 Rectangular Nanotube: A Novel High-Performance Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries
The morphology and nanosize of cathode materials play a crucial role in the improved electrochemical properties of the electrode material for lithium ion batteries. Herein, we report the synthesis of a novel NH4V
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Electroless deposition of gold nanoparticles on carbon nanopipette electrode for electrochemical detection of catecholamines released from PC12 cells
An electroless deposition method is reported for the fabrication of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) modified carbon nanopipette electrode (CNPE) for sensitive electrochemical detection of dopamine (DA) in aqueous ...
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Nitrogen-doped carbon/SiOx composites from rice husks as a high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries
Rice husks as agricultural waste contain abundant Si, C and N elements. We used rice husks as raw materials, ZnCl2 as morphology control agent via a simple magnesiothermic reduction method to prepare nitrogen-dop...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploration of Bio-Based Materials and Sustainable Product Design: A Case Study of BioPlastic Preparation and Design
In the contradiction of development, increasing and shortages of sources, we are forced to start considering for the development in the future to seek for more replaceable materials or solution cases. Petroche...
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Location Optimization of Urban Emergency Medical Service Stations: A Hierarchical Multi-objective Model with a New Encoding Method of Genetic Algorithm Solution
Since patients’ lives are closely bound up with emergency medical services, extensive studies to improve the quality of emergency services haves been receiving special attention. This paper presents a novel hi...
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Open AccessCXCL1-LCN2 paracrine axis promotes progression of prostate cancer via the Src activation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Mechanisms driving the progression of castration-resistant prostate cancer are believed to relate substantially to the tumor microenvironment. However, the cross-talks between tumor epithelial cell, stromal ce...
