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Enhanced the temperature stability of low-fired Li3Mg2NbO6 microwave dielectric ceramics for LTCC application
The temperature stability of low-fired (1−x)Li3Mg2NbO6-xLa0.5Na0.5TiO3-6wt% LiF ceramics (x = 0.025, 0.050, 0.075, 0.100) were fabricated in an effort to develop a low-temperature co-fired microwave communication...
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DEM modeling of soil bottom-initiated radial desiccation cracking phenomenon
Bottom-initiated radial cracking is a special phenomenon for soil as it is subjected to desiccation. This study aims to simulate the initiation and propagation of radial cracks in soil using both experimental ...
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Open AccessMultidimensional assessment of the biological effects of electronic cigarettes on lung bronchial epithelial cells
Cigarette smoke (CS) exposure is known to cause injury to respiratory tract epithelial cells and is a contributing factor in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Electronic...
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Open AccessLightweight air-to-air unmanned aerial vehicle target detection model
The rapid expansion of the drone industry has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of low-altitude drones, giving rise to concerns regarding collision avoidance and countermeasure strategies among ...
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Experimental study on shrinkage characteristics of compacted bentonite–sand mixtures
Bentonite–sand mixtures have been proposed as the potential engineered barrier materials because of their low permeability and strong sealing ability under hydrated repository conditions. However, the mixtures...
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Influence of layer thickness on bioremediation of drought-induced soil desiccation cracks using microbially induced calcite precipitation
Intensified drought exacerbated by climate change aggravates the development of soil desiccation cracking, triggering several weakening mechanisms in surface soils and eventually causing various geohazards and...
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Open AccessExpert teacher based on foundation image segmentation model for object detection in aerial images
Despite the remarkable progress of general object detection, the lack of labeled aerial images limits the robustness and generalization of the detector. Teacher–student learning is a feasible solution on natur...
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Open AccessA Novel Splice Site Mutation in the FBN2 Gene in a Chinese Family with Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by arachnodactyly, multiple joint contractures, progressive kyphoscoliosis, pectus deformity and abnormal crumple...
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A Distributed Adaptive Algorithm Based on the Asymmetric Cost of Error Functions
In this paper, a family of novel diffusion adaptive estimation algorithms is proposed from the asymmetric cost function perspective by combining diffusion strategy and the linear–linear cost, quadratic-quadrat...
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Effects of compaction state on structural strength of a clayey soil as determined by micropenetrometer tests
In this investigation, the structural strength of a clayey soil compacted at three different dry densities (1.7, 1.6 and 1.5 Mg/m3) and three different compaction water contents (20%, 16% and 12%) was studied by ...
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Lymphatic Drainage System and Lymphatic Metastasis of Cancer Cells in the Mouse Esophagus
Lymphatic metastasis is commonly seen in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Both lymphatic metastasis and the number of involved nodes are prognostic for post-operative survival. To bette...
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Open AccessDisruption of protein geranylgeranylation in the cerebellum causes cerebellar hypoplasia and ataxia via blocking granule cell progenitor proliferation
The prenylation of proteins is involved in a variety of biological functions. However, it remains unknown whether it plays an important role in the morphogenesis of the cerebellum. To address this question, we...
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Structure and microwave dielectric properties of the Li2O–MgO–TiO2 systems
In this paper, Li2O–MgO–TiO2 (1:x:1, x = 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) ceramic systems were prepared by solid-state reaction sintering. The effects of extra magnesium content on the phase evolution, crystal structure and mic...
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Event detection based on the label attention mechanism
Event detection is an important subtask of event extraction. The goal of event detection (ED) is to detect the occurrences of events and categorize their descriptions in the text. Previous work solved this tas...
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Open AccessMendelian randomization accounting for complex correlated horizontal pleiotropy while elucidating shared genetic etiology
Mendelian randomization (MR) harnesses genetic variants as instrumental variables (IVs) to study the causal effect of exposure on outcome using summary statistics from genome-wide association studies. Classic ...
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Vehicle LED detection and segmentation recognition based on deep learning for optical camera communication
In the vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication based on optical camera communication (OCC) system, how to achieve high reliability and low latency communication is still a problem. In this paper, we propose a l...
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Spline adaptive filtering algorithm based on Heaviside step function
To reduce the interference of impulsive noise when the spline adaptive filter (SAF) algorithm is used to identify nonlinear systems, this paper proposes a family of SAF algorithms using the Heaviside step func...
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Whole-transcriptome sequencing identifies key mRNAs, miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs associated with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss
Recurrent pregnancy loss is a common obstetric complication affecting approximately 1–2% of reproductive population worldwide, but the precise causes for approximately a half of such patients remain unexplaine...
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Coupling effect of biocementation-fiber reinforcement on mechanical behavior of calcareous sand for ocean engineering
Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)–based biocementation method coupled with fiber reinforcement was adopted to improve the engineering properties of calcareous sand. Apart from increasing...
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Investigation on desiccation cracking behavior of clayey soils with a perspective of fracture mechanics: a review
Soil cracking is a common natural phenomenon. The existence of soil cracks has significant effects on the engineering properties of clayey soil, and can cause significant problems in geotechnical, geological, ...
