SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein 7b forms homotetramers in detergent by Surya, Wahyu, Queralt-Martin, Maria, Mu, Yuguang, Aguilella, Vicente M., Torres, Jaume

“…In SDS, 7b forms various oligomers, from monomers to tetramers, but only monomers when exposed to reductants. Combination of SDS gel electrophoresis and analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) in both equilibrium and velocity modes suggests a dimer-tetramer equilibrium, but a monomer-dimer-tetramer equilibrium in the presence of reductant. …”
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Inflammatory biomarkers and motoric cognitive risk syndrome: multicohort survey by Groeger, Justina L., Ayers, Emmeline, Barzilai, Nir, Beauchet, Olivier, Callisaya, Michele, Torossian, Maral R., Derby, Carol, Doi, Takehiko, Lipton, Richard B., Milman, Sofiya, Nakakubo, Sho, Shimada, Hiroyuki, Srikanth, Velandai, Wang, Cuiling, Verghese, Joe

“…Results: Although associations between higher (worse) CRP and IL-6 tertiles and MCR were only seen in three out of the five cohorts (EAS, TASCOG, and LonGenity), when a pooled meta-analysis was performed, a robust association was demonstrated. …”
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论王畿的 “三教合一” 观 = Wang Ji's thought and "Unity of the Three Teachings" by 陈碧琪 Tan, BiQi

“…This idea has a long history, but it is when Wang Yangming created the “School of the Heart-Mind” did “Unity of the Three Teachings” reach a new height in the Ming Dynasty.…”
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Differentiating people with schizophrenia from healthy controls in a developing country: an evaluation of portable functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as an adjunct diagn... by Tran, Bach Xuan, Nguyen, Tham Thi, Boyer, Laurent, Fond, Guillaume, Auquier, Pascal, Nguyen, Hao Si Anh, Tran, Ha Thi Nhi, Nguyen, Hung Manh, Choi, Jongkwan, Le, Huong Thi, Latkin, Carl A., Nathan, Kalpana Isabel, Husain, Syeda F., McIntyre, Roger S., Ho, Cyrus S. H., Zhang, Melvyn, Ho, Roger C. M.

“…Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate portable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) device as an adjunct diagnostic tool in Vietnam to assess hemodynamics when people with schizophrenia and healthy controls performed cognitive tasks. …”
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Multi-scale and multiphase modeling of abrasive flow machining process with experimental validation by Mohamed Adel Abdelhakem Amen

“…Different from the common thought, the study proves that MR mechanism mainly comes from drag and impulse forces activated when the particle is blocked by surface asperity/protrusion…”
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Thermal energy storage enhancement of latent heat thermal energy storage systems by Low, Zheng Hua

“…The melt time of proposed designs improved by 64.2% and 4.3%, respectively, when compared to parallel and no fin case. The sections created additional pathways for liquid PCM to flow in the longitudinal direction. …”
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Relating local structure to thermoelectric properties in Pb1-xGexBi2Te4 by Dong, Jinfeng, Liu, Yukun, Liu, Jue, Hu, Lei, Jiang, Yilin, Tan, Xian Yi, Shi, Yuansheng, Yang, Dongwang, Saglik, Kivanc, Suwardi, Ady, Li, Qian, Li, Jing-Feng, Dravid, Vinayak P., Yan, Qingyu, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.

“…Due to alloying-induced point defect scattering and the off-centering effects of Ge2+, the room-temperature lattice thermal conductivity decreased to 0.55 Wm-1K-1 when x = 0.5. Combined with a maintained weighted mobility (ca. 60 cm2V-1s-2), the room-temperature ZT increased to 0.28. …”
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System design and development of human-robot interaction control scheme for assistive robotic Arm extender by Yang, Sibo

“…Our experiments demonstrated that the sagittal plane model substantially improves angle estimation accuracy within the sagittal plane, especially when adapting to significant torso movements, highlighting the model's adaptability and precision. …”
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A cross-layer payload-dropping scheme for improving CSMA/CA throughput in interference-limited co-channel cells by Jayabal, Raymond J.

“…From the simulation results, it can be seen that in deployments where either cell spacings or partitions are used to limit the co-channel interference, better throughputs are achieved when PD-CSMA/CA is used instead of CSMA/CA. The results also show that, under exactly the same deployment scenario and propagation environment, and using exactly the same TPC and CST settings, the throughput for PDCSMA is more than the throughput for CSMA/CA, and the increase in the throughput for PD-CSMA/CA is larger than the increase of the throughput for CSMA/CA as the fade margin (employed to combat lognormal shadowing) for both protocols is increased in equal amount. …”
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Advances in 3D optical profilometry by Huang, Lei

“…Quality-guided phase unwrapping technique is reviewed with a comparison on quality definitions and guiding strategies. When unwrapping noisy phase, transform-based methods perform better but with increased computation time. …”
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Analysis and design of audio class D amplifiers by Guo, Linfei

“…On the basis of measurements on the prototype CDAs, the proposed design achieves not only the highest PSRR reported to-date, but also the highest Figures-of-Merit (FOMs) when benchmarked against reported state-of-the-art CDAs. …”
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Human factors in agile software development by Lin, Jun

“…Through observing historical evolutions and empirical studies of software engineering methodologies, we can see that when more human factors are considered in the development process, the methodology can be more successful in the real world. …”
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Interaction-mediating sequences within class I viral fusion glycoproteins : their roles in viral infection and in applications by Zhang, Simin

“…Novel targets for the development of antiviral drugs and viral detection reagents are required when facing drug-resistant viral strains, viral pathogens without effective and/or economical treatment, and newly emerging viral pathogens. …”
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Electrospun carbon-silica composite nanofibers for selective removal of oil and water by Tai, Ming Hang

“…The contour plot suggests that the membrane performance is optimum when operated at high cross-flow velocity and relatively low applied pressure.…”
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Budget efficient online active learning and its applications by Hao, Shuji

“…The proposed framework consists of two main components: “Who to label” and “When to query”. The first component actively allocates the instance to reliable workers to gain labels, and the second component actively decides which instance is worthy to be a golden question. …”
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Developing metallic cathode for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell applications by Yu, Chen-Chiang

“…To study the effect of GDC coating on surface O-exchange properties, a “porous and dense” bi-layered Ag cathode and a “porous” Ag cathode were used for surface modification. When GDC capping was applied, the ohmic resistance reduced from 1186.0 to 1052.0 Ωcm2 while the polarization resistance increased from 767.3 to 2541.4 Ωcm2 at 400 ˚C for the bi-layered Ag cathode; for the porous Ag cathode, the ohmic resistance reduced from 1190.0 to 963.5 Ωcm2 while the polarization resistance increased from 325.8 to 421.2 Ωcm2. …”
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新移民的跨国实践和离散论述 ：孙侠(铃铛)个案研究 = Transnational practice and diasporic discourses of new immigrant : a case study on Sun Xia (Ling Dang) by Sun, Guizi

“…As a new immigrant from mainland China in the 1990s, Sun Xia portrays very different traits when compared to the earlier Chinese immigrants. …”
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Modeling human-like non-rationality in social agents by Kochanowicz, Jaroslaw Slawomir

“…It is a continuation and specification of the Cognitive-Affective Personality System theory and is an alternative to the dominating ' trait models' whose drawbacks as descriptive tools are multiplied when they are used as generating mechanisms. SCP is parametrized using sociological data and used in a series of simulations including multiple agent interactions. …”
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“一带一路”倡议对新加坡经济的动力及阻力 = Economic stimulus and impetus to Singapore caused by the “Belt and Road” initiative by 肖彬 Xiao, Bin

“…China-Singapore relation dates back to the late 1970s when China has just began its reforms under Deng Xiaoping. …”
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Development of carbon nanotubes for vacuum electronics application by Lim, Yu Dian

“…From the simulation, it is found that the signal gain of TWTA increases when the electron beam current increases from 2 to 25 mA. …”
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