Search Results - Fang Chen

Phosphorus recovery is essential because phosphorus is a limited resource and excessive phosphorus concentration can adversely affect water quality. Flow-electrode capacitive deionization (FCDI), which employed activated carbons (ACs) or nano iron oxide/activated carbon (Fe₃O₄/AC) composites as flow...

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This study numerically investigates the inertial cavitation threshold and the corresponding thermal and mechanical effects under multi-frequency (dual- and triple-frequency) ultrasonic signals. The Gilmore model, coupled with linear viscoelastic models, is used to simulate the bubble dynamics in dif...

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Pillows have a significant impact on sleep quality and cervical spine health, and neck socket depth and shoulder width are the most critical parameters in their design and selection. Traditional measurement methods require subjects to maintain a standard posture for a long time and are done manually...

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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the major diabetic complications that lead to end-stage renal failure. Angiopoietin-like protein-4 (ANGPTL-4) has been reported to be dysregulated in diabetes mellitus and diabetic complications. However, the role of ANGPTL-4 in glomerular mesangial cells (MCs) du...

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Introduction: To systematically appraise the prognostic predictive value of the modified HALP (m-HALP) score in critically ill septic patients. Methodology: The m-HALP scores were computed for septic patients within the initial 24 hours of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) utilizing data...

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Agricultural droughts in China present considerable challenges for food security and water management but their spatiotemporal variability and links to global climate drivers remain incompletely understood. There has been no systematic analysis of the lagged teleconnections between large-scale atmos...

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Background and purposeIn recent years, the number of case reports concerning fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) hyperintense cortical lesions in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) -associated encephalitis with seizures (FLAMES) has been gradually increasing. However, within the pedia...

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We investigate the emergence of stable subspaces in the low-temperature quantum thermal dynamics of finite spin chains. Our analysis reveals the existence of effective decoherence-free qudit subspaces, persisting for timescales exponential in $\beta$. Surprisingly, the appearance of metastable subsp...

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BackgroundHypospadias is a common congenital urological malformation in males, potentially associated with inadequate prenatal androgen exposure. Anogenital distances (AGDs) are biomarkers of prenatal androgen action, while fetal growth restriction (FGR) may impair gonadal development and hormone le...

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To effectively suppress spindle vibrations in rotating machinery, magnetorheological (MR) dampers, as an ideal vibration control device, have attracted attention. To enhance the vibration damping effect, in the paper, a MR damper vibration with a multi-layered permanent magnet as the magnetic source...

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Background: Gallbladder hypomotility is a key pathogenic factor in cholelithiasis. Non-invasive interventions to enhance gallbladder contractility remain limited. Ultrasound therapy has shown promise in various muscular disorders, but its effects on gallbladder function are unexplored. Methods: This...

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This study elucidates the mechanisms underlying the positive effect of glyceryl monolaurate (GML) on fetal intrauterine development via maternal gut-microbiota modulating effects using a sow model. Addition of GML (1000 mg/kg) improved neonatal intestinal conditions (jejunal villus height, VH/CD rat...

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With continuous improvements in people’s environmental awareness, biological control agents have garnered considerable attention owing to their advantageous impacts on improving soil fertility and alleviating plant diseases. <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> (<i>B. subtilis</i>) B579,...

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A novel optical frequency-hopping scheme based on a flexible structure for secure optical communications is proposed and demonstrated. In the proposed scheme, critical users&#x2019; data are divided into a lot of segments, and these segments are transmitted by different optical wavelengths in ti...

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The feasibility of a novel method to improve sow reproductive performance by combining inhibin immunization and hCG treatment was tested using in vivo and in vitro experiments. In the in vivo experiment, 106 sows were administered an inhibin immunogen on day 7 prior to weaning, and 56 non-treated so...

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Study region: The Kabul River Basin (KRB), located in the eastern Hindukush region, is a transboundary basin shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan. Study focus: This study aims to identify and map hotspots for five major flood types: ephemeral, fluvial, flash, urban, and glacial lake outburst floods (G...

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To dissect the genetic control of the sensory and textural quality traits of Chinese white noodles, a population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs), derived from the cross of waxy wheat Nuomai 1 (NM1) and Gaocheng 8901 (Gc8901), was used. The RILs were tested in three different environments to deter...

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<b>Background:</b> Previously, we found that the pathological changes in the corpus spongiosum (CS) in hypospadias were mainly localized within smooth muscle tissue, presenting as a transformation from the contraction phenotype to synthesis. The role of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (L...

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Fish eggs and larval stages are essential components of marine ecosystems and play important roles in sustaining marine food webs. However, the egg and larval stages often lack distinct diagnostic characteristics, making it challenging to identify species solely based on their morphology. In this st...

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<h4>Objective</h4>To define potential factors that could predict concomitant neoplastic diseases in patients diagnosed with PM/DM, which could inform screening decisions.<h4>Methods</h4>Two researchers independently reviewed articles from Pubmed (MEDLINE), EMBASE, Cochrane Pl...

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