Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted Metabolomics Analysis of Differential Metabolites in Three Types of Boza Made from Different Raw Materials by WANG Qi, GAO Yan, XUE Juanjuan, ZENG Jun, HUO Xiangdong, ZHAO Zhongkai

“…Untargeted metabolomics based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight-mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) was adopted to study three types of Boza, made from different raw materials. …”
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Metabolomic Analysis of the Chemical Composition of Chongjue Luohan Tea by QIAN Yuanfeng, YANG Gaozhong, XU Weilin, XU Guodong, DENG Huifang, LAN Bingying, LIN Zhi, LÜ Haipeng

“…To elucidate the chemical material basis of the flavor quality of Chongjue Luohan tea, four representative tea samples (Zifu, Ankang, Ping’an and Jufu teas) were analyzed by sensory evaluation and metabolomics based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-MS). …”
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FBG-Based UV-Curing Kinetics Analysis by Exothermic Behavior by Wen Yan, Zhenhua Bi, Ying Song, Xinpu Zhang

“…Abstract Since photo-induced polymerization of the ultra-violet (UV)-curing adhesive from a fluid state to a solid state is an exothermic process, the UV curing exothermic behavior can be regarded as a potential evaluation methodology to analyze UV-curing kinetics. …”
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The Crack Propagation Trend Analysis in Ceramic Rolling Element Bearing considering Initial Crack Angle and Contact Load Effect by Zhe Yuan, Bohan Wang, Chao Liu, Zhan Wang, Xiaochen Zhang, Yu Zhang

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Laboratory and field assays indicate that a widespread no-see-um, Culicoides furens (Poey) is susceptible to permethrin by Vilma M. Cooper, Eva A. Buckner, Yongxing Jiang, Nathan Burkett-Cadena

“…Additionally, we determined that no-see-um netting is an effective mesh for field cage trials, allowing for the accurate assessment of Culicoides susceptibility to ultra-low volume applications of formulated adulticides like Permanone 30–30, a widely used adulticide. …”
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The Impact of Variable Inlet Mixture Stratification on Flame Topology and Emissions Performance of a Premixer/Swirl Burner Configuration by P. Koutmos, G. Paterakis, E. Dogkas, Ch. Karagiannaki

“…The burner assemblies are operated with a swirl co-flow to study the interaction of the recirculating stratified flame with the surrounding swirl. A number of lean and ultra-lean flames operated either with a plane disk stabilizer or with one or two premixing cavity arrangements were evaluated over a range of inlet mixture conditions. …”
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Evaluation of controls, quality control assays, and protocol optimisations for PacBio HiFi sequencing on diverse and challenging samples by Iraad F. Bronner, Emma Dawson, Naomi Park, Olaf Piepenburg, Michael A. Quail

“…We found that consistently high yields could be obtained if an amplification workflow was utilised, namely PacBio’s ultra-low input library preparation protocol.…”
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Magnetic tweezers to capture the fast-folding λ6-85 in slow motion by César Augusto Quintana-Cataño, Ann Mukhortava, Mordjane A. Boukhet, Andreas Hartmann, Karl-Ludwig Schumann, Michael Schlierf

“…To access slow folding rates, magnetic tweezers have shown to be a promising tool, yet it remained unclear if magnetic tweezers capture kinetics of ultra-fast folding proteins. Here, we study the folding mechanics and kinetics of λ6-85; a five-helix bundle protein with fast ~20 µs folding time in the thermal denaturation midpoint. …”
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Identifying the proportion of muscle tissue by biomarker peptides using quadrupole chromatography-mass spectrometry by D.V. Khvostov, N.L. Vostrikova, I.M. Chernukha, A.V. Kulikovskii

“…The high-flux system with ultra-high performance (LC) and the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (Agilent 6410) increased the reliability of the analysis. …”
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A K-Dimensional Tree–Iterative Closest Point Algorithm for Overbreak and Underbreak Assessment of Mountain Tunnels by Zhao Han, Xiongyao Xie, Genji Tang, Peifeng Li, Shouren Li

“…Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is validated by data from an ultra-long mountain tunnel. Compared with other methods, the merits of the proposed method include the following: (a) detailed and comprehensive data can be acquired efficiently and (b) a promising assessment accuracy (over 90%) can be obtained.…”
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Alleviating the public health burden of hypertension: debating precision prevention as a possible solution by Madeleine J. Samakosky, Shane A. Norris

“…Systemic barriers, such as fragmented health services and socioeconomic inequalities, coupled with shifts in greater salt-intake, ultra-processed foods, more sedentary lifestyles, and overburdened healthcare services, have exacerbated elevated blood pressure and poorer management of people living with hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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An electro-optically tunable arrayed waveguide grating fabricated on thin film lithium niobate by Zhe Wang, Zhiwei Fang, Yiran Zhu, Jian Liu, Lang Gao, Jianping Yu, Haisu Zhang, Min Wang, Ya Cheng

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A state-of-the-art review of research on the use of calcined bauxite aggregate in civil engineering by Yalin Liu, Chengze Li, Ya Wei, Linbing Wang

“…This study describes in detail the macroscopic and microscopic properties of CB aggregates, analyzes and summarizes the current research status of CB aggregates in many aspects: 1) review the technique related to the manufacture of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with CB aggregate, and systematically explain its mechanism in affecting the mechanical properties of UHPC; 2) clarify the potential and advantage of CB aggregates as internal curing agents, and elaborate the shrinkage reduction mechanism and the influence law when used in UHPC; 3) summarize the evaluation index system of CB aggregate in abrasion and skid resistance of pavement materials, as well as introduce related research and engineering applications of high friction surface treatment; 4) discuss the advantages of CB aggregate in preparation of high-impact resistant cementitious materials and its influence mechanism. …”
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A Refractive Index-Based Dual-Band Metamaterial Sensor Design and Analysis for Biomedical Sensing Applications by Lakshmi Darsi, Goutam Rana

“…The challenge lies in designing a narrow band resonator such that higher sensitivities can be achieved, which in turn allow for the sensing of ultra-low quantities. We propose a compact structure, consisting of a basic single-square split ring resonator (SRR) with an integrated inverted Z-shaped unit cell. …”
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A Pre-Emptive Scheduling Mechanism for Service Assurance of Network Slicing in Next Generation Cellular Networks by Ege Engin, Ibrahim Hokelek, Ali Gorcin, Hakan Ali Cirpan

“…In this paper, we propose a pre-emptive scheduling mechanism for managing network slices, specifically enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC), in 5G and beyond (5GB) networks, leveraging network slicing to optimize resource management. …”
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Enhanced Thermal Performance and Impact Strength of UHMWPE/Recycled-PA6 Blends Synthesized via a Melting Extrusion Route by Xiuying Yang, Junye Cheng, Guangping Zheng, Deqing Zhang

“…The blends of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and recycled-polyamide 6 (R-PA6) were prepared via a melting extrusion route using high-density polyethylene-graft-maleic anhydride (HDPE-g-MAH) as the compatibilizer. …”
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Deep visual proteomics reveals DNA replication stress as a hallmark of signet ring cell carcinoma by Sonja Kabatnik, Xiang Zheng, Georgios Pappas, Sophia Steigerwald, Matthew P. Padula, Matthias Mann

“…We employed Deep Visual Proteomics (DVP), which combines AI-directed cell segmentation and classification with laser microdissection and ultra-high sensitivity mass spectrometry, for cell-type-specific proteomic analysis of SRCC across the bladder, prostate, seminal vesicle, and a lymph node of a single patient. …”
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The properties improvement of UHPC incorporation cellulose fiber and the autogenous shrinkage reduction mechanism with internal curing effect by Rui Ma, Erheng Wang, Wei Zhang, Daosheng Sun, Yi Ding, Liping Guo

“…Internal curing has been proven to be an efficient way to inhibit shrinkage of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). Cellulose fiber (CF), which has a hydrophilic surface and lumen structure, is a suitable internal curing agent without self-volume deformation. …”
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Probing and manipulating the Mexican hat-shaped valence band of In2Se3 by James Felton, Jordan Harknett, Joe Page, Zhuo Yang, Nada Alghofaili, James N. O’Shea, Laurence Eaves, Yoshimitsu Kohama, Mark T. Greenaway, Amalia Patanè

“…Its form changes following an irreversible structural phase transition of α-In2Se3 into β-In2Se3 via a thermal annealing in ultra-high vacuum. Density functional theory supports the experiments and reveals the critical contribution of spin orbit coupling to the form of the valence band. …”
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Application of Mendelian randomization analysis to explore causal associations of aspirin use with bone mineral density and risk of fracture by Qi-Pei Liu

“…Methods Summary data for aspirin use and BMD of five different body parts (femoral neck, lumbar spine, forearm, heel, and ultra distal forearm) and fractures were obtained from the integrative epidemiology unit open genome-wide association studies database for bidirectional MR analysis. …”
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