The PE/PPE family proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: evolution, function, and prospects for tuberculosis control by Zhijing Zhang, Zhijing Zhang, Le Dong, Xin Li, Taibing Deng, Qinglan Wang

“…This review synthesizes advances in understanding the evolutionary expansion, structural diversity, and functional versatility of PE/PPE proteins, emphasizing their co-evolution with type VII secretion systems (T7SS). …”
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Spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of environmental welfare performance in Chinese cities by Yipeng Zhang, Meixia Wang

“…Economic development, opening-up, financial development, digital infrastructure, and population density significantly promote the local EWP, whereas the industrial structure and transportation structure have exerted opposite effects. …”
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Formation and evolution law of high-intensity mining ground fissures and damage reduction method by Xiaobin LI, Quansheng LI, Fulian HE, Cun ZHANG, Penghua HAN, Yong ZHANG, Zhaopeng REN, Chuanjiu ZHANG, Yang WU

“…The result shows that there are large and small cyclic pressure in the longwall face of double key layer structure, the breakage of sub-critical layer affects the small cyclic pressure, and the instability of the main key layer controls the large cyclic pressure, the step of large cyclic pressure is 2-4 times of that in the small cyclic pressure, and the load in the large cyclic pressure is 1.07-1.13 times of that in the small cyclic pressure; The dynamic cracks in the central region exhibit a “bimodal” distribution with self-healing phenomena, while the boundary cracks exhibit a “unimodal” distribution, which is more destructive to the surface; Accelerating the advancement speed can reduce the extent of mining damage and accelerate the rate of roof subsidence; The dynamic cracks in the centre opening-closure-opening-closure evolution process was explained in terms of rotary subsidence of the key block; The instability of the pressure arch structure caused by high-intensity mining is the fundamental reason for the generation of ground cracks; A systematic damage reduction method of advancement speed optimization, grouting arch reduction damage and zoning treatment of ground cracks was proposed. …”
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IrO₂-Decorated Titania Nanotubes as Oxygen Evolution Anodes by Aikaterini Touni, Effrosyni Mitrousi, Patricia Carvalho, Maria Nikopoulou, Eleni Pavlidou, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou, Sotiris Sotiropoulos

“…By carrying out the preparation of the TNTs in either two or one anodization steps, we were able to produce close-packed or open-structure nanotubes, respectively. In the former case, larger than 100 nm Ir aggregates were finally formed on the top face of the nanotubes (leading to partial or full surface coverage); in the latter case, Ir nanoparticles smaller than 100 nm were obtained, with some of them located inside the pores of the nanotubes, which retained a porous surface structure. …”
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Evolution of mechanical and rockburst parameters of gypsum-like rock under fatigue stress disturbance by Chongyang Wang, Sijiang Wei, Dongming Zhang, Beichen Yu, Yisha Pan, Xunjian Hu

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Experimental study on the correlation between pore evolution characteristics and seepage flow of loaded lignite by Xi Zhang, Xi Zhang, Yankun Ma, Yankun Ma, Mingye Hu, Aohan Zhao, Aohan Zhao, Wenwang Yang, Wenwang Yang

“…The correlation between the pore fracture structure evolution and seepage characteristics of lignite was studied. …”
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EVOLUTION OF THE HUMUS CLAYEY MATERIAL OF THE CHERNOZEM HORIZON DURING LAND RECLAMATION OF SOLONETZES BY GROUNDING by N. Chizhikova, N. Khitrov, Yu. Cheverdin

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Dynamic Management Topology Construction, Evolution, and Maintenance of Low Earth Orbit Mega-Constellation by Yuhe Mao, Yunhua Wu, Xiaozhe Ju, Hongyi Xie, Chengfei Yue

“…Considering the dynamic of constellation, a method for predicting satellite management switching time is proposed, and a fast management maintenance strategy is designed to reassign satellites into new sub-topologies, ensuring a low overall update frequency of the management domain structure. Simulation validates that the management strategy divides the mega-constellation into dozens of management sub-topologies with similar structure and low-frequency management updates. …”
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The evolution of traditional ancient towns in South China: Tangjiawan Ancient Town in Zhuhai city by Junxin Song, Yile Chen, Liang Zheng, Qiang Tang

“…Using Tangjiawan Ancient Town in Zhuhai city as an example, on-site research, historical evidence, urban morphology analysis methods, and interviews were used to elaborate and analyze the spatial structure and evolution process of traditional ancient towns in South China. …”
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Functional analysis of Rossmann-like domains reveals convergent evolution of topology and reaction pathways. by Kirill E Medvedev, Lisa N Kinch, R Dustin Schaeffer, Nick V Grishin

“…We define a minimal Rossmann-like structure motif (RLM) that corresponds for the common core of known Rossmann domains and use this motif to identify all RLM domains in the Protein Data Bank (PDB), thus finding they constitute about 20% of all known 3D structures. …”
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Effect of heating rate on microstructure evolution and mechanical-seepage characteristics of hot-pressed briquettes by GAN Qingqing, XU Jiang, CAI Guoliang, LEI Lihao, YUAN Jiamin, PENG Shoujian

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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Complexity of Urban Networks in China, 1978–2019: An Enterprise Linkages Perspective by Jiayi Lu, Dongqi Sun

“…The overall scale gap of intercity enterprise linkages gradually narrowed, and the structure of urban networks became optimized. Meanwhile, the urban networks were heterogeneous. …”
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The Impact of the European Green Deal Strategy on the Evolution of EU Regional Policy after 2021 by Małgorzata Michalewska-Pawlak

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Evolution law of nanopore properties during underground in-situ pyrolysis of tar-rich coal by Tao XU, Jie CHEN, Yongping WU, Yubin KE, Panshi XIE, Wenyu LYU

“…The research findings reveal the evolution of nano-pore structure characteristics during the underground pyrolysis of tar-rich coal. …”
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Spatio-temporal evolution and distribution characteristics of the high-quality development of China's insurance industry. by Heng Zhu, Bo Xiong, Meimei Tang

“…This study, based on the criteria of "inclusiveness," "sustainability," and "internal-external structural coordination," establishes an evaluative framework for appraising the high-quality development of the insurance sector. …”
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Constraints on Evolutions of Fundamental Constants from Clustering of Fast Radio Burst Dispersion Measure by Shi-Yuan Wang, Jun-Qing Xia

“…In particular, the dispersion measure (DM) of fast radio bursts (FRBs), which probes the electron density along their propagation paths, may be influenced by the spacetime variation of the fine-structure constant α . In this study, we analyze the cross-correlation signal between foreground galaxies and the DM of background FRBs to constrain the evolution of α . …”
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Modelling of evolutions of potentials and deformations for aluminium alloy, chilling in three-dimensional space pattern by A. N. Chichko, E. A. Drozdov, O. I. Chichko

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Oxygen vacancy-mediated high-entropy oxide electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction by Ruonan Liu, Yaotian Yan, Liang Dun, Taili Yang, Bin Qin, Peijia Wang, Wei Cai, Shude Liu, Xiaohang Zheng

“…The introduction of oxygen vacancies modulates the electronic structure and increases the carrier concentration, accelerating the rate-determining step of the oxygen evolution reactions and reducing the overpotential of oxygen evolution reactions. …”
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Cloning, expression of carboxylesterase BioH and improvement of its hydrolysis activity by directed evolution by XU Hongna, YU Hongwei

“…In the mutant library of V175A, one mutant, V175A/Q129R, was selected, which showed 100% improvement in hydrolysis activity compared to the wild type. Structure analysis by molecular 3D structure software PyMOL gave a clear view of the mutation sites. …”
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Evolution characteristics of microstructure during continuous drawing deformation of Cu-20Ag alloy by Hanjiang Wu, Tao Huang, Kexing Song, Yanjun Zhou, Shaolin Li, Yanmin Zhang, Xiaowen Peng, Yunxiao Hua

“…The results show that the as-cast Cu-20Ag alloy rod exhibits a continuous eutectic network structure. As the wire diameter decreases, this network-like grain structure gradually transforms into fibrous grains. …”
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