Capillary Water in Pericarp Enhances Hypoxic Condition during On-Tree Fruit Maturation That Induces Lignification and Triggers Translucent Flesh Disorder in Mangosteen (Garcinia ma... by Sompoch Noichinda, Kitti Bodhipadma, Siwaruth Kong-In

“…It was hypothesized that lignification played an important role in hypoxia defense mechanism since the Na2CO3-SP fractionation extracted from alcohol insoluble residue (AIR) of translucent flesh aril was higher than those of normal aril. …”
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Flexural Behavior of Unbonded Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders by Chenhao Tang, Gang Zhang, Chaojie Song, Xuyang Li, Yonggang Hou

“…Flexural capacity, crack development and failure mode, load-deflection curves, strain in longitudinal rebars, and stress in prestressing strands of unbonded PC T bridge girders are experimentally analyzed. …”
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Comparative Transcriptome Analyses of Resistant and Susceptible Near-Isogenic Wheat Lines following Inoculation with Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici by Piyi Xing, Xueying Zhang, Yinguang Bao, Yuhai Wang, Honggang Wang, Xingfeng Li

“…GO and KEGG enrichment analysis of DEGs revealed that other than the expected defense-related genes, differential up- and downregulation of genes from many other signaling networks were also involved. …”
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Mechanical properties and energy absorption of CoCrNi functionally graded TPMS cellular structures by Zhaoyi Wang, Junxian Zhou, Yunzhuo Lu, Dongming Li, Deyu Yue, Xu Zhang, Bingzhi Chen

“…Functionally gradient triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures are found widespread applications in fields such as aerospace and defense engineering, owing to flexible modulation of lightweight and energy-absorbing properties. …”
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Shallow-water mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) adapt to deep-sea environment through transcriptomic and metagenomic insights by Luyang Sun, Xiaolu Liu, Li Zhou, Hao Wang, Chao Lian, Zhaoshan Zhong, Minxiao Wang, Hao Chen, Chaolun Li

“…Results reveal complex gene expression adjustments in stress response, immune defense, homeostasis, and energy metabolism pathways during adaptation. …”
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A Deep Q-Network-Based Collaborative Control Research for Smart Ammunition Formation by Jian Shen, Benkang Zhang, Qingyu Zhu, Pengyun Chen

“…In the environment description of the SAF, we built a dynamic model to represent the system joint states, which referred to the smart ammunition’s velocity, the trajectory inclination angle, the ballistic deflection angle, and the relative position between different formation nodes. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beam Strengthened by a Steel Plate with Different Strengthening Schemes by Huang Tang, Jianxin Peng, Linfa Xiao, Xinhua Liu, Jianren Zhang

“…The FE results of load-deflection and the crack distribution are compared with the test data. …”
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Analysis of Spatial Distribution Pattern and Driving Factors of Nature Reserves in Xinjiang by Yue Yang, Zhaoping Yang, Fang Han

“…As a crucial ecological defense line in China, studying the spatial distribution and influencing factors of nature reserves in Xinjiang is vital for regional ecological protection and resource management. …”
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Dexmedetomidine versus Magnesium Sulfate as Adjunct during Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Colectomy by Pierre Zarif, Ahmed Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud, Mohamed Mohamed Abdelhaq, Hany M. S. Mikhail, Ahmed Farag

“…Intraoperative hemodynamics were measured before and 1 min after intubation (T1 and T2), before and 5 min after peritoneal insufflation (T3 and T4), before and 5 min after 30° Trendelenburg position (T5 and T6), 5 min after resuming flat position (T7), 5 min after peritoneal deflations (T8), after extubation (T9), and at time of admission to PACU (T10). …”
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Topology Optimization Analysis of Aero-engine Gearbox Housing Considering the Coupling of Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication by Jiaxin Mu, Bin Xing, Mei Guo, Hengwen Qiao, Qiuju Wang

“…The results show that， after optimization， the housing mass is reduced from 5.53 kg to 5.107 kg， the weight is reduced by 7.6%， the maximum deflection of the housing is reduced from 0.173 1 mm to 0.127 mm， the deformation is reduced by 26.6%， the maximum equivalent stress of the housing is reduced from 124 MPa to 116.9 MPa， the stress is reduced by 5.7%.The maximum deformation and equivalent stress of the housing are effectively reduced， and the strength and stiffness of the housing are significantly improved. …”
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Accuracy Improvement Capability of Advanced Projectile Based on Course Correction Fuze Concept by Ahmed Elsaadany, Yi Wen-jun

“…The course correction modules have been characterized by aerodynamic computations and flight dynamic investigations in order to analyze the effects on deflection of the projectile aerodynamic parameters. …”
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A Multibeam Solar Grid Antenna Integrated With Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cell by Fuwei Wang, Xuechen Zhang, Rong Sun, Bokai Ding, Ke Li, Chen He

“…The antenna is designed to operate in the 24 GHz radar band and can be installed in field Internet of Things devices for vehicle monitoring and communication, meeting requirements for communication rate, sensing sensitivity, detection, and interconnectivity. The multibeam characteristic can effectively enhance the communication and sensing detection range of the antenna. …”
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RESEARCH ON THE FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION OF AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER UNIFORM PRESSURIZED LOAD (MT) by LIU LiPing, HAN HaoHao, LIU JiaHuan, BAO Rui, LIN YueGuo

“…Firstly, the stress intensity factor was calculated by the extended finite element method. Then, the deflection angle of the crack was calculated based on the maximum circumferential stress criterion and the strain energy density factor criterion, and the fatigue crack propagation path of the fuselage skin was predicted. …”
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Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of the Main Drive Gear Transmission System of a Large Shield Machine Considering Non-uniform Load Conditions by Deng Shuzhi, Xu Lixin, Long Bin, Su Cuixia

“…In the modeling, the cutter torque and the overturning moment under the deflection load condition are calculated. The model analyzes the time-frequency dynamic response characteristics of the drive system under the action of the multi-source driving torque by considering the effects of nonlinear factors such as the time-varying meshing stiffness of gear teeth, gear transmission errors and backlash. …”
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Evaluation of the Loading, Unloading, and Permanent Deformation of Newly Available Epoxy Resin Coated Ni-Ti Wires Using Self-Ligating Brackets by Hazel Garro-Piña, María Cristina Jiménez-Cervantes, Ricardo Ondarza-Rovira, Roberto Justus, Salvador García-López

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the load and unload deflection and permanent deformation of round 0.016′′ and rectangular 0.016′′×0.022′′ regular and coated Ni-Ti wires. …”
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Ontogeny and function of the intestinal epithelial and innate immune cells during early development of chicks: to explore in ovo immunomodulatory nutrition by Habtamu Ayalew, Changchun Xu, Assefa Adane, Astrid Lissette Barreto Sanchez, Siman Li, Jing Wang, Shugeng Wu, Kai Qiu, Guanghai Qi, Haijun Zhang

“…Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and innate immune cells in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of chickens play crucial roles in pathogens defense and maintaining gut health. However, their effectiveness influenced with their developmental and functional stages during pre and post hatch periods of chick. …”
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Microglia Play a Major Role in Direct Viral-Induced Demyelination by Dhriti Chatterjee, Kaushiki Biswas, Soma Nag, S. G. Ramachandra, Jayasri Das Sarma

“…Microglia remain quiescent, unable to perform effector and antigen presentation (APC) functions until activated by injury or infection, and have been suggested to represent the first line of defence for the CNS. Previous studies demonstrated that microglia can be persistently infected by neurotropic mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) which causes meningoencephalitis, myelitis with subsequent axonal loss, and demyelination and serve as a virus-induced model of human neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS). …”
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Monitoring Personalized Trait Using Oscillometric Arterial Blood Pressure Measurements by Young-Suk Shin

“…The blood pressure patterns obtained from a linearly or stepwise deflating cuff exhibit personalized traits, such as fairly uniform peak patterns and regular beat geometry; it can support the diagnosis and monitoring of hypertensive patients with reduced sensitivity to fluctuations in Blood Pressure (BP) over time. …”
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Research on Mechanical Model of Canal Lining Plates under the Effect of Frost Heaving Force by Yantao Liang, Fuping Zhang, Mingming Jing, Pengfei He

“…Due to the uniform distribution of the frost heaving force on the bottom plate lining, its deflection, internal forces, and stresses also show a uniform distribution. …”
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Investigation of mixed mode - I/II fracture problems - Part 1: computational and experimental analyses by O. Demir, S. Siriç, A. O. Ayhan, H. Lekesiz

“…Results from finite element analyses and fracture loads, crack deflection angles obtained from the experiments are presented. …”
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