The mechanical performance of secondary aluminum alloys depends on Secondary Dendrite Arm Spacing (SDAS). Commercial casting simulations accurately predict local thermal history but typically neglect the influence of compositional variability on SDAS...
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes a variety of diseases globally. The DNases in GAS promote GAS evasion of neutrophil killing by degrading neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Sda1 is a prophage-encoded DNase associated with virulent GAS strains....
Tool wear negatively impacts the quality of workpieces produced by the drilling process. Accurate prediction of tool wear enables the operator to maintain the machine at the required level of performance. This research presents a novel hybrid machine...
When extracting discriminative features from multimodal data, current methods rarely concern themselves with the data distribution. In this paper, we present an assumption that is consistent with the viewpoint of discrimination, that is, a person’s o...
This paper extends the IO-SDA (input–output and structural decomposition analysis) method to decompose the CBAPT (cross-border air pollutant transfer) into different effects, and reveals the status of CBAPT and analyzes influencing factors affe...
The secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) is a critical microstructural parameter that directly influences the local mechanical performance of Al–Si casting alloys. Although the power-law relationship between cooling rate and SDAS is widely ack...
In this paper, a QR flyback converter using a self-driven active snubber (SDAS) was proposed to solve the problem of voltage surge in the switch of QR flyback converters. In the proposed converter, the SDAS consisting of a clamping capacitor and an a...
26 August 2026
Promoting positive student attitudes toward STEM is essential for fostering innovation; however, many existing measures do not adequately distinguish attitudes across specific disciplines, particularly within hard sciences such as physics and chemist...
Stearidonic acid (SDA; 18:4, n-3) is the delta 15-desaturase product of gamma linolenic acid (GLA; 18:3, n-6) and delta 6-desaturase product of alpha linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3, n-3). Construction of engineered oleaginous microbes have been attracting...
Due to volume change and low strength, fine-grained soils are problematic in construction. Stabilization with cement and sawdust ash (SDA) by-products can improve engineering properties. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cement and...
This study developed a device measuring the X-ray source-detector angle (SDA) and evaluated the imaging performance for diagnosing chest images. The SDA device consisted of Arduino, an accelerometer and gyro sensor, and a Bluetooth module. The SDA va...
Low-sloped roofs such as commercial and high-rise buildings in a dense urban area provide vast “unused” surfaces that can be used to manage storm-water and mitigate urban flooding. Storm-water Detention Assembly (SDA) known as “blue...
The study on the synthesis of zeolites, including both the development of novel techniques of synthesis and the discovery of new zeolitic frameworks, has a background of several decades. In this context, the application of organic structure-directing...
This paper examines the cultural and theological dimensions of Weet-Bix, an iconic Australian cereal produced by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, a department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA). It argues that Weet-Bix simultaneously embodi...
A new procedure for the automatic measurement of the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) from microscopic images is presented. The individual primary and secondary dendrite arms are identified through suitable segmentation techniques and clustered...
Aluminum-silicon-magnesium alloys are commonly used in the automotive industry to produce structural components. Among usual quality controls of produced castings, microstructure characterization and determination of mechanical properties are the mos...
Strand displacement amplification (SDA) provides a versatile isothermal framework for chemical and biosensing, coupling polymerase-driven strand displacement with programmable nucleic-acid signal generation. Its analytical scope now extends beyond di...
It is urgently necessary to develop convenient, reliable, ultrasensitive and specific methods of ochratoxin A determination in food safety owing to its high toxicity. In the present study, an ultrasensitive and labeled-free fluorescent aptamer sensor...
Image caption generation is a fundamental task to build a bridge between image and its description in text, which is drawing increasing interest in artificial intelligence. Images and textual sentences are viewed as two different carriers of informat...
Background/Objectives: Astrocytic redox-inflammatory signaling has been implicated in Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathology and may constrain hippocampal neurogenesis. We previously identified an astrocytic NOX4–MPO–OPN axis associated...
This paper presents the results of a study that developed improved inverse models to accurately predict the annual daylighting performance (sDA and lighting energy use) of various window configurations. This inverse model is an improvement over previ...
This paper establishes a rigorous mathematical foundation for modeling scientific research design as a dynamic, decision-centric system. We introduce the Scientific Decision Architecture for Complex Systems (SDA-CS), formalizing research configuratio...
A coupled structural decomposition analysis (SDA) and sensitivity analysis approach is developed to explore the drivers of China’s CO2 emission intensity at both general and sectoral levels and from both ex-post and ex-ante perspectives. Two st...
This paper presents a multivariate analysis of urban and rural residential water consumption from 2010 to 2020 using an input–output model considering consumption and income. We employed structural decomposition analysis (SDA) and structural pa...
The measurement and allocation of carbon emission responsibilities is a fundamental issue in China’s low-carbon development. However, existing studies of embodied carbon do not sufficiently consider the sectoral energy structure. In this work,...
In this research, a mono-sized Beta zeolite support synthesized by the solvothermal method was used in the selective acetylene to ethylene hydrogenation reaction with minimum coke build up on the catalyst surface. Tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH...
This study examines the structural drivers of carbon emission changes across 30 Chinese sectors from 2002 to 2023, employing a nested input–output structural decomposition analysis model grounded in both producer and consumer principles. We fur...
High-throughput methods for the development of structural materials require samples which are comparable in geometric dimensions and microstructure. Molten metal droplet generators produce thousands of droplets and microspheres from specific alloys w...
Silicalite-1 thin film was prepared with the following batch composition—3TPAOH:25TEOS:1450H2O:100EtOH—and synthesized using the hydrothermal technique. Silicalite-1 colloidal crystals were successfully coated on the surface of the silica...
The carbohydrate antigen Sda is expressed on the cells and secretions of the vast majority of Caucasians. The epitope is formed by a terminal GalNAc residue β4-linked to an α3-sialylated galactose. Different carbohydrate chains N- or O-lin...
High and persistent dropout rates represent one of the biggest challenges for improving the efficiency of the educational system, particularly in underdeveloped countries. A range of features influence college dropouts, with some belonging to the edu...
The presented work is aimed at developing a mould geometry suitable for casting both low- and high-alloy steel grades into 500 kg experimental ingots. The high Height-to-Diameter (H/D)-ratio mould currently used in COMTES FHT Inc. served as a referen...
China and G7 countries contribute 70% global GDP and 55% global carbon emissions. The carbon leakage between China and G7 is a crucial issue in achieving the synergetic emission abatement globally. The motivation of this study is to evaluate the embo...
5 November 2020
Recent studies have shown that incessant job stress could eventually result in sleep dysfunction (SD), and most importantly, the essential role dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) gene polymorphisms play in the psychopathological mechanism of SD. The Effort-...
Respiratory pathogens pose a huge threat to public health, especially the highly mutant RNA viruses. Therefore, reliable, on-site, rapid diagnosis of such pathogens is an urgent need. Traditional assays such as nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs...
The easy and rapid spread of bacterial contamination and the risk it poses to human health makes evident the need for analytical methods alternative to conventional time-consuming laboratory-based techniques for bacterial detection. To tackle this de...
We designed a silicon-based fast-generated static droplets array (SDA) chip and developed a rapid digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) detection platform that is easy to load samples for fluorescence monitoring. By using the direct scraping metho...
To develop effective strategies to reduce CO2 emissions from electricity systems, this study accounted for carbon emissions from power systems (production, transmission, consumption) in Gansu Province based on life cycle theory. We used LMDI and SDA...
This study investigated the structure of sensorimotor representations during goal-directed grasping actions and explored their relationship with object features. Sixteen 3D-printed spheres that varied in size (i.e., a diameter of 20 mm, 40 mm, 60 mm,...
This paper puts forth a Multi-Stakeholder Spatial Decision Analysis (M-SSDA) which combines Multi-Stakeholders Decision Analysis (M-SDA) and GIS processing based on a collaborative, hybrid and adaptive evaluative approach to support the elaboration o...
Microalgae are the primary producers of carbon in marine ecosystems, fixing carbon and subsequently generating various biomolecules such as carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. Most importantly, microalgae are the generators and main suppliers of &ome...
Technology improvement related to energy conservation and energy mix low-carbonization is a critical approach for tackling global warming in China. Therefore, we attempt to identify the technology factors of China’s energy consumption change be...
China has a considerable impact on climate change, as it is the world’s largest developing country. Its carbon emissions are also a global concern. This research employed a multi-region input–output model to estimate the local emission ef...
Indirect carbon emissions caused by residential consumption has gradually become the key to the formulation of carbon emission reduction policies. In order to analyze the factors that influence the provincial residential indirect carbon emissions in...
This paper constructs a modified hypothesis extraction method (MHEM)–structural decomposition analysis (SDA)–structural path decomposition (SPD) analytical framework and employs the 2018–2022 Chinese input–output tables to dis...
Terminal carbohydrate structures are particularly relevant in oncology because they can serve as cancer markers and alter the phenotype of cancer cells. The Sda antigen and the sialyl Lewisx and sialyl Lewisa (sLex and sLea) antigens are terminal str...
Aluminum metallic foams are lightweight porous materials characterized by low density, high stiffness, and remarkable energy absorption capacity. The mechanical performance of these materials strongly depends on the microstructure of the metallic mat...
The extensive and close economic linkages among different regions of China have effects not only on regional economic growth, but also on CO2 emissions and carbon leakage among regions. Taking Beijing as a study case, we constructed MRIO models for C...
Background: The Sda antigen and its biosynthetic enzyme B4GALNT2 are highly expressed in healthy colon but undergo a variable down-regulation in colon cancer. The biosynthesis of the malignancy-associated sialyl Lewis x (sLex) antigen in normal and c...
To enhance the performance of UAVs in detecting insulator self-explosion defects during power inspections, this paper proposes an insulator self-explosion defect recognition algorithm, SDA-YOLO, based on an improved YOLOv11s network. First, the SODL...
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