Thin sections, AIM-SEM, MICP, and nitrogen adsorption were performed on laminated and layered shales to characterize their complex pore and fracture structure. Combining the MICP model with the FHH model, this work proposes a new fractal method for l...
Peltate- or umbrella- shaped leaves are characterised by a petiole more or less centrally attached to the lamina on the abaxial side. The transition from the petiole to lamina in peltate leaves resembles a significant and abrupt geometrical change fr...
Studying the architecture of nuclear lamina networks is significantly important in biomedicine owing not only to their influence on the genome, but also because they are associated with several diseases. To save labor and time, an automated method fo...
Flexibility and accuracy are two key aspects of the performances of compliant joints. In order to obtain high flexibility while maintain high accuracy, this paper proposes a design method to improve the tensile stiffness of Lamina Emergent Torsional...
Reservoir heterogeneity is an important factor in oil and gas exploration and development. It has guiding significance for favourable target optimization because it helps clarify the formation and development characteristics of laminae: thin, alterna...
There is accumulating evidence that the nuclear periphery is a transcriptionally repressive compartment. A surprisingly large fraction of the genome is either in transient or permanent contact with nuclear envelope, where the majority of genes are ma...
The laminae of lacustrine shale in China have been systematically identified and characterized by a combination of core/slice observations, mineral compositions, geochemical analysis, pore structure characterization, and oil-bearing evaluation. The s...
The deep shale of the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation in the southern Sichuan Basin has high gas potential. The development characteristics of lamination could significantly impact reservoir property. Samples were investigated using microscopic obser...
Aging is characterized by the gradual loss of tissue function and integrity. Activation of inflammatory responses accelerates the deterioration of cells and tissues. Many studies have shown that alteration of the components of the nuclear lamina is a...
The successful development of shale oil in China has claimed that laminated shale is a favorable lithofacies for the effective extraction of petroleum. Clarifying the role of laminae in shale oil generation, migration, storage, and enrichment is urge...
The laminar structure of shale system has an important influence on the evaluation of hydrocarbon source rock quality, reservoir quality, and engineering quality, and it is receiving increasing attention. A systematic study of the lamina structure is...
The nuclear lamins are the major components of the nuclear lamina in the nuclear envelope. Lamins are involved in numerous functions, including a role in providing structural support to the cell and the mechanosensing of the cell. Mutations in the ge...
The development of laminations and mineral composition significantly determine the quality of shale oil reservoirs. The quantitative characterization of lamination development indicators and accurate calculation of mineral composition are key issues...
Trisomy is the presence of one extra copy of an entire chromosome or its part in a cell nucleus. In humans, autosomal trisomies are associated with severe developmental abnormalities leading to embryonic lethality, miscarriage or pronounced deviation...
Composite structures are made of multidirectional (MD) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite laminates, which fail due to multiple damages in matrix, interface, and fiber constituents at different scales. The yield point of a unidirectional FRP co...
Ensuring the structural integrity of mechanical components operating in fluid environments requires precise and reliable monitoring techniques. This study presents a methodology for reconstructing the full-field deformation of a flexible aluminium pl...
The nymphalid butterfly Euphaedra neophron (Hopffer, 1855) is the only structurally coloured species representing the genus along the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa and Southern Africa, with a distribution from southern Somalia to the Kwa-Zulu-Nat...
This paper presents the experience of both interdisciplinary and sustainable implementation of an educational construction site for the recovery of the architectural heritage in Central America. Rey Prendes House is representative of one hundred and...
Lamination is the predominant and widely developed sedimentary structure in mudstones. Similar to organic pores in shale gas reservoirs, the inorganic pores in the laminae of shale oil reservoirs are equivalently important high-quality reservoir spac...
Cellular health is reliant on proteostasis—the maintenance of protein levels regulated through multiple pathways modulating protein synthesis, degradation and clearance. Loss of proteostasis results in serious disease and is associated with agi...
The characteristics of laminae in lamellar shale oil reservoirs have important influences on reservoir parameters, especially permeability. In order to explore the influence of lamina density and occurrence on the permeability of lamellar shale after...
The compressive strength in the major direction of cross-laminated timber CLT is the key to supporting the building load when CLT is used as load-bearing walls in high-rise wood structures. This study mainly aims to present a model for predicting the...
The nuclear lamina consists of a dense fibrous meshwork of nuclear lamins, Type V intermediate filaments, and is ~14 nm thick according to recent cryo-electron tomography studies. Recent advances in light microscopy have extended the resolution to a...
The characteristics of laminae are critical to lacustrine shale strata. They are the keys to the quality of source rocks and reservoirs, as well as engineering operations in shale plays. This study uses organic geochemistry, thin section identificati...
Natural fractures and laminae are well-developed in continental shale, which greatly affects the fracture propagation and failure mode. Based on the natural fractures and laminae developed in the outcrops of Triassic continental shale from the southe...
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are popular materials in the aerospace and automotive industries because of their low weight, high strength, and corrosion resistance. However, wrinkles or geometric distortions in the composite layer...
The sandstones with a laminated structure are common building materials. Lamination is macroscopically expressed as colour and grain size variations observed both in the deposit and within individual beds; therefore, the properties of such sandstones...
Lake Vanda is a perennially ice-covered, closed-basin lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Laminated photosynthetic microbial mats cover the floor of the lake from below the ice cover to >40 m depth. In recent decades, the water level of L...
Stromatolites, among the earliest fossils in Earth’s history, are widely distributed on the margins of the North China Precambrian carbonate platform. The formation processes of stromatolites reveal the biomineralization and evolution of early...
The design of automobile chassis structures is fundamentally linked to the optimization of mass and structural robustness. While conventional chassis structures predominantly utilize metals, achieving further mass reduction and enhanced rigidity nece...
Uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) testing requires high-quality core samples, which is a difficult task for weak, highly fractured, thinly bedded, foliated, and weathered rocks. In addition, it is time-consuming and expensive. Because of the good r...
Stomata are involved in transpiration and CO2 uptake by mediating gas exchange between internal plant tissues and the atmosphere. The capacity for gas exchange depends on stomatal density (SD), stomatal size, and pore dimensions. Most published work...
This paper documents depositional structures and their reservoir characteristics in the Wufeng–Longmaxi shale from outcrops and cores using thin sections, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis, carbon–sulfur analyzer, helium porosimeter...
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Varved lake sediments are well known archives used for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. They provide continuous, high-resolution and calendar-year chronologies of past environmental changes. From lakes Kamenduł and Perty, located in the Suwałki La...
This study aims to ascertain the material characteristics that are intrinsic to the prepreg layer within a laminated composite structure. The elastic modulus of the lamina, a primary determinant of composite structural behavior, is the focal point of...
In multicellular organisms, boundaries have a role in preventing the intermingling of two different cell populations and in organizing the morphogenesis of organs and the entire organism. Plant leaves have two different cell populations, the adaxial...
Nowadays, the components of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites (an important material) are directly produced with 3D printing technology, especially Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). However, such components suffer from poor toughness. The ma...
This paper investigates high-maturity organic matter-rich shales with high clay mineral contents in the Qingshankou Formation, in the Gulong Depression of the Songliao Basin, at a sub-millimeter scale, using a new laminar division method based on XRF...
This study focuses on understanding the impact of different material compositions and printing parameters on the structural integrity of hybrid curved composite beams. Using the continuous filament fabrication technique, which is an advanced fused de...
It is commonly recognized in the field that cancer cells exhibit changes in the size and shape of their nuclei. These features often serve as important biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer patients. Nuclear size can significantly impac...
Due to the complex mineral composition, low clay content, and strong heterogeneity of the mixed sedimentary shale in the Xinjiang Salt Lake Basin, the wettability characteristics of the reservoir and their influencing factors are not yet clear, which...
Background/Objectives: Upper lumbar spinal stenosis presents unique challenges because vertically oriented facet joints and narrow laminae increase the risk of iatrogenic instability following decompression. Traditional decompression techniques may d...
The structural and biomechanical properties of collagen-rich ocular tissues, such as the sclera, are integral to ocular function. The degradation of collagen in such tissues is associated with debilitating ophthalmic diseases such as glaucoma and myo...
Background: The biomechanical properties of ocular tissues are critical to physiological processes that span ocular development, aging, and disease. The structural integrity of these tissues is important in mediating how the eye responds to strain an...
Background: Changes in the bony structures of the nose and sinuses such as the medialization of the lamina papyracea and enophthalmos have been reported after sinus surgery. Evidence for the persistence of inferior turbinate (IT) position after IT ou...
Elastic laminae, an elastin-based, layered extracellular matrix structure in the media of arteries, can inhibit leukocyte adhesion and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration, exhibiting anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombogenic propert...
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive and intractable malignancy with high mortality. This is due in part to a high resistance to chemotherapeutics and radiation treatment conferred by diverse regulatory mechanisms. Among these, constituents of the nucl...
Glycans, as the most peripheral cell surface components, are the primary candidates to mediate the initial steps of cell recognition and adhesion via glycan–glycan binding. This molecular mechanism was quantitatively demonstrated by biochemical and b...
The nuclear lamina (NL) is a thin meshwork of filaments that lines the inner nuclear membrane, thereby providing a platform for chromatin binding and supporting genome organization. Genomic regions contacting the NL are lamina associated domains (LAD...
Pore structure plays a critical role in evaluating shale “sweet spots”. Compared to marine shale, lacustrine shale has more diverse lithofacies types and greater heterogeneity in pore structure due to frequently changing environmental con...
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