In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Gardeniae Fructus is classified as a “cold” herb, a property that is increasingly explained by modern research showing that it can alleviate related disorders through modulation of the central nervou...
Houpo Wenzhong Decoction (HWD) as a classical prescription has been widely used for hundreds of years. However, the quality of HWDs is difficult to control because of its herb materials from different regions. It is a new idea to use HPLC fingerprint...
The development of the modern technological revolution and evidence of a deepening civilization crisis make us pose the question about the prospects of the social and economic transformation of the modern society under the influence of certain factor...
The possibility of determining the phase and current errors of an existing or newly designed current instrument transformer on the basis of special characteristics of the core material is examined. One of the characteristics represents the dependence...
This paper reports on the structural basis of CO2 adsorption in a representative model of flexible metal-organic framework (MOF) material, Ni(1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene)[Ni(CN)4] (NiBpene or PICNIC-60). NiBpene exhibits a CO2 sorption isotherm with c...
Corn (Zea mays L.) is an essential gramineous food crop. Traditionally, corn wastes have primarily been used in feed, harmless processing, and industrial applications. Except for corn silk, these wastes have had limited medicinal uses. However, in re...
Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder for which topical medications are the preferred treatment option. However, current therapies are limited by adverse reactions, drug resistance, and economic burdens. Dictamni Cortex (DC; t...
Background: Dragon’s blood (dried resin of Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C.Chen) is a classic traditional medicine for treating ischemic stroke, yet its bioactive components capable of penetrating the blood–brain barrier (BBB) remain...
The excessive expression of reactive oxygen species is closely connected to many diseases. Considerable studies have demonstrated dandelion as well as its ingredients exhibited antioxidant activity. However, specific material basis reflecting the ant...
Lonicerae japonicae Flos (LJF) possesses a good anti-respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) effect. However, the material basis of LJF in treating RSV is still unclear. In this study, a sensitive and accurate quantitative method based on UHPLC-QQQ MS was...
Background: Increasing attention has been given to the search for neuroprotective ingredients from natural plants. Myrica rubra bark (MRB) has been used in traditional oriental medicine for over thousand years and has potential neuroprotection. Metho...
The long test cycle and high cost of generating composite design allowables constrain the development of low-altitude aircraft. This study investigates a calculation method for single-batch, small-sample B-basis values of multidirectional laminates....
Phosphate rock is a finite resource whose extraction in sedimentary deposits generates substantial volumes of waste rock. This study develops a panel-scale 3D geological modeling workflow for operational material accounting in a multilayer sedimentar...
This study investigated the anti-inflammatory material basis and quality control of Pinellia ternata (P. ternata) to provide a modern scientific interpretation for its therapeutic properties. First, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography couple...
Background/Objectives: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic multifactorial metabolic disorder requiring multi-target therapeutic strategies. This study aimed to predict the potential material basis, key targets and molecular mechanisms by whi...
New engineering materials exhibit a complex internal structure that determines their properties. For thermal metamaterials, it is essential to shape their thermophysical parameters’ spatial variability to ensure unique properties of heat flux control...
Building on a previous work presented by the authors, this study extends a fast stress retrieval method to long-fiber angle-ply laminates subjected to constant bending and torque moments. The fiber/matrix interface stress state is efficiently estimat...
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi possesses the therapeutic properties of heat-clearing, dampness-drying, diarrhea alleviation, and detoxification, making it a clinically used remedy for respiratory infections....
Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) poses a significant clinical challenge lacking specific therapeutic drugs. Arundina graminifolia, a traditional Dai medicine, exhibits notable renoprotective effects; however, its in vivo pharmacodynamic ma...
To tackle the practical engineering challenge that construction robots are required to track the reference trajectory completely and precisely, this study puts forward a control scheme based on the extended reference trajectory and develops a novel s...
Due to the low stiffness characteristics, thin-walled parts are prone to force-induced deformation during the peripheral milling process, which severely restricts machining accuracy and efficiency. In existing studies, for curved thin-walled parts, t...
Biomembranes based on an organosilica sol–gel matrix were used to immobilize bacteria Paracoccus yeei VKM B-3302 as part of a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) biosensor. Diethoxydimethylsilane (DEDMS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) were used as pr...
The demand for metals from the entire periodic table is currently increasing due to the ongoing digitalization. However, their use within electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) poses problems as they cannot be recovered sufficiently in the end-of-...
Tartary buckwheat is a cereal crop that has both medicinal and food origins. However, the underlying factors that contribute to Tartary buckwheat’s flowering and seed-setting characteristics, effective grain formation, and physiological changes...
The distinctive bitter profile of Castanopsis fissa honey (LSZH) has not yet been clearly characterized at the chemical and molecular levels. Based on the LSZH samples (n = 6), this study investigated bitterness-associated compounds and their potenti...
Radiation-induced vaginal injury is an underrecognized complication of cervical cancer radiotherapy and evolves through a pathological continuum involving epithelial depletion, oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, microvascular dysfunction, extrac...
The process of chemical modification of tar and oxidized bitumen with formalin (a 37% aqueous solution of formaldehyde) in a hermetic container was investigated and the effectiveness of the proposed process was proven. It is shown that the most effec...
A first step towards a microfabricated potentiometric thin-film sensor array for the simultaneous detection of Pb2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ has been realized. The sensitive layers used are on the basis of chalcogenide glass materials. These thin-film chalcoge...
Dual and multi energy X-ray transmission imaging (DE-/ME-XRT) are powerful tools to acquire quantitative material characteristics of diverse samples without destruction. As those X-ray imaging techniques are based on the projection onto the imaging p...
Firefighters, paramedics, nursing staff, and other occupational groups are in constant need of fast and proper cleaning of their professional workwear, not only during a pandemic. Thus, laundry technology needs to become more efficient and automated....
The pressing concern of climate change and the imperative to mitigate CO2 emissions have significantly influenced the selection of outdoor plant species. Consequently, evaluating CO2’s environmental effects on plants has become integral to the...
The efficacy of Prunella extracts in the prevention and treatment of lung cancer has been attributed to different components. In this study, an "active components combination model" hypothesis was proposed to explain the anti-tumor activity of Prunel...
Even outside of the instance of a global pandemic, the proper cleaning of professional work wear is crucial—thus, laundry technology becomes more and more efficient and automated. A bottleneck in the professional laundry process of working garm...
The mechanical behavior of the rockfill materials (RFMs) used in a dam’s shell must be evaluated for the safe and cost-effective design of embankment dams. However, the characterization of RFMs with specific reference to shear strength is chall...
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection; the pathophysiology of sepsis is complex. The incidence of sepsis is steadily increasing, with worldwide mortality ranging between 30% and 50%. Curren...
X-ray transmission (XRT) and computed tomography (CT) was used on five samples from the Niaz porphyry Cu–Mo deposit in Iran, representing different alteration zones. Analysis of three-dimensional CT data revealed structural information and grou...
A dual-column tandem mode was used to establish the fingerprints of Sarcandrae herb from different origins, and their chemical compositions were characterized by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS, which provided an experimental basis for the establishment of a rapid...
In this paper, the scope of discrete asymptotic homogenization employing voxel (cartesian) mesh discretization is expanded to estimate high fidelity effective properties of any periodic heterogeneous media with arbitrary Bravais’s lattice symme...
We implemented a semi-empirical pseudopotential (SEP) method for calculating the band structures of graphene and graphene nanoribbons. The basis functions adopted are two-dimensional plane waves multiplied by several B-spline functions along the perp...
Identifying beryl within muscovite host rocks is a challenging task for traditional X-ray transmission (XRT) separation due to the proximity of their effective atomic numbers (Zeff) and densities. In this paper, an improved dual-energy X-ray transmis...
Most metal plates are orthorhombic aggregates of cubic crystallites. First, we discuss the representations of the stress tensor, the strain tensor, the elasticity tensor, and the rotation tensor under the Kelvin notation. Then, we give the decomposit...
We have attempted a multiscale and quantified characterization method of the contact in three-dimensional granular material made of spherical particles, particularly in cemented granular material. Particle contact is defined as a type of surface cont...
This paper explores the historical and geological background of the refectory of the Manzana Jesuítica in the city of Córdoba (Argentina), as a basis for characterising some of the building materials used in it. The aim is to gain a bet...
Curcuma kwangsiensis, one species of Curcumae zedoaria Ros. c, is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treating cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma and inflammation. Polar compounds are abundant in water decoction, which would be...
Carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) are novel nanostructures with luminescent properties. The development of CNPs involves the elaboration of various synthetic methods, structure characterization, and different applications. However, the problems associated...
This paper introduces a novel method for measuring the dielectric permittivity of materials within the microwave and millimeter wave frequency ranges. The proposed approach, classified as a guided wave transmission system, employs a periodic transmis...
Instant powder, with its high formulation flexibility, ease of quantification, long shelf life, and convenient storage and transportation, holds a significant position in the modern food industry and has experienced rapid development. However, most p...
ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) is a key enzyme in glucolipid metabolism and its aberrantly high expression is closely associated with various cancers, hyperlipemia and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Prospects of ACLY inhibitors as treatments of t...
Seaweed, a diverse and abundant marine resource, holds promise as a renewable feedstock for bioplastics due to its polysaccharide-rich composition. This review explores different methods for extracting and processing seaweed polysaccharides, focusing...
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