Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: Applications and future directions
Available online 25 April 2025
Traditional ultrasound methods, particularly cardiac echocardiography, depend predominantly on evidence-based decision trees and risk-scoring systems to guide and standardise clinical decision-making....
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ENSO-induced precipitation seasonality in the Chinese Loess Plateau during 1767-2050 CE
Available online 23 April 2025
Climate change has not only altered the total amount of rainfall but also significantly impacted its seasonal distribution. This alteration is particularly critical in monsoonal regions, where the availability...
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Fabricating polarization materials with subnanowires
Available online 23 April 2025
Polarization materials have widespread and crucial applications in sensing, display and optical devices. Subnanowires (SNWs) with polymer-analogue properties and unique self-assembly characteristics...
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A Channel-Independent Transformer Approach for Ride-Hailing Demand Prediction with Internet Sentiment and Transport Capacity
Available online 22 April 2025
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Seizure type classification algorithm based on multi-dimensional brain network feature selection
Available online 21 April 2025
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Obox1 deficiency impairs fertility in female mice
Available online 19 April 2025
•Obox1 deficiency result in reduced litter size and impaired oocyte ovulation•Female mice lacking Obox1 exhibit decreased levels of gonadotropins and sex hormones•Superovulated Obox1 knockout mice display...
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Self-powered Technologies for Smart Bearings
Available online 19 April 2025
As industrial equipment becomes increasingly complex and efficient, smart bearings play a crucial role in monitoring the operating status of mechanical devices, improving efficiency, and extending service...
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An Aerogel-Based Light-Driven Knudsen Pump Approaching Complete Passive Capturing of Airborne Particles in Wide Size Ranges
Available online 18 April 2025
Aerosol sampling stands as an essential step in air quality monitoring and characterization. Active sampling provides accurate aerosol determination, while passive sampling offers cost-effective and...
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Electronic modulation of PtCo catalysts by topological carbon defects boosting durable oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media
Available online 14 April 2025
Pt-carbon materials are identified as state-of-the-art electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, it is still a big challenge to reduce the usage of Pt while maintaining the high...
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Liquid phase delamination of non-van der Waal two-dimensional sheets of tin monoxide for flexible and long lifespan sodium-ion batteries
Available online 13 April 2025
Sodium-ion batteries are attractive alternatives to Li-ion batteries, but typically suffer from slow redox kinetics and short cycle life. These problems arise mainly from the much larger radius of the...
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Soil phosphorus regulates summer CO2 flux response to air temperature in nitrogen-poor northern permafrost ecosystems
Available online 12 April 2025
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Adopting Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft for Green Transport Transformation
Available online 11 April 2025
Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft (eVTOLs), also known as flying cars, are expected to lead a new round of transport transformation owing to their superior travel speed and spatial flexibility....
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Distinct factors drive the progression of tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease
Available online 9 April 2025
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide. The primary histopathological markers for AD diagnosis are extracellular amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles...
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Recent progresses on artificial graphene quantum dots
Available online 5 April 2025
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are an ideal platform for investigating the quantum confinement properties of Dirac fermions and exhibit significant potential for exploring novel physical phenomena absent...
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Analysis of critical conditions for air bubble detachment from freezing fronts under different gravitational environments
Available online 3 April 2025
•The forces acting on the air bubbles on freezing front are analyzed.•Critical conditions for air bubble entrapment and detachment are clarified.•The critical radius of air bubbles detaching from the...
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Terahertz photoneuromodulation of lateral orbitofrontal cortex neurons ameliorates stress-induced depression and cognitive impairment
March 2025
Depression imposes a staggering global socioeconomic burden. Current pharmacotherapies face major limitations, including slow efficacy, adverse effects, and non-response rates of up to 55%, necessitating...
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Supply chain resilience: A review from the inventory management perspective
March 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, leading to economic damage and product shortages caused by demand surges and supply disruptions. Concurrently, geopolitical...
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Emerging terahertz sciences and technologies
March 2025
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Artificial intelligence-based diagnosis of breast cancer by mammography microcalcification
March 2025
Mammography is the mainstream imaging modality used for breast cancer screening. Identification of microcalcifications associated with malignancy may result in early diagnosis of breast cancer and aid...
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Degradable polymer bone adhesives
March 2025
Highly comminuted fractures and bone defects pose a significant challenge for orthopedic surgery. Current surgical procedures commonly rely on metal implants (such as bone plates, nails and pins) for...
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Open science readiness index: Theory and simulations
March 2025
An open science readiness index (abbreviated as OSRI) is proposed to quantify the progression of open science. The index is accumulated by three related but separately measured dimensions: the readiness...
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Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) heterogeneous and heterojunction power devices
March 2025
Due to its high critical breakdown electrical field and the availability of large-scale single crystal substrates, Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) holds great promise for power electronic and radio frequency...
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Graph contrastive learning with node-level accurate difference
March 2025
•We propose a new pretext task between the original view and the augmented view.•We measure the node-level accurate difference between the two views.•We combine various strategies to generate multiple...
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Supply chain resilience enhancement strategies in the context of supply disruptions, demand surges, and time sensitivity
March 2025
•The supply chain resilience model that considers both demand interruption and demand time sensitivity.•Examining strategies for improving supply chain resilience through Stackelberg games.•Developing...
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