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2. Feasibility assessment of solution mining and gas storage in salt caverns: a case study of the Sanshui salt mine
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Weikai Yi, Qihang Li, Xiangyang Zhao, Wei Liu, and Jinwu Du
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Sanshui salt mine ,gas storage ,solution mining ,working gas volume ,sediment voids ,long-term stability ,General Works - Abstract
The Sanshui salt mine is the sole location in the Guangdong province of South China with the potential to construct a salt cavern gas storage (SCGS) facility. Nevertheless, the gas storage construction of this mine faces significant challenges due to the presence of low‒grade salt deposits and numerous interlayers. To demonstrate the feasibility and calculate the gas storage capacity in this specific mining area, two representative salt caverns within this salt mine were simulated using a self-developed cavern-building simulation program, enabling us to accurately determine their respective volumes and shapes. Herein, the findings indicate that the combined caverns possess a total mining space volume of 1,157,000 m3, with the brine space accounting for merely 291,800 m3 (representing 25.22% of the overall mining space), and an extensive sedimentary volume of 865,200 m3 is also observed (constituting approximately 74.78% of the total mining capacity). Fortunately, this study has revealed that the sediments exhibit a porosity exceeding 40% and possess favorable permeability; consequently, countermeasures have been proposed to enhance the gas storage capacity within the pore space of these caverns, and we also utilized FLAC3D software for numerical simulation calculations to compare the stability of the cavern under different conditions of sediment pore utilization by calculating the volume loss rate, cavern wall displacement deformation, and plastic zone distribution. Moreover, the proposed method is anticipated to double the caverns’ working gas volume, increasing it from 40 million m3 to nearly 80 million m3. On the other hand, the long-term stability of caverns is numerically assessed under different pore space utilization rates of the sediments. The results also indicate that the caverns’ volume shrinkage, plastic zones, and surrounding rock displacement remain within allowable limits during 30 years of gas storage operation. The primary problem in the subsequent phase lies in effectively achieving gas injection and brine removal from the pore space of sediments while devising a methodology to extend this method to other salt caverns within similar salt mine areas. Thus, this study provides theoretical and technical guidance for the establishment of gas storage in existing salt caverns in the Sanshui salt mine and in salt mines worldwide that share similar geological conditions.
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- 2023
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3. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation reduces cytokine production in sepsis: An open double-blind, sham-controlled, pilot study
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Zhiyang Wu, Xin Zhang, Tiantian Cai, Yankun Li, Xi Guo, Xiangyang Zhao, Dawei Wu, Zhi Li, and Luyao Zhang
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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation ,Sepsis ,Serum cytokine levels ,APACHE Ⅱ score ,SOFA score ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
Background: Studies have shown that vagus nerve-mediated inflammatory reflex could inhibit cytokine production and inflammation in sepsis animals. Objectives: This study aimed to explore the efficacy of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on inflammation and disease severity of sepsis patients. Methods: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled pilot study was performed. Twenty sepsis patients were randomly assigned to receive taVNS or sham stimulation for five consecutive days. Stimulation effect was assessed with serum cytokine levels, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) Ⅱ score, and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score at baseline and on Day 3, Day 5, and Day 7. Results: TaVNS was well tolerated in the study population. Patients receiving taVNS experienced significant reductions in serum TNF-α and IL-1β levels and increases in IL-4 and IL-10 levels. SOFA scores decreased on Day 5 and Day 7 compared with baseline in the taVNS group. However, no changes were found in sham stimulation group. The changes of cytokine from Day 7 to Day 1 were greater with taVNS than sham stimulation. No differences in the APACHE Ⅱ score and SOFA score were observed between the two groups. Conclusions: TaVNS resulted in significantly lower serum pro-inflammatory cytokines and higher serum anti-inflammatory cytokines in sepsis patients.
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- 2023
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4. High pressure sealing characteristics of combined structure based on flexible graphite rings
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Xiangyang Zhao, Xianyong Zhang, and Kai Li
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Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 - Abstract
Seal components made of flexible graphite have excellent resistance to temperature, while sealing of high pressure fluids is unsatisfactory. The sealing behavior of flexible graphite rings is characterized by the ratio of the contact pressure to the axial pressure. The FEA results show that the lateral pressure decreases roughly linearly along the direction of the sealing path, and the lateral pressure coefficient increases with increasing axial pressure. We design a combined seal structure based on flexible graphite rings, and extract the contact pressure along two sealing paths. The results imply that the self-sealing effect is more favorable when the pressure of the sealing fluid is increased. The effect of the friction coefficient on the contact pressure is not significant, except at the beginning of the sealing path. Sealing effects are tested under the coupling condition of 350°C and 50 MPa, which verify the sealing performance under high temperature and high pressure. The comparison of the test results of “ kf ” (the product of lateral pressure coefficient and friction coefficient) with those of the FEA validates the rationality of the analytical approach. The comprehensive coefficient “ kf ” can be easily obtained by testing, and can be used as a key parameter for seal design.
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- 2023
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5. Association between pretreatment lymphocyte count and efficacy of immune-enhancing therapy in acute necrotising pancreatitis: a post-hoc analysis of the multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled TRACE trialResearch in context
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Lu Ke, Wenjian Mao, Fang Shao, Jing Zhou, Minyi Xu, Tao Chen, Yuxiu Liu, Zhihui Tong, John Windsor, Penglin Ma, Weiqin Li, Wendi Jiang, He Zhang, Jiajia Lin, Mengjie Lu, Yan Chen, Mingmin Ma, Gang Li, Bo Ye, Baiqiang Li, Nonghua Lv, Yin Zhu, Liang Xia, Wenhua He, Zhenping, Chen, Xinting Pan, Qingyun Zhu, Youdong Wan, Hong Mei, Kang Li, Miao Chen, Chengjian He, Hongyi Yao, Zigui Zhu, Weili Gu, Weihua Lu, Jingyi Wu, Feng Zhou, Shumin Tu, Long Fu, Bingg Xue, Haibin Ni, Xiaofei Huang, Dandan Zhou, Guoxiu Zhang, Lening Ren, Dahuan Li, Xiangyang Zhao, Wei Zhao, Xiaomei Chen, Junli Sun, Keke Xin, Weiwei Chen, Qingcheng Xu, Jingchun Song, Qingbo Zeng, Min Shao, Dongsheng Zhao, Jianfeng Tu, and Honggup Yang
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Acute pancreatitis ,Immunosuppression ,Thymosin ,Pancreatic necrosis ,Infection ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Summary: Background: Immune-enhancing thymosin alpha 1 (Tα1) therapy may reduce infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in acute necrotising pancreatitis (ANP). However, the efficacy might be impacted by lymphocyte count due to the pharmacological action of Tα1. In this post-hoc analysis, we tested the hypothesis that pre-treatment absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) determines whether patients with ANP benefit from Tα1 therapy. Methods: A post-hoc analysis of data from a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial testing the efficacy of Tα1 therapy in patients with predicted severe ANP was performed. Patients from 16 hospitals of China were randomised to receive a subcutaneous injection of Tα1 1.6 mg every 12 h for the frst 7 days and 1.6 mg once a day for the following 7 days or a matching placebo during the same period. Patients who discontinued the Tα1 regimen prematurely were excluded. Three subgroup analyses were conducted using the baseline ALC (at randomisation), and the group allocation was maintained as intention-to-treat. The primary outcome was the incidence of IPN 90 days after randomisation. The fitted logistic regression model was applied to identify the range of baseline ALC where Tα1 therapy could exert a maximum effect. The original trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02473406. Findings: Between March 18, 2017, and December 10, 2020, a total of 508 patients were randomised in the original trial, and 502 were involved in this analysis, with 248 in the Tα1 group and 254 in the placebo group. Across the three subgroups, there was a uniform trend toward more significant treatment effects in patients with higher baseline ALC. Within the subgroup of patients with baseline ALC≥0.8 × 10ˆ9/L (n = 290), the Tα1 therapy significantly reduced the risk of IPN (covariate adjusted risk difference, −0.12; 95% CI, −0.21,-0.02; p = 0.015). Patients with baseline ALC between 0.79 and 2.00 × 10ˆ9/L benefited most from the Tα1 therapy in reducing IPN (n = 263). Interpretation: This post-hoc analysis found that the efficacy of immune-enhancing Tα1 therapy on the incidence of IPN may be associated with pretreatment lymphocyte count in patients with acute necrotising pancreatitis. Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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- 2023
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6. Research progress of erosion in multiphase pipelines
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Xuewen CAO, Zhenqiang XIE, Wenshan PENG, Xiaoyang SUN, Xiangyang ZHAO, and Xuerui ZANG
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multiphase flow ,piping systems ,erosion damage ,particle impact ,Oils, fats, and waxes ,TP670-699 ,Gas industry ,TP751-762 - Abstract
Erosion in multiphase flow is very common to the industrial piping systems and it will increase the safety risk of the piping systems. Once accidents occur, it will bring about serious economic loss and environment pollution.By investigating the research on the erosion of multiphase pipelines, the progress of research at home and abroad was presented in terms of the theoretical model, the erosion test, the numerical simulation and the microscopic mechanism. Meanwhile, the existing problems in current research on erosion of multiphase pipelines were pointed out and discussed, and the development direction in future was also clarified. In general, the research results could provide reference for the deep understanding and mastering of the erosion mechanism of multiphase pipelines, as well as the safe and efficient development and transportation of oil and gas resources.
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- 2021
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7. Molecular dynamics simulation of wax molecules aggregational crystallization behavior during cooling of crude oil mixture
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Hengguang Cao, Xuewen Cao, Xiangyang Zhao, Dan Guo, Yang Liu, and Jiang Bian
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Waxy crude oil ,Molecular dynamics simulation ,Wax crystal ,Aggregation ,Asphaltene ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 - Abstract
The crystallization behavior of wax molecules is the root cause of wax deposition. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were used to investigate the aggregational crystallization behavior of wax molecules in a crude oil system. The results show that wax molecules produce ordered wax crystal structures from the disordered liquid phase crude oil system under van der Waals forces at low temperatures. The crystallization of wax molecules consists of three main processes: carbon chain extension, nucleation of wax molecules and wax crystal growth. The lower the temperature of the crude oil system and the lower the cooling rate, the higher the degree of aggregation of wax molecules, the smaller the number of wax crystals and the larger the crystal size. In addition, asphaltene molecules are found to aggregate by face-to-face stacking and T-shaped stacking at low temperatures. Based on the spatial steric hindrance effect, the asphaltene aggregates prevent further aggregation between wax crystal clusters. Asphaltenes lead to an increase in the liquid content of the wax deposit layer, causing the yield stress of the deposit to decrease and the structural strength to weaken.
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- 2022
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8. Research on Economic Performance of Single Pedal Brake for Pure Electric Vehicles based on CLTC Working Condition
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Xiangyang Zhao and Qibin Wu
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CLTC working condition ,NEDC working condition ,Single pedal brake recovery system ,Pure electric vehicle ,AVL_CRUISE ,Economic performance ,Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 - Abstract
The economic performance of single pedal matched regenerative braking system for pure electric vehicle under CLTC condition is studied. Firstly, the differences between the two working conditions of CLTC and NEDC are compared, and a virtual simulation model is built on AVL_CURISE platform based on a certain vehicle, a pure electric vehicle model equipped with a single pedal braking energy recovery control system is established. The economic performance differences between the single pedal system and the original parallel braking regenerative system are compared under different working conditions. The simulation results show that, the single pedal braking system is better than the former parallel braking system, the replacement of NEDC with CLTC have limited impact on driving range.
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- 2021
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9. Topological properties and optical conductivities tuned by spin-orbit coupling and strain in kagome lattices
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Xiangyang Zhao, Zongtan Wang, Jiapeng Chen, and Biao Wang
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Topological insulators ,Kagome lattice ,Spin-orbit coupling ,Spin hall conductance ,Strain engineering ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
The spin–orbit coupling (SOC) effect is the dominant origin of the topological properties in a topological insulator which can be induced and enhanced through various methods. Here we theoretically study the effects of varying SOC on the topological properties of two-dimensional kagome lattice based on the tight-binding approximation. We find that the system can undergo a transition between two non-trivial topological states by tuning the SOC strength. In addition, the topological phase transition can be achieved with a weaker SOC under a uniform tensile strain, which suggests that strain engineering can be used to regulate topological states. Besides, the characteristics of optical spin Hall conductivity are also studied, which supplies an experimental determination to reveal the different topological states. Furthermore, we propose an external mechanical strain modulated spin-switch device, which can generate opposite spin currents under stretch and compressed strain. Our results indicate that with the combination of SOC and strain, kagome lattice materials have potential applications on tunable spintronics and optoelectronic devices.
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- 2022
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10. Structural Evolution and Motion Characteristics of a Hard Roof During Thickening Coal Seam Mining
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Xiangyang Zhang, Xiangyang Zhao, and Lei Luo
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hard roof ,thickening coal seam ,overlying strata structure ,motion characteristics ,physical simulation ,numerical simulation ,Science - Abstract
This study combined theoretical analysis, physical simulation, and numerical simulation to discuss the influences of the structural evolution and motion characteristics of a hard roof during thickening coal seam mining on working face pressure. Results showed that during the mining of the thickening coal seam with a hard roof, the settlement curve of low-level strata was a stepwise wave slope, and the settlement curve of high-level strata shifted from a “V-shaped” distribution pattern to a parabola under the full mining of the coal seam. When the mining thickness was relatively small, the mining space expanded with the increase in mining thickness due to the “masonry beam” structure formed by the low-level, sub-critical overlying strata. The low-level critical strata formed a “composite cantilever beam” structure with a hard immediate roof after advancing into the caving zone. After complete recovery, the overlying strata were in a steady-movement state, and the plastic failure zone of the overlying strata of the thickening coal seam presented obvious distribution characteristics of longitudinal and transverse partitions. This study provides theoretical reference for coal seam mining under similar geological conditions.
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11. A Review of Aviation Spline Research
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Guang Zhao, Xiangyang Zhao, Liting Qian, Yunbo Yuan, Song Ma, and Mei Guo
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spline ,wear ,lubrication ,misalignment ,rotor dynamics ,Science - Abstract
Splines are irreplaceable in high-speed aviation fields due to their simplicity, reliability, and high specific power. Aviation splines are not only subjected to severe operating mechanical loads, but also sometimes operate under grease-lubricated and non-lubricated environments. All of this results in aviation splines suffering widespread failures. Since the 1960s, many researchers have carried out much research on aviation splines. The wide range of research topics demonstrates the technical challenges of understanding aviation spline. This paper reviews the research of aviation spline from the aspects of failure form, fatigue strength, surface contact stress, effects of lubrication, and misalignment on wear, as well as experiments. Relevant research shows crowned splines can mitigate the spline wear process induced by angular misalignment, and oil-lubricating splines experience almost no wear. This paper also looks forward to the future development directions of aviation splines.
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- 2022
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12. Investigation into the Flexural Toughness and Methods of Evaluating Ductile Concrete
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Yonggang Ding, Yunfei Li, Xiangyang Zhao, Jie Dai, and Hualong Xu
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high-ductility fiber-reinforced concrete ,flexural behavior ,toughness ,evaluation method ,Technology ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Physics ,QC1-999 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the flexural behavior of high-ductility fiber-reinforced concrete (HDC) and propose a suitable method for evaluating flexural toughness. The flexural strength, deformation, and toughness of HDC were investigated through four-point bending tests with specimens of 40 × 40 × 160 mm. The test parameters were fiber volume fractions (0%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%), water–binder ratios (0.24, 0.26, 0.29, and 0.32), and ages (28 d and 56 d). The experimental results showed that polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers led to significant improvement in the flexural behavior of HDC due to its strain-hardening behavior and excellent crack dispersion capacity. The ultimate flexural strength of HDC with 2% PVA fibers of about 15.32 MPa showed an increase of up to 221%. The deformation and flexural toughness ratios were 23 times and 1.43 times higher, respectively, than the specimens without fibers. A simple and practical method for evaluating the flexural toughness of HDC was proposed, which solved many problems with the existing methods. This method made full use of the peak load, which overcame the difficulty of identifying the initial crack information, solved the insufficient deflection limit, and provided a more comprehensive and accurate evaluation by selecting characteristic points evenly distributed throughout the loading process.
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- 2022
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13. Development of a Wideband 220-GHz Subharmonic Mixer Based on GaAs Monolithic Integration Technology
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Yilin Yang, Bo Zhang, Dongfeng Ji, Xiangyang Zhao, Yong Fan, and Xiaodong Chen
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Wideband ,subharmonic mixer ,submillimeter wave ,monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) ,Schottky diode ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,TK1-9971 - Abstract
A wideband 220 GHz subharmonic mixer based on monolithic integration technology is proposed in this paper. It features 12 Mm-thick GaAs membrane with anti-parallel Schottky diodes working at THz band monolithically integrated on the membrane. The optimization principles of low-parastics Schottky diodes and the fabrication process of GaAs MMIC membrane diodes are elaborated. To realize optimum performances of the mixer, the dimensions of the integrated diodes and the matching network are optimized with harmonic balance simulation and load-pull techniques. An IF low pass filter with compact microstrip resonance cell (CMRC) configuration and an improved perpendicular coax-to-microstrip connection are used to realize wide IF band. The measured results show that the single sideband (SSB) conversion loss of this mixer is less than 10.5 dB from 185 to 255 GHz with fixed IF of 1 GHz, while the double sideband (DSB) noise temperature is better than 1400 K in this frequency range. Using fixed local oscillator (LO) frequency of 110 GHz, the measured SSB conversion loss is 7.4-10.7 dB within 185-255 GHz, indicating the good performances of the mixer with IF from DC to 35 GHz. The GaAs monolithic integration technology provides an approach for massive manufacturing of identical circuits and the proposed mixer with wideband characteristics will be applied in 220 GHz imaging systems in the near future.
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- 2020
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14. Development of High Power 220 GHz Frequency Triplers Based on Schottky Diodes
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Yilin Yang, Bo Zhang, Yiwei Wang, Zhongqian Niu, Dongfeng Ji, Xiangyang Zhao, and Yong Fan
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Submillimeter wave ,frequency tripler ,high power ,Schottky diodes ,electro-thermal model ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,TK1-9971 - Abstract
In this paper, the development of two high power 220 GHz frequency triplers is proposed. The GaAs Schottky diodes with six nodes are applied to realize high efficiency 220 GHz tripler, while the application of GaN Schottky diodes with eight nodes is another attempt to improve power handling of the 220 GHz tripler. To reduce thermal effect of high power multipliers, the AlN substrates with high thermal conductivity are applied to provide better heat dissipation at the diode areas. A combination of electrical and thermal model of the Schottky diodes is established while the optimization of 220 GHz triplers are realized with 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation and harmonic balanced simulation. Good agreement is achieved between the simulated results based on electro-thermal model and measured performances of the triplers. At room temperature, peak efficiency of the tripler based on GaAs Schottky diodes is 17.8%, while the maximum output of the tripler is 38.2 mW with 300 mW input power. As for the 220 GHz GaN Schottky diode tripler, measured results show that the maximum power handling is beyond 400 mW. The peak efficiency and maximum output are 4.7% and 18.4 mW, respectively. The proposed methods of developing high power multipliers can be applied in higher frequency band in the future.
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- 2020
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15. Chronic Stress Activates PlexinA1/VEGFR2-JAK2-STAT3 in Vascular Endothelial Cells to Promote Angiogenesis
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YanJie Lu, HanZheng Zhao, Ying Liu, YanZhen Zuo, Qian Xu, Lei Liu, XiaoMin Li, HongBin Zhu, Ying Zhang, Shuling Zhang, XiangYang Zhao, and YuHong Li
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chronic stress ,VEGF ,PlexinA1 ,VEGFR2 ,vascular endothelial cell ,angiogenesis ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
It is known that chronic stress modulates multiple processes in a complex microenvironment, such as angiogenesis and immune function. However, the role of chronic stress inducing tumor angiogenesis and how it contributes to tumor progression are not quite clear. The following study assess psychological state from numerous ambulatory cancer cases (n=332), and chronic stress-related hormone levels were further measured. Here, we show that chronic stress not only causes behavioral changes in human, most importantly attributed to an elevated level of stress-related hormones. To address this, isoprenaline, the agonist of β2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR), was utilized for simulating chronic stress and demonstrating the mechanism of stress in tumor angiogenesis at molecular level both in vivo and in vitro. As suggested by this study, isoprenaline promote VEGF autocrine of HUVECs, which can induce plexinA1 and VEGFR2 expression. Moreover, we show that isoprenaline promoted the expression of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 in vitro. The results reveal that, isoprenaline enhances the autocrine of VEGF in HUVECs and up-regulating plexinA1 and VEGFR2 levels, thus activating the phosphorylation of JAK2-STAT3 pathway, the two essential parts during angiogenesis. The present work indicates that, the mechanism of chronic stress in enhancing angiogenesis is probably achieved through activating the plexinA1/VEGFR2-JAK2-STAT3 signal transduction pathway within HUVECs, and this is probably a candidate target for developing a strategy against angiogenesis in cancer.
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16. Thymosin alpha 1 in the prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis following acute necrotising pancreatitis (TRACE trial): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial
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Tao Chen, Jianfeng Tu, Weiqin Li, XinTing Pan, Wenjian Mao, Lu Ke, Wenhua He, Miao Chen, Chengjian He, Weili Gu, Jingyi Wu, Jingchun Song, Haibin Ni, Junli Sun, Guoxiu Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Bing Xue, Xiangyang Zhao, Min Shao, Yuxiu Liu, and Zhihui Tong
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Introduction Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) and its related septic complications are the major causes of death in patients with acute necrotising pancreatitis (ANP). Therefore, the prevention of IPN is of great clinical value, and immunomodulatory therapy with thymosin alpha 1 may be beneficial. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that the administration of thymosin alpha 1 during the acute phase of ANP will result in a reduced incidence of IPN.Methods and analysis This is a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 520 eligible patients with ANP will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive either the thymosin alpha 1 or the placebo using the same mode of administration. The primary endpoint is the incidence of IPN during the index admission. Most of the secondary endpoints will be registered within the index admission including in-hospital mortality, the incidence of new-onset organ failure and new-onset persistent organ failure (respiration, cardiovascular and renal), receipt of new organ support therapy, requirement for drainage or necrosectomy, bleeding requiring intervention, human leucocyte antigens-DR(HLA-DR) on day 0, day 7, day 14, and so on and adverse events. Considering the possibility of readmission, an additional follow-up will be arranged 90 days after enrolment, and IPN and death at day 90 will also be served as secondary outcomes.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the ethics committee of Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University (Number 2015NZKY-004-02). The thymosin alpha 1 in the prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis following acute necrotising pancreatitis(TRACE) trial was designed to test the effect of a new therapy focusing on the immune system in preventing secondary infection following ANP. The results of this trial will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and at scientific conferences.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT02473406).
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- 2020
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17. Liquid–liquid gravity displacement in a vertical fracture during drilling: Experimental study and mathematical model
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Dong Xiao, Yingfeng Meng, Xiangyang Zhao, Gao Li, and Jiaxin Xu
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Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations ,TK1001-1841 ,Renewable energy sources ,TJ807-830 - Abstract
Gravity displacement often occurs when drilling a vertical fractured formation, causing a downhole complexity with risk of blowout and reservoir damage, well control difficulty, drilling cycle prolongation, and increased costs. Based on an experimental device created for simulating the gravity displacement, various factors affecting the displacement quantity were quantitatively evaluated by simulating the fracture width, asphalt viscosity, drilling fluid density, and viscosity under different working conditions, and a liquid–liquid displacement law was obtained. Using the theories of rock mechanics, fluid mechanics, and seepage mechanics, based on conformal mapping, as well as a fracture-pore double substrate fluid flow model, we established a steady-state mathematical model of fractured formation liquid–liquid gravity displacement by optimizing the shape factors and using a combination of gravity displacement experiments to verify the feasibility of the mathematical model. We analyzed the influence of drilling fluid density, fracture height and length, and asphalt viscosity on displacement rate, and obtained the corresponding laws. The results show that when the oil–fluid interface is stable, the fracture width is the most important factor affecting the gravity displacement, and plugging is the most effective means of managing gravity displacement.
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- 2020
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18. Research on islanding detection of solar distributed generation based on best wavelet packet and neural network
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Zhongmei Xi, Faqi Zhao, Xiangyang Zhao, Hong Peng, and Chuanxin Xi
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active distribution network ,islanding detection ,neural network ,solar distributed generation ,wavelet pocket transform ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,TK1-9971 - Abstract
The active distribution network (ADN) represents the future development of distribution networks, whether the islanding phenomenon occurs or not determines the control strategy adopted by the ADN. The best wavelet packet has a better time-frequency characteristic than traditional wavelet analysis in the different signal processing, because it can extract better and more information from the signal effectively. Based on wavelet packet energy and the neural network, the islanding phenomenon of the ADN can be detected. Firstly, the wavelet packet is used to decompose current and voltage signals of the public coupling point between the distributed photovoltaic (PV) system and power grid, and calculate the energy value of each decomposed frequency band. Secondly, the network is trained using the constructed energy characteristic matrix as a neural network learning sample. At last, in order to achieve the function of identification for islanding detection, lots of samples are trained in the neural network. Based on the actual circumstance of PV operation in the ADN, the MATLAB/SIMULINK simulation model of the ADN is established. After the simulation, there are good output results, which show that the method has the characteristics of high identification accuracy and strong generalization ability.
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- 2019
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19. Isoprenaline/β2-AR activates Plexin-A1/VEGFR2 signals via VEGF secretion in gastric cancer cells to promote tumor angiogenesis
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Yanjie Lu, Qian Xu, Yanzhen Zuo, Lei Liu, Shaochen Liu, Lei Chen, Kang Wang, Yuntao Lei, Xiangyang Zhao, and Yuhong Li
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Gastric cancer ,Angiogenesis ,Isoprenaline ,Plexin-A1 ,VEGFR2 ,Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,RC254-282 - Abstract
Abstract Background The role of stress signals in regulating gastric cancer initiation and progression is not quite clear. It is known that stress signals modulate multiple processes such as immune function, cell migration and angiogenesis. However, few studies have investigated the mechanisms of how stress signals contribute to gastric cancer angiogenesis. Methods Here, we used β2-adrenergic receptor (β2-AR) agonist isoprenaline to imitate a stress signal and demonstrated the molecular mechanism underlying stress’s influence on tumor angiogenesis. Results We found that isoprenaline stimulated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) secretion in gastric cancer cells and plexin-A1 expression was induced by human recombinant VEGF165 in both gastric cancer cells and vascular endothelial cells. Furthermore, interfere with plexin-A1 expression in gastric cancer cells influence HUVEC tube formation, migration and tumor growth in vivo. Conclusions These findings suggest that isoprenaline stimulate VGEF secretion and subsequently up-regulate the expression of plexin-A1 and VEGFR2 in gastric cancer cells, which form a positive impetus to promote tumor angiogenesis. This study reveals a novel molecular mechanism that a stress signal like isoprenaline may enhance angiogenesis via activating plexin-A1/VEGFR2 signaling pathway in gastric cancer, which may be a potential target in development of an anti-angiogenic therapy for gastric cancer.
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20. A Prospective Randomized Trial to Assess the Antireflux Effect of Antireflux Mucosectomy in the Porcine Model
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Xuan Li, Weifeng Zhang, Meihong Chen, Shuchun Wei, Xiangyang Zhao, and Guoxin Zhang
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Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology ,RC799-869 - Abstract
Background. Both long-term proton pump inhibitor use and surgical fundoplication have potential drawbacks as treatments for chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Our aim was to investigate the potential efficacy of antireflux mucosectomy (ARMS) in porcine and determine the optimal circumference of resection in relation to gastroesophageal junction (GEJ). Methods. Nine pigs were allocated into the following 3 groups by computerized randomization: group A: control, group B: 1/3 circumference of the esophagus, and group C: 2/3 circumference of the esophagus. We performed mucosectomy with a crescentic mucosal resection at 3 cm above the GEJ and 1 cm below the GEJ. The animals were kept on a liquid diet for 24 h prior to endoscopy. At 6 weeks, animals underwent esophagoscopy, barium radiography, gastric yield pressure (GYP), and gastric yield volume (GYV) determination. Results. The weight of swines has no significant difference, and all pigs had maintained their weight after the procedure. We both found scar formation at the GEJ in group B and C. Compared with group A and B, group C produced significantly higher GYP (24.23±3.42 mmHg, p=0.004) and significantly smaller GYV (2200.0±238.96 mL, p=0.028) after 6 weeks. Barium radiography showed that the width of the cardia was narrower (13.73±1.19 mm, p=0.032) in group C after 6-week postprocedure. Conclusion. Our study demonstrated the potential antireflux effect of ARMS. We also recommend the 2/3 circumference resection of mucosa at 3 cm distance from the GEJ.
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- 2019
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21. Development of 340-GHz Transceiver Front End Based on GaAs Monolithic Integration Technology for THz Active Imaging Array
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Yang Liu, Bo Zhang, Yinian Feng, Xiaolin Lv, Dongfeng Ji, Zhongqian Niu, Yilin Yang, Xiangyang Zhao, and Yong Fan
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terahertz (THz) ,GaAs monolithic integrated circuits ,tripler ,subharmonic mixer (SHM) ,Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) ,Technology ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,TA1-2040 ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Physics ,QC1-999 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Frequency multipliers and mixers based on Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) are widely used in terahertz (THz) imaging applications. However, they still face obstacles, such as poor performance consistency caused by discrete flip-chip diodes, as well as low efficiency and large receiving noise temperature. It is very hard to meet the requirement of multiple channels in THz imaging array. In order to solve this problem, 12-μm-thick gallium arsenide (GaAs) monolithic integrated technology was adopted. In the process, the diode chip shared the same GaAs substrate with the transmission line, and the diode’s pads were seamlessly connected to the transmission line without using silver glue. A three-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic (EM) model of the diode chip was established in Ansys High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) to accurately characterize the parasitic parameters. Based on the model, by quantitatively analyzing the influence of the surface channel width and the diode anode junction area on the best efficiency, the final parameters and dimensions of the diode were further optimized and determined. Finally, three 0.34 THz triplers and subharmonic mixers (SHMs) were manufactured, assembled, and measured for demonstration, all of which comprised a waveguide housing, a GaAs circuit integrated with diodes, and other external connectors. Experimental results show that all the triplers and SHMs had great performance consistency. Typically, when the input power was 100 mW, the output power of the THz tripler was greater than 1 mW in the frequency range of 324 GHz to 352 GHz, and a peak efficiency of 6.8% was achieved at 338 GHz. The THz SHM exhibited quite a low double sideband (DSB) noise temperature of 900~1500 K and a DSB conversion loss of 6.9~9 dB over the frequency range of 325~352 GHz. It is indicated that the GaAs monolithic integrated process, diodes modeling, and circuits simulation method in this paper provide an effective way to design THz frequency multiplier and mixer circuits.
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- 2020
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22. Spin reorientation transition in Sm0.5Tb0.5FeO3 orthoferrite single crystal
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Xiangyang Zhao, Kailin Zhang, Xiumei Liu, Bo Wang, Kai Xu, Shixun Cao, Anhua Wu, Liangbi Su, and Guohong Ma
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Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
Single crystal of Sm0.5Tb0.5FeO3 was grown by an optical floating zone method. The spin reorientation transition behavior (Γ2 → Γ24 → Γ4) is observed in the temperature range from 150 to 250 K. The dynamics of spin reorientation transition is studied by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). FM mode was only discovered when temperature is below 55 K. And the FM mode resonant frequency increases from 0.216 THz to 0.268 THz with temperature deceasing from 55 K to 39 K. The AFM mode resonant frequency is fixed at 0.542 THz except in the very low temperature range. Our results demonstrate that THz-TDS is an effective means to study the dynamical iron ions SRT in RFeO3.
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- 2016
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23. Voltage Control of Distribution Network Based on Parallel Control System.
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Zhiwu Wang, Xiangyang Zhao, Yuan Zhu, and Linze Yang
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- 2023
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24. Research and Application of Completion and Workover Fluid Technology in Heavy Oil Reservoir in Ecuador
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Baojun, Li, additional, Pingya, Luo, additional, Xiangyang, Zhao, additional, and Long, Chen, additional
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- 2024
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25. Boundary refinement network with semantic embedding connections for UAV aerial image semantic segmentation.
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Runzeng Li, Zaifeng Shi, Fanning Kong, Xiangyang Zhao, and Tao Luo 0010
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- 2023
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26. Numerical study of elbow erosion due to sand particles under annular flow considering liquid entrainment
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Xiangyang Zhao, Xuewen Cao, Hengguang Cao, Jun Zhang, Jianing Zhang, Wenshan Peng, and Jiang Bian
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General Chemical Engineering ,General Materials Science - Published
- 2023
27. Design of a High Performance Electrical Power System for an Earth Observation Nano-Satellite.
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Abdelkader Aoudeche, Xiangyang Zhao, and Kamel D. Kerrouche
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- 2018
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28. Parallel dispatch: a new paradigm of electrical power system dispatch.
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Jun Jason Zhang, Fei-Yue Wang 0001, Qiang Wang, Dazhi Hao, Xiaojing Yang, David Wenzhong Gao, Xiangyang Zhao, and Yingchen Zhang
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- 2018
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29. Multi-level feature networks for out-of-distribution image detection
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Xiangyang Zhao and Quansheng Dou
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- 2023
30. Taraxasterol Inhibits Hyperactivation of Macrophages to Alleviate the Sepsis-induced Inflammatory Response of ARDS Rats
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Chanyuan Bu, Rui Wang, Yunyun Wang, Bing Lu, Songxiong He, and Xiangyang Zhao
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Lipopolysaccharides ,Male ,Respiratory Distress Syndrome ,Interleukin-6 ,Superoxide Dismutase ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Macrophages ,Biophysics ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Catalase ,Interleukin-12 ,Biochemistry ,Triterpenes ,Rats ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,Sterols ,Sepsis ,Animals ,Peroxidase - Abstract
To explore the effect and mechanism of taraxasterol on sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Twenty-four male SD rats were randomly divided into four groups: the control group, model (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) group, lipopolysaccharide+taraxasterol (LPS + TXL) group, and lipopolysaccharide+ulinastatin (LPS + UTI) group. The model of sepsis-induced ARDS was established by intraperitoneal injection of LPS. The lung water content of the rats in each group was determined by the dry/wet ratio. Pathology of rat lung tissue was observed through HE staining. Wright staining was applied to count the number of neutrophils, macrophages, and total cells. ELISA was utilized to measure the levels of the inflammatory factors TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Biochemical detection was adopted to check the levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in lung tissue. Western blotting was performed to check the protein expression of IL-12, iNOS, Arg-1, and Mrc1 in lung tissue. Compared with the LPS group, both taraxasterol and ulinastatin significantly decreased lung tissue water content, improved lung tissue injury, reduced the number of neutrophils, macrophages and total cells, and decreased the level of inflammatory factors. In addition, taraxasterol and ulinastatin also reduced the content of MPO and the expression of IL-12 and iNOS and increased the activity of SOD and CAT as well as the protein expression of Arg-1 and Mrc1. Taraxasterol can suppress macrophage M1 polarization to alleviate the inflammatory response and oxidative stress, thereby treating sepsis-induced ARDS.
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- 2022
31. Immune enhancement in patients with predicted severe acute necrotising pancreatitis: a multicentre double-blind randomised controlled trial
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Lu, Ke, Jing, Zhou, Wenjian, Mao, Tao, Chen, Yin, Zhu, Xinting, Pan, Hong, Mei, Vikesh, Singh, James, Buxbaum, Gordon, Doig, Chengjian, He, Weili, Gu, Weihua, Lu, Shumin, Tu, Haibin, Ni, Guoxiu, Zhang, Xiangyang, Zhao, Junli, Sun, Weiwei, Chen, Jingchun, Song, Min, Shao, Jianfeng, Tu, Liang, Xia, Wenhua, He, Qingyun, Zhu, Kang, Li, Hongyi, Yao, Jingyi, Wu, Long, Fu, Wendi, Jiang, He, Zhang, Jiajia, Lin, Baiqiang, Li, Zhihui, Tong, John, Windsor, Yuxiu, Liu, Weiqin, Li, and Zhiyong, Li
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Treatment Outcome ,Double-Blind Method ,Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing ,Acute Disease ,Humans ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Atrial Natriuretic Factor - Abstract
Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a highly morbid complication of acute necrotising pancreatitis (ANP). Since there is evidence of early-onset immunosuppression in acute pancreatitis, immune enhancement may be a therapeutic option. This trial aimed to evaluate whether early immune-enhancing Thymosin alpha 1 (Tα1) treatment reduces the incidence of IPN in patients with predicted severe ANP.We conducted a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial involving ANP patients with an Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score ≥ 8 and a computed tomography (CT) severity score ≥ 5 admitted within 7 days of the advent of symptoms. Enrolled patients were assigned to receive a subcutaneous injection of Tα1 1.6 mg every 12 h for the first 7 days and 1.6 mg once a day for the subsequent 7 days or matching placebos (normal saline). The primary outcome was the development of IPN during the index admission.A total of 508 patients were randomised, of whom 254 were assigned to receive Tα1 and 254 placebo. The vast majority of the participants required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) (479/508, 94.3%). During the index admission, 40/254(15.7%) patients in the Tα1 group developed IPN compared with 46/254 patients (18.1%) in the placebo group (difference -2.4% [95% CI - 7.4 to 5.1%]; p = 0.48). The results were similar across four predefined subgroups. There was no difference in other major complications, including new-onset organ failure (10.6% vs. 15%), bleeding (6.3% vs. 3.5%), and gastrointestinal fistula (2% vs. 2.4%).The immune-enhancing Tα1 treatment of patients with predicted severe ANP did not reduce the incidence of IPN during the index admission.
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- 2022
32. Social energy: mining energy from the society.
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Jun Jason Zhang, David Wenzhong Gao, Yingchen Zhang, Xiao Wang 0002, Xiangyang Zhao, Dongliang Duan, Xiaoxiao Dai, Jun Hao, and Fei-Yue Wang 0001
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- 2017
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33. Research on islanding detection of solar distributed generation based on best wavelet packet and neural network
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Zhongmei Xi, Faqi Zhao, Xiangyang Zhao, Hong Peng, and Chuanxin Xi
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General Engineering - Published
- 2023
34. Bandage contact lens soaked in 0.1% diclofenac to relieve early postoperative pain and foreign body sensation after transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy
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Yuan Wang, Fei Shen, Weiyang Sun, Qinmei Wang, and Xiangyang Zhao
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Pain, Postoperative ,Ophthalmology ,Diclofenac ,Myopia ,Sensation ,Humans ,Lasers, Excimer ,Prospective Studies ,General Medicine ,Foreign Bodies ,Bandages ,Photorefractive Keratectomy - Abstract
Purpose To study the effects of a bandage contact lens immersed in 0.1% diclofenac on pain management for patients undergoing transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TPRK). Methods In a prospective, comparative, contralateral, randomized, double-masked study, we assessed a total of 51 patients. The eyes of each patient were randomly divided into two groups. After TPRK, a normal soft bandage contact lens was placed on one eye as the control group, and a bandage contact lens soaked in diclofenac was placed on the other eye as the experimental group. When the bandage contact lens was not removed, postoperative pain and other ocular discomforts were compared at 2, 18, and 24 h and 2, 3, 4, and 5 postoperative days. Patients were then examined after 1 month. Visual acuity and subepithelial haze were also evaluated. Results The mean pain score was 2.69 ± 1.96 in the control group, which was significantly higher than that in the experimental group, which received the diclofenac-soaked bandage contact lens at 2 postoperative hours. The statistical difference between the two groups’ mean foreign body sensation at 2 postoperative hours was detected (p = 0.035). No differences were detected between the two groups’ subepithelial haze scores or visual acuity. Conclusion A bandage contact lens soaked in 0.1% diclofenac solution can be used as a potential drug-delivery system to relieve early postoperative pain and foreign body sensation after TPRK.
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- 2022
35. Design of Structure Parameters of Sliding Vane Pump Based on Lifting Characteristics
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Shuolong Wang, Nai Cao, Anlei Zhang, Xiangyang Zhao, Zhuoying Fan, Yashu Chen, Lei Wang, and Chengcheng Niu
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Fuel Technology ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Mechanical Engineering ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology - Abstract
Limited by the harsh downhole working environment and its structural feature, the sliding vane pump (SVP), which is an all-metal artificial lift method considered to be widely used in thermal recovery well and high gas/oil ratio well, has not been widely applied as expected. To further improve the efficiency of SVP, this study explores how to optimize the structure parameters and the usage of the pump based on its lifting characteristics, in view of the stagnation in the development of SVP. The main results show that (a) optimization of the inlet (outlet) position parameters will bring effective pre-expansion (precompression) of each chamber once it enters the closed state, to avoid ineffective suction and high-pressure backflow. (b) The mathematical model of the pressure difference between the two sides of the vane at any position is derived by means of piecewise function. (c) Increasing the number of vanes can not only increase the mean value of instantaneous displacement but also shorten the discharge period and reduce the flow pulsation. Compared with the adjacent even number of vanes, the odd number of vanes has a more uniform instantaneous displacement. (d) A larger cross-sectional area of the rotor groove can result in a lower volume efficiency at the same gas–liquid ratio, and the effect of rotor groove on volume efficiency is more significant under high gas–liquid ratio conditions.
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- 2022
36. Research on Cementing Technology of the Anti-gas-migration for the Gas Reservoir of the Fractures in Shunnan Well Regions
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Xiangyang Zhao
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- 2022
37. A novel choline chloride/graphene composite as a shale inhibitor for drilling fluid and the interaction mechanism
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Heming Zhu, Daqi Li, Xiangyang Zhao, Shaocong Pang, and Yuxiu An
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General Chemical Engineering ,General Chemistry - Abstract
For wellbore stability in shale formations, the development of environmentally friendly and efficient shale inhibitors is urgently needed. Herein, we report the preparation of choline chloride-modified graphene (Ch-G). The inhibition and interaction mechanisms of choline chloride-modified graphene on montmorillonite were also investigated. We evaluated the inhibition of Ch-G
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- 2022
38. Advanced developments in environmentally friendly lubricants for water-based drilling fluid: a review
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Xiangyang Zhao, Daqi Li, Heming Zhu, Jingyuan Ma, and Yuxiu An
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General Chemical Engineering ,General Chemistry - Abstract
The problem of high friction and high torque is one of the most troublesome problems for engineers in extended reach wells and long horizontal wells. Generally, the friction coefficient of oil-based drilling fluid is around 0.08, while the friction coefficient of water-based drilling fluid exceeds 0.2, which is much higher than that of oil-based drilling fluid. With the increasingly stringent environmental regulations, water-based drilling fluids have gradually become a better choice than oil-based drilling fluids. Therefore, lubricants become a key treatment agent for reducing the friction coefficient of water-based drilling fluids. Although there have been many related studies, there is a lack of comprehensive reviews on environmentally friendly water-based drilling fluid lubricants. In general, water-based drilling fluid lubricants can be mainly divided into solid lubricants, ester-based lubricants, alcohol-based lubricants, and nano-based lubricants. Vegetable oil ester-based lubricants, biodiesel lubricants, and dispersible nano-lubricants are all promising environmentally friendly water-based drilling fluid lubricants. Understanding the lubrication mechanism of different types of lubricants and clarifying the evaluation methods of lubricants is an important prerequisite for the next development in high-performance water-based drilling fluid lubricants. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive overview of water-based drilling fluid lubricants in recent years, in order to fully understand the development and lubrication mechanism of water-based drilling fluid lubricants, and provide new ideas for subsequent research on water-based drilling fluid lubricants.
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- 2022
39. Nucleation and condensation characteristics of carbon dioxide in natural gas: A molecular simulation perspective
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Hengguang Cao, Xuewen Cao, Hao Li, Xiangyang Zhao, Weihua Cai, Dan Guo, Yang Liu, and Jiang Bian
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Fuel Technology ,General Chemical Engineering ,Organic Chemistry ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology - Published
- 2023
40. Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) assisted in-situ construction of vertical metal-organic frameworks nanoplate arrays with enhanced electrochemical performance for hybrid supercapacitors
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Jinjin Ma, Yaoyao Li, Xiangyang Zhao, Junli Zhang, Rongqiang Li, and Feng Zhang
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Supercapacitor ,Nanostructure ,Materials science ,Polyvinylpyrrolidone ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Electrochemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Capacitance ,Energy storage ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Biomaterials ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Electrode ,medicine ,Metal-organic framework ,0210 nano-technology ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Construction of two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for energy storage and conversion has attracted great attention due to the synergistic advantages of 2D nanostructures and MOFs. Herein, a Co-MOF material with different 2D morphologies of vertical nanoplate arrays and faveolate nanosheets are in-situ fabricated on Ni foam with and without using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a regulator. Toward the application in energy storage, both of two morphologies of the Co-MOF exhibit good electrochemical properties. In particular, the vertical Co-MOF nanoplate arrays deliver a high areal capacity of 8.56 C/cm2 at the current density of 5 mA/cm2, which is much higher than that of faveolate Co-MOF nanosheets (2.39 C/cm2 at 5 mA/cm2). Moreover, a hybrid supercapacitor (HSC) device using the Co-MOF nanoplate arrays positive electrode and activated carbon (AC) negative electrode is assembled, which delivers a volumetric capacitance of 17.9 F/cm3 at 10 mA/cm2, a high energy density of 7.2 mW h cm−3 and a good cyclic stability (retaining over 88.0% of initial capacitance after 3000 cycles). These findings demonstrate that the as-fabricated 2D Co-MOFs possess a huge potential in energy storage.
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- 2021
41. Implications of Withaferin A for the metastatic potential and drug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma cells via Nrf2-mediated EMT and ferroptosis
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Yigang Zhang, Yi Tan, Shuangchi Liu, Hongxiang Yin, Jiakang Duan, Longfei Fan, Xiangyang Zhao, and Bowen Jiang
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Toxicology - Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) constitutes a major global health threat due to the high incidence and mortality. Sorafenib is known as the first-line medication for advanced HCC; however, it only extends the limited benefit for HCC patients as the development of acquired resistance. Withaferin A exerts broad pharmaceutical applications in several cancers. However, its effects on HCC cell metastatic potential and sorafenib resistance remain elusive. Here, we corroborated that Withaferin A greatly restrained cell viability, invasion, vasculogenic mimicry (VM) formation, and VE-cadherin levels in HepG2 and SNU449 cells. Moreover, Withaferin A sensitized sorafenib (SR)-resistant HCC cells to sorafenib. In striking contrast to the parental cells, lower ferroptosis was observed in SR-resistant cells as the lower ROS, MDA, and higher intracellular GSH levels in SR-resistant cells. Of interest, Withaferin A enhanced ferroptosis in SR-resistant cells, which was reversed by ferroptosis antagonist liproxstation-1. Notably, Withaferin A elevated Keap1 expression to mitigate Nrf2 signaling activation-mediated epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ferroptosis-related protein xCT expression. Importantly, blockage of the Keap1/Nrf2 signaling overturned Withaferin A-evoked ferroptosis and facilitated sorafenib resistance. In addition, knockdown of Keap1 antagonized the inhibitory efficacy of Withaferin A on HCC cell viability, invasion, and VM formation. Consequently, Withaferin A may attenuate the metastatic potential and sorafenib resistance by regulating Keap1/Nrf2-associated EMT and ferroptosis. Thus, Withaferin A may serve as a promising agent for HCC therapy, especially for advanced HCC.
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- 2022
42. Experimental and numerical investigation of erosion in plugged tees for liquid-solid flow
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Xiangyang Zhao, Xuewen Cao, Jianing Zhang, Hengguang Cao, Jun Zhang, Wenshan Peng, and Jiang Bian
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Physics and Astronomy - Published
- 2023
43. Research on Optimized Multiple Robots Path Planning and Task Allocation Approach.
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Taixiong Zheng and Xiangyang Zhao
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- 2006
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44. Out-of-plane strengthening of URM walls using different fiber-reinforced materials
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Mingke Deng, Zhifang Dong, Jie Dai, and Xiangyang Zhao
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General Materials Science ,Building and Construction ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Published
- 2023
45. Topological properties of Xene tuned by perpendicular electric field and exchange field in the presence of Rashba spin–orbit coupling
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Xiangyang Zhao, Zongtan Wang, Jiapeng Chen, and Biao Wang
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General Materials Science ,Condensed Matter Physics - Abstract
Xene (X=Si, Ge, Sn) is a typical and promising two-dimensional topological insulator with many novel topological properties. Here, we investigate the topological properties of Xene tuned by a perpendicularly applied electric field, exchange field, and Rashba spin–orbit coupling (RSOC) using the tight-binding (TB) method. We show that in the presence of RSOC, the system can be converted from a quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator into a conventional band insulator (BI) by a weak perpendicular electric field or into a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator by a weak exchange field. Additionally, a suitable combination of electric and exchange fields can give rise to a valley-polarized metallic (VPM) state. Furthermore, we explore the competition between the electric field and exchange field in tuning the topological states owing to the Rashba coupling effect. When the electric field is stronger than the exchange field, the system tends to be in a topologically trivial BI state; otherwise, it will be a QAH insulator. More intriguingly, for a fixed exchange field and RSOC, as the perpendicular electric field increase continuously from zero, the system undergoes multiphase (e.g. QSH-VPM-BI) transitions. This paves the way for designing multiphase transition devices through external single-field regulation.
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- 2022
46. Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Cytokine Production in Sepsis: A Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Pilot Study
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Zhiyang Wu, Xin Zhang, Tiantian Cai, Yankun Li, Xi Guo, Xiangyang Zhao, Dawei Wu, Zhi Li, and luyao zhang
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- 2022
47. 220 GHz wideband integrated receiver front end based on planar Schottky diodes
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Yang Yilin, Bo Zhang, Yong Fan, Xiao Dong Chen, and Xiangyang Zhao
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Materials science ,Planar ,business.industry ,Receiver front end ,Optoelectronics ,Schottky diode ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Wideband ,Condensed Matter Physics ,business ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Submillimeter wave - Published
- 2020
48. Development of a Wideband 220-GHz Subharmonic Mixer Based on GaAs Monolithic Integration Technology
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Yong Fan, Xiangyang Zhao, Ji Dongfeng, Xiao Dong Chen, Bo Zhang, and Yang Yilin
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Materials science ,General Computer Science ,Sideband ,business.industry ,Local oscillator ,General Engineering ,Harmonic mixer ,submillimeter wave ,Microstrip ,monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) ,Wideband ,Optoelectronics ,Schottky diode ,General Materials Science ,lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,Compatible sideband transmission ,business ,lcsh:TK1-9971 ,Monolithic microwave integrated circuit ,Diode ,subharmonic mixer - Abstract
A wideband 220 GHz subharmonic mixer based on monolithic integration technology is proposed in this paper. It features 12 Mm-thick GaAs membrane with anti-parallel Schottky diodes working at THz band monolithically integrated on the membrane. The optimization principles of low-parastics Schottky diodes and the fabrication process of GaAs MMIC membrane diodes are elaborated. To realize optimum performances of the mixer, the dimensions of the integrated diodes and the matching network are optimized with harmonic balance simulation and load-pull techniques. An IF low pass filter with compact microstrip resonance cell (CMRC) configuration and an improved perpendicular coax-to-microstrip connection are used to realize wide IF band. The measured results show that the single sideband (SSB) conversion loss of this mixer is less than 10.5 dB from 185 to 255 GHz with fixed IF of 1 GHz, while the double sideband (DSB) noise temperature is better than 1400 K in this frequency range. Using fixed local oscillator (LO) frequency of 110 GHz, the measured SSB conversion loss is 7.4-10.7 dB within 185-255 GHz, indicating the good performances of the mixer with IF from DC to 35 GHz. The GaAs monolithic integration technology provides an approach for massive manufacturing of identical circuits and the proposed mixer with wideband characteristics will be applied in 220 GHz imaging systems in the near future.
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- 2020
49. Thermal performance analysis and optimal control of power lithium cell thermal management system for new energy vehicles
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Xiangyang Zhao
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thermal management system ,Materials science ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery ,Nuclear engineering ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Optimal control ,Coolant ,Power (physics) ,chemistry ,Service life ,Thermal ,lithium cell ,lcsh:TJ1-1570 ,Thermal management system ,Lithium ,heat dispersion performance ,Dispersion (chemistry) ,new energy electric vehicle - Abstract
To improve the service life and performance of lithium cells in new energy electric vehicles, the thermal management system of lithium cells in new energy vehicles is analyzed through simulation experiments in this research. Firstly, the calculation model of set of cells and cooling structure is built, and then a lithium cell management system is designed. On this basis, the cooling structure of lithium cell is optimized. Finally, the simulation results of the calculation model and the simulation results of the heat dissipation performance of the thermal management system in the cooling structure of lithium cell are analyzed, including influence of three factors (coolant flow, inlet temperature of coolant, and discharge multiple) on the heat dissipation of the thermal management system of lithium cell. The results show that the calculation model constructed in this research is feasible. When the optimal structure, coolant flow value, inlet temperature of coolant, and discharge multiple are determined, the thermal management system of lithium cell has a good cooling effect under the optimal parameters. Therefore, the results of this research can provide a good theoretical basis for heat management and heat dispersion technology in new energy electric vehicles.
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- 2020
50. Liquid–liquid gravity displacement in a vertical fracture during drilling: Experimental study and mathematical model
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Yingfeng Meng, Xu Jiaxin, Xiangyang Zhao, Xiao Dong, and Gao Li
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Gravity (chemistry) ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,lcsh:TJ807-830 ,lcsh:Renewable energy sources ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,Drilling ,Well control ,Mechanics ,Physics::Geophysics ,lcsh:Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations ,Physics::Fluid Dynamics ,Fuel Technology ,Nuclear Energy and Engineering ,lcsh:TK1001-1841 ,Liquid liquid ,Displacement (orthopedic surgery) ,Geology ,Vertical fracture - Abstract
Gravity displacement often occurs when drilling a vertical fractured formation, causing a downhole complexity with risk of blowout and reservoir damage, well control difficulty, drilling cycle prolongation, and increased costs. Based on an experimental device created for simulating the gravity displacement, various factors affecting the displacement quantity were quantitatively evaluated by simulating the fracture width, asphalt viscosity, drilling fluid density, and viscosity under different working conditions, and a liquid–liquid displacement law was obtained. Using the theories of rock mechanics, fluid mechanics, and seepage mechanics, based on conformal mapping, as well as a fracture-pore double substrate fluid flow model, we established a steady-state mathematical model of fractured formation liquid–liquid gravity displacement by optimizing the shape factors and using a combination of gravity displacement experiments to verify the feasibility of the mathematical model. We analyzed the influence of drilling fluid density, fracture height and length, and asphalt viscosity on displacement rate, and obtained the corresponding laws. The results show that when the oil–fluid interface is stable, the fracture width is the most important factor affecting the gravity displacement, and plugging is the most effective means of managing gravity displacement.
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- 2019
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