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A proposal for a new U-D2O criticality benchmark: RB reactor core 39/1978 [PDF]

Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2012
In 1958, the experimental RB reactor was designed as a heavy water critical assembly with natural uranium metal rods. It was the first nuclear fission critical facility at the Boris Kidrič (now Vinča) Institute of Nuclear Sciences in the former ...
Pešić Milan P.
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Occurrence and driving mechanism of antibiotic resistance genes in marine recreational water around Qinhuangdao, China

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Rapid urbanization and other human activities have exacerbated the global human health risks associated with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Swimming in contaminated waters is one of important pathways by which humans can be exposed to ARGs. However,
Ying Han, Ying Han, Yikai Hu, Hexin Wen, Jiayue Wu, Jiayue Wu, Yuanwang Liu, Yuanwang Liu, Yingchao Zhang, Yingchao Zhang, Hao Wu, Hao Wu   +11 more
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To Divide or Not to Divide? How Deuterium Affects Growth and Division of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Biomolecules, 2021
Extensive in vivo replacement of hydrogen by deuterium, a stable isotope of hydrogen, induces a distinct stress response, reduces cell growth and impairs cell division in various organisms.
Veronika Kselíková, Vilém Zachleder, Kateřina Bišová   +2 more
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Characterisation of Single-Phase Fluid-Flow Heterogeneity Due to Localised Deformation in a Porous Rock Using Rapid Neutron Tomography

Journal of Imaging, 2021
The behaviour of subsurface-reservoir porous rocks is a central topic in the resource engineering industry and has relevant applications in hydrocarbon, water production, and CO2 sequestration.
Maddi Etxegarai, Erika Tudisco, Alessandro Tengattini, Gioacchino Viggiani, Nikolay Kardjilov, Stephen A. Hall   +5 more
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The Hydration State of Bone Tissue Affects Contrast in Neutron Tomographic Images

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Neutron tomography has emerged as a promising imaging technique for specific applications in bone research. Neutrons have a strong interaction with hydrogen, which is abundant in biological tissues, and they can penetrate through dense materials such as ...
Elin Törnquist, Sophie Le Cann, Alessandro Tengattini, Alessandro Tengattini, Lukas Helfen, Joeri Kok, Stephen A. Hall, Hanna Isaksson   +7 more
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Temporal Dynamics of High-Density Lipoprotein Proteome in Diet-Controlled Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes

Biomolecules, 2020
We examined the effect of mild hyperglycemia on high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism and kinetics in diet-controlled subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Karim G. Kheniser, Abdullah Osme, Chunki Kim, Serguei Ilchenko, Takhar Kasumov, Sangeeta R. Kashyap   +5 more
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Biocompatible Platinum Nanoclusters Prepared Using Bitter Gourd Polysaccharide for Colorimetric Detection of Ascorbic Acid

Biomolecules, 2021
Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with antioxidant properties that can protect the human body from the threat of free radicals. Therefore, it is important to detect the existence and measure the concentration of ascorbic acid to regulate its content ...
Kai Liu, Yu Zhao, Lu Zhang, Mengmeng He, Weifeng Lin, Haotian Sun, Zhiwei Liu, Jie Hu, Longgang Wang   +8 more
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Impacts of environment on the sudden track change of super typhoon GAEMI(2024)

Frontiers in Earth Science
To improve understanding of essential aspects that influence forecasting of tropical cyclone sudden track change, by using ERA5 reanalysis data provided by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the synoptic analysis method and ...
Yiming Ma, Yiming Ma, Hui Qiu, Hui Qiu, Baofei Feng, Haixia Qi, Jun Zhang, Wenting Gong, Jing Liu   +8 more
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Hydrodynamic Performance Study of a Reciprocating Plate Column Dirven by Electro-permanent Magnet Technology

Machines
The reciprocating plate column is a kind of column with the plates driven by a geared motor, and it has advantages in regard to efficiency compared to traditional columns in the extraction process, however, it comes with an increase in energy consumption.
Kai Guo, Jianxu Jiang, Deqiang Zhang, Linyuan Meng, Yiran Zhang, Xiantao Fan, Hongsheng Zhang   +6 more
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Revealing the Hemispherical Shielding Effect of SiO₂@Ag Composite Nanospheres to Improve the Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Performance

Nanomaterials, 2021
Many studies widely used SiO2@Ag composite nanospheres for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which mainly contributes to electromagnetic enhancement.
Fengyan Wang, Daxue Du, Shan Liu, Linna Wang, Tifeng Jiao, Zhaopeng Xu, Haiyan Wang   +6 more
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