Defined benefit (DB) plans can provide guaranteed income for life; however, there is no
potential for wealth accumulation. Moreover, most DB plans offer little or no death benefit. But …

Bladder cancer (BC) is the ninth most common malignancy throughout the world. The molecular
mechanisms of this disease remain largely unclear. The glycolytic enzyme enolase 1 (…

Background context Many risk factors for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs)
have been reported. However, there are few reports on the relationship between spine …

The photovoltaic conversion efficiency of Sb2(S,Se)3 thin-film cells is significantly limited by
carrier recombination at the back-contact interface. Therefore, an increasing number of …

Despite advances in hydrological Deep Learning (DL) models using Single Task Learning (STL),
the intricate relationships among multiple hydrological components and model inputs …

Background Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exert anti-diabetic effects and improve long-term
complications via secretory effects that regulate macrophage polarisation and attenuate …

The corrosion behavior of A572Gr. 65 steel in various artificial soil solutions was studied by
means of electrochemical workstation, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray …

The complex and varied climate, short duration and high intensity of rainfall, and complicated
subsurface properties of semi-humid and semi-arid watersheds pose challenges for sub-…

This paper aims to gain new insights into clastic buried hill reservoirs. For this purpose, the
Permian sandstone reservoirs in the Upper Shihezi Formation, Gubei low buried hill, Jiyang …

We demonstrate the nearly quantitative conversion of methanol to methyl formate (MF) with
a reliable durability on the reduced-graphene-oxide-confined VTiOx nanoparticles (rGO@…