Publications by authors named "Duo Xiao"

The paper aims to investigate the interplay of sports athletic behavior between big-five personality traits and sports performance in China. The study acquired cross-sectional responses on the questionnaire from 260 Chinese sports athletes, including males and females. Fuzzy analysis techniques were applied to examine the results of the study.

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  • - Low-cost and efficient catalysts are essential for enhancing the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), with 2D boron nitride (B-N) compounds showing promising electronic properties for this purpose.
  • - Researchers designed single-atom catalysts (SACs) by incorporating isolated transition metals into B-N monolayers, leading to improved HER performance across varying pH levels through computer-aided methods.
  • - The study identifies specific transition metal combinations that offer excellent HER activity under acidic or alkaline conditions, presenting effective, cost-efficient catalysts suitable for a wide pH range.
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Introduction: In this study, we explore the potential benefits of integrating natural cognitive systems (medical professionals' expertise) and artificial cognitive systems (deep learning models) in the realms of medical image analysis and sports injury prediction. We focus on analyzing medical images of athletes to gain valuable insights into their health status.

Methods: To synergize the strengths of both natural and artificial cognitive systems, we employ the ResNet50-BiGRU model and introduce an attention mechanism.

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Narrow bandpass filters (NBFs), which are designed to accept a narrow wavelength range and simultaneously reject a much wider range, show great potential in applications such as spectral imaging, lidar detection, fluorescence microscopy, and others. In this paper, we propose and numerically simulate NBF technology for infrared (IR) optical applications. The filter is a combination of plasmonic nanostructures and improved induced transmission layers.

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Infectious endocarditis of the tricuspid valve (TV) is a common complication of intravenous (IV) drug use. Endocarditis caused by viridans streptococci can lead to heart valve vegetations, which may be life-threatening due to the potential for embolism and obstruction. The management of large valvular vegetations is often difficult due to the risks involved with open heart surgery, especially in patients with comorbid conditions.

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The development of ecofriendly sorbents for fast and efficient removal of heavy metals from aqueous media still remains a significant challenge. Here, we report that this task can be addressed by creating a porous naturally occurring polymer, as illustrated by functionalizing lignin with large numbers of mesopores and functional groups. We show that surface-functionalized porous lignin (SFPL), obtained by a two-step process, has a large surface area of 22.

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SPF and PA index present the resistance ability of sunscreen to UVA (Ultraviolet A) and UVB (Ultraviolet B) respectively. The present article focuses on the research on the relationship between ultraviolet transmittance and sunscreen ability based on definition of sunscreen efficiency and a simple and significant result was obtained by deducing. The technique we applied is spectral analysis dealing with ethanol-ethyl ether mixed solvent by ultraviolet and visible light spectrophotometer.

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