Publications by authors named "Huili Zhang"

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  • * Findings show that increased surface hydroxyl content enhances carbon dioxide (CO) adsorption affinity, with the wettability type significantly impacting CO displacement behavior and oil recovery efficiency.
  • * The research concludes that oil-wet pores reduce CO-EOR efficiency, while certain pore structures can influence displacement speed, emphasizing the need to optimize wettability to improve recovery processes.
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With the persistent rise in global energy demand, the efficient extraction of petroleum resources has become an urgent and critical issue. Polymer flooding technology, widely employed for enhancing crude oil recovery, still lacks an in-depth understanding of the distribution of residual oil within the microscopic pore structure and the associated displacement mechanisms. To address this, a digital pore network model was established based on mercury intrusion experimental data, and pore structure visualization was achieved through 3Dmax software, simulating the oil displacement process under various polymer concentrations, molecular weights, and interfacial tension conditions.

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After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the leadership of the new country carried out a political, cultural, and scientific campaign to "comprehensively learn from the Soviet Union," with the goal of rapid development on all fronts. In the realm of medicine, this had profound consequences. The hegemonic Soviet theory of physiology and psychology-Pavlovianism-became highly influential in China, first as Party Line and second as the basis for a reformed "traditional Chinese medicine".

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Objective: Nurses are key in administering oxygen therapy and managing its potential adverse effects in medical settings. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding low-flow oxygen therapy and humidification among nurses.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2024 to March 2024 at Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital.

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  • The study explores how thermal bonding and concave end faces impact the performance of 795 nm laser diodes (LD) when used to pump Tm:YAP crystals.
  • Concave end faces help to counteract thermal lensing effects, allowing for higher power output, reaching 42.5 W with a slope efficiency of 47.4% and optical-optical conversion efficiency of 41.6%.
  • Compared to flat bonding rods, the concave design improves the maximum output power and efficiencies, demonstrating its effectiveness in enhancing heat dissipation and laser performance.
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  • This study created a new type of coating using chitosan combined with oleic acid to help preserve fruits and vegetables.
  • The coatings successfully encapsulated tea tree oil, showing better viscosity and adhesion, which enhanced their effectiveness against decay.
  • They helped maintain the quality of strawberries by keeping them firm and colorful, while also reducing spoilage and loss of nutrients compared to previous methods.
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Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the safety, efficacy, and application prospects of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) in the treatment of primary hyperthyroidism.

Methods: Eight patients with primary hyperthyroidism who underwent ultrasound-guided glandular volume reduction between January 2021 and December 2022 were included in this study. Pre- and postablative examinations, including grayscale ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), laboratory examination, antithyroid drug (ATD) dosage, and quality of life (QoL) assessment via Thyroid-Specific Patient-Reported Outcome Short-Form (ThyPRO-39), were analyzed retrospectively.

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The influences of 150 μmol/L melatonin treatment on the quality properties, storability, and energy metabolism in carambola fruit were explored. The results showed that, compared to the control, melatonin treatment significantly retained higher rate of commercially acceptable fruit, and retarded the development of fruit browning and yellowing. Additionally, melatonin treatment displayed higher levels of chromaticity L and h values, titratable acid, total soluble solids, total soluble sugars, sucrose, and vitamin C, but lower respiration rate, chromaticity a and b values, and reducing sugar content.

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  • * Key findings indicate that changes in pore size, coordination number, pore-throat ratio, and wettability significantly affect oil recovery rates and residual oil distribution, with notable effects demonstrated through various examples.
  • * The research highlights that the developed model can accurately predict residual oil behavior, offering important insights for improving oil recovery strategies in existing oil fields.
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  • The study investigates prenatal consultation and integrated management of fetal pulmonary valve anomalies (PVA) in China, emphasizing the need for timely intervention after birth.
  • Researchers analyzed data from 30 fetal PVA cases at Peking University People's Hospital between January 2019 and March 2023, finding varied conditions like pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and pulmonary stenosis.
  • Outcomes showed that most patients received effective postnatal treatments, with the majority recovering well; however, some families chose pregnancy termination based on the severity of the condition.
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Plants have developed various resistance mechanisms against herbivorous insects through prolonged coevolution. Plant defence responses can be triggered by specific compounds present in insect saliva. Apyrase, a known enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) into adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and inorganic phosphorus, has recently been identified in some herbivorous insects.

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Seeds are important microbial vectors, and seed-associated pathogens can be introduced into a country through trade, resulting in yield and quality losses in agriculture. The aim of this study was to characterize the microbial communities associated with barley seeds, and based on which, to develop technical approaches to trace their geographical origins, and to inspect and identify quarantine pathogens. Our analysis defined the core microbiota of barley seed and revealed significant differences in the barley seed-associated microbial communities among different continents, suggesting a strong geographic specificity of the barley seed microbiota.

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Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a prevalent condition with significant clinical variability, complicating its evaluation and treatment. The gastroesophageal flap valve is a fundamental evaluation method, but have shown limitations in specificity and reliance on subjective endoscopists' experience. Recent insights suggest that gastroesophageal junction laxity may offer an objective and quantifiable measurement for the presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent cause of joint algesia, loss of function, and disability in adults, with cartilage injury being its core pathological manifestation. Since cartilage damage is non-renewable, the treatment outcome in the middle and late stages of OA is unsatisfactory, which can be minimized by changing lifestyle and other treatment modalities if diagnosed and managed in the early stages, indicating the importance of early diagnosis and monitoring of cartilage injury. Ultrasound technology has been used for timely diagnosis and even cartilage injury treatment, which is convenient and safe for the patient owing to no radiation exposure.

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A high performance poly(vinyl alcohol)/straw (PVA/SP) composite film for package was fabricated in this study by using thermal processing technology of PVA established in our research group and biaxial stretching technology. The introduction of SP disrupted the original hydrogen bonds in modified PVA by forming new hydrogen bonds with the hydroxyl groups of each component in modified system, thus promoting the stable melt casting of PVA/SP composites and also endowing the obtained PVA/SP precursor sheets with good drawability. Upon biaxial stretching, SP reinforced the crystalline structure and orientation of PVA through their hydrogen bonds with PVA, improving the mechanical strength, crystallinity and thermal stability of PVA/SP films.

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Aiming at the characteristics that the signal noise ratio (SNR) gradually decreases from the near to far range of the swath, an adaptive phase filtering algorithm based on Goldstein filtering and combined with multiple quality-guided graphs was proposed. Firstly, the components used to determine the filtering parameters were obtained through residue density, pseudo-coherence coefficient and pseudo-SNR, the three quality-guided graphs. Then, the filter parameters were calculated by weighting the three components.

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Bacillus velezensis can produce various secondary metabolites, such as the antibacterial compound iturin A and the coagulation-promoting menaquinone-7 (MK-7). To enhance the economic feasibility of the fermentation process, a co-production strategy, involving the simultaneous production of MK-7 and iturin A by Bacillus velezensis ND, was investigated in this study. Firstly, the effects of cultivation temperature and initial pH on the synthesis of MK-7 and iturin A were investigated.

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Background: Lipid profiles differ naturally between individuals and between populations. So far, the data relating to non-fasting lipid profiles has been derived predominantly from studies on Western population. The characteristics and clinical significance of non-fasting lipids in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in response to traditional Chinese diets remain poorly understood.

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Autoreactive CD4 T helper cells are critical players that orchestrate the immune response both in multiple sclerosis (MS) and in other neuroinflammatory autoimmune diseases. Ubiquitination is a posttranslational protein modification involved in regulating a variety of cellular processes, including CD4 T cell differentiation and function. However, only a limited number of E3 ubiquitin ligases have been characterized in terms of their biological functions, particularly in CD4 T cell differentiation and function.

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The selective conversion of biomass fermentation derived from an acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) mixture into high-value biofuels is of paramount importance for industrial applications. However, challenges persist in effectively controlling the selectivity of long carbon chain ketones in elevated ABE conversion. In this research, a Ca-doped Ni-CaO-SiO2 catalyst was designed and employed to achieve a remarkable conversion of 89.

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Pectin, a polysaccharide found in plant cell walls, is characterized by a high abundance of hydroxyl groups and carboxylic acid groups, which results in a strong affinity for water and limits its suitability as a film material. This study aimed to modulate the esterification degree of PEC films by adjusting the concentration of acetic anhydride, and assess the impact of acetic anhydride esterification modification on the properties of the resultant PEC films. The results demonstrated successful grafting of acetic anhydride onto the galacturonic acid ring in the PEC molecule through the esterification process.

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Methane, either as natural gas or as a resource obtained from various bioprocesses (e.g., digestion, landfill) can be converted to carbon and hydrogen according to.

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Presents corrections to the paper, Multi-View Feature Transformation Based SVM+ for Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Liver Cancers With Ultrasound Image.

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In this research, to provide an optimal growth medium for the production of iturin A, the concentrations of key amino acid precursors were optimized in shake flask cultures using the response surface method. The optimized medium were applied in a biofilm reactor for batch fermentation, resulting in enhanced production of iturin A. On this basis, a step-wise pH control strategy and a combined step-wise pH and temperature control strategy were introduced to further improve the production of iturin A.

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