Analysis of the Impact and Mechanism of Polyacrylate-Based Composite Paste on the Performance of Recycled Aggregate.

This study developed three composite slurries for coating recycled aggregate by incorporating polyacrylate emulsion, fly ash, and gypsum into a cement-based mixture. The filling and pozzolanic effects of fly ash help to improve microcracks in the recycled aggregates. The polyacrylate emulsion forms a strong bonding layer between the cement matrix and the aggregates, enhancing the interfacial bond strength.

Clinical characteristics of primary aldosteronism screened from Chinese patients with hypertension: The China primary aldosteronism prospective study.

We investigated the clinical characteristics of primary aldosteronism (PA) screened from patients with hypertension in China. The participants were hypertensive patients who were suspected of PA and registered in the China Primary Aldosteronism Prospective Study. Plasma aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) was used as the screening test.

Utility of right adrenal signature veins in venous sampling for primary aldosteronism.

Background: This study aimed to identify the appropriate signature veins for the right adrenal gland using a 3D model fused with adrenal venography images and to verify their accuracy through the selectivity index (SI) >2.

Methods: We analyzed the right adrenal venography images of 41 patients who underwent adrenal venous sampling (AVS). These images were merged with a 3D structure of the adrenal gland to identify the signature veins of the right adrenal gland.

A new machine learning-based prediction model for subtype diagnosis in primary aldosteronism.

Introduction: Unilateral primary aldosteronism (UPA) and bilateral primary aldosteronism (BPA) are the two subtypes of PA. Discriminating UPA from BPA is of great significance. Although adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard for diagnosis, it has shortcomings.

Effect of Abrasive Grain Concession on Micromechanical Behavior of Lapping Sapphire by FAP.

Aiming at exploring the material removal mechanism for sapphire using diamond abrasive grains at the microscopic level, this paper modeled and analyzed the microscopic yield behavior of diamond abrasive grains in the FAP grinding process of sapphire. Molecular dynamics were used to simulate the effects of abrasive particle size on the cutting force, potential energy, and temperature in the Newtonian zone during micro-cutting. The effect of different abrasive particle sizes on material removal was analyzed through experiments.

Serum Adenosine Deaminase as a Useful Marker to Estimate Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients.

We investigated the association between serum adenosine deaminase and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. The cross-sectional study included 459 patients with T2DM, the clinical and laboratory tests were performed, and all T2DM patients were separated into the 3 groups based on the tertile of serum adenosine deaminase levels. In the baseline data, the CAC score had statistically significant differences between the 3 groups (p < 0.

Experimental investigation of flow over two-dimensional multiple hill models.

The aim of this study is to investigate the flow field characteristics in ABL (Atmospheric Boundary Layer) flow over multiple hills and valleys in two-dimensional models under neutral conditions. Active turbulence grids and boundary layer generation frame were used to simulate the natural winds in wind tunnel experiments. As a result, the mean wind velocity, the velocity vector diagram and turbulence intensity around the hills were investigated by using a PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) system.

Evidence of photo-induced dynamic competition of metallic and insulating phase in a layered manganite.

We show evidence that the competition between the antiferromagetic metallic phase and the charge- and orbital-ordered insulating phase at the reentrant phase boundary of a layered manganite, La0.99Sr2.01Mn2O7, can be manipulated using ultrafast optical excitation.

Atomic scale studies of La/Sr ordering in colossal magnetoresistant La(2-2x)Sr(1+2x)Mn2O7 single crystals.

To date, it is unclear whether chemical order (or disorder) is in any way connected to double exchange, electronic phase separation, or charge ordering (CO) in manganites. In this work, we carry out an atomic resolution study of the colossal magnetoresistant manganite La(2-2x)Sr(1+2x)Mn2O7 (LSMO). We combine aberration-corrected electron microscopy and spectroscopy with spectroscopic image simulations, to analyze cation ordering at the atomic scale in real space in a number of LSMO single crystals.

Chiral phase transition in charge ordered 1T-TiSe2.

It was recently discovered that the low-temperature, charge-ordered phase of 1T-TiSe(2) has a chiral character. This unexpected chirality in a system described by a scalar order parameter could be explained in a model where the emergence of relative phase shifts between three charge density wave components breaks the inversion symmetry of the lattice. Here, we present experimental evidence for the sequence of phase transitions predicted by that theory, going from disorder to nonchiral and finally to chiral charge order.

Yb3AuGe2In3: an ordered variant of the YbAuIn structure exhibiting mixed-valent Yb behavior.

Yb(3)AuGe(2)In(3) was obtained as large single crystals in high yield from reactions run in liquid indium. Single crystal X-ray diffraction data show that Yb(3)AuGe(2)In(3) is an ordered variant of YbAuIn with lattice constants, a = b = 7.3153(8) Å and c = 4.

Reentrant orbital order and the true ground state of LaSr2Mn2O7.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, our purified La 2-2x Sr 1+2x Mn2O7 crystals exhibit CE-type orbital and charge order as the low-temperature ground state for a hole doping level h=0.5. For small deviations from h=0.