Electrochemical Evaluation of Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of Ti-6Al-3Nb-2Zr-1Mo Alloy Welded Joint in Simulated Deep-Sea Environment.

Titanium alloys have high specific strength and excellent corrosion resistance and have been applied in deep-sea engineering fields. However, stress corrosion cracking may become one of the biggest threats to the service safety of a high-strength titanium alloy, as well as its weldment. In this work, stress corrosion cracking of a gas-tungsten-arc-welded Ti-6Al-3Nb-2Zr-1Mo (Ti6321) alloy influenced by the applied potentials in simulated deep-sea and shallow-sea environments was investigated by combining slow strain rate testing with electrochemical measurements.

An eIF3a gene mutation dysregulates myocardium growth with left ventricular noncompaction via the p-ERK1/2 pathway.

Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is a heterogeneous disorder with unclear genetic causes and an unknown mechanism. eIF3a, an important member of the Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3) family, is involved in multiple biological processes, including cell proliferation and migration during myocardial development, suggesting it could play a role in LVNC development. To investigate the association between a novel variant (c.

A Mutation in the Gene Decreases the Risk of Non-compaction of Ventricular Myocardium via the Rac1/Cdc42 Pathway.

The gene encodes a microtubule-associated protein involved in multiple processes including cell polarity and microtubule balance during myocardial development. To investigate the association between a c. 2617A->C mutation in (NM_001001924.