Publications by authors named "Yuan Rao"

In Li-O batteries (LOBs), the electron transfer between triplet O and singlet LiO possesses a spin-dependent character but is still neglected, while the spin-conserved electron transfer without losing phase information should guarantee fast kinetics and reduced energy barriers. Here, we provide a paradigm of spin-selective catalysis for LOB that the ferromagnetic quantum spin exchange interactions between Pt and Fe atoms in fully-exposed PtFe clusters filter directional e-spins for spin-conserved electron transfer at Fe-Fe sites. The kinetics of O/LiO redox reaction is markedly accelerated as predicted by theoretical calculations, showing dramatically decreased relaxation time of the rate determining step for more than one order of magnitude, compared with the Fe clusters without spin-selective behavior.

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  • The text discusses the difficulty in accurately detecting rice seed germination rates due to the similarity between germinated and non-germinated seeds.
  • It introduces a new model called Rice Seed Germination-YOLOV8 (RSG-YOLOV8), which utilizes advanced techniques like CSPDenseNet, a dynamic attention mechanism, and structured feature fusion to enhance detection efficiency and accuracy.
  • Experimental results show that RSG-YOLOV8 achieves a mAP50 score of 0.981, surpassing the previous standard set by YOLOv8 by 4%, establishing a new benchmark in the field.
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Currently, image recognition based on deep neural networks has become the mainstream direction of research; therefore, significant progress has been made in its application in the field of tea detection. Many deep models exhibit high recognition rates in tea leaves detection. However, deploying these models directly on tea-picking equipment in natural environments is impractical; the extremely high parameters and computational complexity of these models make it challenging to perform real-time tea leaves detection.

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Anionic redox chemistry has attracted increasing attention for the improvement in the reversible capacity and energy density of cathode materials in Li/Na-ion batteries. However, adverse electrochemical behaviors, such as voltage hysteresis and sluggish kinetics resulting from weak metal-ligand interactions, commonly occur with anionic redox reactions. Currently, the mechanistic investigation driving these issues still remains foggy.

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To improve detection efficiency and reduce cost consumption in fishery surveys, target detection methods based on computer vision have become a new method for fishery resource surveys. However, the specialty and complexity of underwater photography result in low detection accuracy, limiting its use in fishery resource surveys. To solve these problems, this study proposed an accurate method named BSSFISH-YOLOv8 for fish detection in natural underwater environments.

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Realizing the market value of grassland resources is of great significance to finding a balance between ecological protection and economic development. As a unique livestock animal that is native to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, the yak plays an important role in maintaining ecosystem stability, ensuring the livelihoods of herdsmen, promoting socio-economic development, and preserving ethnic cultural traditions. However, given its small market share, little is known about the factors that drive Chinese consumer preferences for yak meat.

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Liposomes (LIP) loaded with natural active ingredients have significant potential in the food industry. However, their low loading efficiency (LE) hampers the advancement of liposomal products. To improve the loading capacity of functional compounds, bionic oleosomes (BOLE) with a monolayer of phospholipid membranes and a glyceryl tricaprylate/caprate (GTCC) oil core have first been engineered by high-pressure homogenization.

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Aqueous Zn-metal batteries have attracted increasing interest for large-scale energy storage owing to their outstanding merits in terms of safety, cost and production. However, they constantly suffer from inadequate energy density and poor cycling stability due to the presence of zinc ions in the fully hydrated solvation state. Thus, designing the dehydrated solvation structure of zinc ions can effectively address the current drawbacks of aqueous Zn-metal batteries.

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All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSBs) have received increasing attentions as one promising candidate for the next-generation energy storage devices. Among various solid electrolytes, sulfide-based ASSBs combined with layered oxide cathodes have emerged due to the high energy density and safety performance, even at high-voltage conditions. However, the interface compatibility issues remain to be solved at the interface between the oxide cathode and sulfide electrolyte.

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Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are recognized as pivotal players in the regulation of essential physiological processes such as nutrient homeostasis, development, and stress responses in plants. Common methods for predicting ncRNAs are susceptible to significant effects of experimental conditions and computational methods, resulting in the need for significant investment of time and resources. Therefore, we constructed an ncRNA predictor(MFPINC), to predict potential ncRNA in plants which is based on the PINC tool proposed by our previous studies.

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Transition metal single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been regarded as possible alternatives to platinum-based materials due to their satisfactory performance of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). By contrast, main-group metal elements are rarely studied due to their unfavorable surface and electronic states. Herein, a main-group Sn-based SAC with penta-coordinated and asymmetric first-shell ligands is reported as an efficient and robust ORR catalyst.

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Background: More and more studies show that miRNA plays a crucial role in plants' response to different abiotic stresses. However, traditional experimental methods are often expensive and inefficient, so it is important to develop efficient and economical computational methods. Although researchers have developed machine learning-based method, the information of miRNAs and abiotic stresses has not been fully exploited.

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The utilization of anionic redox chemistry provides an opportunity to further improve the energy density of Li-ion batteries, particularly for Li-rich layered oxides. However, oxygen-based hosts still suffer from unfavorable structural rearrangement, including the oxygen release and transition metal (TM)-ion migration, in association with the tenuous framework rooted in the ionicity of the TM-O bonding. An intrinsic solution, by using a sulfur-based host with strong TM-S covalency, is proposed here to buffer the lattice distortion upon the highly activating sulfur redox process, and it achieves howling success in stabilizing the host frameworks.

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The precise identification of associations between diseases and drugs is paramount for comprehending the etiology and mechanisms underlying parasitic diseases. Computational approaches are highly effective in discovering and predicting disease-drug associations. However, the majority of these approaches primarily rely on link-based methodologies within distinct biomedical bipartite networks.

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Background: Postoperative thirst is common in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Existing methods like wet cotton swabs or oral care prove ineffectual or operationally intricate. Currently, an efficacious postoperative thirst alleviation method remains elusive.

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  • Layered oxides are promising materials for potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) but face challenges like slow kinetics and structural instability.
  • The introduction of high-entropy design in layered KIB cathodes, exemplified by the HE-KMO compound, improves these issues through multielement doping.
  • HE-KMO shows enhanced electronic properties, better electrochemical stability, and reduced capacity loss over cycles compared to traditional low-entropy materials.
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Glucose oxidase (GOD) is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry, fermentation products and glucose biosensors for its essential role in catalyzing the conversion of glucose to gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide (HO). As HO is the by-product and will have a toxic effect on glucose oxidase, so introducing another enzyme that could consume HO to form an enzymatic cascade reaction is a practical solution. However, this decision will lead to extra expenses and complex condition optimization such as the specific mass ratio, temperature and pH to improve the activity, stability and recyclability.

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A large number of studies have explored the separate roles of information and trust in consumer choices of organic food, but little attention has been paid to exploring the interactive effects of information and trust. Here, for the first time to our knowledge, we explored the joint effects of information and consumers' trust in shaping consumer preferences for organic food. A hypothetical choice experiment was employed to elicit consumer preferences for organic food, and a between-subject design approach was used to explore the effects of information.

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All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) represent a promising battery strategy to achieve high energy density with great safety. However, inadequate kinetic property and poor interfacial compatibility remain great challenges, which impede their practical application. A prototype of dual-ion conductor of Li synchronized with Cu unlocks a four-electron redox reaction with high reversibility and fast kinetics.

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  • This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 on female patients with breast cancer, particularly focusing on underrepresented racial/ethnic populations from March 2020 to June 2021 in the US.
  • The analysis included 1,383 patients, revealing that older age and certain racial/ethnic groups (such as Black and Asian American/Pacific Islanders) showed higher odds of severe COVID-19 outcomes.
  • Key findings noted that factors like worse performance status, pre-existing health conditions, and active cancer significantly contributed to increased severity, while variables like Hispanic ethnicity and anti-cancer therapy type did not impact outcomes as much.
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Phase-shifting profilometry is extensively utilized for three-dimensional (3D) measurement. However, because of gamma nonlinearity, the image intensities of the captured fringe patterns are regrettably distorted. An effective nonlinear error reduction method without requiring parameter estimation is presented in this paper.

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Li-O battery (LOB) is a promising "beyond Li-ion" technology with ultrahigh theoretical energy density (3457 Wh kg ), while currently impeded by the sluggish cathodic kinetics of the reversible gas-solid reaction between O and Li O . Despite many catalysts are developed for accelerating the conversion process, the lack of design guidance for achieving high performance makes catalysts exploring aleatory. The Sabatier principle is an acknowledged theory connecting the scaling relationship with heterogeneous catalytic activity, providing a tradeoff strategy for the topmost performance.

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Objective: Previous studies have highlighted the poor survival of patients with cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck. Therapeutic options are limited, and effective treatment strategies are yet to be discovered. The objective of this study is to evaluate overall survival following intensified adjuvant treatment for high-risk resected angiosarcoma of the head and neck.

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The multienzyme co-immobilization systems with high cascade catalytic efficiency and selectivity have attracted considerable attention. In this study, through DNA-directed immobilization (DDI) technology, two model enzymes, glucose oxidase (GOD) and horseradish peroxide (HRP) were co-immobilized on the multifunctional silica nanoparticles (DDI enzyme). In addition to the directional distribution promoted by DNA complementary chains, the multienzyme system allowed the control of the stoichiometric ratio of the enzymes by adjusting the ratio of amino/carboxyl groups.

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