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Li, Na (author), Zhu, Junhui (author), Chen, Peiru (author), Bao, Chuntong (author), Wang, Jun (author), Abdelaal, T.R.M. (author), Chen, Dexi (author), Zhu, Sibo (author), Wang, Wenjing (author)Due to the increase in bacterial resistance, improving the anti-infectious immunity of the host is rapidly becoming a new strategy for the prevention and treatment of bacterial pneumonia. However, the specific lung immune responses and key immune cell subsets involved in bacterial infection are obscure. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP)...journal article 2023
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Chen, Yangkun (author), Yu, Chenghui (author), Zhu, Hengman (author), Liu, Shuai (author), Zhang, Yibing (author), Suarez, Joseph (author), Zhao, Liang (author), He, J. (author), Chen, Jiaxin (author)We present the results of the second Neural MMO challenge, hosted at IJCAI 2022, which received 1600+ submissions. This competition targets robustness and generalization in multi-agent systems: participants train teams of agents to complete a multi-task objective against opponents not seen during training. We summarize the competition design...journal article 2023
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Zhu, C. (author), Klapwijk, R.M. (author)Encoding intangible data variables with visual, spatial, and physical properties demands a high level of spatial reasoning. The ability to reason spatially is widely deemed critical to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) learning. While much research has explored the relationship between learning with...conference paper 2023
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Guo, Huadong (author), Chen, Fulong (author), Tang, Yunwei (author), Ding, Yanbin (author), Chen, Min (author), Zhou, Wei (author), Zhu, Meng (author), Zheng, Wenwu (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)The quantification of the extent and dynamics of land-use changes is a key metric employed to assess the progress toward several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that form part of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. In terms of anthropogenic factors threatening the conservation of heritage properties, such a metric...journal article 2023
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Zhu, Z. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Zhang, Shuoshuo (author), Adam, A.J.L. (author), Min, Changjun (author), Urbach, Paul (author), Yuan, Xiaocong (author)Nonlinear responses of nanoparticles induce enlightening phenomena in optical tweezers. With the gradual increase in optical intensity, effects from saturable absorption (SA) and reverse SA (RSA) arise in sequence and thereby modulate the nonlinear properties of materials. In current nonlinear optical traps, however, the underlying physical...journal article 2023
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Tang, Y. (author), Zhu, H. (author), Potters, Susan (author), Wisse, M. (author), Pan, W. (author)This letter addresses the problem of pushing manipulation with nonholonomic mobile robots. Pushing is a fundamental skill that enables robots to move unwieldy objects that cannot be grasped. We propose a stable pushing method that maintains stiff contact between the robot and the object to avoid consuming repositioning actions. We prove that...journal article 2023
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Jiang, Xi (author), Zhu, Hehua (author), Yan, Zhiguo (author), Zhang, Fengshou (author), Ye, Fei (author), Li, Peinan (author), Zhang, X. (author), Dai, Zhiren (author), Bai, Yun (author), Huang, Baoshan (author)Backfill grouting plays a vital role in shield tunneling. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review of the development and progress of backfill grouting materials specifically designed for shield tunneling. Initially, the various components of grouts, such as pozzolanic materials, filling fine aggregates, and chemical additives, are...journal article 2023
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Zhu, C. (author), Leung, Chloe Oi Ying (author), Lagoudaki, Eleni (author), Velho, Mariana (author), Segura Caballero, N. (author), Jolles, Dietsje (author), Duffy, Gavin (author), Maresch, Günter (author), Pagkratidou, Marianna (author), Klapwijk, R.M. (author)Empirical interdisciplinary research has explored the role of spatial ability in STEM learning and achievement. While most of this research indicates that fostering spatial thinking in educational contexts has the potential to positively impact students’ enrollment and performance in STEM subjects, there is less agreement on the best approach...review 2023
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Zhang, X. (author), Liu, Mingqiang (author), Le, Yun (author), Wei, Jianjun (author), Zhu, Yongsong (author), Li, Yongkui (author)Given that a strong owner has been identified as an important factor in the success of megaprojects, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of megaproject owner organizational capabilities. However, the questions of what organizational capabilities do owners need to foster successful megaprojects, and whether these...journal article 2023
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Clancy III, R.F. (author), Zhu, Qin (author), Streiner, Scott (author), Thorpe, Ryan (author)Ethics has long been recognized as crucial to responsible engineering, but the increasingly globalized environments present challenges to effective engineering ethics training. This paper is part of a larger research project that aims to examine the effects of culture and education on ethics training in undergraduate engineering students at...conference paper 2023
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Liu, M. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Borisov, E. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author)Electrochemical tests and surface analysis measurements were performed to study the corrosion behavior in a 0.9 wt.% NaCl solution at 37 °C of three NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated by laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF). The passive film characteristics and corrosion resistance of L-PBF NiTi showed different features as a function of their...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Yi (author), Si, Chundi (author), Fan, Taotao (author), Zhu, Yuefeng (author), Li, Song (author), Ren, S. (author), Lin, P. (author)With the increasing awareness of environmental protection and attention to resource reuse, the development of high-performance and degradable green biomass pavement materials attracts a lot of interest. Lignin and bio-oil effectively combined to play a synergistic role can improve various properties of asphalt and partially replace petroleum...journal article 2023
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Ding, Z. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)To prevent premature triggering of the healing reaction in Mo-Si containing self-healing thermal barrier coating system, an oxygen impenetrable shell (α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) around the sacrificial healing particles (MoSi<sub>2</sub>) is desired. Here an encapsulation method is presented through selective oxidation of Al in Mo(Al<sub>x...journal article 2023
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Zhu, P. (author), Papadimitriou, V. (author), van Dongen, Jeanne E. (author), Cordeiro, Julia (author), Neeleman, Yannick (author), Santoso, A. (author), Chen, Shuyi (author), Eijkel, Jan C.T. (author), Rwei, A.Y. (author)Endotoxin is a deadly pyrogen, rendering it crucial to monitor with high accuracy and efficiency. However, current endotoxin detection relies on multistep processes that are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and unsustainable. Here, we report an aptamer-based biosensor for the real-time optical detection of endotoxin. The endotoxin sensor...journal article 2023
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Guo, Leicheng (author), Zhu, Chunyan (author), Cai, Huayang (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Townend, Ian (author), He, Qing (author)River discharge is known to enhance tidal damping and tidal wave deformation in estuaries. While the damping effect on astronomical tides has been well documented, river impact on tidal wave deformation and associated overtide generation (shallow water harmonics of one or more astronomical constituents, such as M<sub>4</sub>) remains...journal article 2023
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Cheng, Gang (author), Wu, S. (author), Shi, M. (author), Dong, W. (author), Zhu, H. (author), Alonso-Mora, J. (author)Autonomous navigation of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) in dynamic and unknown environments is a complex and challenging task. Current works rely on assumptions to solve the problem. The MAV's pose is precisely known, the dynamic obstacles can be explicitly segmented from static ones, their number is known and fixed, or they can be modeled with...journal article 2023
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Zhu, Chunyan (author), Zhang, Yuning (author), van Maren, D.S. (author), Xie, Weiming (author), Guo, Leicheng (author), Wang, Xianye (author), He, Qing (author)The sediment load in the Yangtze River downstream of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) has substantially declined in recent decades. The decrease is more profound below the TGD, e.g., a 97% decrease at Yichang, compared with that at the delta apex, 1200 km downstream, e.g., a 75% decrease, implying along-river sediment recovery. Two large river...journal article 2023
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Ding, Chuanwei (author), Zhang, Li (author), Chen, Haoyu (author), Hong, Hong (author), Zhu, Xiaohua (author), Fioranelli, F. (author)Radar-based solutions have attracted great attention in human activity recognition (HAR) for their advantages in accuracy, robustness, and privacy protection. The conventional approaches transform radar signals into feature maps and then directly process them as visual images. While effective, these image-based methods may not be the best...journal article 2023
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Zeng, Simei (author), Tang, Chenggang (author), Hong, H. (author), Yuan, Fang (author), Li, Yuning (author), Wang, Yuqiang (author), Kong, Lingbing (author), Sun, Jingye (author), Zhu, Mingqiang (author), Deng, Tao (author)The high-temperature pressure sensors have wide applications in aerospace, petroleum, geothermal exploration, automotive electronics, and other fields. However, the traditional silicon-based pressure sensors are restricted to pressure measurement under 120~{\circ }\text{C} and cannot be satisfied to measure the pressure of various gases or...journal article 2023