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5Copyright © 2015 by ASME.This paper replaces the hinged pivots of an eight-bar linkage with flexure joints in order to achieve a flexure-connected linkage system that guides rectilinear movement of its end-effector. The goal is a linkage design that can be reduced in size to provide a suspension for the proof masses of a MEMS gyroscope. The symmetric design of the linkage and its long travel relative to other MEMS suspensions has the potential to provide a number of advantages, such as the reduc…Read more
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1© 2015 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc. Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 level is extremely elevated in the edematous fluid of acutely injured lungs and pleurae. Elevated PAI-1 specifically inactivates pulmonary urokinase-type and tissue-type plasminogen activators. We hypothesized that plasminogen activation and fibrinolysis may alter epithelial sodium channel activity, a key player in clearing edematous fluid. Two-chain urokinase has been found to strongly s…Read more
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Background: Anopheles sinensis is a major malaria vector in China and other Southeast Asian countries, and it is becoming increasingly resistant to the insecticides used for agriculture, net impregnation, and indoor residual spray. Very limited genomic information on this species is available, which has hindered the development of new tools for resistance surveillance and vector control. We used the 454 GS FLX system and generated expressed sequence tag databases of various life stages of An. si…Read more
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1© 2014 Li et al. Aedes albopictus is a very invasive and aggressive insect vector that causes outbreaks of dengue fever, chikungunya disease, and yellow fever in many countries. Vector ecology and disease epidemiology are strongly affected by environmental changes. Urbanization is a worldwide trend and is one of the most ecologically modifying phenomena. The purpose of this study is to determine how environmental changes due to urbanization affect the ecology of Aedes albopictus. Aquatic habitat…Read more
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39Superior tolerance of Ag/Ni multilayers against Kr ion irradiation: anin situstudyPhilosophical Magazine 93 (26): 3547-3562. 2013.
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16A method to calculate the thermal conductivity of HMX under high pressurePhilosophical Magazine 92 (8): 1023-1045. 2012.
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54High-resolution electron microscopy observations of the microstructure of a rapidly solidified Mg–9.0 wt% Al–1.0 wt% Zn–4.0 wt% Sn alloy (review)Philosophical Magazine 91 (19-21): 2654-2660. 2011.
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26Psychological Status and Influencing Factors of Hospital Medical Staff During the COVID-19 OutbreakFrontiers in Psychology 11. 2020.
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20Development of dislocation-based unified material model for simulating microstructure evolution in multipass hot rollingPhilosophical Magazine 85 (18): 1967-1987. 2005.
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12Thermoelastic behavior of a thermoelectric thin-film attached to an infinite elastic substratePhilosophical Magazine 97 (1): 43-57. 2017.
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19Atomically resolved precipitates/matrix interfaces in KTaO3crystalsPhilosophical Magazine 96 (5): 486-497. 2016.
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38When Does a Proactive Personality Enhance an Employee’s Whistle-Blowing Intention?: A Cross-Level Investigation of the Employees in Chinese CompaniesEthics and Behavior 26 (8): 660-677. 2016.To identify the boundary conditions for proactive employees making whistle-blowing decisions, we developed a cross-level model comprising employee proactive personality and two types of whistle-blowing intentions that incorporates the influences of organizational- and individual-level attributes. Analyses of data collected from 432 Chinese employees in 32 companies indicated that proactive personality was positively related to internal whistle-blowing intention and even more positively related t…Read more
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15Abnormal austenite–ferrite transformation behaviour of pure ironPhilosophical Magazine 84 (18): 1853-1876. 2004.
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7Knowledge Big Graph Fusing Ontology with Property Graph: A Case Study of Financial Ownership NetworkKnowledge Organization 48 (1): 55-71. 2021.The scale of knowledge is growing rapidly in the big data environment, and traditional knowledge organization and services have faced the dilemma of semantic inaccuracy and untimeliness. From a knowledge fusion perspective-combining the precise semantic superiority of traditional ontology with the large-scale graph processing power and the predicate attribute expression ability of property graph-this paper presents an ontology and property graph fusion framework (OPGFF). The fusion process is…Read more
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11Traversable-Wormhole Physics in GBD Theory of Modified GravityFoundations of Physics 53 (1): 1-21. 2022.The generalized Brans–Dicke theory (GBD), as one of the modified gravitational theories, was proposed previously and some interesting properties were found in this theory. Here we investigate the traversable-wormhole physics for GBD theory. Firstly, we derive the gravitational field equation in the framework of GBD wormhole geometry. The traversable wormhole could be gained in this theory. Secondly, using the classical reconstruction technique we originally derive an Lagrangian function for desc…Read more
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26Performance Pressure and Employee Expediency: The Role of Moral DecouplingJournal of Business Ethics 186 (2): 465-478. 2023.Although performance pressure has desirable consequences, there is evidence that it can produce unintended outcomes as employees tend to engage in dysfunctional and unethical behaviors to meet performance goals. Thus, the process through which employees think and behave unethically under performance pressure deserves more research attention. This study goes beyond the stress-appraisal perspective and investigates whether and when performance pressure influences individual work mindsets and behav…Read more
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6Genetically Modified Rice: Do Chinese Consumers Support or Go Against It? Based on the Perspectives of Perceived Risk and TrustFrontiers in Psychology 13. 2022.Rice is a staple food in China, and, thus, its security has drawn much attention. The Chinese government proactively fuels the application of biotechnology in agriculture and food to cope with increasingly severe food security issues. However, most consumers resist the commercialization of genetically modified rice. One of the important reasons is the consumer perception of its various risks. Conversely, trust in the government, scientists, and media can stimulate consumer purchase. On the basis…Read more
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16Robust Observer Design for Discrete Descriptor Systems with Packet LossesComplexity 2021 1-11. 2021.This paper considers observer design for discrete-time descriptor systems with packet losses. By taking packet loss into consideration, the error dynamic of the proposed observer becomes a stochastic switched system. Consequently, the proposed observer is synthesized in a stochastic switched system framework. Sufficient conditions for the stochastic stability with a prescribed robust performance of the error dynamic system are derived and converted into linear matrix inequalities. Not only can t…Read more
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23Differences in Working Memory With Emotional Distraction Between Proficient and Non-proficient BilingualsFrontiers in Psychology 11. 2020.The impact of bilingual education and bilingual experience on working memory has been an important and controversial issue in the field of psycholinguistics. Taking Chinese-English bilinguals as an example, this study aims to investigate the differences in emotional working memory between proficient and non-proficient bilinguals by using delayed matching-to-sample task paradigm and more complex n-back task in the context of emotion. The results show that proficient bilinguals have better perform…Read more
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18Shared Leadership Improves Team Novelty: The Mechanism and Its Boundary ConditionFrontiers in Psychology 7. 2016.
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40Corrigendum: Inhibitory Control in Speech Comprehension among Dai–Han Bilingual ChildrenFrontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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44Parenting Styles and Adolescents’ School Adjustment: Investigating the Mediating Role of Achievement Goals within the 2 × 2 Framework (review)Frontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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52Inhibitory Control in Speech Comprehension among Dai–Han Bilingual ChildrenFrontiers in Psychology 8. 2017.
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34Identity, Moral, and Equity Perspectives on the Relationship Between Experienced Injustice and Time TheftJournal of Business Ethics 118 (1): 73-83. 2013.Time theft is a costly burden on organizations. However, there is limited knowledge about why time theft occurs. To advance this line of research, this conceptual paper looks at the association between organizational injustice and time theft from identity, moral, and equity perspectives. This paper proposes that organizational injustice triggers time theft through decreased organizational identification. It also proposes that moral disengagement and equity sensitivity moderate this process such …Read more
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41Comprehension of conversational implicature in L2 ChinesePragmatics and Cognition 21 (1): 139-157. 2013.This study examined the ability to comprehend conventional and non-conventional implicatures, and the effect of proficiency and learning context on comprehension of implicature in L2 Chinese. Participants were three groups of college students of Chinese: elementary-level foreign language learners, advanced-level foreign language learners, and advanced-level heritage learners. They completed a 36-item computer-delivered listening test measuring their ability to comprehend three types of implicatu…Read more