Zhengzhou University

A Data-Driven Framework for Characterizing Nonlinear Responses of River Ice Growth and Decay in the Shisifenzi Reach of the Upper Yellow River

The Shisifenzi Reach, with its sharp curvature, serves as a prime observational target for river ice research in the Upper Yellow River. Using six winter seasons (2020–2026) of monitoring data, this study developed a Random Forest with SHAP and Accumulated Local Effects (ALE) to...

Microglial PGRN downregulation contributes to phagocytosis-mediated retinal microvascular endothelial cell damage in early experimental diabetes

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a major cause of vision loss, involves retinal microvascular dysfunction. While microglial phagocytosis of endothelial cells has been reported to contribute to diabetic retinal damage, the endogenous mechanisms driving microglial hyperphagocytosis in ea...

DAC-TS: a decoupling adaptive cooperative approach for fault diagnosis of time series data from cross-modal sensors

Sensor data in industrial applications typically contains severe noise interference, temporal patterns across multiple scales, and physical properties that vary across different domains. To address these challenges, this study proposes a Decoupled Adaptive Cooperative method for...

Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI) with adjunctive linear ablation vs. CPVI alone for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (SINUS): study protocol for a prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled trial

Previous studies have shown that circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI) alone has a relatively lower success rate for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF). This study aims to compare the efficacy and safety between CPVI combined with modified linear ablat...

From Digital Engagement to Physical Activity: A Four-Wave Test of Behavioral Spillover in Online Fitness Communities

Continued use of fitness technology is often treated as a prerequisite for health behavior change, yet platform engagement and behavioral regulation may operate through different mechanisms. This four-wave panel study tested whether an engagement pathway in online fitness communi...

Multifunctional polyoxometalate-modified separator enabling superior Na ion transport kinetics and dendrite-free sodium metal batteries

The performance of sodium metal batteries (SMBs) is fundamentally dictated by ionic transport. Here, a polyoxometalate (Na3PW12O40)@Zein/polyacrylonitrile-modified polypropylene separator (PZP) is designed to boost Na+ transport kinetics and transference number. Results indicate...

High‐Temperature Inorganic Ionic Thermoelectrics Enabled by an Oxygen‐Mediated Operational Mode

ABSTRACT Thermoelectric technology holds great promise for converting heat into electricity. In this work, we propose an “oxygen‐mediated” ion thermoelectric (i‐TE) operational mode in which a high‐temperature‐activated, defect‐containing inorganic i‐TE material captures O 2− flu...

Oxygen-vacancy-rich AgBiO3/Bi5O7I heterojunction for antibiotic photodegradation

Semiconductor photocatalysis antibiotic degradation technology has garnered significant advantages such as efficient energy consumption, environmental remediation and high security. To date, advanced strategies for constructing materials with oxygen vacancies and heterogeneous in...

Nacre-Inspired Layered Cu2P2O7/Bacterial Cellulose Composites with Low Thermal Expansion and High Strength

Abstract Advanced electronic packaging requires lightweight substrate materials with thermal expansion coefficients compatible with semiconductor components, high mechanical reliability, and low relative permittivity and dielectric loss. However, conventional negative thermal exp...

Scavenger Receptor Class B Type 1 Mediated Transport Enables Delivery Across Capillarized Liver Sinusoids in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis

Abstract Liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH) lacks effective therapies, in part because therapeutic agents poorly penetrate the capillarized sinusoidal endothelium. As fibrosis progresses, liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) become def...

From policy-related proxy indicators to scenario space optimization: Carbon-neutrality-oriented emission reduction pathways for the building sector in Shaanxi Province, China

With China's carbon-peaking target being progressively advanced, identifying key emission drivers and feasible reduction pathways in the building sector is essential for supporting the transition toward carbon neutrality. To address the limitations of conventional driver analysis...

Competition between thermal and elastic waves in microscale solids: A generalized Guyer–Krumhansl thermoelastic formulation

Thermoelastic coupling at micro- and nanoscales is strongly influenced by non-Fourier heat transport, where heat-flux relaxation and spatial nonlocality can modify both thermal-wave propagation and the associated mechanical response. In this work, a thermodynamically consistent g...

Probabilistic Seismic Response and Time-Dependent Reliability Evaluation of Pile-Group Foundations Using PDEM

Abstract Pile-group foundations exhibit highly nonlinear seismic behavior due to coupled pile-cap inertia, kinematic soil–pile interaction (SPI), and nonlinear soil response under strong earthquakes. Existing studies have not yet systematically captured the coupled stochastic res...

Prediction of Failure in Lithium‐Rich Cathode Half‐Cells Using Early‐Cycle Data

ABSTRACT Lithium‐ion batteries have attracted sustained attention because of their wide applications in energy storage systems. In laboratory research and development, the electrochemical performance of electrode materials is commonly evaluated using half‐cell configurations. How...

Transcription factor ELF-1 drives inflammatory macrophage to exacerbate AKI by GBP4/NLRs/NF-κB axis

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an unavoidable complication and critical determinant of prognosis in renal transplantation. M1-polarized macrophages are known to exacerbate AKI progression. Preliminary clinical data reveals a positive correlation between elevated E74-like ETS transc...

FRAME: Faithful Multi-Agent Fact Checking via Hierarchical Gating and Bayesian-Inspired Evidence-Conflict Perception

Fact checking is a key task in the field of natural language processing, and aims to judge the authenticity of a given claim by using external evidence. Existing multi-agent-based fact-checking systems achieve significant improvements on multiple benchmark datasets, but still hav...

Probiotic Spore Inspired Oral Drug Delivery System With Multiple‐Barriers‐Crossing Ability Modulates Gut‐Brain Axis for Parkinson's Disease Therapy

ABSTRACT For Parkinson's disease (PD), the development of oral brain‐targeted drug delivery is challenging due to various physiological barriers. Besides the brain, the effect of the gut on the microbiome‐gut‐brain axis should not be ignored. Therefore, developing a gut‐brain dua...

Electronic Structure Modulation of NiCo 2 S 4 Hollow Dodecahedrons by In Situ Compositing MoS 2 for Boosted Reaction Kinetics in Li–O 2 Batteries

ABSTRACT Rechargeable Li–O 2 batteries have attracted significant attention as a next‐generation energy storage technology because of their extremely high theoretical energy density. However, practical implementation remains hindered by limited energy density, poor cycling stabil...

Non-coding RNA 7SK drives tumor resistance by coupling local oncogenic activation with global transcriptional repression

The conserved non-coding RNA 7SK is a well-established global transcriptional repressor, yet its context-specific functions in cancer and therapy resistance remain paradoxical. Here, we resolve this paradox by uncovering a dual-axis mechanism through which 7SK drives colorectal c...

Performance and Resilience of Oxidation Ditch and Step-Feeding Anoxic–Oxic Processes during Extreme Rainfall Events: Evaluation and Optimization Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants

Abstract Extreme rainfall poses significant challenges to the operational stability of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). This study used full-scale plant data to evaluate the robustness and nutrient removal performance of oxidation ditch (OD) and step-feeding anoxic–oxic (AO)...