Xiaohua Yang

Nov 12, 2024 | mdpi.com | Xiaohua Yang |Zixuan Wang |Jiahao Li |Ming Wu

1. IntroductionIn recent years, the rate of underground cabling in China’s urban power transmission and distribution networks has been steadily increasing. However, this has also led to a rise in the failure rate of the cable’s insulation layer [1] and semiconductive layer [2]. XLPE cables, during both manufacturing and operation, are inevitably affected by factors such as production and installation processes [3].

Nov 7, 2024 | mdpi.com | Panpan Jiang |Xiaohua Yang |Yaping Wan |Tiejun Zeng

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Jul 12, 2024 | science.org | Caterina Montani |Hui Ye |ZhiJun Qiu |Xiaohua Yang

AbstractOxysterols are metabolites of cholesterol that regulate cholesterol homeostasis. Among these, the most abundant oxysterol is 27-hydroxycholesterol (27HC), which can cross the blood-brain barrier. Because 27HC functions as an endogenous selective estrogen receptor modulator, we hypothesize that 27HC binds to the estrogen receptor α (ERα) in the brain to regulate energy balance.

Mar 31, 2023 | mdpi.com | Pan Li |Shaohua Xie |Xiaohua Yang |Zhichao Wang

Abstract:The fractured zone poses a significant risk to construction safety and structure durability in tunnel engineering. However, the effect of excavation methods has not been thoroughly investigated in previous studies. This paper presents a series of 1:30 scale 3D model tests on fault tunnels under the coupling effect of different fault dip angles and construction steps.