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Source of a floating dust episode over the Qingdao region and dust throughput to the ocean
A floating dust weather happened on March 11–12, 1995 over the Qingdao region. Its source’s and throughput to the ocean were studied. The result indicated that the floating dust was caused by the dust storm th...
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Specific myeloprotection via multidrug resistance 1 gene controlled by aminopeptidase N myeloid promoter
In the treatment of tumor patients introduction of multidrug resistance genes into hematopoietic cells has been reported as an approach for reducing myelotoxicity created by antitumor drugs. However, the nonsp...
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Geological records of marine environmental changes in the southern Okinawa Trough
Indexes of sediment grain size, sedimentation rates, geochemical composition, heavy minerals, benthic foraminiferal fauna, indicator species of the Kuroshio Current, paleo-SST and carbonate dissolution of core...
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Inhibitory effect of the adenovirus type 5 E1A protein expressed in the yeast system on the human tumor cell growth
Adenovirus 5 type E1A as a tumor suppressor gene can inhibit tumor growth and enhance the sensitivity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. E1A have the ability to integrate into the host genome, resulting in long-ti...
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Inhibitory effect of a modified adenovirus type 5E1A gene on the NF-κB activity in porcine aortic endothelial cells induced by TNF-α
The transcription factor nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) plays a key role in the delayed xenograft rejection (DXR). One of the important objects in the field is how to inhibit the NF-κB activity at optimal level. Th...
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Recent 2000-year geological records of mud in the inner shelf of the East China Sea and their climatic implications
AMS14C dating and grain-size analysis for Core DD2, located at the north of the Yangtze River-derived mud off the Zhejiang-Fujian coasts in the inner shelf of the East China Sea, provide us a high-resolution grai...
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Preservation of black carbon in the shelf sediments of the East China Sea
Concentrations and carbon isotopic (14C, 13C) compositions of black carbon (BC) were measured for three sediment cores collected from the Changjiang River estuary and the shelf of the East China Sea. BC concentra...
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Geochemical character and material source of sediments in the eastern Philippine Sea
Based upon analyses of grain-size, rare earth element (REE) compositions, elemental occurrence phases of REE, and U-series isotopic dating, the sediment characteristics and material sources of the study area w...
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High pressure effects on the crystal structure and electric conductivity of perovskite like (Ca/Sr)2CuO2Cl2 compounds
The crystal structure stability as well as electric conductance of (Sr/Ca)2CuO2Cl2 compound with K2NiF4 structure was investigated up to 31 GPa using diamond anvil technique. It seems that (Sr/Ca)2CuO2Cl2 is quit...
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Sedimentation rates and provenance analysis in the Southwestern Okinawa Trough since the mid-Holocene
As a high-sedimentation rate depocenter along the path of the Kuroshio Current, the southwesternmost part of the Okinawa Trough is a key area to understand the Kuroshio history and sediments transportation. A ...
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Open AccessStable structure of Zr49Cu44Al7 metallic glass matrix composite with CuZr phase under high pressure up to 40.8 GPa
Ternary Zr49Cu44Al7 metallic glass matrix composite rods with CuZr nano-phase, exhibiting an elastic strain of 1.6% and a high strength of 1.78 GPa, have been manufactured. The structural evaluation of the ternar...
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Open AccessSediment provenance and evolution of the East Asian winter monsoon since 700 ka recorded by major elements in the West Philippine Sea
To synthetically realize the character of major-element compositions as well as its significance for provenance and paleoenvironment recorded in core sediments of the West Philippine Sea over the last 700 ka, ...
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Open AccessTowards larger spatiotemporal scales in polymer simulations
Molecular dynamics simulations are useful tools to unveil molecular mechanisms of polymer phase separation, self-assembly, adsorption, and so on. Due to large molecular size and slow relaxation of the polymer ...