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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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Meromixis in Zige Tangco, central Tibetan Plateau
Zige Tangco (4560 m a.s.l.), located in central Tibetan Plateau, was first discovered in China to be a meromictic lake. The meromixis was caused possibly by virtual sheltering due to the lake basin’s morphomet...
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Morphological responses ofLimnocythere inopinata (Ostracoda) to hydrochemical environment factors
Living ostracod and hydrochemical samples were collected synchronously from more than 50 lakes and small water body in the eastern edge area of the Tibetan Plateau, Northern Tibetan, Southern Tibet and mid-Tib...
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Application of CCA for study on modern lake diatoms and environment in the Tibetan Plateau
The relations between lake surface sediment diatoms and water environmental variables were revealed effectively by use of a new multivariate canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) based on 45 lakes in the Tib...
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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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Isotopic feature and uranium dating of the volcanic rocks in the Okinawa Trough
Volcanic rocks from the northern and middle Okinawa Trough were dated by uranium-series dating method. Differential fractions using magnetic procedure were designed to separate samples. New report on the ages ...
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A physics-based statistical algorithm for retrieving land surface temperature from AMSR-E passive microwave data
AMSR-E and MODIS are two EOS (Earth Observing System) instruments on board the Aqua satellite. A regression analysis between the brightness of all AMSR-E bands and the MODIS land surface temperature product in...
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Paleoenvironment evolution of the East Philippine Sea recorded in the new-type ferromanganese crust since the terminal Late Miocene
From systemic research of microstructure, geochemistry, uranium-series and 10Be isotope dating on a new-type deepwater ferromanganese crust from the East Philippine Sea, the paleoenvironment evolution of the targ...
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Grain-size records at ODP site 1146 from the northern South China Sea: Implications on the East Asian monsoon evolution since 20 Ma
273 samples from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 1146 in the northern South China Sea (SCS) were analyzed for grain-size distributions using grain-size class vs. standard deviation method and end-member mode...
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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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Quantitatively distinguishing sediments from the Yangtze River and the Yellow River using δ EuN-ΣREEs plot
Sediment samples were collected from the lower channel of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and the contents of rare earth elements (REEs) were measured. In addition, some historical REEs data were collec...
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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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Relative paleointensity of the geomagnetic field during the past 200 ka from the West Philippine Sea and its chronological significance
Our rock magnetic analysis of core Ph05 from the West Philippine Sea demonstrates that the core preserves a strong, stable remanent magnetization and meets the magnetic mineral criteria for relative paleointen...
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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...
