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A dynamic landscape simulation model for the alkaline grasslands on Songnen Plain in northeast China
a dynamic model was developed to simulate the variation of spatial species distribution patterns of the meadow steppe grasslands on Songnen Plain in northeast China. Simulation was performed to study the inter...
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A relationship between spatial processes and a partial patchiness index in a grassland landscape
A linear, semi-theoretical relationship between the coverage change of plant communities due to spatial processes and a partial patchiness index of the community distribution patterns in a grassland landscape ...
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Effects of ground water and harvest intensity on alkaline grassland ecosystem dynamics – a simulation study
A model for the alkaline grassland ecosystems, MAGE, was applied to plant communities dominated by three species. Field observations on two communities dominated respectively by Puccinellia tenuiflora and Suae...
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An Analysis of Sensitivity of Terrestrial Ecosystems in China to ClimaticChange Using Spatial Simulation
A computer simulation model of regional vegetationdynamics was applied to the terrestrial ecosystems ofChina to study the responses of vegetation to elevatedCO2 and global climatic change. The primaryproduction p...
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Scaling simulation models for spatially heterogeneous ecosystems with diffusive transportation
The behavioral dependence of vegetation simulation models for spatially heterogeneous grasslands on simulation resolution was investigated. The dependence can be largely attributed to the non-linearity of the ...
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Impacts of grazing on the alkalinized–salinized meadow steppe ecosystem in the Songnen Plain, China – A simulation study
A process-based model was built to describe the ecological processes of an alkalinized–salinized meadow steppe ecosystem, including the hydrological and alkalization–salinization processes in the soil, as well...
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Crystallization Studies of Polymer Blends of Nylon-11/Poly(vinylidene fluoride)
The crystallization of blends of two semi-crystalline polymers nylon-11 and poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVF2) was studied. The existence of separate melting and crystallization temperatures over the whole composit...
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Osmoregulation mechanism of drought stress and genetic engineering strategies for improving drought resistance in plants
Drought, one of the main adverse environmental factors, obviously affected plant growth and development. Many adaptive strategies have been developed in plants for co** with drought or water stress, among wh...
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Simulation of soil water dynamics in a Caragana intermedia woodland in Huangfuchuan watershed
As vegetation coverage increases, soil water content can decrease due to water uptake and evapotranspiration. At a very high level of plant density, poor growth and even mortality can occur due to the decrease...
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Integrative assessment of hydrological, ecological, and economic systems for water resources management at river basin scale
This study presents a basin-scale integrative hydrological, ecological, and economic (HEE) modeling system, aimed at evaluating the impact of resources management, especially agricultural water resources manag...
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Effect of rainfall interannual variability on the biomass and soil water distribution in a semiarid shrub community
The dynamics of biomass and soil moisture in semiarid land is driven by both the current rainfall and the ecosystem memory. Based on a meta-analysis of existing experiments, an ecosystem model was used to calc...
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Hydraulic redistribution in the Inner Mongolia Huangfuchuan basins under different climate scenarios
This paper describes the scaling up to a day scale of the Ryel hour scale model incorporating the process of hydraulic redistribution (HR). The Ryel model was applied to the Inner Mongolia Huangfuchuan basins ...
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Impact of irrigation and other inputs on farm productivity in the upper and middle parts of the Yellow River basin, China
This paper reports a study on the impact of resource use, irrigation in particular, on farm productivity in the upper and middle parts of the Yellow River basin, China. A comprehensive database was constructed...
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ROCK: a breast cancer functional genomics resource
The clinical and pathological heterogeneity of breast cancer has instigated efforts to stratify breast cancer sub-types according to molecular profiles. These profiling efforts are now being augmented by large...
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Application of an integrative hydro-ecological model to study water resources management in the upper and middle parts of the Yellow River basin
This study presents an application of a well-calibrated integrative hydro-ecological model to examine water resources management in the upper and middle parts of the Yellow River basin, an arid and semiarid ar...
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A Polymorphism in a Gene Encoding Perilipin 4 Is Associated with Height but not with Bone Measures in Individuals from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study
There is increasing interest in identifying new pathways and candidate genes that confer susceptibility to osteoporosis. There is evidence that adipogenesis and osteogenesis may be related, including a common ...
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Open AccessEmbryonic mammary signature subsets are activated in Brca1 -/- and basal-like breast cancers
Cancer is often suggested to result from development gone awry. Links between normal embryonic development and cancer biology have been postulated, but no defined genetic basis has been established. We recentl...
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ROCK: a resource for integrative breast cancer data analysis
Given the steady increase in breast cancer rates in both the developed and develo** world, there has been a concerted research effort undertaken worldwide to understand the molecular mechanisms underpinning ...
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Integrating global socio-economic influences into a regional land use change model for China
With rapid economic development and urbanization, land use in China has experienced huge changes in recent years; and this will probably continue in the future. Land use problems in China are urgent and need f...
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Open AccessRelationship of PIK3CA mutation and pathway activity with antiproliferative response to aromatase inhibition
PIK3CA (phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase, catalytic subunit α) somatic mutations are the most common genetic alteration in breast cancer (BC). Their prognostic value and that of the phosphatidylinos...
