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Open AccessLushan M S7.0 earthquake: A blind reserve-fault event
In the epicenter of the Lushan M S7.0 earthquake there are several imbricate active reverse faults lying from northwest to southeast, namely the Gengda-Longdong, Yan**g-Wulong, Shuangshi-Dachuan ...
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Open Access2-D shape completion with shape priors
We propose new techniques for 2-D shape/contour completion, which is one of the important research topics related to shape analysis and computer vision, e.g. the detection of incomplete objects due to occlusio...
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Open AccessAlGaN/GaN heterostructure field transistor for label-free detection of DNA hybridization
This paper demonstrates electrical detection of single strand deoxyribonucleic acid (ssDNA) conjugation by AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET) biological sensors. The probe ssDNA molecules...
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Open AccessThe preparation and performance of high activity Ni-Cr binary catalysts for direct borohydride fuel cells
Ni-Cr binary anode catalysts used in direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs) were prepared using a constant potential electrodeposition method. Compared with pure metal Ni catalysts, the electro-oxidation curren...
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Open AccessRanging pattern and population composition of Rhinopithecus bieti at **aochangdu, Tibet: Implications for conservation
We studied the ranging pattern of the wild black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) at **aochangdu, Tibet from June 2003 to March 2005. Using the map grid cell method, the group home range were 16...
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Open AccessThe combined effects of the ENSO and the Arctic Oscillation on the winter climate anomalies in East Asia
With the warm/cold phases of the El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) as a background, the impacts of monthly variation in the Arctic Oscillation (AO) on the winter climate anomalies in East Asia are studie...
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Open AccessSpatial and temporal variations of light rain events over China and the mid-high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere
Based on observed daily precipitation data, monthly gridded radiosonde upper air temperature and sea surface temperature data from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, monthly surface air temperature from the Clim...
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Open AccessObservational evidences for the speed of the gravity based on the Earth tide
We have found that the current practical Newtonian formula for the gravity tide of the Earth implies a hypothesis that gravity travels at the speed of light; furthermore, we have derived and solved the propaga...
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Open AccessPrediction of metal toxicity in aquatic organisms
Metal pollution has been a major environmental problem in China with the increasing industrialization. The prediction of metal toxicity is extremely challenging due to the complex metal handling and sequestrat...
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Open AccessDietary toxicity of metals in aquatic animals: Recent studies and perspectives
Over the past decade, the quantitative recognition of the significance of dietary exposure in the overall bioaccumulation of metals in aquatic animals has been an area of major progress in metal ecotoxicology....
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Open AccessRelationships of mRNA-protein secondary structures in the human β-globin gene HBB and four variants
Single nucleotide polymorphism is an interesting problem that can alter gene expression, recode amino acids and affect protein function. Protein structural changes have generally been attributed to amino acid ...
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Open AccessNitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets as high efficient catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
It is of great significance in exploring alternative catalysts to platinum (Pt)-based materials for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), because this reaction is invariably involved in various fuel cells and metal...
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Open AccessAntigenic epitope peptides of influenza H3N2 virus neuraminidase gene based on experiments
The neuraminidase (NA) in viral surface is one of the main subtype-specific antigen of influenza type A viruses. Neuraminidase is an enzyme to break the bonds between hemagglutinin (HA) and sialic acid to rele...
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Open AccessExperimental observation of spontaneous chaotic current oscillations in GaAs/Al0.45Ga0.55As superlattices at room temperature
Spontaneous self-sustained chaotic current oscillations are observed experimentally in lightly-doped weakly-coupled GaAs/Al0.45Ga0.55As superlattices at room temperature for the first time. The mole fraction of A...
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Open AccessThe hemocompatibility and the reabsorption function of TiO2 nanotubes biomembranes
A novel high-intensity TiO2 nanotubes array membrane was fabricated via electrochemical anodization of highly pure titanium foil and an open-ended TiO2 nanotubes array membrane was obtained by HF gas etching at t...
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Open AccessFragmentation mechanism of product ions from protonated proline-containing tripeptides in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
The dissociation chemistry of primary fragment ions from the protonated proline-containing tripeptides glycylprolylglycine, prolylglycylglycine, and prolylprolylglycine was investigated by electrospray ionizat...
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Open AccessQuantum information and many body physics with cold atoms
We review our recent theoretical advances in quantum information and many body physics with cold atoms in various external potential, such as harmonic potential, kagome optical lattice, triangular optical latt...
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Open AccessPhase-error restraint with the empirical mode decomposition method in phase measurement profilometry
Phase measurement profilometry (PMP) uses a digital projector and a camera for 3D shape measurement. However, the nonlinear response of the measurement system causes the captured perfect sinusoidal fringe patt...
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Open AccessCalcium isotope fractionation and its controlling factors over authigenic carbonates in the cold seeps of the northern South China Sea
In this study, we analyzed stable calcium isotope results of authigenic carbonates from two cold seep areas of the Dongsha area and the Baiyun Sag in the northern South China Sea. The stable isotopes of carbon...
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Open AccessGeometric algebra method for multidimensionally-unified GIS computation
Seamless multidimensional handling and coordinate-free characteristics of geometric algebra (GA) provide means to construct multidimensionally-unified GIS computation models. Using the multivector representati...