97 Result(s)
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Physico-chemical Characterisation of the Processes Involved in Enamel Remineralisation by CPP-ACP
Casein phosphopeptides derived from tryptic digests of milk caseins spontaneously assemble with calcium and phosphate ions at high pH to form casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate complexes (CPP-AC...
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Proton Quantum Confinement on Symmetric Dimers of Ammonia and Lower Amine Homologs
Behavior of shared proton in symmetric dimers of ammonia and lower amine homologs were studied by several theoretical methods. Corresponding optimized structures by density functional theory show an intuitive ...
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Photosynthetic Characteristics of Arctic Plants
Polar plants have to adapt to the rigorous environment, such as: chilliness, storm wind, and intense illumination. Six Arctic plants were measured by chlorophyll content, leaf area, photosynthesis characters a...
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Synergistic Effects of Taurine and l-Arginine on Attenuating Insulin Resistance Hypertension
To elucidate the synergistic effects of taurine and l-arginine on hypertension, 25% fructose were administered to male Wistar rats for 3 months to establish insulin resistance hypertensive models. Rats with the s...
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Newly Isolated Chl d-Containing Cyanobacteria
Stromatolites are sedimentary structures formed by microbial mats that are typically found in limestone-or dolostone-rich environments. Shark Bay, Australia, has abundant examples of living marine stromatolite...
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Protective Effect of Taurine on Down-Regulated Expression of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Genes in Brains of Mice Exposed to Arsenic
This study aimed at evaluating protective effect of taurine on the down-regulated expressions of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) genes in brains of mice exposed to arsenic (As). The SPF mice were randomly divide...
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Effects of 1-butanol, Neomycin, and Calcium on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of pepc Transgenic Rice
The effects of 1-butanol, neomycin, and calcium on the photosynthesis of pepc transgenic rice were studied with over-expressed pepc transgenic rice (PC) of the 8th generation as study materials and with non-trans...
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Protective Effect of Taurine on Triorthocresyl Phosphate (TOCP)-Induced Cytotoxicity in C6 Glioma Cells
Triorthocresyl phosphate (TOCP) an organophosphorus ester can cause neurotoxicity via oxidative stress pathway. Taurine is an antioxidant. The objective of this study was to investigate the protective effect of t...
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Protective Effect of Taurine on the Decreased Biogenic Amine Neurotransmitter Levels in the Brain of Mice Exposed to Arsenic
Arsenic (As) exposure has a toxic effect on the central nervous system, especially on learning and memory. Norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), and serotonin (5-HT) play an important role in learning and memory...
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From the Anatomical Discovery of Meridians and Collaterals to Fasciaology Theory
The theory of meridians and collaterals is the basis of acupuncture in the traditional Chinese medicine; however, their anatomical existence is still unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the anato...
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A Unique Endo-β-Galactosidase that Cleaves Both Blood Group A and B Glycotopes
Endo-β-galactosidases cleave the internal β-linked galactosyl residues of sugar chains in glycoconjugates and release oligosaccharides as their products. Based on the oligosaccharide products, the microbial en...
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Lewis Glyco-Epitopes: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Functions
The Lewis glyco-epitope, also called the Lewis antigen (Le), is a series of α1→3/α1→4 fucosylated oligosaccharide epitopes derived from the Galβ1→3/1→4GlcNAcβ1→R carbohydrate backbone and that have been identi...
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GPU Acceleration of Dock6’s Amber Scoring Computation
Dressing the problem of virtual screening is a long-term goal in the drug discovery field, which if properly solved, can significantly shorten new drugs’ R&D cycle. The scoring functionality that evaluates the...
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Efficient Support Vector Machine Method for Survival Prediction with SEER Data
Support vector machine (SVM) is a popular method for classification, but there are few methods that utilize SVM for survival analysis in the literature because of the computational complexity. In this paper, w...
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A Robust Ensemble Classification Method Analysis
Apart from the dimensionality problem, the uncertainty of Microarray data quality is another major challenge of Microarray classification. Microarray data contain various levels of noise and quite often high l...
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Implantable Resonators - A Technique for Repeated Measurement of Oxygen at Multiple Deep Sites with In Vivo EPR
EPR oximetry using implantable resonators allows measurements at much deeper sites than are possible with surface resonators (> 80 vs. 10 mm) and achieves greater sensitivity at any depth. We report here the d...
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ChemBrowser: A Flexible Framework for Mining Chemical Documents
The ability to extract chemical and biological entities and relations from text documents automatically has great value to biochemical research and development activities. The growing maturity of text mining a...
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Simultaneous Pathogen Detection and Antibiotic Resistance Characterization Using SNP-Based Multiplexed Oligonucleotide Ligation-PCR (MOL-PCR)
Extensive use of antibiotics in both public health and animal husbandry has resulted in rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in almost all human pathogens, including biothreat pathogens. Antibiotic resista...
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Prediction of Severe Sepsis Using SVM Model
Sepsis is an infectious condition that results in damage to organs. This paper proposes a severe sepsis model based on Support Vector Machine (SVM) for predicting whether a septic patient will become severe se...
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The Tetrapyrrole Biosynthetic Pathway and Its Regulation in Rhodobacter capsulatus
The purple anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus is capable of growing in aerobic or anaerobic conditions, in the dark or using light, etc. Achieving versatile metabolic adaptations from resp...
