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Cu-catalyzed enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H via radical relay
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MULTI-TILLERING DWARF1, a new allele of BRITTLE CULM 12, affects plant height and tiller in rice
Plant height and tillering are crucial factors determining rice plant architecture and influencing rice grain production. In this study, multi-tillering dwarf1 (mtd1), a stable multi-tiller and dwarf mutant, was ...
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Sensitive detection of dopamine and quinone drugs based on the quenching of the fluorescence of carbon dots
In this work, we demonstrated that the quinone structure can quench the fluorescence of the carbon dots (CDs). The sensitive determination of dopamine (DA) was studied primarily based on this principle. DA wou...
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Draft genome of an Aerophobetes bacterium reveals a facultative lifestyle in deep-sea anaerobic sediments
Aerophobetes (or CD12) is a recently defined bacterial phylum, of which the metabolic processes and ecological importance remain unclear. In the present study, we obtained the draft genom...
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Superconductivity at 7.8 K in the ternary LaRu2As2 compound
Here we report the discovery of superconductivity in the ternary LaRu2As2 compound. The polycrystalline LaRu2As2 samples were synthesized by the conventional solid state reaction method. Powder X-ray diffraction ...
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Building scientific literacy in China: achievements and prospects
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Metal-free porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for enhanced oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
Develo** efficient metal-free bi-functional electrocatalysts is required to reduce costs and improve the slow oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics in electrochemical s...
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Prenatal glucocorticoid contributed to rat lung dysplasia is related to asymmetric dimethylarginine/nitric oxide pathway
Prenatal glucocorticoids (GCs) have been used to induce maturation of preterm fetal lungs and prevent the development of respiratory distress syndrome of the premature. Pulmonary surfactant induction has been ...
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Enhanced electrochemical stimuli multilayers based on a ferrocene-containing polymer
Based on the noncovalent functionalization of ferrocene-grafted polyethylenimine (PEI-Fc) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), CNT bundles are exfoliated by PEI-Fc solution and thus form stable compounds PEI-Fc@CNTs, ...
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Characterization and cloning of SMALL GRAIN 4, a novel DWARF11 allele that affects brassinosteroid biosynthesis in rice
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are important hormones that regulate plant development and physiology. Substantial progresses have been made in BR-related studies, and especially an increasing number of new genes invo...
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Concentrations and distributions of Dechlorane Plus in environmental samples around a Dechlorane Plus manufacturing plant in East China
A comprehensive investigation into the occurrence of Dechlorane Plus (DP) in environmental samples around a DP manufacturing plant in East China was performed. The total syn-DP and anti-DP concentrations found in...
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The principle of compromise in competition: exploring stability condition of protein folding
Thermodynamic hypothesis and kinetic stability are currently used to understand protein folding. The former assumes that free energy minimum is the exclusive dominant mechanism in most cases, while the latter ...
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Body weights in Han Chinese populations
The body weights of 26,954 Han Chinese adults in 67 areas (16,503 in rural areas and 10,451 in urban areas) across China were measured from 2009 to 2013. The results showed that in China, the three areas (nort...
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Spatiotemporal distribution and decadal change of the monthly temperature predictability limit in China
Based on the nonlinear Lyapunov exponent and nonlinear error growth dynamics, the spatiotemporal distribution and decadal change of the monthly temperature predictability limit (MTPL) in China is quantitativel...
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Selected multiferroic perovskite oxides containing rare earth and transition metal elements
Multiferroic materials are currently the subject of intensive research worldwide, because of both their fundamental scientific problems and also possible technological applications. Among a number of candidate...
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A dynamic finite element model of human cervical spine with in vivo kinematic validation
Most previous cervical spine finite element (FE) models were validated using in vitro cadaver measurement data from literatures. Although in vitro measurement can provide valuable data for model verification, the...
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Risks posed by obesity to body-surface narrowband wireless communication
Little work has been done on the effect of being overweight on the wireless narrowband radio propagation of wearable medical instruments. In this paper, by applying a finite-difference time-domain technique an...
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Crystal structures, antibacterial activity and thermal decomposition kinetics of lanthanide complexes with 4-chloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline
A series of lanthanide complexes [Ln(4-Cl-2-MOBA)3phen]2 (Ln=Sm (1), Nd (2), Ho (3), Eu (4), Dy (5), and Tb (6); 4-Cl-2-MOBA=4-chloro-2-methoxybenzoate, phen=1,10-phenanthroline) were synthesized and characterize...
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Evaluating the influences of measurement time and frequency on soil respiration in a semiarid temperate grassland
Soil respiration (Soil R) is one of the largest CO2 fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere. The largely seasonal and daily patterns of Soil R in semiarid grassland ecosystems indicate that measureme...
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Quantitative study of tectonic geomorphology along Haiyuan fault based on airborne LiDAR
High-precision and high-resolution topography are the fundamental data for active fault research. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) presents a new approach to build detailed digital elevation models effectiv...
