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Building scientific literacy in China: achievements and prospects
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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 AccessA new interpretation of the tectonic setting and age of meta-basic volcanics in the Ondor Sum Group, Inner Mongolia
The Ondor Sum Group in the central Inner Mongolia is mainly composed of meta-basic volcanics intercalated with ferruginous quartzite and quartz schist, and has been interpreted as slices of oceanic crust or an...
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Open AccessLushan M S7.0 earthquake: A special earthquake occurs on curved fault
Relocation result shows that the aftershocks of the Lushan M S7.0 earthquake spatially distribute in a shape like “half bowl”, indicating that the rupture structure of the mainshock is a highly cu...
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Open AccessPrecise measurement of stable (δ 88/86Sr) and radiogenic (87Sr/86Sr) strontium isotope ratios in geological standard reference materials using MC-ICP-MS
A new method for high-precision measurements of stable (δ 88/86Sr) and radiogenic (87Sr/86Sr) Sr isotope ratios was developed on the MC-ICP-MS using a standard-sample-standard bracketing protocol....
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Open AccessMyofibrillogenesis regulator-1 promotes cell adhesion and migration in human hepatoma cells
Myofibrillogenesis regulator-1 (MR-1) is a gene overexpressed usually in many human cancers. However, the effects of MR-1 on cell proliferation, adhesion, migration and genome-wide gene regulation are still uncle...
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Open AccessOptical detection of acetylcholine esterase based on CdTe quantum dots
In this study, we have constructed a simple, sensitive and rapid biosensor for detection of acetylcholine esterase (AChE) based on CdTe quantum dots (QDs). The detection limit of AChE by one-step enzyme reacti...
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Open AccessResponse of leaf dark respiration of winter wheat to changes in CO2 concentration and temperature
Accurate evaluation of dark respiration of plants is important for estimation of the plant carbon budget. The response of leaf dark respiration of winter wheat to changes in CO2 concentration and temperature was ...
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Open AccessSpatial variation in community structure of a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest: Implications for sampling design
With the full survey data for a 24-ha subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest dynamics plot, we evaluated spatial variation in forest structure characteristics (basal area and aboveground biomass), and calcu...
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Open AccessAdditive Runge-Kutta methods for H2/O2/Ar detonation with a detailed elementary chemical reaction model
We report here the additive Runge-Kutta methods for computing reactive Euler equations with a stiff source term, and in particular, their applications in gaseous detonation simulations. The source term in gase...
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Open AccessDesign of an air-slot mode-gap nanocavity in a two dimensional photonic crystal slab
We present a novel and simple design of an air-slot mode-gap photonic crystal (PC) nanocavity by introducing a linear air slot to the center of a line-defect waveguide in a two dimensional triangular-lattice s...
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Open AccessThe biogeochemical behavior of dissolved aluminum in the southern Yellow Sea: Influence of the spring phytoplankton bloom
Many recent studies have investigated the nutrient-type profiles of dissolved aluminum (Al) in the ocean. Significant scavenging of dissolved Al can occur during phytoplankton blooms, but the mechanism remains...
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Open AccessReplication of Papilio maackii Ménétriés butterfly scale structural color using a magnetron sputtering method
The natural butterfly Papilio maackii Ménétriés scales were found, through scanning and transmission electron microscopy, to comprise stacks of thin layers. Replicated scales were then fabricated on a silicon sub...
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Open AccessVariations in the equilibrium line altitude of Urumqi Glacier No.1, Tianshan Mountains, over the past 50 years
The glacier ELA is one of the important parameters reflecting climate change. Based on observations of the equilibrium line altitude (ELA) of Urumqi Glacier No.1 in the Tianshan Mountains, we established a sta...
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Open AccessResearch advance in failure risk and local strength failure for high arch dams
To develop national economy and use the water resources and hydropower resources sufficiently, a lot of high arch dams, with the height of more than 200 m, have been and will be built in China. Although arch d...
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Open AccessTemporal and spatial variations of the active layer along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway in a permafrost region
Using monitored active layer thickness (ALT) and environmental variables of 10 observation fields along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway in permafrost region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), a model for ALT esti...
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Open AccessResponse of the East Asian climate system to water and heat changes of global frozen soil using NCAR CAM model
Under the condition of land-atmosphere heat and water conservation, a set of sensitive numerical experiments are set up to investigate the response of the East Asian climate system to global frozen soil change...
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Open AccessA constitutive model based on the evolution and coalescence of elliptical micro-cracks for quasi-brittle materials
Damage and failure of quasi-brittle materials are caused by the evolution and coalescence of micro-cracks. To solve the problem of elliptical micro-crack growth at the elastic deformation stage, a method of co...
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Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Recent progress in AFM studies of biodegradable poly(lactic acid) materials
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Open AccessProgress of graphene growth on copper by chemical vapor deposition: Growth behavior and controlled synthesis
Recently, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on copper has been becoming a main method for preparing large-area and high- quality monolayer graphene. In this paper, we first briefly introduce the preliminary unde...