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Eutectoid Decomposition of the Delta Phase of the Copper-Tin System
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Multiple sequence alignment of the M protein in SARS-associated and other known coronaviruses
In this paper, we report a multiple sequence alignment result on the basis of 10 amino acid sequences of the M protein, which come from different coronaviruses (4 SARS-associated and 6 others known). The align...
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Ultraviolet Radiation for Disinfection
Natural water, such as surface water and groundwater, exists as an open system. Natural and/or synthesized organic substances, oxygen, nutrients are thus able to enter various waters. Owing to the presence of ...
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Process on “global guidance for LCA databases”
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Open AccessNatural factors influencing blown sand hazards in Bei**g
In this article, natural factors in the farming-pastoral ecotone that might have influenced the blown sand hazards in Bei**g in 2000 are analyzed. In the farming-pastoral ecotone, blown sand activities took p...
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Open AccessDrought risk assessment of China’s mid-season paddy
China has the world’s largest population and a large and critically important agricultural sector. Sixty-five percent of the Chinese population lives on paddy rice. However, drought disasters frequently afflic...
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Open AccessAgriculture insurance in China: History, experience, and lessons learned
The development of agriculture and the rural economy play a crucial role in China’s socioeconomic system. Agriculture insurance has become key in ensuring the growth of agriculture and stabilizing farmers’ inc...
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Open AccessThe MIKE model application to overtop** risk assessment of seawalls and levees in Shanghai
This article used MIKE 21 models to evaluate the overtop** risk of seawalls and levees from the combined effect of land subsidence, storm tide, and sea level rise in Shanghai. Typhoon storm tides are the pri...
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Open AccessChina’s drought disaster risk management: Perspective of severe droughts in 2009–2010
China has been frequently and heavily affected by drought disasters. During 2009–2010, three large-scale severe droughts struck China, caused considerable social, economic, and ecological losses. These drought...
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Urbanisation and human health in China: spatial features and a systemic perspective
Current studies have paid little attention to the dynamism in urban spatial expansion and its possible environmental and health effects or to the health effects of rapid urban environmental change at different...
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Open AccessImpacts of fire and phosphorus on sawgrass and cattails in an altered landscape of the Florida Everglades
Although fire as a critical ecological process shapes the Florida Everglades landscape, researchers lack landscape-based approach for fire management. The interactive effect of fire, nutrients, water depth, an...
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Open AccessLiving with global climate diversity—suggestions on international governance for co** with climate change risk
Climatic conditions have important influences on human life and the sustainable development of economies and societies. Climate varies in space and time. People have always lived with climate diversity, and th...
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Open AccessEngineering geological assessment for route selection of railway line in geologically active area: A case study in China
The Cheng-Lan railway links Chengdu, a central city in Southwestern China, and Lanzhou, a central city in Northwestern China. The railway passes through the Longmenshan fault zone (Wenchuan earthquake happened...
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Open AccessSoil organic carbon and nutrients along an alpine grassland transect across Northern Tibet
Soil carbon and nutrient contents and their importance in advancing our understanding of biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystem, has motivated ecologists to find their spatial patterns in various geog...
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Open AccessLocal responses to macro development policies and their effects on rural system in China’s mountainous regions: the case of Shuanghe Village in Sichuan Province
China has promulgated a series of policies including the Western Development Program, the Grain for Green Project, agricultural support policies and building a new countryside strategy to eliminate east-west d...
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Rare Earth Metals: Resourcefulness and Recovery
When we appreciate the digital revolution carried over from the twentieth century with mobile communication and the Internet, and when we enjoy our high-tech lifestyle filled with iDevices, hybrid cars, wind t...
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Open AccessSelf-Optimization Simulation Model of Short-Term Cascaded Hydroelectric System Dispatching Based on the Daily Load Curve
Short-term optimization dispatching of cascaded hydroelectric system with day (or week) cycle is of great value in practical implementation, such as improving grid stability, more power benefits. This study pr...
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Open AccessParameter uncertainty and identifiability of a conceptual semi-distributed model to simulate hydrological processes in a small headwater catchment in Northwest China
Conceptual hydrological models are useful tools to support catchment water management. However, the identifiability of parameters and structural uncertainties in conceptual rainfall-runoff modeling prove to be...
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Recent Advancements in Energy-Saving Technologies for the Metallurgical and Mining Industries
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Open AccessKey factors influencing the mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake triggered many rapid and long runout landslides, which directly caused great loss of property and human lives and were responsible for a large percentage of total damages caused by...
