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Open AccessSingle nucleotide polymorphism SNP19140160 A > C is a potential breeding locus for fast-growth largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) has significant economic value as a high-yielding fish species in China’s freshwater aquaculture industry. Determining the major genes related to growth traits and identify...
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Effects of afforestation by aerial sowing on topsoil physicochemical properties in the sandy desert, NW China
Nowadays, the afforestation by tree planting is one of the most effective measures to combat desertification and restore the degraded land in the global. However, the effects of large-scale afforestation by ae...
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Experimental study of EDM characteristics using a 5-DOF controllable magnetic levitation actuator
The efficiency and accuracy of conventional electrical discharge machining (EDM) are limited by the stability of the voltage between the poles. To improve the efficiency of EDM, this paper presents a machining...
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Open AccessNumerical Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Slender Walls Subjected to Coupled Axial Tension–Flexure
Under strong earthquakes, reinforced concrete (RC) walls in high-rise buildings, particularly in wall piers that form part of a coupled or core wall system, may experience coupled axial tension–flexure loading...
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Dissociable plasticity of visual-motor system in functional specialization and flexibility in expert table tennis players
Specialization and flexibility are two basic attributes of functional brain organization, enabling efficient cognition and behavior. However, it is largely unknown what plastic changes in specialization and fl...
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Investigation on machining performance of micro-holes EDM in ZrB2-SiC ceramics using a magnetic suspension spindle system
Zirconium diboride-silicon carbide (ZrB2-SiC) ceramics are considered to be potential candidates for ultra-high temperature (> 2200 °C) applications due to unique combination of properties. However, it is difficu...
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Micro-holes EDM of superalloy Inconel 718 based on a magnetic suspension spindle system
Micro-electro discharge machining (EDM) plays an important role in fabrication of micro-parts and structures such as micro-holes. However, due to the micro-discharge gap between workpiece and electrode, debris...
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Assessment of efficiency and potentiality of agricultural resources in Central Asia
This paper quantitatively analyzes the utilization efficiency of agricultural resources in Central Asia by calculating the consumption coefficient of the main resources, including arable land, water and fertil...
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Comparable water use of two contrasting riparian forests in the lower Heihe River basin, Northwest China
Understanding forest ecosystem evapotranspiration (ET) is crucial for water-limited environments, particularly those that lack adequate quantified data such as the lower Heihe River basin of northwest China which...
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A magnetic suspension spindle system for small and micro holes EDM
Due to the slow response of the traditional servo system, short circuit and electrode bending often happen in small and micro holes electrical discharge machining (EDM); these issues usually reduce productivit...
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Comparison of leaf stomatal conductance models for typical desert riparian phreatophytes in northwestern China
Stomatal regulation plays a vital role related to plant functioning, especially with a limited water supply. Estimating the leaf stomatal conductance (g s) is pivotal for further estimatio...
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Evidences and magnitude of nighttime transpiration derived from Populus euphratica in the extreme arid region of China
Extensive research has found that nighttime transpiration (E n) is positively correlated to the vapour pressure deficit (VPD), that suggested E n wa...
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Evapotranspiration of a Populus euphratica forest during the growing season in an extremely arid region of northwest China using the Shuttleworth–Wallace model
Thus far, measurements and estimations of actual evapotranspiration (ET) in extremely arid areas are still insufficient. Based on successive observations from June–September 2014, we simulated ET of a Populus eup...
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A novel PWM power amplifier of magnetic suspension spindle control system for micro EDM
Considering the traditional power amplifier has the disadvantage of poor reliability and flexibility, a three-level pulse-width modulation (PWM) power amplifier which is based on a novel field-programmable log...
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Comparison of three evapotranspiration models with eddy covariance measurements for a Populus euphratica Oliv. forest in an arid region of northwestern China
The accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) in arid regions is important for improving the water use efficiency of vegetation. Based on successive observations from May to October of 2014, we estimated ...
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The Change of Land Cover/Land Use in E**a Oasis over 20 Years
Land use and land cover change have been of great concern in global change research in recent years. Base on comparison with the remote sensing data in1982 and 2000 and field investigation, the results of land...
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Re-evaluating the impacts of human activity and environmental change on desertification in the Minqin Oasis, China
The Minqin Oasis and its adjacent regions in northern China experienced significant desertification beginning 2,000 years ago and continuing to the present, and numerous studies have claimed that human activit...
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Reduced function and disassembled microtubules of cultured cardiomyocytes in spaceflight
Lack of gravity during spaceflight has profound effects on cardiovascular system, but little is known about how the cardiomyocytes respond to microgravity. In the present study, the effects of spaceflight on t...
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Evaluation of the sap flow using heat pulse method to determine transpiration of the Populus euphratica canopy
The sap flow of the sampled Populus euphratica stems at different radial depths and directions had been studied in E**a Oasis, in the lower reaches of the Heihe River. Based on sap flow measurements, the transpi...
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Precision Control of Radial Magnetic Bearing
The aim of the research is to realize a radial magnetic bearing with the rotational accuracy of several nanometers. In this paper, a partial bias current method for driving electromagnets is introduced. The he...
