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Chapter and Conference Paper
Double Crop** of Rice in Triple Crop** System and Soil Fertility
Since the 1970s, the continual extension of double crop** of rice in triple crop** system has promoted the production to a certain extent but has brought about some adverse effects on soils in the western ...
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Free volume properties of interpenetrating polymer networks probed by positron annihilation
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Critical Success Factors for ERP Life Cycle Implementation
ERP implementations are complex undertakings. The purpose of this study is to establish ERP implementation model in China firms based on project life cycle theory. ERP implementation is an information system p...
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A remote control training system for rat navigation in complicated environment
A remote control system has been developed to deliver stimuli into the rat brain through a wireless micro-stimulator for animal behavior training. The system consists of the following main components: an integ...
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Preparation and photoluminescence of ZnO with nanostructure by hollow-cathode discharge
Without the use of a metal catalyst in the process, ZnO with nanostructures was successfully prepared on Si (100) substrate by simple chemical vapor-deposition method. In our work, Ar was used as the plasma fo...
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A Modified Percutaneous Transhepatic Variceal Embolization with 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate Versus Endoscopic Ligation in Esophageal Variceal Bleeding Management: Randomized Controlled Trial
Background Conventional percutaneous transhepatic varices embolization (PTVE) has rarely been used in recent years due to high rates of variceal recurrence and rebleeding. Herein we report a modified PTVE with 2-...
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Liana: a decentralized load-dependent scheduler for performance-cost optimization of grid service
This paper addresses the scheduling problem in decentralized grid systems. Such problem focuses on computing a large set of arbitrary tasks to optimize the system performance while minimizing the average syste...
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Factors affecting seed set in the crosses between Dendranthema grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and its wild species
Reproductive barriers often exist in the crosses between Dendranthema grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and its wild species and seriously result in low seed set, consequently reducing breeding efficiency. For the p...
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Interspecific hybrids between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and C. indicum (L.) Des Moul. and their drought tolerance evaluation
Chrysanthemum grandiflorum ‘Yuhuaxingchen’ is an important commercial chrysanthemum cultivar with excellent ornamental quality but low drought tolerance, whereas C. indicum has exceptional drought tolerance. In o...
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Bifurcation behavior of laminar flows of a boundary layer problem
This paper presents a theoretical analysis on the bifurcation behavior of solutions to a nonlinear equation f‴ − ff″ = 0 with boundary conditions: f(0) = C, f′(0) = ξ and f′(∞) = 1 where ξ and C are parameters. I...
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Molecular characterization of segments S7 to S10 of a southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus isolate from maize in northern China
Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV) is a novel Fijivirus prevalent in rice in southern and central China, and northern Vietnam. Its genome has 10 segments of double-stranded RNA named S1 to S10 a...
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Overcoming pre-fertilization barriers in the wide cross between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and C. nankingense (Nakai) Tzvel. by using special pollination techniques
In our earlier study, pre-fertilization barrier was one of the main factors causing the failure of the wide hybridization between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum ‘Yuhuaxingchen’ and C. nankingense, and seriously restr...
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Complete genomic sequence analysis of a highly virulent isolate revealed a novel strain of Sugarcane mosaic virus
Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) is the most prevalent virus causing maize dwarf mosaic disease in northern China. A SCMV isolate, BD8, was obtained from the maize showing dwarf and mosaic symptoms in Baoding, Chin...
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Open AccessFactors influencing fecundity in experimental crosses of water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) cultivars
Breeding programs for the water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) are hampered by an inability to account for variation in seed set associated with crosses between different cultivars. We studied seed set in two reciproca...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Study of Simulated Space Radiation Environment Effect on Conductive Properties of ITO Thermal Control Materials
In order to prevent detrimental effects of ESD caused by differential surface charging of spacecraft under space environments, an ITO transparent conductive coating is often deposited on the thermal control ma...
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Increased Expression of TRPV1 in the Cortex and Hippocampus from Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) is a ligand-gated nonselective cation channel that has been well characterized in peripheral pain pathway. Recent evidence from animal models of temporal l...
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Expression of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 in the Cortical Lesions of Focal Cortical Dysplasia IIb and the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Focal cortical dysplasia type IIb (FCD IIb) and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) are malformations of cortical development (MCDs) and are frequently associated with medically intractable epilepsy. Previous stu...
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Endogenous Subventricular Zone Neural Progenitors Contribute to the Formation and Hyperexcitability of Experimental Model of Focal Microgyria
Microgyria is associated with epilepsy and due to developmental disruption of neuronal migration. However, the role of endogenous subventricular zone-derived neural progenitors (SDNPs) in formation and hyperex...
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Mitoflash frequency in early adulthood predicts lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans
In Caenorhabditis elegans, mitochondrial activity as measured by the frequency of the mitochondrial flash in young adult animals is a powerful predictor of lifespan across genetic, environmental and stochastic fa...
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Down-Regulated Expression of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a in Cortical Lesions of Patients with Focal Cortical Dysplasia
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) represents a well-recognized cause of medically intractable epilepsy. Previous studies have indicated that seizures can reduce brain pH and then eliminate seizure discharges. Aci...
