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Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
Science, multidisciplinary
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Open AccessAnisotropic vanadium dioxide sculptured thin films with superior thermochromic properties
VO2 (M) STF through reduction of V2O5 STF was prepared. The results illustrate that V2O5 STF can be successfully obtained by oblique angle thermal evaporation technique. After annealing at 550°C/3 min, the V2O5 S...
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Open AccessA new cathode material for super-valent battery based on aluminium ion intercalation and deintercalation
Due to their small footprint and flexible siting, rechargeable batteries are attractive for energy storage systems. A super-valent battery based on aluminium ion intercalation and deintercalation is proposed i...
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Open AccessAuricular Acupressure Reduces Anxiety Levels and Improves Outcomes of in Vitro Fertilization: A Prospective, Randomized and Controlled Study
The study was to explore whether auricular acupressure (AA) can relieve anxiety during the period from trans-vaginal oocyte retrieval to the embryo transfer in IVF treatment and whether AA can improve the outc...
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Open AccessMethane uptake in forest soils along an urban-to-rural gradient in Pearl River Delta, South China
We investigated soil CH4 fluxes from six forests along an urban-to-rural gradient in Guangzhou City metropolitan area, South China. The most significant CH4 consumption was found in the rural site, followed by su...
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Open AccessThe largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications
An apparent absence of Silurian fishes more than half-a-metre in length has been viewed as evidence that gnathostomes were restricted in size and diversity prior to the Devonian. Here we describe the largest p...
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Open AccessOne order of magnitude faster phase change at reduced power in Ti-Sb-Te
To date, slow Set operation speed and high Reset operation power remain to be important limitations for substituting dynamic random access memory by phase change memory. Here, we demonstrate phase change memor...
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Open AccessIn vitro molecular evolution yields an NEIBM with a potential novel IgG binding property
Staphylococcus aureus protein A (SpA) and protein G of groups C and G streptococci (SpG) are two well-defined bacterial immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding proteins (IBPs) with high affinity for specific sites on IgG fro...
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Open AccessA hybrid method for identification of structural domains
Structural domains in proteins are the basic units to form various proteins. In the protein's evolution and functioning, domains play important roles. But the definition of domain is not yet precisely given an...
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Open AccessDysbiosis of Fungal Microbiota in the Intestinal Mucosa of Patients with Colorectal Adenomas
The fungal microbiota is an important component of the human gut microbiome and may be linked to gastrointestinal disease. In this study, the fungal microbiota of biopsy samples from adenomas and adjacent tiss...
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Open AccessBiochemical and Pharmacological Characterizations of ESI-09 Based EPAC Inhibitors: Defining the ESI-09 “Therapeutic Window”
The cAMP signaling cascade is one of the most frequently targeted pathways for the development of pharmaceutics. A plethora of recent genetic and pharmacological studies suggest that exchange proteins directly...
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Open AccessSerum IGFBP7 levels associate with insulin resistance and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a Chinese population
Metabolic syndrome (MetS), one of the major public health concerns, is regarded as the “common soil” of incidence of common chronic diseases and may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. The predominant underl...
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Open AccessExpress penetration of hydrogen on Mg(10͞13) along the close-packed-planes
Metal atoms often locate in energetically favorite close-packed planes, leading to a relatively high penetration barrier for other atoms. Naturally, the penetration would be much easier through non-close-packe...
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Open AccessAssociation of mtDNA M/N haplogroups with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study of Han Chinese women
To investigate whether mitochondrial DNA haplogroups M or N are related to occurrence or manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we collected M/N haplogrou** and clinical characteristics from 8...
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Open AccessTranscriptional responses of invasive and indigenous whiteflies to different host plants reveal their disparate capacity of adaptation
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci contains more than 35 cryptic species. The higher adaptability of Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) cryptic species has been recognized as one important factor for its invasion and disp...
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Open AccessOrigin of metallic behavior in NiCo2O4 ferrimagnet
Predicting and understanding the cation distribution in spinels has been one of the most interesting problems in materials science. The present work investigates the effect of cation redistribution on the stru...
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Open AccessNeural tube opening and abnormal extraembryonic membrane development in SEC23A deficient mice
COPII (coat protein complex-II) vesicles transport proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi. Higher eukaryotes have two or more paralogs of most COPII components. Here we characterize mice def...
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Open AccessCirculating miR-106a is a Novel Prognostic and Lymph Node Metastasis Indicator for Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a common biliary malignancy. Despite continuing advances, novel indicators are urgently needed to identify patients with a poor prognosis. Several microRNAs (miRNAs) have been repor...
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Open AccessClinical efficacy of early loading versus conventional loading of dental implants
The aim of this study was to determine the clinical differences between early and conventional loading protocols for dental implants. A comprehensive search of the Medline, Embase and OVID databases for studie...
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Open AccessElectric field induced reversible 180° magnetization switching through tuning of interfacial exchange bias along magnetic easy-axis in multiferroic laminates
E-field control of interfacial exchange coupling and deterministic switching of magnetization have been demonstrated in two sets of ferromagnetic(FM)/antiferromagnetic(AFM)/ferroelectric(FE) multiferroic heter...
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Open AccessDirect observation of titanium-centered octahedra in titanium–antimony–tellurium phase-change material
Phase-change memory based on Ti0.4Sb2Te3 material has one order of magnitude faster Set speed and as low as one-fifth of the Reset energy compared with the conventional Ge2Sb2Te5 based device. However, the phase-...
