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Open AccessSex-specific circulating unconventional neutrophils determine immunological outcome of auto-inflammatory Behçet’s uveitis
Neutrophils are the most abundant immune cells that first respond to insults in circulation. Although associative evidence suggests that differences in neutrophils may be linked to the sex-specific vulnerabili...
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Fusion of Ground-Based and Spaceborne Radar Precipitation Based on Spatial Domain Regularization
High-quality and accurate precipitation estimations can be obtained by integrating precipitation information measures using ground-based and spaceborne radars in the same target area. Estimating the true preci...
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Open AccessLymphadenectomy and optimal excise lymph nodes count for early-stage primary fallopian tube cancer: a SEER-based study
There is still no consensus on the significance of Lymphadenectomy (LD) and the number of lymph nodes that need to be excised (ELNs) for adequate LD in patients with early-stage primary fallopian tube cancer (...
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Conceptual Knowing-How-Based Theoretical Wisdom
Philosophy is typically described as a pursuit of wisdom. However, many philosophers maintain that only one type of wisdom exists—practical wisdom. Contrary to this claim, this study contends that a self-conta...
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Use of Memory-Load Interference in Processing Spoken Chinese Relative Clauses
The processing advantage of Subject-gapped relative clause (SRC) versus Object-gapped relative clause (ORC) has been advocated by competing processing accounts. Using a self-paced listening paradigm, this stud...
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Privacy-Preserving Extraction of HOG Features Based on Integer Vector Homomorphic Encryption
Along with the growing popularity of social networks, the number of multimedia image grows explosively. For the resource constrained owners, dealing with tremendous number of images on their own is a challengi...
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Open Accessa-SiNx:H-based ultra-low power resistive random access memory with tunable Si dangling bond conduction paths
The realization of ultra-low power Si-based resistive switching memory technology will be a milestone in the development of next generation non-volatile memory. Here we show that a high performance and ultra-l...
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Enhancement of Photoluminescence from Organic and Inorganic Surface Passivated ZnS Quantum Dots
ZnS quantum dots (QDs) chemically synthesized in PVP stabilizing medium have been coated with Zn(OH)2, SiO2and polystyrene (PS) shells as inorganic and organic passivation agents. to synthesize ZnS/Zn(OH)2, ZnS/S...
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White Light Luminescence from Nano-ZnS Doped Porous Silicon
Nano-ZnS was deposited into porous silicon. By varying the concentration of Zn2+ ion solution during nano-ZnS formation, the amount of nano-ZnS in porous silicon host can be controlled. The doped porous silicon e...
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Constrained Crystallization in a-Si∶H/a-SiNx∶H Multilayer Film
The constrained crystallization in a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H multilayer structures by Ar ion laser annealing treatment has been studied by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and Raman scattering. HRTE...
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A New Method for Preparing Ge Nano-Crystallites Embedded in SiNY Matrices
We report a new method for synthesizing Ge nano-crystallites embedded in SiNy film matrices. On the basis of the effect of the reactant precursors and preferential chemical bonding of Si-N and Ge-Ge, thin films w...
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Luminescence and resonant energy transfer of two sizes of CdTe quantum dots embedded in gelatin films
We have used two sizes of highly monodisperse colloidal CdTe nanocrystals (or quantum dots) and gelatin to form quantum dots (QDs)-gelatin films. Photoluminescence (PL) results for the mixed systems show that ...
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Blue emission from hydrogen-containing a-Si:H/SiO2 multilayers and the investigation of its mechanism
A series of hydrogen-containing a-Si:H/SiO2 multilayers with different a-Si:H sublayer thickness were fabricated by layer-by-layer deposition andin situ plasma oxidation in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposi...
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Patterned Structures of Silicon Nanocrystals Prepared by Pulsed Laser Interference Crystallization of Ultra-Thin A-Si:H Single-Layer
We employ the method of phase-modulated KrF excimer pulsed laser interference crystallization to fabricate nanometer-sized crystalline silicon (nc-Si) with the two-dimensional (2D) patterned distribution withi...
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The Enhancement of Band Edge Emission from ZnS/Zn(OH)2 Quantum Dots
Wurtzite structure monodisperse ZnS quantum dots (QDs) of 1 to 5 nm diameter, synthesized by colloidal chemical method, were confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images and electron diffraction ...
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Effect of relaxin on normal and impaired wound healing in rodents
Wound healing is a well orchestrated complex series of events and can be divided into three phases: inflammation, granulation tissue formation and re-epithelialization, and final tissue remodeling [1]. The com...
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Systemic relaxin administration stimulates angiogenic cytokine expression and vessel formation in a rat myocardial infarct model
The myocardium consists of three integrated components: myocytes, extracellular matrix, and a capillary microcirculation. Myocardial injury following vessel occlusion results in the formation of an ischemic zo...
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AFM and HREM Observation of the Pulse Laser Interference Crystallized a—Si:H/a-SiNx:H Multilayers
The patterned nc-Si/a-SiNx:H superlattices were fabricated by using laser interference crystallization method and investigated with atomic force microscope (AFM), micro-Raman spectroscope, cross-section transmiss...
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Structure and Transformation in Clusters: Computational Experiments
A very brief review of gas-phase electron diffraction and one of its offshoots is given. Parallels are drawn between experimental studies of molecules, including conformational changes, and studies of clusters...
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Reduced photo-instability of luminescence spectrum of core-shell CdSe/CdS nanocrystals
Coated CdSe/CdS nanocrystals have been synthesized through a new reaction routine in micelle solution. High resolution transmission electron microscope image demonstrated the monodispersity and core-shell stru...
