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Open AccessTheoretical and quantitative aspects of iron acquisition by a bovine isolate of Pasteurella multocida A:3
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Open AccessWillingness to pay for social health insurance among informal sector workers in Wuhan, China: a contingent valuation study
Most of the about 140 million informal sector workers in urban China do not have health insurance. A 1998 central government policy leaves it to the discretion of municipal governments to offer informal sector...
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Novel point mutations in GDF5 associated with two distinct limb malformations in Chinese: brachydactyly type C and proximal symphalangism
Growth/differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) is a secreted growth factor that plays a key regulatory role in embryonic skeletal and joint development. Mutations in the GDF5 gene can cause different types of skeletal...
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Open AccessTemplate Route to Chemically Engineering Cavities at Nanoscale: A Case Study of Zn(OH)2 Template
A size-controlled Zn(OH)2 template is used as a case study to explain the chemical strategy that can be executed to chemically engineering various nanoscale cavities. Zn(OH)2 octahedron with 8 vertices and 14 edg...
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Two 18-membered epothilones from Sorangium cellulosum So0157-2
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Farmland Irrigation Remote Monitoring System Based on Configuration Software and Multiple Serial Port Communication
The design and implemental plan of the farmland irrigation remote monitoring system with variable frequency and constant pressure based Configuration Software and multiple serial port communication were introd...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design for Real-Time Monitoring System of High Oxygen Modified Atmosphere Box of Vegetable and Fruit for Preservation
According to the disadvantages of traditional box for preservation, including low oxygen and high carbon, a new control system of high oxygen is designed. This paper presents the design and implementation meth...
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Open AccessUnderstanding Streptococcus suis serotype 2 infection in pigs through a transcriptional approach
Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2) is an important pathogen of pigs. S suis 2 infections have high mortality rates and are characterized by meningitis, septicemia and pneumonia. S. suis 2 is also an emergi...
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Open AccessThe Regulation of Leptin, Leptin Receptor and Pro-opiomelanocortin Expression by N-3 PUFAs in Diet-Induced Obese Mice Is Not Related to the Methylation of Their Promoters
The expression of leptin is increased in obesity and inhibited by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), but the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been firmly established.
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Open AccessNative low density lipoprotein induces pancreatic β cell apoptosis through generating excess reactive oxygen species
The growing evidences demonstrated hyperlipidemia in obesity and type 2 diabetes is characterized by high levels of free fatty acids, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride, and cholesterol.
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Open AccessGlobal existence and asymptotic behavior of classical solutions to Goursat problem for diagonalizable quasilinear hyperbolic system
In this article, we investigate the global existence and asymptotic behavior of classical solutions to Goursat problem for diagonalizable quasilinear hyperbolic system. Under the assumptions that system is str...
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The growth of B cell receptor microcluster is a universal response of B cells encountering antigens with different motion features
B lymphocyte cell senses and acquires foreign antigens through clonal distributed B cell receptors (BCRs) expressed on the surface of plasma membrane. The presentation formats of antigens are quite diverse. Ba...
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Open AccessTwo types of nanoparticle-based bio-barcode amplification assays to detect HIV-1 p24 antigen
HIV-1 p24 antigen is a major viral component of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) which can be used to identify persons in the early stage of infection and transmission of HIV-1 from infected mothers...
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Open AccessIncreased Expressions of IL-22 and Th22 cells in the coxsackievirus B3-Induced mice acute viral myocarditis
Recently, a new subset of T helper (Th) cell that predominantly secret cytokine interleukin-22 (IL-22) is identified, termed Th22 cells. The Th22 subset has been demonstrated to be involved in immunity and tis...
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Open AccessHDAM: a resource of human disease associated mutations from next generation sequencing studies
Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have greatly facilitated the rapid and economical detection of pathogenic mutations in human disorders. However, mutation descriptions are hard to be compared and ...
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Open AccessExploring the pathogenetic association between schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes mellitus diseases based on pathway analysis
Schizophrenia (SCZ) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) are both complex diseases. Accumulated studies indicate that schizophrenia patients are prone to present the type 2 diabetes symptoms, but the potential m...
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Open AccessThe chemotaxonomic classification of Rhodiola plants and its correlation with morphological characteristics and genetic taxonomy
Rhodiola plants are used as a natural remedy in the western world and as a traditional herbal medicine in China, and are valued for their ability to enhance human resistance to stress or fatigue and to promote lo...
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Biomedical applications of gold nanorod-based multifunctional nano-carriers
Due to the good biocompatibility, ease of modification and unique optical properties, gold nanorods (AuNRs) have attracted more and more attentions in biomedical fields. In particular, through surface function...
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Open AccessNanoscale imaging with an integrated system combining stimulated emission depletion microscope and atomic force microscope
We have built an integrated imaging system by combining stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscope and atomic force microscope (AFM). The STED microscope was constructed based on the supercontinuum fiber ...
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Synthetic biology: a new approach to study biological pattern formation
The principles and molecular mechanisms underlying biological pattern formation are difficult to elucidate in most cases due to the overwhelming physiologic complexity associated with the natural context. The ...