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Middle Molecules as a Marker of Uremic Toxins
In the past decade, toxic uremic solutes in the molecular range of 350–5000 daltons, so called middle molecules (mm), have received much attention, particularly with regard to determination of their chemical s...
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General characteristics of the recent horizontal crustal movement in Chinese mainland
In this paper, the horizontal crustal movement obtained from GPS observations in 1998 and 2000 at basic and fiducial stations in the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC) is introduced. A brie...
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Disk Galaxies with Finite Thickness
The effect of finite thickness on the properties of disk galaxies is calculated on the basis of a rigorous mathematical treatment in terms of Green function and Bessel Fourier transformation. In our approach, ...
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Management of Bile Leakage After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Based on Etiological Classification
To analyze and classify bile leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) according to its etiology. This classification will help to determine the most appropriate management strategy, whereby unnecessary ...
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Structural safety monitoring for Nan**g Yangtze River Bridge
In order to evaluate objectively and accurately the integrity, safety and operating conditions in real time for the Nan**g Yangtze River Bridge, a large structural safety monitoring system was described. The ...
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Bone formation process of β-TCP ceramics with tetracycline tracing
To study the new bone formation in the bone defect area after implantation, the tetracycline tracing method was used. The results show that new bone formed in 1 month, and the formation rate of new bone was ve...
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Multivesicular liposome formulations for the sustained delivery of interferon α-2b
To develop and optimize a sustained release multivesicular liposome (MVL) formulation of interferon (IFN) α-2b.
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Integration of transfer function model and back propagation neural network for forecasting storm sewer flow in Taipei metropolis
Typhoons and storms have often brought heavy rainfalls and induced floods that have frequently caused severe damage and loss of life in Taiwan. Our ability to predict sewer discharge and forecast floods in adv...
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Fatigue damage reliability analysis for Nan**g Yangtze river bridge using structural health monitoring data
To evaluate the fatigue damage reliability of critical members of the Nan**g Yangtze river bridge, according to the stress-number curve and Miner’s rule, the corresponding expressions for calculating the stru...
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Electrodeposition of Ni-Cr alloy on aluminum substrate
Ni-Cr alloys with mass fraction of 1.4%–23.9%Cr, 76.1%–98.6%Ni, and hardness of 70.5–80.5HR were electrodeposited on aluminium substrate from the trivalent chromium sulphate-chloride solution using citric acid...
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Effect of surface modification of fibers with a polymer coating on the interlaminar shear strength of a composite and the translation of fiber strength in an F-12 aramid/epoxy composite vessel
The surface of aramid fibers was modified with a polymer coating — a surface treatment reagent containing epoxy resin. The resulting fibers were examined by using NOL tests, hydroburst tests, and the scanning ...
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Open AccessPrimary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of 21 cases
Primary small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the esophagus is a rare and aggressive tumor with poor prognosis. In this study, we report the clinicopathological characteristics of 21 cases of small cell carcinoma of t...
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Tying SUMO modifications to dynamic behaviors of chromosomes during meiotic prophase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
In budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, centromeres and telomeres are tethered to the nuclear envelope during premeiotic interphase. Immediately after cells enter meiotic prophase, chromosomes undergo global r...
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Open AccessElevated expressions of survivin and VEGF protein are strong independent predictors of survival in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common malignancies in southern China. The China 1992 TNM staging system has been widely used for prognosis prediction of NPC patients in China. Although NPC p...
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Open AccessImpact of invasive fungal infection on outcomes of severe sepsis: a multicenter matched cohort study in critically ill surgical patients
Fungal infection is increasingly common in critical illness with severe sepsis, but the influence of invasive fungal infection (IFI) on severe sepsis is not well understood. The aim of this study was to invest...
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Additional water use influencing strength and fluidity of recycled concrete
Through adding different additional water use, the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and fluidity of recycled concrete of three aggregate combination forms were studied by experiment respectivel...
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Twenty-one novel tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Amur tiger is the largest subspecies of tiger in the world and his conservation has also received much attention. In this study, we isolated and characterized twenty-one tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite...
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Open AccessCharacteristic gene expression profiles in the progression from liver cirrhosis to carcinoma induced by diethylnitrosamine in a rat model
Liver cancr is a heterogeneous disease in terms of etiology, biologic and clinical behavior. Very little is known about how many genes concur at the molecular level of tumor development, progression and aggres...
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An investigation of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly inpatients in neurology department
To investigate the status of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly inpatients in the department of neurology.
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Numerical simulation of weld tab length influence on welding residual stress and distortion of aero-engine disk
In order to control the welding residual stress and distortion to the greatest extent, based on the MSC. MARC software platform and adopting the impending critical value methods gradually, the welding residual...
