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Open AccessEffect of norepinephrine, vasopressin, and dopamine for survivals of the elderly with sepsis and pre-existing heart failure
Our study focused on evaluating the effect of three common vasoactive drugs on the prognosis of elderly patients with sepsis and pre-existing heart failure. The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III ...
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Open AccessEnhancement of hemostatic properties of Cyclotella cryptica frustule through genetic manipulation
The silicified cell wall of diatoms, also known as frustule, shows huge potential as an outstanding bio-nanomaterial for hemostatic applications due to its high hemostatic efficiency, good biocompatibility, an...
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Open AccessUDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase as a target for regulating carbon flux distribution and antioxidant capacity in Phaeodactylum tricornutum
UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase) is a key enzyme for polysaccharide synthesis, and its role in plants and bacteria is well established; however, its functions in unicellular microalgae remain ill-defined...
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Solar photocatalytic hydrogen production of g-C3N4/KTaO3 heterojunction for water splitting via interface engineering
Heterojunction construction is a significant method for enhancing the efficiency of electron–hole separation in photocatalysts, and it can be used to construct effective photocatalysts with visible light respo...
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Open AccessAn attempt to simultaneously quantify the polysaccharide, total lipid, protein and pigment in single Cyclotella cryptica cell by Raman spectroscopy
At present, the conventional methods for determining photosynthetic products of microalgae are usually based on a large number of cell mass to reach the measurement baseline, and the result can only reveal the...
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Enhanced energy storage density of antiferroelectric AgNbO3-based ceramics by Bi/Ta modification at A/B sites
Dielectric capacitors have attracted extensive attention due to their high power density along with fast charge/discharge rate. Despite the high energy storage performance were obtained in lead-based ceramics,...
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Screening and application of Chlorella strains on biosequestration of the power plant exhaust gas evolutions of biomass growth and accumulation of toxic agents
To use microalgae for the biosequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the coal-fired power plants, the screening of high CO2 tolerant microalgae and their accumulation of toxic agents have attracted sig...
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The combined effect of nitrogen deprivation and overexpression of malic enzyme gene on growth and lipid accumulation in Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Oleaginous microalgae have great application potential in the field of bioenergy. Increasing the biomass and lipid productivity of microalgae is beneficial to realize such potential. In this study, to explore ...
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Tolerance Comparison Among Selected Spirulina Strains Cultured Under High Carbon Dioxide and Coal Power Plant Flue Gas Supplements
In order to explore the changes in the growth and protein contents of Spirulina and obtain a proper strain for the fixation of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas, the strains isolated from the Spirulina farms and...
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Open AccessPhotocurrent density and electrical properties of Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-BaNi0.5Nb0.5O3 ceramics
In this work, the (1−x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-xBaNi0.5Nb0.5O3 (BNT-BNN; 0.00 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.20) ceramics were prepared via a high-temperature solid-state method. The crystalline structures, photovoltaic effect, and electrical p...
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Effects of fluctuating temperature in open raceway ponds on the biomass accumulation and harvest efficiency of Spirulina in large-scale cultivation
It is of great significance to select strains with wide adaptability to temperature range for large-scale commercial cultivation of Spirulina. The aim of this study was to comprehend how the strain H-208 grew and...
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Impedance Spectroscopy and Photovoltaic Effect of Oxygen Defect Engineering on KNbO3 Ferroelectric Semiconductors
Perovskite-oxide (1 − x)KNbO3-xBaCo1/2Nb1/2O3−δ (KN-BCN; x = 0.00–0.20) ferroelectric semiconductor ceramics with oxygen defects are successfully prepared via a conventional solid-state sintering method. X-ray di...
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Two Neoflavones from Aconitum Austroyunnanense and their Therapeutic Activity Against Osteoarthritis of the Knee
In this study, we isolated two new neoflavones from Aconitum austroyunnanense and examined their therapeutic activity against osteoarthritis of the knee. All the tested compounds displayed good anti-inflammato...
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In this study, marine microplankton were identified by combining standard light microscopy with Sanger 18S rRNA gene sequencing. The image-matching individual PCR technique was applied to identify the image co...
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Microwave Dielectric Properties of Na5RE(MoO4)4 (RE = La, Gd, Dy, Er) Ceramics with a Low Sintering Temperature
Na5RE(MoO4)4 (RE = La, Gd, Dy, Er) ceramics have been synthesized by the conventional solid-state reaction method. The crystallizations, microstructures and microwave dielectric properties of Na5RE(MoO4)4 ceramic...
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Microwave dielectric properties of Bi(Sc1/3Mo2/3)O4 ceramics for LTCC applications
A novel microwave dielectric ceramics Bi(Sc1/3Mo2/3)O4 with low firing temperature were prepared via the solid reaction method. The specimens have been characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diff...
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Surface-tuned three-photon absorption of CdSe nanocrystals in near-infrared
We studied the tunable three-photon absorption (3PA) response of colloidal CdSe nanocrystals in near-infrared by surface states which were successfully controlled with a purification process. The 3PA cross sec...
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Heterotrophic growth and nutrient productivities of Tetraselmis chuii using glucose as a carbon source under different C/N ratios
The genus Tetraselmis includes various species that are widely used as food microalgae in aquaculture. However, the mass cultivation of Tetraselmis spp. has been restricted to traditional photoautotrophic culture...
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Genetic transformation of Nannochloropsis oculata with a bacterial phleomycin resistance gene as dominant selective marker
The gene ble from Streptoalloteichus hindustanus is widely used as a selective antibiotic marker. It can control the phleomycin resistance, and significantly increase the tolerance of hosts to zeocin. The unicell...
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Apigenin promotes osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells through JNK and p38 MAPK pathways
Apigenin is a plant-derived flavonoid and has been reported to prevent bone loss in ovariectomized mice, but the role of apigenin on osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) has not b...
