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Assessment of the Significance of Sample Serial Correlation by the Bootstrap Test
This article proposes to use the computer-based bootstraptechnique to test the significance of the lag-k sampleserial correlation coefficient (r k) of a time series.The bootstrap approach is free of sample distri...
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Possible Regional Probability Distribution Type of Canadian Annual Streamflow by L-moments
For effective planning, design, and management of water resources engineering, the probability distribution of annual streamflow is necessary. The method of L-moments is applied to identify the probability dis...
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Scaling of Canadian low flows
Scaling properties of Canadian low flows, namely annual minimum mean 1-, 5- and 7-day flows, are evaluated across Canada and in its sub-climatic regions. Across the entire country, the log relationship between...
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Diffraction-Unlimited Plasmonic Nanolaser
Up to now, significantly reducing the size of semiconductor lasers in all three dimensions is the ultimate challenge for the development of nanolasers, which is a key component for long-waited on-chip optical ...
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Collaborative Disaster Management: Lessons from Taiwan’s Local Governments
In recent decades, challenges stemming from both human-made and natural disasters have become increasingly serious with the coming of a risk society. Traditionally, one function of the government, particularly...
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Open AccessGiant colloidal silver crystals for low-loss linear and nonlinear plasmonics
The development of ultrasmooth, macroscopic-sized silver (Ag) crystals exhibiting reduced losses is critical to fully characterize the ultimate performance of Ag as a plasmonic material, and to enable cascaded...
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Open AccessDetection of aqueous VEGF concentrations before and after intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF antibody using low-volume sampling paper-based ELISA
Intraocular vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels play an important role in the pathogenesis of blindness-related diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Here, we aimed to develop ...
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Open AccessRoom-temperature field effect transistors with metallic ultrathin TiN-based channel prepared by atomic layer delta do** and deposition
Metallic channel transistors have been proposed as the candidate for sub-10 nm technology node. However, the conductivity modulation in metallic channels can only be observed at low temperatures usually below ...
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Open AccessEnhancement of Plasmonic Performance in Epitaxial Silver at Low Temperature
We report longer surface plasmon polariton propagation distance based on crystalline crystal silver at low temperature. Although enhanced plasmonic performance at low temperature has been predicted for a long ...
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Open AccessThe association between glaucoma and risk of depression: a nationwide population-based cohort study
Previous cross-sectional studies revealed a higher prevalence of depression among glaucoma patients. However, cohort studies were in lack to build the risk of incident depression after the diagnosis of glaucom...
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Separation of valley excitons in a MoS2 monolayer using a subwavelength asymmetric groove array
Excitons in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides are formed at K and K′ points at the boundary of the Brillouin zone. They acquire a valley degree of freedom, which has been explored as an alternative infor...
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Open AccessThe association of dry eye syndrome and psychiatric disorders: a nationwide population-based cohort study
Several previous studies reported a greater prevalence of dry eye syndrome (DES) among patients with psychiatric diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of DES in pati...
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Participation Willingness and Interactive Strategy in Collaborative Risk Governance
As more and more actors participate in the processes of public governance, the concept of collaborative governance has gradually gained attention. This development also affects the field of risk governance, an...
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Publisher Correction: Phonon renormalization in reconstructed MoS2 moiré superlattices
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-00998-1.
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Phonon renormalization in reconstructed MoS2 moiré superlattices
In moiré crystals formed by stacking van der Waals materials, surprisingly diverse correlated electronic phases and optical properties can be realized by a subtle change in the twist angle. Here, we discover t...
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Teaching Comparative Public Policy Comparatively
In this chapter, we introduce an innovative pedagogy to teach comparative public policy courses. The course instructor can match her class with other classes in different policy contexts, here, in this case, T...
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Open AccessEffect of Muller's muscle-conjunctival resection on the upper eyelid crease position in Asian eyelids: a retrospective cohort study
Investigating the effect of Muller’s muscle-conjunctival resection (MMCR) on the eyelid crease position.
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Effects of intra-year precipitation variability on shrub community productivity depend on the annual total rainfall
Changes in global precipitation regimes are caused by an increase in the frequency of extremely wet and dry years inter-annually and extreme rainfall intensity intra-annually. However, the interactive effects ...
