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Anti-obesity effects of gochujang products prepared using rice koji and soybean meju in rats
The Korean traditional hot sauce gochujang has been reported to have biological activities. Different kinds of gochujang products were prepared based on combinations of a fungal rice koji with two kinds of bac...
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Optimization of the mounting position and angle for RKE antennas
This paper proposes optimization of a mounting position and angle for vehicle RKE antennas. To take into consideration the platform effect that degrades the radiation characteristic of the antenna, both interi...
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Open AccessTribological testing of sliders on discrete track media and verification with numerical predictions
“Flyability” tests were conducted with sliders designed for discrete track recording disks. Laser Doppler vibrometry and acoustic emission were used to characterize the dynamics of the sliders as a function of...
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Mathematical analysis and test of an electrostatically actuated micro-power relay
This paper reports a mathematical and experimental study on a micro-relay for power applications. The relay is microfabricated using UV-LIGA and electrostatically actuated. The relay was uniquely designed with...
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Precision Manufacturing Process Monitoring with Acoustic Emission
Demands in high-technology industries such as semiconductor, optics, MEMS, etc., have predicated the need for manufacturing processes that can fabricate increasingly smaller features reliably at very high tole...
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Characterization of Transgenic Rice Plants Expressing an Arabidopsis FAD7
Fatty acid ω-3 desaturase (FAD) is the key enzyme catalyzing the formation of trienoic fatty acids. We utilized an Arabidopsis FAD7 gene and the seven independent transgenic rice plants harbouring 1 to 3 copies o...
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Influence of a selectable marker gene hpt on agronomic performance in transgenic rice
This study was performed to determine whether agronomic traits in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants are affected by the expression of a selectable marker gene, hpt. The hpt gene was transferred to embryoge...
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An approach to durable poly(vinylidene fluoride) thin film loudspeaker
The piezoelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) surface possessing low surface energy was modified by the ion-assisted-reaction (IAR) method for the application of thin film speaker. The IAR-treated hydroph...
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Activities of Soluble and Microsomal Farnesyl Diphosphatases in Datura stramonium
Farnesyl diphosphatase (FDPase; EC 3.1.7.1) produces farnesol from farnesyl diphosphate (FDP) in a reaction that does not require Mg2+. This report shows that FDPase is constitutively expressed at a high level in...
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Transgenic Rice Plants Expressing Bacillus subtilis Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Gene Show Low Herbicide Oxyfluorfen Resistance
Transgenic rice plants harbouring Bacillus subtilis protoporphyrinogen oxidase (Protox) gene, which is targeted into plastid, were generated by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using a rice (Oryza sativa L. ...
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Modification of δD values in eastern Nevada granitoid rocks spatially related to thrust faults
Stable isotope data have been determined for 13 Mesozoic and Tertiary plutons in eastern Nevada and nearby Utah. In the southern Snake Range of eastern Nevada, where relations are best exposed and have been mo...
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The granite problem as exposed in the southern Snake Range, Nevada
A geochemically and mineralogically diverse group of granitoids is present within an area of 900 km2 in the southern Snake Range of eastern Nevada. The granitoids exposed range in age from Jurassic through Cretac...