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Open AccessDefining sustainable home renovators in Australia
Home renovation is a global phenomenon, where households seek to remodel, reconfigure, and retrofit their home. While often a response to the material conditions of a dwelling, such as decay and damage, renova...
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Open AccessDirect versus indirect epiglottis elevation in cervical spine movement during videolaryngoscopic intubation under manual in-line stabilization: a randomized controlled trial
During videolaryngoscopic intubation, direct epiglottis elevation provides a higher percentage of glottic opening score than indirect epiglottis elevation. In this randomized controlled trial, we compared cerv...
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Bioactive substances, antioxidant enzymes, and anti-cancer activity of asparagus ‘atlas’ grown in an open field and rain-shelter house system
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different cultivation systems on bioactive compounds, antioxidant enzymes, and anti-cancer activity of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) spears grown in an ...
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Open AccessSmartphone / smartwatch-based cuffless blood pressure measurement : a position paper from the Korean Society of Hypertension
Smartphone technology has spread rapidly around the globe. According to a report released by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, about 95% of Koreans aged more than 30 years old owned smartpho...
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Prediction of transitional behavior of out-of-plane welding distortion by solar radiation in upper deck of hull structure
During hull construction, solar radiation in summer is one of the major factors hindering productivity because it induces unnecessary correction work due to the excessive out-of-plane distortion on the decks e...
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Ectopic expression of CaRLK1 enhances hypoxia tolerance with increasing alanine production in Nicotiana spp.
In a previous report, the pepper receptor-like kinase 1 (CaRLK1) gene was shown to be responsible for negatively regulating plant cell death caused by pathogens via accumulation of superoxide anions. Here, we ...
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Nanostructured high-energy cathode materials for advanced lithium batteries
Nickel-rich layered lithium transition metal oxides have been investigated as high-energy cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries because of their high specific capacity and relatively low cost. S...
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Development of mirror image motion system with sEMG for shoulder rehabilitation of post-stroke hemiplegic patients
A robot-assisted bimanual shoulder flexion rehabilitation system using surface electromyography (sEMG) for post-stroke hemiplegic patients is presented. Impedance compensation of the actuators using a disturba...
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Physiological characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana Oxidation-related Zinc Finger 1, a plasma membrane protein involved in oxidative stress
The CCCH-type zinc finger proteins are a superfamily containing tandem zinc-binding motifs involved in many aspects of plant growth and development. However, the precise role of these proteins involved in plan...
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Advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
High-energy cathode materials with high working potential and/or high specific capacity are desired for future electrification of vehicles. In this article, we provide a general overview of advanced high-energ...
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Control technology for excessive welding distortion of the deck house during manufacturing process
The purpose of this study is to establish control technology for excessive welding distortion of the deck house using finite element analysis (FEA) and experiments. In order to accomplish this, the transitiona...
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Open AccessRole of Glutathione Conjugation in 1-Bromobutane-induced Immunotoxicity in Mice
Halogenated organic compounds, such as 1-bromobutane (1-BB), have been used as cleaning agents, agents for chemical syntheses or extraction solvents in workplace. In the present study, immunotoxic effects of 1...
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Influence of emulsifiers on particle size and particle size distribution of PVC latex synthesized by miniemulsion polymerization
We synthesized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) latexes via miniemulsion polymerization using a mixture of cetyl alcohol (CA) and sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). A vinyl chloride miniemulsion is easily prepared by conv...
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Design of hybrid type’s optical pickup actuator for system stability in high density reading and recording
Recently, there has been a trend to have large capacity and high data transfer rate in optical disk drive. Pickup actuator also should have high performance for satisfying this trend. Since moving magnet type ...
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Characterization of putative capsaicin synthase promoter activity
Capsaicin is a very important secondary metabolite that is unique to Capsicum. Capsaicin biosynthesis is regulated developmentally and environmentally in the placenta of hot pepper. To investigate regulation of c...
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Identification of glutathione conjugates of 1-bromopentane and its hepatotoxicity in female BALB/c mice
Halogenated organic compounds, such as 1-bromopentane (1-BPT), are used as cleaning agents, synthesis agents, or extraction solvents in the workplace. In the present study, glutathione (GSH) conjugation and he...
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Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis response regulator 7 (ARR7) at the putative phospho-accepting site is required for ARR7 to act as a negative regulator of cytokinin signaling
Cytokinins are plant hormones that regulate diverse aspects of plant growth and development. Arabidopsis cytokinin signal transduction utilizes a multi-step two-component signaling (TCS) system by histidyl–aspart...
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Regulation of gibberellin 20-oxidase1 expression in spinach by photoperiod
The multifunctional gibberellin (GA) 20-oxidase [GA53, 2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (20-oxidizing), EC 1.14.11] has been extensively investigated in various species at the genetic and molecular levels, bu...
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Design of swing arm actuator for small and slim optical disc drives
Recent advancements in mobile devices have fueled a requirement for information storage systems with characteristics such as subminiature size, low cost, and minimum power consumption. Small optical disk drive...
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Development of symmetric type slim optical pickup actuator for flexible disk system
Recently, in information storage devices, several characteristics such as high data transfer rate, large storage capacity and small drive size are required as high-definition television (HDTV) broadcasting, mo...
