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Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea
Continental breakup represents the successful process of rifting and thinning of the continental lithosphere, leading to plate rupture and initiation of oceanic crust formation. Magmatism during breakup seems ...
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Open AccessRisk assessment of recent Egyptian H5N1 influenza viruses
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the H5N1 subtype are enzootic in poultry populations in different parts of the world, and have caused numerous human infections in recent years, particularly...
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Enhanced antitumor effect of cisplatin in human NSCLC cells by tumor suppressor LKB1
LKB1 is a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene in lung cancer. In this study, we evaluated the effect of cationic liposomes (LPs)-mediated LKB1 gene (LPs-pVAX-LKB1) on low-dose cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloropla...
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High efficiency, high repetition-rate Nd:YVO4 laser with TEM00 end-pumped by 887 nm
Thermal effect of laser crystal is a very important factor for solid lasers. The most of heat is generated from the quantum loss between pump light and lasing light. If a longer wavelength of pump light is ado...
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Map** epitopes of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using phage random peptide libraries
Identification of protective determinants from microbial proteins is a necessary step in the rational design of subunit vaccines. We have previously used a synthetic peptide scan (Pepscan) assay to map a pan...
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Simulated moving bed chromatography under linear conditions
The authors review their recent contributions to the theory of Simulated Moving Bed (SMB) chromatography. SMB is an implementation of preparative chromatography which is attracting much interest in the pharmac...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Use of Visualisation and Qualitative Reasoning in Configuring Mechanical Fasteners
Fasteners products, used extensively throughout manufacturing industry for a diversity of applications (typically ‘inserts’ for joining together plastic assemblies), are supplied by an industry rich in terms o...
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Survey of plant short tandem DNA repeats
Length variations in simple sequence tandem repeats are being given increased attention in plant genetics. Some short tandem repeats (STRs) from a few plant species, mainly those at the dinucleotide level, hav...
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Chapter
Representation and Manipulation of Fastener Knowledge
The fastener industry is rich in experiential knowledge, acquired over years from develo** a variety of fastener designs for a diverse range of applications. As such, the industry offers a prime target for k...
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Advanced Flow Modelling for Industrial Applications — CFD Models of Adsorbers
The present study is concerned with an area of process engineering which has been identified as a priority area with respect to energy saving, namely the adsorption/regeneration cycles in packed - bed reactors...
