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Open AccessProspects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years, with the intention of providi...
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Effect of Salt Stress on Acetoin Metabolism of an Aroma-producing Strain Bacillus subtilis
An aroma-producing strain B15 was isolated from a spontaneous fermentation culture of traditional Chinese sweet bean sauce (Tian Wei Food Co., Ltd., China), and identified as Bacillus subtilis, exhibiting an abil...
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Economic Index Forecasting via Multi-scale Recursive Dynamic Factor Analysis
In this paper, we propose a new multi-scale recursive dynamic factor analysis (MS-RDFA) algorithm for economic index foresting (EIF). The proposed MS-RDFA algorithm first employ empirical mode decomposition (E...
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Targeting TYRO3 inhibits epithelial–mesenchymal transition and increases drug sensitivity in colon cancer
Colon cancer is the third leading cause of death from cancer worldwide with less than 10% survival rate at the late stage. Although mutations of certain genes have been implicated in familial colon cancer deve...
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Loss of DAB2IP in RCC cells enhances their growth and resistance to mTOR-targeted therapies
Targeted therapies using small-molecule inhibitors (SMIs) are commonly used in metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) patients; patients often develop drug resistance and eventually succumb to disease. Currently,...
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Open AccessRelativistic-microwave theory of ball lightning
Ball lightning, a fireball sometimes observed during lightnings, has remained unexplained. Here we present a comprehensive theory for the phenomenon: At the tip of a lightning stroke reaching the ground, a rel...
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Open AccessRolling-induced Face Centered Cubic Titanium in Hexagonal Close Packed Titanium at Room Temperature
Combining transmission electron microscopes and density functional theory calculations, we report the nucleation and growth mechanisms of room temperature rolling induced face-centered cubic titanium (fcc-Ti) ...
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Determination of Intergranular Corrosion Susceptibility of Z3CN20.09M Cast Duplex Stainless Steel by a Modified Double Loop Electrochemical Potentiokinetic Reactivation Method
In this study, a modified double loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DL-EPR) test was applied to determine the degree of intergranular corrosion (IGC) susceptibility of a Z3CN20.09M cast duplex ...
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Open AccessUnexpected observation of splitting of skyrmion phase in Zn doped Cu2OSeO3
Polycrystalline (Cu1−xZnx)2OSeO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) samples were synthesized using solid-state reaction and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The effect of Zn do** upon saturation magnetization (MS) indicate...
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Development and Characterization of Magnetic Bioceramic Nanocrystals for Intracellular Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia for the treatment of resistant tumors has been reported with promising results. Repeated treatment times and applicable for many kinds of cancers are the potential benefits of hyperthermia. Of not...
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The role of DAB2IP in androgen receptor activation during prostate cancer progression
Altered androgen-receptor (AR) expression and/or constitutively active AR are commonly associated with prostate cancer (PCa) progression. Targeting AR remains a focal point for designing new strategy of PCa th...
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Open AccessSynergistic interaction of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis on prostate cancer risk
The incidence of prostate cancer is much lower in Asian men than in Western men. This study investigated whether prostate cancer is associated with prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and other me...
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Giant half-cycle attosecond pulses
Half-cycle picosecond pulses have been produced from thin photoconductors when applying an electric field across the surface and switching on conduction using a short laser pulse. The transverse current in the...
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Phosphorylation of HtrA2 by cyclin-dependent kinase-5 is important for mitochondrial function
The role of the serine protease HtrA2 in neuroprotection was initially identified by the demonstration of neurodegeneration in mice lacking HtrA2 expression or function, and the interesting finding that mutati...
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Associations of endogenous testosterone and lipid profiles in middle-aged to older Taiwanese men
The relationship between endogenous plasma testosterone and plasma lipids was assessed among 856 Taiwanese men ≧40 years old originally recruited for an epidemiological study of testosterone deficiency syndrom...
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Stable oxygen isotope records of corals and a sclerosponge in the Western Pacific warm pool
High-resolution measurements of the stable oxygen isotopic signature (δ18O) of two new 10-year Porites lobata coral cores and one previously studied multi-decadal sclerosponge Acanthocheatetes wellsi from the Rep...
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Duality Theory for Optimization Problems with Interval-Valued Objective Functions
A solution concept in optimization problems with interval-valued objective functions, which is essentially similar to the concept of nondominated solution in vector optimization problems, is introduced by impo...
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The reflectivity of relativistic ultra-thin electron layers
The coherent reflectivity of a dense, relativistic, ultra-thin electron layer is derived analytically for an obliquely incident probe beam. Results are obtained by two-fold Lorentz transformation. For the anal...
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Acceleration of ultra-thin electron layer. Analytical treatment compared with 1D-PIC simulation
In this paper, we apply an analytical model [V.V. Kulagin et al., Phys. Plasmas 14, 113101 (2007)] to describe the acceleration of an ultra-thin electron layer by a schematic single-cycle laser pulse and compare ...
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Coherent Thomson backscattering from laser-driven relativistic ultra-thin electron layers
The generation of laser-driven dense relativistic electron layers from ultra-thin foils and their use for coherent Thomson backscattering is discussed, applying analytic theory and one-dimensional particle-in-...