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Adaptor protein APPL1 interacts with EGFR to orchestrate EGF-stimulated signaling
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mediates multiple signaling pathways that regulate cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Adaptor protein APPL1 has been reported to function as a downstrea...
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Metal-free porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for enhanced oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
Develo** efficient metal-free bi-functional electrocatalysts is required to reduce costs and improve the slow oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics in electrochemical s...
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An experimental investigation of the thermal spalling of polypropylene-fibered reactive powder concrete exposed to elevated temperatures
Polypropylene fibers are embedded to prevent reactive powder concrete (RPC) from spalling failure under high temperatures. This paper probes the influence of embedded fibers at various volumetric dosages on th...
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Cytocompatible 3D chitosan/hydroxyapatite composites endowed with antibacterial properties: toward a self-sterilized bone tissue engineering scaffold
Bone tissue scaffolds based on bioactive polymer–hydroxyapatite composites have caused infections that seriously limit their extended application. In this study, we proposed a practical ion substitution meth...
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An overview of the switching parameter variation of RRAM
Resistive random access memory (RRAM) has been considered as one of the most promising candidates for next-generation nonvolatile memory, due to its advantages of simple device structure, excellent scalability...
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Preparation and optical properties of waterborne acrylic-based cool white coatings
Cool coatings (solar reflective coatings) possess a high total solar reflectance and a high thermal emittance, and they have potential applications in building surfaces, pavements, and oil tanks. By decreasing...
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Development of CMAQ for East Asia CO2 data assimilation under an EnKF framework: a first result
Under an Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) framework, Regional Atmospheric Modeling System and Models-3 Community Multi-scale Air Quality (RAMS–CMAQ) modeling system is developed to be a CO2 data assimilation system ...
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Distribution and risk factors of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Changchun, northeastern China
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a public health problem, and there have been increasing numbers of outbreaks in mainland China since 2008. Over 17,000 HFMD cases have been reported in Changchun between...
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Improved descriptions of collective and non-collective rotations in the superheavy nucleus 256Rf
The superheavy nucleus 256Rf, where rotational band and multi-quasiparticle isomer have been observed recently, has been investigated using total Routhian surface calculations and configuration-constrained calcu...
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Open AccessPollution plumes observed by aircraft over North China during the IPAC-NC field campaign
Strong pollution emissions from large urban and industrial centres in eastern China are thought to greatly impact regional air quality and global atmospheric chemistry. In this study, we investigate extensive ...
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Open AccessResponse of forest distribution to past climate change: An insight into future predictions
Vegetation dynamics could lead to changes in the global carbon and hydrology cycle, as well as feedbacks to climate change. This paper reviews the response of forest dynamics to climate change. Based on palaeo...
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Open AccessTowards larger spatiotemporal scales in polymer simulations
Molecular dynamics simulations are useful tools to unveil molecular mechanisms of polymer phase separation, self-assembly, adsorption, and so on. Due to large molecular size and slow relaxation of the polymer ...
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Open AccessCharacterization of MHC class II A genes in Hainan Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi hainanus)
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes play pivotal roles in the immune system of vertebrates against antigens. They are also significant indicators of genetic structure, and are vital to species-lev...
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Open AccessMolecular cloning of partial 14-3-3 genes in the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve and its role in differentiating infectious and non-infectious bacteria
Sponges (phylum Porifera) are the phylogenetically oldest metazoa and highly efficient filter feeders. In the marine ecosystem, they are unconditionally exposed to environmental stresses. Understanding the spo...
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Open AccessMagnetoresistance of the ferromagnetic nanocontacts fabricated by electrodeposition
A “T” shaped micro-gap was fabricated by mechanical polishing between two Cu film electrodes on the surface of single-sided bonded copper. A nano-gap was then fabricated in the prepared micro-gap by resistance...
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Open AccessReductive immobilization of perrhenate in soil and groundwater using starch-stabilized ZVI nanoparticles
Perrhenate (ReO 4 − ) was used as nonradioactive surrogate for the radionuclide pertechnetate (99TcO 4 − ) t...
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Open AccessDFT study on nonlinear optical properties of lithium-doped corannulene
The effects of lithium do** on the nonlinear optical properties of new electrodes (lithium-doped corannulene) were investigated in detail. Nine dynamically stable geometries of Li n ...
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Open AccessInvestigation of octupole effects in superheavy nuclei with improved potential-energy-surface calculations
It has been found that high-order deformation (e.g. β 6) can have important effects on the structures of superheavy nuclei. In the present work, we investigate octupole deformation effects on supe...
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Open AccessMagnetoresistance of the thin film ferromagnetic nanoconstrictions
The magnetoresistance and I–V characteristics at different temperatures of the thin film ferromagnetic nanoconstrictions of variable width (from 20 to 250 nm) and 10 nm thicknesses, fabricated by electron beam li...
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Open AccessFine-map** of SRT7 for short roots and identification of its candidate in rice
Three allelic short root mutants were identified by screening mutants with defective root elongation of the rice japonica cultivar Nipponbare mutant library generated via 60Co γ-ray irradiation mutagenesis. These...