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Density, Division and Distance: Understanding China’s Urban Land-Use Change from an Economic Geography Perspective
Although land-use change driven by general economic factors has been discussed substantially, rarely has any work been done within the perspective of economic geography – considering the impact of economic spa...
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Open AccessFunctional role of Ash2l in oxLDL induced endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis
Endothelial injury and dysfunction in the artery wall fuel the process of atherosclerosis. As a key epigenetic regulator, Ash2l (Absent, small, or homeotic-Like 2) is involved in regulating vascular injury and...
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Emission profiles, source identifications, and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a road tunnel located in **’an, China
Understanding the sources and characteristics of PM2.5-bound PAHs from traffic-related pollution can provide valuable data for mitigating air contamination from traffic in local urban regions. However, little inf...
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Levels, ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation potentials of BTEX and their health risks during autumn and winter in the Guanzhong Plain, China
BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) are considered as hazardous air pollutants in urban environment. The aim of this study was to measure BTEX concentration, analyze the ozone and secondary organ...
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On-site rapid and simultaneous detection of acetamiprid and fipronil using a dual-fluorescence lab-on-fiber biosensor
A dual-fluorescence lab-on-fiber biosensor was developed for the rapid and simultaneous on-site determination of acetamiprid and fipronil, based on time-resolved effect and indirect competitive immunoassay pr...
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Rapid, label-free, and sensitive point-of-care testing of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM/IgG using all-fiber Fresnel reflection microfluidic biosensor
The ongoing global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 has promoted to develop novel serological testing technologies since they can be effectively complementary to RT-PCR. Here, a new all-fiber Fresnel reflection microflu...
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Reusable optofluidic point-of-care testing platform with lyophilized specific antibody for fluorescence detection of cholylglycine in serum
A reusable optofluidic point-of-care testing platform (OPOCT) was successfully constructed through integrating evanescent wave fluorescence technology into an all-fiber-based optofluidic system. The compact de...
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Reusable chemiluminescent fiber optic aptasensor for the determination of 17β-estradiol in water samples
A reusable fiber optic chemiluminescent aptasensor (FOCA) is reported for the rapid and sensitive on-site detection of 17β-estradiol (E2), an endocrine-disrupting compound frequently found in water samples. Th...
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High-throughput analysis of the effects of different fish culture methods on antibiotic resistance gene abundances in a lake
Freshwater lakes are important reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). In this study, we determined the ARG profiles in water samples from Ying Lake, China, using high-throughput quantitative PCR. T...
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Constitutive Expression of a Tomato Small Heat Shock Protein Gene LeHSP21 Improves Tolerance to High-Temperature Stress by Enhancing Antioxidation Capacity in Tobacco
It is well established that small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) play an important role in thermotolerance in various organisms due to their abundance and diversity. In the present study, a chloroplast small heat...
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Regulatory function of AMP1 in ABA biosynthesis and drought resistance in arabidopsis
In this study we reported the isolation of a mutant in which the reporter pVP14-LUC was highly expressed in Arabidopsis. The gene expression of maize VP14 is closely correlated with the endogenous ABA levels, and...
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Development of a Sensitive Reagent, 1,2-Benzo-3,4-dihydrocarbazole-9-ethyl-p-toluenesulfonate, for Determination of Bile Acids in Serum by HPLC with Fluorescence Detection, and Identification by Mass Spectrometry with an APCI Source
A pre-column derivatization method with 1,2-benzo-3,4-dihydrocarbazole-9-ethyl-p-toluenesulfonate (BDETS) as labeling reagent followed by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection has bee...
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Isolation of choline monooxygenase of spinach leaves