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Reported amount of salt added to food is associated with increased all-cause and cancer-related mortality in older men in a prospective cohort study
The effect of dietary salt intake on important population outcomes such as mortality is controversial. The aim of this study was to examine the association between the dietary habit of adding salt to food and ...
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Material frame representation of equivalent stress tensor for discrete solids
In this paper, we derive expressions for equivalent Cauchy and Piola stress tensors that can be applied to discrete solids and are exact for the case of homogeneous deformation. The main principles used for th...
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Molecular dynamics calculation of the thermal conductivity coefficient of single-layer and multilayer graphene sheets
The thermal conductivity coefficients of single-layer and multilayer graphene sheets have been calculated using the molecular dynamics simulation. Calculations have been performed for graphene sheets with leng...
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Extreme telomere erosion in ATM-mutated and 11q-deleted CLL patients is independent of disease stage
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Molecular-dynamics calculation of the thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium single crystal
The thermal conductivity coefficient of the germanium crystal lattice has been calculated by molecular dynamics simulation. Calculations have been performed for both the perfect crystal lattice and the crystal...
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Characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite loci in Chorocaris sp. (Crustacea, Caridea, Alvinocarididae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Species in the genus Chorocaris are caridean shrimp found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents at mid-ocean spreading centers. Nine unlinked polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for this Chorocaris sp. 2 f...
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Factors controlling soil development in sand dunes: evidence from a coastal dune soil chronosequence
Aerial photographs, maps and optically stimulated luminescence dates were combined with existing soil data to construct high resolution chronosequences of soil development over 140 years at a temperate Atlanti...
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Electron Transport Properties of InN
High-energy particle irradiation has been used to control the free electron concentration and electron mobility in InN by introducing native point defects that act as donors. A direct comparison between theore...
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Electronic and Optical Properties of Energetic Particle-Irradiated In-rich InGaN
We have carried out a systematic study of the effects of irradiation on the electronic and optical properties of InGaN alloys over the entire composition range. High energy electrons, protons, and4He+ were used t...
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Stem cell differentiation and the effects of deficiency
Stem cells have several unique attributes, the key features being their potency and plasticity. They have the ability to give rise to multiple cell lineages and to transdifferentiate into totally different cel...
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Effect of superalloy substrate composition on the performance of a thermal barrier coating system
An investigation was carried out to determine the performance of a thermal barrier coating system consisting of (ZrO2-8% Y2O3)/(Pt) on two single-crystal Ni-base superalloys. Coating/alloy behavior was studied wi...
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Oxidation of Silicon Nanocrystals
Silicon nanocrystals have made a recent appearance in the literature because of their potential importance in microelectronic[1] and optoelectronic [2] devices. For example, replacing the traditional Si floati...
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Design and Testing of Experimental Free-Piston Cryogenic Expander
An experimental free piston cryogenic expander was designed and constructed as a part of a feasibility test. Unlike most cryogenic expanders, there were no physical connections for controlling or monitoring th...
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Multimode Optical Fiber Sensors
Multimode optical fiber is widely used in a range of sensor systems. Such multimode optical fiber sensors have advantages of:
operating with substantial optical power over moderate...
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Integration Aspects and Electrical Properties of SrBi2Ta2O9 for Non-Volatile Memory Applications
Highlights and solutions to some of the challenges involved in integrating SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) capacitors with Pt electrodes on silicon wafers for non-volatile memory applications are discussed. These include the di...
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Construction of the 12-Foot Bubble Chamber Superconducting-Magnet Cryostat
Many small-bore superconducting magnets have been designed and constructed in the last few years. The successful operation of these magnets and the accumulated knowledge in the “state of the art” prompted cons...
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Multimode optical fiber sensors
Of the properties of light which can be conveniently modulated, phase and polarization information are immediately lost upon entering a multimode optical fiber. This leaves intensity as the only transmittable ...
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Impact of Backend Processing on Integrated Ferroelectric Capacitor Characteristics
Integration of a ferroelectric capacitor module in a standard CMOS process subjects the ferroelectric to various ambients during backend processing, some of which can render the ferroelectric essentially non-o...
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Fracture behaviour of model toughened composites under Mode I and Mode II delaminations
The fracture behaviour of two toughened epoxy composite systems was investigated using various microscopy techniques. The Mode I delamination fracture toughness,G IC, Mode II delamination fracture toughness;G IIC
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Analyses of Pt/Ti Electrodes for Plzt Capacitors
A suitable choice of an electrode material is important for an acceptable electrical contact to a high-permittivity dielectric, such as PLZT. A material which does not form a low-permittivity oxide is necessar...